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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 2022

Registration No. 333-                

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under The Securities Act of 1933

 

 

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Texas   334510   26-1344466
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

550 Reserve St, Suite 360

Southlake, Texas 76092

682-237-7781

 

Mark Hilz

550 Reserve St, Suite 360

Southlake, Texas 76092

682-237-7781

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)   (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Richard F. Dahlson

Jackson Walker L.L.P.

2323 Ross Avenue

Suite 600

Dallas, Texas 75201-2725

214-953-6000

 

Steven R. Jacobs

Jackson Walker L.L.P.

112 East Pecan Street

Suite 2400

San Antonio, Texas

78205

210-978-7700

 

Andrea Cataneo

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

437 Madison Avenue

25th Floor

New York, New York 10022

212-509-3900

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

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The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


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The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED MAY 17, 2022

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

[            ] Units Consisting of Shares of Common Stock and Warrants

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.

This is the initial public offering of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. We are offering units of securities (the “Units”), with each Unit consisting of (a) one share of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), and (b) a warrant (the “Warrants”) to purchase one share of our Common Stock. The shares of our Common Stock and the Warrants are immediately separable and will be issued separately but will be purchased together in this offering. We are offering [            ] Units. Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for shares of our Common Stock or the Warrants. We anticipate that the initial public offering price will be between $[            ] and $[            ] per Unit. We will not issue fractional shares in connection with the exercise of Warrants. The Warrants included in the Units are immediately exercisable following the consummation of this offering, have an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price per Unit, and expire five (5) years from the date of issuance. We are offering all of the Units offered by this prospectus.

We have applied to list our Common Stock and Warrants on the Nasdaq Stock Market, or Nasdaq, under the symbol “HSCS” and “HSCSW,” respectively. No assurance can be given that our application will be approved or that a trading market will develop. In the event our listing application is not approved, we will not consummate this offering.

We are an “emerging growth company” and a “smaller reporting company,” as defined under the U.S. federal securities laws, and, as such, have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements. See “Prospectus Summary—Implications of Being an ‘Emerging Growth Company’ and a ‘Smaller Reporting Company’.”

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 20.

 

 

 

     Per
Unit
     Total  

Public offering price(1)

   $                    $                

Underwriting discounts and commissions(2)

   $        $    

Proceeds to us (before expenses)

   $        $    

 

(1)

The public offering price and underwriting discount and commissions in respect of each Unit correspond to the public offering price per share of Common Stock of $[            ] and the public offering price per accompanying Warrant of $0.01.

(2)

We have agreed to reimburse the underwriters for certain expenses and the underwriters will receive compensation in addition to underwriting discounts and commissions. In addition, we have agreed to issue to the underwriters’ representative warrants to purchase up to a total of              shares of Common Stock (7% of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Units sold in this offering, excluding shares or Warrants sold to cover over-allotments, if any). The warrants are exercisable at $             per share (100% of the public offering price per Unit) commencing on a date which is six months from the effective date of this offering and expiring on a date which is no more than five (5) years from the effective date of this offering. See the section titled “Underwriting” beginning on page 138 of this prospectus for additional disclosure regarding underwriter compensation and offering expenses.

 

 

We have granted the representative of the underwriters an option to purchase from us, at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions, up to an additional [            ] shares of Common Stock and/or additional Warrants to purchase [            ] shares of Common Stock, in any combination thereof, within 30 days from the date of this prospectus to cover over-allotments, if any. If the representative of the underwriters exercises the option in full, the total underwriting discounts and commissions and management fees payable will be $[            ] and the total proceeds to us, before expenses, will be $[            ].

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state or other foreign securities commission has approved nor disapproved these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The underwriters expect to deliver the Common Stock and the Warrants on or about [            ], 2022.

Book Running Manager

The Benchmark Company

The date of this prospectus is [            ], 2022


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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

     1  

THE OFFERING

     14  

SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA

     17  

SUMMARY OF RISK FACTORS

     18  

RISK FACTORS

     20  

USE OF PROCEEDS

     59  

DIVIDEND POLICY

     60  

CAPITALIZATION

     61  

DILUTION

     63  

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

     65  

BUSINESS

     79  

MANAGEMENT

     109  

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

     114  

BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS AND MANAGEMENT

     116  

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

     119  

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

     122  

SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

     133  

U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

     135  

UNDERWRITING

     138  

LEGAL MATTERS

     144  

EXPERTS

     144  

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

     145  

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

     146  

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     F-1  

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus and any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different. We are offering to sell the Units, and seeking offers to buy the Units, only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of the Units.

For investors outside of the United States: Neither we nor any of the underwriters have done anything that would permit this offering or possession or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than in the United States. You are required to inform yourselves about and to observe any restrictions relating to this offering and the distribution of this prospectus.

In this prospectus, “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” and “HeartSciences” refer to Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., a Texas corporation. References to “Fiscal 2022” refer to the 12-months ended April 30, 2022, references to “Fiscal 2021” refer to the 12-months ended April 30, 2021 and references to “Fiscal 2020” refer to the 12-months ended April 30, 2020.

Unless defined elsewhere, capitalized terms used in this prospectus are defined in the “Glossary of Terms” appearing directly before the Index to Financial Statements.

 

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TRADEMARKS AND TRADE NAMES

Our trademarks are the subject of trademark registrations in the United States as well as various other countries. Other brand names, names and trademarks contained in this prospectus are the property of their respective owners. Solely for convenience, trademarks, service marks and tradenames are referred to in this prospectus without the SM, TM and/or ® symbols or any typographical emphasis (such as italicized or underlined text), but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that the owner thereof will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, such owner’s rights to their service marks, trade names and trademarks.

MyoVista®, wavECG TM, HEARTSCIENCES, and Heart Test Laboratories are trademarks and/or service marks of the Company registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO. Other trademarks, service marks and trade names in this prospectus are the property of their respective owners.

INDUSTRY AND MARKET DATA

This prospectus includes statistical, market and industry data and forecasts which we obtained from publicly available information and independent industry publications and reports that we believe to be reliable sources. These publicly available industry publications and reports generally state that they obtain their information from sources that they believe to be reliable, but they do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information. Although we believe that these sources are reliable, we have not independently verified the information contained in such publications. We are liable for all information in this prospectus and the registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, of which this prospectus constitutes a part.

REVERSE STOCK SPLIT AND CONVERTIBLE BRIDGE NOTE PRIVATE PLACEMENT

On January 31, 2022, our shareholders granted our Board of Directors the discretion to effect a consolidation, which we refer to as the reverse stock split, of our Common Stock at a rate to be determined by our Board of Directors at a later date. The Board of Directors approved a one-for-[            ] reverse stock split on [                    ], 2022. In addition, since October 2021, we have sold an aggregate of $4.7 million principal amount of secured subordinated convertible notes, which we refer to as the Bridge Notes, and warrants, which we refer to as the Bridge Warrants, to purchase a total of [            ] shares of Common Stock in a private placement, which we refer to as the 2021 Bridge Financing. Upon consummation of this offering, the Bridge Notes will convert into a total of [            ] shares of Common Stock, assuming the conversion of each holder’s Bridge Notes up to the Maximum Percentage, as defined in the Glossary of Terms. In the event any holder of Bridge Notes would beneficially own in excess of the Maximum Percentage, such holder shall receive Pre-Funded Warrants, as defined in the Glossary of Terms, in lieu of shares of Common Stock. Unless the context otherwise expressly dictates or as otherwise set forth in this prospectus, all references to share and per share amounts referred to herein reflect the reverse stock split, the conversion of the Bridge Notes up to the Maximum Percentage by each holder of Bridge Notes, the conversion of all of the $1.5M Notes, as defined in the Glossary of Terms, into [_______] shares of Common Stock, and the conversion of all shares of Series A Preferred Stock into [             ] shares of Common Stock and all shares of Series B Preferred Stock into [             ] shares of Common Stock, which occurred prior to this offering in [            ] 2022. For more information, please refer to the “Prospectus Summary—Recent Developments.”

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some of the statements made under “Prospectus Summary,” “Risk Factors,” “Use of Proceeds,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Business” and

 

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elsewhere in this prospectus constitute forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “intends,” or “continue,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.

These forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements relating to our objectives, plans and strategies, statements that contain projections of results of operations or of financial condition, expected capital needs and expenses, statements relating to the research, development, completion and use of our device, and all statements (other than statements of historical facts) that address activities, events or developments that we intend, expect, project, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future.

Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties. We have based these forward-looking statements on assumptions and assessments made by our management in light of their experience and their perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors they believe to be appropriate.

Important factors that could cause actual results, developments and business decisions to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements include, among other things:

 

   

our expectation regarding the sufficiency of our existing cash and cash equivalents to fund our current operations;

 

   

our ability to receive regulatory clearance for the MyoVista wavECG, or the MyoVista, from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, state regulators, if any, or other similar foreign regulatory agencies, including approval to conduct clinical trials, the timing and scope of those trials and the prospects for regulatory approval or clearance of, or other regulatory action with respect to the MyoVista;

 

   

our ability to advance the development of the MyoVista, our full function conventional 12-lead electrocardiograph, or ECG, device that incorporates an additional proprietary artificial intelligence-based algorithm that has been designed with the expectation of detecting cardiac dysfunction caused by heart disease or age-related cardiac dysfunction, and future potential products;

 

   

our ability to launch sales of the MyoVista into the U.S. and any future potential products;

 

   

our assessment of the potential of the MyoVista and future potential products to diagnose certain indications;

 

   

our planned level of capital expenditures and liquidity;

 

   

our plans to continue to invest in research and development to develop technology for new products;

 

   

the regulatory environment and changes in the health policies and regimes in the countries in which we intend to operate, including the impact of any changes in regulation and legislation that could affect the medical device industry;

 

   

our ability to meet our expectations regarding the commercial supply of the MyoVista and any future products;

 

   

our ability to retain key executives;

 

   

our ability to internally develop new inventions and intellectual property;

 

   

the overall global economic environment;

 

   

the impact of COVID-19 and resulting government actions on us;

 

   

the impact of competition and new technologies;

 

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general market, political and economic conditions in the countries in which we operate;

 

   

our ability to internally develop new devices and intellectual property;

 

   

our expectations regarding the use of proceeds from this offering;

 

   

changes in our strategy; and

 

   

litigation.

These statements are only current predictions and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements. We discuss many of these risks in this prospectus in greater detail under the heading “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Except as required by law, we are under no duty to update or revise any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date of this prospectus.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information you should consider before investing in our securities. Before you decide to invest in our securities, you should read the entire prospectus carefully, including the “Risk Factors” section and the financial statements and related notes appearing at the end of this prospectus. In this prospectus, “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” and “HeartSciences” refer to Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., a Texas corporation. Unless the context otherwise expressly dictates or as otherwise set forth in this prospectus, all references to share and per share amounts referred to herein reflect the reverse stock split, the conversion of the Maximum Percentage of the Bridge Notes by each holder, the conversion of all of the $1.5M Notes and the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock.

Company Overview

We are a medical technology company focused on applying innovative AI-based technology to an ECG (also known as an EKG) to expand and improve an ECG’s clinical usefulness. Our objective is to make an ECG a far more valuable cardiac screening tool, particularly in frontline or point-of-care clinical settings. HeartSciences’ first product candidate for FDA clearance, the MyoVista wavECG, or the MyoVista, is a resting 12-lead ECG that is also designed to provide diagnostic information related to cardiac dysfunction which has traditionally only been available through the use of cardiac imaging. The MyoVista also provides conventional ECG information in the same test. Our business model, which involves the use of the MyoVista device and consumables for each test, is expected to be “razor-razorblade” as the electrodes used with the MyoVista are proprietary to HeartSciences, and new electrodes are required for every test performed.

Our device is not cleared for marketing by the FDA and our future success is dependent upon receiving FDA De Novo clearance for the MyoVista and raising sufficient funds to finish our pivotal clinical validation study and device testing and development to submit for, and achieve, FDA De Novo clearance. Additional funding would then be required to support the sales launch of the MyoVista into the U.S., provide working capital and support further research and development, or R&D.

We believe that there is currently no low-cost, front-line, medical device that is effective at screening for heart disease. As a result, we believe that frontline physicians face a significant challenge in determining if a patient has heart disease. Although many think of the ECG as the frontline heart disease test, in 2012, the United States Preventive Services Task Force, or USPSTF, conducted an evaluation of conventional ECG testing and stated: “There is no good evidence that an ECG helps physicians predict heart risks in people with no symptoms any better than traditional considerations such as current or former smoking, blood pressure and cholesterol levels.”

ECG devices record the electrical signals of a patient’s heart. The ECG is a ubiquitous, relatively low-cost, simple and quick test; it is portable and can be performed in a wide range of clinical settings by a non-specialist clinician or clinical aide. There are three basic categories of heart disease: electrical (such as an arrhythmia), structural (such as valvular disease) and ischemic (such as coronary artery disease, or CAD). Conventional resting ECGs have limited sensitivity in detecting structural and ischemic disease and are typically used for diagnosing cardiac rhythm abnormalities, such as atrial fibrillation, also known as Afib, or acute coronary syndrome, such as a myocardial infarction, which is also known as a heart attack. However, traditional ECGs have a limited role in identifying cardiac dysfunction associated with structural and ischemic disease.

HeartSciences has designed the MyoVista to help address these limitations and extend the clinical capability of an ECG in detecting cardiac dysfunction. We apply AI-machine learning to the signal processed electrical signal of the heart. Our first algorithm, which is not yet FDA cleared, is designed to detect cardiac dysfunction caused by heart disease and/or age-related cardiac dysfunction.

 

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The editorial comment associated with the study titled “Prediction of Abnormal Myocardial Relaxation from Signal Processed Surface ECG” presented below discusses recent applications of machine learning to data derived from surface 12-lead ECGs in relation to cardiac dysfunction:

“These are some of the most significant advances in electrocardiography since its inception, which has historically had a limited, if any, role in the evaluation of cardiac dysfunction. In the past, our cardiovascular community was resigned to the fact that surface ECGs are poor indicators for cardiac dysfunction.”

Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH, MSC, Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, Texas, et. al., Journal of American College of Cardiology Editorial Comment Volume 76 Number 8 2020.

Almost all forms of heart disease, including CAD and structural disease, affect heart muscle, or cardiac, function prior to symptoms. Impaired cardiac function is first observed as impaired cardiac relaxation which is an early indicator of diastolic dysfunction and usually continues to increase in severity as heart disease progresses. The diastolic phase of the cardiac cycle occurs when the heart muscle relaxes (following contraction). Diastolic dysfunction may also be related to age-related cardiac dysfunction.

If we receive FDA clearance for the MyoVista, our main target markets would be frontline healthcare environments in the U.S., such as primary care, to assist physician decision making in the cardiology referral process. Currently, cardiology referral decisions are often based on a patient’s risk factors and/or a conventional ECG test. Accordingly, many patients with heart disease are left undetected while no treatment or intervention is required for most patients referred for cardiac imaging. We believe that adding the capability to detect cardiac dysfunction to a standard 12-lead resting ECG could help improve cardiac referral pathways and be valuable for patients, physicians, health systems and third-party payors.

We previously submitted an FDA De Novo classification request in December 2019. Based on feedback and communications with the FDA during 2020, we have been making modifications to our device and are partially through a new, pivotal clinical validation study and the device testing and development necessary for a revised FDA De Novo submission, which we expect to take place later in the current fiscal year ending April 30, 2023. For additional information regarding the FDA regulatory process, see “Business—FDA and Other Government Regulation”.

We require the funding from this offering to continue our work towards FDA resubmission and clearance. Although the net proceeds of this offering are anticipated to be sufficient to achieve FDA clearance, which would allow us to market the MyoVista in the U.S., there is no assurance that this would be the case. Additional funding would be required to support the sales launch of the MyoVista into the U.S., provide working capital and support further R&D. Our auditors’ report on our audited financial statements for Fiscal 2021 contains an explanatory paragraph regarding substantial doubts about our ability to continue as a going concern because we have experienced recurring losses, negative cash flows from operations, limited capital resources, a net shareholders’ deficit, as well as significant debt obligations. These events and conditions, along with other matters, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on our ability to continue as a going concern. If we are unable to continue as a going concern, we may have to liquidate our assets, and the values we receive for our assets in liquidation or dissolution could be significantly lower than the values reflected in our financial statements.

Heart Disease Facts and Current ECG Testing Limitations

Heart disease refers to a variety of conditions that affect the heart—including heart rhythm problems, heart valve problems, genetic defects and blood-vessel diseases such as coronary artery disease. It is often referred to as the “silent killer” and, according to the American Heart Association, one in three patients are not properly

 

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diagnosed until after a heart attack occurs and 50% of men and 64% of women who died suddenly of coronary heart disease had no previous symptoms. Statistics published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, show that in the United States heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups. According to the CDC, one person dies from cardiovascular disease every 36 seconds and heart disease accounts for approximately one in four deaths. In 2018, 30.3 million U.S. adults were diagnosed with heart disease including 18.2 million adults with CAD. Approximately 605,000 patients in the U.S. have a heart attack each year with approximately 20% of deaths from CAD occurring in adults less than 65 years old. The scale of the problem is similar worldwide. In 2020, the World Health Organization confirmed that heart disease has remained the leading cause of death at the global level for the last 20 years. Ischemic heart disease now represents 16% of global deaths and an estimated 17.9 million people died from cardiovascular diseases in 2019, representing 32% of all global deaths.

As heart disease progresses to more acute stages, the cost to treat patients increases significantly. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cost to the healthcare system and is estimated to be responsible for one in every six healthcare dollars spent in the United States. Heart disease costs in the United States were approximately $363 billion in each of 2016 and 2017, including the cost of health care services, medicines, and lost productivity due to death. Governments, healthcare providers and payors are motivated to shift the diagnosis and management of these conditions to earlier stages where better patient outcomes can be delivered at lower costs.

We believe that there is currently no low-cost, front-line, medical device that is effective at screening for heart disease. As a result, frontline physicians face a significant challenge in determining if a patient has heart disease. The conventional ECG is thought of by many to be the front-line tool in cardiac testing, but it has poor sensitivity in detecting CAD or structural heart disease.

Overuse of Expensive Cardiology-Based Diagnostic Testing

We believe that the absence of cost-effective front-line or primary-care-based testing has resulted in the over-use of costly cardiology-based diagnostic tests. Noninvasive cardiac tests are significant contributors to healthcare costs, accounting for greater than 40% of Medicare Part B spending on medical imaging, or over $17 billion annually according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS. There are a variety of effective, though expensive, diagnostic tests for patients used to detect heart disease. These are typically performed in a specialist cardiology or hospital setting and include:

 

   

Stress ECG testing, a non-invasive diagnostic test with a cost of approximately $200 with, according to the American College of Cardiology, or ACC, a sensitivity of 68% in the detection of CAD.

 

   

Echocardiogram, or echo, a non-invasive diagnostic imaging test, similar to an ultrasound, that is effective in the detection of heart disease; however, the Medicare cost of an echo in a hospital is approximately $600 and can be as much as $3,000 if performed privately.

 

   

Cardiac imaging tests, such as nuclear stress tests and coronary CT angiograms, or CCTA, alternatively can be conducted noninvasively, but typically cost $1,000 or more.

 

   

Coronary angiogram, an invasive test in which dye that is visible by X-ray is injected into the blood vessels of the heart. A coronary angiogram can cost in excess of $5,000.

For additional information see “Business—Heart Disease Facts and Current ECG Testing Limitations.”

Diastolic Dysfunction, an Early Indicator of Heart Disease

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well understood for many years. However, according to the American Heart Association Statistics Committee report in 2013, approximately 50% of patients with heart failure symptoms have ejection fraction measures that are not markedly abnormal. In addition, multiple articles published by the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, state that approximately 50% of heart failure, or HF, cases are due to severe diastolic dysfunction, also called heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, or HFpEF. As a result, understanding the causes and progression of diastolic dysfunction has become a key area of scientific and clinical interest. This research has led to the understanding that almost all patients with systolic dysfunction also have diastolic dysfunction and almost all types of heart disease including CAD, valvular disease, cardiomyopathy, hypertension, congenital heart disease, and pericardial disease induce diastolic dysfunction.

According to an article by Dr. Dalane W. Kitzman, MD and Dr. William C. Little, MD published in the February 14, 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association, diastolic performance is sensitive to nearly all of the common disease processes that affect cardiovascular function. The article indicates that left ventricular, or LV, diastolic function is impaired by all of the common disease processes that affect LV function or produce LV hypertrophy or fibrosis, including hypertension, diabetes, ischemia, myocarditis, toxins, and infiltrative cardiomyopathies. LV diastolic dysfunction, or LVDD, begins early in the heart disease process and continues to increase in severity as heart disease progresses. LVDD is now recognized as one of the earliest signs of heart disease and typical onset occurs when a patient is still asymptomatic. We believe that the early detection of diastolic dysfunction can be a valuable marker for almost all forms of heart disease and age-related cardiac abnormalities that may otherwise be missed by current conventional ECG devices.

For additional information see “Business—Diastolic Dysfunction, an Early Indicator of Heart Disease.”

Product and Technology

The MyoVista device has been developed in response to the relatively recent understanding in cardiology that most forms of heart disease are associated with LV relaxation abnormalities and diastolic dysfunction. The MyoVista is a 12-lead resting ECG device that features our proprietary algorithm developed to detect cardiac dysfunction in the diastolic phase, specifically slower than normal left ventricular relaxation rates as defined by the American Society of Echocardiology Guidelines.

The MyoVista also includes the capabilities of a full-featured conventional 12-lead resting ECG including analysis using the Glasgow Algorithm, also known as the Glasgow ECG Interpretation Algorithm. Developed by the University of Glasgow in the UK, the 12-lead ECG Analysis Algorithm has been relied upon for more than 35 years and is a widely respected resting ECG interpretive algorithm. The Glasgow Algorithm was developed and has been continuously improved over the years by a team of world-renowned ECG researchers. The Glasgow Algorithm is licensed to the Company pursuant to the Glasgow Licensing Agreement. For additional information regarding the Glasgow Algorithm and our license, see “Business—Intellectual Property—Glasgow Licensing Agreement.”

In the MyoVista, the conventional ECG (including the Glasgow Algorithm) and our proprietary algorithm which has been designed to detect diastolic abnormalities are combined as a single test with results presented separately. The MyoVista has a high-resolution touchscreen display and incorporates many easy and intuitive to use features commonly associated with a tablet device. For additional information see “Business—Product and Technology.”

 

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MyoVista device with 1 lead view of signal processed waveform

 

LOGO

Market Opportunity

Diagnostic Gap

We believe that the significant diagnostic gap in heart disease is early identification. Heart disease often remains asymptomatic for many years as disease progresses until it reaches an acute stage, at which point many patients have a heart attack or die without prior diagnosis of disease. For this reason, heart disease is often referred to as the “silent killer.” In 2012, the United States Preventative Services Task Force stated that there is no good evidence that an ECG helps physicians predict heart risks in people with no symptoms any better than traditional considerations such as smoking, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, acknowledging the diagnostic gap that currently exists.

According to the CDC, cardiovascular disease remains the biggest cost for the US healthcare system at approximately $216 billion per year. The cost of treating acute cardiac events and heart failure is especially high in comparison to preventative treatment. Governments, healthcare providers and third-party payors are focused on shifting the diagnosis and management of heart disease to earlier stages where better patient outcomes can be delivered at lower cost; however, to make substantial progress the existing diagnostic gap needs to be closed.

We believe that the scale of cardiac disease as well as changing demographics, growing ECG market, impetus to identify risks earlier through low-cost testing which is better able to detect heart disease at an early stage, along with the increasing number and type of health care settings creates a significant opportunity for a device such as the MyoVista.

Changing Demographics

Heart disease is most commonly found in individuals age 65 and older with incidences of heart disease increasing at 65 years for men and 71.8 years for women. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, advances in the field of medicine have led to an increase in life expectancy which, as of 2019, was estimated to average 78.9 years for a person in the U.S., up from 75.4 years in 1990. As life expectancy increases, the average age of the population is expected to increase. According to the U.S. Health and Human Services—Office of the Inspector General, or the HHS, the population age 65 and older increased from 38.8 million in 2008 to 52.4 million in 2018 (a 35% increase) and is projected to reach 94.7 million in 2060. By 2030, more than 20 percent of U.S. residents are projected to be age 65 and over. Since heart disease is most commonly found in individuals age 65 years and older, and that population pool is increasing, we believe there is a significant opportunity for a device such as the MyoVista.

 

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Growing ECG Market

The demand for electrocardiograph devices and related supplies known as electrodes is on the rise worldwide. Despite the limitations of the conventional ECG and healthcare guidance around the world that recommends against its use for screening, in the absence of a better alternative, the ECG remains a ubiquitous and widely-used test throughout healthcare including non-cardiology settings. It is estimated that 1.5 million to 3 million ECGs are performed worldwide every day, making it one of the most commonly used cardiovascular diagnostic tests in healthcare and a fundamental tool in clinical practice. It is estimated that more than 100 million ECGs are performed each year in the United States. The 2018 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey indicated that office-based patient care physicians, excluding anesthesiologists and federal facilities such as VA clinics, ordered or provided 27 million ECG tests and four million stress ECGs during office visits, and the 2017 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey showed that during ambulatory care visits to hospital emergency departments, an additional 28 million ECG tests were ordered or performed by hospital emergency departments.

Impetus to Identify Risks Earlier for More Effective Low-Cost Testing

A key goal of the HHS is reducing healthcare costs. This places pressure on physicians and healthcare institutions to contain healthcare costs. Additionally, one of the key objectives of HHS’s Healthy People 2030, is to increase preventive care for people of all ages. We believe that efforts towards preventive care and maintenance will lead to more testing for high-risk individuals and patients who have existing cardiac conditions. This trend, we believe, in tandem with the push to shorten hospital stays, has created an impetus to identify pre-symptomatic patients at risk more effectively at the front-line physician or clinic level and to treat recovering cardiac patients through outpatient care and rehabilitation.

It is our belief that the MyoVista is positioned to respond to the global need for more effective, low-cost ECG testing alternative for heart disease.

Changing Nature of Healthcare Providers

The delivery of healthcare in the U.S. is evolving. Alternative treatment sites, such as retail clinics, concierge medicine, urgent care clinics and ambulatory surgical centers, deliver care from qualified providers in settings outside of emergency departments, hospitals or traditional physician offices. We expect this trend to accelerate the drive to provide more effective preventative care and represents a significant opportunity for the introduction of the MyoVista as a new medical device that offers an enhanced ability to screen for heart disease.

Capitation Provides an Incentive to Identify Medicare Advantage Patients

Healthcare providers are paid either through fee-for-service or capitation. Fee-for-service is a payment model where services are unbundled and paid for separately. In health care, the fee-for-service payment model incentivizes physicians to provide more treatments because payment is dependent on the quantity, rather than quality, of care. Capitation is a payment arrangement that pays a physician or group of physicians a set amount for each enrolled person assigned to them, per period of time, whether or not that person seeks care. Under capitation, the amount of remuneration is based on the average expected healthcare utilization of that patient, with greater payment for patients with significant history of medical problems.

Approximately 42% (approximately 26 million people) of those covered by Medicare according to CMS are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan. With respect to these patients, CMS pays capitation to healthcare providers. CMS uses risk adjustment to adjust capitation payments to health plans, either higher or lower, to account for the differences in the health costs of individuals with ailments such as heart failure, CAD, angina and

 

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valvular heart disease. Accordingly, under CMS guidelines, risk factor adjustments per patient will provide payment that is higher for sicker patients who have conditions where diagnosis codes are documented in the medical record as a result of a face-to-face visit. Therefore, there is a financial incentive to identify those Medicare Advantage patients who are sicker, including those who have undiagnosed ailments such as heart disease. We believe that undiagnosed heart disease represents a significant problem, and we believe insurance plans that have a high number of Medicare Advantage patients could be a target market for the MyoVista.

Market Strategy

General

Our objective is to make the MyoVista wavECG a standard-of-care, as an affordable and valuable medical test. Our business model, which involves the capital sale of the MyoVista device and the use of proprietary supplies (electrodes) for each test, is “razor-razorblade.” The electrode connection system is patented which, together with our proprietary high quality electrodes, facilitate high quality, stable ECG signal capture, which, we believe is important as the MyoVista analyzes frequency data as well as conventional ECG information. Because new electrodes are needed for each test, our proprietary electrodes, if purchased, would provide recurring per-test revenue for each MyoVista device sold. In short, unlike many new healthcare products, we do not expect to primarily rely on high device pricing and instead will seek to encourage adoption and to rely on recurring revenue as an important aspect of our business model.

Territories

Our initial sales focus will primarily be within the U.S. We intend to market the MyoVista in the U.S. using a direct sales force following FDA clearance. Outside of the U.S., for markets such as Europe and Latin America, we intend to utilize medical device distributors that have existing healthcare provider relationships and experience selling ECG devices, which will be supported by a small number of local field personnel.

Potential Markets

We believe that there is a large variety of potential markets for the MyoVista. Conventional ECGs are used throughout healthcare in almost every clinical setting including clinics, doctor’s offices, urgent care centers, and hospitals. We believe that, in many of those settings, the additional information on cardiac dysfunction which the MyoVista is designed to provide, in addition to the conventional ECG information provided, could be extremely valuable.

The MyoVista’s range of applications and potential uses are vast, and include providing:

 

   

Primary care—front-line cardiac testing/referral tool, heart disease screening.

 

   

Retail Healthcare—access to ECG testing at retail sites such as CVS, Walmart and Walgreens.

 

   

Emergency Departments—enhanced ECG testing for emergency room patients.

 

   

Cardiologists—prescreening cardiology patients.

 

   

Hospitals—in-patient testing or testing prior to discharge, particularly cardiac wards.

 

   

Surgery—pre-anesthesia testing, pre/post intervention.

 

   

Life Insurance testing—ECGs when required in connection with the issuance of life insurance policies.

 

   

Specialty Environments—screening for conditions such as, cardiomyopathy, cardiac oncology, drug trials, heart failure, and diabetes.

 

   

Athlete testing—cardiac screening programs for athletes.

 

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Early Target Markets

Initially, our focus markets will be on: cardiology; primary care providers that serve upper to middle income regions including concierge medicine providers; retail clinics; and insurers with high levels of Medicare Advantage patients.

Reimbursement

In addition to penetrating the health care settings described above, a key element of our strategy is to qualify for third-party payor reimbursement. This strategy has two stages. During the first stage, we intend to seek the support of the American College of Cardiology, or ACC, to use existing Current Procedural Terminology, or CPT, codes for the standard ECG functionality of the MyoVista. CPT codes are numbers assigned to each task or service provided by a healthcare provider including medical, surgical and diagnostic services. Insurers use the numbers to determine the amount to pay a provider. While we cannot assure you that we will receive such approval by ACC, this would provide physicians with the ability to use existing 12-lead ECG reimbursement codes. Medicare reimbursement for existing ECG testing procedures with interpretation and report ranges from approximately $17 to $55 depending on the type of healthcare facility. These charges would go directly to the healthcare facility/physician.

After this initial stage, our longer-term reimbursement strategy is to obtain additional reimbursement for the MyoVista capabilities related to detecting cardiac dysfunction. While we cannot assure you that we will be successful in obtaining additional reimbursement codes, if we are successful, this could potentially provide total reimbursement that is larger than reimbursement for conventional ECG devices, which, in turn, could place the MyoVista at a competitive advantage as compared to conventional ECG devices. Any additional CPT codes that are issued and recognized by payors for the MyoVista related to our longer-term reimbursement strategy could provide a revenue advantage as compared to CPT codes for conventional ECG devices.

Competition

The medical device industry is characterized by rapidly advancing technologies, intense competition, and a strong emphasis on proprietary products. There are many medical device companies, biotechnology companies, public and private universities and research organizations actively engaged in the research and development of products that may be similar to the MyoVista. Competitors could include traditional ECG manufacturers such as General Electric Company, or GE, Koninklijke Philips N.V., or Philips, and Nihon Kohden Corporation that may seek to innovate due to competition from HeartSciences, and new competitors that also see the opportunity to finally innovate in a market that, we believe, has significant need for improved products and technology change.

Intellectual Property

Our technology is protected by a patent portfolio as well as trade secrets, which together comprise an important part of technology protection for our existing and any future proprietary algorithms (especially when developing proprietary algorithms). We believe that the combination of patents and trade secrets create valuable competitive barriers in favor of HeartSciences.

The USPTO has issued five utility patents and one design patent to us, and has allowed a sixth utility patent application. We have two utility patent applications under the USPTO’s review. These patents expire from March 5, 2029 to August 27, 2040. We also have seven utility patents (which expire from September 20, 2036 to March 9, 2037) and fourteen design registrations granted by international jurisdictions such as China, Japan, France, Germany and Australia, and have received an allowance of a further patent application by the European Patent Office. We also have several pending patent applications in several international jurisdictions including Brazil, Canada, India, Israel, Mexico and the United Arab Emirates.

 

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In addition, we have entered into two agreements that are material to our rights to the intellectual property utilized in the MyoVista:

 

   

In January 2014, we entered into an invention assignment agreement, which we refer to as the MyoVista Technology Agreement, under which certain specified MyoVista technology and proprietary and intellectual property rights thereto (including patents, copyright, trademarks, trade secrets and know-how) were transferred and assigned to us by the inventor; and

 

   

In December 2015, we entered into a licensing agreement, which we refer to as the Glasgow Licensing Agreement, with The University Court of the University of Glasgow, under which we obtained a non-exclusive, worldwide license, renewing automatically every five years, to software modules for an Android platform for analysis of resting 12-lead electrocardiograms and all intellectual property rights (including patents, copyright, trademarks, trade secrets and know-how) relating to the software modules to be used in the MyoVista.

For additional information, including a listing of the patents and trademarks that have been registered with the USPTO, see “Business—Intellectual Property”.

Research and Development

The Company’s research and development, or R&D, staff designs our hardware, software and AI-based algorithms. Hardware development assistance is provided by outside consulting firms. The Company internally develops the signal processing software elements along with outside assistance. The user interface elements of the software are designed by the Company along with the assistance of outside consultants. The data science work necessary to build the AI-based algorithms is performed both internally and externally using outside consultants. Incorporation of all software elements into the MyoVista hardware is performed internally. We currently employ five full-time R&D staff.

We believe our research demonstrates the potential to develop further algorithms for a range of additional clinical indications. Studies involving use of the MyoVista have already been published demonstrating alternative clinical indications. We believe that in the future the ECG will have significantly greater clinical value and will facilitate far more effective heart disease screening and referral.

Recent Developments

2021 Bridge Financing

In October 2021, we conducted an initial closing of a private placement with accredited investors of secured subordinated convertible notes, or notes, in the principal amount of $0.7 million, plus warrants, or warrants, to purchase one share of Common Stock for each share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the principal amount of the notes. At the time of this initial closing, we informed the investors that we were negotiating the terms of a possible investment by a lead investor and if that investment was concluded then the investors in the initial closing would be offered the right to exchange the notes and warrants issued in the initial closing for the securities issued to the lead investor. Following closing with the lead investor of the Securities Purchase Agreement referenced in the 2021 Bridge Financing described below, all investors in the initial closing exchanged their notes and warrants for the securities issued in the 2021 Bridge Financing.

In December 2021, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, which we refer to as the Securities Purchase Agreement, with the lead investor and additional accredited investors, or the Purchasers, which we refer to as our 2021 Bridge Financing. From December 2021 to February 2022, we issued and sold (i) Bridge Notes in

 

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an aggregate principal amount of $4.7 million (which included the exchange of the $0.7 million from the initial closing described above) and (ii) Bridge Warrants to purchase [            ] million shares of Common Stock in the 2021 Bridge Financing. The Company received net proceeds (net of the original issue discount, or OID) of $4.2 million in the 2021 Bridge Financing. The 2021 Bridge Financing concluded on February 28, 2022.

Each Bridge Note was issued with a 10% original issue discount and is convertible into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the principal amount of the Bridge Note divided by an initial conversion price of the lower of (i) $[            ] per share or (ii) a 30% discount to the price per share in this offering (for purposes of this prospectus, we have assumed that this offering will be a qualified offering, as defined below), which is referred to as the Conversion Price. For two years after the issuance date of the Bridge Notes until conversion occurs, the Conversion Price of the Bridge Notes is subject to adjustment for certain events such as stock dividends and splits and issuances of shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock at a price less than the Conversion Price, in which event the Conversion Price will be subject to a full ratchet downward to the price at which such newly-issued shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock were issued.

The Bridge Notes bear interest at 8% per annum payable on the maturity date of the Bridge Notes of December 22, 2024 and are secured by a subordinated security interest in substantially all of the assets, including patents and other intellectual property, of the Company. From and after the one-year anniversary of the issuance of the Bridge Notes, the Company may prepay the principal of the Bridge Notes and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon at a price of 115% of the principal amount to be prepaid (plus accrued and unpaid interest). In addition, upon the occurrence of an event of default or a change of control of the Company (as defined in the Bridge Notes), the holders of the Bridge Notes may redeem their Bridge Notes in an amount equal to 125% of the principal amount (plus accrued and unpaid interest).

Assuming this offering constitutes a qualified offering, the Bridge Notes will convert into shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Price automatically upon the consummation of this offering. A qualified offering is defined as a public offering in the U.S. pursuant to a registration statement declared effective by the SEC, pursuant to which the Common Stock is listed for trading on a securities exchange, such as the Nasdaq, with (i) minimum gross proceeds of $6.0 million and (ii) minimum net proceeds of $5.0 million after deducting all fees and expenses in connection with such offering. With respect to the conversion of the Bridge Notes, in the event any Purchaser, together with its affiliates and any other person acting as a group as defined under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whom we refer to as the Attribution Parties, would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the conversion of all or any portion of the Bridge Notes, or the Maximum Percentage, shall receive Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu of shares of Common Stock. Any such Purchaser may adjust the Maximum Percentage at any time, upon 61 days’ notice, provided that the Maximum Percentage may not be adjusted above 9.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the conversion of all or any portion of the Bridge Notes. The exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants is also subject to the Maximum Percentage, except that any exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants resulting in a number of shares in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio. A description of the Pre-Funded Warrants is set forth in “Description of Securities—Warrants.”

In connection with the 2021 Bridge Financing, we also issued warrants to initially purchase [            ] million shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment, which we refer to as the Bridge Warrants. The Bridge Warrants expire in five years from the date of issuance, beginning on December 22, 2026, and have an initial Exercise Price of $[            ] per share, subject to certain adjustments. No holder of a Bridge Warrant may exercise any portion of a Bridge Warrant if after giving effect to such exercise such holder (together with its Attribution Parties) would beneficially own in excess of the Maximum Percentage of 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock but not including shares of

 

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Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such holder’s Bridge Warrants or Pre-Funded Warrants. This limitation may be waived by a holder, at its election, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, to change the limitation to 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of such holder’s warrant. Any exercise of the Bridge Warrants resulting in a number of shares in excess of 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio.

The exercise price of the Bridge Warrants is subject to adjustment for certain events such as stock dividends and splits and, if and whenever on or prior to the later of (i) the second anniversary of December 22, 2021 or (ii) the 18-month anniversary of the effective date of this offering, there are issuances of shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock at a price less than the exercise price of the Bridge Warrants, in which event the Exercise Price will be reduced to the price at which such newly issued shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock were issued. In addition, if the per share price in this offering is less than 125% of the Exercise Price, then the Exercise Price would be decreased to the issuance price of the shares of Common Stock sold in this offering. Upon a decrease in the Exercise Price, the number of shares of Common Stock that would be received shall be adjusted such that the total consideration to be received by the Company upon exercise in full of the Bridge Warrants would equal 150% of the principal amount of the Bridge Notes purchased by such holder.

In connection with the 2021 Bridge Financing, we also entered into a registration rights agreement, or the Registration Rights Agreement, with the Purchasers pursuant to which we agreed to file a resale registration statement, no later than [            ], 2022, with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Bridge Notes, exercise of the Bridge Warrants or resulting from anti-dilution provisions in the Bridge Notes, the Bridge Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants (if any) or any securities issued or then issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event. In the event that the registration statement relating to the resale of Common Stock issued pursuant to a conversion of the Bridge Notes or exercise of the Bridge Warrants and any Pre-Funded Warrants, or Registrable Securities, is not declared effective by the SEC on or prior to [            ], 2022, we are required to pay to each holder of Registrable Securities an amount in cash equal to two percent of the principal amount of such holder’s Bridge Notes. For additional information with respect to the Registration Rights Agreement, see “Description of Securities—Registration Rights”.

Conversion of Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock

In [    ] 2022, all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock were converted into [            ] shares of Common Stock and all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock were converted into [            ] shares of Common Stock. As of the date of this prospectus, there are no outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock.

Implications of Being an “Emerging Growth Company” and a “Smaller Reporting Company”

We qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. For so long as we remain an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of relief from certain reporting requirements and other burdens generally applicable to public companies. In particular, as an emerging growth company we:

 

   

are not required to obtain an attestation and report from our auditors on our management’s assessment of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;

 

   

are not required to provide a detailed narrative disclosure discussing our compensation principles, objectives and elements and analyzing how those elements fit with our principles and objectives (commonly referred to as “compensation discussion and analysis”);

 

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are not required to obtain a non-binding advisory vote from our shareholders on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements (commonly referred to as the “say-on-pay,” “say-on-frequency” and “say-on-golden-parachute” votes);

 

   

are exempt from certain executive compensation disclosure provisions requiring a pay-for-performance graph and CEO pay ratio disclosure;

 

   

may present only two years of audited financial statements and only two years of related Management’s Discussion & Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, or MD&A; and

 

   

are eligible to claim longer phase-in periods for the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards under §107 of the JOBS Act.

We intend to take advantage of these reduced reporting requirements and exemptions, including the longer phase-in periods for the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards under §107 of the JOBS Act. Our election to use the phase-in periods may make it difficult to compare our financial statements to those of non-emerging growth companies and other emerging growth companies that have opted out of the phase-in periods under §107 of the JOBS Act. Please see “Risk Factors—We are an ‘emerging growth company,’ and any decision on our part to comply with certain reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies could make the Common Stock less attractive to investors.”

Under the JOBS Act, we may take advantage of the above-described reduced reporting requirements and exemptions for up to five years after our initial sale of common equity pursuant to a registration statement declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, or such earlier time that we no longer meet the definition of an emerging growth company. In this regard, the JOBS Act provides that we would cease to be an “emerging growth company” if we have more than $1.07 billion in annual revenue, have more than $700 million in market value of our Common Stock held by non-affiliates, or issue more than $1 billion in principal amount of non-convertible debt over a three-year period. Further, under current SEC rules we will continue to qualify as a “smaller reporting company” for so long as we have a public float (i.e., the market value of common equity held by non-affiliates) of less than $250 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter.

Certain of the reduced reporting requirements and exemptions available to us as an “emerging growth company” are also available to us due to the fact that we also qualify as a “smaller reporting company” under the SEC rules which means that the market value of our stock held by non-affiliates plus the proposed aggregate amount of gross proceeds to us as a result of this offering is less than $700 million and our annual revenue was less than $100 million during the most recently completed fiscal year. For instance, smaller reporting companies are not required to obtain an auditor attestation and report regarding internal control over financial reporting; are not required to provide a compensation discussion and analysis; are not required to provide a pay-for-performance graph or CEO pay ratio disclosure; and may present only two years of audited financial statements and related MD&A disclosure.

If we are a smaller reporting company at the time we cease to be an emerging growth company, we may continue to rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements that are available to smaller reporting companies and we may continue to be a smaller reporting company after this offering if either (i) the market value of our stock held by non-affiliates is less than $250 million as of the last business day of the second fiscal quarter or (ii) our annual revenue was less than $100 million during the most recently completed fiscal year and the market value of our stock held by non-affiliates is less than $700 million as of the last business day of the second fiscal quarter. Specifically, as a smaller reporting company we may choose to present only the two most recent fiscal years of audited financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and, similar to emerging growth companies, smaller reporting companies have reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation.

 

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Corporate Information

We are a Texas corporation based in Southlake, Texas and were incorporated in Texas in August 2007. Our principal executive offices are located at 550 Reserve Street, Suite 360, Southlake TX 76092. Our telephone number is 682-237-7781. We are doing business under an assumed name, HeartSciences. Our website address is www.heartsciences.com. The information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not part of this prospectus. We have included our website address in this prospectus solely as an inactive textual reference.

 

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THE OFFERING

 

Common Stock currently issued and outstanding

[            ] shares

 

Securities offered by us

[            ] Units at $[            ] per Unit, each Unit consisting of:

 

   

One share of Common Stock; and

 

   

One Warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock. The Warrants may only be exercised at an exercise price of $[            ] per whole share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment in the event of stock dividends, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications or similar events affecting our Common Stock. The Warrants are exercisable upon completion of this offering and will expire five (5) years from the date of issuance. The Common Stock and the Warrants comprising the Units are immediately separable upon issuance and will be issued separately but will be purchased together in this offering. The terms of the Warrants will be governed by a Warrant Agreement between us and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as the Warrant Agent. For more information, please see “Description of Securities—Warrants”.

 

Common Stock to be outstanding after this offering

[            ] shares (assuming that none of the Warrants are exercised) or [            ] shares if the Warrants offered hereby are exercised in full. If the underwriters exercise in full the over-allotment option to purchase an additional [            ] shares of Common Stock and/or Warrants to purchase an additional [            ] shares of Common Stock, the total number of shares of Common Stock immediately after this offering would be [            ] shares (assuming that none of the Warrants are exercised) or [            ] shares if the Warrants offered hereby are exercised in full, subject to the assumptions set forth below.

 

Over-allotment option

We have granted the underwriters an option for a period of up to 30 days to purchase, at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions, up to [            ] shares of additional Common Stock and/or Warrants to purchase an additional [            ] shares of Common Stock to cover over-allotments, if any.

 

Representative’s Warrants

We will issue to The Benchmark Company LLC, the representative of the underwriters, or its designees, warrants to purchase up to 7.0% of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock sold in this offering (or up to                         shares). The representative’s warrants will have a term of five years from the effective date of the offering, will have an exercise price equal to 100% of the public offering price per Unit set forth on the cover page of this prospectus (or $             per share), will provide for a “cashless” exercise, and will contain certain antidilution adjustments (but excluding any price based antidilution). The representatives’ warrants will contain

 

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provisions for unlimited “piggyback” registration rights for a period of no greater than three (3) years from the effective date of the offering in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8)(D). For additional information regarding the representative’s warrants, see “Underwriting—Representative’s Warrants”.

 

Use of proceeds

We expect to receive net proceeds from this offering of approximately $[            ], after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses, or approximately $[            ] if the underwriters exercise the over-allotment option in full.

 

  We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering (i) for estimated costs of approximately $3 million directly related to achieving FDA clearance for the MyoVista device, including costs for relevant Company personnel, associated device testing, validation and R&D, and completing the pivotal clinical validation study, (ii) for working capital and general corporate purposes until we can obtain FDA approval, (iii) to pay accrued and unpaid interest to one lender (John Q. Adams, Sr., a former director of the Company) under the $1M Loan and Security Agreement (as defined in the Glossary of Terms), which was $0.1 million as of January 31, 2022, and (iv) with respect to the remainder, if any, for working capital and general corporate purposes needed for the sales launch of the MyoVista into the U.S., which may include the hiring of additional personnel, capital expenditures and the costs of operating as a public company. The $1M Loan and Security Agreement, as amended, matures on September 30, 2023, assuming completion of this offering.

 

Risk factors

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should read the “Risk Factors” section starting on page 19 of this prospectus for a discussion of factors to consider carefully before deciding to invest in our Common Stock.

 

Proposed Listing:

We have applied to list our Common Stock and Warrants to be issued in this offering on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “HSCS” and “HSCSW,” respectively. No assurance can be given that our application will be approved or that a trading market will develop. In the event our listing application is not approved, we will not consummate this offering.

 

 

The number of shares of Common Stock to be outstanding immediately after this offering as shown above assumes that all of the Units offered hereby are sold, and is based on [            ] shares of Common Stock outstanding as of January 31, 2022, plus [            ] shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the conversion of up to

 

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the Maximum Percentage by each holder of the Bridge Notes, plus [            ] shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the $1.5M Notes, plus [            ] shares issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and [            ] shares issued upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

  This number of shares of the Common Stock excludes:

 

   

[            ] shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series C Preferred Stock (including conversion of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock issuable upon conversion of the $130K Note). See “Description of Securities—Preferred Stock” for additional information;

 

   

[            ] shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options issued to directors, employees and consultants of the Company, of which [            ] were vested as of January 31, 2022;

 

   

[            ] shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of the Investor Warrants, the $1M Lender Warrants, the $1.5M Lender Warrants, the Bridge Warrants, and the Pre-Funded Warrants, each as defined in the Glossary of Terms. See “Description of Securities—Warrants” for more information; and

 

   

[             ] shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of the Warrants; and

 

   

[            ] shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of the underwriters’ representative’s warrants.

 

  This number of shares of Common Stock also excludes shares issuable pursuant to antidilution provisions set forth in the Bridge Warrants and the Series C Preferred Stock, which are each dependent on the market price of our Common Stock at the time of conversion. For additional information, see “Description of Securities—Antidilution Provisions”.

 

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SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA

The following table summarizes our financial data. We have derived the following statements of operations data for Fiscal 2021 and Fiscal 2020 from our audited financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. We have derived the following statements of operations data for the nine months ended January 31, 2022 and 2021, and the balance sheet data as of January 31, 2022, from our unaudited interim condensed financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected in the future. The following summary financial data should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and with our financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. Share numbers are based on the number of shares outstanding prior to the reverse stock split.

 

     Nine months ended January 31,     Year ended April 30,  
     2022     2021     2021     2020  
     (unaudited)              

Revenue

   $ 10,224     $ 10,654     $ 25,604     $ 64,182  

Cost of sales

     6,610       4,444       10,665       46,460  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross margin

     3,614       6,210       14,939       17,722  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

        

Research and development

     1,645,902       1,114,459       1,708,447       2,040,227  

Selling, general and administrative

     1,089,301       672,551       874,620       1,795,679  

(Gain) loss on disposal of property and equipment

     —         (573     (1,663     10,016  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     2,735,203       1,786,437       2,581,404       3,845,922  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from operations

     (2,731,589     (1,780,227     (2,566,465     (3,828,200
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other income (expense)

        

Interest expense

     (294,586     (68,338     (132,454     (2,811

Gain on extinguishment of debt

     250,200       250,200       250,200       —    

Gain on settlement of payables

     —         —         —         21,790  

Other income

     851       —         —         —    

Other expense

     —         (2,232     (3,451     (1,897
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other income (expense)

     (43,535     179,630       114,295       17,082  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (2,775,124   $ (1,600,597   $ (2,452,170   $ (3,811,118
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss per share, basic and diluted

   $ (0.03   $ (0.01   $ (0.02   $ (0.03
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted

     109,467,859       109,356,748       109,356,748       109,355,498  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     As of
January 31,
2022
(unaudited)
    As of April 30,  

Balance Sheet Data:

  2021     2020  

Cash and equivalents

   $ 1,328,208     $ 723,481     $ 496,853  

Working capital (deficit) 1

   $ (1,665,232   $ 392,048     $ 396,103  

Total assets

   $ 2,589,833     $ 1,927,371     $ 1,955,856  

Total notes payable

   $ 5,259,377     $ 2,880,200     $ 650,766  

Total liabilities

   $ 6,691,631     $ 3,836,961     $ 1,640,305  

Accumulated deficit

   $ (52,349,772   $ (49,574,648   $ (47,122,478

Total stockholders’ (deficit) equity

   $ (4,101,798   $ (1,909,590   $ 315,551  

 

(1)

We define working capital as current assets less current liabilities. See our audited financial statements and the related notes include elsewhere in this prospectus for further details regarding our assets and liabilities as of April 30, 2020 and 2021 and unaudited interim financial statements as of January 31, 2022.

 

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SUMMARY OF RISK FACTORS

Our business is subject to numerous risks, as more fully described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” immediately following the prospectus summary. The following is a summary of the most significant risks and uncertainties that we believe could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. In addition to the following summary, you should read the other information set forth in “Risk Factors” before you invest in our securities. In particular, our risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

Risks Related to Our Financial Condition and Capital Requirements:

 

   

We have a limited operating history and we have incurred significant operating losses since our inception, and anticipate that we will incur continued losses for the foreseeable future;

 

   

Our future operating results are dependent on regulatory approval for the MyoVista, which we have not received as of the date of this prospectus;

 

   

Even if this offering is successful, we will need to raise substantial additional funding, which may not be available on acceptable terms, or at all. Failure to obtain funding on acceptable terms and on a timely basis may require us to curtail, delay or discontinue our development efforts and other operations;

 

   

All of our assets are subject to security interests; and

 

   

Our independent registered public accounting firm has expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, which could prevent us from obtaining new financing either on reasonable terms or at all.

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry:

 

   

Our future success depends on our ability to develop, receive regulatory clearance or approval for, and introduce the MyoVista to the market in a timely manner. If we do not obtain and maintain the regulatory registrations and clearances for our device, we will be unable to market and sell the MyoVista in the United States, Europe or other regions;

 

   

Our success will be dependent upon physician acceptance; and

 

   

If third-party payors do not provide adequate coverage and reimbursement for the use of the MyoVista, our revenue will be negatively impacted.

Risks Related to Product Development and Regulatory Approval:

 

   

Our device and operations are subject to extensive government regulation and oversight both in the U.S. and abroad, and our failure to comply with applicable requirements could harm our business;

 

   

If and when our products are ready for sales launch into the U.S., modifications to our marketed products may require new 510(k) clearances, or may require us to cease marketing or recall the modified products until clearances or approvals are obtained;

 

   

Clinical studies may be necessary to support future product submissions to the FDA. The clinical trial process is lengthy and expensive with uncertain outcomes, and often requires the enrollment of large numbers of patients, and suitable patients may be difficult to identify and recruit. Delays or failures in our clinical studies will prevent us from launching sales of modified or new products into the U.S. and will adversely affect our business, operating results and prospects; and

 

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Medical device development involves a lengthy and expensive process with an uncertain outcome, and results of earlier studies may not be predictive of future study results.

Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property:

 

   

If we are unable to obtain and maintain effective patent rights for our device, we may not be able to compete effectively in our markets. If we are unable to protect the confidentiality of our trade secrets or know-how, such proprietary information may be used by others to compete against us;

 

   

Intellectual property rights of third parties could adversely affect our ability to market our device, and we might be required to litigate or obtain licenses from third parties in order to develop or market our device. Such litigation or licenses could be costly or not available on commercially reasonable terms; and

 

   

We may be subject to claims challenging the inventorship of our intellectual property.

Risks Related to this Offering and the Ownership of our Securities:

 

   

We do not know whether a market for our Common Stock or Warrants will develop or, if developed, be sustained, what the trading price of our Common Stock or Warrants will be, or whether there will be an active, liquid, trading market for our Common Stock or Warrants, which may trade at a discount from the initial public offering price and make it difficult for you to sell the Common Stock or Warrants you purchase;

 

   

The market price of our Common Stock and Warrants may be highly volatile, and you could lose all or part of your investment;

 

   

Future sales of a substantial number of shares of our Common Stock by our existing shareholders could cause our stock price to decline; and

 

   

If securities or industry analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports about us, our business or our market, or if they publish negative reports regarding our business or our securities, our share price and trading volume could decline.

 

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RISK FACTORS

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully the risks and uncertainties described below, together with all of the other information in this prospectus, including the financial statements and related notes, before deciding whether to purchase our securities. If any of the following risks are realized, our business, operating results, financial condition and prospects could be materially and adversely affected. In that event, the price of our Common Stock or Warrants could decline, and you could lose part or all of your investment.

Risks Related to Our Financial Condition and Capital Requirements

We have a limited operating history and we have incurred significant operating losses since our inception, and anticipate that we will incur continued losses for the foreseeable future.

We are a development-stage medical device company with a limited operating history. In addition, we have limited experience and have not yet demonstrated an ability to successfully overcome many of the risks and uncertainties frequently encountered by companies in new and rapidly evolving fields, particularly in the medical device industry. To date, we have generated limited revenue from the sale of the MyoVista during its development stage. We have incurred losses in each year since our inception, including net losses of approximately $2.4 million and $3.8 million for Fiscal 2021 and Fiscal 2020, respectively, and approximately $2.8 million and $1.6 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2022 and January 31, 2021, respectively. As of January 31, 2022, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $52.3 million and stockholder’s deficit of approximately $4.1 million. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Results of Operations” for additional information.

Even if we obtain regulatory approval for sales launch of the MyoVista into the U.S., our future revenue will depend upon the size of the market in which the device or any future product receives approval as well as our ability to achieve sufficient market acceptance, pricing, and reimbursement from third-party payors, which we may never achieve.

We also anticipate that our expenses will increase substantially if and as we:

 

   

continue research and development;

 

   

are granted regulatory and marketing approvals;

 

   

establish a sales, marketing, and distribution infrastructure;

 

   

seek to identify, assess, acquire, license, and/or develop subsequent generations of the MyoVista and any new products;

 

   

seek to maintain, protect, and expand our intellectual property portfolio;

 

   

seek to attract and retain skilled personnel;

 

   

create additional infrastructure to support our operations as a public company as well as our device development and planned future marketing efforts; and

 

   

experience any delays or encounter issues with respect to any of the above, including, but not limited to, failed studies, complex results, safety issues or other regulatory challenges that require longer follow-up of existing studies or additional supportive studies in order to pursue marketing approval.

We expect to continue to incur significant operating losses for the foreseeable future. As a result of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with developing a medical device, we are unable to predict the extent of any future losses or whether we will ever achieve and maintain profitability. Further, the operating losses that we incur may fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter and year to year, such that a period-to-period comparison of our results of operations may not be a good indication of our future performance. Other unanticipated costs may also arise.

 

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Our future operating results are dependent on regulatory approval for the MyoVista, which we have not received as of the date of this prospectus.

The MyoVista is our only current product candidate. As a result, the success of our business plan is entirely dependent on our ability to obtain regulatory approval and to subsequently develop, manufacture and launch sales of the MyoVista into the U.S. Our failure to do so would likely cause our business to fail. Successful marketing of medical devices is a complex, lengthy, costly and uncertain process, dependent on the efforts of management, manufacturers, local operators, integrators, medical professionals, third-party payors, as well as general economic conditions, among other factors. For more information, see “—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry—Our future success depends on our ability to develop, receive regulatory clearance or approval for, and introduce the MyoVista to the market in a timely manner. If we do not obtain and maintain the regulatory registrations and clearances for our device, we will be unable to market and sell the MyoVista in the United States, Europe or other regions.” Any factor that adversely impacts the approval, development and sales launch of the MyoVista into the U.S. will have a negative impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We may face several challenges with respect to launching sales of the MyoVisto into the U.S. including, among others, that:

 

   

we may fail to obtain regulatory clearance or approvals or, even if regulatory approval is obtained, we may face adverse regulatory and/or legal actions;

 

   

we may not have adequate financial or other resources to properly market the MyoVista or sell it in economically viable quantities;

 

   

we may not be able to manufacture in commercial quantities, at an adequate quality or at an acceptable cost;

 

   

we may not be able to establish adequate sales, marketing and distribution channels;

 

   

healthcare professionals and patients may not accept the MyoVista;

 

   

we may not be able to compete with existing solutions for cardiac screening;

 

   

technological breakthroughs in heart disease screening solutions may reduce the potential demand for the MyoVista;

 

   

third-party payors may not agree to reimburse patients for any or all of the charges related to testing the MyoVista, which may adversely affect physicians’ adoption and use of the device; and

 

   

we may face third-party claims of intellectual property infringement.

If we are unable to obtain regulatory approval and accomplish any one or more of the challenges listed above, our ability to effectively launch sales of the MyoVista into the U.S. could be limited, which in turn could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. For additional information regarding risks related to our ability to successfully develop, market and sell the MyoVista, see “—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry—Our future success depends on our ability to develop, receive regulatory clearance or approval for, and introduce the MyoVista to the market in a timely manner. If we do not obtain and maintain the regulatory registrations and clearances for our device, we will be unable to market and sell the MyoVista in the United States, Europe or other regions” and “—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry—Our success will be dependent upon physician acceptance.”

Even if this offering is successful, we will need to raise substantial additional funding, which may not be available on acceptable terms, or at all. Failure to obtain funding on acceptable terms and on a timely basis may require us to curtail, delay or discontinue our development efforts and other operations.

We estimate the costs directly related to achieving FDA clearance for the MyoVista device, including costs for relevant Company personnel, associated device testing, validation and R&D, and completing the pivotal clinical validation study, would be approximately $3 million. If we are unable to obtain funding on a timely basis, we may (i) not be able to complete the process of FDA clearance if funding beyond this offering is required, (ii) need to significantly curtail, delay or discontinue our efforts to launch sales of the MyoVista into the U.S. if FDA clearance is achieved or (iii) be unable to continue operations or otherwise capitalize on our

 

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business opportunities, as desired, which could materially affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Even if we achieve FDA clearance with the proceeds of this offering, we expect that we will require substantial additional capital for sales launch and marketing of the MyoVista. In addition, our planned expenses and operations may change as a result of many factors that could be currently unknown to us and we may need to seek additional funds sooner than planned. Our future funding requirements will depend on many factors including:

 

   

the progress, results and costs of our ongoing and planned studies and, if applicable, clinical trials of the MyoVista as well as any future products and services;

 

   

the cost, timing and outcomes of regulatory review of current and any future products and services;

 

   

the scope, progress, results and costs of product development, testing, manufacturing, pre-clinical development and, if applicable, clinical trials for any other product that we may develop or otherwise obtain in the future;

 

   

the cost of our future activities, including establishing sales, marketing and distribution capabilities for the MyoVista, in any particular geography, where we receive marketing and/or regulatory approval;

 

   

the terms and timing of any collaborative, licensing, payment plan and/or other arrangements that we may establish;

 

   

the costs of preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications, maintaining and enforcing our intellectual property rights and defending any intellectual property-related claims; and

 

   

the level of revenue, if any, received from commercial sales of the MyoVista if we receive approval for sales launch of the MyoVista into the U.S.

We could also be required to seek additional funds at an earlier stage than would otherwise be desirable and, as a result, we may be required to relinquish rights to some of our intellectual property, our device, or otherwise agree to terms unfavorable to us or our shareholders, any of which may have a material adverse effect on our business. Even if we believe that we have sufficient funds for our current or future operating plans, we may seek additional capital if market conditions are favorable or if we have specific strategic objectives such as acquiring IP, partnering with a vendor or other worthwhile business endeavors.

Any additional fundraising efforts may divert our management from their day-to-day activities, which may adversely affect our ability to develop and launch sales of the MyoVista and any future product into the U.S. In addition, we cannot guarantee that future financing will be available in sufficient amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all.

All of our assets are subject to security interests.

At January 31, 2022, we had a total of $5.2 million of indebtedness. For more information, see “Capitalization” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Description of Indebtedness.”

Our ability to service our indebtedness will depend upon, among other things, the receipt of regulatory approvals for the MyoVista and thereafter our future financial and operating performance, which will be affected by prevailing economic conditions and financial, business, regulatory and other factors, some of which are beyond our control. If our operating results are not sufficient to service our current or future indebtedness, we will be forced to take actions such as reducing or delaying the development and sales and marketing of the MyoVista, restructuring or refinancing our indebtedness or seeking additional debt or equity capital or bankruptcy protection. We may not be able to affect any of these remedies on satisfactory terms or at all.

A breach of the terms and conditions of our indebtedness would likely result in an event of default. If an event of default occurs (after any applicable notice and cure periods), the lenders would be entitled to accelerate the repayment of amounts outstanding (including accrued and unpaid interest and fees). Upon such a default, the lenders could also foreclose against any collateral securing such obligations, which consists of all of our assets. In addition to the assets securing our indebtedness, our obligation to pay certain royalties to the inventor of certain specified MyoVista technology and proprietary and intellectual property rights thereto (including

 

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patents, copyright, trademarks, trade secrets and know-how) is secured by a first lien security interest. If we fail to pay those royalties, the inventor could foreclose on the technology. For more information, please see “Business—Intellectual Property.” If any such foreclosure occurred, we would likely not be able to continue to operate as a going concern.

Our independent registered public accounting firm has expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, which could prevent us from obtaining new financing either on reasonable terms or at all.

Our auditors’ report on our audited financial statements for Fiscal 2021 contains an explanatory paragraph regarding substantial doubts about our ability to continue as a going concern because we have experienced recurring losses, negative cash flows from operations, limited capital resources, a net shareholders’ deficit, as well as significant debt obligations. These events and conditions, along with other matters, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on our ability to continue as a going concern. The perception that we may not be able to continue as a going concern may have a material adverse effect on our share price and our ability to raise new capital (whether it is through the issuance of equity or debt securities or otherwise), enter into critical contractual relations with third parties and otherwise execute our business objectives. Until we can generate significant recurring revenues, we expect to satisfy our future cash needs through debt or equity financing. We cannot be certain that additional funding will be available to us on acceptable terms, if at all. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that may result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

If we are unable to continue as a going concern, we may have to liquidate our assets, and the values we receive for our assets in liquidation or dissolution could be significantly lower than the values reflected in our financial statements.

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

Our future success depends on our ability to develop, receive regulatory clearance or approval for, and introduce the MyoVista to the market in a timely manner. If we do not obtain and maintain the regulatory registrations and clearances for our device, we will be unable to market and sell the MyoVista in the United States, Europe or other regions.

In the United States, before we can market a new medical device, or a new use of, new claim for or significant modification to, an existing product, we must first receive either approval of a Premarket Approval Application, or PMA, clearance under Section 510(k), or be granted a De Novo classification, in accordance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or the FDCA. For additional information on the PMA or the De Novo classification processes, see “Business—FDA and Other Government Regulation.”

The FDA can delay, limit or deny clearance or approval of a medical device for many reasons, including:

 

   

we may not be able to demonstrate to the FDA’s satisfaction that the MyoVista is safe and effective for its intended use;

 

   

the data from our pre-clinical studies and clinical trials may be insufficient to support clearance or approval, where required;

 

   

the manufacturing process or facilities we use or contract to use may not meet applicable requirements; and

 

   

disruptions at the FDA caused by funding shortages or global health concerns, including the COVID-19 pandemic.

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not part of the studies used for algorithm development. Due to the time of completion of the study, submission of the new validation study results requires a new De Novo submission. The new validation study is currently underway and we intend to submit a new De Novo application for the MyoVista later in the current fiscal year ending April 30, 2023. Additional clinical studies are being conducted as part of the outcome of the previous application process. The De Novo process can be expensive, lengthy and unpredictable. De Novo classification requests require the performance of at least one clinical trial. Despite the time, effort and cost, we may not ultimately be successful in completing the review process and our De Novo application may not be granted by the FDA in a timely manner or at all. Any delay or failure to obtain necessary regulatory clearances or approvals could harm our business. Furthermore, even if we are granted regulatory clearances or approvals, they may include significant limitations on the indicated uses for the MyoVista, which may limit the market for the device in the United States.

In order to sell the device in member countries of the European Economic Area, or EEA, our device must comply with the essential requirements of the EU Medical Device Regulation (EU) 2017/745, or EU MDR. Compliance with these requirements is a prerequisite to be able to affix the Conformité Européene, or CE, mark to our device, without which it cannot be sold or marketed in the EEA. For additional information on the PMA or the De Novo classification processes, see “Business—FDA and Other Government Regulation.”

The Company previously achieved a CE Mark under the EU Medical Devices Directive or MDD in February 2017. The Medical Device Directive was established on June 14, 1993 but the EU Medical Devices Directive, or MDD regulatory framework, has since been replaced by EU MDR. In order to sell in member countries of the European Economic Area, or EEA, our device must now comply with the essential requirements of the newer, updated regulatory framework or EU MDR. In October 2021, the Company submitted the documentation required to establish compliance with EU MDR. The submission of the technical file is currently under review and our CE Mark issued under MDD lapsed in February 2022. If the technical file submission is found to comply with the new requirements, a certificate of conformity will be issued to verify the Company’s compliance with EU MDR. An updated CE mark certificate under EU MDR will entitle the Company to market the MyoVista in the European Economic Area as well as other countries for which CE Mark represents an appropriate regulatory standard.

Sales of our device outside of the United States and the EEA are also subject to foreign regulatory requirements that vary widely from country to country. Approval procedures vary among countries and can involve additional testing. Complying with foreign regulatory requirements, including obtaining registrations, clearances or approvals, can be expensive and time-consuming, and we may not receive regulatory clearances or approvals in each country in which we plan to market our device or we may be unable to do so on a timely basis. If we modify our device, we may need to apply for additional regulatory clearances or approvals before we are permitted to sell the modified device. In addition, we may not continue to meet the quality and safety standards required to maintain the authorizations that we have received. If we are unable to maintain our authorizations in a particular country, we will no longer be able to sell the applicable device in that country.

Regulatory clearance or approval by the FDA does not ensure registration, clearance or approval by regulatory authorities in other countries, and registration, clearance or approval by one or more foreign regulatory authorities does not ensure registration, clearance or approval by regulatory authorities in other foreign countries or by the FDA. However, a failure or delay in obtaining registration or regulatory clearance or approval in one country may have a negative effect on the regulatory process in others.

Our success will be dependent upon physician acceptance.

Our future growth and profitability largely depend on our ability to increase physician awareness of the MyoVista and on the willingness of hospitals, physicians, patients and/or third-party payors to use it. These parties may not use our device unless they are able to determine, based on experience, clinical data, medical society recommendations and other analyses, that our device is safe, effective and cost-effective, on a stand-alone

 

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basis and relative to our competitors’ products. If we fail to deliver a device that physicians want to use, our revenue potential, financial results and business may be significantly harmed. Even if we are able to deliver a superior device and are able to raise physician awareness of our device through effective marketing, physicians tend to be slow in making changes to their medical treatment practices and may be hesitant to select our device as their preferred diagnostic device for a variety of reasons, including:

 

   

long-standing relationships with competing companies and distributors that sell competing devices;

 

   

lack of experience with the MyoVista and concerns that we are new to market;

 

   

lack or perceived lack of sufficient clinical evidence, including long-term data, supporting safety or clinical benefits; and

 

   

time commitment and skill development that may be required to gain familiarity and proficiency with the MyoVista.

Physicians play a significant role in determining the course of a patient’s treatment and, as a result, the type of treatment that will be utilized and provided to a patient. We intend to focus our sales, marketing and education efforts on educating cardiologists and any other potential referring physicians. However, if physicians do not perceive the MyoVista to be useful and reliable, we may not be able to attract or retain customers.

If third-party payors do not provide adequate coverage and reimbursement for the use of the MyoVista, our revenue will be negatively impacted.

The MyoVista does not currently have coverage and reimbursement approved for third-party payor coverage or reimbursement. Such reimbursement, if and when approved, will vary based on the identity of the third-party.

Our ability to successfully launch sales of the MyoVista into the U.S. and achieve market acceptance of the MyoVista depends, in significant part, on the availability of adequate financial coverage and reimbursement from third-party payors, including governmental payors (such as the Medicare and Medicaid programs in the U.S.), managed care organizations and private health insurers. Third-party payors decide which treatments they will cover and then establish reimbursement rates for those treatments. If approved and successfully marketed, we expect that the MyoVista may be purchased by hospitals and other providers who will then seek reimbursement from third-party payors for the use of the MyoVista and, in many cases, the decision whether or not to purchase the MyoVista will be dependent upon whether or not such purchaser will be able to seek reimbursement.

Increasingly, third-party payors are also examining the cost effectiveness of products, in addition to their safety and efficacy, when making coverage and payment decisions. Third-party payors have also instituted initiatives to limit the growth of healthcare costs using, for example, price regulation or controls and competitive pricing programs. Some third-party payors also require demonstrated superiority, on the basis of randomized clinical trials, or pre-approval of coverage, for new or innovative devices before they will reimburse healthcare providers who use such devices. Additionally, there is no uniform policy for coverage and reimbursement in the U.S., and coverage and reimbursement can differ significantly from payor to payor. Third-party payors often rely upon Medicare coverage policy and payment limitations in setting their own reimbursement rates, but also have their own methods and approval process apart from the Medicare coverage determination process. It is uncertain whether the MyoVista will be viewed as sufficiently cost effective to warrant coverage and adequate reimbursement levels for use in any given jurisdiction.

We expect to engage with the American Medical Association, or AMA, and American College of Cardiology to gain approval for use of the standard ECG reimbursement coding for the conventional ECG functions of the MyoVista. We will also seek to have private third-party payors provide reimbursement for the wavECG proprietary algorithm, or the MyoVista Algorithm. We cannot assure you that these efforts will be successful to our obtaining third-party payor reimbursement. The lack of reimbursement from third-party payors

 

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would have an adverse effect on our revenues, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Reimbursement systems in international markets vary significantly by country and, within some countries, by region and reimbursement approvals must be obtained on a country-by-country or a region-by-region basis. In certain international markets, a product must be approved for reimbursement before it can be approved for sale in that country. Furthermore, many international markets have government-managed healthcare systems that control reimbursement for new devices. In most markets, there are private insurance systems as well as government-managed systems. For more information regarding the process of receiving reimbursement approval, please see “Business—Market Strategy—Reimbursement.”

We will be dependent upon third-party manufacturers and suppliers, making us vulnerable to supply shortages and problems, increased costs and quality or compliance issues, any of which could harm our business.

The MyoVista consists mostly of off-the-shelf components and once we are able to sell the MyoVista, we will need to rely on third parties to supply components and assemble the components into a completed device. Any third-party supplier that we work with, and may eventually depend on, could encounter problems during sourcing and manufacturing that could delay or impede such supplier’s ability to meet our requirements. Any reliance on these third-party suppliers will also subjects us to other risks that could harm our business, including:

 

   

we are not currently a major customer of any of our suppliers, and these suppliers may therefore give other customers’ needs higher priority than ours;

 

   

we may not be able to obtain an adequate supply in a timely manner or on commercially reasonable terms;

 

   

our suppliers may make errors in manufacturing that could negatively affect the efficacy or safety of our device or cause delays in shipment;

 

   

we may have difficulty locating and qualifying alternative suppliers;

 

   

switching components or suppliers may require product redesign and possibly additional future submission(s) to the FDA or other similar foreign regulatory agencies, which could impede or delay our commercial activities;

 

   

one or more of our suppliers may be unwilling or unable to supply components of our device;

 

   

the occurrence of a fire, natural disaster or other catastrophe impacting one or more of our suppliers may affect their ability to deliver products to us in a timely manner; and

 

   

our suppliers may encounter financial or other business hardships unrelated to our demand, which could inhibit their ability to fulfill our orders and meet our requirements.

We may not be able to quickly establish additional or alternative suppliers if necessary, in part because we may need to undertake additional activities and incur additional expenses to establish such suppliers as required by the regulatory approval process. Any interruption or delay in obtaining products from our third-party suppliers, or our inability to obtain products from qualified alternate sources at acceptable prices in a timely manner, could impair our ability to meet the demand of our customers and cause them to switch to competing products. Given our reliance on certain suppliers, we may be susceptible to supply shortages while looking for alternate suppliers.

Medical device development is costly and involves continual technological change in order to remain competitive which may render the MyoVista obsolete.

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MyoVista as well as develop or acquire new technologies to keep pace with technological developments, evolving industry standards, as well as responses to changes in customer needs and expectations. The market for medical devices is unique due to factors such as: rapid technological change, medical advances, short device lifecycles, changing regulatory requirements and evolving industry standards.

Any one of these factors could either reduce potential demand for the MyoVista or require substantial resources and expenditures for, among other things, research, design and development, to avoid technological or market obsolescence. A failure to adequately develop enhancements and improvements to the MyoVista or acquire new devices that will address changing technologies and customer requirements adequately, or to introduce such devices on a timely basis, may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We might have insufficient financial resources to improve the MyoVista at a competitive rate, if at all. Technological advances by one or more competitors or future entrants into the field may result in the MyoVista becoming non-competitive or obsolete, which may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

We face intense competition in the market and, as a result, we may be unable to effectively compete in our industry.

Many of our competitors, such as General Electric Company, or GE, Koninklijke Philips N.V., or Philips, and Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc., or Hill-Rom, have long histories and strong reputations within the industry. These competitors have significantly greater brand recognition, and financial and human resources than we do. They also have more experience and capabilities in researching and developing diagnostic devices, obtaining and maintaining regulatory clearances and other requirements, manufacturing and marketing those products than we do. There is a significant risk that we may be unable to overcome the advantages held by our competition, and our inability to do so could lead to the failure of our business and the loss of your investment. In addition, we may be unable to develop additional products in the future or to keep pace with developments and innovations in the market and lose market share to our competitors.

Medical device markets, and more specifically ECG technologies and solutions markets, are competitive, which can lead to, among other things, price reductions, longer selling cycles, lower product margins, loss of market share and additional working capital requirements. To succeed, we must, among other critical matters, gain consumer acceptance for our device as compared to other solutions currently available in the cardiac screening market or advanced cardiac screening offering. For more information regarding risks related to our dependence on physician acceptance, see “—Our success will be dependent upon physician acceptance.”

If our competitors offer significant discounts on certain products and solutions, we may need to lower our prices or offer other favorable terms in order to compete successfully. Any broad-based changes to our prices and pricing policies could make it difficult to generate revenues or cause our revenues to decline. Moreover, if our competitors develop and market products and solutions that are more effective or desirable than products and solutions than we may develop, we may not convince our customers to use our products and solutions. Any such changes would likely reduce our commercial opportunity and revenue potential and could materially adversely impact our operating results.

If we are not able to attract and retain highly skilled managerial, scientific, technical and marketing personnel, we may not be able to implement our business model successfully.

Our success depends in part on our continued ability to attract, retain and motivate highly qualified management as well as clinical and scientific personnel to implement our business strategy. We are highly dependent upon our senior management, our employees, consultants and scientific and medical collaborators. Our management team must be able to act decisively to apply and adapt our business model in the rapidly changing markets in which we will compete. In addition, we rely upon technical and scientific employees or third-party contractors to effectively establish, manage and grow our business. In order to attract and retain

 

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highly skilled managerial, sales, scientific and technical personnel, we may need to pay them higher compensation or fees than currently expected and such higher compensation may have a negative effect on our operating results. Competition for experienced, high-quality personnel in the medical device field is intense. Our failure to hire and retain quality personnel on acceptable terms could impair our ability to develop new products and services and manage our business effectively.

We may need to expand our organization and we may experience difficulties in recruiting additional employees and consultants, which could disrupt our operations.

As our development and marketing plans and strategies develop, we will likely need additional managerial, operational, sales, marketing, financial, legal and other resources. The competition for qualified personnel in the medical device industry is intense. Due to this intense competition, we may be unable to attract and retain qualified personnel necessary for the development of our business or to recruit suitable replacement personnel.

Our management may need to divert its attention away from our day-to-day activities and devote a substantial amount of time to managing these growth activities. We may not be able to effectively manage the expansion of our operations, which may result in weaknesses in our infrastructure, operational mistakes, loss of business opportunities, loss of employees and reduced productivity among remaining employees. Our expected growth could require capital expenditures and may divert financial resources from other projects, such as the development of additional medical device products. If our management is unable to effectively manage our growth, our expenses may increase more than expected, our ability to generate and/or grow revenue could be reduced and we may not be able to implement our business strategy. Our future financial performance and our ability to market and sell medical device products and compete effectively will depend, in part, on our ability to effectively manage any future growth.

Our management team has limited experience managing a public company.

Some members of our management team have limited experience managing a publicly traded company, interacting with public company investors and complying with the increasingly complex laws pertaining to public companies in the United States. Our management team may not successfully or efficiently manage our transition to being a public company due to significant regulatory oversight and reporting obligations under the U.S. federal securities laws and the continuous scrutiny of securities analysts and investors. These new obligations and constituents will require significant attention from our senior management and could divert their attention away from the day-to-day management of our business, which could make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our Board of Directors, any committees of our Board of Directors, or as executive officers and/or adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

We manage our business through a small number of employees and key consultants.

As of [                    ], 2022, we had 13 full-time employees and six independent consultants. Our future growth and success depend, to a large extent, on the continued service of members of our current management. Any of our employees and contractors may leave our Company or discontinue services at any time. Our operational success will substantially depend on the continued employment of our management, including our executive officers, technical staff and other key personnel. We do not currently maintain key person life insurance policies on any of our employees. The loss of key personnel may have an adverse effect on our operations and financial performance and adversely affect our ability to execute our business plan.

 

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We expect to conduct business outside of the U.S. and doing so exposes us to additional business, regulatory, political, operational, financial and economic risks.

We plan to conduct business outside of the U.S. which will therefore subject us to a number of risks, including, but not limited to, conflicting and changing laws and regulations such as privacy regulations, tax laws, export and import restrictions, employment laws, regulatory requirements and other governmental approvals, permits and licenses.

Since we anticipate conducting business outside of the U.S., we anticipate that we will be subject to rules and regulations in non-U.S. jurisdictions. In some countries, pricing may be subject to governmental control under certain circumstances. In these countries, pricing negotiations with governmental agencies can take considerable time after the receipt of marketing approval for a medical device. To obtain reimbursement or pricing approval in some countries, we may be required to conduct a clinical trial that compares the cost-effectiveness of the MyoVista to other available products. If reimbursement of our device is unavailable or limited in scope or amount, or if pricing is set at unsatisfactory levels, we may be unable to achieve or sustain profitability.

We are subject to certain U.S. and foreign anticorruption, anti-money laundering, export control, sanctions and other trade laws and regulations. We could face serious consequences for any violations of such laws and regulations.

Among other matters, U.S. and foreign anticorruption, anti-money laundering, export control, sanctions and other trade laws and regulations, which are collectively referred to as Trade Laws, prohibit companies and their employees, agents, clinical research organizations, legal counsel, accountants, consultants, contractors and other partners from authorizing, promising, offering, providing, soliciting or receiving, directly or indirectly, corrupt or improper payments or anything else of value to or from recipients in the public or private sector. Violations of Trade Laws can result in substantial criminal fines and civil penalties, imprisonment, the loss of trade privileges, debarment, tax reassessments, breach of contract and fraud litigation, reputational harm, and other consequences. We have direct or indirect interactions with officials and employees of government agencies or government-affiliated hospitals, universities and other organizations. We also expect our non-U.S. activities to increase over time. We plan to engage third parties for clinical trials and/or to obtain necessary permits, licenses, patent registrations and other regulatory approvals, and we can be held liable for the corrupt or other illegal activities of our personnel, agents or partners, even if we do not explicitly authorize or have prior knowledge of such activities.

We could become subject to product liability, warranty or similar claims and product recalls that could be expensive, divert management’s attention and harm our business reputation and financial results.

Our business exposes us to an inherent risk of potential product liability, warranty or similar claims and product recalls. The medical device industry has historically been litigious, and we face financial exposure to product liability, warranty or similar claims if the use of the MyoVista were to cause or contribute to injury or death. There is also the possibility that defects in the design or manufacture of the MyoVista may necessitate a product recall. Although we plan to maintain product liability insurance, the coverage limits of these policies may not be adequate to cover future claims. In the future, we may be unable to maintain product liability insurance on acceptable terms or at reasonable costs and such insurance may not provide us with adequate coverage against potential liabilities. A product liability claim, regardless of merit or ultimate outcome, or any product recall could result in substantial costs to us, damage to our reputation, customer dissatisfaction and frustration and a substantial diversion of management attention. A successful claim brought against us in excess of, or outside of, our insurance coverage could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our business and operations would suffer in the event of computer system failures, cyber-attacks or a deficiency in our cybersecurity.

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and those of third parties on which we rely, are vulnerable to damage from computer viruses, malware, natural disasters, terrorism, war, telecommunication and electrical failures, cyber-attacks or cyber-intrusions over the Internet, attachments to emails, persons inside our organization, or persons with access to systems inside our organization. The risk of a security breach or disruption, particularly through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion, including by computer hackers, foreign governments, and cyber terrorists, has generally increased as the number, intensity and sophistication of attempted attacks and intrusions from around the world have increased. To the extent that any disruption or security breach was to result in a loss of or damage to our data or applications, or inappropriate disclosure of confidential or proprietary information, we could incur material legal claims and liability, including under data privacy and protection laws, damage to our reputation, disruption to our operations, and the further development of the MyoVista. Although we take measures to protect sensitive information from unauthorized access or disclosure, our information technology, or IT, and infrastructure, we may be vulnerable to cyber-attacks by hackers or viruses or breached due to employee error, malfeasance or other disruptions. We rely extensively on IT systems, networks and services, including internet sites, data hosting and processing facilities and tools, physical security systems and other hardware, software and technical applications and platforms, some of which are managed, hosted, provided and/or used by third parties or their vendors, to assist in conducting our business. A significant breakdown, invasion, corruption, destruction or interruption of critical information technology systems or infrastructure, by our workforce, others with authorized access to our systems or unauthorized persons could negatively impact operations. The ever-increasing use and evolution of technology, including cloud-based computing, creates opportunities for the unintentional dissemination or intentional destruction of confidential information stored in our or our third-party providers’ systems, portable media or storage devices. We could also experience a business interruption, theft of confidential information or reputational damage from industrial espionage attacks, malware or other cyber-attacks, which may compromise our system infrastructure or lead to data leakage, either internally or at our third-party providers. Although the aggregate impact on our operations and financial condition has not been material to date, we may become the target of events of this nature and expect them to continue as cybersecurity threats have been rapidly evolving in sophistication and becoming more prevalent in the industry. There can be no assurance, however, that our efforts will prevent breakdowns or breaches to our or our third-party providers’ databases or systems that could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our business may be impacted by changes in general economic conditions.

Our business is subject to risks arising from changes in domestic and global economic conditions, including adverse economic conditions in markets in which we operate, which may harm our business. If our future customers significantly reduce spending in areas in which our technology and products are utilized, or prioritize other expenditures over our technology and products, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects would be materially adversely affected.

Disruption to the global economy could also result in a number of follow-on effects on our business, including a possible slow-down resulting from lower customer expenditures; inability of customers to pay for products on time, if at all; more restrictive export regulations which could limit our potential customer base; negative impact on our liquidity, financial condition and share price, which may impact our ability to raise capital in the market, obtain financing and secure other sources of funding in the future on terms favorable to us.

In addition, the occurrence of catastrophic events, such as hurricanes, storms, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, medical epidemics and other catastrophes that adversely affect the business climate in any of our markets could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Some of our operations are located in areas that may be in the future, susceptible to such occurrences.

We face business disruption and related risks resulting from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

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lives of a large portion of the global population. At this time, the pandemic has caused states of emergency to be declared in various countries, travel restrictions to be imposed globally and quarantines established in certain jurisdictions.

COVID-19 infection of our workforce could result in a temporary disruption in our business activities. The spread of an infectious disease, including COVID-19, may also result in the inability of our manufacturers to deliver components or finished products on a timely basis and may also result in the inability of our suppliers to deliver the parts required by our manufacturers to complete manufacturing of components or finished products. In addition, governments may divert spending from other budgeted resources as they seek to reduce and/or stop the spread of COVID-19. Such events may result in a period of business and manufacturing disruption, and in reduced operations, any of which could materially affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts our business will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19 and the actions to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, among others.

Risks Related to Product Development and Regulatory Approval

Our device and operations are subject to extensive government regulation and oversight both in the U.S. and abroad, and our failure to comply with applicable requirements could harm our business.

The MyoVista is subject to extensive regulation in the U.S. and elsewhere, including by the FDA and its foreign counterparts, the U.S. Department of Justice, or the DOJ, and the HHS. The FDA and foreign regulatory agencies regulate, among other things, with respect to our device: design, development and manufacturing; non-clinical and clinical testing, safety, efficacy, labeling, content and language of instructions for use and storage; clinical trials; product safety; establishment registration and device listing; marketing, sales and distribution; pre-market clearance and approval; conformity assessment procedures; record keeping procedures; advertising and promotion; recalls and field safety corrective actions; post-market surveillance, including reporting of deaths or serious injuries and malfunctions that, if they were to occur, could lead to death or serious injury; post-market approval studies; and product import and export.

The regulations our product is subject to are complex and have tended to become more stringent over time. Regulatory changes could result in restrictions on our ability to carry on or expand our operations, higher than anticipated costs or lower than anticipated sales for any approved, cleared or authorized product. FDA enforces these regulatory requirements through, among other means, periodic unannounced inspections. We do not know whether we will be found compliant in connection with any future regulatory inspections. Moreover, the FDA and state authorities have broad enforcement powers. Failure to comply with applicable regulations could jeopardize our ability to sell our future products, if cleared or approved, and result in enforcement actions such as: adverse publicity; warning, untitled letters, or it has come to our attention letters; fines; injunctions; consent decrees; civil penalties; customer notifications; repair, replacement, or refunds; termination of distribution; recalls or seizures of products; administrative detention of medical devices believed to be adulterated or misbranded; delays in the introduction of products into the market; operating restrictions; total or partial suspension of production; refusal to grant future clearances or approvals for new products, new intended uses or modifications to our device; withdrawals or suspensions of regulatory clearances or approvals in place, resulting in prohibitions on sales of our device; and in the most serious cases, criminal prosecution or penalties. The occurrence of any of these events would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and could result in shareholders losing their entire investment.

If and when our products are ready for sales launch into the U.S., modifications to our marketed products may require new 510(k) clearances, or may require us to cease marketing or recall the modified products until clearances or approvals are obtained.

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manufacturer to initially make and document a determination of whether or not a modification requires a new approval, supplement or clearance. A manufacturer may determine that a modification could not significantly affect safety or efficacy and does not represent a major change in its intended use, so that no new clearance or approval is necessary. The FDA may review any manufacturer’s decision. The FDA may not agree with our decisions regarding whether new clearances or approvals are necessary. We may make modifications or add additional features in the future that we believe, based on FDA’s regulatory framework, do not require a new 510(k) clearance or PMA. If the FDA disagrees with our determination and requires us to submit new 510(k) notifications or even a PMA for modifications to our previously cleared products for which we have concluded that new clearances or approvals are unnecessary, we may be required to cease marketing or to recall the modified product until we obtain clearance or approval, and we may be subject to significant enforcement actions. If the FDA requires us to go through a lengthier, more rigorous examination for future products or modifications to existing products than we had expected, product introductions or modifications could be delayed or canceled, which could adversely affect our ability to grow our business.

Clinical studies may be necessary to support future product submissions to the FDA. The clinical trial process is lengthy and expensive with uncertain outcomes, and often requires the enrollment of large numbers of patients, and suitable patients may be difficult to identify and recruit. Delays or failures in our clinical studies will prevent us from launching sales of modified or new products into the U.S. and will adversely affect our business, operating results and prospects.

Initiating and completing clinical studies necessary to support any future PMA or De Novo applications, and additional safety and efficacy data beyond that typically required for a 510(k) clearance, for our possible future product candidates, will be time-consuming and expensive and the outcome uncertain. Moreover, the results of early clinical studies are not necessarily predictive of future results, and any product we advance into clinical studies may not have favorable results in later clinical studies. The results of preclinical studies and clinical studies of our device conducted to date and ongoing or future studies and studies of our current, planned or future products may not be predictive of the results of later clinical studies, and interim results of a clinical trial do not necessarily predict final results. Our interpretation of data and results from our clinical studies do not ensure that we will achieve similar results in future clinical studies. In addition, preclinical and clinical data are often susceptible to various interpretations and analyses, and many companies that have believed their products performed satisfactorily in preclinical studies and earlier clinical studies have nonetheless failed to replicate results in later clinical studies. Products in later stages of clinical studies may fail to show the desired safety and efficacy despite having progressed through nonclinical studies and earlier clinical studies. Failure can occur at any stage of clinical testing. Our clinical studies may produce negative or inconclusive results, and we may decide, or regulators may require us, to conduct additional clinical and non-clinical testing in addition to those we have planned.

The initiation and completion of any of clinical studies may be prevented, delayed, or halted for numerous reasons. We may experience delays in our ongoing clinical studies for a number of reasons, which could adversely affect the costs, timing or successful completion of our clinical studies, including related to the following:

 

   

we may be required to submit an IDE application to the FDA, which must become effective prior to commencing certain human clinical studies of medical devices, and the FDA may reject our IDE application and notify us that we may not begin clinical studies;

 

   

regulators and other comparable foreign regulatory authorities may disagree as to the design or implementation of our clinical studies;

 

   

regulators and/or an Institutional Review Board, or IRB, or other reviewing bodies may not authorize us or our investigators to commence a clinical trial, or to conduct or continue a clinical trial at a prospective or specific trial site;

 

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we may not reach agreement on acceptable terms with prospective contract research organizations, or CROs, and clinical trial sites, the terms of which can be subject to extensive negotiation and may vary significantly among different CROs and trial sites;

 

   

clinical studies may produce negative or inconclusive results, and we may decide, or regulators may require us, to conduct additional clinical studies or abandon product development programs;

 

   

the number of subjects or patients required for clinical studies may be larger than we anticipate, enrollment in these clinical studies may be insufficient or slower than we anticipate, and the number of clinical studies being conducted at any given time may be high and result in fewer available patients for any given clinical trial, or patients may drop out of these clinical studies at a higher rate than we anticipate;

 

   

our third-party contractors, including those manufacturing products or conducting clinical studies on our behalf, may fail to comply with regulatory requirements or meet their contractual obligations to us in a timely manner, or at all;

 

   

we might have to suspend or terminate clinical studies for various reasons, including a finding that the subjects are being exposed to unacceptable health risks;

 

   

we may have to amend clinical trial protocols or conduct additional studies to reflect changes in regulatory requirements or guidance, which we may be required to submit to an IRB and/or regulatory authorities for re-examination;

 

   

regulators, IRBs, or other parties may require or recommend that we or our investigators suspend or terminate clinical research for various reasons, including safety signals or noncompliance with regulatory requirements;

 

   

the cost of clinical studies may be greater than we anticipate;

 

   

clinical sites may not adhere to the clinical protocol or may drop out of a clinical trial;

 

   

we may be unable to recruit a sufficient number of clinical trial sites;

 

   

regulators, IRBs, or other reviewing bodies may fail to approve or subsequently find fault with our manufacturing processes or facilities of third-party manufacturers with which we enter into agreement for clinical and commercial supplies, the supply of devices or other materials necessary to conduct clinical studies may be insufficient, inadequate or not available at an acceptable cost, or we may experience interruptions in supply;

 

   

approval policies or regulations of the FDA or applicable foreign regulatory agencies may change in a manner rendering our clinical data insufficient for approval; and

 

   

our current or future products may have undesirable side effects or other unexpected characteristics.

Any of these occurrences may significantly harm our business, financial condition and prospects. In addition, many of the factors that cause, or lead to, a delay in the commencement or completion of clinical studies may also ultimately lead to the denial of regulatory approval of our product candidates.

Clinical studies must be conducted in accordance with the laws and regulations of the FDA and other applicable regulatory authorities’ legal requirements, regulations or guidelines, and are subject to oversight by these governmental agencies and IRBs at the medical institutions where the clinical studies are conducted. Conducting successful clinical studies will require the enrollment of large numbers of patients, and suitable patients may be difficult to identify and recruit. Patient enrollment in clinical studies and completion of patient participation and follow-up depends on many factors, including the size of the patient population, the nature of the trial protocol, the attractiveness of, or the discomforts and risks associated with, the treatments received by enrolled subjects, the availability of appropriate clinical trial investigators, support staff, and proximity of patients to clinical sites and able to comply with the eligibility and exclusion criteria for participation in the

 

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clinical trial and patient compliance. For example, patients may be discouraged from enrolling in our clinical studies if the trial protocol requires them to undergo extensive post-treatment procedures or follow-up to assess the safety and effectiveness of our device or if they determine that the treatments received under the trial protocols are not attractive or involve unacceptable risks or discomforts.

We depend on our collaborators and on medical institutions and CROs to conduct our clinical studies in compliance with good clinical practice, or GCP, requirements. To the extent our collaborators or the CROs fail to enroll participants for our clinical studies, fail to conduct the study to GCP standards or are delayed for a significant time in the execution of studies, including achieving full enrollment, we may be affected by increased costs, program delays or both. In addition, clinical studies that are conducted in countries outside the United States may subject us to further delays and expenses as a result of increased shipment costs, additional regulatory requirements and the engagement of non-U.S. CROs, as well as expose us to risks associated with clinical investigators who are unknown to the FDA, and different standards of diagnosis, screening and medical care.

Development of sufficient and appropriate clinical protocols to demonstrate safety and efficacy are required and we may not adequately develop such protocols to support clearance and approval. Further, the FDA may require us to submit data on a greater number of patients than we originally anticipated and/or for a longer follow-up period or change the data collection requirements or data analysis applicable to our clinical studies. Delays in patient enrollment or failure of patients to continue to participate in a clinical trial may cause an increase in costs and delays in the approval and attempted sales launch of our device in the U.S. or result in the failure of the clinical trial. In addition, despite considerable time and expense invested in our clinical studies, the FDA may not consider our data adequate to demonstrate safety and efficacy. Such increased costs and delays or failures could adversely affect our business, operating results and prospects.

Medical device development involves a lengthy and expensive process with an uncertain outcome, and results of earlier studies may not be predictive of future study results.

Clinical testing is expensive and can take many years to complete, and its outcome is inherently uncertain. Failure can occur at any time during the clinical study process. The results of preclinical studies and early clinical studies of our product candidates may not be predictive of the results of later-stage clinical studies. Product candidates that have shown promising results in early-stage clinical studies may still suffer significant setbacks in subsequent advanced clinical studies. There is a high failure rate for medical devices proceeding through clinical studies, and product candidates in later stages of clinical studies may fail to show the desired sensitivity and specificity parameters despite having progressed satisfactorily through preclinical studies and initial clinical studies. A number of companies in the medical device industry have suffered significant setbacks in advanced clinical studies due to insufficient sensitivity and specificity or adverse safety profiles, notwithstanding promising results in earlier studies. Moreover, preclinical and clinical data are often susceptible to varying interpretations and analyses. We do not know whether any pivotal studies we may conduct will demonstrate consistent or adequate sensitivity and specificity sufficient to obtain regulatory approval to market our product candidates.

If the third parties on which we rely to conduct our clinical studies and to assist us with pre-clinical development do not perform as required or expected, we may be delayed or unable to obtain regulatory clearance or approval for sales launch of our device in the U.S.

We may not have the ability to independently conduct our pre-clinical and clinical studies for our future products and we may need to rely on third parties, such as CROs, medical institutions, clinical investigators and contract laboratories to conduct such studies. We would depend on our collaborators and on medical institutions and CROs to conduct our clinical studies in compliance with GCP requirements and other regulatory requirements. To the extent our collaborators or the CROs fail to enroll participants for our clinical studies, fail to conduct the study to GCP standards or are delayed for a significant time in the execution of studies, including achieving full enrollment, including on account of the outbreak of infectious disease, such as the COVID-19

 

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pandemic, or otherwise, we may be affected by increased costs, program delays or both, any resulting data may be unreliable or unusable for regulatory purposes, and we may be subject to enforcement action.

If these third parties do not successfully carry out their contractual duties or regulatory obligations or meet expected deadlines, if these third parties need to be replaced, or if the quality or accuracy of the data they obtain is compromised due to the failure to adhere to our clinical protocols or regulatory requirements or for other reasons, our pre-clinical development activities or clinical studies may be extended, delayed, suspended or terminated, and we may not be able to obtain regulatory approval for, or successfully launch sales of, our device on a timely basis, if at all, and our business, operating results and prospects may be adversely affected.

We may encounter substantial delays in our clinical studies, or we may fail to demonstrate specificity and sensitivity to the satisfaction of applicable regulatory authorities.

Before obtaining marketing approval from regulatory authorities for sales launch of the MyoVista into the U.S., we must conduct extensive clinical studies to demonstrate its specificity and sensitivity. Clinical testing is expensive, time consuming and uncertain as to outcome. We cannot guarantee that any clinical studies will be conducted as planned or completed on schedule, if at all. Our clinical studies involve adults and, before we are permitted to enroll them in clinical studies, we must demonstrate that although the research may pose a risk to the subjects, there is a prospect of direct benefit to each patient. We must do so to the satisfaction of each research site’s IRB. If we fail to adequately demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the relevant IRB, it will decline to approve the research, which could have significant adverse consequences for us.

A failure of one or more clinical studies can occur at any stage of testing, and our future clinical studies may not be successful. Events that may prevent successful or timely completion of clinical development include but are not limited to:

 

   

delays in reaching a consensus with regulatory agencies on study design;

 

   

delays in reaching agreement on acceptable terms with prospective contract research organizations, or CROs, and clinical study sites, the terms of which can be subject to extensive negotiation and may vary significantly among different CROs and clinical study sites;

 

   

delays in obtaining required IRB approval at each clinical study site;

 

   

imposition of a clinical hold by regulatory agencies, after review of an IDE application, or equivalent application, or an inspection of our clinical study operations or study sites;

 

   

delays in recruiting suitable patients to participate in our clinical studies;

 

   

difficulty collaborating with patient groups and investigators;

 

   

failure by our CROs, other third parties or us to adhere to clinical study requirements;

 

   

failure to perform in accordance with the FDA’s GCP requirements, or applicable regulatory guidelines in other countries;

 

   

delays in having patients complete participation in a study;

 

   

patients dropping out of a study;

 

   

occurrence of serious adverse events associated with the product candidate that are viewed to outweigh its potential benefits;

 

   

changes in regulatory requirements and guidance that require amending or submitting new clinical protocols;

 

   

the cost of clinical studies of our product candidates being greater than we anticipate;

 

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clinical studies of our product candidates producing negative or inconclusive results, which may result in us deciding, or regulators requiring us, to conduct additional clinical studies or abandon product development programs; and

 

   

delays in manufacturing, testing, releasing, validating or importing/exporting sufficient stable quantities of our product for use in clinical studies or the inability to do any of the foregoing.

Any inability to successfully complete preclinical and clinical development could result in additional costs to us or impair our ability to generate revenue. We may also be required to conduct additional safety, efficacy and comparability studies before we will be allowed to start clinical studies. Clinical study delays could also shorten any periods during which our device has patent protection and may allow our competitors to market products in the U.S. before we do, which could impair our ability to successfully launch sales of and market our product candidates and may harm our business and results of operations.

The results of future clinical studies may not support additional or new claims for future products or may result in the discovery of adverse side effects.

We cannot be certain that the results of our future clinical studies will support our claims for the MyoVista or any future product claims or that the FDA will agree with our conclusions regarding them. Success in pre-clinical studies and early clinical studies does not ensure that later clinical studies will be successful, and we cannot be sure that the later studies will replicate the results of prior studies and pre-clinical studies. The clinical trial process may fail to demonstrate that our product candidates are safe and effective for the proposed indicated uses, which could cause us to abandon a product candidate and may delay development of others. Any delay or termination of our clinical studies will delay the filing of our product submissions and, ultimately, our ability to launch sales of our product candidates and generate revenues. It is also possible that patients enrolled in clinical studies will experience adverse side effects that are not currently part of the future product’s profile.

Failure to comply with post-marketing regulatory requirements could subject us to enforcement actions, including substantial penalties, and might require us to recall or withdraw a product from the market.

If and when we receive regulatory clearance or approval of our product, we will remain subject to ongoing and pervasive regulatory requirements governing, among other things:

 

   

the manufacture—as set forth in the FDA’s Quality System Regulation, or QSR, requirements, which require manufacturers, including third-party manufacturers, to follow stringent design, testing, control, documentation and other quality assurance procedures during all aspects of the design and manufacturing process;

 

   

labeling and marketing regulations, which require that promotion is truthful, not misleading, fairly balanced and provides adequate directions for use and that all claims are substantiated, and also prohibit the promotion of products for unapproved or “off-label” uses and impose other restrictions on labeling; FDA guidance on off-label dissemination of information and responding to unsolicited requests for information;;

 

   

medical device reporting, sale, promotion, import, export, registration, and listing of devices.

 

   

clearance or approval of product modifications to 510(k)-cleared devices that could significantly affect safety or effectiveness or that would constitute a major change in intended use of one of our cleared devices;

 

   

medical device reporting regulations, which require that a manufacturer report to the FDA if a device it markets may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury, or has malfunctioned and the device or a similar device that it markets would be likely to cause or contribute to a death or serious injury, if the malfunction were to recur;

 

   

correction, removal and recall reporting regulations, which require that manufacturers report to the FDA field corrections and product recalls or removals if undertaken to reduce a risk to health posed by the device or to remedy a violation of the FDCA that may present a risk to health;

 

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complying with the new federal law and regulations requiring Unique Device Identifiers, or UDI, on devices and also requiring the submission of certain information about each device to the FDA’s Global Unique Device Identification Database, or GUDID;

 

   

the FDA’s recall authority, whereby the agency can order device manufacturers to recall from the market a product that is in violation of governing laws and regulations; and

 

   

post-market surveillance activities and regulations, which apply when deemed by the FDA to be necessary to protect the public health or to provide additional safety and effectiveness data for the device.

The regulations to which we are subject are complex and have become more stringent over time. Regulatory changes could result in restrictions on our ability to continue or expand our operations, higher than anticipated costs, or lower than anticipated sales. Even after we have obtained the proper regulatory clearance or approval to market a device, we have ongoing responsibilities under FDA regulations and applicable foreign laws and regulations. The FDA, state and foreign regulatory authorities have broad enforcement powers. Our failure to comply with applicable regulatory requirements could result in enforcement action by the FDA, state or foreign regulatory authorities, which may include any of the following sanctions:

 

   

adverse publicity;

 

   

“it has come to our attention” letters, untitled letters or warning letters;

 

   

fines, injunctions, consent decrees and civil penalties;

 

   

recalls, termination of distribution, administrative detention, or seizure of our device;

 

   

customer notifications or repair, replacement or refunds;

 

   

operating restrictions or partial suspension or total shutdown of production;

 

   

delays in or refusal to grant our requests for future clearances or approvals or foreign marketing authorizations of new products, new intended uses, or modifications to existing products;

 

   

withdrawals or suspensions of product clearances or approvals, resulting in prohibitions on sales of our device;

 

   

FDA refusal to issue certificates to foreign governments needed to export products for sale in other countries; and

 

   

criminal prosecution.

Any of these sanctions could result in higher than anticipated costs or lower than anticipated sales and have a material adverse effect on our reputation, business, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, the FDA or state or foreign authorities may change their clearance and approval policies, adopt additional regulations or revise existing regulations, or take other actions, which may require, prevent or delay clearance or approval of our future products under development on a timely basis. Such policy or regulatory changes could impose additional requirements upon us that could delay our ability to obtain new clearances or approvals, increase the costs of compliance or restrict our ability to maintain any approvals we are able to obtain.

The MyoVista must be manufactured in accordance with federal, state and foreign regulations, and we could be forced to recall our devices or terminate production if we fail to comply with these regulations.

The methods used in, and the facilities used for, the manufacture of our device must comply with the FDA’s Quality System Regulation, or QSR, which is a complex regulatory scheme that covers the procedures and documentation of the design, testing, production, process controls, quality assurance, labeling, packaging, handling, storage, distribution, installation, servicing and shipping of medical devices. As manufacturers of electron radiation-emitting products, we are also responsible for compliance with the radiological health regulations and certain radiation safety performance standards.

 

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Furthermore, we are required to verify that our suppliers maintain facilities, procedures and operations that comply with our quality standards and applicable regulatory requirements. The FDA enforces the QSR through periodic announced or unannounced inspections of medical device manufacturing facilities, which include the facilities of subcontractors. Our device is also subject to similar state regulations and various laws and regulations of foreign countries governing manufacturing.

Our third-party manufacturers may not take the necessary steps to comply with applicable regulations, which could cause delays in the delivery of our device. In addition, failure to comply with applicable FDA or state or foreign requirements or later discovery of previously unknown problems with our device or manufacturing processes could result in, among other things: warning letters or untitled letters; fines, injunctions or civil penalties; suspension or withdrawal of approvals; seizures or recalls of our device; total or partial suspension of production or distribution; administrative or judicially imposed sanctions; the FDA’s refusal to grant pending or future clearances or approvals for our device; clinical holds; refusal to permit the import or export of our device; and criminal prosecution of us, our suppliers or our employees.

Any of these actions could significantly and negatively affect supply of our device. If any of these events occurs, our reputation could be harmed, we could be exposed to product liability claims and we could lose customers and experience reduced sales and increased costs.

The misuse or off-label use of our device may harm our reputation in the marketplace, could potentially cause harm to the patient and that lead to product liability suits or result in costly investigations, fines or sanctions by regulatory bodies if we are deemed to have engaged in the promotion of these uses, any of which could be costly to our business.

Advertising and promotion of our future products that obtains approval in the United States may be heavily scrutinized by the FDA, the DOJ, HHS, state attorneys general, members of Congress, and the public. In addition, advertising and promotion of any future product that obtains approval outside of the United States will be heavily scrutinized by comparable foreign regulatory authorities.

We expect that, if cleared or approved, the MyoVista will also be cleared by the requisite regulatory authorities for specific indications. We expect to train our marketing personnel and direct sales force to not promote our devices for uses outside of the FDA-approved indications for use, known as “off-label uses.” Physicians may use our devices off-label, when in the physician’s independent professional medical judgment, he or she deems it appropriate as the FDA does not restrict or regulate a physician’s choice of treatment within the practice of medicine. There may be increased risk of injury to patients if physicians attempt to use our devices off-label. Furthermore, the use of our devices for indications other than those approved by the FDA or approved by any foreign regulatory body may not effectively treat such conditions, which could harm our reputation in the marketplace among healthcare providers and patients.

If the FDA or any state or foreign regulatory body determines that our promotional materials or training constitute promotion of an off-label use, it could request that we modify our training or promotional materials or subject us to regulatory or enforcement actions, including the issuance or imposition of a warning letter, an untitled letter, which is used for violators that do not necessitate a warning letter, injunction, seizure, civil fine or criminal penalties, which could have an adverse impact on our reputation and financial results. It is also possible that other federal, state or foreign enforcement authorities might take action under other regulatory authority, such as false claims laws, if they consider our business activities to constitute promotion of an off-label use, which could result in significant penalties, including, but not limited to, criminal, civil and administrative penalties, damages, fines, disgorgement, exclusion from participation in government healthcare programs and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations. We may become subject to such actions and, if we are not successful in defending against such actions, those actions may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Equivalent laws and potential consequences exist in foreign jurisdictions.

 

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In addition, if our device is cleared or approved, healthcare providers may misuse our device or use improper techniques if they are not adequately trained, potentially leading to injury and an increased risk of product liability. If our devices are misused or used with improper technique, we may become subject to costly litigation by our customers or their patients. Product liability claims could divert management’s attention from our core business, be expensive to defend and result in sizeable damage awards against us that may not be covered by insurance.

Our device may cause or contribute to adverse medical events or be subject to failures or malfunctions that we are required to report to the FDA, and if we fail to do so, we would be subject to sanctions that could harm our reputation, business, financial condition and results of operations. The discovery of serious safety issues with our device, or a recall of our device either voluntarily or at the direction of the FDA or another governmental authority, could have a negative impact on us.

If the MyoVista receives clearance, authorization, or approval, we will be subject to the FDA’s medical device reporting regulations and similar foreign regulations, which require us to report to the FDA when we receive or become aware of information that reasonably suggests that one or more of our device may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury or malfunctioned in a way that, if the malfunction were to recur, could cause or contribute to a death or serious injury. The timing of our obligation to report is triggered by the date we become aware of the adverse event as well as the nature of the event. We may fail to report adverse events of which we become aware within the prescribed timeframe. We may also fail to recognize that we have become aware of a reportable adverse event, especially if it is not reported to us as an adverse event or if it is an adverse event that is unexpected or removed in time from the use of the product. If we fail to comply with our reporting obligations, the FDA or other regulatory bodies could take action, including warning letters, untitled letters, administrative actions, criminal prosecution, imposition of civil monetary penalties, revocation of our device clearance or approval, seizure of our device or delay in clearance or approval of future products.

The FDA and foreign regulatory bodies have the authority to require the recall of marketed products in the event of material deficiencies or defects in design or manufacture of a product or in the event that a product poses an unacceptable risk to health. The FDA’s authority to require a recall must be based on a finding that there is reasonable probability that the device could cause serious injury or death. We may also choose to voluntarily recall a product if any material deficiency is found. A government-mandated or voluntary recall by us could occur as a result of an unacceptable risk to health, component failures, malfunctions, manufacturing defects, labeling or design deficiencies, packaging defects or other deficiencies or failures to comply with applicable regulations. Product defects or other errors may occur in the future.

Depending on the corrective action we take to redress a product’s deficiencies or defects, the FDA may require, or we may decide, that we will need to obtain new clearances or approvals for the device before we may market or distribute the corrected device. Seeking such clearances or approvals may delay our ability to replace the recalled devices in a timely manner. Moreover, if we do not adequately address problems associated with our devices, we may face additional regulatory enforcement action, including FDA warning letters, product seizure, injunctions, administrative penalties or civil or criminal fines.

Companies are required to maintain certain records of recalls and corrections, even if they are not reportable to the FDA. We may initiate voluntary withdrawals or corrections for our device in the future that we determine do not require notification of the FDA. If the FDA disagrees with our determinations, it could require us to report those actions as recalls and we may be subject to enforcement action. A future recall announcement could harm our reputation with customers, potentially lead to product liability claims against us and negatively affect our sales. Any corrective action, whether voluntary or involuntary, as well as defending ourselves in a lawsuit, will require the dedication of our time and capital, distract management from operating our business and may harm our reputation and financial results.

 

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The MyoVista may in the future be subject to product recalls that could harm our reputation, business and financial results.

Medical devices can experience performance problems in the field that require review and possible corrective action. The occurrence of component failures, manufacturing errors, software errors, design defects or labeling inadequacies affecting a medical device could lead to a government-mandated or voluntary recall by the device manufacturer, in particular when such deficiencies may endanger health. The FDA requires that certain classifications of recalls be reported to the FDA within 10 working days after the recall is initiated. Companies are required to maintain certain records of recalls, even if they are not reportable to the FDA. We may initiate voluntary recalls involving our device in the future that we determine do not require notification of the FDA. If the FDA disagrees with our determinations, they could require us to report those actions as recalls. Product recalls may divert management attention and financial resources, expose us to product liability or other claims, harm our reputation with customers and adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may be subject, directly or indirectly, to federal and state healthcare fraud and abuse laws, false claims laws and health information privacy and security laws. If we are unable to comply, or have not fully complied, with such laws, we could face substantial penalties.

Many federal, state and foreign healthcare laws and regulations apply to medical devices. We may be subject to certain federal and state regulations, including the federal healthcare programs’ Anti-Kickback Statute, which prohibits, among other things, knowingly and willfully soliciting, offering, receiving, or paying any remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce or reward purchasing, ordering or arranging for or recommending the purchase or order of any item or service for which payment may be made, in whole or in part, under a federal healthcare program such as Medicare and Medicaid; the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, which imposes criminal and civil liability for knowingly and willfully executing, or attempting to execute, a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program, or knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any materially false statement in connection with the delivery of, or payment for, healthcare benefits, items or services; the federal Civil Monetary Penalties Law, which authorizes the imposition of substantial civil monetary penalties against an entity that engages in activities including, among others (1) knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, a claim for services not provided as claimed or that is otherwise false or fraudulent in any way; (2) arranging for or contracting with an individual or entity that is excluded from participation in federal healthcare programs to provide items or services reimbursable by a federal healthcare program; (3) violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute; or (4) failing to report and return a known overpayment; the federal False Statements Statute, which prohibits knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing, or covering up a material fact or making any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation, or making or using any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry, in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items, or services; the federal civil False Claims Act, or the FCA, which prohibits, among other things, knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented claims for payment of government funds that are false or fraudulent, or knowingly making, using or causing to be made or used a false record or statement material to such a false or fraudulent claim, or knowingly concealing or knowingly and improperly avoiding, decreasing, or concealing an obligation to pay money to the federal government; and other federal and state false claims laws. The FCA prohibits anyone from knowingly presenting, conspiring to present, making a false statement in order to present, or causing to be presented, for payment to federal programs (including Medicare and Medicaid) claims for items or services that are false or fraudulent, claims for items or services not provided as claimed, or claims for medically unnecessary items or services. This law also prohibits anyone from knowingly underpaying an obligation owed to a federal program. Increasingly, U.S. federal agencies are requiring nonmonetary remedial measures, such as corporate integrity agreements in FCA settlements. The DOJ announced in 2016 its intent to follow the “Yates Memo,” taking a far more aggressive approach in pursuing individuals as FCA defendants in addition to corporations.

 

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The majority of states also have statutes similar to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and false claims laws that apply to items and services reimbursed under Medicaid and other state programs, or, in several states, that apply regardless of whether the payor is a government entity or a private commercial entity. The Federal Open Payments, or Physician Payments Sunshine Act, program requires manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, and biologics for which payment is available under Medicare, Medicaid or the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, to track and report annually to the federal government (for disclosure to the public) certain payments and other transfers of value made to physicians and teaching hospitals as well as disclosure of payments and other transfers of value provided to physicians and teaching hospitals, and ownership and investment interests in the manufacturer held by physicians and other healthcare providers and their immediate family members and applicable group purchasing organizations. Our failure to appropriately track and report Sunshine Act covered payments to the government could result in civil fines and penalties, which could adversely affect the results of our operations. In addition, several U.S. states and localities have enacted legislation requiring medical device companies to establish marketing compliance programs, file periodic reports with the state, and/or make periodic public disclosures on sales, marketing, pricing, clinical trials, and other activities. Other state laws prohibit certain marketing-related activities including the provision of gifts, meals or other items to certain healthcare providers. Many of these laws and regulations contain ambiguous requirements that government officials have not yet clarified. Given the lack of clarity in the laws and their implementation, our reporting actions could be subject to the penalty provisions of the pertinent federal and state laws and regulations.

The medical device industry has been under heightened scrutiny as the subject of government investigations and enforcement actions involving manufacturers who allegedly offered unlawful inducements to potential or existing customers in an attempt to procure their business, including arrangements with physician consultants. If our operations or arrangements are found to be in violation of such governmental regulations, we may be subject to civil and criminal penalties, damages, fines, exclusion from the Medicare and Medicaid programs and the curtailment of our operations. All of these penalties could adversely affect our ability to operate our business and our financial results.

Legislative or regulatory reforms in the United States or the European Union may make it more difficult and costly for us to obtain regulatory clearances or approvals for our device or to manufacture, market or distribute our device after clearance or approval is obtained.

From time to time, legislation is drafted and introduced in Congress that could significantly change the statutory provisions governing the regulation of medical devices. In addition, the FDA may change its clearance and approval policies, adopt additional regulations or revise existing regulations, or take other actions, which may prevent or delay approval or clearance of our future products under development or impact our ability to modify our currently cleared products on a timely basis. Any new regulations or revisions or reinterpretations of existing regulations may impose additional costs or lengthen review times of planned or future products. It is impossible to predict whether legislative changes will be enacted or FDA regulations, guidance or interpretations changed, and what the impact of such changes, if any, may be.

FDA regulations and guidance are often revised or reinterpreted by the FDA in ways that may significantly affect our business and our device. Any new statutes, regulations or revisions or reinterpretations of existing regulations may impose additional costs or lengthen review times of any future products or make it more difficult to obtain clearance for or approval of, manufacture, market or distribute our device. We cannot determine what effect changes in regulations, statutes, legal interpretation or policies, when and if promulgated, enacted or adopted may have on our business in the future. Such changes could, among other things, require: additional testing prior to obtaining clearance or approval; changes to manufacturing methods; recall, replacement or discontinuance of our device; or additional record keeping.

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or administrative action, either in the United States or abroad. For example, certain forthcoming policies of the Biden administration could impact our business and industry. It is difficult to predict what policies may be implemented or how any such executive actions will be implemented, and the extent to which they will impact the FDA’s ability to exercise its regulatory authority. If executive actions or new policies impose restrictions on the FDA’s ability to engage in oversight and implementation activities in the normal course, our business may be negatively impacted. If we are slow or unable to adapt to changes in existing requirements or the adoption of new requirements or policies, or if we are not able to maintain regulatory compliance, we may lose any marketing approval or clearance that we may have obtained and we may not achieve or sustain profitability.

The European Parliament passed the Medical Devices Regulation (Regulation 2017/745), which repeals and replaces the EU Medical Devices Directive. The Medical Devices Regulation, among other things, is intended to establish a uniform, transparent, predictable and sustainable regulatory framework across the EEA for medical devices and ensure a high level of safety and health while supporting innovation. Among other things, the Medical Devices Regulation:

 

   

strengthen the rules on placing devices on the market and reinforce surveillance once they are available;

 

   

establish explicit provisions on manufacturers’ responsibilities for follow-up regarding the quality, performance and safety of devices placed on the market;

 

   

improve the traceability of medical devices throughout the supply chain to the end-user or patient through a unique identification number;

 

   

set up a central database to provide patients, healthcare professionals and the public with comprehensive information on products available in the EU; and

 

   

strengthened rules for the assessment of certain high-risk devices, which may have to undergo an additional check by experts before they are placed on the market.

These modifications may have an effect on the way we conduct our business in the EEA.

Healthcare legislative and regulatory reform measures may have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

Our industry is highly regulated and changes in law may adversely impact our business, operations or financial results. In the United States and some foreign jurisdictions, there have been, and continue to be, legislative and regulatory changes and proposed changes regarding the healthcare system and how its costs should be controlled or managed. Certain of these proposals could limit the prices we are able to charge for our device or the coverage and reimbursement available for our device and could limit the acceptance and availability of our device. In particular, there have been and continue to be a number of initiatives at the U.S. federal and state levels that are directed at containing or lowering the cost of healthcare. We cannot predict the initiatives that may be adopted in the future or their full impact. Additionally, it remains unclear how any new legislation or regulation might affect the prices we may obtain for any of our product for which regulatory approval is obtained. Any reduction in reimbursement from Medicare and other government programs may result in a similar reduction in payments from private payors. The implementation of cost containment measures or other healthcare reforms may prevent us from being able to generate revenue, attain profitability or market our device.

Recently, there has been heightened governmental scrutiny over the manner in which companies set prices for their marketed products, which has resulted in several U.S. Congressional inquiries and proposed and enacted federal legislation designed to bring transparency to product pricing and reduce the cost of products and services under government healthcare programs. Additionally, individual states in the United States have also increasingly passed legislation and implemented regulations designed to control product pricing, including price

 

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or reimbursement constraints, discounts, restrictions on certain product access and marketing cost disclosure and transparency measures. Moreover, regional healthcare authorities and individual hospitals are increasingly using bidding procedures to determine what products to purchase and which suppliers will be included in their healthcare programs. Adoption of price controls and other measures designed to restrict spending or purchasing power may prevent or limit our ability to generate revenue and attain profitability.

In addition, the delivery of healthcare in the European Union, including the establishment and operation of health services, is almost exclusively a matter for national, rather than EU, law and policy. National governments and health service providers have different priorities and approaches to the delivery of health care and the pricing and reimbursement of products in that context. Coupled with ever-increasing EU and national regulatory burdens on those wishing to develop and market products, this could prevent or delay marketing approval, restrict or regulate post-approval activities and affect our ability to launch sales of any products for which we obtain marketing approval.

We are currently unable to predict what additional legislation or regulation, if any, relating to the health care industry may be enacted in the future or what effect recently enacted federal legislation or any such additional legislation or regulation would have on our business. The pendency or approval of such proposals or reforms could result in a decrease in the price of our Common Stock or limit our ability to raise capital or to enter into collaboration agreements for the further development and potential marketing of our device.

Disruptions at the FDA and other government agencies caused by funding shortages or global health concerns could hinder their ability to hire, retain or deploy key leadership and other personnel, or otherwise prevent new or modified products from being developed, cleared or approved or launched for sale into the U.S. in a timely manner or at all, or otherwise prevent those agencies from performing normal business functions on which the operation of our business may rely, which could negatively impact our business.

The ability of the FDA to review and clear or approve new products can be affected by a variety of factors, including government budget and funding levels, statutory, regulatory, and policy changes, the FDA’s ability to hire and retain key personnel and accept the payment of user fees, and other events that may otherwise affect the FDA’s ability to perform routine functions. Average review times at the FDA have fluctuated in recent years as a result. In addition, government funding of other government agencies that fund research and development activities is subject to the political process, which is inherently fluid and unpredictable.

Disruptions at the FDA and other agencies may also slow the time necessary for new medical devices or modifications to cleared or approved medical devices to be reviewed and/or approved by necessary government agencies, which would adversely affect our business. For example, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in March of 2020 the FDA postponed most inspections of foreign manufacturing and domestic facilities. Although limited inspections were again initiated in 2021, FDA also utilized alternative methods for inspections and could continue to exercise discretion on a case-by-case basis to approve products based on a desk review, particularly for foreign inspections. If a prolonged government shutdown occurs, or if global health concerns continue to prevent or temporarily restrict the FDA or other regulatory authorities from conducting their regular inspections, reviews, or other regulatory activities, it could significantly impact the ability of the FDA to timely review and process our regulatory submissions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Regulatory authorities outside the United States may adopt similar restrictions or other policy measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. If a prolonged government shutdown occurs, or if global health concerns continue to prevent the FDA or other regulatory authorities from conducting their regular inspections, reviews, or other regulatory activities, it could significantly impact the ability of the FDA or other regulatory authorities to timely review and process our regulatory submissions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

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Changes in laws or regulations relating to data protection, or any actual or perceived failure by us to comply with such laws and regulations or our privacy policies, could materially and adversely affect our business or could lead to government enforcement actions and significant penalties against us, and adversely impact our operating results.

In the normal course of business, we will receive health information and other highly sensitive or confidential information and data of patients and other third parties, which we compile and analyze. Our collection and use of this data, including that of our vendors, might raise privacy and data protection concerns, which could negatively impact our business. There are numerous federal, state and international laws and regulations regarding privacy, data protection, information security, and the collection, storing, sharing, use, processing, transfer, disclosure, and protection of personal information and other data, and the scope of such laws and regulations may change, be subject to differing interpretations, and may be inconsistent among countries and regions we intend to operate in (e.g., the United States and the European Union), or conflict with other laws and regulations. The regulatory framework for privacy and data protection worldwide is, and is likely to remain for the foreseeable future, uncertain and complex, and this or other actual or alleged obligations may be interpreted and applied in a manner that we may not anticipate or that is inconsistent from one jurisdiction to another. Further, any significant change to applicable laws, regulations, or industry practices regarding the collection, use, retention, security, or disclosure of data, or any changes regarding the manner in which the consent of relevant users for the collection, use, retention, or disclosure of such data must be obtained, could increase our costs and require us to modify our services and products, possibly in a material manner, which we may be unable to complete, and may limit our ability to store and process patients’ data or develop new services and features.

In particular, we are subject to U.S. data protection laws and regulations (i.e., laws and regulations that address privacy and data security of personal information) at both the federal and state levels. The legislative and regulatory landscape for data protection continues to evolve, and in recent years there has been an increasing focus on privacy and data security issues. Numerous federal and state laws, including state data breach notification laws, state health information privacy laws, and federal and state consumer protection laws, govern the collection, use, and disclosure of health-related and other personal information. Failure to comply with such laws and regulations could result in government enforcement actions and create liability for us (including the imposition of significant civil or criminal penalties), private litigation and/or adverse publicity that could negatively affect our business.

In addition, we expect to obtain health information that is subject to privacy and security requirements under HIPAA and its implementing regulations. The Privacy Standards and Security Standards under HIPAA establish a set of standards for the protection of individually identifiable health information by health plans, health care clearinghouses and certain health care providers, referred to as Covered Entities, and the business associates with whom Covered Entities enter into service relationships pursuant to which individually identifiable health information may be exchanged. Notably, whereas HIPAA previously directly regulated only Covered Entities, HITECH makes certain of HIPAA’s privacy and security standards also directly applicable to Covered Entities’ business associates. As a result, both Covered Entities and business associates are now subject to significant civil and criminal penalties for failure to comply with Privacy Standards and Security Standards. As part of our normal operations, we expect to collect, process and retain personal identifying information regarding patients, including as a business associate of Covered Entities, so we expect to be subject to HIPAA, including changes implemented through HITECH, and we could be subject to criminal penalties if we improperly handle or knowingly obtain or disclose individually identifiable health information in a manner that is not authorized or permitted by HIPAA. A data breach affecting sensitive personal information, including health information, also could result in significant legal and financial exposure and reputational damages that could potentially have an adverse effect on our business.

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information. HITECH expands the notification requirement for breaches of patient-identifiable health information, restricts certain disclosures and sales of patient-identifiable health information, and provides for civil monetary penalties for HIPAA violations. HITECH also increased the civil and criminal penalties that may be imposed against Covered Entities and business associates and gave state attorneys general new authority to file civil actions for damages or injunctions in federal courts to enforce HIPAA and its implementing regulations and seek attorney’s fees and costs associated with pursuing federal civil actions. Additionally, certain states have adopted comparable privacy and security laws and regulations, some of which may be more stringent than HIPAA.

In addition, certain state laws govern the privacy and security of health-related and other personal information in certain circumstances, some of which may be more stringent, broader in scope or offer greater individual rights with respect to protected health information than HIPAA, many of which may differ from each other, thus, complicating compliance efforts. Such laws and regulations will be subject to interpretation by various courts and other governmental authorities, thus creating potentially complex compliance issues for us and our future customers and strategic partners. Failure to comply with these laws, where applicable, can result in the imposition of significant civil and/or criminal penalties and private litigation. For example, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, which creates individual privacy rights for California consumers (as defined in the law), including the right to opt out of certain disclosures of their information, and places increased privacy and security obligations on entities handling certain personal data of consumers or households and may apply to us in the future. The CCPA also creates a private right of action with statutory damages for certain data breaches, thereby potentially increasing risks associated with a data breach. Further, the California Privacy Rights Act, or CPRA, was recently passed in California. The CPRA will impose additional data protection obligations on covered businesses, including additional consumer rights processes, limitations on data uses, new audit requirements for sensitive data such as health information, and opt outs for certain uses of sensitive data. It will also create a new California data protection agency authorized to issue substantive regulations and could result in increased privacy and information security enforcement. The majority of the provisions will go into effect on January 1, 2023, and additional compliance investment and potential business process changes may be required. The CCPA and CPRA are reflective of a trend toward more stringent privacy legislation in the United States, as other states or the federal government have followed or may follow California’s lead and increase protections for U.S. residents. For example, on March 2, 2021, the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, which will take effect on January 1, 2023, was signed into law, and the on July 8, 2021 the Colorado Privacy Act, which will take effect on July 1, 2023, was also signed into law. The CCPA has already prompted a number of proposals for new federal and state privacy legislation that, if passed, could increase our potential liability, add layers of complexity to compliance in the U.S. market, increase our compliance costs and adversely affect our business.

Internationally, many jurisdictions have or are considering enacting privacy or data protection laws or regulations relating to the collection, use, storage, transfer, disclosure and/or other processing of personal data, as well as certification requirements for the hosting of health data specifically. Such laws and regulations may include data hosting, data residency or data localization requirements (which generally require that certain types of data collected within a certain country be stored and processed within that country), data export restrictions, international transfer laws (which prohibit or impose conditions upon the transfer of such data from one country to another), or may require companies to implement privacy or data protection and security policies, enable users to access, correct and delete personal data stored or maintained by such companies, inform individuals of security breaches that affect their personal data or obtain individuals’ consent to use their personal data.

The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, which went into effect in May 2018, imposes stringent requirements for controllers and processors of personal data of individuals within the European Economic Area, or EEA. As Switzerland and the United Kingdom are not part of the European Union they enforce separate laws governing personal data, which are derived from or directly based on the GDPR. The GDPR applies to any company established in the EEA as well as to those outside the EEA if they collect, process, and use personal data in connection with the offering of goods or services to individuals in the EEA or the monitoring of their

 

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behavior. The GDPR, together with national legislation, regulations and guidelines of the EEA countries governing the processing of personal data, impose strict obligations and restrictions on the ability to collect, analyze and transfer personal data, including health data from clinical trials and adverse event reporting. In particular, these obligations and restrictions involve the consent of the individuals to whom the personal data relates, the information provided to the individuals, the transfer of personal data out of the EEA to jurisdictions deemed to have inadequate data protection laws, security breach notifications, security and confidentiality of the personal data and imposition of substantial potential fines for breaches of the data protection obligations. Companies that must comply with the GDPR face increased compliance obligations and risk, including more robust regulatory enforcement of data protection requirements and potential fines for noncompliance of up to €20 million or 4% of the annual global revenues of the noncompliant company, whichever is greater.

Among other requirements, the GDPR regulates transfers of personal data subject to the GDPR to third countries that have not been found to provide adequate protection to such personal data, including the United States, and the efficacy and longevity of current transfer mechanisms between the European Union, or EU, and the United States remains uncertain. In 2016, the EU and United States agreed to a transfer framework for data transferred from the EU to the United States, called the Privacy Shield, but the Privacy Shield was invalidated in July 2020 by the Court of Justice of the European Union, or CJEU. While the CJEU upheld the adequacy of the standard contractual clauses (a standard form of contract approved by the European Commission as an adequate personal data transfer mechanism, and potential alternative to the Privacy Shield), it made clear that reliance on them alone may not necessarily be sufficient in all circumstances. Use of the standard contractual clauses must now be assessed on a case-by-case basis taking into account the legal regime applicable in the destination country, in particular applicable surveillance laws and rights of individuals and additional measures and/or contractual provisions may need to be put in place, however, the nature of these additional measures is currently uncertain. The CJEU went on to state that if a competent supervisory authority believes that the standard contractual clauses cannot be complied with in the destination country and the required level of protection cannot be secured by other means, such supervisory authority is under an obligation to suspend or prohibit that transfer. The European Commission has published revised standard contractual clauses for data transfers from the EEA: the revised clauses must be used for relevant new data transfers from September 27, 2021; existing standard contractual clauses arrangements must be migrated to the revised clauses by December 27, 2022. If applicable, we would be required to implement the revised standard contractual clauses, in relation to relevant existing contracts and certain additional contracts and arrangements, within the relevant time frames. There is some uncertainty around whether the revised clauses can be used for all types of data transfers, particularly whether they can be relied on for data transfers to non-EEA entities subject to the GDPR.

While we implement various measures intended to enable us to comply with applicable privacy or data protection laws, regulations and contractual obligations, these measures may not always be effective and do not guarantee compliance. Any failure or perceived failure by us to comply with our contractual or legal obligations or regulatory requirements relating to privacy, data protection, or information security may result in governmental investigations or enforcement actions, litigation, claims, or public statements against us by consumer advocacy groups or others and could result in significant liability, cause our customers, partners or patients to lose trust in us, and otherwise materially and adversely affect our reputation and business. Furthermore, the costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, the laws, regulations, and policies that are applicable to the businesses of our customers or partners may limit the adoption and use of, and reduce the overall demand for, our device. Additionally, if third parties we work with violate applicable laws, regulations, or agreements or suffer data breaches such violations or data breaches may put the data we have received at risk, could result in governmental investigations or enforcement actions, fines, litigation, claims, or public statements against us by consumer advocacy groups or others and could result in significant liability, cause our customers, partners or patients to lose trust in us, and otherwise materially and adversely affect our reputation and business. Further, public scrutiny of, or complaints about, technology companies or their data handling or data protection practices, even if unrelated to our business, industry or operations, may lead to increased scrutiny of technology companies, including us, and may cause government agencies to enact additional regulatory requirements, or to modify their enforcement or investigation activities, which may increase our costs and risks.

 

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Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property

If we are unable to obtain and maintain effective patent rights for our device, we may not be able to compete effectively in our markets. If we are unable to protect the confidentiality of our trade secrets or know-how, such proprietary information may be used by others to compete against us.

Our success and future revenue growth will depend, in part, on our ability to protect our patent rights. In addition to the protection afforded by any patents that may be granted, historically, we have relied on trade secret protection and confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, and contractors to protect proprietary know-how that is not patentable or that we elect not to patent, processes that are not easily known, knowable, or easily ascertainable, and for which patent infringement is difficult to monitor and enforce and any other elements of our product discovery and development processes that involve proprietary know-how, information or technology that is not covered by patents. However, agreements may be breached, trade secrets may be difficult to protect, and we may not receive adequate remedies for any breach. In addition, our trade secrets and intellectual property may otherwise become known or be independently discovered by competitors or other unauthorized third parties.

There is no guarantee that the patent applications that we submitted with regards to our technologies will result in patent grants. In the event of failure to obtain patent registration, our developments will not be proprietary, which might allow other entities to manufacture our device and compete with them.

Further, there is no assurance that all potentially relevant prior art relating to our patent applications has been found, which can invalidate a patent or prevent a patent from issuing from a pending patent application. Even if patents do successfully issue, and even if such patents cover our device, third parties may challenge their validity, enforceability, or scope, which may result in such patents being narrowed, found unenforceable or invalidated. Furthermore, even if they are unchallenged, our patent applications and any future patents may not adequately protect our intellectual property, products and provide exclusivity for our new products or future services or prevent others from designing around our claims. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that third parties will not infringe or misappropriate our patents or similar proprietary rights. In addition, there can be no assurance that we will not have to pursue litigation against other parties to assert its rights.

Any of these outcomes could impair our ability to prevent competition from third parties, which may have an adverse impact on our business.

If we cannot obtain and maintain effective patent rights for our device, we may not be able to compete effectively, and our business and results of operations would be harmed.

We cannot provide any assurances that our trade secrets and other confidential proprietary information will not be disclosed in violation of our confidentiality agreements or that competitors will not otherwise gain access to our trade secrets or independently develop substantially equivalent information and techniques. Also, misappropriation or unauthorized and unavoidable disclosure of our trade secrets and intellectual property could impair our competitive position and may have a material adverse effect on our business. Additionally, if the steps taken to maintain our trade secrets and intellectual property are deemed inadequate, we may have insufficient recourse against third parties for misappropriating any trade secret.

The patent position of medical device companies generally is highly uncertain and involves complex legal and factual questions for which many legal principles remain unresolved. In recent years, patent rights have been the subject of significant litigation within our industry. As a result, the issuance, scope, validity, enforceability and commercial value of our patent rights are highly uncertain. Further, the issuance of a patent is not conclusive as to its scope, validity or enforceability, and our owned and in-licensed patents may be challenged, invalidated or legally circumvented by third parties, or may expire. We cannot be certain that our patents will be upheld as valid and enforceable or will prevent the development of competitive products by third parties. For example, we

 

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may become involved in opposition, interference, derivation, inter partes review or other proceedings challenging our patent rights, and the outcome of any proceedings are highly uncertain. Such challenges may result in the patent claims of our owned or in-licensed patents being narrowed, invalidated or held unenforceable, which could limit our ability to stop or prevent us from stopping others from using or marketing similar or identical technology and products, or limit the duration of the patent protection of our products and technology. Consequently, competitors could develop, manufacture and sell products that directly compete with our products, which could decrease our sales and affect our ability to compete. In addition, competitors could attempt to reverse engineer our device to replicate some or all of the competitive advantages we derive from our development efforts, design around our protected technology, or develop their own competitive technologies that fall outside the scope of our patents. If our intellectual property does not adequately protect us from our competitors’ products and methods, our business and competitive position could be adversely affected. We may in the future become involved in litigation to protect the patents associated with our products, which could result in substantial costs and distraction to management and other employees.

Intellectual property rights of third-parties could adversely affect our ability to market our device, and we might be required to litigate or obtain licenses from third parties in order to develop or market our device. Such litigation or licenses could be costly or not available on commercially reasonable terms.

It is inherently difficult to conclusively assess our freedom to operate without infringing on third-party rights. Our competitive position may be adversely affected if existing patents or patents resulting from patent applications issued to third parties in the future or other third-party intellectual property rights are held to cover our device or elements thereof, or our manufacturing or uses relevant to our development plans. In such cases, we may not be in a position to develop or market products or services unless we successfully pursue litigation to nullify or invalidate the third-party intellectual property right concerned or enter into a license agreement with the intellectual property right holder, if available on commercially reasonable terms. There may also be pending patent applications that if they result in issued patents, could be alleged to be infringed by our new products or services. If such an infringement claim should be brought and be successful, we may be required to pay substantial damages, be forced to abandon our new products or services or seek a license from any patent holders. No assurances can be given that a license will be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all.

It is also possible that we have failed to identify relevant third-party patents or applications. For example, U.S. patent applications filed before November 29, 2000 and certain U.S. patent applications filed after that date that will not be filed outside the United States remain confidential until patents issue. Patent applications in the United States and elsewhere are published approximately 18 months after the earliest filing for which priority is claimed, with such earliest filing date being commonly referred to as the priority date. Therefore, patent applications covering our new products could have been filed by others without our knowledge. Additionally, pending patent applications which have been published can, subject to certain limitations, be later amended in a

manner that could cover our services, our new products or the use of our new products. Third-party intellectual property right holders may also actively bring infringement claims against us. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to successfully settle or otherwise resolve such infringement claims. If we are unable to successfully settle future claims on terms acceptable to us, we may be required to engage in or continue costly, unpredictable and time-consuming litigation and may be prevented from or experience substantial delays in pursuing the development of and/or marketing our new products or services. If we fail in any such dispute, in addition to being forced to pay damages, we may be temporarily or permanently prohibited from selling or marketing our new products or services that are held to be infringing. We might, if possible, also be forced to redesign our new products so that we no longer infringe the third-party intellectual property rights. Any of these events, even if we were ultimately to prevail, could require us to divert substantial financial and management resources that we would otherwise be able to devote to our business.

We may be subject to claims challenging the inventorship of our intellectual property.

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intellectual property as an inventor or co-inventor. For example, we may have inventorship disputes arise from conflicting obligations of consultants or others who are involved in developing our device. Litigation may be necessary to defend against these and other claims challenging inventorship or claiming the right to compensation. If we fail in defending any such claims, in addition to paying monetary damages, we may lose valuable intellectual property rights, such as exclusive ownership of, or right to use, valuable intellectual property. Such an outcome could have a material adverse effect on our business. Even if we are successful in defending against such claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to management and other employees. Such litigation or proceedings could increase our operating losses and reduce the resources available for development activities or any future sales, marketing or distribution activities. Some of our competitors may be able to devote significantly more resources to intellectual property proceedings, and may have significantly broader intellectual property portfolios to assert against us if we assert our rights against them. Further, because of the substantial discovery required in connection with intellectual property litigation, there is a risk that some of our confidential information could be disclosed or otherwise compromised leading to others making, using, importing or selling products that are the same or substantially the same as ours, which could adversely affect our ability to compete in the market.

We may be involved in lawsuits to protect or enforce our intellectual property, which could be expensive, time consuming, and unsuccessful.

Competitors may infringe our intellectual property. If we were to initiate legal proceedings against a third-party to enforce a patent covering one of our new products or services, the defendant could counterclaim that the patent covering our product is invalid and/or unenforceable. In patent litigation in the United States, defendant counterclaims alleging invalidity and/or unenforceability are commonplace. Grounds for a validity challenge could be an alleged failure to meet any of several statutory requirements, including lack of novelty, obviousness, or non-enablement. Grounds for an unenforceability assertion could be an allegation that someone connected with prosecution of the patent withheld relevant information from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO, or made a misleading statement, during prosecution. Under the Leahy-Smith Act, the validity of U.S. patents may also be challenged in post-grant proceedings before the USPTO. The outcome following legal assertions of invalidity and unenforceability is unpredictable.

Derivation proceedings initiated by third parties or brought by us may be necessary to determine the priority of inventions and/or their scope with respect to our patent or patent applications or those of our licensors. An unfavorable outcome could require us to cease using the related technology or to attempt to license rights to it from the prevailing party. Our business could be harmed if the prevailing party does not offer us a license on commercially reasonable terms. Our defense of litigation or interference proceedings may fail and, even if successful, may result in substantial costs and distract our management and other employees. In addition, the uncertainties associated with litigation could have a material adverse effect on our ability to raise the funds necessary to continue our clinical trials, continue our research programs, license necessary technology from third parties, or enter into development partnerships that would help us launch sales of new products or services into the U.S.

Furthermore, because of the substantial amount of discovery required in connection with intellectual property litigation, there is a risk that some of our confidential information could be compromised by disclosure during this type of litigation. There could also be public announcements of the results of hearings, motions, or other interim proceedings or developments. If securities analysts or investors perceive these results to be negative, it could have a material adverse effect on the price of our Common Stock.

Third-party claims of intellectual property infringement may prevent or delay our development and marketing efforts.

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industries expand and more patents are issued, the risk increases that our device may be subject to claims of infringement of the patent rights of third parties.

Third parties may assert that we are employing their proprietary technology without authorization. There may be third-party patents or patent applications with claims to materials, designs or methods of manufacture related to the use or manufacture of our device. There may be currently pending patent applications or continued patent applications that may later result in issued patents that our device may infringe. In addition, third parties may obtain patents or services in the future and claim that use of our technologies infringes upon these patents.

If any third-party patents were held by a court of competent jurisdiction to cover aspects of our processes for designs, or methods of use, the holders of any such patents may be able to block our ability to develop and market the applicable product unless we obtain a license or until such patent expires or is finally determined to be invalid or unenforceable. In either case, such a license may not be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all.

Parties making claims against us may obtain injunctive or other equitable relief, which could effectively block our ability to further develop and market our device. Defense of these claims, regardless of their merit, would involve substantial litigation expense and would be a substantial diversion of employee resources from our business. In the event of a successful claim of infringement against us, we may have to pay substantial damages, including treble damages and attorneys’ fees for willful infringement, pay royalties, redesign our infringing products or services, or obtain one or more licenses from third parties, which may be impossible or require substantial time and monetary expenditure.

Patent policy and rule changes could increase the uncertainties and costs surrounding the prosecution of our patent applications and the enforcement or defense of any issued patents.

Changes in either the patent laws or interpretation of the patent laws in the United States and other countries may diminish the value of any patents that may issue from our patent applications or narrow the scope of our patent protection. The laws of foreign countries may not protect our rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States. Publications of discoveries in the scientific literature often lag behind the actual discoveries, and patent applications in the United States and other jurisdictions are typically not published until 18 months after filing, or in some cases not at all. We therefore cannot be certain that we were the first to file the invention claimed in our owned and licensed patent or pending applications, or that we or our licensor were the first to file for patent protection of such inventions. Assuming all other requirements for patentability are met, in the United States prior to March 15, 2013, the first to make the claimed invention without undue delay in filing, is entitled to the patent, while generally outside the United States, the first to file a patent application is entitled to the patent. After March 15, 2013, under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (the “Leahy-Smith Act”), enacted on September 16, 2011, the United States has moved to a first to file system. The Leahy-Smith Act also includes a number of significant changes that affect the way patent applications will be prosecuted and may also affect patent litigation. In general, the Leahy-Smith Act and its implementation could increase the uncertainties and costs surrounding the prosecution of our patent applications and the enforcement or defense of any issued patents, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

The America Invents Act also includes a number of significant changes that affect the way patent applications are prosecuted, redefine prior art and provide more efficient and cost-effective avenues for competitors to challenge the validity of the patents. These include allowing third-party submission of prior art to the USPTO during patent prosecution and additional procedures to attack the validity of a patent by USPTO administered post-grant proceedings, including post-grant review, inter partes review, and derivation proceedings. Further, because of a lower evidentiary standard in USPTO proceedings compared to the evidentiary standard in U.S. federal courts necessary to invalidate a patent claim, a third party could potentially provide evidence in a USPTO proceeding sufficient for the USPTO to hold a claim invalid even though the same evidence would be insufficient to invalidate the claim if first presented in a district court action. Accordingly, a

 

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third party may attempt to use the USPTO procedures to invalidate our patent claims that would not have been invalidated if first challenged by the third party as a defendant in a district court action. Therefore, the America Invents Act and its implementation could increase the uncertainties and costs surrounding the prosecution of our patent applications and the enforcement or defense of our issued patents, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on several patent cases in recent years, either narrowing the scope of patent protection available in certain circumstances or weakening the rights of patent owners in certain situations. Depending on future actions by the U.S. Congress, the U.S. courts, the USPTO and the relevant law-making bodies in other countries, the laws and regulations governing patents could change in unpredictable ways that would weaken our ability to obtain new patents or to enforce our existing patents and patents that we might obtain in the future.

We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights throughout the world.

Filing, prosecuting, and defending patents on products and services, as well as monitoring their infringement in all countries throughout the world would be prohibitively expensive, and our intellectual property rights in some countries can be less extensive than those in the United States. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as federal and state laws in the United States.

Competitors may use our technologies develop their own products or services in jurisdictions where we have not obtained patent protection to and may export infringing products or services to territories where we have patent protection, but where patents are not enforced as strictly as they are in the United States. These products or services may compete with our device or services. Future patents or other intellectual property rights may not be effective or sufficient to prevent them from competing.

Many companies have encountered significant problems in protecting and defending intellectual property rights in foreign jurisdictions. The legal systems of certain countries, particularly certain developing countries, do not favor the enforcement of patents, trade secrets, and other intellectual property protection, which could make it difficult for us to stop the marketing of competing products or services in violation of our proprietary rights generally. Proceedings to enforce our patent rights in foreign jurisdictions, whether or not successful, could result in substantial costs and divert our efforts and attention from other aspects of our business, could put our future patents at risk of being invalidated or interpreted narrowly, put the issuance of our patent applications at risk, and could provoke third parties to assert claims against us. We may not prevail in any lawsuits that we initiate, and any damages or other remedies that we may be awarded, may not be commercially meaningful. Accordingly, our efforts to monitor and enforce our intellectual property rights around the world may be inadequate to obtain a significant commercial advantage from the intellectual property that we develop or license.

Risks Related to this Offering and the Ownership of our Securities

We do not know whether a market for our Common Stock or Warrants will develop or, if developed, be sustained, what the trading price of our Common Stock or Warrants will be, or whether there will be an active, liquid, trading market for our Common Stock or Warrants, which may trade at a discount from the initial public offering price and make it difficult for you to sell the Common Stock or Warrants you purchase.

Although we intend to apply to list our Common Stock and Warrants on Nasdaq, an active trading market for our Common Stock or Warrants may not be achieved or sustained. It may be difficult for you to sell your Common Stock or Warrants without depressing the market price for the Common Stock or Warrants or at all. Consequently, you may not be able to sell your Common Stock or Warrants at or above the offering price or at all. Further, an inactive market may also impair our ability to raise capital by selling additional shares of Common Stock and it also may impair our ability to enter into strategic partnerships or acquire companies, products, or services by using our equity securities as consideration.

 

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Prior to this offering, there has not been a public trading market for shares of our Common Stock or Warrants. We cannot predict the extent to which investor interest in us will lead to the development of a trading market or how active and liquid that market may become. If an active and liquid trading market does not develop or continue, you may have difficulty selling your Common Stock or Warrants at an attractive price or at all. The initial public offering price per share of Common Stock and per Warrants will be determined by agreement between us and the representative of the underwriters, and may not be indicative of the price at which shares of our Common Stock or Warrants will trade in the public market after this offering. The market price of our Common Stock or Warrants may decline below the initial offering price and you may not be able to sell your Common Stock or Warrants at or above the price you paid in this offering, or at all.

The market price of our Common Stock and Warrants may be highly volatile, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

The market price of our Common Stock and Warrants is likely to be volatile, which may prevent you from being able to sell your Common Stock or Warrants at or above the price you paid for your securities. This volatility could be the result of a variety of factors, which include:

 

   

whether we achieve our anticipated corporate objectives;

 

   

actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly or annual operating results;

 

   

changes in our financial or operational estimates or projections;

 

   

our ability to implement our operational plans;

 

   

termination of lock-up agreements or other restrictions on the ability of our shareholders to sell shares after this offering;

 

   

changes in the economic performance or market valuations of companies similar to ours;

 

   

general economic or political conditions in the U.S. or elsewhere; and

 

   

other events or factors, including those resulting from war, incidents of terrorism or responses to these events.

In addition, the stock market in general, and the stock of publicly-traded medical device companies in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of such companies. Broad market and industry factors may negatively affect the market price of our Common Stock and Warrants, regardless of our actual operating performance, and we have little or no control over these factors.

Future sales of a substantial number of shares of our Common Stock by our existing shareholders could cause our stock price to decline.

We have a significant number of shares of restricted Common Stock that will become eligible for sale after this offering. Prior to the consummation of this offering, on a pro forma basis, we had [            ] shares of our Common Stock outstanding, $[            ] in convertible notes outstanding that are convertible into [            ] shares of our Common Stock (based on interest calculated through [                    ], 2022), [            ] shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding that, as of the date of this prospectus, are convertible into [            ] shares of Common Stock, warrants exercisable for [            ] shares of our Common Stock and, upon consummation of this offering, we have agreed to issue [            ] shares of our Common Stock and Warrants to purchase [            ] shares of our Common Stock based on an assumed initial public offering price of $[            ] per Unit. All of the shares and Warrants sold in this offering will be eligible for sale immediately upon effectiveness of this registration statement. All of the remaining shares will be eligible for sale in the public market upon (i) the effectiveness of a registration statement we are required to file relating to (a) the shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Bridge Notes and the exercise of the Bridge Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants, subject to the lock-up agreements applicable to

 

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such shares, and (b) the shares of our Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock and (ii) the expiration of the lock-up agreements entered into in connection with this offering. For additional information regarding the lock-up agreements and the timing of their expiration, see “Shares Eligible for Future Sale–Lock-up Agreements” and “Underwriting–Lock-up Agreements”. In addition, and subject to any applicable lock-up agreements, under Rule 144 under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof, beginning 90 days after the date hereof, a person who holds restricted shares of Common Stock (assuming there are any restricted shares) and is not one of our affiliates at any time during the three months preceding a sale, and who has beneficially owned these restricted shares for at least six months, would be entitled to sell an unlimited number of shares of our Common Stock, provided current public information about us is available. In addition, under Rule 144, a person who holds restricted shares in us and is not one of our affiliates at any time during the three months preceding a sale, and who has beneficially owned these restricted shares for at least one year, would be entitled to sell an unlimited number of shares immediately upon the closing of this offering without regard to whether current public information about us is available. It is conceivable that following the holding period, many shareholders may wish to sell some or all of their shares. If our shareholders sell substantial amounts of our Common Stock in the public market at the same time, the market price of our Common Stock could decrease significantly due to an imbalance in the supply and demand of our Common Stock. Even if they do not actually sell the Common Stock, the perception in the public market that our shareholders might sell significant Common Stock could also depress the market price of our Common Stock.

If securities or industry analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports about us, our business or our market, or if they publish negative reports regarding our business or our securities, our share price and trading volume could decline.

The trading market for the Common Stock and the Warrants will be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts may publish about us, our business, our market or our competitors. We do not have any control over these analysts and we cannot provide any assurance that analysts will cover us or provide favorable coverage. If any of the analysts who may cover us adversely change their recommendation regarding the Common Stock or Warrants, or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors, the price of our Common Stock and Warrants would likely decline. If any analyst who may cover us were to cease coverage of our Company or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause the price of our Common Stock and Warrants or trading volume to decline.

Management will have broad discretion as to the use of the proceeds from this offering.

Our management will have broad discretion in the allocation of the net proceeds and could use them for purposes other than those contemplated at the time of this offering. Our shareholders may not agree with the manner in which our management chooses to allocate and spend the net proceeds. For additional information regarding our anticipated uses of proceeds, see “Use of Proceeds”.

We will need additional capital beyond the capital raised in this offering, and the sale of additional shares of the Common Stock or equity or debt securities could result in additional dilution to our shareholders.

Although the net proceeds of this offering are anticipated to be sufficient to achieve FDA clearance, which would allow us to market the MyoVista in the U.S., there is no assurance that this would be the case and further funding may be required. We will need to raise additional capital beyond the capital raised in this offering in order to support the sales launch of the MyoVista into the U.S., provide working capital and support further R&D. Such additional capital may be raised through a combination of private and public equity offerings, debt financings and collaborations, and strategic and licensing arrangements. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the issuance of equity (such as this offering) or convertible debt securities, your ownership interest will be diluted, and the terms may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect your rights as a holder of our Common Stock or Warrants. Debt financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take certain actions, such as incurring debt, without prior approval, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. If we raise additional funds through strategic partnerships and alliances and licensing arrangements with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies or product or grant

 

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licenses on terms that are not favorable to us. If we are unable to raise additional funds through equity or debt financing when needed, we may be required to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our product development, sales launch or marketing efforts or grant rights to develop and market product that we would otherwise prefer to develop and market ourselves.

We have identified weaknesses in our internal controls, and we cannot provide assurances that these weaknesses will be effectively remediated or that additional material weaknesses will not occur in the future.

Prior to the completion of this offering, we have been a private company with limited accounting personnel to adequately execute our accounting processes and limited supervisory resources with which to address our internal control over financial reporting. As a private company, we have not designed or maintained an effective control environment as required of public companies under the rules and regulations of the SEC. Although we are not yet subject to the certification or attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, management and our independent registered public accounting firm, Haskell & White LLP, identified several material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting in connection with our preparation and the audits of our financial statements for Fiscal 2021 and 2020.

A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financing reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The material weaknesses we and our independent registered public accounting firms identified are listed below:

 

   

we did not maintain sufficient GAAP and SEC accounting resources commensurate with those required of a public company;

 

   

our financial reporting closing process did not effectively determine all period-end adjustments with a sufficient level of precision;

 

   

we did not employ a sufficient number of staff to maintain optimal segregation of duties and to provide optimal levels of oversight;

 

   

we did not employ month-end financial reporting controls that prevented timely production of accurate monthly financial reports;

 

   

we did not employ proper independent review of monthly financial reports to verify that such reports are accurate and reconciled properly to the supporting documentation schedules; and

 

   

we did not have strong accounting consideration and analysis over equity accounts, accruals, and inventory valuation.

These material weaknesses resulted in adjustments to our current and prior year financial statements primarily related to equity accounts, accruals, and inventory and could result in a misstatement of any account balances or disclosures that would result in a material misstatement to the annual or interim financial statements that would not be prevented or detected.

We have begun implementation of a plan to remediate these material weaknesses. These remediation measures are ongoing and include hiring additional accounting and financial reporting personnel and implementing additional policies, procedures and controls. We cannot assure you that these measures will significantly improve or remediate the material weaknesses described above. The implementation of these remediation measures is in the early stages and will require validation and testing of the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over a sustained period of financial reporting cycles. As a result, the timing of when we will be able to fully remediate the material weaknesses is uncertain, and we may not fully remediate these material weaknesses until later in the current fiscal year ending April 30, 2023. If the steps we take do not remediate the material weaknesses in a timely manner, there could continue to be a reasonable possibility that these control deficiencies or others would result in a material misstatement of our annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. This, in turn, could jeopardize our ability to comply with our reporting obligations, limit our ability to access the capital markets and adversely impact our stock price.

 

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We and our independent registered public accounting firms were not required to perform an evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting as of either April 30, 2021 or April 30, 2020 in accordance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that we have identified all, or that we will not in the future have additional, material weaknesses. Material weaknesses may still exist when we report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as required by reporting requirements under Section 404 after the completion of this offering.

If we are unable to successfully remediate the existing material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting, the accuracy and timing of our financial reporting, and our stock price, may be adversely affected and we may be unable to maintain compliance with the applicable stock exchange listing requirements. Implementing any appropriate changes to our internal controls may divert the attention of our officers and employees, entail substantial costs to modify our existing processes and take significant time to complete. These changes may not, however, be effective in maintaining the adequacy of our internal controls, and any failure to maintain that adequacy, or consequent inability to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis, could increase our operating costs and harm our business. In addition, investors’ perceptions that our internal controls are adequate or that we are unable to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis may harm our stock price and make it more difficult for us to effectively market and sell our services to new and existing customers.

Our Board of Directors is authorized to issue and designate shares of our preferred stock in additional series without shareholder approval.

Our amended and restated certificate of formation authorizes our Board of Directors, without the approval of our shareholders, to issue shares of our preferred stock, subject to limitations prescribed by applicable law, rules and regulations and the provisions of our amended and restated certificate of formation, as shares of preferred stock in series, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series and to fix the designation, powers, preferences, privileges and rights of the shares of each such series and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof. The powers, preferences and rights of these additional series of preferred stock may be senior to or on parity with our Common Stock, which may reduce its value.

Our principal shareholders, officers and directors currently beneficially own approximately [        ]% of our Common Stock. They will therefore be able to exert significant control over matters submitted to our shareholders for approval.

As of the date of this prospectus, our principal shareholders, officers and directors beneficially own approximately [        ]% of the outstanding shares of our Common Stock. This significant concentration of share ownership may adversely affect the trading price for our Common Stock because investors often perceive disadvantages in owning shares in companies with controlling shareholders. As a result, these shareholders, if they acted together, could significantly influence or even unilaterally approve matters requiring approval by our shareholders, including the election of directors and the approval of mergers or other business combination transactions. The interests of these shareholders may not always coincide with our interests or the interests of other shareholders. For more information regarding the beneficial ownership of such principal shareholders, officers and directors, see “Beneficial Ownership of Principal Shareholders and Management.”

If you purchase Common Stock in this offering, you will incur immediate and substantial dilution in the book value of your shares.

The offering price of the Common Stock is substantially higher than the net tangible book value per share of our Common Stock (attributing no value to the Warrants). Therefore, if you purchase Common Stock in this offering, you will pay a price per share that substantially exceeds our net tangible book value per share after this offering. To the extent outstanding options or warrants are exercised, you will incur further dilution. Based on an assumed offering price of $[            ] per share, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, you will experience immediate dilution of $[            ] per share, representing the difference between our pro forma net tangible book value per share of Common Stock after giving effect to this offering and the offering price. See “Dilution” for further information.

 

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The Warrants are speculative in nature.

The Warrants do not confer any rights of Common Stock ownership on their holders, such as voting rights or the right to receive dividends, but rather merely represent the right to acquire shares of Common Stock at a fixed price. Specifically, commencing on the date of issuance, holders of the Warrants may exercise their right to acquire the shares of Common Stock and pay an exercise price of $[         ], which is equal to the initial public offering price per Unit. Moreover, following this offering, the market value of the Warrants is uncertain and there can be no assurance that the market value of the Warrants will equal or exceed their exercise price. Furthermore, each Warrant will expire five years from the original issuance date. In the event our Common Stock price does not exceed the exercise price of the Warrants during the period when the Warrants are exercisable, the Warrants may not have any value.

Holders of the Warrants will have no rights as a holder of our Common Stock until they acquire our Common Stock.

Until you acquire our Common Stock upon exercise of your Warrants, you will have no rights with respect to Common Stock issuable upon exercise of your Warrants. Upon exercise of your Warrants, you will be entitled to exercise the rights of a holder of our Common Stock as to the security exercised only as to matters for which the record date occurs after the exercise.

Provisions of the Warrants could discourage an acquisition of us by a third party.

In addition to the provisions of our amended and restated certificate of formation and amended and restated bylaws, certain provisions of the Warrants could make it more difficult or expensive for a third party to acquire us. The Warrants prohibit us from engaging in certain transactions constituting “fundamental transactions” unless, among other things, the surviving entity assumes our obligations under the Warrants. These and other provisions of the Warrants could prevent or deter a third party from acquiring us even where the acquisition could be beneficial to you.

We will incur significant increased costs as a result of the listing of our securities for trading on Nasdaq. By becoming a public company in the U.S., our management will be required to devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives as well as compliance with ongoing U.S. requirements.

Upon the listing of securities on Nasdaq, we will become a publicly traded company in the United States and as such, we will incur additional significant accounting, legal and other expenses that we did not incur before the offering. We also anticipate that we will incur costs associated with corporate governance requirements of the SEC, as well as requirements under Section 404 and other provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We expect these rules and regulations to increase our legal and financial compliance costs, introduce new costs such as investor relations, stock exchange listing fees and shareholder reporting, and to make some activities more time consuming and costly. The implementation and testing of such processes and systems may require us to hire outside consultants and incur other significant costs. Any future changes in the laws and regulations affecting public companies in the United States, including Section 404 and other provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC, for so long as they apply to us, will result in increased costs to us as we respond to such changes. These laws, rules and regulations could make it more difficult or more costly for us to obtain certain types of insurance, including director and officer liability insurance, and we may be forced to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. The impact of these requirements could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our Board of Directors, any committees of our Board of Directors, or as executive officers.

We may be subject to securities litigation, which is expensive and could divert management attention.

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type could result in substantial costs and diversion of management’s attention and resources, which could seriously hurt our business. Any adverse determination in litigation could also subject us to significant liabilities.

We have never paid cash dividends on our Common Stock, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

We have neither declared nor paid cash dividends, and we do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Therefore, you should not rely on an investment in Common Stock as a source for any future dividend income. Our Board of Directors has complete discretion as to when or whether to distribute dividends. Even if our Board of Directors decides to declare and pay dividends, the timing, amount and form of future dividends, if any, will depend on our future results of operations and cash flow, our capital requirements and surplus, the amount of distributions, if any, received by us from our subsidiaries, our financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors.

We are an “emerging growth company,” and any decision on our part to comply with certain reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies could make the Common Stock and Warrants less attractive to investors.

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act, and, for as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may choose to take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, not being required to comply with any new requirements adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or the PCAOB, requiring mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report in which the auditor would be required to provide additional information about the audit and the financial statements of the issuer, not being required to comply with any new audit rules adopted by the PCAOB after April 5, 2012 unless the SEC determines otherwise, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We could remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of: (i) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenues of $1.07 billion or more; (ii) the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of our first sale of common equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement; (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years; or (iv) the date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer. We cannot predict if investors will find our Common Stock or Warrants less attractive if we choose to rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our Common Stock or Warrants less attractive as a result of any choices to reduce future disclosure, there may be a less active trading market for our Common Stock or Warrants and our stock price may be more volatile. Further, as a result of these scaled regulatory requirements, our disclosure may be more limited than that of other public companies and you may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of such companies.

Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for complying with new or revised accounting standards. We have opted for taking advantage of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards pursuant to Section 107(b) of the Jobs Act.

Anti-takeover provisions could make a third party acquisition of us difficult.

Our amended and restated certificate of formation and amended and restated bylaws eliminate the ability of shareholders to take action by less than unanimous written consent. This provision could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us without the approval of our board. In addition, the Texas Business Organizations Code, or the TBOC, also contains certain provisions that could make an acquisition by a third party more difficult.

 

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If our shares become subject to the penny stock rules, it would become more difficult to trade our shares.

The SEC has adopted rules that regulate broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in penny stocks. Penny stocks are generally equity securities with a price of less than $5.00, other than securities registered on certain national securities exchanges or authorized for quotation on certain automated quotation systems, provided that current price and volume information with respect to transactions in such securities is provided by the exchange or system. If we do not retain a listing on Nasdaq and if the price of our Common Stock is less than $5.00, our Common Stock will be deemed a penny stock. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, before a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document containing specified information. In addition, the penny stock rules require that before effecting any transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, a broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive (i) the purchaser’s written acknowledgment of the receipt of a risk disclosure statement; (ii) a written agreement to transactions involving penny stocks; and (iii) a signed and dated copy of a written suitability statement. These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the trading activity in the secondary market for our Common Stock or Warrants, and therefore shareholders may have difficulty selling their shares of Common Stock or Warrants.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We expect to receive net proceeds from this offering of approximately $[            ], after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses, or approximately $[            ] if the underwriters’ representative exercises the over-allotment option, with respect to both shares of Common Stock and Warrants, in full.

A $1.00 increase or decrease in the assumed public offering price of $[            ] per Unit would increase or decrease the proceeds from this offering by approximately $[            ] million, assuming that the number of Units offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions. Similarly, each increase or decrease of [            ] Units offered would increase or decrease our proceeds by approximately $[            ] million, assuming the assumed public offering price remains the same, and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. This information is illustrative only and will depend on the actual initial public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing. We do not expect that a change in the initial public offering price or the number of Units by these amounts would have a material effect on our intended uses of the net proceeds from this offering, although a decrease in the initial offering price without a corresponding increase in the number of Units offered may accelerate the time at which we will need to seek additional capital.

We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering (i) for estimated costs of approximately $3 million directly related to achieving FDA clearance for the MyoVista device, including costs for relevant Company personnel, associated device testing, validation and R&D, and completing the pivotal clinical validation study, (ii) for working capital and general corporate purposes until we can obtain FDA approval, (iii) to pay accrued and unpaid interest to one lender (John Q. Adams, Sr., a former director of the Company) under the $1M Loan and Security Agreement, which was $0.1 million at January 31, 2022, and (iv) with respect to the remainder, if any, for working capital and general corporate purposes needed for sales launch of the MyoVista into the U.S., which may include the hiring of additional personnel, capital expenditures and the costs of operating as a public company. The $1M Loan and Security Agreement, as amended, matures on September 30, 2023, assuming completion of this offering. At January 31, 2022, the principal balance outstanding under the $1M Loan and Security Agreement was $1.0 million and the interest rate was 12% per annum. It is payable to Front Range Ventures, LLC, which is a beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of the combined voting power of our outstanding capital stock, and John Q. Adams, Sr. (a former director of the Company).

Changing circumstances may cause us to consume capital significantly faster than we currently anticipate. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures will depend upon numerous factors, including the progress of our global marketing and sales efforts, our development efforts and the overall economic environment. Therefore, our management will retain broad discretion over the use of the proceeds from this offering. We may ultimately use the proceeds for different purposes than what we currently intend. Pending any ultimate use of any portion of the proceeds from this offering, if the anticipated proceeds will not be sufficient to fund all the proposed purposes, our management will determine the order of priority for using the proceeds, as well as the amount and sources of other funds needed. We believe that the funds raised in this offering will be sufficient to finance the purposes described above, and we do not think that material amounts of other funds will be necessary to finance such purposes.

Pending our use of the net proceeds from this offering, we may invest the net proceeds in a variety of capital preservation investments, including short-term, investment grade, interest bearing instruments and U.S. government securities.

 

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DIVIDEND POLICY

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our Common Stock and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Payment of cash dividends, if any, in the future will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on then-existing conditions, including our financial condition, operating results, contractual restrictions, capital requirements, business prospects and other factors our Board of Directors may deem relevant.

 

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and our capitalization as of January 31, 2022:

 

   

on an actual basis;

 

   

on a pro forma basis to give effect to: (i) the reverse stock split; (ii) the conversion of up to the Maximum Percentage of the Bridge Notes by each holder thereof; (iii) the conversion of all of the $1.5M Notes; and (iv) the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock; and

 

   

on a pro forma as adjusted basis to give effect to: (i) the reverse stock split; (ii) the conversion of up to the Maximum Percentage of the Bridge Notes by each holder thereof; (iii) the conversion of all of the $1.5M Notes; (iv) the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock; and (v) the issuance of Units in this offering, at an assumed public offering price of $[            ] per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses, as if the sale of the Units had occurred on January 31, 2022.

The pro forma as adjusted information set forth in the table below is illustrative only and will be adjusted based on the actual public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing.

You should read this table in conjunction with the sections titled “Selected Financial Data” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

     As of January 31, 2022  
     Actual     Pro
Forma(1)
     Pro Forma
as Adjusted
 
     (U.S. dollars in thousands)  
     (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)      (Unaudited)  

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 1,328       —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Indebtedness:

       

Bridge Notes

   $ 2,629       —          —    

$130K Note

     130       —          —    

$1.5M Notes

     1,500       —          —    

$1M Notes

     1,000       —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Indebtedness

     5,259       —          —    

Shareholders’ equity (deficit):

       

Series A Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share, 10,000 issued and outstanding as of January 31, 2022

     —         —          —    

Series B Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share, 10,000 issued and outstanding as of January 31, 2022

     —         —          —    

Series C Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share, 463,265 issued and outstanding

     —         —          —    

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, [            ] issued and outstanding, actual; [            ] shares issued and outstanding, pro forma; and [            ] shares issued and outstanding pro forma as adjusted

     110       —          —    

Additional paid-in capital

     48,138       —           

Accumulated deficit

     (52,350     —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity (deficit)

     (4,102     —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total capitalization

   $ 1,157     $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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  Stock) would be issued and we would receive approximately $             in additional net proceeds, based on the assumed initial public offering price of $             per Unit, which is the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us; and (ii) cash and cash equivalents, total shareholders’ equity and total capitalization would each also increase by approximately $            .

The number of shares of Common Stock owned by existing shareholders is based on [            ] shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of January 31, 2022 and excludes the following as of such date:

 

   

[            ] shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock (including conversion of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock issuable upon conversion of the $130K Note). See “Description of Securities—Preferred Stock” for additional information;

 

   

[            ] shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options issued to directors, employees and consultants of the Company, of which [            ] were vested as of such date;

 

   

[            ] shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of the Investor Warrants, the $1M Lender Warrants, the $1.5M Lender Warrants, the Bridge Warrants, and the Pre-Funded Warrants. See “Description of Securities—Warrants” for more information;

 

   

[            ] shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of the Warrants; and

 

   

[            ] shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of the underwriters’ representative’s warrants.

This number of shares of Common Stock also excludes shares issuable pursuant to antidilution provisions set forth in the Bridge Warrants and the Series C Preferred Stock, which are each dependent on the market price of our Common Stock at the time of conversion. For additional information, see “Description of Securities—Antidilution Provisions.”

 

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DILUTION

If you invest in our Common Stock, your interest will be diluted immediately to the extent of the difference between the public offering price per share of Common Stock you will pay in this offering (attributing no value to the Warrants) and the pro forma net tangible book value per share after this offering. On January 31, 2022, we had a negative net tangible book value of $[            ], corresponding to a negative net tangible book value of [            ] per share. Net tangible book value per share represents the amount of our total tangible assets less our total liabilities, divided by [            ], the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on January 31, 2022.

Our pro forma net tangible book value as of January 31, 2022 was $[            ], representing approximately $([            ]) per share. Pro forma net tangible book value per share represents the amount of our total tangible assets less our total liabilities, divided by the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at January 31, 2022, after giving effect to (i) the reverse stock split; (ii) the issuance of [            ] shares in this offering; (iii) the conversion of the Bridge Notes into [            ] shares of Common Stock; (iv) the conversion of the $1.5M Notes into [            ] shares of Common Stock; and (v) the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock into [            ] shares of Common Stock.

After giving effect to the sale of the shares of Common Stock offered by us in this offering (attributing no value to the Warrants), assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ representative’s warrants or the option to purchase additional shares of Common Stock or Warrants and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and management fees and estimated offering expenses payable by us, our pro forma net tangible book value estimated at January 31, 2022 would have been approximately $[            ] million, representing $[            ] per share. At the assumed public offering price for this offering of $[            ] per share (attributing no value to the Warrants), which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, this represents an immediate increase in historical net tangible book value of $[            ] per share to existing shareholders and an immediate dilution in net tangible book value of $[            ] per share to purchasers of Common Stock that is part of the Units in this offering. Dilution for this purpose represents the difference between the price per share paid by these purchasers and pro forma net tangible book value per share of Common Stock immediately after the completion of this offering.

The following table illustrates this dilution on a per share basis to purchasers of Common Stock in this offering:

 

Assumed public offering price per share (attributing no value to the Warrants)

   $ [            

Pro forma net tangible book value per share as of January 31, 2022

   $ [            

Increase in pro forma net tangible book value per share attributable to new investors

   $ [            

Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering

   $ [            

Dilution per share to new investors

   $ [            

Percentage of dilution in net tangible book value per share for new investors

     [            

The dilution information set forth in the table above is illustrative only and will be adjusted based on the actual public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing.

A $1.00 increase or decrease in the assumed initial public offering price of $[            ] per Unit would increase or decrease our pro forma net tangible book value per share after this offering by $[            ] and the dilution per share to new investors by $[            ], assuming the number of Units offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same, after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We may also increase or decrease the number of Units we are offering.

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would increase or decrease pro forma net tangible book value per share after this offering by $[            ] per share and would increase or decrease the dilution per share to new investors by $[            ], after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

The following table summarizes, on a pro forma basis as of January 31, 2022, the differences between the number of shares of Common Stock acquired from us, the total amount paid and the average price per share paid by the existing holders of our Common Stock and by investors in this offering, based upon an assumed public offering price of $[            ] per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus.

 

     Shares     Total Consideration     Average
Price Per
Share
 
     Number     Percent     Amount     Percent  

Existing shareholders

     [                 [             ]%    $ [                 [             ]%    $ [            

New investors

     [                 [                 [                 [                 [            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total

     [                 [             ]%    $ [                 [             ]%   

The number of shares of Common Stock owned by existing shareholders is based on [            ] shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of January 31, 2022, plus [            ] shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the conversion of up to the Maximum Percentage by each purchaser of the Bridge Notes, plus [            ] shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the $1.5M Notes, plus [            ] shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock in [            ] 2022. This number of shares of the Common Stock excludes:

 

   

[            ] shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series C Preferred Stock (including conversion of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock issuable upon conversion of the $130K Note). See “Description of Securities—Preferred Stock” for additional information;

 

   

[            ] shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options issued to directors, employees and consultants of the Company, of which [            ] were vested as of such date;

 

   

[            ] shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of the Investor Warrants, the $1M Lender Warrants, the $1.5M Lender Warrants, the Bridge Warrants, and the Pre-Funded Warrants. See “Description of Securities—Warrants” for more information;

 

   

[            ] shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of the Warrants; and

 

   

[            ] shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of the underwriters’ representative’s warrants.

This number of shares of Common Stock also excludes shares issuable pursuant to antidilution provisions set forth in the Bridge Warrants and the Series C Preferred Stock, which are each dependent on the market price of our Common Stock at the time of conversion. For additional information, see “Description of Securities—Antidilution Provisions.”

If all of our issued and outstanding options, convertible securities and warrants had been exercised as of January 31, 2022, the number of shares of Common Stock held by existing shareholders would increase to [            ], or [            ]% of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding after this offering, and the average price per share paid by the existing shareholders would be $[            ].

If the underwriters’ representative exercises its option to purchase additional shares of Common Stock and additional Warrants in full in this offering, assuming no exercise of the Warrants, the number of shares of Common Stock held by new investors will increase to [            ], or [            ]% of the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding after this offering and the percentage of shares of Common Stock held by existing shareholders will decrease to [            ]% of the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. The discussion below contains forward-looking statements that are based upon our current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to inaccurate assumptions and known or unknown risks and uncertainties, including those identified in “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and under “Risk Factors” elsewhere in this prospectus.

Overview

We are a medical technology company focused on applying innovative AI-based technology to an ECG (also known as an EKG) to expand and improve an ECG’s clinical usefulness. Our objective is to make an ECG a far more valuable cardiac screening tool, particularly in frontline or point-of-care clinical settings. HeartSciences’ first product candidate for FDA clearance, the MyoVista wavECG, or the MyoVista, is a resting 12-lead ECG that is also designed to provide diagnostic information related to cardiac dysfunction which has traditionally only been available through the use of cardiac imaging. The MyoVista also provides conventional ECG information in the same test. Our business model, which involves the use of the MyoVista device and consumables for each test, is expected to be “razor-razorblade” as the electrodes used with the MyoVista are proprietary to HeartSciences, and new electrodes are required for every test performed.

Our device is not cleared for marketing by the FDA and our future success is dependent upon receiving FDA De Novo clearance for the MyoVista and raising sufficient funds to finish our pivotal clinical validation study and device testing and development to submit for, and achieve, FDA De Novo clearance. Additional funding would then be required to support the sales launch of the MyoVista into the U.S., provide working capital and support further R&D.

We believe that there is currently no low-cost, front-line, medical device that is effective at screening for heart disease. As a result, we believe that frontline physicians face a significant challenge in determining if a patient has heart disease. Although many think of the ECG as the frontline heart disease test, in 2012, the United States Preventive Services Task Force, or USPSTF, conducted an evaluation of conventional ECG testing and stated: “There is no good evidence that an ECG helps physicians predict heart risks in people with no symptoms any better than traditional considerations such as current or former smoking, blood pressure and cholesterol levels.”

ECG devices record the electrical signals of a patient’s heart. The ECG is a ubiquitous, relatively low-cost, simple and quick test; it is portable and can be performed in a wide range of clinical settings by a non-specialist clinician or clinical aide. There are three basic categories of heart disease: electrical (such as an arrhythmia), structural (such as valvular disease) and ischemic (such as coronary artery disease, or CAD). Conventional resting ECGs have limited sensitivity in detecting structural and ischemic disease and are typically used for diagnosing cardiac rhythm abnormalities, such as atrial fibrillation, also known as Afib, or acute coronary syndrome, such as a myocardial infarction, which is also known as a heart attack. However, traditional ECGs have a limited role in identifying cardiac dysfunction associated with structural and ischemic disease.

HeartSciences has designed the MyoVista to help address these limitations and extend the clinical capability of an ECG in detecting cardiac dysfunction. We apply AI-machine learning to the signal processed electrical signal of the heart. Our first algorithm, which is not yet FDA cleared, is designed to detect cardiac dysfunction caused by heart disease and/or age-related cardiac dysfunction.

 

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The editorial comment associated with the study titled “Prediction of Abnormal Myocardial Relaxation from Signal Processed Surface ECG” presented below discusses recent applications of machine learning to data derived from surface 12-lead ECGs in relation to cardiac dysfunction:

“These are some of the most significant advances in electrocardiography since its inception, which has historically had a limited, if any, role in the evaluation of cardiac dysfunction. In the past, our cardiovascular community was resigned to the fact that surface ECGs are poor indicators for cardiac dysfunction.”

Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH, MSC, Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, Texas, et. al., Journal of American College of Cardiology Editorial Comment Volume 76 Number 8 2020.

Almost all forms of heart disease, including CAD and structural disease, affect heart muscle, or cardiac, function prior to symptoms. Impaired cardiac function is first observed as impaired cardiac relaxation which is an early indicator of diastolic dysfunction and usually continues to increase in severity as heart disease progresses. The diastolic phase of the cardiac cycle occurs when the heart muscle relaxes (following contraction). Diastolic dysfunction may also be related to age-related cardiac dysfunction.

If we receive FDA clearance for the MyoVista, our main target markets would be frontline healthcare environments in the U.S., such as primary care, to assist physician decision making in the cardiology referral process. Currently, cardiology referral decisions are often based on a patient’s risk factors and/or a conventional ECG test. Accordingly, many patients with heart disease are left undetected while no treatment or intervention is required for most patients referred for cardiac imaging. We believe that adding the capability to detect cardiac dysfunction to a standard 12-lead resting ECG could help improve cardiac referral pathways and be valuable for patients, physicians, health systems and third-party payors.

New Class II devices, such as the MyoVista, require FDA De Novo premarket review. The MyoVista along with its proprietary software and hardware is classified as a Class II medical device by the FDA. Premarket review and clearance by the FDA for these devices is generally accomplished through the 510(k) premarket notification process or De Novo classification request, or petition process. We previously submitted an FDA De Novo classification request in December 2019. Based on feedback and communications with the FDA during 2020, we have been making modifications to our device and are partially through a new, pivotal clinical validation study and the device testing and development necessary for a revised FDA De Novo submission, which we expect to take place later in the current fiscal year ending April 30, 2023.

For additional information regarding the FDA regulatory process, see “Business—FDA and Other Government Regulation.”

We require the funding from this offering to continue our work towards FDA resubmission and clearance. Although the net proceeds of this offering are anticipated to be sufficient to achieve FDA clearance, which would allow us to market the MyoVista in the U.S., there is no assurance that this would be the case. Additional funding would be required to support the sales launch of the MyoVista into the U.S., provide working capital and support further R&D. Our auditors’ report on our audited financial statements for Fiscal 2021 contains an explanatory paragraph regarding substantial doubts about our ability to continue as a going concern because we have experienced recurring losses, negative cash flows from operations, limited capital resources, a net shareholders’ deficit, as well as significant debt obligations. These events and conditions, along with other matters, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on our ability to continue as a going concern. If we are unable to continue as a going concern, we may have to liquidate our assets, and the values we receive for our assets in liquidation or dissolution could be significantly lower than the values reflected in our financial statements.

 

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Results of Operations

Revenues

Revenues, which have been minimal to date, consist mainly of sales of devices, electrodes and other supplies in the establishment of distributor relationships outside the U.S. during the approval, development and improvement of the MyoVista.

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales consists primarily of costs related to materials, components and subassemblies. Cost of sales also includes certain direct costs such as those incurred for shipping and freight.

Operating Expenses

Our operating expenses have consisted solely of research and development expenses and selling, general and administrative expenses.

Research and Development Expenses

Our research and development activities primarily consist of engineering and research programs associated with our MyoVista device. Research and development expenses include payroll and personnel-related costs for our research and development, clinical and regulatory personnel, including expenses related to stock-based compensation for such employees, consulting services, clinical trial expenses, regulatory expenses, prototyping and testing. Research and development expenses also include costs attributable to clinical trial expenses including clinical trial design, site development and study costs, data, related travel expenses, the cost of products used for clinical activities, internal and external costs associated with regulatory compliance and patent costs. We have expensed research and development costs as they have been incurred.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Our selling, general and administrative expenses consist of payroll and personnel-related costs for field support personnel, business development, consulting, stock-based compensation, and for administrative personnel that support our general operations such as executive management and financial accounting. Selling, general and administrative expenses also include costs attributable to professional fees for legal and accounting services, premises costs, IT, insurance, consulting, recruiting fees, travel expenses and depreciation.

Interest Expense

Interest expense relates to our loan facilities and convertible notes. For more information, see “—Description of Indebtedness.”

Other Income (Expense), Net

Other income (expense), net primarily consists of forgiveness of loans issued under the CARES Act.

 

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The following table summarizes our results of operations for the periods presented and as a percentage of our total revenue for those periods based on our statement of operations data. The year over year comparison of results of operations is not necessarily indicative of results of operations for future periods.

Summary of Statements of Operations for the nine months ended January 31, 2022 compared with the nine months ended January 31, 2021:

 

     For the nine months ended
January 31,
             
     2022     2021     $ Change     % Change  
     (In thousands, except percentages, unaudited)  

Revenue

   $ 10     $ 11     $ (1 )      -9

Cost of sales

     6       5       1       20
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Gross margin

     4       6       (2 )      -33
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Operating expenses:

        

Research and development

     1,646       1,114       532       48

Selling, general and administrative

     1,089       673       416       62

(Gain) loss on disposal of property and equipment

     —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total operating expenses

     2,735       1,787       948       53
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Loss from operations

     (2,731     (1,781     (950 )      53

Interest expense

     (295     (68     (227 )      334

Gain on extinguishment of debt

     250       250       —         0

Other income

     1       —         1       —    

Other expense

     —         (2     2       -100
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Other income (expense), net

     (44     180       (224 )      -124
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net loss

   $ (2,775   $ (1,601     (1,174 )      73
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

Revenues decreased by $1,000, or 9%, to $10,000 during the nine months ended January 31, 2022, compared to $11,000 during the nine months ended January 31, 2021. Our revenues to date have been in relation to establishing distributor relationships outside the United States during product development and improvement.

Cost of sales increased by $1,000, or 20%, to $6,000 during the nine months ended January 31, 2022, compared to $5,000 during the nine months ended January 31, 2021. The increase offset with decline in revenue above is due to applied sales discounts.

Research and development expenses increased $532,000 during the nine months ended January 31, 2022 when compared to the nine months ended January 31, 2021, an increase of 48%, primarily resulting from increase of $220,000 related to clinical trial studies, $220,000 in software consulting and hardware development, and $87,000 in payroll expenditures which is consistent with work being performed for algorithm development and ongoing clinical validation studies in preparation for a new De Novo submission.

For the nine months ended January 31, 2022, selling, general, and administrative expenses increased $416,000, or 62%, when compared to the nine months ended January 31, 2021. The increase is due to additional accounting and contract labor, audit, and recruiting fees in preparation for the offering.

Interest expense increased $227,000 during the nine months ended January 31, 2022 when compared to the nine months ended January 31, 2021, an increase of 334%, primarily due to interest from the $1.5M Notes issued in January 2021, interest related to the Bridge Notes and debt service amortization. For more information, see “—Description of Indebtedness.”

 

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Summary of Statements of Operations for Fiscal 2021 compared with Fiscal 2020:

     For the years ended April 30              
     2021     2020     $ Change     % Change  
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

Revenue

   $ 26     $ 64     $ (38     -59

Cost of sales

     11       46       (35     -76
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Gross margin

     15       18       (3     -17
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Operating expenses:

        

Research and development

     1,708       2,040       (332     -16

Selling, general and administrative

     875       1,796       (921     -51

(Gain) loss on disposal of property and equipment

     (2     10       (12     -120
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total operating expenses

     2,581       3,846       (1,265     -33
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Loss from operations

     (2,566     (3,828     1,262       -33

Interest expense

     (132     (3     (129     4300

Gain on extinguishment of debt

     250       —         250       —    

Gain on settlement of payables

     —         22       (22     -100

Other expense

     (4     (2     (2     100
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Other income (expense), net

     114       17       97       571
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net loss

   $ (2,452   $ (3,811     1,359       -36
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Revenues declined from $64,000 to $26,000 in 2021 when compared to 2020, a decrease of approximately 59%. Our revenues to date have been in relation to establishing distributor relationships outside the United States during product development and improvement. The decrease in revenue is due to the timing of engaging new distributors and declines resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic which impacted engagement with medical institutions and distributors.

The cost of sales decreased $35,000, or 76%, to $11,000 during Fiscal 2021 compared to $46,000 as of Fiscal 2020 and the decline is consistent with the decrease noted in revenue.

During Fiscal 2021, research and development expenses decreased $332,000 when compared to Fiscal 2020, a decrease of 16%, primarily resulting from decreases of $35,000 in premises costs, $133,000 in software consulting and $81,000 in payroll expenditures, which is consistent with work associated with the first De Novo submission that took place during Fiscal 2020 and cost reduction measures implemented by management at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

During Fiscal 2021, selling, general, and administrative expenses decreased $921,000, or 51%, when compared to Fiscal 2020. The primary decreases were in payroll related expenditures and reductions in consulting and travel expenditures, which is consistent with cost reduction measures implemented by management at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Interest expense increased $129,000 during Fiscal 2021 when compared to Fiscal 2020, primarily due to interest under the $1M Loan and Security Agreement entered into in April 2020. For more information, see “—Description of Indebtedness.”

Liquidity and Capital Resources

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principal sources of capital are cash on hand and the proceeds of future offerings of equity and debt securities. We cannot assure you that we will be able to consummate the sale of any such securities on terms acceptable to us, if at all.

As of January 31, 2022, we had approximately $1.3 million of cash, an increase of $0.6 million from $0.7 million as of April 31, 2021.

During the nine months ended January 31, 2022, we raised an additional $3.4 million in gross proceeds, offset by $377,000 in deferred financing costs, in connection with the 2021 Bridge Financing to support our on-going business plan.

Since our inception through January 31, 2022, we have funded our operations principally from sales of equity and debt securities.

The auditors’ report on our financial statements for Fiscal 2021 contains an explanatory paragraph regarding substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The events and conditions described in this paragraph, along with other matters, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on our ability to continue as a going concern. Additionally, financial statements for future fiscal years may continue to include this explanatory paragraph with respect to our ability to continue as a going concern. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that may result from the outcome of this uncertainty. This going concern opinion could materially limit our ability to raise additional funds through the issuance of equity or debt securities or otherwise. Until we can generate significant recurring revenues, we expect to satisfy our future cash needs through debt or equity financing. We cannot be certain that additional funding will be available to us on acceptable terms, if at all. If funds are not available, we may be required to delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate research or development plans for, or efforts with respect to launch of sales of, our device. If we are unable to continue as a going concern, we may have to liquidate our assets, and the values we receive for our assets in liquidation or dissolution could be significantly lower than the values reflected in our financial statements. Our lack of cash resources and our potential inability to continue as a going concern may materially adversely affect our share price and our ability to raise new capital, enter into critical contractual relations with third parties and otherwise execute our business objectives.

The table below presents our cash flows for the periods indicated:

 

     Nine months
ended January 31, 2022
(Unaudited)
    Years Ended
April 30,
 

U.S. dollars, in thousands

  2021     2020  

Net cash used in operating activities

   $ (2,452   $ (2,452   $ (3,840

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

   $ (2   $ (1   $ 8  

Net cash provided by financing activities

   $ 3,058     $ 2,680     $ 1,810  

Net change in cash and cash equivalents during the period

   $ 605     $ 227     $ (2,022

Operating Activities

Net cash used by our operating activities of $2.5 million during the nine months ended January 31, 2022 was primarily due to our net loss of $2.8 million less net non-cash items of $78,000, offset by $401,000 of net changes in operating assets and liabilities.

Net cash used by our operating activities of $2.5 million during Fiscal 2021 was primarily due to our net loss of $2.5 million. Net cash used by our operating activities of $3.8 million during Fiscal 2020 was primarily due to our net loss of $3.8 million plus net non-cash items of $167,000, offset by $196,000 of net changes in operating assets and liabilities.

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equity securities, although we may not be able to complete financing on terms acceptable to us, if at all. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a “going concern.” For more information, please refer to “Risk Factors—Our independent registered public accounting firm has expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, which could prevent us from obtaining new financing either on reasonable terms or at all.”

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities in the nine months ended January 31, 2022 of $3.0 million primarily relates to proceeds from the Bridge Notes of $3.4 million offset by deferred financing costs of $377,000.

During Fiscal 2021, net cash provided by financing activities was $2.68 million and was primarily from the issuance of convertible promissory notes, Series C Preferred Stock, and shareholder notes. During Fiscal 2020, net cash provided by financing activities was $1.81 million and was primarily from the issuance of convertible promissory notes, Series C Preferred Stock, and shareholder notes. For additional information, please refer to “—Description of Indebtedness.”

Future Capital Needs

Although we expect that the proceeds of this offering would be sufficient to achieve FDA clearance, which would allow us to market the MyoVista in the U.S., there is no assurance this would be case. Additional funding would be required to support the sales launch of the MyoVista into the U.S., provide working capital and support further R&D.

Description of Indebtedness

As of January 31, 2022, we had a total of $5.3 million of indebtedness, excluding accrued and unpaid interest, outstanding as follows:

 

     As of
January 31,
2022

(unaudited)
     As of April 30,  
     2021      2020  
     (U.S. dollars in thousands)  

Bridge Notes

   $ 2,629      $ —        $ —    

$130K Note

     130        130        101  

$1.5M Notes

     1,500        1,500        —    

$1M Loan and Security Agreement

     1,000        1,000        300  

PPP Loan

     —          250        250  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total:

   $ 5,259      $ 2,880      $ 651  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Bridge Notes

Pursuant to the 2021 Bridge Financing, the Company issued Bridge Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $4.7 million. The Bridge Notes bear interest at 8% per annum payable on the maturity date of the Bridge Notes of December 22, 2024 and are secured by a subordinated security interest in substantially all of the assets, including patents and other intellectual property, of the Company. From and after the one-year anniversary of the issuance of the Bridge Notes, the Company may prepay the principal of the Bridge Notes and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon at a price of 115% of the principal amount to be prepaid (plus accrued and unpaid interest). In addition, upon the occurrence of an event of default or a change of control of the Company (as defined in the Bridge Notes), the holders of the Bridge Notes may redeem their Bridge Notes in an amount equal to 125% of the principal amount (plus accrued and unpaid interest). The Company received net proceeds (net of the OID) of $4.2 million in connection with the 2021 Bridge Financing. For more information regarding the 2021 Bridge Financing, see “Prospectus Summary—Recent Developments—2021 Bridge Financing”.

 

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Each Bridge Note was issued with a 10% original issue discount and is convertible into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to an initial conversion price of the lower of (i) $[            ] per share or (ii) a 30% discount to the price per share in this offering (for purposes of this prospectus, we have assumed that this offering will be a qualified offering), which is referred to as the Conversion Price. The Bridge Notes will convert into shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Price automatically upon the consummation of this offering. Any holder (including its Attribution Parties) who would beneficially own in excess of the Maximum Percentage of 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the conversion of all or any portion of the Bridge Notes, may elect to receive a Pre-Funded Warrant for all shares in excess of the Maximum Percentage. The Pre-Funded Warrants have substantially the same terms as the Bridge Warrants issued in the 2021 Bridge Financing. See “Description of Securities—Warrants” for more information. The exercise price of the Pre-Funded Warrants is $0.0001 per share. Any such Purchaser may adjust the Maximum Percentage at any time, upon 61 days’ notice, provided that the Maximum Percentage may not be adjusted above 9.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to, and immediately after giving effect to, the conversion of all or any portion of the Bridge Notes. The exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants is also subject to the Maximum Percentage except that any exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants resulting in a number of shares in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio.

For two years after the issuance date of the Bridge Notes until conversion, the Conversion Price of the Bridge Notes is subject to adjustment for certain events such as stock dividends and splits and issuances of shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock at a price less than the Conversion Price, in which event the Conversion Price will be subject to a full ratchet downward to the price at which such newly issued shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock were issued.

The Bridge Notes contain covenants that, among other things, restrict our ability to:

 

   

incur or guarantee additional indebtedness;

 

   

grant certain liens;

 

   

redeem or repay certain other indebtedness;

 

   

transfer or sell assets;

 

   

repurchase any equity securities;

 

   

pay dividends or make other distributions on capital stock or make other restricted payments;

 

   

engage in transactions with affiliates other than on an “arm’s length” basis; and

 

   

make any change in the principal nature of our business.

The Bridge Notes contain numerous events of default, including:

 

   

the failure to file a registration statement relating to the shares of Common Stock to be received upon conversion of the Bridge Notes as required by the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

   

the failure to keep any such registration statement in effect as required under the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

   

the suspension of our Common Stock from trading;

 

   

the failure to keep, as authorized shares reserved for issuance, 200% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall be necessary to effect a conversion of the Bridge Notes;

 

   

nonpayment of principal or interest;

 

   

violations of covenants;

 

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the breach of any representation or warranty set forth in any of the documents and instruments executed and delivered in connection with the 2021 Bridge Financing;

 

   

cross default and cross acceleration to certain other indebtedness;

 

   

bankruptcy and judgments; and

 

   

the failure to pay any indebtedness greater than $250,000 when due.

$130K Note

On August 12, 2019, the Company entered into an unsecured drawdown convertible promissory note with Front Range Ventures, LLC, or FRV, for an aggregate amount not to exceed $130,000, which we refer to as the $130K Note. The $130K Note may be repaid at any time upon 20 days’ notice to the holder. The $130K Note is convertible into Series C Preferred Stock at any time, upon written notice by either the holder or the Company or at maturity, at the lowest price paid for the Series C Preferred Stock prior to conversion, which is currently $[            ] per share. The $130K Note matures 20 days following FDA clearance of the MyoVista. Under the terms of the agreement, the note is non-interest bearing.

The $130K Note does not contain any covenants that restrict our ability to conduct business. The $130K Note does not contain specific events of default but any breach of its terms by the Company would entitle FRV to all available rights and remedies, at law or in equity, available. In connection with the issuance of the $130K Note, we also issued [            ] shares of Common Stock to FRV.

$1.5M Notes

In December 2020, the Board of Directors approved the private offering to accredited investors of a series of secured convertible promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1.5 million, which we refer to as the $1.5M Notes. The $1.5M Notes had an original maturity of July 31, 2022 and were subsequently amended on November 2, 2021, extending maturity to October 31, 2022, and further amended in [            ], 2022. As consideration for the extension in 2021, we issued the $1.5M Lender Warrants to the noteholders. For more information, see “Description of Securities—Warrants—$1.5M Lender Warrants.”

In the event the $1.5M Notes are converted into Common Stock on or prior to the maturity date, no interest shall accrue or be payable. Interest is only payable if the notes are not converted on or prior to the maturity date, in which event interest shall accrue and be payable on the outstanding principal balance of the notes at a simple interest rate of 12% per annum.

The $1.5M Notes are secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets and intellectual property. This security interest is subordinate to the security interests granted pursuant to the MyoVista Technology Agreement and the $1M Loan and Security Agreement described below.

The Company is entitled to either repay the principal and all accrued but unpaid interest on the $1.5M Notes upon giving 10 days written notice to the holders at any time; or the outstanding principal amount, and accrued but unpaid interest, is convertible into Common Stock at an exercise price of $[            ] per share, adjusted for any splits, recapitalizations, combinations or other similar transactions affecting the Company’s Common Stock upon or after any of the following events: (i) 30 days following FDA clearance of the MyoVista; (ii) the closing of further funding of $5 million or more which values the entire equity capital of the Company at $50 million or more; (iii) a public offering of Common Stock; or (iv) the sale or merger of a majority of the voting stock of the Company. Each holder of a note may elect for conversion at any time upon written notice to the Company. As of January 31, 2022, accrued and unpaid interest was approximately $170,000.

 

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The $1.5M Notes contain numerous events of default, including:

 

   

nonpayment of principal or interest;

 

   

violations or nonperformance of covenants

 

   

commencement of liquidation, reorganization, or dissolution; and

 

   

bankruptcy and judgments.

The $1.5M Notes do not contain any covenants, other than those that are defined as events of default listed above, that restrict our ability to conduct business.

We have assumed that all of the $1.5M Notes will convert into shares of Common Stock upon the consummation of this offering.

$1M Loan and Security Agreement

In April 2020, the Company entered into a loan and security agreement, which we refer to as the $1M Loan and Security Agreement, with FRV, which is a beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of the combined voting power of our outstanding capital stock, and John Q. Adams, Sr. (a former director of the Company). Each of FRV and Mr. Adams committed to lend a principal amount of $500,000, totaling $1 million, evidenced by secured, non-convertible promissory notes that we refer to as the $1M Notes. The loan was drawn in three installments of $300,000 upon execution of the $1M Loan and Security Agreement, $350,000 in July 2020 and $350,000 in September 2020. The loan accrues interest at a rate of 12% per annum, compounded annually, which is payable at maturity. The Company is also required to pay default interest at a rate of 18% per annum, compounded annually, on any unpaid amounts due at maturity until the loan amounts are fully repaid. The loan is secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets and intellectual property.

The loan had an original maturity date of September 30, 2021, which was amended on September 30, 2021, making the note repayable on demand. The loan was amended again on November 3, 2021, extending the maturity to September 30, 2022, and further amended in May 2022, extending the maturity to September 30, 2023, subject to completion of this offering. As consideration for the extension in November 2021, we issued the $1M Lender Warrants to FRV and Mr. Adams. For more information, see “Description of Securities—Warrants—$1M Lender Warrants.” In connection with the amendment in May 2022, we agreed to pay Mr. Adams all accrued and unpaid interest on his note prior to September 30, 2022. The extension in May 2022 is subject to the completion of this offering. As of January 31, 2022, accrued and unpaid interest totaled $196,000, of which approximately $98,000 was owed to Mr. Adams.

The $1M Notes contain numerous events of default, including:

 

   

nonpayment of principal or interest;

 

   

the breach of any representation or warranty set forth in any of the documents and instruments executed and delivered in connection with the $1M Loan and Security Agreement, as amended;

 

   

cross default and cross acceleration to certain other indebtedness;

 

   

bankruptcy and judgments;

 

   

a final judgment or order for payment of money in excess of $10,000 rendered against the Company;

 

   

cessation of our operations; and

 

   

sale, conveyance or disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or the effectuation of a transaction or series of related transactions in which more than 50% of the voting power of the Company is transferred.

The $1M Notes do not contain any covenants, other than those that are defined as events of default and therefore listed above, that restrict our ability to conduct business.

We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to repay this loan.

 

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Paycheck Protection Program Loans

On April 20, 2020, the Company received loan proceeds in the amount of $250,200 under the Paycheck Protection Program, or the PPP, which was established as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. Following the PPP guidelines, the loan was forgiven in November 2020.

On January 25, 2021, the Company received a second PPP loan in the amount of $250,200. Following the PPP guidelines, the loan was forgiven in June 2021.

Current Outlook

We have financed our operations to date primarily through the issuance of Common Stock, Preferred Stock and debt securities. We have incurred losses and generated negative cash flows from operations since inception. Since inception, we have generated limited revenues from the sale of products through establishment of distributor relationships outside the U.S. during the development of the MyoVista. We require FDA clearance to market the MyoVista in the U.S. and do not expect to generate significant revenues from the sale of our device in the near future or prior to FDA clearance.

As of January 31, 2022, our cash and cash equivalents were $1.3 million. We expect that our existing cash and cash equivalents as of the date of this prospectus will be sufficient to fund our current operations until August 2022, without using the net proceeds from this offering and/or the net proceeds from exercise of existing warrants. In addition, our operating plans may change as a result of many factors that may currently be unknown to us, and we may need to seek additional funds sooner than planned. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:

 

   

the progress and costs of our research and development activities;

 

   

the costs of manufacturing our device;

 

   

the costs of filing, prosecuting, enforcing and defending patent claims and other intellectual property rights;

 

   

the potential costs of contracting with third parties to provide marketing and distribution services for us or for building such capacities internally; and

 

   

the magnitude of our general and administrative expenses.

Until we can generate sufficient cash flow from operations, we expect to satisfy our future cash needs through equity financings. Additional funding would be required to support the sales launch of the MyoVista into the U.S., provide working capital and support further R&D. We cannot be certain that additional funding will be available to us when needed, on acceptable terms, if at all. If funds are not available, we may be required to delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate research or development plans for, or efforts with respect to launch of sales of, our device. If we are unable to continue as a going concern, we may have to liquidate our assets, and the values we receive for our assets in liquidation or dissolution could be significantly lower than the values reflected in our financial statements. Our lack of cash resources and our potential inability to continue as a going concern may materially adversely affect our share price and our ability to raise new capital, enter into critical contractual relations with third parties and otherwise execute our business objectives.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires us to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Our estimates are based on our knowledge of

 

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current events and actions we may undertake in the future and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may materially differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe the accounting policies discussed below are critical to understanding our historical and future performance, as these policies relate to the more significant areas involving management’s judgements and estimates. For additional details regarding our critical accounting policies, see the “Financial Statements—Notes to the Financial Statements, Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies”.

Determination of Fair Value of Common Stock

Given the absence of a public trading market of our Common Stock, and in accordance with the guidance as outlined in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately-Held-Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our Board of Directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous objective and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of the fair value of our Common Stock including:

 

   

external market conditions affecting the medical devices industry and trends within the industry;

 

   

actual operating and financial performance;

 

   

current business conditions and projections;

 

   

the rights, preferences and privileges of our preferred stock relative to those of our common stock;

 

   

our financial condition and operating results, including our levels of available capital resources;

 

   

the progress of our research and development efforts;

 

   

equity market conditions affecting comparable public companies; and

 

   

general U.S. market conditions and the lack of marketability of our common stock.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for employee and non-employee share-based compensation in accordance with the provisions of ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation. Under ASC 718, share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the calculated fair value of the award, and is recognized as an expense over the requisite service period (generally the vesting period of the equity grant).

The estimated fair value of common stock option awards is calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, based on key assumptions such as fair value of common stock, expected volatility, and expected term. These estimates require the input of subjective assumptions, including (i) the expected stock price volatility, (ii) the calculation of the expected term of the award, (iii) the risk-free rate and (iv) expected dividend yields. As there has not been a public market for the Company’s common stock, management has determined the expected stock price volatility at the time of grant of the option by considering a number of objective and subjective factors, including stock price volatility of comparable companies that are publicly available and based on the industry, stage of life cycle, size and financial leverage of such other comparable companies.

The Company has estimated the expected term of its common stock options using the “simplified” method, whereby, the expected term equals the arithmetic average of the vesting term and the original contractual term of the option due to its lack of sufficient historical data. The expected volatility is derived from the historical volatilities of comparable publicly traded companies over a period approximately equal to the expected term for the options. The risk-free interest rates for periods within the expected term of the option are based on the US Treasury securities with a maturity date that commensurate with the expected term of the associated award. There is no expected dividend yield since the Company has never paid cash dividends and does not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

 

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For stock options issued to employees and non-employees, the fair value of stock-based awards is recognized as compensation expense over the requisite service period, which is defined as the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for an award. The Company uses a straight-line attribution method for all grants that include only a service condition. The Company accounts for forfeitures when they occur. Stock-based compensation expense recognized in the financial statements is reduced by actual awards forfeited.

Debt

For additional information regarding our indebtedness, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Description of Indebtedness.”

Pricing and Valuation of Inventories

Inventory consists of finished goods, work in progress, sub-assemblies and raw materials and is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Net realizable value is the estimated sales price, which is derived from similar marketable devices, less standard costs approximating the purchase costs on a first-in, first-out basis. Reserves for slow-moving, excess, or obsolete inventories are recorded when required to reduce inventory values to their estimated net realizable values based on product life cycle, development plans, production expiration or quality issues. Inventory that is used for research and development are expensed as consumed.

Inventory consists mainly of raw materials and components used in the current hardware build of the MyoVista. Devices and components are used for research and development purposes and device sales, which to date have been in international markets as sale of the MyoVista in the U.S. is subject to FDA clearance. We are partially through a new, pivotal clinical validation study and device testing and development necessary for a revised FDA De Novo submission, which we expect to take place later in the current fiscal year ending April 30, 2023. We believe that our hardware platform is in final form; however, prior to FDA clearance and market acceptance of the MyoVista, further hardware changes could be necessary which could have an impact on net realizable values. The majority of the Company’s current inventory is intended for use to build finished products for sales both internationally and in the U.S. following regulatory clearance. Finished products do not contain materials that would degrade significantly over the useable life of the device and are considered to have a useable life of over seven years. Existing inventory related to finished devices are planned to be updated to the latest hardware revision and specifically allocated to a limited distribution for field reliability studies and are not slated for general purpose sales. On a quarterly basis, management evaluates inventory and makes specific write-offs and provides an allowance for inventory that is considered obsolete due to hardware and/or software related changes. If the Company does not receive FDA clearance and/or obtain market acceptance of the MyoVista, the Company could have further material write-downs of inventory due to obsolescence in excess of the amount currently reserved.

Going Concern

In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, 205-40, Going Concern, management has evaluated whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that these financial statements are issued. As of January 31, 2022, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $52.3 million and stockholder’s deficit of approximately $4.1 million. In addition, the Company has generated recurring losses and negative cash flows from operations since its inception. Based on its current business plan assumptions and expected cash burn rate, management believes that it has insufficient cash to fund its current operations without additional financing for the next 12 months. These factors raise substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Management evaluated the significance of these conditions in relation to its ability to meet its obligations. The Company’s continued operations will depend on its ability to raise additional capital through various potential sources such as an initial public offering, or IPO, equity and/or debt financings, or strategic relationships. The Company has

 

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implemented cost reduction measures and has continued its fundraising efforts as discussed in Note 4 to the financial statements. If the Company does not complete this offering, the Company plans to continue to fund its operations and capital funding needs through a combination of private equity offerings, debt financings, and other sources. While a number of the Company’s investors have participated in multiple rounds of funding, management can provide no assurance that such financing or strategic relationships will be available, which would likely have a material adverse effect on the Company and its financial statements. Additionally, the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon receiving FDA clearance and achieving profitable operations by marketing and selling its medical devices.

Therefore, there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued. These financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period.

The JOBS Act and Smaller Reporting Company Status

We are an “emerging growth company,” or EGC, as defined in the JOBS Act. Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards issued subsequent to the enactment of the JOBS Act until such time as those standards apply to private companies.

We have elected to use this extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until the earlier of the date we (i) are no longer an EGC or (ii) affirmatively and irrevocably opt out of the extended transition period provided in the JOBS Act. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.

Thus, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected not to avail ourselves of this extended transition period, and, as a result, we will adopt new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for other public companies.

We will remain an EGC until the earliest of (i) the last day of our fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the completion of this offering or (b) in which we have total annual gross revenues of at least $1.07 billion, (ii) the date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our Common Stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700.0 million as of the prior October 31st and (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities over a three-year period.

Even after we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, we may still qualify as a “smaller reporting company,” which would allow us to continue to take advantage of many of the same exemptions from disclosure requirements, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in this prospectus and our periodic reports and proxy statements.

 

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BUSINESS

Company Overview

We are a medical technology company focused on applying innovative AI-based technology to an ECG (also known as an EKG) to expand and improve an ECG’s clinical usefulness. Our objective is to make an ECG a far more valuable cardiac screening tool, particularly in frontline or point-of-care clinical settings. HeartSciences’ first product candidate for FDA clearance, the MyoVista wavECG, or the MyoVista, is a resting 12-lead ECG that is also designed to provide diagnostic information related to cardiac dysfunction which has traditionally only been available through the use of cardiac imaging. The MyoVista also provides conventional ECG information in the same test. Our business model, which involves the use of the MyoVista device and consumables for each test, is expected to be “razor-razorblade” as the electrodes used with the MyoVista are proprietary to HeartSciences, and new electrodes are required for every test performed.

Our device is not cleared for marketing by the FDA and our future success is dependent upon receiving FDA De Novo clearance for the MyoVista and raising sufficient funds to finish our pivotal clinical validation study and device testing and development to submit for, and achieve, FDA De Novo clearance. Additional funding would then be required to support the sales launch of the MyoVista into the U.S., provide working capital and support further R&D. See “—Previous FDA De Novo Submission” and “—Proposed FDA De Novo Resubmission”.

We believe that there is currently no low-cost, front-line, medical device that is effective at screening for heart disease. As a result, we believe that frontline physicians face a significant challenge in determining if a patient has heart disease. Although many think of the ECG as the frontline heart disease test, in 2012, the United States Preventive Services Task Force, or USPSTF, conducted an evaluation of conventional ECG testing and stated: “There is no good evidence that an ECG helps physicians predict heart risks in people with no symptoms any better than traditional considerations such as current or former smoking, blood pressure and cholesterol levels.”

ECG devices record the electrical signals of a patient’s heart. The ECG is a ubiquitous, relatively low-cost, simple and quick test; it is portable and can be performed in a wide range of clinical settings by a non-specialist clinician or clinical aide. There are three basic categories of heart disease: electrical (such as an arrhythmia), structural (such as valvular disease) and ischemic (such as coronary artery disease, or CAD). Conventional resting ECGs have limited sensitivity in detecting structural and ischemic disease and are typically used for diagnosing cardiac rhythm abnormalities, such as atrial fibrillation, also known as Afib, or acute coronary syndrome, such as a myocardial infarction, which is also known as a heart attack. However, traditional ECGs have a limited role in identifying cardiac dysfunction associated with structural and ischemic disease.

HeartSciences has designed the MyoVista to help address these limitations and extend the clinical capability of an ECG in detecting cardiac dysfunction. We apply AI-machine learning to the signal processed electrical signal of the heart. Our first algorithm, which is not yet FDA cleared, is designed to detect cardiac dysfunction caused by heart disease and/or age-related cardiac dysfunction.

The editorial comment associated with the study titled “Prediction of Abnormal Myocardial Relaxation from Signal Processed Surface ECG” presented below discusses recent applications of machine learning to data derived from surface 12-lead ECGs in relation to cardiac dysfunction:

“These are some of the most significant advances in electrocardiography since its inception, which has historically had a limited, if any, role in the evaluation of cardiac dysfunction. In the past, our cardiovascular community was resigned to the fact that surface ECGs are poor indicators for cardiac dysfunction.”

 

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Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH, MSC, Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, Texas, et. al., Journal of American College of Cardiology Editorial Comment Volume 76 Number 8 2020.

Almost all forms of heart disease, including CAD and structural disease, affect heart muscle, or cardiac, function prior to symptoms. Impaired cardiac function is first observed as impaired cardiac relaxation which is an early indicator of diastolic dysfunction and usually continues to increase in severity as heart disease progresses. The diastolic phase of the cardiac cycle occurs when the heart muscle relaxes (following contraction). Diastolic dysfunction may also be related to age-related cardiac dysfunction.

If we receive FDA clearance for the MyoVista, our main target markets would be frontline healthcare environments in the U.S., such as primary care, to assist physician decision making in the cardiology referral process. Currently, cardiology referral decisions are often based on a patient’s risk factors and/or a conventional ECG test. Accordingly, many patients with heart disease are left undetected while no treatment or intervention is required for most patients referred for cardiac imaging. We believe that adding the capability to detect cardiac dysfunction to a standard 12-lead resting ECG could help improve cardiac referral pathways and be valuable for patients, physicians, health systems and third-party payors.

New Class II devices, such as the MyoVista require FDA De Novo premarket review. The MyoVista along with its proprietary software and hardware is classified as a Class II medical device by the FDA. Premarket review and clearance by the FDA for these devices is generally accomplished through the 510(k) premarket notification process or De Novo classification request, or petition process. We previously submitted an FDA De Novo classification request in December 2019. Based on feedback and communications with the FDA during 2020, we have been making modifications to our device and are partially through a new, pivotal clinical validation study and the device testing and development necessary for a revised FDA De Novo submission, which we expect to take place later in the current fiscal year ending April 30, 2023. For additional information regarding the FDA regulatory process, see “Business—FDA and Other Government Regulation.”

We require the funding from this offering to continue our work towards FDA resubmission and clearance. Although the net proceeds of this offering are anticipated to be sufficient to achieve FDA clearance, which would allow us to market the MyoVista in the U.S., there is no assurance that this would be the case. Additional funding would then be required to support the sales launch of the MyoVista into the U.S., provide working capital and support further R&D. Our auditors’ report on our audited financial statements for Fiscal 2021 contains an explanatory paragraph regarding substantial doubts about our ability to continue as a going concern because we have experienced recurring losses, negative cash flows from operations, limited capital resources, a net shareholders’ deficit, as well as significant debt obligations. These events and conditions, along with other matters, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on our ability to continue as a going concern. If we are unable to continue as a going concern, we may have to liquidate our assets, and the values we receive for our assets in liquidation or dissolution could be significantly lower than the values reflected in our financial statements.

Heart Disease Facts and Current ECG Testing Limitations

Heart disease refers to a variety of conditions that affect the heart—including heart rhythm problems, heart valve problems, genetic defects and blood-vessel diseases such as coronary artery disease. It is often referred to as the “silent killer” and, according to the American Heart Association, one in three patients are not properly diagnosed until after a heart attack occurs and 50% of men and 64% of women who died suddenly of coronary heart disease had no previous symptoms. Statistics published by the CDC show that in the United States heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups. According to the CDC, one person dies from cardiovascular disease every 36 seconds and heart disease accounts for approximately one in four deaths. In 2018, 30.3 million U.S. adults were diagnosed with heart disease including 18.2 million adults with CAD. Approximately 605,000 patients in the U.S. have a heart attack each year with

 

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approximately 20% of deaths from CAD occurring in adults less than 65 years old. The scale of the problem is similar worldwide. In 2020, the World Health Organization confirmed that heart disease has remained the leading cause of death at the global level for the last 20 years. Ischemic heart disease now represents 16% of global deaths and an estimated 17.9 million people died from cardiovascular diseases in 2019, representing 32% of all global deaths.

As heart disease progresses to more acute stages, the cost to treat patients increases significantly. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cost to the healthcare system and is estimated to be responsible for one in every six healthcare dollars spent in the United States. Heart disease costs in the United States were approximately $363 billion in each of 2016 and 2017, including the cost of health care services, medicines, and lost productivity due to death. Governments, healthcare providers and payors are motivated to shift the diagnosis and management of these conditions to earlier stages where better patient outcomes can be delivered at lower costs.

We believe that there is currently no low-cost, front-line, medical device that is effective at screening for heart disease. As a result, frontline physicians face a significant challenge in determining if a patient has heart disease. The conventional ECG is thought of by many to be the front-line tool in cardiac testing, but it has poor sensitivity in detecting CAD or structural heart disease. According to Appropriate Use of Non-Invasive Testing for Diagnosis of Stable Coronary Artery Disease, an article published in the April 2014 issue of the Journal of European Society of Cardiology, current, conventional, resting 12-lead ECG devices have a 50% or less sensitivity in identifying CAD. In 2012, the USPSTF conducted an evaluation of conventional ECG testing and stated: “There is no good evidence that an ECG helps physicians predict heart risks in people with no symptoms any better than traditional considerations such as current or former smoking, blood pressure and cholesterol levels.” In 2018, the USPSTF reconfirmed (i) its recommendation not to screen with resting or exercise ECG testing for adults at low risk of cardiovascular disease, or CVD, events and (ii) that it had found that there is also insufficient evidence to recommend screening with resting or exercise ECG tests for adults at intermediate or even high risk of CVD.

Despite the limitations of the conventional ECG and healthcare guidance around the world that recommends against its use for heart disease screening, in the absence of a better alternative, the ECG remains a ubiquitous and widely-used test throughout healthcare including non-cardiology settings. It is estimated that 1.5 to 3 million ECGs are performed worldwide every day, making it one of the most commonly used cardiac diagnostic tests and a fundamental tool in clinical practice. It is estimated that more than 100 million ECGs are performed each year in the United States. The 2018 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey indicated that patient care physicians, excluding anesthesiologists and federal facilities such as VA clinics, ordered or provided 27 million ECG tests and 4 million stress ECGs at office visits, and the 2017 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey showed that on ambulatory care visits to hospital emergency departments, an additional 28 million ECG tests were ordered or performed by hospital emergency departments.

Overuse of Expensive Cardiology-Based Diagnostic Testing

We believe that the absence of cost-effective front-line or primary-care-based testing has resulted in the over-use of costly cardiology-based diagnostic tests. Noninvasive cardiac tests are significant contributors to healthcare costs, accounting for greater than 40% of Medicare Part B spending on medical imaging, or over $17 billion annually according to the CMS. There are a variety of effective, though expensive, diagnostic tests for patients used to detect heart disease. These are typically performed in a specialist cardiology or hospital setting and include:

 

   

Stress ECG testing, a non-invasive diagnostic test with a cost of approximately $200 with, according to the American College of Cardiology, a sensitivity of 68% in the detection of CAD; typically performed in a cardiologist setting and requires the patient to run on a treadmill, which can be difficult for many patients. A study published in March 2018 by the American Heart Association, or AHA, demonstrated that among 553,027 patients that were younger than 65 that underwent stress testing, only 5.1% were

 

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hospitalized for a heart attack, required a stent, revascularization procedure or were referred for a coronary angiogram.

 

   

Echocardiogram, a non-invasive diagnostic imaging test, similar to an ultrasound, that is effective in the detection of heart disease; however, the Medicare cost of an echo in a hospital is approximately $600 and can be as much as $2,000 if performed privately. The echo is frequently ordered by primary care physicians and is the most common cardiac imaging test upon referral. According to the 2018 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, office-based patient care physicians, excluding anesthesiologists and federal facilities such as VA clinics, ordered or provided 10 million echos. However, according to a December 2017 study in Clinical Cardiology that examined the appropriateness versus the value of echocardiograms ordered by primary care physicians, only 22% of patients had abnormalities and only 2.5% experienced a change in patient management that corresponded with the initial suspected diagnosis and echocardiographic findings.

 

   

Cardiac imaging tests, such as nuclear stress tests and coronary CT angiograms, or CCTAs, alternatively can be conducted noninvasively, but typically cost $1,000 or more. There are more than 10 million cardiac imaging tests conducted in the United States each year. According to a study published by the AHA in September 2020 that reviewed previous CT test results of nearly 40,000 patients who underwent coronary CCTAs from January 2007 to December 2013, only 15.3% of patients had obstructive CAD. Despite the high negative outcome rates, costs and patient exposure to radiation, these tests remain commonplace.

 

   

Coronary angiogram, an invasive test in which dye that is visible by X-ray is injected into the blood vessels of the heart. The X-ray machine rapidly takes a series of images (angiograms), offering a look at the patient’s blood vessels. Coronary angiogram is considered the “gold standard” for diagnosing coronary arterial disease and can cost in excess of $5,000. According to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, in a large 2010 study which reviewed angiogram results of 400,000 patients, only 38% of patients (without known CAD) actually had obstructive CAD.

We believe that the referral process for cardiology testing is inefficient and costly for health systems due to the absence of a gateway test which detects early heart disease at a high rate, particularly for primary care. Not only are many patients with heart disease missed, but most cardiology testing has a negative test result that requires no further treatment or testing.

Diastolic Dysfunction, an Early Indicator of Heart Disease

The symptoms and causes of cardiac dysfunction have been researched for many years. The causes of cardiac dysfunction during the contraction (systolic) phase, also called reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, have been well understood for many years. However, according to the American Heart Association Statistics Committee report in 2013, approximately 50% of patients with heart failure symptoms have ejection fraction measures that are not markedly abnormal. In addition, multiple articles published by the NIH state that approximately 50% of HF cases are due to severe diastolic dysfunction, also called heart failure with preserved ejection fraction or HFpEF. As a result, understanding the causes and progression of diastolic dysfunction has become a key area of scientific and clinical interest. This research has led to the understanding that almost all patients with systolic dysfunction also have diastolic dysfunction and almost all types of heart disease including CAD, valvular disease, cardiomyopathy, hypertension, congenital heart disease, and pericardial disease induce diastolic dysfunction.

According to an article by Dr. Dalane W. Kitzman, MD and Dr. William C. Little, MD published in the February 14, 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association, diastolic performance is sensitive to nearly all of the common disease processes that affect cardiovascular function. The article indicates that LV diastolic function is impaired by all of the common disease processes that affect LV function or produce LV hypertrophy or fibrosis, including hypertension, diabetes, ischemia, myocarditis, toxins, and infiltrative

 

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cardiomyopathies. LV diastolic dysfunction, or LVDD, begins early in the heart disease process and continues to increase in severity as heart disease progresses. LVDD is now recognized as one of the earliest signs of heart disease and typical onset occurs when a patient is still asymptomatic. We believe that the early detection of diastolic dysfunction can be a valuable marker for almost all forms of heart disease and age-related cardiac abnormalities that may otherwise be missed by current conventional ECG devices.

The myocardial ischemic cascade diagram below is a standard diagram in cardiology that illustrates the sequence of events that take place as ischemia (lack of blood supply to the heart) increases in severity. As noted below, the first detectable changes during the early stages of heart disease are in the diastolic phase. Conventional ECG changes, if seen at all, occur much later in the disease process. However, diastolic dysfunction continues to act as a reliable marker as heart disease progresses since the severity of dysfunction also increases.

 

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The proprietary MyoVista wavECG algorithm, or the MyoVista Algorithm, is designed to detect abnormally slow cardiac relaxation rates during the early diastolic phase of the cardiac cycle, an early indicator for diastolic dysfunction. The algorithm was designed based on e-prime, which is a key echocardiographic measure of left ventricular diastolic function. The echo measure e-prime, or e’, calculates the maximum left ventricle longitudinal tissue velocities during the early diastolic phase. E-prime is measured at each of the septal and lateral side of the mitral valve annulus to provide septal e’ and lateral e’. An abnormal left ventricular relaxation rate, as defined in the 2016 guidelines from the American Society of Echocardiography, is either septal e’ <7cm/sec or lateral e’ <10 cm/sec.

Product and Technology

The MyoVista device has been developed in response to the relatively recent understanding in cardiology that most forms of heart disease are associated with LV relaxation abnormalities and diastolic dysfunction. The MyoVista is a 12-lead resting ECG device that features our proprietary algorithm developed to detect cardiac dysfunction in the diastolic phase, specifically slower than normal left ventricular relaxation rates as defined by the American Society of Echocardiology Guidelines.

The MyoVista is also designed to include the capabilities of a full-featured conventional 12-lead resting ECG including analysis using the Glasgow Algorithm, also known as the Glasgow ECG Interpretation Algorithm. Developed by the University of Glasgow in the UK, the 12-lead ECG Analysis Algorithm has been relied upon for more than 35 years and is a widely respected resting ECG interpretive algorithms. The Glasgow Algorithm was developed and has been continuously improved over the years by a team of world-renowned ECG researchers. The Glasgow Algorithm is licensed to the Company pursuant to the Glasgow Licensing Agreement.

 

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For additional information regarding the Glasgow Algorithm and our license, see “—Intellectual Property—Glasgow Licensing Agreement.”

In the MyoVista, the conventional ECG (including the Glasgow Algorithm) and our proprietary algorithm are designed to detect diastolic abnormalities and are combined as a single test with results presented separately. The MyoVista has a high-resolution touchscreen display and incorporates many easy and intuitive to use features commonly associated with a tablet device. The MyoVista’s design focuses on ease of use and features include:

 

   

Wall mount and cart mount capabilities as well as tabletop.

 

   

Locking capability to a cart or table to prevent theft.

 

   

A backup lithium-ion battery to provide power if moving from location to location within an environment or if power has been lost.

 

   

A large 15.6” touch screen with very high resolution and contrast providing a quality color image on which to view a patient’s results, which is easily wiped clean for infection control purposes.

 

   

Gesture feature capabilities have been added for ease of use.

 

   

A touch screen that is designed to function even when the clinician is wearing latex gloves.

 

   

A touchscreen keyboard as well as the ability to connect a traditional keyboard.

 

   

An available HDMI display port to provide an oversized screen as a viewing option.

 

   

Electronic medical records integration capabilities that is critical for large hospitals.

 

   

Interpretive analysis software of the Glasgow Algorithm.

MyoVista device with 1 lead view of signal processed waveform

 

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inputs to the AI-based algorithm. A wavelet is a mathematical function used to divide a continuous-time signal into its different frequency components. A wavelet transform is the representation of the converted signal by wavelets. Wavelet transform mathematics has emerged over recent years as a valuable time–frequency analysis tool. It has been particularly useful in applications related to bio-signal processing such as ECG electrical signals. Our signal processing patents relate to the extraction and use of certain frequency related data from the signal processed ECG which are used to produce more accurate and effective algorithms. For more information about our patents, please refer to “—Intellectual Property.”

We have conducted multiple comparisons related to the additional algorithm performance benefits using the frequency information gathered through signal processing by comparing the number of frequency variables used in any given algorithm as compared to conventional ECG inputs and their related statistical significance. The frequency variables generated by the MyoVista consistently rank in the top-tier of statistically significant input variables to our AI algorithm and make up a significant overall percentage of the selected input variables as compared to the conventional ECG variables. During a 20-second test, more than 1,000 pieces of extracted data points may be obtained. The software on the device preselects which of the data variables represent the most valuable inputs for the cardiac dysfunction algorithm and uses those to perform an assessment. The output results of the test are provided as indicators and associated statements.

MyoVista Proprietary Algorithm Indications and Statements

 

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The MyoVista Algorithm is designed to detect whether a patient is negative or positive for abnormally slow left ventricular diastolic relaxation rates as defined by the American Society of Echocardiography. For patients whose results are highly positive or highly negative, the probability that the test is accurate is especially high. For patients whose results are borderline, the results mean that it is likely that the patient is close to the guideline thresholds and therefore the test produces borderline results.

The MyoVista has multiple reporting options which can be configured in the settings menu and includes an option for a clinical interpretation report. The clinical interpretation report includes clinical performance information observed in a reference clinical study population to provide context to a patient’s wavECG test results and assists interpretation by a physician. The device also performs all conventional ECG assessments including software-based automated ECG interpretation through incorporation of the Glasgow Algorithm.

 

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MyoVista Device screen image with descriptions

 

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MyoVista Patented Center Post Electrode Systems

Electrodes are the sticky patches that are applied to the skin to capture the ECG signal. The MyoVista Center Post Electrodes pictured below are high-quality, single-use disposable ECG electrodes that are designed to be used exclusively with the MyoVista. A new set of electrodes is required for each test.

Unlike a conventional ECG, the MyoVista is designed to analyze frequency content from the heart’s electrical signal. The MyoVista requires high-quality, low impedance signal capture to aid in obtaining the test results that the MyoVista is designed to provide. Accordingly, we have developed a patented cable connection and high-quality electrode system that is unique to us. The design of the electrodes includes a hollow center post connector (pictured below) that aligns firmly to the complementing post design on the cable grabber, allowing for a secure connection to help overcome the challenges of stable signal capture and induced signal noise that are common in other style electrodes.

 

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capture. Electrical tests per the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, or AAMI, standards were performed and demonstrated improved performance over multiple major brands of electrodes. The hydrogel adhesive, while easily repositionable, provides a comfortable and firm adhesion that provides positive contact with the skin surface and ensures optimal signal transmission and minimal signal noise. The electrodes also provide optimal skin contact while accommodating easy, painless removal after single use. The electrodes have passed the International Organization for Standardization, standard ISO 10993-1 for biocompatibility testing for skin sensitivity and irritations.

Previous FDA De Novo Submission

We previously submitted an FDA De Novo classification request in December 2019. Based on feedback and subsequent interaction with the FDA during 2020, we concluded that modifications to the device hardware and software would be necessary, and a new, pivotal clinical validation study would be required at different institutions to those involved in the original patient data collection process. As part of our prior De Novo submission, we provided clinical validation study data for 343 patients to the FDA. The 343-patient dataset was obtained as part of a larger data collection effort with multiple North American institutions to build and subsequently validate our diastolic LV relaxation abnormalities algorithm. Patient data in the 343-patient clinical validation dataset was kept separate from data for other patients which was used in algorithm development.

None of the prior 343-patient data will form part of the pivotal clinical validation study required for FDA De Novo resubmission. A new pivotal clinical validation study will be required for resubmission and this study is ongoing, the results of which could be materially different from those of the 343-patient study which are provided below. However, we believe providing those results which were previously submitted to the FDA is important to an understanding of our Company and device. See “Business—Proposed FDA De Novo Resubmission”.

The MyoVista output indicates a patient as either “highly negative,” “negative,” “borderline,” “positive” and/or “highly positive” for left ventricular relaxation abnormalities. See “Business—Product and Technology”. In the 2019 De Novo submission to the FDA we provided statistical results of sensitivity and specificity for two clinical endpoints with the intention of providing information to a physician on potential device performance depending on the interpretation of a borderline test result as either a positive or negative test result. Borderline is a standard classification used in a conventional ECG interpretive analysis and the 343-patient clinical validation dataset had 16.9% of patients classified as borderline.

The statistical results of sensitivity, specificity and accuracy from the previously submitted 343-patient clinical validation dataset, which will not form part of any new submission, are provided below. The results of the ongoing new, pivotal clinical validation study required for resubmission could be materially different.

 

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Borderline test result classified as positive

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Borderline test result classified as negative

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For additional information regarding government regulations and the regulatory authorization process, including the FDA’s authorization or clearance, see “—FDA and Other Government Regulation.”

Proposed FDA De Novo Resubmission

Based on feedback from the previous De Novo submission and subsequent interaction with the FDA, multiple changes have already been incorporated into the device and associated documentation, including software, user interface changes, documentation, and test report information, layout, style and language.

We are partially through patient recruitment for a new, pivotal clinical validation study for our proposed FDA De Novo resubmission. We submitted the design of the new study to the FDA for review prior to its commencement. The study is a minimum 575-patient clinical validation study. The FDA agreed that the study design should be acceptable and would be expected to provide statistical information on which the FDA can

 

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effectively evaluate the performance results of the MyoVista. The study is at the following institutions: Rutgers University (New Jersey), which is acting as the core lab, Beth Israel Hospital (Massachusetts), which is conducting patient recruitment, Scripps Health (California), Einstein Health (Pennsylvania), Montefiore Medical Center (New York) and UT Southwestern (Texas).

Since the prior De Novo submission, we have continued to explore algorithm improvements, through extraction of additional data points from the ECG signal and implementation of the latest AI techniques, which may be incorporated into the algorithm used for final clinical validation.

Additionally, we have been updating compliance standard and verification and validation testing, including electromagnetic compatibility or EMC testing due to testing guideline changes. Such testing is required for all FDA electronic medical devices.

We currently expect to resubmit for FDA De Novo clearance in the current fiscal year ending April 30, 2023, and the FDA’s De Novo classification authorization process generally takes from five to twelve months from the date the application is submitted, but can take significantly longer. For additional information regarding the FDA regulatory process, see “—FDA and Other Government Regulation”.

Market Opportunity

Diagnostic Gap

The significant diagnostic gap in heart disease is early identification. Heart disease often remains asymptomatic for many years as disease progresses until it reaches an acute stage, at which point many patients have a heart attack or die without prior diagnosis of disease. For this reason, heart disease is often referred to as the “silent killer.”

Frontline physicians face a significant challenge in identifying cardiac disease early. We believe that there is currently no low-cost, front-line, medical device that is effective at screening for heart disease. According to the 2018 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 72% of office visits involved patients having one or more of the main cardiac risk factors of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, or obesity. In the absence of a low-cost, front-line, medical device that is effective at screening for heart disease, frontline healthcare providers rely predominantly on a patient’s risk factors. Despite its poor sensitivity and limited ability to identify cardiac dysfunction associated with structural and ischemic disease, the conventional ECG test still remains widely used by frontline physicians. As a result of its current limitations, many patients with heart disease go undiagnosed, and many patients referred to cardiology for subsequent testing do not have heart disease.

In 2012, the USPSTF stated that there is no good evidence that an ECG helps physicians predict heart risks in people with no symptoms any better than traditional considerations such as smoking, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, acknowledging the diagnostic gap that currently exists.

In addition, according to the CDC, cardiovascular disease remains the biggest cost for the US healthcare system at approximately $216 billion per year. The cost of treating acute cardiac events and heart failure is especially high in comparison to preventative treatment. Governments, healthcare providers and third-party payors are focused on shifting the diagnosis and management of heart disease to earlier stages where better patient outcomes can be delivered at lower cost; however, to make substantial progress in improving patient outcomes at lower costs, the existing diagnostic gap needs to be closed.

Changing Demographics

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Co-operation and Development, advances in the field of medicine have led to an increase in life expectancy which, as of 2019, was estimated to average 78.9 years for a person in the U.S., up from 75.4 years in 1990. As life expectancy increases, the average age of the population is expected to increase. According to the HHS, the population age 65 and older increased from 38.8 million in 2008 to 52.4 million in 2018 (a 35% increase) and is projected to reach 94.7 million in 2060. By 2030, more than 20 percent of U.S. residents are projected to be age 65 and over. Since heart disease is most common in elderly individuals, and that population pool is increasing, we believe there is a significant opportunity for a device such as the MyoVista.

Growing ECG Market

The demand for electrocardiograph devices and related supplies known as electrodes is on the rise worldwide. Despite the limitations of the conventional ECG and healthcare guidance around the world that recommends against its use for screening, in the absence of a better alternative, the ECG remains a ubiquitous and widely-used test throughout healthcare including non-cardiology settings. It is estimated that 1.5 million to 3.0 million ECGs are performed worldwide every day, making it one of the most commonly used diagnostic tests in healthcare and a fundamental tool in clinical practice. It is estimated that more than 100 million ECGs are performed each year in the United States. The 2018 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey reflected that office-based patient care physicians, excluding anesthesiologists and federal facilities such as VA clinics, ordered or provided 27 million ECG tests and four million stress ECGs during office visits and the 2017 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey showed that during ambulatory care visits to hospital emergency departments an additional 28 million ECG tests were ordered or performed by hospital emergency departments.

According to Markets and Markets Global Diagnostic ECG, approximately 770,000 ECG devices were estimated to have been sold worldwide in 2015. We expect changing demographics, such as the aging population and increasing rates of obesity, to contribute to even greater numbers of cardio-related testing, and therefore ECG devices and supply usage, over the coming years. According to Markets and Markets Diagnostic ECG Market (2019-2024), the global diagnostic ECG device market excluding supplies is approximately $7.5 billion per year and projected to be valued at $10.3 billion in 2024 with an expected 6.4% compounded annual growth rate, or CAGR.

Impetus to Identify Risks Earlier for More Effective Low-Cost Testing

A key goal of the HHS is reducing healthcare costs. This places pressure on physicians and healthcare institutions to contain healthcare costs. Additionally, one of the key objectives of HHS’s Healthy People 2030, is to increase preventive care for people of all ages. We believe that efforts towards preventive care and maintenance will lead to more testing for high-risk individuals and patients who have existing cardiac conditions. This trend, we believe, in tandem with the push to shorten hospital stays, has created an impetus to identify pre-symptomatic patients at risk more effectively at the front-line physician or clinic level and to treat recovering cardiac patients through outpatient care and rehabilitation.

Changing Nature of Healthcare Providers

The delivery of healthcare in the U.S. is evolving. Alternative treatment sites, such as retail clinics, concierge medicine, urgent care clinics and ambulatory surgical centers deliver care from qualified providers in settings outside of emergency departments, hospitals or traditional physician offices. We expect this trend to accelerate the drive to provide more effective preventative care and represents a significant opportunity for the introduction of MyoVista as a new medical device that offers an enhanced ability to screen for heart disease.

Retail Clinics. Retail clinics have seen significant growth and, according to a report by The Insight Partners titled, “Retail Clinics Market to 2027,” the global retail clinics market is expected to reach $8.1 billion in 2027 and increase from $3.4 billion in 2018. In the U.S., major players operating retail clinics include The Kroger Co., CVS Health, Rite Aid Corp, Walmart Inc., and Walgreens Co. Walmart alone has announced that it intends to

 

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have 4,000 primary care “supercenters” in stores by 2029 having opened its first one in 2019. Walmart and other retail clinic providers are seeking to radically change frontline health delivery by offering access to convenient, low-cost medical testing and treatment either with or without traditional insurance.

Concierge Medicine. Concierge medicine is increasing rapidly in the U.S. According to a 2021 report by Research and Markets, the U.S. concierge medicine market is expected to reach $10.0 billion by 2028 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 9.39% from 2021 to 2028. Increased waiting time for physician appointments, shortage of physicians and rising prevalence of chronic diseases are driving patients from conventional settings to non-traditional care settings. This, along with increased face time with physicians and a focus on preventive care, is driving the growth of the market.

Urgent Care Clinics. Urgent Care Clinics market sector has exhibited strong growth. According to IBIS World market research, shifting consumer preference to the convenience and timesaving of urgent care, coupled with rising hospital emergency care costs and a shortage of primary care physicians, has stimulated demand for industry services. In response, industry revenue is anticipated to grow at an annualized rate of 4.6% to $40.3 billion during 2022. An increase in the number of insured Americans has benefited industry operators due to the Affordable Care Act, or ACA. There are currently over 9,500 urgent care centers in the U.S.

Ambulatory Surgical Centers. According to a 2018 Research and Markets report on ambulatory surgical centers, the number of freestanding surgical centers has been expanding over the last decade, experiencing strong growth. As a result of this growth, the number of outpatient surgical procedures performed in ambulatory surgery centers increased by 32% from 2005 to 2017.

We believe that the scale of cardiac disease as well as changing demographics, growing ECG market, impetus to identify risks earlier for more effective low-cost testing, along with the increasing number and type of health care settings creates a significant opportunity for a device such as the MyoVista.

Capitation Provides an Incentive to Identify Medicare Advantage Patients

Healthcare providers are paid either through fee-for-service or capitation. Fee-for-service is a payment model where services are unbundled and paid for separately. In health care, the fee-for-service payment model incentivizes physicians to provide more treatments because payment is dependent on the quantity, rather than quality of care. Capitation is a payment arrangement that pays a physician or group of physicians a set amount for each enrolled person assigned to them, per period of time, whether or not that person seeks care. Under capitation, the amount of remuneration is based on the average expected healthcare utilization of that patient, with greater payment for patients with significant history of medical problems.

Approximately 42% (approximately 26 million people) of those covered by Medicare, according to CMS, are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan. With respect to these patients, CMS pays capitation to healthcare providers. CMS uses risk adjustment to adjust capitation payments to health plans, either higher or lower, to account for the differences in health costs of individuals such as heart failure, CAD, angina and valvular heart disease. Accordingly, under CMS guidelines, risk factor adjustments per patient will provide payment that is higher for sicker patients who have conditions where diagnosis codes are documented in the medical record as a result of a face-to-face visit. Therefore, there is a financial incentive to identify those Medicare Advantage patients that are sicker, including those that have undiagnosed ailments such as heart disease. We believe that undiagnosed heart disease represents a significant problem, and we believe insurance plans that have a high number of Medicare Advantage patients could be a target market for MyoVista testing.

Market Strategy

General

Our objective is to make the MyoVista wavECG a standard-of-care, as an affordable, and valuable medical test.

 

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Our business model, which involves the capital sale of the MyoVista device and the use of proprietary supplies (electrodes) for each test, is “razor-razorblade.” The electrode connection system is patented, and we believe the electrodes are superior quality and facilitate high quality, stable ECG signal capture. The MyoVista is also designed to analyze frequency data along with conventional ECG information. Because new electrodes are needed for each test, our proprietary electrodes, if purchased, would provide recurring per-test revenue for each MyoVista device sold.

Our go-to market strategy focuses on device adoption rather than price maximization and we aim to ensure that the purchase price of the MyoVista is affordable. A major brand full-featured, resting 12-lead ECG, such as GE and Phillips, typically costs between $5,000 to $10,000 and we anticipate pricing our device competitively by setting the price for the MyoVista at the lower end of that range. As conventional ECGs are typically used multiple times per day (in a high use environment this could be as much as thirty times per day), the annual revenue from electrodes per device-in-use could exceed that of the upfront sale of the unit.

We intend to develop a direct sales force and to target hospitals, physicians’ offices as well as large retail healthcare organizations. We also intend to use technical presentations, peer reviewed clinical data, and reference sites to achieve penetration of these markets. Finally, we expect to expand our medical advisory board, conduct clinical trials with key opinion leaders, or KOLs, to generate the necessary clinical evidence in various healthcare settings, as well as establish reference sites among these customers.

Communicating the benefits and value to the medical community, while at the same time creating brand awareness, is fundamental to our marketing strategy. We anticipate that we will participate in a number of healthcare industry tradeshow events such as the American Heart Association and regional primary care events. Participating in these events will be in addition to limited advertising in key medical publications and targeted social media campaigns to increase awareness of MyoVista and its benefits.

We will also consider offering potential purchasers different financing options or models to assist them with certain costs related to the MyoVista such as, up-front costs related to purchasing the device or a licensing model charging a monthly fee, as is fairly common practice in healthcare.

Territories

Our initial sales focus will primarily be within the U.S. We intend to market the MyoVista in the U.S. using a direct sales force following FDA clearance. Outside of the U.S., for markets such as Europe and Latin America, we intend to utilize medical device distributors that have existing healthcare provider relationships and experience selling ECG devices, which will be supported by a small number of local field personnel.

The Company previously achieved regulatory compliance in Europe under the EU Medical Devices Directive, or MDD, in February 2017. With EU compliance, the Company is permitted to affix a certificate of conformity called a CE Mark denoting that the device is allowed to be marketed. This provided the Company with a limited number of distributor relationships in Europe including Neovitalis Aps, whose territory covers Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland, and also a relationship with Heart Medical Europe BV, whose territory covers Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. These prior relationships aided the Company in development of the final version of the MyoVista device and its related proprietary software by eliciting feedback from KOLs in Europe. The MDD regulatory framework was established on June 14, 1993 but has since been replaced by EU MDR which became effective in May 2021. In order to sell medical devices in member countries of the European Economic Area, or EEA, our device must now comply with the requirements of the newer, updated regulatory framework or EU MDR. In October 2021, the Company submitted the documentation required to establish compliance with EU MDR. The submission of the technical file is currently under review. If the submission is found to comply with the new requirements, a new certificate of conformity will be issued to verify the Company’s compliance with EU MDR. An updated CE mark certificate under EU MDR will entitle the

 

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Company to market the MyoVista in the European Economic Area. The Company intends to pursue limited efforts in Europe though these distributor relationships as well as a limited number of additional distributor relationships outside the U.S. See “—FDA and other Government Regulation” for additional information.

Potential Markets

We believe that there is a large variety of potential markets for the MyoVista. Conventional ECGs are used throughout healthcare in almost every clinical setting including clinics, doctor’s offices, urgent care centers, and hospitals. In many of those settings, the additional information on cardiac dysfunction which the MyoVista is designed to provide, in addition to the conventional ECG information provided, could be extremely valuable. The MyoVista’s range of applications and potential uses are vast, and include providing:

 

   

Primary care—front-line cardiac testing/referral tool, heart disease screening.

 

   

Retail Healthcare—access to ECG testing at retail sites such as CVS, Walmart and Walgreens.

 

   

Emergency Departments—enhanced ECG testing for emergency room patients.

 

   

Cardiologists—prescreening cardiology patients

 

   

Hospitals —in-patient testing or testing prior to discharge, particularly cardiac wards.

 

   

Surgery—pre-anesthesia testing, pre/post intervention

 

   

Life Insurance testing—ECGs are sometimes required in connection with the issuance of life insurance policies.

 

   

Specialty Environments—screening for conditions such as, cardiomyopathy, cardiac oncology, drug trials, heart failure, and diabetes.

 

   

Athlete testing—cardiac screening programs for athletes.

Early Target Markets

Initially, our focus markets will be in the U.S. and will include: (i) cardiology; (ii) primary care providers that serve upper to middle income regions including concierge medicine providers; (iii) retail clinics and cardiac screening providers; and (iv) insurers with significant numbers of Medicare Advantage patients.

Cardiology. According to the American College of Cardiology, there are approximately 23,000 cardiologists in the U.S. We do not believe that cardiology will be the principal market for MyoVista as cardiologists diagnose specific heart disease conditions rather than screen for heart disease. Nonetheless, we intend to have an early focus on leading cardiologists or KOLs. We have experience internationally with KOL engagement and believe that building advocacy through KOLs and other respected cardiologists will be important as we seek to establish our new technology.

The Company intends to hire sales representatives that have experience presenting new medical devices to cardiologists. The initial focus will be on cardiology centers of excellence and working to generate sales and daily use at these institutions. The field team will also act as a liaison with HeartSciences clinical staff as clinical study opportunities present themselves. We believe that building clinical evidence, particularly for specific clinical indications for use, such as hypertensive patients, will be a key pillar not only in our discussions with payors, but also as a driver for competitive differentiation and adoption.

Primary Care and Concierge Medicine. According to the HHS, there are approximately 209,000 primary care physicians in the U.S., not including pediatricians. The 2018 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey showed that there were 860 million visits to nonfederal office-based patient care physicians of which approximately 50% were to primary care physicians. According to a 2021 report by Research and Markets, the

 

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U.S. concierge medicine market size is expected to reach $10.0 billion by 2028 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 9.39% from 2021 to 2028. In 2016, there were approximately 12,000 physicians that provide some level of concierge services with over half being either family medicine 32% or internal medicine 23%.

Informal feedback to date from concierge physicians and primary care physicians that serve upper to middle income regions indicates that a patient pay charge for utilizing the MyoVista would be generally accepted, which creates revenue potential and value for the physician. This would be in addition to reimbursement for the conventional ECG test provided by the MyoVista. The Company intends to initially hire sales representatives that will focus on these physicians in densely populated middle income to affluent regions of the U.S.

Additionally, primary care and concierge medicine clinics that are not hospital-based usually have flexible procurement processes and physicians have greater autonomy related to purchasing decisions for lower cost capital equipment. Concierge medicine is increasing rapidly in the U.S.

In order to take advantage of the market opportunity of selling to primary care physicians and concierge physicians:

 

   

We intend to create specialized marketing, sales, education and training materials focused on the primary care market.

 

   

The sales team will focus on demonstrating ease of use and clinical advantages as well as present the financial advantages of using the MyoVista device.

 

   

We will focus on practices in higher income areas initially. We believe that these practices tend to have more financial flexibility to purchase new devices. There are approximately 209,000 primary care physicians excluding pediatricians as well as 24,000 cardiologists. Sales efforts on specialized clinical areas will increase over time as the salesforce expands.

With initial reimbursement codes being the same as a conventional resting 12-lead ECG, the Company believes a MyoVista test should be profitable in cardiology and hospital environments as well as for primary care providers whose patient populations are not fundamentally reliant on Medicare. Moreover, the Company believes there is a significant opportunity in additional specialty areas but the sales process will take longer since there would need to be a body of clinical evidence that the MyoVista is effective in these additional clinical use areas, although no assurance can be given that evidence of such effectiveness will be able to be produced.

Competitive Advantages

Assuming FDA clearance of the MyoVista and that we have sufficient funds to launch sales of the MyoVista in the U.S., we believe that HeartSciences could have several competitive advantages:

 

   

Price comparability. A major brand, full-feature, resting 12-lead ECG typically costs between $5,000 to $10,000. We anticipate pricing our device competitively by setting the price for the MyoVista at the lower end of the range for a good-quality conventional ECG from a mainstream manufacturer. We believe that competitive pricing will help us to increase adoption of the MyoVista.

 

   

Familiarity of use and protocol. The conventional ECG is the most common cardiac test, is used in almost all areas of healthcare and is often performed by a physician assistant or a nurse, rather than a physician. The MyoVista is designed to provide both conventional ECG information and proprietary cardiac dysfunction information in a single test, using standard 12-lead ECG testing protocols with standard lead placement. We believe that this should enable the MyoVista to fit into existing testing pathways, make it easy to use, and, consequently, easy to train people to use, which can be barriers to adoption for some new healthcare technologies.

 

   

Positioned at the forefront of electrocardiography. There have been very few significant changes in the efficacy and indications for use of an ECG for many decades. We intend to position MyoVista at the forefront of electrocardiography science, which we believe could attract healthcare providers.

 

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Health system savings. We believe that the MyoVista could potentially generate significant cost savings to healthcare systems by improving earlier diagnosis of heart disease before it reaches an acute stage and reducing unnecessary referrals to cardiology that lead to unnecessary testing.

 

   

Physician Profitability. We believe that the MyoVista could offer primary care physicians a significant advance in their ability to assess patient heart health. Several primary care physicians have informed us that they would expect to be able to charge additional out-of-pocket patient fees of $25 to $100 for the additional diagnostic information provided by a MyoVista test until additional reimbursement can be obtained. Even based on low usage and competitive pricing, the payback on the capital cost of the MyoVista could potentially be realized quickly. We also expect to provide financing options (through third parties) which would avoid upfront capital costs to acquire the device. In high use environments such as a cardiac screening clinic, hospital or family practice office, we expect the financial returns to be significant especially if additional reimbursement is obtained. We intend to develop financial models demonstrating the potential profitability and to establish reference sites.

 

   

Razor-Razorblade Business Model. In addition to the MyoVista device sales, we expect to generate recurring supplies revenue from the sale of our proprietary electrodes, which are disposable and single use for each test. Unlike a conventional ECG, the MyoVista is designed to analyze frequency content from the heart’s electrical signal and we have developed a patented cable connection and high-quality electrode system that is unique to us and must be used when performing a MyoVista test. We expect the supply revenues from each test to provide recurring revenue and believe this will assist us in avoiding the need for high device pricing, which, in turn, should lower barriers to adoption.

Reimbursement

In addition to penetrating the health care settings described above, a key element of our strategy is to qualify for third-party payor reimbursement. This strategy has two stages. During the first stage, upon FDA approval, we intend to seek the support of the American College of Cardiology, or ACC, to use existing Current Procedural Terminology, or CPT, codes for the standard ECG functionality of the MyoVista. CPT codes are numbers assigned to each task or service provided by a healthcare provider including medical, surgical and diagnostic services. Insurers use the numbers to determine the amount to pay a provider. While we cannot assure you that we will receive such approval by ACC, this would provide physicians with the ability to use existing 12-lead ECG reimbursement codes. Medicare reimbursement for existing ECG testing procedures with interpretation and report ranges from approximately $17 to $55 depending on the type of healthcare facility. These charges would go directly to the healthcare facility/physician.

The existing procedure codes are:

 

   

CPT 93799: Unlisted cardiovascular procedure (not otherwise classified)

 

   

CPT 93000: Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; includes running test, interpretation and report

 

   

CPT 93005: Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; testing only, without interpretation and report

 

   

CPT 93010: Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads, interpretation and report only

After this initial stage, our longer-term strategy is to obtain additional reimbursement for the MyoVista capabilities related to detecting cardiac dysfunction. While we cannot assure you that we will be successful in obtaining additional reimbursement codes, if we are successful, this could potentially provide total reimbursement that is greater than reimbursement for conventional ECG devices, which, in turn, could place the MyoVista at a competitive advantage. Any additional CPT codes or modifiers that are issued and recognized for the MyoVista related to our longer-term reimbursement strategy could provide a revenue advantage as compared to reimbursement for conventional ECG devices.

 

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Category III code. New technologies must meet AMA’s Level of Evidence and the Use Requirement, so a Category III code will be issued as a precursor to a final Category I code. Category III codes are generally temporary codes requiring additional studies and individual payor efforts to obtain coverage from each payor. Individual payors do not initially provide reimbursement for Category III codes so each payor will need clinical evidence that demonstrates the benefits of the MyoVista based cardiac dysfunction testing.

Category I code. Category I codes are long term codes that are expected to be in use for many years. Generally, to obtain this code, five peer-reviewed publications from at least two different patient populations are required. All third-party payors typically pay CAT I coded diagnostic testing procedures. Approval by the AMA CPT Editorial Panel of new or expanded CPT codes for the MyoVista ultimately could provide a revenue advantage as compared to reimbursement for conventional ECG devices.

New Tech Ambulatory Payment Classification (or APC) code. The new tech APC code is utilized for new and significant technologies which warrant having a unique code under the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System, or HCPCS. An HCPCS is a payment code issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, for use in ambulatory outpatient hospital environments and certain integrated practices. Once the device receives FDA clearance, the Company intends to quickly file an application for a cardiac dysfunction APC code for the MyoVista. If the application is successful, it would provide enhanced revenue over existing conventional ECG devices in a hospital integrated practice such as a cardiology practice.

Competition

The medical device industry is characterized by rapidly advancing technologies, intense competition, and a strong emphasis on proprietary products. There are many medical device companies, biotechnology companies, public and private universities and research organizations actively engaged in the research and development of products that may be similar to the MyoVista. Competitors could include traditional ECG manufacturers such as GE, Philips, and Nihon Kohden Corporation that may seek to innovate due to competition from HeartSciences, and new competitors that also see the opportunity to finally innovate in a market that, we believe, has significant need for improved products and technology change. The current ECG device manufacturers with the greatest market share are GE, Philips, and Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc., or Hill-Rom. The leading competitors in the ECG market have substantially greater name recognition and financial, technical, manufacturing, marketing, research and development resources, and experience obtaining the FDA and other regulatory clearances of those devices and marketing and selling those devices around the world.

There are additional competitors that are using AI to innovate in electrocardiography including:

 

   

AliveCor Inc., a commercial stage developer of cardiac monitoring devices and applications for heart health monitoring. AliveCor’s ECG recorder has received FDA clearance.

 

   

Heart Output Input, Inc., or Heartio, a development stage, digital diagnostic utilizing AI in a cloud-based software tool used in conjunction with electrocardiograms to help emergency providers more effectively stratify patient risk and make admit/discharge decisions. Heartio currently does not have any FDA clearance or authorization.

 

   

Corvista Health Inc., a development stage ECG device company with a proprietary platform focused on diagnosing heart failure, coronary artery disease, and pulmonary hypertension. Corvista currently does not have any FDA clearance or authorization.

 

   

Anumana Inc., a development stage company funded by the MayoClinic focused on developing AI-enabled ECG algorithms for physician use, integrating point-of-care applications into existing workflows. Anumana currently does not have any FDA clearance or authorization.

Clinical Studies

We have participated in and/or conducted multiple studies at various sites including at Mount Sinai Health System, West Virginia University, University of California, Los Angeles, and The Baker Heart and Diabetes

 

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Institute in Australia. The purpose of conducting the studies was threefold: (i): to collect patient data using the MyoVista to build an effective proprietary algorithm designed to provide early detection of cardiac dysfunction and heart disease, (ii) to create proof-of-concept algorithms for determination by HeartSciences of the viability of an FDA version of the algorithm, and (iii) to use the collected data to conduct research for potential development of additional future algorithms. The peer review article summaries highlighted below used the proof-of-concept algorithms developed by the institutions from the MyoVista data collected. MyoVista devices were used in each study for the collection of patient ECG information. Data was extracted from these ECG readings to develop separate AI-based proof-of-concept algorithms in each individual study.

Following are summaries of the peer- reviewed articles:

Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) April 2018, Volume 71 Number 15 (2018) Partho P. Sengupta, MD DM, Hemant Kulkarni, MD, Jagat Narula, MD PHD, et al.

The study was conducted at Mount Sinai NY. The article is titled, “Prediction of Abnormal Myocardial Relaxation from Signal Processed Surface ECG” and presents the results from the investigator-initiated clinical study that focused on evaluating the feasibility of the MyoVista as a diagnostic tool for predicting the presence of abnormal cardiac muscle relaxation associated with Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction, or LVDD. All patients underwent a complete 2D doppler-based echocardiogram and a MyoVista wavECG test. Monte Carlo cross validation was performed using the average of 20 iterations for determining performance.

The study results demonstrated 80% sensitivity and 84% specificity (p-value 0.05) with an area under the curve, or AUC, of 91% for the prediction of low e’, an echocardiographic parameter widely used in determination of LVDD (95% confidence interval: 86%-95%). An incremental value comparison of the low e’ prediction algorithm as compared to using three clinical features associated with high risk, age, obesity and hypertension, along with conventional ECG risk categorization information resulted in demonstrating that the low e’ prediction algorithm alone provided an increase in AUC performance of 0.19% (p-value<0.0001) over the clinical features and conventional ECG risk information.

The Area Under a Receiver Operating Characteristics, or ROC, Curve is a widely used statistical performance evaluator that provides a measure of the accuracy of a diagnostic test typically calculated using data from a specific clinical study as a measure of performance. ROC is a probability curve and AUC represents the degree or measure of separability – the higher the AUC, the better the model is at distinguishing between patients with the disease and no disease. A test with no better accuracy than chance has an AUC of 0.5, while a test with perfect accuracy has an AUC of 1.

P-value is the probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the result actually observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is correct. When a statistical test is performed, a p-value helps determine the statistical significance of the results in relation to the null hypothesis. A null hypothesis is a type of statistical hypothesis that proposes that no statistical significance exists in a set of given observations. Hypothesis testing is used to assess the credibility of a hypothesis by using sample data. A low p-value indicates that observed data does not match the null hypothesis, and when the p-value is lower than the specified significance level (usually 5% or 0.05), the null hypothesis is rejected, and the finding is considered statistically significant.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) August 2020, Volume 76 Number 8 (2020) Nobuyuki Kagiyama, MD, PHD, Marco Piccirilli, PHD, Naveena Yanamala, PHD et al.

The participating centers were The Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, The West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute, The Windsor Cardiac Centre, Windsor, Ontario, Canada and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

The article titled “Machine Learning Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function Based on Electrocardiographic Features” presents the results from evaluating the feasibility of MyoVista wavECG technology to provide actual quantitative estimates of the echocardiographic parameter of e’

 

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related to myocardial relaxation that can be used to identify LVDD. Diastolic dysfunction is recognized as playing a major role in the pathophysiology of heart failure. All subjects underwent a full echocardiographic examination and a MyoVista wavECG test.

The multicenter study enrolled a total of 1,202 subjects with data from one of the institutions used as an external test set n-388 for determining algorithm performance. Results from the estimated e’ values provided by the proof-of-concept algorithm discriminated the guideline-recommended thresholds for low e’ for determining abnormal myocardial relaxation, LVDD and systolic dysfunction (LV ejection fraction) with an AUC of 0.84, 0.80, and 0.81, respectively, in the external test set. Sensitivity and specificity in the external test set for predicting low e’ using the algorithm’s estimated e’ value provided a sensitivity of 90%, specificity of 61% (p-value<0.05), negative predictive value of 81% and positive predictive value of 77%. Moreover, the estimated e-prime values allowed prediction of LV diastolic dysfunction based on multiple age and sex-adjusted reference limits with an AUC of 0.94 in the external test set with sensitivity 89% and specificity 96% (p-value<0.05).

JACC Cardiovascular Imaging Oct 2021, Volume 14 Number 10

Elizabeth L. Potter, MBBS, Thomas H. Marwick, MBBS, PHD, MPH et al.

The participating centers were Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne University, Melbourne, Australian National University, Canberra, and the West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute.

The article titled “Machine Learning of ECG Waveforms to Improve Selection for Testing for Asymptomatic Left Ventricular Dysfunction Prompt” focused on developing a screening algorithm using the MyoVista for detection of Left Ventricular Dysfunction, or LVD. References to ewECG mean energy waveform ECG and are an alternative name for the MyoVista device and the included wavelet transform signal processing. The study that was the subject of this article consisted of 398 participants with n=287 for development of the feasibility algorithm and n=111 for use as an external test set for determining performance of the algorithm. All subjects received a full echocardiographic examination and a MyoVista wavECG test. Left Ventricular Dysfunction for this study is defined as a subject having (1) LVH or left ventricular hypertrophy, (2) abnormal global longitudinal strain or borderline GLS with left atrial enlargement or (3) abnormal LV filling pressure measures of E/e’ratios >15 or < 10 with left atrial enlargement or low e’ with LAE.

The study results in the external test set demonstrated 85% sensitivity and 72% specificity (p-value<0.05) with an of AUC 0.83, 95% confidence interval: 0.74 to 0.92. Conventional methods for Left Ventricular Dysfunction, or LVD, screening (ARIC score, BNP testing, and standard ECG analysis) had inferior screening capabilities.

The study below presents the results of a proof-of-concept algorithm developed using the data gathered from previous studies in which MyoVista ECGs were collected from study subjects. This research was conducted for the purpose of potential development of additional future algorithms for detection of additional heart disease conditions.

European Heart JournalDigital Health November 2020, Volume 1 Issue 1

Peter D. Farjo MD, Naveena Yanamala PHD et al.

The participating centers were West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Juntendo University, Japan and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Five hundred thirty-four subjects were included in this multicenter study with n=428 for the training set and n=106 for the test set.

The study article titled “Prediction of coronary artery calcium scoring from surface electrocardiogram in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a pilot study” aimed to determine whether machine learning (ML) approaches can aid cardiovascular risk stratification by predicting guideline recommended

 

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Coronary Artery Calcium, or CAC, score categories from clinical features and surface electrocardiograms using the MyoVista. CAC scoring is an established tool for cardiovascular risk stratification.

The study results included two machine learning models that were developed for prediction of CAC scores equal to 0 and CAC >_400. The performance was evaluated using an independent data set, the CAC= 0 algorithm performance provided sensitivity 92%, specificity 70%, AUC 84% (p-value<0.05) and the CAC >_400 algorithm provided sensitivity 91%, specificity 75% and AUC 87% (p-value<0.05). The CAC >_400 model was further tested to risk stratify a cohort of 87 subjects referred for invasive coronary angiography. Using an intermediate or higher pretest probability (>_15%) which coincides with the European Society of Cardiography pretest probability guidelines, the model predicted the presence of significant coronary artery stenosis, the need for revascularization, notably bypass surgery, and major adverse cardiovascular events during a median follow-up period of two years.

FDA and Other Government Regulation

General

Our proposed products are subject to regulation by the FDA and various other federal and state agencies, as well as by foreign governmental agencies. These agencies enforce laws and regulations that govern the development, testing, manufacturing, labeling, advertising, marketing and distribution, and market surveillance of our medical device products.

In addition to those indicated below, the only other regulations we encounter are regulations that are common to all businesses, such as employment legislation, implied warranty laws, and environmental, health and safety standards, to the extent applicable. We will also encounter in the future industry-specific government regulations that would govern our device, if and when developed for commercial use. It may become the case that other regulatory approvals will be required for the design and manufacture of our device. In previous communications with the FDA, the Company determined that the submission would need to use the De Novo classification process for the MyoVista device.

FDA Requirements and Other Regulatory Approval Requirements

Our device and our operations are subject to regulation by numerous worldwide regulatory bodies including the FDA and comparable international regulatory agencies. In previous communications with the FDA, the Company determined that the submission would need to use the De Novo classification process for the MyoVista device.

Our device is subject to regulation as a medical device under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or FDCA, as implemented and enforced by the FDA. The FDA regulates the development, design, non-clinical and clinical research, manufacturing, safety, efficacy, labeling, packaging, storage, installation, servicing, recordkeeping, premarket clearance or approval, import, export, adverse event reporting, advertising, promotion, marketing and distribution of medical devices to ensure that medical devices distributed domestically are safe and effective for their intended uses and otherwise meet the requirements of the FDCA.

In addition to U.S. regulations, we are subject to a variety of regulations in the European Economic Area, or the EEA, governing clinical trials and the commercial sales and distribution of our device. Whether or not we have or are required to obtain FDA clearance or approval for a product, we will be required to obtain authorization before commencing clinical trials and to obtain marketing authorization or approval of our device under the comparable regulatory authorities of countries outside of the United States before we can commence clinical trials or launch sales of our device in those countries. The approval process varies from country to country and the time may be longer or shorter than that required for FDA clearance or approval. Medical devices are generally subject to varying levels of regulatory control based on risk level of the device.

 

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A clearance or authorization letter from the FDA authorizes commercial marketing of the device for one or more specific indications of use. After clearance or authorization, the Company will be required to comply with a number of post-clearance requirements, including, but not limited to, Medical Device Reporting and complaint handling, and, if applicable, reporting of corrective actions. Also, quality control and manufacturing procedures must continue to conform to the QSR. The FDA periodically inspects manufacturing facilities to assess compliance with QSRs, which impose extensive procedural, substantive, and record keeping requirements on medical device manufacturers. In addition, changes to the manufacturing process are strictly regulated, and, depending on the change, validation activities may need to be performed. Accordingly, manufacturers must continue to expend time, money and effort in the area of production and quality control to maintain compliance with the QSR and other types of regulatory controls.

The FDA and the Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, will also regulate the advertising claims of the Company’s products to ensure that the claims it makes are consistent with its regulatory clearances, that there is scientific data to substantiate the claims and that product advertising is neither false nor misleading.

FDA Clearance Process and FDA Validation Clinical Study

Unless an exemption applies, each medical device commercially distributed in the United States requires FDA clearance of a 510(k) premarket notification, granting of a de novo request, or approval of an application for premarket approval, or PMA. Under the FDCA, medical devices are classified into one of three classes—Class I, Class II or Class III—depending on the degree of risk associated with each medical device and the extent of regulatory controls needed to ensure its safety and effectiveness.

Class I includes devices with the lowest risk to the patient and are those for which safety and effectiveness can be assured by adherence to the FDA’s General Controls for medical devices, which include compliance with the applicable portions of the Quality System Regulation, or QSR, facility registration and product listing, reporting of adverse medical events, and truthful and non-misleading labeling, advertising and promotional materials.

Class II devices are subject to the FDA’s General Controls, and special controls as deemed necessary by the FDA to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the device. These special controls can include performance standards, post-market surveillance, patient registries and FDA guidance documents. While most Class I devices are exempt from the 510(k) premarket notification requirement, manufacturers of most Class II devices are required to submit to the FDA a premarket notification under Section 510(k) of the FDCA requesting permission to commercially distribute the device. The FDA’s permission to commercially distribute a device subject to class II controls is generally described as 510(k) clearance.

Devices deemed by the FDA to pose the greatest risks, such as life sustaining, life supporting or some implantable devices, or devices that have a new intended use, or use advanced technology that is not substantially equivalent to that of a legally marketed device, are placed in Class III, requiring approval of a PMA. Some pre-amendment devices are unclassified but are subject to FDA’s premarket notification and clearance process in order to be commercially distributed.

510(k) Clearance Marketing Pathway

To obtain 510(k) clearance, we must submit to the FDA a premarket notification submission demonstrating that the proposed device is “substantially equivalent” to a predicate device already on the market. A predicate device is a legally marketed device that is not subject to PMA, i.e., a device that was legally marketed prior to May 28, 1976 (pre-amendments device) and for which a PMA is not required, a device that has been reclassified from Class III to Class II or I, or a device that was found substantially equivalent through the 510(k) process. The FDA’s 510(k) clearance process usually takes from three to twelve months, but often takes longer. The FDA may

 

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require additional information, including clinical data, to make a determination regarding substantial equivalence. In addition, the FDA collects user fees for certain medical device submissions and annual fees for medical device establishments.

If the FDA agrees that the device is substantially equivalent to a predicate device currently on the market, it will grant 510(k) clearance to commercially market the device. If the FDA determines that the device is “not substantially equivalent” to a previously cleared device, the device is automatically designated as a Class III device. The device sponsor must then fulfill more rigorous PMA requirements or can request a risk-based classification determination for the device in accordance with the “De Novo” process, which is a route to market novel medical devices that are low to moderate risk and are not substantially equivalent to a predicate device.

After a device receives 510(k) clearance, any modification that could significantly affect its safety or effectiveness, or that would constitute a major change in its intended use, will require a new 510(k) or possibly a PMA. The FDA requires each manufacturer to make this determination initially, but the FDA can review any such decision and can disagree with a manufacturer’s determination. If the FDA disagrees with our determination not to seek a new 510(k) clearance, the FDA may retroactively require us to seek 510(k) clearance or possibly a PMA. The FDA could also require us to cease marketing and distribution and/or recall the modified device until 510(k) clearance or a PMA is obtained. Also, in these circumstances, we may be subject to significant regulatory fines and penalties.

PMA Approval Pathway

Class III devices require approval of a PMA before they can be marketed, although some pre-amendment Class III devices for which the FDA has not yet required a PMA are cleared through the 510(k) process. The PMA process is more demanding than the 510(k) premarket notification process. In a PMA application, the manufacturer must demonstrate that the device is safe and effective, and the PMA application must be supported by extensive data, including data from preclinical studies and human clinical trials. The PMA application must also contain a full description of the device and its components, a full description of the methods, facilities, and controls used for manufacturing, and proposed labeling. Following receipt of a PMA application, the FDA determines whether the application is sufficiently complete to permit a substantive review. If the FDA accepts the application for review, it has 180 days under the FDCA to complete its review of a PMA application, although in practice, the FDA’s review often takes significantly longer, and can take up to several years. An advisory panel of experts from outside the FDA may be convened to review and evaluate the application and provide recommendations to the FDA as to the approvability of the device. The FDA may or may not accept the panel’s recommendation. In addition, the FDA will generally conduct a pre-approval inspection of the applicant or its third-party manufacturers’ or suppliers’ manufacturing facility or facilities to ensure compliance with the QSR. PMA devices are also subject to the payment of user fees.

The FDA will approve the new device for commercial distribution if it determines that the data and information in the PMA application constitute valid scientific evidence and that there is reasonable assurance that the device is safe and effective for its intended use(s). A PMA may include post-approval conditions intended to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the device, including, among other things, restrictions on labeling, promotion, sale and distribution, and collection of long-term follow-up data from patients in the clinical study that supported the PMA or requirements to conduct additional clinical studies post-approval. The FDA may condition PMA approval on some form of post-market surveillance when deemed necessary to protect the public health or to provide additional safety and efficacy data for the device in a larger population or for a longer period of use. In such cases, the manufacturer might be required to follow certain patient groups for a number of years and to make periodic reports to the FDA on the clinical status of those patients. Failure to comply with the conditions of approval can result in material adverse enforcement action, including withdrawal of the approval.

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of the device, require submission of a PMA supplement. PMA supplements often require submission of the same type of information as a PMA, except that the supplement is limited to information needed to support any changes from the device covered by the original PMA and may not require as extensive clinical data or the convening of an advisory panel. Certain other changes to an approved device require the submission of a new PMA, such as when the design change causes a different intended use, mode of operation, and technical basis of operation, or when the design change is so significant that a new generation of the device will be developed, and the data that were submitted with the original PMA are not applicable for the change in demonstrating a reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness. None of our currently developed products require a PMA to be marketed.

De Novo Classification

Medical device types that the FDA has not previously classified as Class I, II or III are automatically classified into Class III regardless of the level of risk they pose. The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 established a new route to market for low to moderate risk medical devices that are automatically placed into Class III due to the absence of a predicate device, called the “Request for Evaluation of Automatic Class III Designation,” or the De Novo classification procedure.

This procedure allows a manufacturer whose novel device is automatically classified into Class III to request down-classification of its medical device into Class I or Class II on the basis that the device presents low or moderate risk, rather than requiring the submission and approval of a PMA application. Prior to the enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act of 2012, or FDASIA, a medical device could only be eligible for De Novo classification if the manufacturer first submitted a 510(k) pre-market notification and received a determination from the FDA that the device was not substantially equivalent. FDASIA streamlined the De Novo classification pathway by permitting manufacturers to request De Novo classification directly without first submitting a 510(k) pre-market notification to the FDA and receiving a not substantially equivalent determination. Under FDASIA, the FDA is required to classify the device within 120 days following receipt of the De Novo application. If the manufacturer seeks reclassification into Class II, the manufacturer must include a draft proposal for special controls that are necessary to provide a reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of the medical device. In addition, the FDA may reject the reclassification petition if it identifies a legally marketed predicate device that would be appropriate for a 510(k) or determines that the device is not low to moderate risk or that general controls would be inadequate to control the risks and special controls cannot be developed.

Devices such as ECG devices are generally considered to have moderate risk and are generally classified as Class II devices. Applicants must submit a notification to the FDA demonstrating that its proposed device is either substantially equivalent to a predicate (existing) device that is a Class II, or for devices with no existing predicate they will seek to be designated with a De Novo classification. Through previous interactions and correspondence with the FDA, the Company determined there was not an existing predicate to the MyoVista AI algorithm and therefore was not eligible to submit an application via the more common 510(k) clearance process. The Company also previously received formal notification from the FDA that the regulatory pathway for MyoVista was determined to be with a De Novo classification.

After initial authorization, any modification that could significantly affect its safety or effectiveness, or that would constitute a major change or modification in its intended use, will require a new 510(k) clearance or, depending on the modification, another De Novo classification request, or PMA approval. The FDA requires each manufacturer to determine whether the proposed change requires submission of a 510(k) or a PMA in the first instance, but the FDA can review any such decision and disagree with a manufacturer’s determination. If the FDA disagrees with a manufacturer’s determination, the FDA can require the manufacturer to cease marketing and/or request the recall of the modified device until 510(k) marketing clearance or PMA approval is obtained. Also, in these circumstances, the manufacturer may be subject to significant regulatory fines or penalties. We

 

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have previously submitted and intend to seek authorization to market the device through submission of a new De Novo request for the MyoVista device. Delays in receipt or failure to receive the necessary clearances, or the failure to comply with existing or future regulatory requirements, could reduce the Company’s business prospects.

Clinical Trials

Clinical trials are almost always required to support a De Novo request and are sometimes required to support a 510(k) submission. All clinical investigations of investigational devices to determine safety and effectiveness must be conducted in accordance with the FDA’s investigational device exemption, or IDE, regulations which govern investigational device labeling, prohibit promotion of the investigational device, and specify an array of recordkeeping, reporting and monitoring responsibilities of study sponsors and study investigators. If the device presents a “significant risk” to human health, as defined by the FDA, the FDA requires the device sponsor to submit an IDE application to the FDA, which must become effective prior to commencing human clinical trials. A significant risk device is one that presents a potential for serious risk to the health, safety or welfare of a patient and either is implanted, used in supporting or sustaining human life, substantially important in diagnosing, curing, mitigating or treating disease or otherwise preventing impairment of human health, or otherwise presents a potential for serious risk to a subject. An IDE application must be supported by appropriate data, such as animal and laboratory test results, showing that it is safe to test the device in humans and that the testing protocol is scientifically sound. The IDE will automatically become effective 30 days after receipt by the FDA unless the FDA notifies the Company that the investigation may not begin. If the FDA determines that there are deficiencies or other concerns with an IDE for which it requires modification, the FDA may permit a clinical trial to proceed under a conditional approval.

In addition, the study must be approved by, and conducted under the oversight of, an Institutional Review Board, or IRB, for each clinical site. The IRB is responsible for the initial and continuing review of the IDE, and may pose additional requirements for the conduct of the study. If an IDE application is approved by the FDA and one or more IRBs, human clinical trials may begin at a specific number of investigational sites with a specific number of patients, as approved by the FDA. If the device presents a non-significant risk to the patient, a sponsor may begin the clinical trial after obtaining approval for the trial by one or more IRBs without separate approval from the FDA, but must still follow abbreviated IDE requirements, such as monitoring the investigation, ensuring that the investigators obtain informed consent, and labeling and record-keeping requirements. Acceptance of an IDE application for review does not guarantee that the FDA will allow the IDE to become effective and, if it does become effective, the FDA may or may not determine that the data derived from the trials support the safety and effectiveness of the device or warrant the continuation of clinical trials. An IDE supplement must be submitted to, and approved by, the FDA before a sponsor or investigator may make a change to the investigational plan that may affect its scientific soundness, study plan or the rights, safety or welfare of human subjects.

During a study, the sponsor is required to comply with the applicable FDA requirements, including, for example, trial monitoring, selecting clinical investigators and providing them with the investigational plan, ensuring IRB review, adverse event reporting, record keeping and prohibitions on the promotion of investigational devices or on making safety or effectiveness claims for them. The clinical investigators in the clinical study are also subject to FDA regulations and must obtain patient informed consent, rigorously follow the investigational plan and study protocol, control the disposition of the investigational device, and comply with all reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Additionally, after a trial begins, we, the FDA or the IRB could suspend or terminate a clinical trial at any time for various reasons, including a belief that the risks to study subjects outweigh the anticipated benefits.

 

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Post-market Regulation

After a device is cleared or approved for marketing, numerous and pervasive regulatory requirements continue to apply. These include:

 

   

establishment registration and device listing with the FDA;

 

   

QSR requirements, which require manufacturers, including third-party manufacturers, to follow stringent design, testing, control, documentation and other quality assurance procedures during all aspects of the design and manufacturing process;

 

   

labeling and marketing regulations, which require that promotion is truthful, not misleading, fairly balanced and provide adequate directions for use and that all claims are substantiated, and also prohibit the promotion of products for unapproved or “off-label” uses and impose other restrictions on labeling; FDA guidance on off-label dissemination of information and responding to unsolicited requests for information;

 

   

clearance or approval of product modifications to 510(k)-cleared devices, or those re-classified to 510(k) cleared devices, that could significantly affect safety or effectiveness or that would constitute a major change in intended use of one of our cleared devices, or approval of a supplement for certain modifications to PMA devices;

 

   

medical device reporting regulations, which require that a manufacturer report to the FDA if a device it markets may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury, or has malfunctioned and the device or a similar device that it markets would be likely to cause or contribute to a death or serious injury, if the malfunction were to recur;

 

   

correction, removal and recall reporting regulations, which require that manufacturers report to the FDA field corrections and product recalls or removals if undertaken to reduce a risk to health posed by the device or to remedy a violation of the FDCA that may present a risk to health;

 

   

complying with the new federal law and regulations requiring Unique Device Identifiers (UDI) on devices and also requiring the submission of certain information about each device to the FDA’s Global Unique Device Identification Database (GUDID);

 

   

the FDA’s recall authority, whereby the agency can order device manufacturers to recall from the market a product that is in violation of governing laws and regulations; and

 

   

post-market surveillance activities and regulations, which apply when deemed by the FDA to be necessary to protect the public health or to provide additional safety and effectiveness data for the device.

The manufacturing processes for medical devices are required to comply with the applicable portions of the QSR, which cover the methods and the facilities and controls for the design, manufacture, testing, production, processes, controls, quality assurance, labeling, packaging, distribution, installation and servicing of finished devices intended for human use. The QSR also requires, among other things, maintenance of a device master file, device history file, and complaint files. These requirements impose certain procedural and documentation requirements upon us and our third-party manufacturers related to the methods used in and the facilities and controls used for designing, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, storing, medical devices. As a manufacturer, we will be subject to periodic scheduled or unscheduled inspections by the FDA. Following these inspections, the FDA may assert noncompliance with QSR requirements on a Form 483, which is a report of observations from an inspection, or by way of “untitled letters” or “warning letters” that could cause us or any third-party manufacturers to modify certain activities. A Form 483 notice, if issued at the conclusion of an FDA inspection, can list conditions the FDA investigators believe may have violated QSR or other FDA requirements. We cannot be certain that we or our present or any future third-party manufacturers or suppliers will be able to comply with QSR or other FDA regulatory requirements to the agency’s satisfaction. Failure to comply with these obligations may lead to possible legal or regulatory enforcement action by the FDA.

 

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The FDA has broad regulatory compliance and enforcement powers. If the FDA determines that we failed to comply with applicable regulatory requirements, it can take a variety of compliance or enforcement actions, which may result in any of the following sanctions:

 

   

warning letters, untitled letters, fines, injunctions, consent decrees and civil penalties;

 

   

recalls, withdrawals, or administrative detention or seizure of our device;

 

   

operating restrictions or partial suspension or total shutdown of production;

 

   

refusing or delaying requests for 510(k) marketing clearance or PMA approvals of new products or modified products;

 

   

withdrawing 510(k) clearances or PMA approvals that have already been granted;

 

   

refusal to grant export or import approvals for our device; or

 

   

criminal prosecution.

Advertising and Promotion

The FDA and other regulatory agencies closely regulate the post-approval marketing and promotion of medical devices, including standards and regulations for direct-to-consumer advertising, communications about unapproved uses, industry-sponsored scientific and educational activities and promotional activities involving the internet. Devices may be marketed only for the approved or cleared indications and in accordance with the provisions of the approved or cleared label.

Foreign Regulation

As we plan to market our device in the EU and other foreign markets, in addition to regulations in the United States, we will be subject to a variety of foreign regulations governing clinical trials and commercial sales and distribution of our device in foreign countries. Whether or not we obtain FDA approval for a product, we must obtain approval of a product by the comparable regulatory authorities of foreign countries before we can commence clinical trials or marketing of the product in those countries. The approval process varies from country to country, and the time may be longer or shorter than that required for FDA approval. The requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials, product licensing, pricing and reimbursement also vary greatly from country to country and such regulatory requirements have been changing and increasing in some countries. We may be unable to maintain regulatory qualifications, clearances, approvals or CE Certificates of Conformity in these countries or to obtain clearances or approvals in other countries. We may incur significant costs in attempting to obtain, renew, or modify foreign regulatory clearances or approvals, qualifications or CE Certificates of Conformity. If we experience difficulties in receiving, maintaining, renewing or modifying necessary qualifications, clearances, approvals or CE Certificates of Conformity to market our products outside the United States, or if we fail to receive, renew, modify or maintain those qualifications, clearances, approvals or CE Certificates of Conformity, we may be unable to market our products or enhancements in certain international markets effectively, or at all. We previously received CE clearance for marketing the MyoVista in Europe and will continue efforts to maintain regulatory approval in Europe.

On April 5, 2017, a new regulation on medical devices was adopted to establish a modernized and more robust European Union legislative framework, with the aim of ensuring better protection of public health and patient safety: Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC, which became applicable from May 26, 2021, or the EU MDR. The EU MDR repeals and replaces the EU Medical Devices Directive and unlike directives, which must be given effect through transposition into the national domestic laws of the Relevant States, regulations are directly applicable (i.e., without the need for transposition into national laws implementing

 

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them) in all Relevant States. The EU MDR is also applicable in the EEA. Regulations (as EU law instruments) must be applied in their entirety across the EU so that legal acts are automatically and uniformly applied to all EU countries as soon as they enter into force to minimize variations that may arise in transposition of EU law into national law. These modifications may have an effect on the way we design and manufacture products and conduct our business in the EU and EEA. For example, as a result of the transition towards the new regime, Notified Bodies have lengthened their review times, and product introductions or modifications could be delayed or canceled or otherwise rejected, which could adversely affect our ability to grow our business.

The Company previously achieved a CE Mark under the EU Medical Devices Directive or MDD in February 2017. The Medical Device Directive was established on June 14, 1993 but EU Medical Devices Directive or MDD regulatory framework has since been replaced by EU MDR. In order to sell in member countries of the European Economic Area, or EEA, our device must now comply with the essential requirements of the newer, updated regulatory framework or EU MDR. In October 2021, the Company submitted the documentation required to establish compliance with EU MDR. The submission of the technical file is currently under review and our CE Mark issued under MDD lapsed in February 2022. If the technical file submission is found to comply with the new requirements, a certificate of conformity will be issued to verify the Company’s compliance with EU MDR. An updated CE mark certificate under EU MDR will entitle the Company to market the MyoVista in the European Economic Area as well as other countries for which CE Mark represents an appropriate regulatory standard.

Intellectual Property

Our technology is protected by a patent portfolio as well as trade secrets, which together comprise an important part of technology protection especially when developing proprietary algorithms. We believe that the combination of patents and trade secrets create valuable competitive barriers for HeartSciences.

The USPTO has issued five utility patents and one design patent to us, and has allowed a sixth utility patent application. We have two utility patent applications under the USPTO’s review. These patents expire from March 5, 2029 to August 27, 2040. We also have seven utility patents (which expire from September 20, 2036 to March 9, 2037) and fourteen design registrations granted by international jurisdictions such as China, Japan, France, Germany and Australia, and have received an allowance of a further patent application by the European Patent Office. We also have several pending patent applications in several international jurisdictions including Brazil, Canada, India, Israel, Mexico and the United Arab Emirates.

 

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The following chart includes a list of the five utility patents that have been granted to us by the USPTO:

 

Patent No.

 

Patent Title

 

Description of General Subject Matter

 

Expiration Date

US 8219186   System and method for scanning the heart   Medical apparatus for scanning the heart to locate and detect heart malfunctions, vascular and nonvascular plaque and ischemia.   March 5, 2029

US 9700226

US 10561327 (continuation of US 9700226)

  Quantitative Heart Testing   Heart condition and function can be quantified using repolarization measures and/or repolarization indices derived from a time-frequency transform of an electrocardiogram   September 20, 2036
US 10170846   Electrode and Cable Connectors in Electrocardiography   Patient cable connecting one or more electrodes to a processing device for processing ECG signals may include one or more electrode connectors mechanically keyed to respective electrodes   March 9, 2037
US 10856756   Time-Frequency Analysis of Electrocardiograms   Electrocardiograms can be analyzed in the time-frequency domain, following conversion into time-frequency maps, to determine characteristics or features of various waveforms, such as waveform morphology and/or the amplitude(s) and location(s) (in time and/or frequency) of one or more extrema of the waveform   September 11, 2038

The following chart includes a list of the trademarks that we have registered with the USPTO:

 

Application No.

  

Trademark

  

Type of Trademark

87/073,995    HEART TEST LABORATORIES    Design
87/073,975    MYOVISTA    Design
87/460,853    HEARTSCIENCES    Word
87/460,859    Heart Logo    Design
87/888,945    wavECG    Word

MyoVista Technology Agreement

In 2014, the Company entered into a technology agreement, which we refer to as the MyoVista Technology Agreement, with the inventor of certain specified MyoVista technology and proprietary and intellectual property rights thereto (including patents, copyright, trademarks, trade secrets and know-how). In the MyoVista Technology Agreement, the inventor conveyed ownership of all his rights in the MyoVista to us. In exchange, we (a) issued promissory notes in the amounts of $448,000, $700,000 and $300,000, payable to the inventor, all of which have been paid, and (b) entered into a security agreement with the inventor that requires us to pay the inventor royalties on any sales of the MyoVista. Royalty payments are $500 per device for the first 2,400 devices sold and then $200 per device thereafter until the aggregate amount of royalties paid to the inventor equals $3.5 million which, in any event, is the maximum amount we are required to pay in royalties under the MyoVista Technology Agreement.

 

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Glasgow Licensing Agreement

In December 2015, we entered into a licensing agreement, which we refer to as the Glasgow Licensing Agreement, with The University Court of the University of Glasgow, under which we obtained a non-exclusive, worldwide license, automatically renewing every five years, to software modules for an Android platform for analysis of resting 12-lead electrocardiograms and all intellectual property rights (including patents, copyright, trademarks, trade secrets and know-how) relating to the software modules, which are collectively referred to in only this section as the Glasgow Technology, to be used in the MyoVista. The Glasgow Licensing Agreement also granted the Company the right to sub-license all of the Company’s rights under the Glasgow Licensing Agreement to any third party to, among other things, manufacture, assemble, market, distribute and sell the MyoVista product containing the Glasgow Technology. Under the Glasgow Licensing Agreement, we are currently obliged to pay, per 12-month period, the greater of (i) $42,236, subject to a 3% increase each year, or (ii) the aggregate amount of royalties owed per MyoVista sold, which is $57.96 per unit for the first 2,000 sold, $46.37 per unit for the next 3,000 sold and $40.57 per unit thereafter, subject to a 3% increase each year.

Preparations for Manufacturing

At this time, we have fully functional hardware versions of the MyoVista, which have also been used in most of our medical clinical studies. We have a scalable manufacturing strategy and have engaged Benchmark Electronics, a firm with deep experience in manufacturing medical devices.

Benchmark Electronics is an NYSE listed US-based medical device manufacturing organization that is FDA Registered and ISO 13485 Certified and has over 30 years of product manufacturing experience.

Research and Development

The Company’s R&D staff designs the hardware, software and AI-based algorithms. Hardware development assistance is provided by outside consulting firms. The Company internally develops the signal processing software elements along with outside assistance. The user interface elements of the software are designed by the Company along with the assistance of outside consultants. The data science work necessary to build the AI-based algorithms is performed both internally and externally using outside consultants. Incorporation of all software elements into the MyoVista hardware is performed internally. We currently employ five full-time R&D staff.

We believe our research demonstrates the potential to develop further algorithms for a range of additional or alternative clinical indications. Studies involving use of the MyoVista have already been published as an example of alternative clinical indications. We believe that, in the future, the ECG will have significantly greater clinical value and will facilitate far more effective heart disease screening and referral.

Future Products

Our future plans include the development of additional algorithms for different clinical indications, additional hardware platforms and cloud-based services that allow other ECG devices to send standard ECG recordings and have them evaluated using our algorithms. Additional development opportunities could include development of a version of the algorithm to run on smartphones or tablets or a lower cost version of the MyoVista.

The Company has already cooperated with cardiology researchers to assist them in the development of three proof-of-concept algorithms in key specific areas of heart disease beyond cardiac dysfunction. For example, a proof-of-concept algorithm was developed to detect abnormally high coronary artery calcium scores; the results were published in the European Heart Journal in November 2020. Two additional proof-of-concept algorithms were developed by researchers and results presented as abstracts. A proof-of-concept algorithm was developed to predict which heart disease patients were at a higher risk for having a major adverse cardiac event, or MACE,

 

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within three years, and results were presented at the annual ACC conference in April 2021. In addition, a proof-of-concept algorithm has also been developed to detect patients that have valvular heart disease; results will be presented at the ACC conference in March 2022. Some additional opportunities for new algorithms include reduced ejection fraction and CAD.

Property and Facilities

The Company leases a 4,634 square foot suite located at 550 Reserve Street, Suite 360, Southlake, Texas 76092, pursuant to an Office Lease, dated May 2, 2017, by and between the Company and GPI-MT, LP. The lease is a 64-month lease and expires in January 2023. We consider our current office space sufficient to meet our anticipated needs for the foreseeable future and believe it is suitable for the conduct of our business.

Employees and Independent Contractors

As of [                ], 2022, we had 13 employees (including our Chief Executive Officer), all of which are full-time employees, and 6 independent contractors. All of our employment and consulting agreements include employees’ and consultants’ undertakings with respect to non-competition and assignment to us of intellectual property rights developed in the course of employment and with respect to confidentiality.

Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we may be involved in various claims and legal proceedings relating to claims arising out of our operations. We are not currently a party to any legal proceedings that, in the opinion of our management, are likely to have a material adverse effect on our business. Regardless of outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.

 

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MANAGEMENT

Executive Officers and Directors

Our business and affairs are managed under the direction of our Board of Directors, which currently consists of five members. The number of directors is determined by our Board of Directors, subject to the terms of our amended and restated certificate of formation and amended and restated bylaws. Upon the completion of this offering, our Board of Directors will consist of five members.

Our Board of Directors will be divided into three classes as nearly equal in size as is practicable. The composition of the Board of Directors immediately following the offering will be as follows:

 

   

Class I, which will initially consist of Brian Szymczak and Bruce Bent, whose terms will expire at our annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2023;

 

   

Class II, which will initially consist of Mark Hilz and Patrick Kanouff, whose terms will expire at our annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2024; and

 

   

Class III, which will initially consist of Andrew Simpson, whose term will expire at our annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2025.

Upon the expiration of the initial term of office for each class of directors, each director in such class shall be elected for a term of three years and serve until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. Vacancies occurring on the Board of Directors, whether due to death, resignation, removal, retirement, disqualification or for any other reason, and newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors, may be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors. Directors may be removed, but only for cause, with the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of our Common Stock and Preferred Stock voting together as a single class.

Director Independence

We have applied to list our Common Stock and Warrants on the Nasdaq. No assurance can be given that our application will be approved or that a trading market will develop. In the event our listing application is not approved, we will not consummate this offering. If our listing application is approved, upon the completion of this offering, our Common Stock and Warrants will be listed on the Nasdaq under the symbol “HSCS” and “HSCSW,” respectively. Under Nasdaq rules, independent directors must comprise a majority of a listed company’s Board of Directors within a specified period after completion of this offering. In addition, Nasdaq rules require that, subject to specified exceptions, each member of a listed company’s audit, compensation and nominating and governance committees must be independent. Under Nasdaq rules, a director will only qualify as an “independent director” if, in the opinion of that Company’s Board of Directors, that person does not have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. Ownership of a significant amount of our stock, by itself, does not constitute a material relationship.

Audit committee members of a listed company must also satisfy the independence criteria set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. In order to be considered independent for purposes of Rule 10A-3, a member of an audit committee of a listed company may not, other than in his or her capacity as a member of the audit committee, the Board of Directors, or any other board committee: (i) accept, directly or indirectly, any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the listed company or any of its subsidiaries; or (ii) be an affiliated person of the listed company or any of its subsidiaries.

Our Board of Directors undertook a review of its composition, the composition of its committees and the independence of each director. Based upon information requested from and provided by each director concerning his or her background, employment and affiliations, including family relationships, our Board of Directors has determined that that Bruce Bent, Patrick Kanouff and Brian Szymczak, representing a majority of our directors, do not have any relationships that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director and that each of these directors is “independent” as that term is defined under

 

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Nasdaq rules and Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. In making these determinations, our Board of Directors considered the relationships that each non-employee director has with our Company and all other facts and circumstances our Board of Directors deemed relevant in determining their independence, including the beneficial ownership of our capital stock by each non-employee director.

Background and Experience of Directors and Executive Officers

When considering whether directors and nominees have the experience, qualifications, attributes or skills, taken as a whole, to enable our Board of Directors to satisfy its oversight responsibilities effectively in light of our business and structure, the Board of Directors focused primarily on each person’s background and experience as reflected in the information discussed in each of the directors’ individual biographies set forth below. We believe that our directors provide an appropriate mix of experience and skills relevant to the size and nature of our business.

The following table sets forth certain information regarding our executive officers and directors as of the date of this prospectus:

Board of Directors and Executive Officers

 

Name

   Age     

Position

Andrew Simpson

     53      President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mark Hilz

     63      Chief Operating Officer, Secretary and Director

Danielle Watson

     40      Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Bruce Bent

     66      Director

Patrick Kanouff

     52      Director

Brian Szymczak

     49      Director

Andrew Simpson—President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors

Since March 2022, Andrew Simpson, 53, has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Simpson has also served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors, since June 2013, and as a director, since July 2012. Mr. Simpson is the sole director and controlling shareholder of Kyngstone Limited, which has provided consulting services to the Company. For more information related to this, see “Related Party Transactions—Agreements with Related Parties—Kyngstone Agreement.” Mr. Simpson has over 30 years’ experience across a variety of business sectors and sizes. He was Group CEO of The Peel Group from 2006 to 2010, which is a large private company in the UK which, at the time, had approximately $8 billion of business assets across the real estate, ports, airports, energy, media, telecoms and environmental sectors. He was a main board director of Speedy Hire plc from 2003 to 2006 (during which time it became a FTSE 250 company) and during his tenure was Managing Director of its Equipment Rental division which had revenues of approximately $200 million and was also responsible for the Group’s development and expansion which included seventeen acquisitions and several non-core divestments. Mr. Simpson qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse and spent eight years working in investment banking at Rothschild, advising on a wide variety of merger and acquisition transactions, debt and equity fundraisings, IPOs and other advisory assignments. Mr. Simpson graduated with first class honors in 1991 from Sheffield Hallam University in the UK where he received a Bachelor of Arts (honors) in Accounting and Management Control.

Mark Hilz—Chief Operating Officer, Secretary and Director

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the Company from June 2013 until March 2022. Mr. Hilz has over 30 years of experience as a President and/or CEO of multiple startup companies. He was previously CEO of INX Inc., a technology infrastructure consulting company. INX Inc. started in 2000 and grew to $400 million in revenue. INX Inc. was traded on the NASDAQ, completed multiple offerings until it was acquired in December 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Hilz founded and was CEO of a technology logistics outsourcing firm, PC Service Source Inc., that grew to over $160 million in revenue. Mr. Hilz raised the startup capital from traditional venture capital sources and after four years of operations took PC Service Source Inc. public in an IPO as a NASDAQ global listed company. Mr. Hilz’s experience includes raising venture capital as well as multiple successful public offerings and numerous merger and acquisition transactions as both a buyer and a seller.

Danielle Watson—Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Since April 2022, Danielle Watson, 40, has served as our Chief Financial Officer. Prior to her appointment in April 2022, Ms. Watson, a CPA, served as the Company’s Financial Controller since November 2021. Ms. Watson brings over 15 years of financial experience to her role. Before joining the Company, Ms. Watson held senior leadership roles at Moss Adams, LLP from November 2007 to November 2021 where she provided audit and assurance services to both public and privately held companies with an emphasis in financial reporting, consolidations, strategic planning, purchase price accounting, and SEC reporting. Ms. Watson earned her Bachelor of Science, with a double concentration in accounting and finance from Texas Christian University and her Master of Science in accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington and is an active Certified Public Accountant in Texas.

Bruce Bent—Director

Since May 2020, Bruce Bent, 66, has served as a director of the Company. Mr. Bent has more than 35 years of experience in financial management. Since September 2014, Mr. Bent has served as Chairman of Enerdynamic Hybrid Technologies Corp., a TSXV listed public company. In addition, since March 2018, Mr. Bent has served as Chairman for Astro Aerospace Ltd., an OTC listed public company. Since June 2020, Mr. Bent has been Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Emeritus of The Matthews Group, referred to in this section as Matthews, and, from August 2004 to June 2020, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Matthews as well as president of various Canadian subsidiaries of Matthews. Matthews is a $500M real estate development company. During his tenure with Matthews, among other projects, Mr. Bent was integral in the completion of a $1.7 billion dollar corporate headquarters building for Encana (now Ovintiv Inv., NYSE: OVV). Since April 2000, Mr. Bent has served as president of MSW Investments Limited, a family office providing early stage financing. Mr. Bent graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Commerce (honors) and obtained his Chartered Professional Accounting designation from the Province of Ontario.

We believe Mr. Bent’s extensive financial experience provides valuable knowledge to our Board of Directors. In addition, Matthews is one of our largest shareholders. Mr. Bent also serves as the chairman of the Audit Committee and “audit committee financial expert.” For more information, see “—Board Committees—Audit Committee.”

Brian Szymczak—Director

Since 2014, Brian Szymczak, 49, has served as a director of the Company. Since 2014, Mr. Szymczak has been the lead attorney for Apollo Endosurgery, Inc., referred to in this section as Apollo, in Austin, Texas where he serves as Vice President of Legal and Compliance. In this role, Mr. Szymczak manages legal disputes and litigation matters and provides general legal counsel to the company’s leadership, sales, operations, research and development, and human resources groups. Prior to working at Apollo, from 2006 to 2014, Mr. Szymczak served in various roles including as Associate General Counsel and Director of Legal Affairs for a large surgical device manufacturer and from, 1999 to 2006, worked as an associate at the law firm of Baker Botts, LLP where he counseled clients on patent and other intellectual property matters in a variety of industries. Mr. Szymczak is a 1999 graduate of Duke University School of Law and holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University.

 

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Mr. Szymczak was designated a director pursuant to the MyoVista Technology Agreement, which grants Guangren “Gary” Chen the right to designate a person of his choosing to sit on the Board of Directors of the Company. We believe Mr. Szymczak’s education, legal skills and experience with medical device manufacturers provides valuable knowledge to our Board of Directors.

Patrick Kanouff—Director

Since April 2019, Patrick Kanouff, 52, has served as a director of the Company. Mr. Kanouff has served as Chief Operating Officer of Bohemian Companies since 2020. Bohemian Companies is a private family financial office and is associated with Bohemian Asset Management, an investment management company with private equity, fixed income securities, and private equity investments. Prior to Bohemian Companies, from 2009 to 2014, Mr. Kanouff was the managing partner of Davis & Ceriani, P.C., a law firm located in Denver, CO, where Mr. Kanouff’s practice was comprised of a combination of complex commercial litigation and business counseling. Mr. Kanouff is a 1995 graduate of the University of Denver School of Law and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Creighton University.

Mr. Kanouff was designated as a director pursuant to the letter agreement entered into by and between the Company and FRV on April 10, 2019, or the FRV Side Letter, which grants FRV the right to designate a person of its choosing to sit on the Board of Directors of the Company. We believe Mr. Kanouff’s education and legal, operational and business counseling experience provides valuable knowledge to our Board of Directors.

Board Committees

Upon the closing of this offering, our Board of Directors will have three standing committees: an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee. Under Nasdaq rules and Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act, the membership of the audit committee is required to consist entirely of independent directors, subject to applicable phase-in periods. The following is a brief description of our committees.

Audit Committee

In accordance with our audit committee charter, after this offering, our audit committee will: oversee our corporate accounting and financial reporting processes and our internal controls over financial reporting; evaluate our independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications, independence and performance; engage and provide for the compensation of our independent registered public accounting firm; approve the retention of our independent registered public accounting firm to perform any proposed permissible non-audit services; review our financial statements; review our critical accounting policies and estimates and internal controls over financial reporting; and discuss with management and our independent registered public accounting firm the results of the annual audit and the reviews of our quarterly financial statements. We believe that our audit committee members meet the requirements for financial literacy under the current requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Nasdaq and SEC rules and regulations. The audit committee will be composed of Bruce Bent, Patrick Kanouff and Brian Szymczak. Nasdaq rules require that all of the members of the audit committee meet the independence standards set forth above, subject to the applicable phase-in periods of Nasdaq. Our Board of Directors has determined that Bruce Bent, Patrick Kanouff and Brian Szymczak meet the independence requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act and the applicable listing standards of Nasdaq.

Compensation Committee

In accordance with our compensation committee charter, after this offering, our compensation committee will review and recommend policies relating to compensation and benefits of our officers and employees, including reviewing and approving corporate goals and objectives relevant to compensation of the Chief Executive Officer and other senior officers, evaluating the performance of these officers in light of those goals and objectives and setting compensation of these officers based on such evaluations. The compensation

 

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committee will also administer the issuance of stock options and other awards under our equity-based incentive plans. We believe that the composition of our compensation committee meets the requirements for independence under, and the functioning of our compensation committee complies with, any applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Nasdaq and SEC rules and regulations. We intend to comply with future requirements to the extent they become applicable to us. The compensation committee will be composed of Bruce Bent, Patrick Kanouff and Brian Szymczak.

Nominating and Governance Committee

In accordance with our nominating and governance committee charter, after this offering, our nominating and governance committee will recommend to the Board of Directors nominees for election as directors, and meet as necessary to review director and nominees for election as directors; recommend members for each committee of the Board of Directors; oversee corporate governance standards and compliance with applicable listing and regulatory requirements; develop and recommend to the Board of Directors governance principles applicable to the company; and oversee the evaluation of the Board of Directors and its committees. We believe that the composition of our nominating and governance committee meets the requirements for independence under, and the functioning of our nominating and governance committee complies with, any applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Nasdaq and SEC rules and regulations. We intend to comply with future requirements to the extent they become applicable to us. The nominating and governance committee will be composed of Bruce Bent, Patrick Kanouff and Brian Szymczak.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

We will adopt a new code of business conduct and ethics that applies to all of our officers, directors and employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer and controller, or persons performing similar functions, which will be posted on our website. Our code of business conduct and ethics is a “code of ethics,” as defined in Item 406(b) of Regulation S-K. The information contained on, or accessible from, our website is not part of this prospectus by reference or otherwise. We will make any legally required disclosures regarding amendments to, or waivers of, provisions of our code of business conduct and ethics on our website.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

None of the members of our compensation committee is an executive officer or employee of our Company. None of our executive officers serves as a member of the Board of Directors or compensation committee of any entity that has one or more executive officers serving on our Board of Directors or compensation committee.

 

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth summary compensation information for our President, Chief Executive Officer and our Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Operating Officer. We refer to these persons as our “named executive officers” in this prospectus. The Company had no other executive officers during Fiscal 2021 and Fiscal 2020. The following table includes all compensation earned by the named executive officers for the respective period, regardless of whether such amounts were actually paid during the period

 

Name and Position(1)

   Fiscal
Years
     Salary($)     Option
Awards($)(2)
     Total($)  

Andrew Simpson

President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors

     2021        —   (3)      43,225        43,225  
     2020        —   (3)      50,225        50,225  

Mark Hilz

Chief Operating Officer and Secretary

     2021        104,167       43,225        147,392  
     2020        219,276       50,225        269,501  
        —         —       

 

(1)

During Fiscal 2020 and Fiscal 2021, the Company did not employ a chief financial officer.

(2)

Represents the full grant date value of the stock award or option grant, as applicable, calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation. Our policy and assumptions made in the valuation of share-based payments are contained in Note 7 of our Fiscal 2021 financial statements. The value of option awards presented in the Summary Compensation Table reflects the grant date fair value of the awards and does not correspond to the actual value that will be recognized by the named executive officers.

(3)

Excludes $100,000 and $191,667 in Fiscal 2021 and Fiscal 2020, respectively, in respect of fees payable to Kyngstone Limited of which Mr. Simpson is the sole director and controlling shareholder. For additional information regarding this agreement, see “Related Party Transactions.”

The annual base salary of Danielle Watson, our Chief Financial Officer, as of the date of this prospectus is $150,000. Additionally, (i) on February 1, 2022, Ms. Watson was granted options to purchase [ ] shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $[ ] per share, expiring February 1, 2032, and (ii) on March 1, 2022, Ms. Watson was granted options to purchase [ ] shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $[ ] per share, expiring March 1, 2032.

Employment Agreements

The Company has an employment agreement with its President and Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Simpson and with its Chief Operating Officer and Secretary, Mark Hilz. The employment agreements for each of Mr. Simpson and Mr. Hilz provides for their terms of employment, duties and responsibilities, base salary, bonus and stock option opportunities at the discretion of the Board of Directors, and eligibility to participate in our employee benefit plans generally. Each of their employment agreements contains certain restrictive covenants that restrict their ability to take certain actions, such as a non-compete, a non-solicitation covenant restricting their ability to solicit employees of the Company, and the requirement that they devote their full time and attention to the business of the Company. Each of Mr. Simpson’s and Mr. Hilz’s employment agreements automatically renew until otherwise terminated in accordance with its terms.

 

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Outstanding Equity Awards at April 30, 2021

The following table shows outstanding option awards held by the named executive officers as of April 30, 2021:

 

    Option Awards     Stock Awards  

Name / Grant Date

  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)

Vested
    Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)

Unvested
    Option
Exercise
Price ($)
    Option Expiration
Date
    Number of
Shares or Units
of Stock that
Have Not
Vested

(#)
    Market
Value of
Shares
or Units of
Stock that
Have Not
Vested

($)
 

Andrew Simpson

           

July 30, 2015

            [             ](1)   

May 1, 2016

    [             ](2)      [             ](2)      [                 May 1, 2026      

March 14, 2018

    —         [             ](2)      [                 March 14 2028      

November 1, 2018

    —         [             ](2)      [                 November 1, 2028      

September 1, 2019

    —         [             ](2)      [                 September 1, 2029      

November 6, 2020

    —         [             ](2)      [                 November 6, 2030      

Mark Hilz

           

July 30, 2015

            [             ](1)   

May 1, 2016

    [             ](2)      [             ](2)      [                 May 1, 2026      

March 14, 2018

    —         [             ](2)      [                 March 14 2028      

November 1, 2018

    —         [             ](2)      [                 November 1, 2028      

September 1, 2019

    —         [             ](2)      [                 September 1, 2029      

November 6, 2020

    —         [             ](2)      [                 November 6, 2030      

 

(1)

Represents restricted shares of Class B Preferred Stock. These restricted shares were converted into [            ] of Common Stock in             , 2022.

(2)

Represents options to purchase shares of Common Stock.

In March 2022, Andrew Simpson was granted options to purchase [            ] shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $[            ] per share, expiring [            ].

In March 2022, Mark Hilz was granted options to purchase [            ] shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $[            ] per share, expiring [            ].

Non-Employee Director Compensation

We compensate our directors with equity awards. There were no equity awards granted in Fiscal 2021.

The following table shows outstanding vested and unvested option awards held by the named directors as of April 30, 2021:

 

Name

   Vested Option
Awards
    Unvested Option
Awards
    Total Awards  

Bruce Bent

     [                 [                 [            

Brian Szymczak

     [                 [                 [            

Patrick Kanouff

     [                 [                 [            

In March 2022, Bruce Bent, Brian Szymczak and Patrick Kanouff were each granted options to purchase [            ] shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $[            ] per share, expiring [            ].

 

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BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership of our Common Stock and Series C Preferred Stock as of [            ], 2022 by:

 

   

each person, or group of affiliated persons, known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding Common Stock or Series C Preferred Stock;

 

   

each of our directors and executive officers; and

 

   

all of our directors and executive officers as a group.

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC, and includes voting or investment power with respect to the shares of capital stock indicated. The Common Stock issuable upon (i) conversion of notes or Series C Preferred Stock or (ii) exercise or conversion of convertible securities, Series C Preferred Stock, options or warrants that are exercisable or convertible within 60 days after [            ], 2022, are deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of the person holding such convertible securities, Series C Preferred Stock, options or warrants but are not deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.

We are not controlled by another corporation, by any foreign government or by any natural or legal persons except as set forth herein, and there are no arrangements known to us which would result in a change in control of our Company at a subsequent date. Except as indicated in footnotes to this table, we believe that the shareholders named in this table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares shown to be beneficially owned by them, based on information provided to us by such shareholders. Unless otherwise noted below, each beneficial owner’s address is c/o Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., 550 Reserve Street, Suite 360, Southlake, Texas 76092.

 

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With respect to the calculations set forth in the table below, the percentages of beneficial ownership prior to this offering are based on [            ] shares of our Common Stock deemed to be outstanding as of [            ] 2022, which assumes the conversion of the $1.5M Notes into a total of [            ] shares of Common Stock and the conversion of the Maximum Percentage of Bridge Notes into shares of Common Stock. The percentage of beneficial ownership in the table below is based on [            ] shares of our Common Stock assumed to be outstanding after the closing of this offering, which (i) assumes the exercise of all unvested options that vest as a result of this offering and (ii) excludes exercise of all other unvested options. The information in the table below assumes no exercise of the Warrants and no exercise of the underwriters’ representative’s warrants or option to purchase additional shares or Warrants.

 

     Beneficial Ownership  
     Number of Shares(1)     Percentage(2)  
     Common      Series C
Preferred
    Common
Prior to
Offering
    Common
After
Offering
    Series C
Preferred
    Combined
Voting
Power
Prior to
Offering(3)
    Combined
Voting
Power
After
Offering(3)
 

Holders of 5% or more of each class of our securities:

               

Dr. Guangren “Gary” Chen(4)

        —                                   —                              

Front Range Ventures, LLC(5)

        143,013                                 30.3                          

John H. Matthews(6)

        —                                   —                              

Paul Knuckley(7)

        25,162                                 5.2                          

John Q. Adams, Sr.(8)

        49,176                                 10.2                          

Lary Snodgrass(9)

        29,240                                 6.1                          

Directors and executive officers:

               

Andrew Simpson(10)

        [                                           1.2                          

Mark Hilz(11)

        [                                           *                            

Brian Szymczak(12)

        1,400                                 *                            

Patrick Kanouff(13)

        —                                   —                          

Bruce Bent(14)

        —                                   —                              

Danielle Watson

        —         —         —         —         —         —    

All directors and executive officers as a group (6 persons):

        27,522                                 1.9                          

 

*

Less than 1%.

(1)

For each person named in the table, the total number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such person is listed opposite of such person’s name. All outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock were converted into shares of Common Stock in [            ] 2022, and no shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding as of the date of this prospectus.

(2)

For each person named in the table, the Series C Preferred Stock percentage listed opposite of such person’s name represents the percentage of the total number of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock owned by such person as a percentage of all of the shares our outstanding Series C Preferred Stock as a class. No shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding as of the date of this prospectus.

(3)

For each person named in the table, the voting percentages listed opposite of such person’s name under the columns “Combined Voting Power Prior to Offering” and “Combined Voting Power After Offering” represent the combined voting percentage of all shares of our Common Stock and Series C Preferred Stock, on an as converted basis, owned by such person prior to and immediately after the offering, respectively.

(4)

Includes [            ] shares of our Common Stock beneficially owned by Dr. Chen’s spouse.

(5)

Includes (i) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock; (ii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of $1M Lender Warrants; and (iii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the $130K Note. FRV’s sole member is the L. Lee Stryker Irrevocable Trust U/A/D 09/10/1974. Bohemian Asset Management, Inc. has voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares of our Common Stock on behalf of the L. Lee Stryker Irrevocable Trust U/A/D 09/10/1974.

 

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(6)

Mr. Matthews is the controlling shareholder of Matthews Holdings Southwest, Inc. and has sole voting and dispositive power over all of the shares set forth opposite his name. Includes (i) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of $1.5M Lender Warrants; (ii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of $1.5M Notes beneficially owned by Mr. Matthews; and (iii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Bridge Notes. Excludes (i) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company of the exercise of Prefunded Warrants and (ii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, of the exercise of Bridge Warrants.

(7)

All of the shares are owned of record by either PSKS Investments, L.P. or Mr. Knuckley and Mr. Knuckley, as general partner of PSKS Investments, L.P., has sole voting and dispositive power over all such shares. Includes (i) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock; (ii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of $1.5M Lender Warrants; (iii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Bridge Notes; and (iv) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Bridge Warrants.

(8)

Includes (i) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock and (ii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options issued as compensation for service as a director of the Company.

(9)

Includes (i) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock; (ii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of $1.5M Lender Warrants; (iii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Bridge Notes; and (iv) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Bridge Warrants. The number of shares of Common Stock and the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock also includes, in aggregate, [            ] shares of our Common Stock and [            ] shares of the Series C Preferred Stock, respectively, owned by Lary Snodgrass Family Limited and Snodgrass Children’s Limited, of which Mr. Snodgrass is the sole managing member and general partner and has sole voting and dispositive power over all such shares.

(10)

Includes (i) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of our Series C Preferred Stock; (ii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of $1.5M Lender Warrants; (iii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Investor Warrants; and (iv) options to purchase [            ] shares of our Common Stock, which were issued as compensation for services rendered to the Company as its Chairman of the Board of Directors. Excludes [            ] shares of our Common Stock owned by the Simpson Family Benefit Trust, the trustee of which, [            ], has voting and dispositive power over all such shares. [            ] disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares.

(11)

Includes (i) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock; (ii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of $1.5M Lender Warrants; and (iii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Investor Warrants and (iv) options to purchase [            ] shares of our Common Stock issued as compensation for services as an officer of the Company.

(12)

Includes (i) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of our Series C Preferred Stock; (ii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of our Series C Preferred Stock held jointly with Mr. Szymczak’s spouse; (iii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of $1.5M Lender Warrants; and (iv) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options issued as compensation for services rendered to the Company. Also includes 400 shares of our Series C Preferred Stock held jointly with Mr. Szymczak’s spouse.

(13)

Includes (i) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options issued as compensation for services rendered to the Company; (ii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Bridge Notes; and (iii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Bridge Warrants.

(14)

Includes (i) [            ] shares of our Common Stock held by Mr. Bent’s spouse and (ii) [            ] shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options issued as compensation for services rendered to the Company.

 

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The following is a description of transactions or series of transactions since the beginning of Fiscal 2021 to which we were or will be a party, in which:

 

   

The amount involved in the transaction exceeds, or will exceed, the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of our total assets for the last two completed fiscal years; and

 

   

in which any of our executive officers, directors or holders of five percent or more of any class of our capital stock, including their immediate family members or affiliated entities, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

For additional information regarding compensation arrangements for our named executive officers and directors, see “Executive Compensation.”

Agreements with Related Parties

$130K Note

On August 12, 2019, the Company entered into an unsecured drawdown convertible promissory note, which is referred to as the $130K Note, with Front Range Ventures, LLC, or FRV, for an aggregate amount not to exceed $130,000. FRV is a beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of the combined voting power of our outstanding capital stock and is entitled to appoint a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. As of the date of this prospectus, the Company had a total of $130,000 outstanding under the $130K Note. For more information regarding the $130K Note and other indebtedness of the Company, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Description of Indebtedness—$130K Note.”

$1.5M Notes

In December 2020, we issued a series of secured convertible promissory notes, which we refer to as the $1.5M Notes, in the amount of $1.5 million. The $1.5M Notes bear interest at a simple interest rate of 12% per annum. For more information regarding the $1.5M Notes and other indebtedness of the Company, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Description of Indebtedness—$1.5M Notes.”

In November 2021, in consideration for the extension of the maturity date of the $1.5M Notes from July 31, 2022 to October 31, 2022, we issued warrants, that we refer to as the $1.5M Lender Warrants, to purchase an aggregate of [            ] shares of Common Stock. For more information regarding the $1.5M Lender Warrants, see “Description of Securities—Warrants—$1.5M Lender Warrants.”

The following table summarizes purchases of the $1.5M Notes by related parties of the Company and the amount of $1.5M Lender Warrants issued to related parties of the Company in consideration of the extension of the maturity of the $1.5M Notes:

 

Related Party

   Principal Amount of
$1.5M Notes
     $1.5M Lender
Warrants
 

John H. Matthews(1)

   $ 515,500        —    

Brian Szymczak

   $ 10,000        —    

Andrew Simpson .

   $ 10,000        —    

Mark Hilz

   $ 10,000        —    

Lary Snodgrass(2)

   $ 100,000        —    

Paul Knuckley(3)

   $ 50,000        —    

 

(1)

Includes principal amount of $1.5M Notes held by Matthews Holdings Southwest, Inc.

 

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(2)

Includes principal amount of $1.5M Notes held by Lary Snodgrass Family Limited and Snodgrass Children’s Limited.

(3)

Includes principal amount of $1.5M Notes held by PSKS Investments LP.

In May 2022, the terms of the $1.5M Notes were further amended. As amended, the $1.5M Notes automatically convert upon the consummation of this offering, eliminating the condition that the $1.5M Notes would automatically convert upon the consummation of a public offering of Common Stock which values the entire equity capital of the Company at $50 million or more.

All such purchases of the $1.5M Notes by, and issuances of the $1.5M Lender Warrants to, related parties of the Company were made on the same basis as the purchases made by, and issuances made to, unrelated purchasers.

$1M Loan and Security Agreement

Beginning in April 2020, the Company entered into a loan and security agreement, which we refer to as the $1M Loan and Security Agreement, with FRV, a beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of the combined voting power of our outstanding capital stock, and John Q. Adams, Sr. (a former director of the Company). For more information regarding the $1M Loan and Security Agreement and other indebtedness of the Company, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Description of Indebtedness—$1M Loan and Security Agreement.”

In November 2021, in consideration for an extension of the maturity date of the $1M Loan and Security Agreement from September 30, 2021 to September 30, 2022, we issued warrants, that we refer to as the $1M Lender Warrants, to purchase an aggregate of [            ] shares of Common Stock to FRV and Mr. Adams. For more information regarding $1M Lender Warrants, see “Description of Securities—Warrants—$1M Lender Warrants”. The $1M Loan and Security Agreement was further amended in May 2022 to extend the maturity date to September 30, 2023, subject to completion of this offering. In connection with this amendment, we agreed to pay all accrued and unpaid interest owed to Mr. Adams prior to September 30, 2022.

2021 Bridge Financing

In connection with the 2021 Bridge Financing, the related parties listed below purchased Bridge Notes and received Bridge Warrants. All such purchases were made on the same basis as the purchases made by unrelated purchasers. For more information in regards to the 2021 Bridge Financing, see “Prospectus Summary—Recent Developments—2021 Bridge Financing.”

The following table sets forth the names of such related parties and amount of the Bridge Notes and Bridge Warrants purchased:

 

Related Party

   Principal Amount of Bridge
Notes
     Warrants to Purchase the
Following Number of Shares
 

Paul Knuckley

   $ 111,111.11        [            

Lary Snodgrass

   $ 222,222.22        [            

John H. Matthews(1)

   $ 555,555.55        [            

Patrick Kanouff

   $ 22,222.22        [            

 

(1)

Includes Bridge Notes and Bridge Warrants held by Matthews Holdings Southwest, Inc.

Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with the 2021 Bridge Financing, we entered into the Registration Rights Agreement with the purchasers of the Bridge Notes pursuant to which we agreed to file a resale registration statement, no later than [            ], 2022, with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Bridge Notes,

 

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exercise of the Bridge Warrants or resulting from anti-dilution provisions in the Bridge Notes, the Bridge Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants (if any) or any securities issued or the issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event, collectively referred to as the Registrable Securities. For more information regarding the Registration Rights Agreement, see “Description of Securities—Registration Rights.”

Short-term $500K Unsecured Note

On August 12, 2021, we issued a note, for the amount of $500,000 to Matthews Southwest Holdings, Inc., a beneficial owner owning more than 5% of our Common Stock. The maturity date of this note, as amended, was November 30, 2021. This note has been repaid and there are no further obligations owed by the Company. In connection with the issuance of this note, we also issued [____] shares of Common Stock to Matthews Southwest Holdings, Inc.

Kyngstone Agreement

Andrew Simpson, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, is the sole member of the board of directors and controlling shareholder of Kyngstone Limited, or Kyngstone, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom. Kyngstone has provided advisory services to the Company pursuant to an Agreement dated June 25, 2013 between the Company and Kyngstone. From the beginning of Fiscal 2021 to [            ], the Company has expensed $[            ] in respect of fees to Kyngstone.

Agreements with Front Range Ventures

The Company is a party to several agreements with FRV, including with respect to the $130K Note, the $1M Loan and Security Agreement, the $1M Lender Warrants and the Series C Preferred Stock. In addition, pursuant to the FRV Side Letter, FRV has the right to designate a director of the Company, who is currently Patrick Kanouff.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

The following description summarizes the terms of our securities, our amended and restated certificate of formation and our amended and restated bylaws. As it is only a summary, it does not contain all the information that may be important to you. For a complete description, you should refer to our amended and restated certificate of formation and amended and restated bylaws, each of which is in effect as of this offering, the forms of which are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

Our purpose is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Texas Business Organizations Code, or the TBOC. Our authorized capital stock consists of five hundred million (500,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and twenty million (20,000,000) shares of preferred stock, or Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share of which, as of [            ], 2022, there were [            ] shares of Common Stock outstanding and held of record by [            ] shareholders and 463,265 shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding and held of record by [            ] shareholders. Of our authorized Preferred Stock, six hundred thousand (600,000) shares have been designated as Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, or the Series C Preferred Stock, having a par value of $0.001 per share. Unless our Board of Directors determines otherwise, we will issue all shares of our capital stock in uncertificated form.

Our executive officers, directors and our shareholders holding five percent or more of our issued and outstanding Common Stock will sign lock-up agreements with the underwriters that will, subject to certain customary exceptions, restrict the sale of the shares of our Common Stock and certain other securities held by them for 12 months following the date of the underwriting agreement entered into with the underwriters’ representative in connection with this offering, or the underwriting agreement. Our remaining shareholders will sign substantially similar lock-up agreements, except their lock-up agreements will expire six months following the date of the underwriting agreement. Further, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Bridge Notes, Pre-Funded Warrants and Bridge Warrants will instead be subject to the lock-up agreements entered into in connection with the 2021 Bridge Financing. See “Shares Eligible for Future Sale–Lock-up Agreements” and “Underwriting–Lock-up Agreements” for a description of these lock-up agreements.

Common Stock

Holders of our Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters on which shareholders are entitled to vote generally, including the election or removal of directors, subject to certain limitations. The holders of our Common Stock do not have cumulative voting rights in the election of directors. Upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up and after payment in full of all amounts required to be paid to creditors and to the holders of preferred stock having liquidation preferences, if any, the holders of our Common Stock will be entitled to receive pro rata our remaining assets available for distribution on a pro rata basis. Holders of our Common Stock do not have preemptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights. The Common Stock will not be subject to further calls or assessment by us. There will be no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the Common Stock. All shares of our Common Stock that will be outstanding at the time of the completion of the offering will be fully paid and non-assessable. The rights, powers, preferences and privileges of holders of our Common Stock will be subject to those of the holders of any shares of our preferred stock we may authorize and issue in the future.

As a Texas corporation, we are subject to certain restrictions on dividends under the TBOC. Generally, a Texas corporation may pay dividends to its shareholders out of its surplus (the excess of its assets over its liabilities and stated capital) unless the dividend would render the corporation insolvent.

The declaration, amount and payment of any future dividends will be at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors may take into account general and economic conditions, our financial condition and results of operations, our available cash and current and anticipated cash needs, capital requirements, contractual, legal, tax and regulatory restrictions and implications on the payment of dividends by us to our shareholders.

 

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We currently expect to retain all future earnings for use in the operation and expansion of our business and have no current plans to pay dividends.

Preferred Stock

Our amended and restated certificate of formation authorizes our Board of Directors to establish one or more series of preferred stock (including convertible preferred stock). Unless required by law or by the TBOC, the authorized shares of preferred stock will be available for issuance without further action by our shareholders.

Our Board of Directors will be able to determine, with respect to any series of preferred stock, the powers including preferences and relative participations, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of that series, including, without limitation:

 

   

the designation of the series;

 

   

the number of shares of the series, which our Board of Directors may, except where otherwise provided in the preferred stock designation, increase (but not above the total number of authorized shares of the class) or decrease (but not below the number of shares then outstanding);

 

   

whether dividends, if any, will be cumulative or non-cumulative and the dividend rate of the series;

 

   

the dates at which dividends, if any, will be payable;

 

   

the redemption rights and price or prices, if any, for shares of the series;

 

   

the terms and amounts of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of shares of the series;

 

   

the amounts payable on shares of the series in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Company;

 

   

whether the shares of the series will be convertible into shares of any other class or series, or any other security, of the Company or any other corporation and, if so, the specification of the other class or series or other security, the conversion price or prices or rate or rates, any rate adjustments, the date or dates as of which the shares will be convertible and all other terms and conditions upon which the conversion may be made;

 

   

restrictions on the issuance of shares of the same series or of any other class or series; and

 

   

the voting rights, if any, of the holders of the series.

We will be able to issue a series of preferred stock that could, depending on the terms of the series, impede or discourage an acquisition attempt or other transaction that some, or a majority, of the holders of our Common Stock might believe to be in their best interests or in which the holders of our Common Stock might receive a premium for their Common Stock over the market price of the Common Stock. In addition, the issuance of Preferred Stock may adversely affect the rights of holders of our Common Stock by restricting dividends on the Common Stock, diluting the voting power of the Common Stock or subordinating the liquidation rights of the Common Stock. As a result of these or other factors, the issuance of Preferred Stock may have an adverse impact on the market price of our Common Stock.

As of January 31, 2022, there were 10,000 shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, 10,000 shares of the Series B Preferred Stock and 600,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding. The Series A Preferred Stock was issued to certain employees and directors of the Company in 2014 and the Series B Preferred Stock was issued to certain employees and directors in 2015. In [    ] 2022, all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock were converted into [    ] shares of Common Stock and all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock were converted into [    ] shares of Common Stock. As of the date of this prospectus, there are no outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock, and neither the Series A Preferred Stock nor the Series B Preferred Stock exists as a designated series of Preferred Stock.

 

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The Series C Preferred Stock was issued from April 2019 to October 2020 to accredited investors and has a liquidation preference to the Common Stock. As of January 31, 2022, the liquidation preference was approximately $11.6 million. An amendment to, or waiver of rights of the Series C Preferred Stock requires the approval of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Series C Preferred Stock. Additionally, pursuant to the FRV Side Letter, FRV is entitled to appoint a member of the Board of Directors as well as a board observer, for so long as FRV holds at least 71,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock.

Voting and Dividends

The holders of the shares of the Series C Preferred have voting rights equal to an equivalent number of shares of the Common Stock into which it is convertible and vote together as one class with the Common Stock.

The holders of the Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends at an annual rate of $[____] per share (adjusted to reflect recapitalizations). Such dividends shall accrue and are payable out of funds legally available, are payable only when and if declared by the Board, and are noncumulative. The Company is not permitted to declare, pay or set aside any dividends on shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Company (other than dividends on shares of the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock) unless the holders of the shares of the Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding first receive, or simultaneously receive, a dividend on each outstanding share of the Series C Preferred Stock in an amount at least equal to the greater of (i) the amount of the aggregate dividends then accrued on such share of the Series C Preferred Stock and not previously paid and (ii) in the case of a dividend on the Common Stock or any class or series that is convertible into Common Stock, that dividend per share of Series C Preferred Stock as would equal the product of (1) the dividend payable on each share of such class or series determined, if applicable, as if all shares of such class or series had been converted into Common Stock and (2) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a share of the Series C Preferred Stock.

No dividends have been declared to date on any shares of Preferred Stock.

Liquidation

In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, either voluntarily or involuntarily, the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, prior and in preference to the holders of the Common Stock, a per share amount equal to 1.0 times the original issue price ($25.00 per share) plus any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon.

If upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the assets of the Company that are legally available for distribution to the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock are insufficient to permit the payment to such holders of the full amounts above, then the entire assets of the Company that are legally available for distribution shall be distributed with equal priority and pro rata among the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock in proportion to what they would otherwise be entitled to receive.

After the payment of the full Series C Preferred Stock liquidation preference and unpaid accrued dividends, the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall participate in the distribution of the entire remaining assets of the Company legally available for distributions pro rata to holders of the Common Stock on an as converted basis. The sale of a majority of the capital stock of the Company or the sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company of all or substantially all the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole shall be a deemed liquidation for the purpose of the Series C Preferred Stock.

 

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Conversion

Each share of Series C Preferred Stock is convertible, at the option of the holder, at any time after the date of issuance of such share, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined by dividing the original issue price of $25.00 by the conversion price for such series in effect at the time of conversion for the Series C Preferred Stock. The conversion price for the Series C Preferred Stock is subject to adjustment in accordance with conversion provisions contained in the Company’s certificate of formation, as amended. As of [            ], 2022, the conversion price of the Series C Preferred Stock was $[            ] per share. See “—Antidilution Provisions”.

Each share of Series C Preferred Stock automatically converts into shares of Common Stock at the conversion price at the time in effect immediately upon the Company’s sale of its Common Stock in a public offering provided that the offering price is not less than $[            ] per share (as adjusted for recapitalizations, stock combinations, stock dividends, stock splits and the like) and which results in aggregate cash proceeds of not less than $20.0 million before underwriting discounts, commissions, and fees.

Warrants

Investor Warrants

The Company issued warrants, or the Investor Warrants, in connection with funding or as consideration for services rendered to the Company. The Investor Warrants have terms ranging from five to ten years from the date of issuance. As of January 31, 2022, there were Investor Warrants to purchase [            ] shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $[            ] per share outstanding.

Warrants issued in connection with the 2021 Bridge Financing

We issued the Bridge Warrants to purchase [            ] shares of Common Stock in connection with the 2021 Bridge Financing. The Bridge Warrants expire in five years after the date of issuance, beginning on December 22, 2026, and have an initial Exercise Price of $[            ] per share, subject to certain adjustments. No holder of a Bridge Warrant may exercise any portion of a Bridge Warrant if after giving effect to such exercise such holder (together with its Attribution Parties) would beneficially own in excess of the Maximum Percentage of 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such holder’s Bridge Warrant. This limitation may be waived by a holder, at its election, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, to change the limitation to 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of such holder’s warrant. Any exercise of the Bridge Warrants resulting in a number of shares in excess of 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio.

The exercise price of the Bridge Warrants is subject to adjustment for certain events such as stock dividends and splits and, if and whenever on or prior to the later of (i) the second anniversary of the issuance date or (ii) the 18-month anniversary of the effective date of this offering, there are issuances of shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock at a price less than the exercise price of the Bridge Warrants in which event the exercise price will be reduced to the price at which such newly issued shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock were issued. In addition, if the per share issuance price in this offering is less than 125% of the Exercise Price then in effect, the Exercise Price would be decreased to the issuance price of the Common Stock being issued in this offering. Upon

 

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a decrease of the Exercise Price, the number of shares of Common Stock to be received shall be adjusted such that the total consideration to be received by the Company upon exercise in full of the Bridge Warrants would equal 150% of the principal amount of the Bridge Note purchased by the holder in the 2021 Bridge Financing.

In addition to the Bridge Warrants, in the event any holder (including its Attribution Parties) of the Bridge Notes who would beneficially own in excess of the Maximum Percentage of 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to, and immediately after giving effect to, the conversion of all or any portion of the Bridge Notes, may elect to receive a pre-funded warrant, or the Pre-Funded Warrants, for all shares in excess of the Maximum Percentage. The Pre-Funded Warrants have substantially the same terms as the Bridge Warrants except that the exercise price is $0.0001 per share. For more information regarding the Bridge Notes, please see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Description of Indebtedness.”

$1M Lender Warrants

In November 2021, the Company issued warrants to purchase [            ] shares of our Common Stock, which we refer to as the $1M Lender Warrants, to the lenders of the $1M Notes as consideration for the extension of the maturity of the $1M Loan and Security Agreement to September 30, 2022. The $1M Lender Warrants expire on September 30, 2026. The $1M Lender Warrants are exercisable for Common Stock at an exercise price equal to the lower of (i) $[            ] per share and (ii) a 30% discount to the offering price for the sale of Common Stock in an initial public offering.

$1.5M Lender Warrants

In November 2021, the Company also issued warrants to purchase [            ] shares of our Common Stock, which we refer to as the $1.5M Lender Warrants, to noteholders of the $1.5M Notes as consideration for the extension of the maturity of the $1.5M Notes to October 31, 2022. The $1.5M Lender Warrants expire on October 12, 2026. The $1.5M Lender Warrants are exercisable for Common Stock at an exercise price equal to the lower of (i) $[            ] per share and (ii) a 30% discount to the offering price for the sale of Common Stock in an initial public offering.

Warrants to be Issued in this Offering

The following summary of certain terms and provisions of the Warrants offered hereby is not complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the provisions of the warrant agent agreement between us and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as warrant agent, and the form of warrant, both of which are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. Prospective investors should carefully review the terms and provisions set forth in the warrant agent agreement, including the annexes thereto, and the form of warrant.

Exercisability. The Warrants are immediately exercisable at any time following the consummation of this offering and at any time up to the date that is five years after their original issuance. The Warrants will be exercisable, at the option of each holder, in whole or in part by delivering to us a duly executed exercise notice and, at any time a registration statement registering the issuance of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants under the Securities Act is effective and available for the issuance of such shares of Common Stock, or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act is available for the issuance of such shares of Common Stock, by payment in full in immediately available funds for the number of shares of Common Stock purchased upon such exercise. If a registration statement registering the issuance of the Common Stock underlying the Warrants under the Securities Act is not effective or available and an exemption from registration under the Securities Act is not available for the issuance of such Common Stock, the holder may, in its sole discretion, elect to exercise the Warrant through a cashless exercise, in which case the holder would receive upon such exercise the net number of shares of Common Stock determined according to the formula set forth in the

 

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Warrant. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued in connection with the exercise of a Warrant. In lieu of fractional shares, we will pay the holder an amount in cash equal to the fractional amount multiplied by the exercise price. We will not effect the exercise of any portion of the Warrants, and the holder will not have the right to exercise any portion of the Warrants, and any such exercise shall be null and void and treated as if never made, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, the holder together with its affiliates and certain other persons specified in the Warrants collectively would own beneficially in excess of 4.99% (or, upon election by a holder prior to the issuance of any Warrants, 9.99%) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise.

Exercise Price. The exercise price per share purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants is $[        ] per share. The exercise price is subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of certain stock dividends and distributions, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications or similar events affecting our shares of Common Stock and also upon any distributions of assets, including cash, stock or other property to our shareholders.

Transferability. Subject to applicable laws, the Warrants may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without our consent.

Warrant Agent. The Warrants will be issued in registered form under a warrant agent agreement between American Stock Trading & Trust Company, LLC, as warrant agent, and us. The Warrants shall be represented only by one or more global warrants deposited with the warrant agent, as custodian on behalf of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and registered in the name of Cede & Co., a nominee of DTC, or as otherwise directed by DTC.

Fundamental Transactions. In the event of a fundamental transaction, as described in the Warrants and generally including any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of our ordinary shares, the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of our properties or assets, our consolidation or merger with or into another person, the acquisition of more than 50% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, or any person or group becoming the beneficial owner of 50% of the voting power represented by our shares of Common Stock, the holders of the Warrants will be entitled to receive upon exercise of the Warrants the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property that the holders would have received had they exercised the Warrants immediately prior to such fundamental transaction.

Rights as a Shareholder. Except as otherwise provided in the Warrants or by virtue of such holder’s ownership of our shares of Common Stock, the holder of a Warrant does not have the rights or privileges of a holder of our Common Stock, including any voting rights, until the holder exercises the Warrant.

Governing Law. The Warrants and the warrant agent agreement are governed by New York law.

Options

The Company grants certain employees and board members stock option awards where vesting is contingent upon a service period, as it believes that such awards better align the interests of its employees with those of its shareholders. Stock option awards are granted with an exercise price equal to or above the market price of the Company’s stock at the date of grant. Certain stock option awards provide for accelerated vesting if there is a change in control, as defined in the option agreement. Stock options may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be exercised when an employee leaves the Company.

Where option awards are granted based on service periods, they generally vest quarterly based on three years of continuous service for executive directors and employees, or 12 months continuous service for directors and have 10-year contractual terms. At [            ], 2022, there were time-based options to purchase a total of [            ] shares of Common Stock at an average exercise price of $[            ] per share.

 

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The Company also grants stock option awards where vesting is contingent upon meeting various departmental and/or company-wide performance goals, including, in some instances, FDA and/or CE Mark regulatory approval and/or certain EBITDA and funding thresholds. Such performance-based stock options are expected to vest when the performance criteria and metrics have been met. These stock options have a term of ten years. At [            ], 2022, there were performance-based options to purchase a total of [            ] shares of Common Stock at an average exercise price of $[            ] per share.

Antidilution Provisions

Approximately [            ] shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Bridge Notes, [            ] shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants and the Series C Preferred Stock are subject to a form of antidilution protection provisions that may be triggered by the issuance of Common Stock at a price below the purchase price of the Common Stock or the exercise price of the warrants in effect, or the issuance of warrants, options, rights or convertible securities that have an exercise price or conversion price less than the purchase price or exercise price, as applicable, other than for certain previously outstanding securities and certain exempt issuances or securities (as described in the relevant agreement). These investors are to receive additional shares of Common Stock and, with respect to the Bridge Notes and the Bridge Warrants, an adjustment to the Conversion Price or Exercise Price, as applicable.

Registration Rights

In connection with the 2021 Bridge Financing, we entered into the Registration Rights Agreement with the purchasers of the Bridge Notes pursuant to which we agreed to file a resale registration statement, no later than [            ], 2022, with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Bridge Notes, exercise of the Bridge Warrants or resulting from anti-dilution provisions in the Bridge Notes, the Bridge Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants (if any) or any securities issued or then issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event, collectively referred to as the Registrable Securities. In the event that the Registration Statement relating to the resale of the Registrable Securities is not declared effective by the SEC on or prior to [            ], 2022, we are required to pay to each holder of Registrable Securities an amount in cash equal to two percent of the principal amount of such holder’s Bridge Notes.

We have also previously granted certain registration rights to the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock. Under the terms of this registration rights agreement, which we refer to as the Series C Registration Rights Agreement, the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock owning not less than 30% of (i) the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock; and (ii) any Common Stock issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right, or other security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, the shares referenced in clause (i) above, referred to herein as the Series C Registrable Securities, and the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of certain expenses, would exceed $10 million, may demand that the Company file a registration statement relating to the Series C Registrable Securities owned by the holders who have demanded such registration. In addition, if at any time when it is eligible to use a Form S-3 registration statement, the Company receives a request from holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Series C Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a Form S-3 registration statement with respect to outstanding Series C Registrable Securities of such holders having an anticipated aggregate offering price, net of certain expenses, of at least $3 million, then the Company will be required to file a registration statement relating to the resale of the Series C Registrable Securities owned by such holders. Finally, if the Company proposes to register (including, for this purpose, a registration effected by the Company for shareholders other than the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock) any of the Common Stock under the Securities Act in connection with the public offering of such securities solely for cash, the Company is required to give each holder of Series C Registrable Securities notice of such registration and such holders may include their Series C Registrable Securities in such registration statement. For purposes of this prospectus, we have assumed that the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock will include their Series C Registrable Securities in the registration statement we file with respect to the Registrable Securities related to the 2021 Bridge Financing.

 

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We have also agreed to grant certain unlimited “piggyback” registration rights to the underwriters’ representative in connection with the underwriters’ representative’s warrants. For more information, see “Underwriting—Representative’s Warrants”.

Annual Shareholder Meetings

Our amended and restated bylaws provide that annual shareholder meetings will be held at a date, time and place, if any, as exclusively selected by our Board of Directors. To the extent permitted under applicable law, we may conduct meetings by remote communications, including by webcast.

Anti-takeover Effects of Certain Provisions of Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation, Amended and Restated Bylaws and Texas Law

Our amended and restated certificate of formation and amended and restated bylaws and the TBOC contain provisions, which are summarized in the following paragraphs, that are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of our Board of Directors. These provisions are intended to avoid costly takeover battles, reduce our vulnerability to a hostile change of control and enhance the ability of our Board of Directors to maximize shareholder value in connection with any unsolicited offer to acquire us. However, these provisions may have an anti-takeover effect and may delay, deter or prevent a merger or acquisition of the Company by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or other takeover attempt that a shareholder might consider in its best interest, including those attempts that might result in a premium over the prevailing market price for the shares of Common Stock held by shareholders.

Authorized but unissued capital stock

Texas law does not require shareholder approval for any issuance of authorized shares. However, the listing requirements of the Nasdaq, which would apply if and so long as our Common Stock remains listed on the Nasdaq, require shareholder approval of certain issuances equal to or exceeding 20% of the then outstanding voting power or then outstanding number of shares of Common Stock. Additional shares that may be issued in the future may be used for a variety of corporate purposes, including future public offerings, to raise additional capital or to facilitate acquisitions.

Our Board of Directors may generally issue preferred shares on terms calculated to discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of the Company or the removal of our management. Moreover, our authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock are available for future issuances without shareholder approval and could be utilized for a variety of corporate purposes, including future offerings to raise additional capital, to facilitate acquisitions and employee benefit plans.

One of the effects of the existence of unissued and unreserved shares of Common Stock or preferred stock may be to enable our Board of Directors to issue shares to persons friendly to current management, which issuance could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of the Company by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise, and thereby protect the continuity of our management and possibly deprive our shareholders of opportunities to sell their shares of Common Stock at prices higher than prevailing market prices.

Classified Board of Directors

Our amended and restated certificate of formation provides that our Board of Directors be divided into three classes of directors, with the classes to be as nearly equal in number as possible, and with the directors serving three-year terms. As a result, approximately one-third of our Board of Directors will be elected each year. The classification of directors will have the effect of making it more difficult for shareholders to change the composition of our Board of Directors. Our amended and restated certificate of formation and amended and restated bylaws provide that, subject to any rights of holders of preferred stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors will be fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.

 

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Removal of directors; vacancies

Under the TBOC, unless otherwise provided in our certificate of formation, directors serving on a classified board may be removed by the shareholders only for cause. Our amended and restated certificate of formation provides that directors may be removed only for cause. In addition, our amended and restated certificate of formation also provides that, subject to the rights granted to one or more series of preferred stock then outstanding, any vacancy occurring in our Board of Directors may be filled by election at an annual or special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office (even if the remaining directors constitute less than a quorum of the Board of Directors), and any director so chosen shall hold office for the remainder of the term to which the director has been selected and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified.

No cumulative voting

Under Texas law, the right to vote cumulatively does not exist unless the certificate of formation specifically authorizes cumulative voting. Our amended and restated certificate of formation does not authorize cumulative voting. Therefore, shareholders holding a majority in voting power of the shares of our stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors will be able to elect all our directors.

Special shareholder meetings

Our amended and restated certificate of formation provides that special meetings of our shareholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer of the Company. Our amended and restated bylaws prohibit the conduct of any business at a special meeting other than as specified in the notice for such meeting. These provisions may have the effect of deferring, delaying or discouraging hostile takeovers, or changes in control or management of the Company.

Requirements for advance notification of director nominations and shareholder proposals

Our amended and restated bylaws establish advance notice procedures with respect to shareholder proposals and the nomination of for election as directors, other than nominations made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors. In order for any matter to be “properly brought” before a meeting, a shareholder will have to comply with advance notice requirements and provide us with certain information. Generally, to be timely, a shareholder’s notice must be received at our principal executive offices not less than 75 days nor more than 100 days prior to the first anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of shareholders. Our amended and restated bylaws also specify requirements as to the form and content of a shareholder’s notice. Our amended and restated bylaws allow the chairman of the meeting at a meeting of the shareholders to adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings which may have the effect of precluding the conduct of certain business at a meeting if the rules and regulations are not followed. These provisions may also defer, delay or discourage a potential acquiror from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquiror’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to influence or obtain control of the Company.

Shareholder action by written consent

Our amended and restated certificate of formation provides that any action required or permitted to be taken at an annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken by written consent in lieu of a meeting of shareholders only with the unanimous written consent of our shareholders.

Amendment and restatement of bylaws

Our amended and restated bylaws provide that the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend, change, add to, rescind or repeal, in whole or in part, our amended and restated bylaws without a shareholder vote in any matter not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Texas and our amended and restated certificate of formation.

 

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The combination of the classification of our Board of Directors and the lack of cumulative voting will make it more difficult for shareholders to replace our Board of Directors as well as for another party to obtain control of us by replacing our Board of Directors. Because our Board of Directors has the power to retain and discharge our officers, these provisions could also make it more difficult for existing shareholders or another party to effect a change in management.

These provisions may have the effect of deterring hostile takeovers or delaying or preventing changes in control of our management or the Company, such as a merger, reorganization or tender offer. These provisions are intended to enhance the likelihood of continued stability in the composition of our Board of Directors and its policies and to discourage certain types of transactions that may involve an actual or threatened acquisition of the Company. These provisions are designed to reduce our vulnerability to an unsolicited acquisition proposal. The provisions are also intended to discourage certain tactics that may be used in proxy fights. However, such provisions could have the effect of discouraging others from making tender offers for our shares and, as a consequence, they also may inhibit fluctuations in the market price of our shares that could result from actual or rumored takeover attempts. Such provisions may also have the effect of preventing changes in management.

Dissenters’ rights of appraisal and payment

Under the TBOC, with certain exceptions, our shareholders will have appraisal rights in connection with a merger, a sale of all or substantially all of our assets, an interest exchange or a conversion. Pursuant to the TBOC, shareholders who properly request and perfect appraisal rights in connection with such merger, sale of all or substantially all of our assets, interest exchange or conversion will have the right to receive payment of the fair value of their shares as agreed to between the shareholder and the Company or, if they are unable to reach agreement, as determined by the State District Court in Tarrant County, Texas.

Shareholders’ derivative actions

Under the TBOC, any of our shareholders may bring an action in our name to procure a judgment in our favor, also known as a derivative action, provided that the shareholder bringing the action (i) is a holder of our shares at the time of the transaction to which the action relates or such shareholder became a shareholder by operation of law from a person that was a shareholder at the time of the transaction to which the action relates and (ii) fairly and adequately represents the interests of the Company in enforcing the right of the Company.

Limitations on liability and indemnification of officers and directors

The TBOC authorizes corporations to limit or eliminate the personal liability of directors to corporations and their shareholders for monetary damages for breaches of directors’ fiduciary duties (other than breaches of the directors’ duty of loyalty to corporations or their shareholders), subject to certain exceptions. Our amended and restated certificate of formation includes a provision that limits the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for an act or omission in the director’s capacity as a director to the fullest extent permitted by Texas law. However, exculpation will not apply to any director if the director has acted in bad faith, engaged in intentional misconduct, knowingly violated the law, authorized illegal dividends or redemptions, derived an improper benefit from his or her actions as a director or engaged in an act or omission for which the liability of the director is expressly provided by an applicable statute.

Our amended and restated certificate of formation provides that we must indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by the TBOC. We also are expressly authorized to carry directors’ and officers’ liability insurance providing indemnification for our directors, officers and certain employees for some liabilities. We believe that these indemnification provisions and insurance will be useful to attract and retain qualified directors and officers.

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directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our shareholders. In addition, your investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

There is currently no pending material litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors, officers or employees for which indemnification is sought.

Business combinations

Under Title 2, Chapter 21, Subchapter M of the TBOC, we may not engage in certain “business combinations” with any “affiliated shareholder,” or any affiliate or associate of the affiliated shareholder for a three-year period following the tie that the shareholder became an affiliated shareholder, unless:

 

   

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not less than six months after the affiliated shareholders’ share acquisition date, the business combination is approved by the affirmative vote at a meeting, and not by written consent, of holders of at least 6623% of our outstanding voting shares that are not owned by the affiliated shareholder or an affiliate or associate of the affiliated shareholder.

Generally, a “business combination” includes a merger, asset or stock sale or other similar transaction. Subject to certain exceptions, an “affiliated shareholder” is a person who beneficially owns (as determined pursuant to Title 2, Chapter 21, Subchapter M of the TBOC), or within the previous three years beneficially owned, 20% or more of our outstanding voting shares. For purposes of this section only, “voting share” has the meaning given to it in Title 2, Chapter 21, Subchapter M of the TBOC.

Under certain circumstances, this provision will make it more difficult for a person who would be an “affiliated shareholder” to effect various business combinations with the Company for a three-year period. This provision may encourage companies interested in acquiring the Company to negotiate in advance with our Board of Directors because the shareholder approval requirement would be avoided if our Board of Directors approves either the business combination or the transaction that results in such shareholder becoming an affiliated shareholder. These provisions also may have the effect of preventing changes in our Board of Directors and may make it more difficult to accomplish transactions which shareholders may otherwise deem to be in their best interests.

Listing

We have applied to list our Common Stock and Warrants to be issued in this offering on the Nasdaq under the symbol “HSCS” and “HSCSW,” respectively. No assurance can be given that our application will be approved or that a trading market will develop. In the event our listing application is not approved, we will not consummate this offering.

Transfer agent and registrar

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SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

We have applied to list our Common Stock and Warrants to be issued in this offering on the Nasdaq under the symbol “HSCS” and “HSCSW,” respectively. No assurance can be given that our application will be approved or that a trading market will develop. In the event our listing application is not approved, we will not consummate this offering. Sales of substantial amounts of shares of our Common Stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could adversely affect prevailing market prices of our Common Stock and Warrants. Upon completion of this offering, we will have [            ] outstanding shares of Common Stock, assuming no exercise of the Warrants and the underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option or the underwriters’ representative’s warrants. All of the shares of Common Stock and Warrants sold in this offering will be freely transferable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act by persons other than by our affiliates.

Lock-up Agreements

Our executive officers, directors, and shareholders holding five percent or more of our issued and outstanding Common Stock have entered into lock-up agreements pursuant to which they have agreed not to offer, sell, agree to sell, directly or indirectly, or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, subject to certain customary exceptions, without the prior written consent of the underwriters’ representative for a period of twelve months after the date of the underwriting agreement. Our remaining shareholders have entered into substantially similar lock-up agreements except that such agreements cover a period of six months instead of twelve months. The lock-up agreements further provide that the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Bridge Notes, or the Bridge Conversion Shares, are instead subject to the lock-up agreements entered into in connection with the Bridge Notes, or the Bridge Lock-up Agreements. Pursuant to the Bridge Lock-Up Agreements, the holders of the Bridge Notes have agreed not to offer, sell, agree to sell, directly or indirectly, or otherwise dispose of any Bridge Conversion Shares for a period commencing on the date of this offering and continuing until after (i) the three month anniversary of this offering with respect to one-third of the Bridge Conversion Shares, (ii) the four month anniversary of this offering with respect to an additional one-third of the Bridge Conversion Shares, and (iii) the five month anniversary of this offering with respect to the remaining Bridge Conversion Shares. After the expiration of the applicable period, whether under the lock-up agreements entered into in connection with this offering or under the Bridge Lock-up Agreements, the shares of Common Stock held by our directors, executive officers and shareholders may be sold subject to the restrictions under applicable securities laws or by means of registered public offerings.

Rule 144

In general, under Rule 144 under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof, beginning 90 days after the date hereof, a person who holds restricted shares of Common Stock (assuming there are any restricted shares) and is not one of our affiliates at any time during the three months preceding a sale, and who has beneficially owned these restricted shares for at least six months, would be entitled to sell an unlimited number of shares of our Common Stock, provided current public information about us is available. In addition, under Rule 144, a person who holds restricted shares in us and is not one of our affiliates at any time during the three months preceding a sale, and who has beneficially owned these restricted shares for at least one year, would be entitled to sell an unlimited number of shares immediately upon the closing of this offering without regard to whether current public information about us is available. Beginning 90 days after the date hereof, our affiliates who have beneficially owned shares of our Common Stock for at least six months will be entitled to sell within any three-month period a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of:

 

   

1% of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding; or

 

   

the average weekly trading volume of shares of our Common Stock on Nasdaq during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to the sale; provided that current public information about us is available and the affiliate complies with the manner of sale requirements imposed by Rule 144.

 

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Affiliates are also subject to additional restrictions on the manner of sales under Rule 144 and notice filing requirements. We cannot estimate the number of shares of our Common Stock that our existing shareholders will elect to sell.

Regulation S

Regulation S under the Securities Act provides that securities owned by any person may be sold without registration in the United States, provided that the sale is effected in an offshore transaction and no directed selling efforts are made in the United States (as these terms are defined in Regulation S), subject to certain other conditions. In general, this means that our Common Stock may be sold in some manner outside the United States without requiring registration in the United States.

Rule 701

In general, under Rule 701 of the Securities Act as currently in effect, each of our employees, consultants or advisors who purchases shares of our Common Stock from us in connection with a compensatory share plan or other written agreement executed prior to the completion of this offering is eligible to resell such shares of our Common Stock in reliance on Rule 144, but without compliance with some of the restrictions, including the holding period, contained in Rule 144.

THE DISCUSSION ABOVE IS A GENERAL SUMMARY. IT DOES NOT COVER ALL SHARE TRANSFER RESTRICTION MATTERS THAT MAY BE OF IMPORTANCE TO A PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR. EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR SHOULD CONSULT ITS OWN LEGAL ADVISOR REGARDING THE PARTICULAR SECURITIES LAWS AND TRANSFER RESTRICTION CONSEQUENCES OF PURCHASING, HOLDING, AND DISPOSING OF THE COMMON STOCK, INCLUDING THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY PROPOSED CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAWS.

 

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U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY IS INCLUDED HEREIN FOR GENERAL INFORMATION AND IS NOT INTENDED TO BE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE, LEGAL OR TAX ADVICE. EACH U.S. HOLDER SHOULD CONSULT WITH HIS OR HER OWN TAX ADVISOR AS TO THE PARTICULAR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP AND SALE OF COMMON STOCK AND AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES, INCLUDING THE EFFECTS OF APPLICABLE STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN OR OTHER TAX LAWS AND POSSIBLE CHANGES IN THE TAX LAWS.

Subject to the limitations described in the next two paragraphs, the following discussion summarizes the material U.S. federal income tax consequences to a “U.S. Holder” arising from the purchase, ownership and sale of the Common Stock. For this purpose, a “U.S. Holder” is a holder of Common Stock that is: (1) an individual citizen or resident of the United States, including an alien individual who is a lawful permanent resident of the United States or meets the substantial presence residency test under U.S. federal income tax laws; (2) a corporation (or entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or a partnership (other than a partnership that is not treated as a U.S. person under any applicable U.S. Treasury regulations) created or organized under the laws of the United States or the District of Columbia or any political subdivision thereof; (3) an estate, the income of which is includable in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of source; (4) a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust; or (5) a trust that has a valid election in effect to be treated as a U.S. person to the extent provided in U.S. Treasury regulations.

This summary is for general information purposes only and does not purport to be a comprehensive description of all of the U.S. federal income tax considerations that may be relevant to a decision to purchase our Common Stock. This summary generally considers only U.S. Holders that will own our Common Stock as capital assets. Except to the limited extent discussed below, this summary does not consider the U.S. federal tax consequences to a person that is not a U.S. Holder, nor does it describe the rules applicable to determine a taxpayer’s status as a U.S. Holder. This summary is based on the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, final, temporary and proposed U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, administrative and judicial interpretations thereof, all as in effect as of the date hereof and all of which are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis, and all of which are open to differing interpretations. We will not seek a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, or the IRS, with regard to the U.S. federal income tax treatment of an investment in our Common Stock by U.S. Holders and, therefore, can provide no assurances that the IRS will agree with the conclusions set forth below.

This discussion does not address all of the aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to a particular U.S. holder based on such holder’s particular circumstances and in particular does not discuss any estate, gift, generation-skipping transfer, state, local, excise or foreign tax considerations. In addition, this discussion does not address the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a U.S. Holder who is: (1) a bank, life insurance company, regulated investment company, or other financial institution or “financial services entity;” (2) a broker or dealer in securities or foreign currency; (3) a person who acquired our Common Stock in connection with employment or other performance of services; (4) a U.S. Holder that is subject to the U.S. alternative minimum tax; (5) a U.S. Holder that holds our Common Stock as a hedge or as part of a hedging, straddle, conversion or constructive sale transaction or other risk-reduction transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (6) a tax-exempt entity; (7) real estate investment trusts or grantor trusts; (8) a U.S. Holder that expatriates out of the United States or a former long-term resident of the United States; or (9) a person having a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar. This discussion does not address the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a U.S. Holder that owns, directly or constructively, at any time, Common Stock representing 10% or more of our voting power. Additionally, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of partnerships (or other pass-through entities) or persons who hold Common Stock through a partnership or other pass-through entity are not addressed.

 

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Each prospective investor is advised to consult his or her own tax adviser for the specific tax consequences to that investor of purchasing, holding or disposing of our Common Stock, including the effects of applicable state, local, foreign or other tax laws and possible changes in the tax laws.

General Treatment of Units and Allocation of Purchase Price

There is no authority directly addressing the treatment for U.S. federal income tax purposes of instruments with terms substantially the same as the Units and, therefore, the treatment of a Unit is not entirely clear. The acquisition of a Unit is expected to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as the acquisition of one share of our Common Stock and one Warrant. We intend to treat the acquisition of a Unit in this manner and, by purchasing a Unit, you agree to adopt such treatment for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Each U.S. Holder of a Unit must allocate the purchase price paid by such U.S. Holder for such Unit between the share of Common Stock and the Warrant based on their respective relative fair market values at the time of issuance. A U.S. Holder’s initial tax basis in the Common Stock and the Warrant included in each Unit should equal the portion of the purchase price of the Unit allocated thereto. Any disposition of a Unit should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a disposition of the share of Common Stock and one Warrant comprising the Unit, and the amount realized on the disposition should be allocated between the Common Stock and the Warrant based on their respective relative fair market values at the time of disposition. The separation of the Common Stock and Warrant comprising a Unit should not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The foregoing treatment of the Units and a U.S. Holder’s purchase price allocation is not binding on the IRS or the courts. Because there is no authority that directly addresses instruments that are similar to the Units, no assurance can be given that the IRS or the courts will agree with the characterization described above or the discussion below. Each prospective investor is urged to consult its tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal, state, local and any foreign tax consequences of an investment in a Unit (including alternative characterizations of a Unit and its components). The following discussion is based on the assumption that the characterization of the Common Stock and Warrants and the allocation described above are accepted for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Taxation of Dividends Paid on Common Stock

We do not intend to pay dividends in the foreseeable future. In the event that we do pay dividends, and subject to the discussion of “qualified dividend income” below, a U.S. Holder, other than certain U.S. Holders that are U.S. corporations, will be required to include in gross income as ordinary income the amount of any distribution paid on Common Stock to the extent that such distribution does not exceed our current and accumulated earnings and profits, as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The amount of a distribution which exceeds our earnings and profits will be treated first as a non-taxable return of capital, reducing the U.S. Holder’s tax basis for the Common Stock to the extent thereof, and then capital gain. We do not expect to maintain calculations of our earnings and profits under U.S. federal income tax principles and, therefore, U.S. Holders should expect that the entire amount of any distribution generally will be reported as dividend income.

In general, preferential tax rates for “qualified dividend income” and long-term capital gains are applicable for U.S. Holders that are individuals, estates or trusts. “Qualified dividend income” means, inter alia, dividends received from a U.S. Corporation. A U.S. Holder will not be entitled to the preferential rate: (1) if the U.S. Holder has not held our Common Stock for at least 61 days of the 121 day period beginning on the date which is 60 days before the ex-dividend date, or (2) to the extent the U.S. Holder is under an obligation to make related payments on substantially similar property. Any days during which the U.S. Holder has diminished its risk of loss on our Common Stock are not counted towards meeting the 61-day holding period. Finally, U.S. Holders who elect to treat the dividend income as “investment income” pursuant to Code section 163(d)(4) will not be eligible for the preferential rate of taxation.

 

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The amount of a distribution of property other than cash with respect to our Common Stock will be measured by the amount of the fair market value of any property distributed.

Taxation of the Disposition of Common Stock

Upon the sale, exchange or other disposition of our Common Stock or the Warrants (including, in certain circumstances, a redemption of our Common Stock or the Warrants), a U.S. Holder will recognize capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between such U.S. Holder’s tax basis for the Common Stock or Warrants in U.S. dollars and the amount realized on the disposition. The gain or loss realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of Common Stock or Warrants will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Holder has a holding period for such Common Stock or Warrants of more than one year at the time of the disposition. Individuals who recognize long-term capital gains may be taxed on such gains at reduced rates of tax. The deduction of capital losses is subject to various limitations.

Tax on Net Investment Income

Certain U.S. Holders who are individuals, estates or trusts will be required to pay a 3.8% Medicare tax on their net investment income (including dividends on and gains from the sale or other disposition of our Common Stock or Warrants), or in the case of estates and trusts on their net investment income that is not distributed to beneficiaries of the estate or trust. In each case, the 3.8% Medicare tax applies only to the extent the U.S. Holder’s total adjusted income exceeds applicable thresholds.

Tax Consequences for Non-U.S. Holders of Units

Except as provided below, an individual, corporation, estate or trust that is not a U.S. Holder, referred to below as a non-U.S. Holder, generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax on the payment of dividends on, and the proceeds from the disposition of, our Common Stock or Warrants.

A non-U.S. Holder may be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a dividend paid on our Common Stock or gain from the disposition of our Common Stock or Warrants if: (1) such item is effectively connected with the conduct by the non-U.S. Holder of a trade or business in the United States and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty is attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed place of business in the United States; or (2) in the case of a disposition of our Common Stock or Warrants, the individual non-U.S. Holder is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the disposition and other specified conditions are met.

In general, non-U.S. Holders will not be subject to backup withholding with respect to the payment of dividends on our Common Stock if payment is made through a paying agent, or office of a foreign broker outside the United States. However, if payment is made in the United States or by a U.S. related person, non-U.S. Holders may be subject to backup withholding, unless the non-U.S. Holder provides an applicable IRS Form W-8 (or a substantially similar form) certifying its foreign status, or otherwise establishes an exemption.

The amount of any backup withholding from a payment to a non-U.S. Holder will be allowed as a credit against such holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability and may entitle such holder to a refund, provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

Information Reporting and Withholding

A U.S. Holder may be subject to backup withholding at a rate of 24% with respect to cash dividends and proceeds from a disposition of Common Stock or Warrants. In general, backup withholding will apply only if a U.S. Holder fails to comply with specified identification procedures. Backup withholding will not apply with respect to payments made to designated exempt recipients, such as corporations and tax-exempt organizations. Backup withholding is not an additional tax and may be claimed as a credit against the U.S. federal income tax liability of a U.S. Holder, provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

 

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UNDERWRITING

We and the underwriters named below have entered into an underwriting agreement with respect to the Units being offered. Subject to certain conditions, the underwriters have agreed to purchase the number of Units indicated in the following table. The Benchmark Company, LLC is acting as the representative of the underwriters.

 

Underwriter

   Number
of Units
 

The Benchmark Company, LLC

                   
  

 

 

 

Total

  
  

 

 

 

The underwriters are committed to take and pay for all of the Units being offered, if any are taken, other than the Common Stock and Warrants covered by the option described below unless and until this option is exercised. The underwriting agreement also provides that if underwriters default, the offering may be terminated.

The underwriters have an option to purchase up to [            ] additional shares of Common Stock and additional Warrants to purchase [            ] shares of Common Stock from us, or any combination thereof, to cover sales of shares and Warrants by the underwriters which exceed the number of Units specified in the table above. The underwriters have 30 days from the date of this prospectus to exercise this over-allotment option. If any shares and/or additional Warrants are purchased with this over-allotment option, the underwriters will purchase shares and/or additional Warrants in approximately the same proportion as shown in the table above. If any additional shares of Common Stock and/or additional Warrants are purchased, the underwriters will offer the additional shares and additional Warrants, respectively, on the same terms as those on which the shares and Warrants are being offered.

The following table shows the per Unit and total underwriting discounts and commissions to be paid to the underwriters by us assuming both no exercise and full exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option.

 

     Without
Over-Allotment
Exercise
    With Full
Over-Allotment
Exercise
 

Per Unit(1)

   $ [                 [            

Total

   $ [                 [            

 

(1)

The underwriters will receive a discount of [            ]% of the public offering price.

Units sold by the underwriters to the public will initially be offered at the initial public offering price set forth on the cover of this prospectus. Any Units sold by the underwriter to securities dealers may be sold at a discount of up to $[            ] per Unit from the initial public offering price. After the initial offering of the Units, the representative may change the offering price and the other selling terms. The offering of the Units by the underwriters is subject to receipt and acceptance and subject to the underwriters’ right to reject any order in whole or in part. Sales of Units made outside of the United States may be made by affiliates of the underwriter.

Representative’s Warrants

We have agreed to issue to the representative, or its designees, warrants to purchase up to 7.0% of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Units sold in this offering (or up to              shares). The warrants will have a term of five years from the effective date of the offering, will have an exercise price equal to 100% of the public offering price per Unit set forth on the cover page of this prospectus (or $             per share), will provide for a “cashless” exercise, and will contain certain antidilution adjustments (but excluding any price based anti-dilution). The warrants will contain provisions for unlimited “piggyback” registration rights for a period of no greater than three (3) years from the effective date of the offering in compliance with FINRA

 

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Rule 5110(g)(8)(D). Pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e), the warrants and any shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the warrants may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the securities by any person for a period of 180 days beginning on the date of commencement of sales of this offering, except certain transfers of such securities, including: (i) by operation of law or by reason of our reorganization; (ii) to any FINRA member firm participating in the offering and the officers or partners thereof, if all securities so transferred remain subject to the lock-up restriction set forth above for the remainder of the time period; (iii) if the aggregate amount of our securities held by the underwriters or related persons do not exceed 1% of the securities being offered; (iv) that is beneficially owned on a pro-rata basis by all equity owners of an investment fund, provided that no participating member manages or otherwise directs investments by the fund and the participating members in the aggregate do not own more than 10% of the equity in the fund; or (v) the exercise or conversion of any security, if all securities remain subject to the lock-up restriction set forth above for the remainder of the time period.

Expense Reimbursement

We have agreed to pay or reimburse the underwriters for certain of their actual out-of-pocket fees and expenses, including “road show,” diligence, filing fees and communication expenses associated with the review

of this offering by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., and legal fees up to a maximum of $100,000. The underwriters’ maximum aggregate expense reimbursement allowance for such expenses will be $125,000. We have also agreed to pay the costs of background checks on our senior management in an amount of up to $7,500.

Non-accountable Expense Allowance

In connection with and upon closing of this offering, the Company shall pay to the underwriters a non-accountable expense allowance equal to one percent (1%) of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Units.

Lock-up Agreements

We have agreed with the underwriters’ representative that we will not, without the prior consent of the underwriters’ representative, directly or indirectly sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer, or otherwise dispose of or enter into any transaction which may result in the disposition of any Common Stock or securities convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any Common Stock for a period of six months after the date of the underwriting agreement.

In addition, each of our executive officers and directors and our shareholders holding five percent or more of our issued and outstanding Common Stock have agreed with the underwriters’ representative, subject to certain customary exceptions, not to directly or indirectly sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer, or otherwise dispose of or enter into any transaction which may result in the disposition of any Common Stock or securities convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any Common Stock, without the prior written consent of the representative, for a period of twelve months after the date of the underwriting agreement. Our remaining shareholders have entered into substantially similar lock-up agreements except that such agreements cover a period of six months instead of twelve months. The lock-up agreements further provide that the Bridge Conversion Shares are instead subject to the Bridge Lock-up Agreements. Pursuant to the Bridge Lock-Up Agreements, the holders of the Bridge Notes have agreed not to offer, sell, agree to sell, directly or indirectly, or otherwise dispose of any Bridge Conversion Shares for a period commencing on the date of this offering and continuing until after (i) the three month anniversary of this offering with respect to one-third of the Bridge Conversion Shares, (ii) the four month anniversary of this offering with respect to an additional one-third of the Bridge Conversion Shares, and (iii) the five month anniversary of this offering with respect to the remaining Bridge Conversion Shares.

 

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Stabilization

In connection with this offering, the underwriters may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of our Common Stock. Specifically, the underwriters may over-allot in connection with this offering by selling more shares than they are obligated to purchase under the underwriting agreement, creating a short position in our securities. The short position may be either a covered short position or a naked short position. In a covered short position, the number of securities over-allotted by the underwriters is not greater than the number of securities that they may purchase in the over-allotment option. In a naked short position, the number of securities involved is greater than the number of securities in the over-allotment option. To close out a short position or to stabilize the price per security the underwriters may bid for, and purchase, securities in the open market. The underwriters may also elect to reduce any short position by exercising all or part of the over-allotment option. In determining the source of securities to close out the short position, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of the security available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which it may purchase the security through the over-allotment option. If the underwriters sell more than could be covered by the over-allotment option, a naked short position, the position can only be closed out by buying securities in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there could be downward pressure on the price of the securities in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering.

Finally, the underwriters may bid for, and purchase, securities in market making transactions, including “passive” market making transactions as described below.

The foregoing transactions may stabilize or maintain the market price of our securities at a price that is higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the absence of these activities. The underwriters are not required to engage in these activities, and may discontinue any of these activities at any time without notice. These transactions may be effected on a national securities exchange or otherwise.

In connection with this offering, the underwriters and selling group, if any, or their affiliates may engage in passive market making transactions in Common Stock on a national securities exchange immediately prior to the commencement of sales in this offering, in accordance with Rule 103 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Rule 103 generally provides that:

 

   

a passive market maker may not effect transactions or display bids for our Common Stock in excess of the highest independent bid price by persons who are not passive market makers; net purchases by a passive market maker on each day are generally limited to 30% of the passive market maker’s average daily trading volume in our common share during a specified two-month prior period or 200 shares, whichever is greater, and must be discontinued when that limit is reached; and

 

   

passive market making bids must be identified as such.

Such passive market transactions may stabilize or maintain the market price of our Common Stock at a level above that which might otherwise prevail and, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.

Indemnification

We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and liabilities arising from breaches of representations and warranties contained in the underwriting agreement, or to contribute to payments that the underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.

Participation in Future Offering

Until twelve months from the closing of the offering, the underwriters have a right of first refusal to act on our behalf as exclusive placement agent or sole book-running manager and sole lead managing underwriter, as applicable, for any offering of securities.

 

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Determination of Public Offering Price

Prior to this offering, there has not been a public market for our shares of Common Stock or Warrants. The public offering price of the Units offered by this prospectus has been determined by negotiation between us and the underwriter. Among the factors considered in determining the public offering price of the Units were:

 

   

our history and our prospects;

 

   

our financial information and historical performance;

 

   

the industry in which we operate;

 

   

the status and development prospects for our device;

 

   

the experience and skills of our executive officers; and

 

   

the general condition of the securities market at the time of this offering.

The offering price stated on the cover page of this prospectus should not be considered an indication of the actual value of the securities. That price is subject to change as a result of market conditions and other factors, and we cannot assure you that the securities can be resold at or above the public offering price.

Listing

We have applied to list our Common Stock and Warrants to be issued in this offering on the Nasdaq under the symbol ”HSCS” and “HSCSW,” respectively. No assurance can be given that our application will be approved or that a trading market will develop. In the event our listing application is not approved, we will not consummate this offering.

Electronic Distribution

A prospectus in electronic format may be made available on websites or through other online services maintained by the underwriters of this offering, or by its affiliates. Other than the prospectus in electronic format, the information on the underwriters’ website and any information contained in any other website maintained by the underwriters is not part of this prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, has not been approved and/or endorsed by us or the underwriters in their capacity as underwriters, and should not be relied upon by investors.

Other Relationships

The underwriters have informed us that they do not expect to confirm sales of our shares offered by this prospectus to any accounts over which they exercise discretionary authority.

The underwriters and their affiliates may in the future engage in investment banking and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with us or our affiliates. They may in the future receive customary fees and commissions for these transactions. In addition, in the ordinary course of their business activities, the underwriters and their affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers. Such investments and securities activities may involve securities and/or instruments of ours or our affiliates. The underwriters and their affiliates may also make investment recommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or financial instruments and may hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.

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management, investment research, principal investment, hedging, market making, brokerage and other financial and non-financial activities and services. The underwriters and their respective affiliates have provided, and may in the future provide, a variety of these services to the issuer and to persons and entities with relationships with the issuer, for which they received or will receive customary fees and expenses.

In the ordinary course of their various business activities, the underwriters and their respective affiliates, officers, directors and employees may purchase, sell or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade securities, derivatives, loans, commodities, currencies, credit default swaps and other financial instruments for their own account and for the accounts of their customers, and such investment and trading activities may involve or relate to assets, securities or instruments of the issuer (directly, as collateral securing other obligations or otherwise) or persons and entities with relationships with the issuer. The underwriters and their respective affiliates may also communicate independent investment recommendations, market color or trading ideas or publish or express independent research views in respect of such assets, securities or instruments and may at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they should acquire, long and/or short positions in such assets, securities and instruments.

Selling Restrictions

This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell to, or a solicitation of an offer to buy from, anyone in any country or jurisdiction (i) in which such an offer or solicitation is not authorized, (ii) in which any person making such offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so or (iii) in which any such offer or solicitation would otherwise be unlawful. No action has been taken that would, or is intended to, permit a public offer of the Units or possession or distribution of this prospectus or any other offering or publicity material relating to the Units in any country or jurisdiction (other than the U.S.) where any such action for that purpose is required. Accordingly, each underwriter has undertaken that it will not, directly or indirectly, offer or sell any Units or have in its possession, distribute or publish any prospectus, form of application, advertisement or other document or information in any country or jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its knowledge and belief, result in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations and all offers and sales of Units by it will be made on the same terms.

Switzerland

This prospectus is not intended to constitute an offer or solicitation to purchase or invest in the securities described herein. The securities may not be publicly offered, directly or indirectly, in Switzerland within the meaning of the Swiss Financial Services Act, or FinSA, and will not be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange or on any other exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. Neither this prospectus nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the securities constitutes a prospectus as such term is understood pursuant to the FinSA, and neither this prospectus nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the securities may be publicly distributed or otherwise made publicly available in Switzerland.

European Economic Area

In relation to each Relevant State, no securities have been offered or will be offered pursuant to this offering to the public in any Relevant State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the securities which have been approved by the competent authority in such Relevant State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant State with notification provided to the competent authority in such Relevant State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Regulation, except that the securities may be offered to the public in any Relevant State at any time:

 

   

to any legal entity that is a qualified investor as defined under Article 2 of the Prospectus Regulation;

 

   

to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined under Article 2 of the Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the representative for any such offer; or

 

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in any other circumstances falling within Article 1(4) of the Prospectus Regulation,

This all applies so long as no such offer of the securities requires the Company or any underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Regulation or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 23 of the Prospectus Regulation.

For the purposes of this provision, (i) the expression an “offer to the public” in relation to securities in the UK means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and any securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for any securities and (ii) the expression “Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.

United Kingdom

No securities have been offered or will be offered pursuant to this offering to the public in the UK prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the securities which have been approved by the Financial Conduct Authority of the UK, except that the shares may be offered to the public in the UK at any time:

 

   

to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined under Article 2 of the Prospectus Regulation;

 

   

to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined under Article 2 of the Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the representative for any such offer; or

 

   

in any other circumstances falling within Section 86 of the UK’s Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended, or FSMA.

This all applies so long as no such offer of the securities requires the Company or any underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Section 85 of the FSMA or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 23 of the Prospectus Regulation.

For the purposes of this provision, (i) the expression an “offer to the public” in relation to securities in the UK means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and any securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for any securities and (ii) the expression “Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.

The communication of this prospectus and any other document or materials relating to the issue of the securities offered hereby is not being made, and such documents and/or materials have not been approved, by an authorized person for the purposes of Section 21 of the FSMA. Accordingly, such documents and/or materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, the general public in the UK. The communication of such documents and/or materials as a financial promotion is only being made to and directed at persons outside the UK and those persons in the UK who have professional experience in matters relating to investments and who fall within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the FSMA), or who fall within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Financial Promotion Order, or who are any other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be made under the Financial Promotion Order (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). In the UK, the securities offered hereby are only available to, and any investment or investment activity to which this prospectus relates will be engaged only with, relevant persons. Any person in the UK that is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this prospectus or any of its contents. Each underwriter has represented, warranted and agreed that it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Company; and it has complied with and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the securities in, from or otherwise involving the UK.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the securities offered by this prospectus will be passed upon for us by Jackson Walker L.L.P., Dallas, Texas. Certain legal matters related to the offering will be passed upon for the underwriters by Mitchell Silberberg Knupp LLP, New York, New York.

EXPERTS

The financial statements for Fiscal 2021 and Fiscal 2020 that are included in this prospectus have been so included in reliance upon the report of Haskell & White LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1, which includes exhibits, schedules and amendments, under the Securities Act with respect to the securities we are offering pursuant to this prospectus. This prospectus, which constitutes part of the registration statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement, some of which is contained in exhibits to the registration statement, as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC. For further information with respect to us and our securities, we refer you to the registration statement, including the exhibits filed as a part of the registration statement. Statements made in this prospectus concerning the contents of any contract, agreement or other document are summaries of all material information about the contract, agreement or other document summarized, but are not complete descriptions of all terms of those contracts, agreements or other documents. If we filed any of those contracts, agreements or other documents as an exhibit to the registration statement, you may read the contract, agreement or other document itself for a complete description of its terms. Each statement in this prospectus relating to a contract, agreement or other document filed as an exhibit is qualified in all respects by the filed exhibit. When we complete this offering, we will become subject to the information and reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and, in accordance with law, we will be required to file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC.

You can read our SEC filings, including the registration statement, over the Internet at the SEC’s website at www.secgov. We also maintain a website at www.heartsciences.com, at which, following the completion of this offering, you may access our annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information free of charge as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website does not constitute part of this prospectus, and the inclusion of our website address in this prospectus is an inactive textual reference only. Investors should not rely on any such information in deciding whether to purchase our securities.

 

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

The following definitions shall apply to the terms used in this prospectus.

Terms Used by and for United States Federal Regulators and Regulations

“510(k)” means a premarket notification submission to the FDA for determination that a medical device is substantially equivalent to another legally U.S. marketed medical device prior to such device being marketed.

“510(k) Clearance” means a determination from FDA that a device is substantially equivalent to another legally U.S. marketed medical device thereby authorizing the device to be marketed in the U.S.

“ACA” means the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended.

“CARES Act” means the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.

“CDC” means the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“Class I” means a classification of medical devices with the lowest risk to the patient for which safety and effectiveness can be assured by adherence to the FDA’s General Controls for medical devices, which include compliance with the applicable portions of the QSR facility registration and product listing, reporting of adverse medical events, and truthful and non-misleading labeling, advertising and promotional materials.

“Class II” means a classification of medical devices that are subject to the FDA’s General Controls, and special controls as deemed necessary by the FDA to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the device. These special controls can include submission of a 510(k), performance standards, post-market surveillance, patient registries and FDA guidance documents.

“Class III” means a classification of medical devices that pose the greatest risks, such as life sustaining, life supporting or some implantable devices, or devices that have a new intended use, or use advanced technology that is not substantially equivalent to that of a legally marketed device. Class III devices generally require approval of a PMA.

“Covered Entities” means, collectively, health plans, health care clearinghouses and certain health care providers as provided for under HIPAA.

“CMS” means U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

“De Novo” means the process for obtaining authorization from the FDA of a novel medical device that is low to moderate risk for which general controls alone, or general and special controls, provide reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness for the intended use, but for which there is no legally marketed predicate device. Devices that are classified (or re-classified) into Class I or Class II through a De Novo classification request may be marketed and used as predicates for future premarket notification 510(k) submissions, when applicable.

“DOJ” means the U.S. Department of Justice.

“FCA” means the False Claims Act.

“FDA” means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

“FDASIA” means the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act of 2012, as amended.

“FDCA” means the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended.

“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

“GUDID” means the FDA’s Global Unique Device Identification Database.

“HCPCS” means Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System.

 

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“HHS” means the U.S. Health and Human Services—Office of the Inspector General.

“HIPAA” means the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended.

“HITECH” means the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Care Act.

“IDE” means the FDA’s investigational device exemption regulations which govern medical device clinical trials. The IDE regulations exempt investigational devices from many regulations, but otherwise govern investigational device labeling, prohibit promotion of the investigational device, and specify an array of submission, recordkeeping, reporting and monitoring responsibilities of study sponsors and study investigators intended to encourage public health and safety and with ethical standards.

“IRB” means the Institutional Review Board formally designated by the FDA regulations, which has oversite of a study being conducted at a clinical site.

“JOBS Act” means the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act of 2012.

“NAMCS” means the 2018 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.

“PMA” means a premarket approval application requesting the determination of the safety and effectiveness of Class III medical devices pursuant to a scientific and regulatory review by the FDA.

“QSR” means the FDA’s Quality System Regulation, which is the current good manufacturing practice requirements for medical devices. The requirements govern the methods used in, and the facilities and controls used for, the design, manufacture, packaging, labeling, storage, installation, and servicing of all finished devices intended for human use. The requirements are intended to ensure that finished devices will be safe and effective and otherwise in compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

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

“Trade Laws” means, collectively, U.S. and foreign anticorruption, anti-money laundering, export control, sanctions and other trade laws and regulations.

“UDI” means Unique Device Identifiers as required by U.S. federal laws and regulations.

“USPSTF” means the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

“VA” means the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Terms Used for Other Regulators and Regulations within the U.S.

“CCPA” means the California Consumer Privacy Act.

“CPRA” means the California Privacy Rights Act.

Terms Used in Jurisdictions Other Than the U.S.

“CE” means Conformité Européene.

“CJEU” means the Court of Justice of the European Union.

“EC” means European Community.

“EEA” means the European Economic Area.

“EU” means the European Union.

“EU MDR” means the EU Medical Device Regulation.

“Financial Promotion Order” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended.

“FinSA” means the Swiss Financial Services Act.

 

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“FSMA” means the UK’s Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended.

“GDPR” means the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.

“MDD” means the EU Medical Devices Directive.

“Notified Body” means an organization accredited by a Relevant State to conduct conformity assessments.

“Privacy Shield” means the transfer framework, agreed to by the U.S. and the EU, for transferring data from the EU to the U.S., but which was invalidated in July 2020 by the CJEU.

“Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.

“relevant persons” means, collectively, persons outside the UK and those persons in the UK who (i) who have professional experience in matters relating to investments and who fall within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Promotion Order), (ii) fall within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Financial Promotion Order, or (iii) are any other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be made under the Financial Promotion Order.

“Relevant State” means a member state of the EEA.

“UK” means the United Kingdom.

Terms Used for Medical and Medical Device Related Purposes

“ACC” means the American College of Cardiology.

“Afib” means atrial fibrillation or an irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm (or arrhythmia).

“AI” means artificial intelligence.

“AMA” means the American Medical Association.

“APC” means ambulatory payment classification.

“ARIC score” means the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities studies score.

“AUC” means area under the curve.

“BNP testing” means the B-type natriuretic peptide testing.

“CAD” means coronary artery disease.

“CPT” means Current Procedural Terminology.

“CROs” means contract research organizations.

“CT” means computerized tomography.

“CCTAs” means coronary CT angiograms

“CVD” means cardiovascular disease.

“diastolic phase” means the period of the heart’s relaxation or filling phase (as opposed to the heart’s period of contraction or pumping phase called “systolic”) of a heartbeat.

“diastolic dysfunction” means impaired left ventricular relaxation and elevated filling pressures during the diastolic phase.

“ECG” means electrocardiogram or electrocardiograph as appropriate, which is also known by the acronym “EKG.”

“echo” means an echocardiogram.

“elderly” means an individual that is 65 years old or older.

 

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“e-prime” or “ e’ ” means a key echocardiographic measurement of left ventricular diastolic function during the early diastolic phase, more specifically, this is a measurement of the speed of mitral annular motion at early diastole.

“GCP” means good clinical practice.

“HFpEF” means heart failure with preserved ejection fraction or where a patient is not yet classified as having systolic dysfunction, or, also known as severe diastolic dysfunction.

“HFrEF” means heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, or heart failure is classified with systolic dysfunction, also known as severe diastolic dysfunction.

“KOLs” means key opinion leaders, such as leading cardiologists.

“LV” means left ventricular.

“LVD” means left ventricular dysfunction.

“LVDD” means left ventricular diastolic dysfunction.

“myocardial infarction” is another term for a heart attack.

“off-label” means the use of products for a purpose other than as approved by the FDA.

“sensitivity” means the true positive rate or the percentage probability of a positive test result identifying patient with a condition as compared to the gold standard test which in our case is an echo.

“specificity” means the true negative rate or the percentage probability of a negative test result identifying a patient without a condition as compared to the gold standard test, which in our case is an echo.

Terms Used in Connection with Our Company and Products

“$1.5M Lender Warrants” means the warrants issued to holders of the $1.5M Notes as consideration for the extension of the maturity of the $1.5M Notes.

“$1.5M Notes” means our 12% secured subordinated convertible promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1.5 million issued to accredited investors between December 2020 and April 2021.

“$130K Note” means our private placement on August 12, 2019 with FRV, an accredited investor, of an unsecured drawdown convertible promissory note in the amount of $130,000.

“$1M Lender Warrants” means the warrants issued to holders of the $1M Notes as consideration for the extension of the maturity of the $1M Notes.

“$1M Loan and Security Agreement” means Loan and Security Agreement by and among the Company, FRV and John Q. Adams, Sr. in April 2020 in connection with the $1M Notes.

“$1M Notes” means our 12% secured, non-convertible promissory notes payable to FRV and John Q. Adams, Sr. in the aggregate principal amount of $1 million.

“ewECG” means energy waveform ECG, an alternative description of the MyoVista wavECG device used in the study published in JACC Cardiovascular Imaging Oct 2021, Volume 14 Number 10 and undertaken by Elizabeth L. Potter, MBBS, Thomas H. Marwick, MBBS, PHD, MPH et al.

“Investor Warrants” means all outstanding warrants to purchase [            ] shares of our Common Stock issued in connection with funding or as consideration for services rendered to the Company and excludes the Bridge Warrants, other Pre-Funded Warrants, $1M Lender Warrants and $1.5M Lender Warrants.

“IT” means our information technology.

“MyoVista” means the MyoVista wavECG device.

“MyoVista Algorithm” means our wavECG proprietary algorithm.

“Series A Preferred Stock” means our Series A convertible preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share.

“Series B Preferred Stock” means our Series B convertible preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share.

 

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“Series C Preferred Stock” means our Series C convertible preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share.

Terms Used in Connection with Our 2021 Bridge Financing

“2021 Bridge Financing” means our private placement, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, with a lead investor and additional accredited investors of the Bridge Notes and Bridge Warrants from December 2021 to February 2022, which were issued to such additional accredited investors in exchange for the secured subordinated convertible notes and warrants issued to them in an initial closing of a private placement in October 2021.

“Attribution Parties” are any Purchaser, together with its affiliates and any other person acting as a group as defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act with regard to determining Maximum Percentage.

“Bridge Notes” means the 8% secured subordinated convertible notes we sold to Purchasers pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

“Bridge Warrants” means warrants to purchase our Common Stock issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

“Conversion Price” means the initial conversion price of the Bridge Notes.

“Exercise Price” means the exercise price of the Bridge Warrants.

“Maximum Percentage” means the beneficial ownership in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to, and immediately after giving effect to, the conversion of all or any portion of the Bridge Notes as applied to Attribution Parties unless a holder has notified the Company that it has elected to increase the Maximum Percentage to 9.99%.

“OID” means the 10% original issue discount on our Bridge Notes.

“Pre-Funded Warrants” means the warrants issued in the event the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to a Purchaser upon conversion of in the Bridge Notes would be in excess of the Maximum Percentage.

“Purchasers” means the accredited investors who purchased our Securities pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the registration rights agreement we entered into with the Purchasers in conjunction with the Securities Purchase Agreement.

“Securities” means, collectively, all of the Bridge Notes, Bridge Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants sold pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

“Securities Purchase Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement we entered into with the Purchasers in connection with the 2021 Bridge Financing.

Terms Used in Connection with this Offering Not Otherwise Listed

“ASC” means the Accounting Standards Codification.

“FRV” means Front Range Ventures, LLC.

“FRV Side Letter” means the letter agreement entered into by and between the Company and FRV on April 10, 2019.

“GE” means the General Electric Company.

“Hill-Rom” means Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

“MD&A” means Management’s Discussion & Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

“Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Capital Market.

“Philips” means Koninklijke Philips N.V.

“PPP” means the Paycheck Protection Program established pursuant to the CARES Act.

 

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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

     Page  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     F-2  

Balance Sheets

     F-3  

Statements of Operations

     F-4  

Statements of Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity

     F-5  

Statements of Cash Flows

     F-7  

Notes to Financial Statements

     F-8  

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. dba HeartSciences

Southlake, Texas

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. dba HeartSciences (the “Company”) as of April 30, 2021 and 2020, the related statements of operations, stockholders’ (deficit) equity, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended April 30, 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of April 30, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended April 30, 2021, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Going Concern

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company has experienced recurring losses, negative cash flows from operations, limited capital resources, a net stockholders’ deficit, and significant debt obligations. These matters raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 2. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ Haskell & White LLP
HASKELL & WHITE LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2021.

Irvine, California

February 25, 2022

 

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Balance Sheets

 

     January 31,     April 30,  
     2022     2021     2020  
     (unaudited)              

ASSETS

      

CURRENT ASSETS:

      

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 1,328,208     $ 723,481     $ 496,853  

Inventory

     673,966       750,774       857,008  

Prepaid expenses

     123,714       94,750       131,174  

Other current assets

     40,374       69,037       52,774  

Deferred offering costs

     230,760       —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     2,397,022       1,638,042       1,537,809  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

     76,531       94,669       128,587  

Right-of-use assets, net

     116,280       194,660       289,460  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

   $ 2,589,833     $ 1,927,371     $ 1,955,856  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT) EQUITY

      

CURRENT LIABILITIES

      

Accounts payable

   $ 396,490     $ 335,781     $ 358,786  

Accrued expenses

     915,020       421,161       337,589  

Operating lease liabilities

     119,524       107,632       93,345  

Current portion of notes payable

     2,630,000       130,000       100,566  

PPP loans payable

     —         250,200       250,200  

Other current liabilities

     1,220       1,220       1,220  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     4,062,254       1,245,994       1,141,706  

LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

      

Notes payable, net of current portion

     2,629,377       2,500,000       300,000  

Operating lease liabilities

     —         90,967       198,599  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total long-term liabilities

     2,629,377       2,590,967       498,599  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     6,691,631       3,836,961       1,640,305  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 2, 5, and 10)

      

STOCKHOLDERS (DEFICIT) EQUITY

      

Series A, B, and C convertible preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized and 620,000 designated; 483,265 shares issued and outstanding as of January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and April 30, 2021, and 475,265 shares issued and outstanding as of April 30, 2020, respectively

     483       483       475  

Common stock, $0.001 par value, 300,000,000 shares authorized; 109,690,081 shares issued and outstanding as of January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and 109,356,748 shares issued and outstanding as of April 30, 2020 and 2021, respectively

     109,690       109,356       109,356  

Additional paid-in capital

     48,137,801       47,555,219       47,328,198  

Accumulated deficit

     (52,349,772     (49,574,648     (47,122,478
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS (DEFICIT) EQUITY

     (4,101,798     (1,909,590     315,551  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS (DEFICIT) EQUITY

   $ 2,589,833     $ 1,927,371     $ 1,955,856  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements

 

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Statements of Operations

 

     Nine months ended January 31,     Years ended April 30,  
     2022     2021     2021     2020  
     (unaudited)              

Revenue

   $ 10,224     $ 10,654     $ 25,604     $ 64,182  

Cost of sales

     6,610       4,444       10,665       46,460  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross margin

     3,614       6,210       14,939       17,722  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

        

Research and development

     1,645,902       1,114,459       1,708,447       2,040,227  

Selling, general and administrative

     1,089,301       672,551       874,620       1,795,679  

(Gain) loss on disposal of property and equipment

     —         (573     (1,663     10,016  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     2,735,203       1,786,437       2,581,404       3,845,922  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from operations

     (2,731,589     (1,780,227     (2,566,465     (3,828,200
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other income (expense)

        

Interest expense

     (294,586     (68,338     (132,454     (2,811

Gain on extinguishment of debt

     250,200       250,200       250,200       —    

Gain on settlement of payables

     —         —         —         21,790  

Other income

     851       —         —         —    

Other expense

     —         (2,232     (3,451     (1,897
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other income (expense)

     (43,535     179,630       114,295       17,082  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (2,775,124   $ (1,600,597   $ (2,452,170   $ (3,811,118
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss per share, basic and diluted

   $ (0.03   $ (0.01   $ (0.02   $ (0.03
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted

     109,467,859       109,356,748       109,356,748       109,355,498  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements

 

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HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

D/B/A HEARTSCIENCES

Statements of Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity For the Nine Month Periods Ended January 31, 2021 and 2022

 

    Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock
     Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock
     Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock
    Total Convertible
Preferred
Stock
    Common Stock     Additional
Paid-in
Capital
    Accumulated
Deficit
    Total
Stockholder’s
(Deficit)
Equity
 
    Shares     Amount      Shares     Amount      Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

BALANCES AT APRIL 30, 2020

    10,000     $ 10        10,000     $ 10        455,265     $ 455     $ 475       109,356,748     $ 109,356     $ 47,328,198     $ (47,122,478   $ 315,551  

Preferred stock issued to investors (unaudited)

    —         —          —         —          8,000       8       8       —         —         199,992       —         200,000  

Stock based compensation - non-employee advisers (unaudited)

    —         —          —         —          —         —         —         —         —         15,151       —         15,151  

Stock based compensation - board of directors (unaudited)

    —         —          —         —          —         —         —         —         —         6,705       —         6,705  

Series C convertible preferred stock issued to investors (unaudited)

    —         —          —         —          —         —         —         —         —         2,354       —         2,354  

Net loss (unaudited)

    —         —          —         —          —         —         —         —         —         —         (1,600,597     (1,600,597
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

BALANCES AT JANUARY 31, 2021 (unaudited)

    10,000       10        10,000       10        463,265       463       483       109,356,748       109,356       47,552,400       (48,723,075     (1,060,836
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

BALANCES AT APRIL 30, 2021

    10,000     $ 10        10,000     $ 10        463,265       463     $ 483       109,356,748     $ 109,356     $ 47,555,219     $ (49,574,648   $ (1,909,590

Common stock issued to nonemployees (unaudited)

    —         —          —         —          —         —         —         333,333       334       34,666       —         35,000  

Stock based compensation - management & other employees (unaudited)

    —         —          —         —          —         —         —         —         —         60,359       —         60,359  

Warrants issued to nonemployees (unaudited)

    —         —          —         —          —         —         —         —         —         487,557       —         487,557  

Net loss (unaudited)

    —         —          —         —          —         —         —         —         —           (2,775,124     (2,775,124
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

BALANCES AT JANUARY 31, 2022 (unaudited)

    10,000     $ 10        10,000     $ 10        463,265     $ 463     $ 483       109,690,081     $ 109,690     $ 48,137,801     $ (52,349,772   $ (4,101,798
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements

 

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HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

D/B/A HEARTSCIENCES

Statements of Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity For the Years Ended April 30, 2020 and 2021

 

    Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock
     Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock
     Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock
    Total Convertible
Preferred
Stock
    Common Stock     Additional
Paid-in
Capital
    Accumulated
Deficit
    Total
Stockholder’s
(Deficit)
Equity
 
    Shares     Amount      Shares     Amount      Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

BALANCES AT APRIL 30, 2019

    10,000     $ 10        10,000     $ 10        408,371     $ 408     $ 428       109,341,748     $ 109,341     $ 46,016,795     $ (43,311,360   $ 2,815,204  

Common stock issued to nonemployees

    —         —          —         —          —         —         —         15,000       15       570       —         585  

Stock based compensation - management & other employees

    —         —          —         —          —         —         —         —         —         86,365       —         86,365  

Stock based compensation - non-employee advisers

    —         —          —         —          —         —         —         —         —         24,453       —         24,453  

Stock based compensation - board of directors

    —         —          —         —          —         —         —         —         —         24,249       —         24,249  

Series C convertible preferred stock issued to investors

    —         —          —         —          46,894       47       47       —         —         1,175,766       —         1,175,813  

Net loss

    —         —          —         —          —         —         —         —         —         —         (3,811,118     (3,811,118
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

BALANCES AT APRIL 30, 2020

    10,000       10        10,000       10        455,265       455       475       109,356,748       109,356       47,328,198       (47,122,478     315,551  

Stock based compensation - management & other employees

    —         —          —         —          —         —         —         —         —         16,929       —         16,929  

Stock based compensation - non-employee advisers

    —         —          —         —          —         —         —         —         —         7,746       —         7,746  

Warrants issued to nonemployees

    —         —          —         —          —         —         —         —         —         2,354       —         2,354  

Series C convertible preferred stock issued to investors

    —         —          —         —          8,000       8       8       —         —         199,992       —         200,000  

Net loss

    —         —          —         —          —         —         —         —         —           (2,452,170     (2,452,170
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

BALANCES AT APRIL 30, 2021

    10,000     $ 10        10,000     $ 10        463,265     $ 463     $ 483       109,356,748     $ 109,356     $ 47,555,219     $ (49,574,648   $ (1,909,590
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements

 

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HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

D/B/A HEARTSCIENCES

Statements of Cash Flows

 

    Nine months ended
January 31,
    Years ended
April 30,
 
    2022     2021     2021     2020  
    (unaudited)              

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

 

   

Net loss

  $ (2,775,124   $ (1,600,597   $ (2,452,170   $ (3,811,118

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities

       

Depreciation and amortization

    20,070       26,359       33,611       63,827  

Amortization of debt discounts and deferred financing costs

    33,954       —         —         —    

Stock-based compensation

    118,249       21,856       24,675       135,067  

Gain on extinguishment of debt

    (250,200     (250,200     (250,200     —    

(Gain) Loss on disposal of property and equipment

    —         —         1,663       (10,016

Gain on settlement of payables

    —         —         —         (21,790

Changes in current assets and liabilities:

       

Accounts receivable

    —         —         —         (7,000

Inventory

    76,808       65,897       106,234       147,311  

Prepaid and other current assets

    (996     27,270       20,972       (6,623

Deferred offering costs

    (230,760     —         —         —    

Other assets

    —         —         —         19,273  

Accounts payable

    62,318       (79,494     (20,651     (305,936

Accrued liabilities

    493,859       57,253       83,572       (42,770

Other current liabilities

    —         —         —         (220

Net cash used in operating activities

    (2,451,822     (1,731,656     (2,452,294     (3,839,995
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

       

Purchase of property and equipment

    (1,932     —         (712     (11,424

Disposition of property and equipment

    —         —         —         19,591  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

    (1,932     —         (712     8,167  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

   

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs

    —         —           585  

Proceeds from issuance of series c preferred convertible stock, net of issuance costs

    —         200,000       200,000       1,175,813  

Proceeds from issuance of bridge convertible notes, net of discount

    3,436,001       —         —         —    

Deferred financing costs

    (377,520     —         —         —    

Proceeds from shareholder note

    500,000       700,000       700,000       300,000  

Proceeds from convertible promissory note

    —         1,042,934       1,529,434       100,566  

Proceeds from PPP loan

    —         250,200       250,200       250,200  

Repayment of shareholder note

    (500,000     —         —         —    

Repayment of financing lease

    —         —         —         (16,975
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

    3,058,481       2,193,134       2,679,634       1,810,189  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents during the year

    604,727       461,478       226,628       (2,021,639

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year

    723,481       496,853       496,853       2,518,492  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year

  $ 1,328,208     $ 958,331     $ 723,481     $ 496,853  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NON-CASH FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

       

Issuance of common stock warrants in connection with payable settlements

  $ 1,609     $ 2,354     $ 2,354     $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Issuance of common stock warrants in connection with bridge financing

  $ 463,058     $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements

 

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HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

D/B/A HEARTSCIENCES

Notes to Financial Statements

Note 1 Organization and Operations

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. d/b/a HeartSciences (“HeartSciences” or the “Company”) is a medical technology company specializing in cardiovascular diagnostic technology. The Company is a Texas C-Corporation and is headquartered in Southlake, Texas.

HeartSciences’ initial focus is on applying novel technology to extend the clinical indications for use of an electrocardiograph (“ECG”) device. Its first device, the MyoVista® is an ECG which can be used in a wide range of clinical settings and provides diagnostic information to a qualified healthcare professional on cardiac dysfunction which has traditionally only been provided using cardiac imaging. In addition, the MyoVista® provides conventional ECG information. The Company plans to market its device both domestically and internationally to various hospitals, clinics, and medical centers and manufacture the devices using outsourced production facilities. To date the Company has had small amounts of revenue from key opinion leader engagement and establishment of distributor relationships outside the United States during the development and product improvement phase of the MyoVista®. There have been a number of published clinical studies that have validated the MyoVista® technology and the Company is preparing to seek U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) clearance of the MyoVista® during 2022.

Note 2 Liquidity, Going Concern, and Other Uncertainties

In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 205-40, Going Concern, management has evaluated whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that these financial statements are available to be issued. At January 31, 2022 (unaudited) the Company had an accumulated deficit of $52.3 million and stockholder’s deficit of $4.1 million and at April 30, 2021, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $49.6 million and stockholder’s deficit of $1.9 million, respectively. In addition, the Company has generated recurring losses and negative cash flows from operations since its inception. Based on its current business plan assumptions and expected cash burn rate, management believes that it has insufficient cash to fund its current operations without additional financing for the next 12 months. These factors raise substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Management evaluated the significance of these conditions in relation to its ability to meet its obligations. The Company’s continued operations will depend on its ability to raise additional capital through various potential sources such as an IPO, equity and/or debt financings, or strategic relationships. The Company has implemented cost reduction measures and has continued its fundraising efforts as discussed in Note 4. If the Company does not complete an IPO, the Company plans to continue to fund its operations and capital funding needs through a combination of private equity offerings, debt financings, and other sources. While a number of the Company’s investors have participated in multiple rounds of funding, management can provide no assurance that such financing or strategic relationships will be available which would likely have a material adverse effect on the Company and its financial statements. Additionally, the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon receiving FDA clearance and achieving profitable operations by marketing and selling its medical devices.

Therefore, there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are available to be issued. These financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period.

 

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HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

D/B/A HEARTSCIENCES

Notes to Financial Statements

 

On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) announced a global health emergency, a result of the new strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) and the risks to the international community as the virus spreads globally beyond its point of origin. In March 2020, the WHO classified the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic, based on the rapid increase in exposure globally. In response to the pandemic, numerous states and local jurisdictions imposed social distancing and shelter-in-place orders, quarantines, and other restrictions which impacted the Company’s operations due to changes in working practices and disruption in accessing clinical institutions and physicians for research. While the extent of these disruptions are reducing, they may continue to negatively impact the company’s results of operations and liquidity.

Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and have been prepared on a basis which assumes that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.

Unaudited Interim Financial Information

The accompanying interim financial balance sheet as of January 31, 2022 and the interim statements of operations, statements of stockholders’ (deficit) equity, and cash flows for the nine months ended January 31, 2022 and 2021 and the related notes to such financial information are unaudited. The unaudited interim financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments necessary for the presentation of the Company’s financial position as of January 31, 2022 and the Company’s results of operations and cash flows for the nine months ended January 31, 2022 and 2021. The results of operations for the nine months ended January 31, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected to be for the full year or any other future interim or annual period.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The fair value of cash and cash equivalents approximates carrying value. At times, the Company’s cash balances may exceed the current insured amounts under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”).

 

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HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

D/B/A HEARTSCIENCES

Notes to Financial Statements

 

Inventory

Inventory consists of the following:

 

     January 31,      April 30,  
     2022      2021      2020  
     (unaudited)                

Raw materials

   $ 359,965      $ 381,930      $ 384,697  

Sub-assemblies

     345,044        414,741        415,151  

Work in progress

     21,741        28,250        28,250  

Finished goods

     28,662        296,365        314,856  

Reserve for obsolescence

     (81,445      (370,512      (285,946
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Inventory

   $ 673,966      $ 750,774      $ 857,008  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Inventory consists mainly of raw materials and components used in the current hardware build of the MyoVista. Devices and components are used for research and development purposes and device sales, which to date have been in international markets as sale of the MyoVista in the U.S. is subject to FDA clearance. The Company is partially through a new, pivotal clinical validation study and device testing and development necessary for a revised FDA De Novo submission, which is expected to take place later in the current fiscal year. The Company believes that its hardware platform is in final form, however, prior to FDA clearance and market acceptance of the MyoVista, further hardware changes could be necessary which could have an impact on net realizable values. The majority of the Company’s current inventory is intended for use to build finished products for sales both internationally and in the U.S. following regulatory clearance. Finished products do not contain materials that would degrade significantly over the useable life of the device and are considered to have a useable life of over seven years. Existing inventory related to finished devices are planned to be updated to the latest hardware revision and specifically allocated to a limited distribution for field reliability studies and are not slated for general purpose sales. On a quarterly basis, management evaluates inventory and makes specific write-offs and provides an allowance for inventory that is considered obsolete due to hardware and/or software related changes. If the Company does not receive FDA clearance and/or obtain market acceptance of the MyoVista, the Company could have further material write-downs of inventory due to obsolescence in excess of the amount currently reserved.

Research and Development Expenses

In accordance with ASC Topic 730, Accounting for Research and Development Costs, the Company accounts for research and development expenditures, including payments to collaborative research partners and regulatory filing costs, as research and development expenses. Accordingly, all research and development costs are charged to expense as incurred.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives. The range of estimated useful lives used to calculate depreciation is generally 3 to 5 years. Ordinary maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred, and replacements and betterments are capitalized. When items are retired or otherwise disposed, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is reflected in other income (expense).

 

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HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

D/B/A HEARTSCIENCES

Notes to Financial Statements

 

Property and equipment consist of the following:

 

     January 31,      April 30,  
     2022      2021      2020  
     (unaudited)                

Equipment

   $ 379,612      $ 377,680      $ 379,785  

Furniture & fixtures

     102,563        102,563        102,563  

Leasehold improvements

     32,812        32,812        32,812  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     514,987        513,055        515,160  

Less: Accumulated depreciation

     (438,456      (418,386      (386,573
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

   $ 76,531      $ 94,669      $ 128,587  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Depreciation expense for the nine months ended January 31, 2022 (unaudited), and the years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, was $20,070, $32,967, and $45,712, respectively.

Deferred Offering Costs (unaudited)

Deferred offering costs, consisting of legal, accounting and other fees and costs related to the Company’s planned IPO, are capitalized and recorded on the balance sheet. The deferred offering costs will be offset against the proceeds received upon the closing of the planned IPO. In the event that the Company’s plans for an IPO are terminated, these costs will be written off within operating expenses of the Company’s statements of operations. As of January 31, 2022 (unaudited), the Company had recorded $230,760 of deferred offering costs on the balance sheet. The Company had no deferred offering costs recorded as of April 30, 2021 and 2020.

Fair Value Measurements

The accounting guidance establishes a consistent framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure for each major asset and liability category measured at fair value on either a recurring or nonrecurring basis. Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Where available, fair value is based on observable market prices or is derived from such prices. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

As a basis for considering such assumptions, the accounting guidance establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets;

 

   

Level 2 – Inputs, other than the quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly;

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, the assignment of an asset or liability within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

 

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HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

D/B/A HEARTSCIENCES

Notes to Financial Statements

 

The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgement and considers factors specific to the asset or liability. The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial instruments, which primarily include cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable and accrued expenses, approximate their fair values due to their short-term nature. The carrying amounts of the Company’s existing notes payable approximate their fair values at the stated interest rates and are reflective of the prevailing market rates.

Leases

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Codification Board issued ASU 2016-2, Leases (“ASC 842”) to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by requiring the recognition of right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and corresponding lease liabilities on the balance sheet for all leases with a term of longer than 12 months. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet but are recognized as lease expense on a straight-line basis over the applicable lease terms. The Company adopted ASC 842 on May 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective method, which was applied to all leases existing at the date of initial application of the ASU. As permitted under the transaction guidance, the Company elected the hindsight practical expedient with respect to determining the lease terms and assessing impairment of the right-of-use assets. No impairment is expected at this time. The adoption of Topic 842 did not materially impact the Company’s net income or cash flows and did not result in a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings. For additional details, see Note 9.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for employee and non-employee share-based compensation in accordance with the provisions of ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation. Under ASC 718, share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the calculated fair value of the award, and is recognized as an expense over the requisite service period (generally the vesting period of the equity grant).

The estimated fair value of common stock option awards is calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, based on key assumptions such as fair value of common stock, expected volatility, and expected term. These estimates require the input of subjective assumptions, including (i) the expected stock price volatility, (ii) the calculation of the expected term of the award, (iii) the risk-free rate and (iv) expected dividend yields. As there has not been a public market for the Company’s common stock, management has determined the expected stock price volatility at the time of grant of the option by considering a number of objective and subjective factors, including stock price volatility of comparable companies that are publicly available and based on the industry, stage of life cycle, size and financial leverage of such other comparable companies.

The Company has estimated the expected term of its common stock options using the “simplified” method, whereby, the expected term equals the arithmetic average of the vesting term and the original contractual term of the option due to its lack of sufficient historical data. The expected volatility is derived from the historical volatilities of comparable publicly traded companies over a period approximately equal to the expected term for the options. The risk-free interest rates for periods within the expected term of the option are based on the US Treasury securities with a maturity date that commensurate with the expected term of the associated award. There is no expected dividend yield since the Company has never paid cash dividends and does not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

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is required to provide service in exchange for an award. The Company uses a straight-line attribution method for all grants that include only a service condition. The Company accounts for forfeitures when they occur. Stock-based compensation expense recognized in the financial statements is reduced by actual awards forfeited.

Net Loss Per Common Share

Basic net loss per share excludes the effect of dilution and is computed by dividing the net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, without consideration of potentially dilutive securities.

Diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common stock and potentially dilutive securities outstanding for the period. For purposes of the diluted net loss per share calculation, convertible preferred stock, stock options, common stock subject to repurchase related to early exercise of stock options, convertible stock warrants and convertible notes are considered to be potentially dilutive securities. As the Company has reported a net loss for all periods presented, diluted net loss per common share is the same as basic net loss per common share for those periods.

Common Stock Warrants

The Company grants warrants to purchase common stock in connection with financing transactions. Warrants are valued based on Black-Scholes models and the fair value is recorded to additional paid-in-capital.

Revenue Recognition

The Company adopted ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, effective May 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective method. The adoption of this standard did not have a cumulative effect on opening accumulated deficit as of May 1, 2019, as the timing and measurement of revenue recognition is materially the same for the Company under ASC 606 as it was under the prior guidance.

In accordance with ASC 606, revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services. The guidance focuses on the core principle for revenue recognition, which is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606, which provides a five-step model for recognizing revenue from contracts with customers as follows:

 

   

Step 1: Identify the contract(s) with a customer

 

   

Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract

 

   

Step 3: Determine the transaction price

 

   

Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract

 

   

Step 5: Recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation

A contract with a customer exists when (i) the Company enters into a legally enforceable contract with a customer, through a purchase order, that defines each party’s rights regarding the products to be transferred and identifies the payment terms related to these products, (ii) the contract has commercial substance and, (iii) the Company determines that collection of substantially all consideration for products that are transferred is probable

 

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based on the customer’s intent and ability to pay the promised consideration. The only performance obligation is to create and ship the product and each product has separate, distinct pricing. Performance obligations are met and revenue is recognized at a point in time when the order for its goods are shipped FOB manufacturer and control is transferred.

The transaction price is determined based on the amount expected to be entitled to in exchange for transferring the product to the customer net of any transaction price adjustments. The Company’s payment terms to customers generally range from 30 to 60 days.

Payment terms fall within the one-year guidance for the practical expedient which allows the Company to forgo adjustment of the promised amount of consideration for the effects of a significant financing component. The Company accepts product returns at its discretion or if the product is defective as manufactured. Historically, the actual product returns have been immaterial to the Company’s financial statements. The Company elected to treat shipping and handling costs as a fulfillment cost and included them in the cost of goods sold as incurred. Costs associated with product sales include commissions. The Company applies the practical expedient and recognizes commissions as expense when incurred because the expense is incurred at a point in time and the amortization period is less than one year. Commissions are recorded as selling expense.

As of January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and as of April 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company did not have any contract assets or liabilities from contracts with customers and there were no remaining performance obligations that the Company had not satisfied.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method, which requires recognition of deferred tax assets, subject to valuation allowances, and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting and income tax purposes. Management considers many factors when assessing the likelihood of future realization of deferred tax assets, including recent cumulative experience by taxing jurisdiction, expectations of future taxable income or loss, the carry-forward periods available to the Company for tax reporting purposes, and other relevant factors.

A valuation allowance is established if it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the net deferred tax assets will not be realized.

Accruals for uncertain tax positions are provided for in accordance with applicable accounting standards. The Company may recognize the tax benefits from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such a position are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. Judgement is required in assessing the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the financial statements or tax returns.

Based on its analysis, the Company has determined that it has not incurred any liability for unrecognized tax benefits as of January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and as of April 30, 2021 and 2020.

 

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The Company may be subject to potential examination by U.S. federal, U.S. states or foreign jurisdiction authorities in the areas of income taxes. These potential examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance with U.S. federal, U.S. state and foreign tax laws.

The Company is subject to income taxes in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and franchise taxes in the State of Texas. Tax regulations within each jurisdiction are subject to the interpretation of the related tax laws and regulations and require significant judgment to apply. Generally, the Company is no longer subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities for years before 2018.

Recent Accounting Standards

In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging— Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity. For convertible instruments, the FASB decided to reduce the number of accounting models for convertible debt instruments and convertible preferred stock. Limiting the accounting models results in fewer embedded conversion features being separately recognized from the host contract as compared with current GAAP.

Convertible instruments that continue to be subject to separation models are (1) those with embedded conversion features that are not clearly and closely related to the host contract, that meet the definition of a derivative, and that do not qualify for a scope exception from derivative accounting and (2) convertible debt instruments issued with substantial premiums for which the premiums are recorded as paid-in capital. The FASB decided to amend the guidance for the derivatives scope exception for contracts in an entity’s own equity to reduce form-over-substance-based accounting conclusions.

The FASB observed that the application of the derivatives scope exception guidance results in accounting for some contracts as derivatives while accounting for economically similar contracts as equity. The FASB also decided to improve and amend the related EPS guidance.

The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted ASU 2020-06 as of the reporting period beginning May 1, 2021. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

In October 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-10, Codification Improvements, which updates various codification topics by clarifying or improving disclosure requirements to align with the SEC’s regulations. The Company adopted ASU 2020-10 as of the reporting period beginning May 1, 2021. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash. The Company maintains its cash with high-credit quality financial institutions. At January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and at April 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company had cash balances in excess of federally insured limits of $1,078,208, $473,481, and $246,853, respectively. The Company does not anticipate non-performance by its financial institution. At January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and April 30, 2021, the Company has certain debt holders that account for 38% and 54% of the Company’s debt instruments, respectively, which are fully convertible.

 

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Note 4 – Debt

Debt consists of the following:

 

     January 31,      April 30,  
     2022      2021      2020  
     (unaudited)                

$130K Unsecured drawdown convertible promissory note

   $ 130,000      $ 130,000      $ 100,566  

$1.5M Secured convertible promissory notes

     1,500,000        1,500,000        —    

$1M Loan and security agreement

     1,000,000        1,000,000        300,000  

Bridge convertible notes, net of discounts and deferred financing costs

     2,629,377        —          —    

Payment protection program loans

     —          250,200        250,200  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     5,259,377        2,880,200        650,766  

Less: current maturities

     (2,630,000      (380,200      (350,766
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Notes payable, long-term

   $ 2,629,377      $ 2,500,000      $ 300,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

$130K Unsecured Drawdown Convertible Promissory Note

On August 12, 2019, the Company entered into an unsecured drawdown convertible promissory note with Front Range Ventures, LLC (“FRV”) for an aggregate amount not to exceed $130,000 (“$130K Note”). FRV is a shareholder of the Company and the Company entered into an agreement with FRV where FRV is entitled to appoint a member of the Board of Directors and a board observer so long as it holds at least 71,000 shares of Series C convertible preferred stock.

The $130K Note may be repaid at any time upon 20 days’ notice to the holder. The $130K Note is convertible into Series C convertible Preferred Stock at any time, upon written notice by either the holder or the Company or at maturity, at the lowest price paid for the Series C convertible preferred C stock prior to conversion, which is currently $25.00 per share. The $130K Note matures 20 days following FDA clearance of the Company’s MyoVista® medical device. Under the terms of the agreement, the note is non-interest bearing.

$1.5M Secured Convertible Promissory Notes

In December 2020, the Board of Directors approved the offering of a series of secured convertible promissory notes in the amount of $1,500,000 (“$1.5M Notes”). The $1.5M Notes were sold as a series to a number of different investors with $1,490,000 of the notes being sold to shareholders of the Company of which members of the Board of Directors of the Company subscribed for $30,000. The notes had an original maturity of July 31, 2022 and were subsequently amended on November 2, 2021, extending maturity to October 31, 2022. As part of the extension agreements, the Company issued 150,000 warrants to purchase common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.18.

In the event the $1.5M Notes are converted into common stock on or prior to the maturity date, no interest shall accrue or be payable. Interest is only payable if the notes are not converted on or prior to the maturity date, in which event interest shall accrue and be payable on the outstanding principal balance of the notes at a simple interest rate of 12% per annum.

 

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The $1.5M Notes are collateralized by substantially all of the Company’s assets and intellectual property and such security interest is subordinate to the secured interests discussed in Note 10 and the $1M Loan and Security Agreement below.

The Company is entitled to either repay the principal and all accrued but unpaid interest on the $1.5M Notes upon giving 10 days written notice to the Holder at any time; or the outstanding principal amount, and accrued but unpaid interest, is convertible into common stock at $0.05 per share, adjusted for any splits, recapitalizations, combinations or other similar transactions affecting the Company’s common stock upon or after any of the following events: (i) 30 days following FDA clearance of the Company’s MyoVista® medical device; (ii) the closing of further funding of $5 million or more which values entire share capital of the Company at $50 million or more; (iii) a public offering of common stock which values the entire share capital of the Company at $50 million or more; or (iv) the sale or merger of a majority of the voting stock of the Company. The Holder of a note may elect for conversion at any time upon written notice to the Company. For the nine months ended January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and as of April 30, 2021, accrued interest was approximately $170,000 and $34,000, respectively.

$1M Loan and Security Agreement

In April 2020, the Company entered into a loan and security agreement with FRV and John Q. Adams, Sr. who are both shareholders of the Company. Mr. Adams is also a Director of the Company. Each party committed to lend a principal amount of $500,000, totaling $1,000,000 and the loan was drawn in three installments of $300,000 upon execution of the loan agreement, $350,000 on or about July 2, 2020 and $350,000 on or about September 4, 2020. The loan accrues interest at a rate of 12% per annum, compounded annually, which is payable at maturity. The Company is also required to pay default interest at a rate of 18% per annum, compounded annually, on any unpaid amounts due at maturity until the loan amounts are fully re-paid. The loan is collateralized by substantially all of the Company’s assets and intellectual property, except for the secured interest on the covered technology as discussed in Note 10.

The loan had an original maturity date of September 30, 2021 which was amended on September 30, 2021 making the note repayable on demand. The loan was amended again on November 3, 2021, extending the maturity to September 30, 2022. As part of the extension agreement, the Company issued 500,000 warrants to purchase common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.18.

For the nine months ended January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and as of April 30, 2021 and 2020, accrued interest was approximately $196,000, $98,000, and $400, respectively.

Unsecured promissory draw down note (unaudited)

In August 2021, the Company issued an Unsecured Promissory Draw Down Note with Matthews Holdings Southwest, Inc. for a maximum amount of $500,000 as a short-term loan repayable upon closing a subsequent offering. Per the terms of the note, $250,000 was drawn by the Company in August 2021 and an additional $250,000 was drawn in September 2021. The Company issued 333,333 shares of common stock as a facility fee for the note.

No interest was payable on the note other than upon the occurrence of an event of default, as defined in the agreement, at which time the borrower would be required to pay interest to the holder, payable on demand, on the outstanding principal balance of the note from the date of the event of default until payment in full at the rate of 12% per annum. The note originally matured on October 11, 2021 and was amended on October 11, 2021 and

 

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again on November 29, 2021, extending maturity to November 30, 2021 and December 31, 2021, respectively. The note was fully repaid on December 27, 2021.

Bridge Notes

In December 2021 the Board approved the sale of up to $5,555,555.56 principal amount of the Senior Subordinated Convertible Loan Notes (the “2021 Bridge Notes”) and up to 30,275,507 associated warrants (the “2021 Bridge Warrants”), together the “2021 Bridge Securities”.

The 2021 Bridge Notes were issued with a 10% original issue discount (OID), accrue interest at 8% per annum and have a maturity date of December 22, 2024. The notes convert into common stock of the Company, or in the event that such conversion would result in a note holder receiving more than 4.99% of the outstanding common stock then such note holder shall receive pre-funded warrants. The conversion price is the lower of $0.1835 per share or a 30% discount to the new issue price in a qualified offering. For two years post issuance, the conversion price is subject to full ratchet downward adjustment in the event of an issuance of common stock prior to conversion at a lower price per share than the then conversion price (or issuance of convertible securities or options at a lower price conversion/ strike price than the then conversion price). The notes are convertible by the holder at any time and automatic conversion (of principal and accrued but unpaid interest) shall occur upon a qualified offering, which means a public offering in the United States pursuant to a registration statement declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, pursuant to which the Common Stock is listed for trading on The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the Nasdaq Global Market. an Eligible Market, with (i) minimum gross proceeds of $6,000,000, and (ii) minimum net proceeds of $5,000,000 after deducting all fees and expenses in connection with such qualified offering. After one-year the Company may pre-pay the notes in an amount of 115% of the principal amount (plus accrued and unpaid interest) or in the event of a change of control or event of default each note holder shall have the right to have its notes redeemed in the amount of 125% of the principal amount (plus accrued but unpaid interest).

Investors in the 2021 Bridge Notes have also received warrants to purchase one share of Common Stock for each $0.1835 purchased in the 2021 Bridge Note (inclusive of OID). The 2021 Bridge Warrants have a 5-year term from their date of issuance and an initial exercise price of $0.27525 per share (being 150% of the conversion price of the note). The exercise price of the warrants is subject to full ratchet downward adjustment in the event of an issuance of common stock prior to conversion at a lower price per share than the then conversion price (or issuance of convertible securities or options at a lower price conversion/ strike price than the then conversion price). In addition if the new issue price on a qualified offering is less than 125% of the then exercise price in effect the exercise price of the warrants will be lowered to the new issue price. Upon a lowering of the exercise price the holder will be entitled to excise such number of warrants such that the then exercise price multiplied by the number of warrants is 150% of the principal amount of their 2021 Bridge Notes purchased.

On December 22, 2021 the Company entered into a first close for $2,222,222 of the 2021 Bridge Securities with various purchasers with Cavalry Investment Fund L.P. acting as lead investor. Subsequent to December 2021 through January 31, 2022, the Company sold further 2021 Bridge Securities in the amount of $1,595,555, including the exchange of $712,222 of convertible loan notes and warrants which had been issued in October 2021, representing the entire amount of such 2021 Bridge Securities issued and sold in October 2021. The convertible loan notes and warrants issued in October 2021 were originally issued on similar terms to the 2021 Bridge Securities and they were all voided as part of the exchange.

The Company recorded a $381,778 debt discount relating to the original issue discount and incurred deferred financing costs of $377,520. The Company recorded a $463,058 debt discount relating to 20,805,320 warrants

 

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issued to investors based on the relative fair value of the equity instruments on the dates of issuance. The debt discounts and deferred financing costs are being amortized over the life of the notes as non-cash interest expense. For the nine months ended January 31, 2022, amortization recorded was approximately $33,000.

For the nine months ended January 31, 2022, accrued interest was approximately $28,000.

Subsequent to January 31, 2022, and through February 28, 2022, the date which the bridge financing concluded, the Company sold further 2021 Bridge Securities in the amount of $877,777 and issued an additional 4,783,528 in Bridge Warrants.

As of January 31, 2022, the Company’s long-term notes payable mature in 2024.

Payment Protection Program Loans

On April 20, 2020, the Company received loan proceeds in the amount of $250,200 under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) which was established as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), provided for loans to qualifying businesses for amounts up to 2.5 times the average monthly payroll expenses of the qualifying business. Following the PPP guidelines, the Company filed for loan forgiveness in October 2020 and in November 2020, the Small Business Administration approved the filing and forgave the loan. The forgiveness of the PPP loan is recorded in gain on extinguishment of debt in the statement of operations.

On January 25, 2021, the Company received a second PPP loan in the amount of $250,200. Following the PPP guidelines, the Company filed for loan forgiveness in May 2021 and in June 2021, the Small Business Administration approved the filing and forgave the loan.

With these events, the Company has presented the PPP loans as current liabilities on the balance sheet as of April 30, 2021 and 2020.

Note 5 – Convertible Preferred Stock

The Company’s Certificate of Formation, as amended, has authorized 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.001 per share of which 620,000 had been designated in series A through C as described below. For the nine months ended January 31, 2022 (unaudited), there were no shares of Series C Convertible preferred stock issued by the Company. In the years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company issued 8,000 and 46,890 shares of Series C convertible preferred stock at a price per share of $25.00 for approximately $200,000 and $1,180,000, respectively.

Convertible preferred stock consists of the following:

 

  i

Series A convertible preferred stock (“Series A”) was issued to employees and directors in 2014 and is subordinate to the common stock. As of January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and as of April 30, 2021 and 2020, the common stock has a liquidation preference of $4,500,000 to the Series A. The Series A convertible preferred stock was issued subject to certain repurchase rights in favor of the Company.

 

     Series A  
     Original
Issue Price
     Shares
Authorized
     Shares Issued
and Outstanding
     Net Carrying
Value
     Liquidation Preference
of the Common Stock
to Series A
 

January 31, 2022 (unaudited)

   $ 0.001        10,000        10,000      $ 10      $ 4,500,000  

April 30, 2021

   $ 0.001        10,000        10,000      $ 10      $ 4,500,000  

April 30, 2020

   $ 0.001        10,000        10,000      $ 10      $ 4,500,000  

 

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An amendment to, or waiver of rights of, the Series A convertible preferred stock requires the approval of holders of a two-thirds majority of the outstanding shares of Series A convertible preferred stock.

 

  ii

Series B convertible preferred stock (“Series B”) was issued to employees and directors in 2015 and is subordinate to the common stock. As of January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and as of April 30, 2021 and 2020, the common stock had a liquidation preference of $35,000,000 to the Series B. The Series B convertible preferred stock was issued subject to certain repurchase rights in favor of the Company.

 

     Series B  
     Original
Issue Price
     Shares
Authorized
     Shares Issued
and Outstanding
     Net Carrying
Value
     Liquidation Preference
of the Common Stock
to Series B
 

January 31, 2022 (unaudited)

   $ 0.001        10,000        10,000      $ 10      $ 35,000,000  

April 30, 2021

   $ 0.001        10,000        10,000      $ 10      $ 35,000,000  

April 30, 2020

   $ 0.001        10,000        10,000      $ 10      $ 35,000,000  

An amendment to, or waiver of rights of, the Series B convertible preferred stock requires the approval of holders of a two-thirds majority of the outstanding shares of Series B convertible preferred stock.

 

  iii

Series C convertible preferred stock (“Series C”) which was issued to investors and has a liquidation preference to the common stock.

 

     Series C  
     Original
Issue Price
     Shares
Authorized
     Shares Issued
and Outstanding
     Net Carrying
Value
     Liquidation Preference
of the Series C to
Common Stock
 

January 31, 2022 (unaudited)

   $ 25        600,000        463,265      $ 463      $ 11,581,625  

April 30, 2021

   $ 25        600,000        463,265      $ 463      $ 11,581,625  

April 30, 2020

   $ 25        600,000        455,265      $ 455      $ 11,381,625  

An amendment to, or waiver of rights in the Series C certificate of designation requires the approval of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series C convertible preferred stock and Front Range Ventures, LLC (“FRV”) (so long as FRV owns any at least 71,000 shares of Series C convertible preferred stock) (the “Requisite Holders”).

The holders of the convertible preferred stock have the following rights, privileges, and preferences:

Voting

Each share of Series A, Series B and Series C has voting rights equal to an equivalent number of shares of common stock into which it is convertible and vote together as one class with the common stock.

Dividends

The holders of Series A are not entitled to receive any dividends until the holders of common stock have received $4,500,000 in payments (in dividends, the proceeds of a sales transaction, or otherwise) (the “Series A Threshold”). Thereafter, the Series A shall participate in any dividend declared to common stockholders by the Company’s Board out of funds legally available on and as converted to common stock basis.

 

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The holders of Series B are not entitled to receive any dividends until the holders of common stock have received $35,000,000 in payments (in dividends, the proceeds of a sales transaction, or otherwise) (the “Series B Threshold”). Thereafter, the Series B shall participate in any dividend declared to common stockholders by the Company’s Board out of funds legally available on an as converted to common stock basis.

Holders of Series C are entitled to receive dividends at an annual rate of $1.50 per share of Series C (adjusted to reflect recapitalizations). Such dividends shall accrue and are payable out of funds legally available, are payable only when and if declared by the Board, and are noncumulative. The Company shall not declare, pay or set aside any dividends on shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Company (other than dividends on shares of common stock payable in shares of common stock) unless the holders of Series C then outstanding first receive, or simultaneously receive, a dividend on each outstanding share of Series C in an amount at least equal to the greater of (i) the amount of the aggregate dividends then accrued on such share of Series C and not previously paid and (ii) in the case of a dividend on common stock or any class or series that is convertible into common stock, that dividend per share of Series C Preferred Stock as would equal the product of (1) the dividend payable on each share of such class or series determined, if applicable, as if all shares of such class or series had been converted into common stock and (2) the number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of a share of Series C convertible preferred stock.

No dividends have been declared to date.

Liquidation

In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, either voluntarily or involuntarily, the holders of Series C are entitled to receive, prior and in preference to the holders of Series A, Series B, and common stock, a per share amount equal to 1.0 times the original issue price plus any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon.

If upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the assets of the Company that are legally available for distribution to the holders of Series C are insufficient to permit the payment to such holders of the full amounts above, then the entire assets of the Company that are legally available for distribution shall be distributed with equal priority and pro-rata among the holders of the Series C in proportion to what they would otherwise be entitled to receive.

After the payment of the full Series C liquidation preference and unpaid accrued dividends, the Series C stockholders shall participate in the distribution of the entire remaining assets of the Company legally available for distributions pro-rata to holders of common stock on an as converted to common stock basis. The sale of a majority of the capital stock of the Company or the sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, by the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation of all or substantially all the assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole shall be a deemed liquidation for the purpose of the Series C.

In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, either voluntarily or involuntarily, the holders of Series A shall only participate in the distribution of the entire remaining assets of the Company legally available for distributions after the holders of common stock have received $4,500,000 in payments (in dividends, the proceeds of a sales transaction, or otherwise). Thereafter, the Series A shall participate pro-rata to the common stockholders on an as converted to common stock basis.

In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, either voluntarily or involuntarily, the holders of Series B shall only participate in the distribution of the entire remaining assets of the Company legally

 

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available for distributions after the holders of common stock have received $35,000,000 in payments (in dividends, the proceeds of a sales transaction, or otherwise). Thereafter, the Series B shall participate pro-rata to the common stockholders on an as converted to common stock basis.

Conversion

Each share of Series A convertible preferred stock is convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, into fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock at any time prior to May 1, 2024. Additionally, if the holders of Series A convertible preferred stock are entitled to make, but have not made, an election to convert Series A convertible preferred stock by May 1, 2024, then such shares will automatically be converted into common stock and canceled.

The number of shares of common stock into which Series A convertible preferred stock may be converted is based on a formula set forth in the Company’s certificate of formation, as amended. It varies according to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock at the time of conversion and is subject to a $4,500,000 minimum value threshold of the common stock, (less any payments previously made to common stockholders). Unless the $4,500,000 minimum value threshold is met, each share of Series A convertible preferred stock would convert into nil shares of common stock.

Each share of Series B convertible preferred stock is convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, into fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock at any time prior to July 7, 2025. Additionally, if the holders of Series B convertible preferred stock are entitled to make, but have not made, an election to convert Series B convertible preferred stock by July 7, 2025, then such shares will automatically be converted into common stock and canceled.

No conversion of the Series B convertible preferred stock may take place if a repurchase right exists. The holders of the Series B convertible preferred stock each entered into a restricted stock agreement in July 2015 whereby the Company was granted the right to repurchase up to all of such stockholders’ Series B convertible preferred stock at a price of $0.001 per share under certain conditions. The repurchase rights over 80% of the Series B convertible preferred stock have now expired with the remaining right over 20% expiring upon the Company receiving FDA clearance for its MyoVista® medical device.

In the event that the restricted stockholder is terminated as an employee of the Company for just cause (as defined in the restrictive stock agreement or resigns other than for a constructive termination (as defined in the restrictive stock agreement), or (ii) if such holder is a director of HeartSciences, such holder resigns as a director of HeartSciences prior to the Company receiving FDA clearance for its MyoVista® medical device the remaining 20% may be repurchased by the Company. The Series B convertible preferred stock repurchase rights automatically terminate (i) upon the closing of a sales transaction (as defined below), or (ii) at such time as the holders of common stock have received $35,000,000 in proceeds from the Company.

The number of shares of common stock into which Series B convertible preferred stock may be converted is based on a formula set forth in the Company’s certificate of formation, as amended. It varies according to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock at the time of conversion and is subject to a $35,000,000 minimum value threshold (less any payments previously made to common stockholders). Unless the $35,000,000 minimum threshold value is met each share of Series B convertible preferred stock would convert into nil shares of common stock.

For the purpose of the Series A and Series B conversion formula the fair market value of the Company’s common stock is determined as: (i) if the common stock is publicly-traded the value will be determined by using

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

a 30-day weighted average closing prices of the common stock; (ii) if the common stock is not publicly-traded, it shall be the value determined in good faith by the Board, which determination may, but is not required to, include a third-party valuation or (iii) in the event of a sales of the Company, the value determined by reference to that sales transaction.

Each share of Series C preferred stock is convertible, at the option of the holder at any time after the date of issuance of such share, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock determined by dividing the original issue price by the conversion price for such series in effect at the time of conversion for the Series C.

The conversion price on the issuance of the Series C convertible preferred stock was $0.25 per share (being convertible into common stock on a one hundred-for-one basis) subject to adjustment in accordance with conversion provisions contained in the Company’s certificate of formation, as amended.

Each share of Series C is automatically converted into shares of common stock at the conversion price at the time in effect immediately upon the Company’s sale of its common stock in a public offering provided that the offering price is not less than $0.50 per share (as adjusted for recapitalizations, stock combinations, stock dividends, stock splits and the like) and which results in aggregate cash proceeds of not less than $20.0 million before underwriting discounts, commissions, and fees.

Note 6 – Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity

Common Stock

The Company’s Certificate of Formation, as amended, has authorized 300,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001 per share. As of January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and as of April 30, 2021 and 2020 the Company had issued 109,690,081 and 109,356,748 shares of common stock, respectively. During the nine month period ended January 31, 2022 (unaudited), the Company issued 333,333 shares of common stock as a facility fee in connection with the Unsecured Promissory Draw Down Note with Matthews Holdings Southwest for non-cash consideration amounting to $35,000, as discussed in Note 4. The holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends whenever funds and assets are legally available and when declared by the board of directors, subject to the rights of holders of series of convertible preferred stock outstanding. No dividends were declared as of or through January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and as of or through April 30, 2021.

In the year ended April 30, 2020, the Company issued 15,000 shares of common stock for cash consideration of $585.

On March 23, 2022 (unaudited), the Company amended the number of authorized shares of common stock to 500,000,000.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

Common Stock Warrants

The following table summarizes the Company’s warrant activity:

 

     Warrants
Outstanding and
Exercisable
     Exercise Price
Per Share
     Weighted
Average
Strike Price
per Share
 

Balance, May 1, 2019

     21,940,584      $ 0.105-$2.00      $ 0.56  

Expired

     (82,666    $ 0.30      $ 0.30  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance, April 30, 2020

     21,857,918      $ 0.105-$2.00      $ 0.56  

Issued

     461,720      $ 0.25      $ 0.25  

Expired

     (284,229    $ 0.37      $ 0.37  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance April 30, 2021

     22,035,409      $ 0.105-$2.00      $ 0.55  

Issued (unaudited)

     21,821,080      $ 0.22      $ 0.27  

Forfeited (unaudited)

     (30,000    $ 0.25      $ 0.25  

Expired (unaudited)

     (20,498,656    $ 0.30-$1.50      $ 0.57  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance January 31, 2022 (unaudited)

     23,327,833      $ 0.11-$0.46      $ 0.27  

The Company has issued warrants to investors in connection with funding or for services rendered and these warrants are convertible into a fixed number of shares of the Company’s common stock for a period of 5 years from the date of issuance.

During the year ended April 31, 2020, there were no warrant issuances. During the year ended April 31, 2021, there were 461,720 warrants issued in exchange for consulting services. The warrants had a grant date fair value of $2,354, using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model and the below assumptions.

In June and July 2021, the Company issued 365,760 warrants issued in exchange for consulting services. The warrants had a grant date fair value of $1,609, using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model and the below assumptions.

In November 2021, the Company issued 650,000 warrants to note holders as consideration for note extensions, as discussed in Note 4. The warrants had a grant date fair value of $22,890, using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model and the below assumptions.

In connection with the Bridge Notes, the Company issued 20,805,320 warrants as of January 31, 2022 (unaudited) as discussed in Note 4. The warrants had a grant date fair value of $463,058, using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model and the below assumptions.

In February 2022, an additional 4,783,528 warrants were issued related to the Bridge Notes.

The warrants had a grant date fair value of $104,742, using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model and the below assumptions.

 

     Nine months ended
January 31,
    Years Ended April 30,  
     2022         2021             2020      
     (unaudited)              

Risk free interest rate

     2.0     2.0     2.0

Expected volatility

     55.0     66.2     66.2

Expected life in years

     5       5       5  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury yields in effect at the time of grant. Expected volatilities are derived from third party valuations. The expected life in years is based on the contract term of the warrant.

Note 7 – Stock-based Compensation

The Company grants certain employees and board members stock option awards where vesting is contingent upon a service period, as it believes that such awards better align the interests of its employees with those of its shareholders. Stock option awards are granted with an exercise price equal to or above the market price of the Company’s stock at the date of grant. Certain stock option awards provide for accelerated vesting if there is a change in control, as defined in the Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement. Unvested stock options forfeit when an employee leaves the Company.

Where option awards are granted based on service periods, they generally vest quarterly based on 3 years continuous service for executive directors and employees, or 12 months continuous service for directors and have 10-year contractual terms. During the nine months ended January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and the years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company granted 75,000, 50,000, and 420,000 shares of common stock awards to employees based on service periods, respectively.

The Company also grants stock option awards where vesting is contingent upon meeting various departmental and company-wide performance goals, including FDA and CE Mark regulatory approval and certain EBITDA and funding thresholds. Such performance-based stock options are expected to vest when the performance criteria and metrics have been met. These stock options have contractual lives of ten years. There were no performance-based stock option awards granted for the nine months ended January 31, 2022 (unaudited). During the years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company granted 4,810,000 and 4,525,000 performance-based stock option awards, respectively.

In May 2021, February 2022, and March 2022 (unaudited), the Company granted options for 75,000, 150,000, and 100,000 shares of common stock, subject to service-based vesting conditions, with a weighted-average exercise price of $0.04, $0.11, and $0.11 per share to certain employees of the Company.

In March 2022 (unaudited), the Company granted options for 4,865,000 shares of common stock, subject to performance-based vesting conditions, with a weighted-average exercise price of $0.11 to certain employees of the Company. The Company also granted options for 387,500 shares of common stock, subject to performance-based vesting conditions, with a weighted-average exercise price of $0.11 to consultants and members of the Board of Directors.

The Company does not have an ERISA stock awards plan. So, all stock options issued are Non-ERISA Plan options and do not have any of the tax and other benefits afforded to ERISA stock option awards.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

The following table summarizes the Company’s service-based stock options:

 

     Number of Options
Outstanding
     Weighted
Average Exercise
Price
     Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
(in years)
 

Outstanding - April 30, 2019

     8,062,063      $ 0.39        7.4  

Options granted

     420,000      $ 0.04        8.3  

Options forfeited

     (92,396    $ 0.23     
  

 

 

       

Outstanding - April 30, 2020

     8,389,667      $ 0.38        6.5  

Options granted

     50,000      $ 0.04        9.5  
  

 

 

       

Outstanding - April 30, 2021

     8,439,667      $ 0.37        5.5  

Options granted - January 31, 2022 (unaudited)

     75,000      $ 0.04        9.3  

Options forfeited - January 31, 2022 (unaudited)

     (150,000    $ 0.46        —    
  

 

 

       

Outstanding - January 31, 2022 (unaudited)

     8,364,667      $ 0.37        4.8  

Non-vested at April 30, 2021

     141,650      $ 0.17        8.5  

Vested at April 30, 2021

     8,298,017      $ 0.38        5.5  

Non-vested at January 31, 2022 (unaudited)

     92,081      $ 0.04        8.8  

Vested at January 31, 2022 (unaudited)

     8,272,586      $ 0.37        4.7  

The Company estimates fair values of service-based stock options using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model on grant date. The principal assumptions used in applying this model were as follows:

 

     Nine months ended
January 31,
    Years Ended April 30,  
     2022     2021     2020  
     (unaudited)              

Risk free interest rate

     1.08     1.08     2.15

Volatility

     66.2     53.0% - 66.2     53.0% - 66.2

Dividend yield

     —         —         —    

Weighted average expected term (in years)

     10.0       5.5       6.5  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

The following summarizes the Company’s performance-based stock options:

 

     Number of Options
Outstanding
     Weighted
Average Exercise
Price
     Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
(in years)
 

Outstanding - April 30, 2019

     5,110,832      $ 0.43        8.2  

Options granted

     4,525,000      $ 0.04        9.3  

Options forfeited

     (227,500    $ 0.23        —    
  

 

 

       

Outstanding - April 30, 2020

     9,408,332      $ 0.25        8.2  

Options granted

     4,810,000      $ 0.04        9.5  

Options forfeited

     (125,000    $ 0.19        —    
  

 

 

       

Outstanding - April 30, 2021

     14,093,332      $ 0.18        8.1  

Options forfeited - January 31, 2022 (unaudited)

     (162,500    $ 0.20        —    

Outstanding - January 31, 2022 (unaudited)

     13,930,832      $ 0.18        7.3  

Non-vested at April 30, 2021

     13,316,666      $ 0.16        8.3  

Vested at April 30, 2021

     776,666      $ 0.37        4.8  

Non-vested at January 31, 2022 (unaudited)

     11,154,166      $ 0.19        7.5  

Vested at January 31, 2022 (unaudited)

     2,776,666      $ 0.13        6.6  

The Company estimates fair values of performance-based stock options using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model on grant date. The principal assumptions used in applying this model were as follows

 

     Nine months ended
January 31,
     Years Ended April 30,  
     2022      2021     2020  
     (unaudited)               

Risk free interest rate

     N/A        1.08     2.15

Volatility

     N/A        53.0% - 66.2     53.0% - 66.2

Dividend yield

     —          —         —    

Weighted average expected term (in years)

     N/A        8.1       8.2  

As of January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and as of April 30, 2021, there was approximately $1,487,000 and $1,569,000 of unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested performance-based common stock options and approximately $750 and $1,800 of unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested service-based common stock options.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

The following is a summary of stock-based compensation expense:

 

     Nine months ended
January 31,
     Years Ended April 30,  
     2022      2021      2020  
     (unaudited)                

Research and Development

   $ 2,325      $ 17,583      $ 52,840  

Selling, General and Administrative

     58,034        9,446        82,227  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 60,359      $ 27,029      $ 135,067  

Note 8 – Income Taxes

The tax effects of temporary differences and carry-forwards that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities are presented below:

 

     As of
January 31,
     As of April 30,  
     2022      2021      2020  
     (unaudited)                

Deferred tax assets (liabilities):

        

Net operating loss carryforwards

   $ 7,805,017      $ 7,215,961      $ 6,659,255  

Start-up costs

     958,058        1,137,161        1,238,242  

Stock option and warrant payments

     412,008        396,631        390,571  

Accumulated depreciation

     (2,645      (2,440      (2,212

Research and development credits

     255,600        255,600        255,600  

Research and development warrants

     21,488        21,488        21,488  

Total deferred tax assets, net

     9,449,526        9,024,401        8,562,944  

Valuation Allowance

     (9,449,526      (9,024,401      (8,562,944
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Deferred Tax Assets

     —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the nine months ended January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and the years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company’s cumulative net operating loss for federal income tax purposes was approximately $37 million, $34 million, and $32 million respectively. The net operating loss, subject to limitations, may be available in future tax years to offset taxable income. The net operating loss carry-forward will begin to expire in year 2028.

In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Based upon the projections for future taxable income over the periods in which the deferred tax assets are deductible, management believes it is more likely than not that the Company will not realize the benefits of these deductible differences, and therefore, a full valuation allowance has been recorded at January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and at April 30, 2021 and 2020, resulting in an increase in the valuation allowance by $425,125, $461,457, and $183,973, respectively.

Note 9 – Leases

On May 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU 2016-02, Leases, using the modified retrospective method. The new lease standard amended the previous guidance for lease accounting and related disclosure requirements. The new

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

guidance requires the recognition of right-of-use assets and liabilities on the balance sheet for leases with terms greater than twelve months or leases that contain a purchase option that is reasonably certain to be exercised. The Company has elected not to recognize leases with original lease terms of 12 months or less (short-term leases) on the Company’s balance sheet.

The Company has a long-term operating lease for office, industrial, and laboratory space that expires in 2023. The lease has an option to extend for five years however given the future anticipated expansion of the Company, it is more likely than not that the option will not be exercised. Rent expense for operating leases for the nine months ended January 31, 2022 (unaudited), and for the years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020 was $139,152, $173,405, and $208,360, respectively. The Company records right-of-use assets and liabilities at the present value of the fixed lease payments over the term at the commencement date. The Company uses its incremental borrowing rate of 12% to determine the present value of the lease as the rate implicit in the lease is typically not readily available.

Information related to the Company’s right-of-use assets and lease liabilities consist of the following:

 

     As of January 31,     As of April 30,  
     2022     2021     2020  
     (unaudited)              

Right-of-use assets

   $ 116,280     $ 194,660     $ 289,460  

Lease liabilities, current

     119,524       107,632       93,345  

Lease liabilities, net of current portion

     —         90,967       198,599  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total lease liabilities

   $ 119,524     $ 198,599     $ 291,944  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average remaining term (in years)

     1.0       1.8       2.8  

Weighted average discount rate

     12     12     12

As of January 31, 2022 (unaudited), future maturities of lease liabilities due under lease agreements was as follows:

 

2022, balance for year ending April 30, 2022

   $ 31,858  

2023

     95,576  
  

 

 

 

Total lease payments

     127,434  

Less imputed interest

     (7,910
  

 

 

 

Total operating lease liabilities

   $ 119,524  
  

 

 

 

As of April 30, 2021, future maturities of lease liabilities due under lease agreements was as follows:

 

2022

   $ 125,697  

2023

     95,576  
  

 

 

 

Total lease payments

     221,273  

Less imputed interest

     (22,674
  

 

 

 

Total operating lease liabilities

   $ 198,599  
  

 

 

 

 

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Note 10 – Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

From time to time, the Company may be subject to legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business. The Company does not believe that the outcome of those matters will have a material adverse effect to the financial position, operating results or cash flows. However, there can be no assurance such legal proceedings will not have a material impact.

The Company is not aware of any material claims outstanding or pending against the Company as of January 31, 2022 (unaudited), and as of April 30, 2021 and 2020.

Royalty Agreements

In 2014 the Company entered into an agreement (“MyoVista Technology Agreement”) with its founder, conveying ownership of all intellectual property and rights to the Company. As part of that agreement, the Company will make royalty payments, based upon paid MyoVista® device unit sales, as follows:

 

  a)

$500 on each of the first 2,400 MyoVista® devices

 

  b)

$200 on each MyoVista® device thereafter until royalties total $3,500,000.

The royalty obligation has a first secured interest and pledge on the covered technology (as defined in the MyoVista Technology Agreement but essentially the intellectual property of the MyoVista® device) over the debt holders of the $1.5M Secured Convertible Promissory Notes and $1M Loan and Security Agreement as discussed further in Note 4.

Upon either (i) the aggregate payment of $3,000,000 of royalties; (ii) if the common stock is publicly listed and the closing quoted share price is $2.08333 per share or more; or (iii) a bona fide offer valuing the common stock at $2.08333 is received, then the secured interest and pledge shall be released.

In the event of a bankruptcy of the Company, any balance of the $3,500,000 royalty not paid at that point would accelerate and become an immediately due debt obligation of the Company with the benefit of the secured interest and pledge (if it remained at such time).

For the nine months ended January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and for the years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, the sales royalties expensed to cost of goods sold were $500, $1,500 and $7,000, respectively.

The Company has an agreement with The University Court of The University of Glasgow for the license of the Glasgow algorithm interpretive analysis for the conventional ECG trace. As part of that agreement the Company is obliged to make royalty payments, based upon MyoVista® device unit sales at the rate of $35-$50 per unit depending on sale volumes per year. The agreement is subject to an annual minimum fee and should the sale volume royalties be below this level then the minimum will apply. To date, MyoVista® device unit sales have such that the minimum payments have applied. Prior to FDA clearance, the Company does not expect to achieve device unit sales volumes which would exceed the minimum. The minimum fee has been expensed to research and development as the Glasgow algorithm is an essential part of the device development as part of the submission for FDA clearance of the MyoVista® device. For the nine months ended January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and the years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, the minimum payments were $20,000.

 

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Note 11 – Related Parties

Kyngstone Limited (“Kyngstone”), a company incorporated in the United Kingdom in which the Chairman of the Board is a director and controlling shareholder, has provided advisory services to the Company during the course of business. For the nine months ended January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and the years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded expenditures of $75,000, $100,000, and $191,667, respectively with Kyngstone. As of January 31, 2022 (unaudited) and as of April 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company had balances outstanding to Kyngstone in the amounts of $97,178, $88,444, and $97,177, respectively.

See Note 4 for details regarding related party debt held with shareholders, board members, and Company directors.

Note 12 – Subsequent Events

For the annual audited financial statements as of April 30, 2021 and 2020, and for the unaudited financial statements as of January 31, 2022, the Company evaluated subsequent events through the date of this filing.

 

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INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 13. Other expenses of issuance and distribution

The following table sets forth the expenses payable by the Registrant expected to be incurred in connection with the issuance and distribution of Common Stock being registered hereby (other than the underwriting discounts and commissions). All of such expenses are estimates, except for the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, registration fee, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., or FINRA, filing fee and the filing fee and listing fee.

 

(dollars in thousands)

      

SEC registration fee

   $                

FINRA filing fee

  

NASDAQ listing fee

                 

Printing fees and expenses

                 

Legal fees and expenses

                 

Accounting fees and expenses

                 

Blue Sky fees and expenses (including legal fees)

                 

Transfer agent and registrar fees and expenses

                 

Miscellaneous

                 
  

 

 

 

Total

   $              
  

 

 

 

 

*

To be completed by amendment.

Item 14. Indemnification of directors and officers

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. was incorporated under the laws of Texas.

The Texas Business Organizations Code, or the TBOC, permits a corporation to indemnify a director who was, is or is threatened to be a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding as a result of the performance of his duties if such person acted in good faith and, in the case of conduct in the person’s official capacity as a director, in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation and, in all other cases, that the person reasonably believed his conduct was not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, that such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Subject to certain exceptions, the TBOC further permits a corporation to eliminate in its certificate of formation all monetary liability of the corporation’s directors to the corporation or its shareholders for conduct in performance of such director’s duties. Our amended and restated certificate of formation provides that a director of the Company will not be liable to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for any act or omission by the director in the performance of his duties, except that, pursuant to the TBOC, there will be no limitation of liability to the extent the director has been found liable under applicable law for: (i) breach of the director’s duty of loyalty owed to the Company or its shareholders; (ii) an act or omission not in good faith that constitutes a breach of duty of the director to the Company or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law; (iii) a transaction from which the director received an improper benefit, regardless of whether the benefit resulted from an action taken within the scope of the director’s duties; or (iv) an act or omission for which the liability of the director is expressly provided for by an applicable statute.

Sections 8.101 and 8.103 of the TBOC provide that a corporation may indemnify a person who was, is or is threatened to be a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding because the person is or was a director only if a determination is made that such indemnification is permissible under the TBOC: (i) by a majority vote of the directors who at the time of the vote are disinterested and independent, regardless of whether such directors

 

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constitute a quorum; (ii) by a majority vote of a board committee designated by a majority of disinterested and independent directors and consisting solely of disinterested and independent directors; (iii) by special legal counsel selected by the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors as set forth in (i) or (ii); (iv) by the shareholders in a vote that excludes the shares held by directors who are not disinterested and independent; or (v) by a unanimous vote of the shareholders.

Section 8.104 of the TBOC provides that a corporation may pay or reimburse, in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding, reasonable expenses incurred by a present director who was, is or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding after the corporation receives a written affirmation by the director of his good faith belief that he has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification under Section 8.101 and a written undertaking by or on behalf of the director to repay the amount paid or reimbursed if it is ultimately determined that he has not met that standard or if it is ultimately determined that indemnification of the director is not otherwise permitted under the TBOC. Section 8.105 also provides that reasonable expenses incurred by a former director, or a present or former employee, agent or officer of a corporation, who was, is or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding may be paid or reimbursed by the corporation, in advance of the final disposition of the action, as the corporation considers appropriate.

Section 8.105 of the TBOC provides that, subject to restrictions in its certificate of formation and to the extent consistent with other law, a corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to a person who is not a director, including an officer, employee or agent of the corporation as provided by: (i) the corporation’s governing documents; (ii) an action by the corporation’s governing authority; (iii) resolution by the shareholders; (iv) contract; or (v) common law. As consistent with Section 8.105, persons who are not directors may seek indemnification and advancement of expenses from the Company to the same extent that directors may seek indemnification and advancement of expenses from the Company.

Further, our amended and restated certificate of formation and amended and restated bylaws provide that we must indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by law. We believe that these indemnification provisions and the directors’ and officers’ insurance are useful to attract and retain qualified directors and executive officers.

We have also entered into, or will enter into prior to the completion of this offering, indemnification agreements with each of our directors and certain of our officers. The indemnification agreements provide, or will provide, among other things, for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by the TBOC and our amended and restated certificate of formation and amended and restated bylaws against (i) any and all direct and indirect liabilities and reasonable expenses, including judgments, fines, penalties, interest and amounts paid in settlement of any claim with our approval and reasonable counsel fees and disbursements and (ii) any liabilities incurred as a result of serving as a director, officer, employee or agent (including as a trustee, fiduciary, partner or manager or in a similar capacity) of another enterprise or an employee benefit plan at our request. The indemnification agreements also provide for, or will provide for, the advancement or payment of expenses to the indemnitee and for reimbursement to us if it is found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification under applicable law and our amended and restated certificate of formation and amended and restated bylaws or the terms of the indemnification agreements.

We expect to maintain standard policies of insurance that provide coverage (1) to our directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act and (2) to us with respect to indemnification payments that we may make to such directors and officers. The underwriting agreement provides for indemnification by the underwriters of us and our officers and directors, and by us of the underwriters, for certain liabilities arising under the Securities Act or otherwise in connection with this offering.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us under any of the foregoing provisions, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

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Item 15. Recent sales of Unregistered Securities

In the three years preceding the filing of this registration statement, we have issued the securities described in this section, which were not registered under the Securities Act.

Issuance of Capital Stock

 

   

From April to May 2019, we issued and sold 246,685 shares of our Series C Preferred Stock to accredited investor at a purchase price of $25.00 per share for $6,167,125 in cash consideration.

 

   

In August 2019, we issued and sold an unsecured drawdown convertible promissory note, or the $130K Note, in the aggregate principal amount of $130,000 to an accredited investor. The $130K Note does not accrue interest. In connection with the issuance of the $130K Note we also issued [            ] shares of Common Stock to an accredited investor.

 

   

In October 2019, we issued and sold 11,600 shares of our Series C Preferred Stock to accredited investors at a purchase price of $25.00 per share for $290,000 in cash consideration.

 

   

In April 2020, we issued and sold 28,990 shares of our Series C Preferred Stock to accredited investors at a purchase price of $25.00 per share for $724,750 in cash consideration.

 

   

In June 2020, we issued warrants to purchase an aggregate amount of [            ] shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $[            ] per share in consideration of approximately $114,750 in research & development services rendered by two third-party contractors of the Company.

 

   

In October 2020, we issued and sold 8,000 shares of our Series C Preferred Stock to accredited investors at a purchase price of $25.00 per share for $200,000 in cash consideration.

 

   

From December 2020 to April 2021, we issued and sold secured convertible promissory notes, or the $1.5M Notes, to accredited investors in the aggregate principal amount of $1.5 million. The $1.5M Notes accrue interest at a rate of 12% per annum.

 

   

From June to July 2021, we issued warrants to purchase an aggregate amount of [            ] shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $[            ] per share in consideration of approximately $129,730 in research & development services rendered by two third-party contractors of the Company.

 

   

In November 2021, we issued warrants to purchase [            ] shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price equal to the lower of (i) $[            ] per share and (ii) 30% discount to the offering price for the sale of Common Stock in a public offering, to accredited investors as consideration for the extension of the maturity of the $1.5M Notes.

 

   

In November 2021, we issued warrants to purchase [            ] shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price equal to the lower of (i) $[            ] per share and (ii) 30% discount to the offering price for the sale of Common Stock in a public offering, to accredited investors as consideration for the extension of the maturity of the $1M Loan and Security Agreement.

 

   

From October 2021 to February 28, 2022, in connection with our 2021 Bridge Financing, we issued and sold senior subordinated convertible notes, or the Bridge Notes, in the aggregate principal amount of $4.7 million to accredited investors for net proceeds of $4.2 million after deduction of the OID. The Bridge Notes accrue interest at a rate of 8% per annum. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $4.2 million.

 

   

From October 2021 to February 28, 2022, in connection with our 2021 Bridge Financing, we issued warrants to purchase [            ] shares of our Common Stock to accredited investors at an initial exercise price of $[            ] per share subject to certain round down provisions.

 

   

In April 2022, we issued a total of [            ] shares of Common Stock to accredited investors in connection with the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

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Except in connection with the 2021 Bridge Financing, no underwriters were involved in the foregoing sales of securities described above in this Item 15(a). The Benchmark Company was paid a fee of $94,500 in connection with the 2021 Bridge Financing. Unless otherwise stated, the sales of securities described above were deemed to be exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, including Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder, as transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering. All of the purchasers in these transactions represented to us in connection with their purchase that they were acquiring the securities for investment and not distribution, that they could bear the risks of the investment and could hold the securities for an indefinite period of time. Such purchasers received written disclosures that the securities had not been registered under the Securities Act and that any resale must be made pursuant to a registration or an available exemption from such registration. All of the foregoing securities are deemed restricted securities for the purposes of the Securities Act.

Grants and Exercises of Stock Options

 

   

In September 2019, we granted stock options to certain employees, officers and directors of the Company to purchase an aggregate amount of [            ] million shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $[            ] per share, of which [            ] shares vest over              and [            ] million shares vest upon specific Company performance metrics to            . As of January 31, 2022, [            ] shares of time-based awards have vested and [            ] shares were unvested. All of the performance-based awards were unvested at January 31, 2022.

 

   

In November 2020, we granted stock options to certain employees, officers and directors of the Company to purchase an aggregate amount of [            ] shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $[            ] per share, of which [            ] shares vest over a period of time and [            ] shares vest upon specific Company performance metrics to                . As of [January 31], 2022, [            ] shares of time-based awards have vested and [            ] shares were unvested. All of the performance-based awards were unvested at January 31, 2022.

 

   

In May 2021, we granted stock options to certain employees, officers and directors of the Company to purchase an aggregate amount of [            ] shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $[            ] per share, vesting over             to            . As of [January 31], 2022, [            ] shares have vested and [            ] shares were unvested at January 31, 2022.

 

   

In March 2022, we granted stock options to certain employees, officers and directors of the Company to purchase an aggregate amount of [            ] shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $[            ] per share, vesting over             to            .

 

   

In February and March 2022, we granted stock options to our Chief Financial Officer to purchase an aggregate amount of [            ] shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $[            ] per share, vesting over             to            .

The issuances of the securities described above in this Item 15(b) were deemed to be exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 701 promulgated thereunder as transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering. All of the purchasers in these transactions represented to us in connection with their purchase that they were acquiring the securities for investment and not distribution, that they could bear the risks of the investment and could hold the securities for an indefinite period of time. Such purchasers received written disclosures that the securities had not been registered under the Securities Act and that any resale must be made pursuant to a registration or an available exemption from such registration. The shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise of the options are deemed to be restricted securities for purposes of the Securities Act.

 

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Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

  (a)

Exhibits.

None.

Exhibits:

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Exhibit Description

1.1*    Form of Underwriting Agreement
3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.
3.2    Certificate of Designations, Number, Voting Power, Preferences and Rights of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.
3.3    Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.
4.1*    Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant
4.2    Form of Registration Rights Agreement by and between Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. and Buyers listed as signatories thereto, dated December 22, 2021
4.3    Form of Registration Rights Agreement by and among Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. and the parties listed as signatories thereto related to the Series C Preferred Stock
4.4    Form of Bridge Warrant
4.5    Form of Pre-Funded Warrant
4.6    Form of $1M Lender Warrant and $1.5M Lender Warrant
4.7    Form of Investor Warrant
4.8*    Form of Underwriters’ Representative Warrant (included in Exhibit 1.1)
4.9*    Form of Warrant Agent Agreement
4.10*    Form of Warrant included in the Units offered hereby (included in Exhibit 4.9)
5.1*    Opinion of Jackson Walker L.L.P.
10.1    MyoVista Technology Agreement, by and between Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. and Guangren “Gary” Chen, dated December 31, 2013
10.2    First Amendment of MyoVista Technology Agreement by and between Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. and Guangren “Gary” Chen, dated March 13, 2017
10.3    Master Assignment by and between Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. and Guangren “Gary” Chen, dated January 1, 2014
10.4    Security Agreement and Pledge by and between Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. and Guangren “Gary” Chen, dated March 14, 2014
10.5    Evaluation, Option and License Agreement by and between Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. and The University Court of The University of Glasgow, dated June 2, 2015
10.6    Exercise of Option Agreement by and between Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. and The University Court of The University of Glasgow, dated December 23, 2015
10.7    $130K Note by and between Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. and Front Range Ventures, LLC, dated August 12, 2019
10.8    $1M Loan and Security Agreement by and among Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., Front Range Ventures, LLC and John Q. Adams, Sr., dated April 24, 2020

 

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Exhibit

Number

  

Exhibit Description

10.9    Amendment No. 1 to the $1M Loan and Security Agreement, dated September 30, 2021
10.10    Amendment No. 2 to the $1M Loan and Security Agreement, dated November 3, 2021
10.11    Form of $1.5M Note
10.12    Form of Amendment No. 1 to the Form of $1.5M Note by and among Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. and the Requisite Noteholders, dated November 2, 2021
10.13    Form of Securities Purchase Agreement by and between Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. and Purchasers listed as signatories thereto, dated December 22, 2021
10.14    Form of Bridge Note
10.15    Consulting Agreement by and between Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. and Kyngstone Limited, Inc., dated June 25, 2013
10.16*    FRV Side Letter by and between Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. and Front Range Ventures, LLC, dated April 10, 2019
10.17†    Amended and Restated Employment Agreement by and between Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. and Mark Hilz, dated April 5, 2022
10.18†    Employment Agreement by and between Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. and Andrew Simpson, dated April 5, 2022
10.19    Form of Amendment No. 3 to the $1M Loan and Security Agreement, dated May         , 2022
10.20    Form of Amendment No. 2 to the Form of $1.5M Note by and among Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. and the Requisite Noteholders, dated May         , 2022
10.21†    Form of Time-Based Vesting Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.
10.22†    Form of Performance-Based Vesting Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc
23.1    Consent of Haskell & White LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2*    Consent of Jackson Walker L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1    Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)
107    Filing Fee Table

 

*

To be filed by amendment

Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

(b) Financial Statement Schedules

All financial statement schedules are omitted because the information called for is not required or is shown either in the financial statements or in the notes thereto.

Item 17. Undertakings.

(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

(b) Insofar as indemnification by the Registrant for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 14 or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being

 

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registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

(c) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that:

(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(l) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-1 and has duly caused this registration statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Southlake, State of Texas on May 17, 2022.

 

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.
By:   /s/ Andrew Simpson
Name:  

Andrew Simpson

Title:   President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned officers and directors of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. hereby constitute and appoint each of Andrew Simpson, Mark Hilz and Danielle Watson with full power of substitution, each of them singly our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents to take any actions to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC, in connection with this registration statement on Form S-1, including the power and authority to sign for us in our names in the capacities indicated below any and all further amendments to this registration statement and any other registration statement filed pursuant to the provisions of Rule 462 under the Securities Act.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement on Form S-1 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

/s/ Andrew Simpson

Andrew Simpson

 

President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors

(Principal Executive Officer)

  May 17, 2022

/s/ Danielle Watson

Danielle Watson

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

  May 17, 2022

/s/ Mark Hilz

Mark Hilz

 

Chief Operating Officer, Secretary and Director

  May 17, 2022

/s/ Bruce Bent

Bruce Bent

 

Director

  May 17, 2022

/s/ Patrick Kanouff

Patrick Kanouff

 

Director

  May 17, 2022

/s/ Brian Szymczak

Brian Szymczak

 

Director

  May 17, 2022

 

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Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

Pursuant to the provisions the Texas Business Organizations Code, as amended (the “TBOC”), including Sections 3.051, 3.057, 3.059 and 21.056 of the TBOC and the Bylaws, as amended and restated (the “Bylaws”), of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Corporation”), the Corporation hereby adopts this Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation (this “Amended and Restated Certificate”), which accurately states the Corporation’s existing Certificate of Formation and all amendments and supplements thereto that are in effect as of the date hereof (the “Existing Certificate”), as further amended by this Amended and Restated Certificate.

1. The name of the Corporation is Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.

2. Each new amendment made by this Amended and Restated Certificate has been made in accordance with the provisions of the TBOC.

3. Each new amendment made by this Amended and Restated Certificate has been approved in the manner required by the TBOC and the constituent documents of the Corporation, including the Bylaws.

4. This Amended and Restated Certificate accurately states the text of the Existing Certificate and each amendment to the Existing Certificate that is in effect, as further amended by this Amended and Restated Certificate.

5. Articles 1 [Entity Type and Name], 2 [Registered Agent and Registered Office], 3 [Directors], 4 [Authorized Shares], 5 [Purpose], 6 [Shareholder Meetings] and 7 [Approval of Fundamental Actions] of the Existing Certificate are each amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in Articles 1 [Entity Type and Name], 3 [Purpose], 11 [Registered Office; Registered Agent] and 12 [Directors] of this Amended and Restated Certificate, respectively. The Existing Certificate is also amended by the Amended and Restated Certificate by deleting Articles 4 [Authorized Shares], 5 [Shareholder Consents], 6 [Shareholder Meetings], 7 [Approval of Fundamental Actions] and 8 [Shareholder Consents] and adding new Articles 2 [Existence], 4 [Capital Structure], 5 [Pre-Emptive or Preferential Rights; Issuance], 6 [Cumulative Voting], 7 [Action by Written Consent], 8 [Amendment], 9 [Indemnification], 10 [Limitation on Liability of Directors], 13 [Special Meetings], 14 [Quorum] and 15 [Voting].

5. The Amended and Restated Certificate does not contain any other change except for information permitted to be omitted by Section 3.059 of the TBOC.

6. The Existing Certificate and all amendments and supplements thereto are hereby amended and restated by the attached Amended and Restated Certificate.


AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

The undersigned, for purposes of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation (this “Amended and Restated Certificate”) of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Corporation”), organized and existing under provisions of the Texas Business Organizations Code, as amended (the “TBOC”), does hereby certify as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

Entity Name and Type

The name of the corporation is Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. (the “Corporation”) and the Corporation is a for-profit business corporation.

ARTICLE TWO

Existence

The Corporation will have perpetual existence.

ARTICLE THREE

Purpose

The purpose for which the Corporation is formed is to transact any or all lawful business for which corporations may be organized under the TBOC.

ARTICLE FOUR

Capital Structure

The aggregate number of shares of capital stock that the Corporation will have authority to issue is five hundred twenty million (520,000,000), comprised of five hundred million (500,000,000) shares of Common Stock, having a par value of $0.001, and twenty million (20,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, having a par value of $0.001 per share. Of the twenty million (20,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, (i) ten thousand (10,000) shares have been designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) pursuant to that certain Certificate of Designations, Number, Voting Power, Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock filed with Secretary of State of the State of Texas on May 7, 2014, as further amended by that certain Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations, Number, Voting Power, Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas on June 24, 2014, having a par value of $0.001 per share, (ii) ten thousand (10,000) shares have been designated as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), pursuant to that certain Certificate of Designations, Voting Power, Preferences and Rights of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas on July 8, 2015 as further amended by that certain Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations, Voting Power, Preferences and Rights of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas on August 11, 2015, having a par value of $0.001 per share, and (iii) six hundred thousand (600,000) shares have been

 

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designated as Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”) pursuant to that certain Certificate of Designations, Voting Power, Preferences and Rights of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of Texas on April 18, 2019, having a par value of $0.001 per share.

All shares of Common Stock shall have rights identical to those of all other such shares of Common Stock.

Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more series as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”). All shares of any one series of Preferred Stock will be identical except as to the date of issue and the dates from which dividends on shares of the series issued on different dates will cumulate, if cumulative. Authority is hereby expressly granted to the Board of Directors to authorize the issuance of one or more series of Preferred Stock and to fix by resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of each such series the number of shares in each such series and the voting powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional, redemption, conversion, exchange or other special rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such series, to the full extent now or hereafter permitted by law.

ARTICLE FIVE

Pre-emptive or Preferential Rights; Issuance

No shareholder of the Corporation will, solely by reason of holding shares of any class, have any preemptive or preferential right to purchase or subscribe for (i) any shares of the Corporation, now or hereafter to be authorized, or (ii) any notes, debentures, bonds or other securities convertible into or carrying warrants, rights or options to purchase shares of any class, now or hereafter to be authorized, whether or not the issuance of any such shares or such notes, debentures, bonds or other securities would adversely affect the dividend, voting or any other rights of such shareholder. The Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of and the Corporation may issue, shares of any class of the Corporation, or any notes, debentures, bonds or other securities convertible into or carrying warrants, rights or options to purchase any such shares, without offering any shares of any class to the existing holders of any class of stock of the Corporation.

ARTICLE SIX

Cumulative Voting

Shareholders of the Corporation will not have the right of cumulative voting for the election of directors or for any other purpose.

ARTICLE SEVEN

Action by Written Consent

Any action required or permitted by law, this Amended and Restated Certificate or the Bylaws of the Corporation to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall have been signed by the holders representing a majority of all shares issued, outstanding and entitled to vote on such matter.

 

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ARTICLE EIGHT

Amendment

The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation or to adopt new Bylaws.

ARTICLE NINE

Indemnification

(a)    The Corporation will, to the fullest extent permitted by the TBOC, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, indemnify any and all persons who are or were serving as a director or officer of the Corporation, or who are or were serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee or employee of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in or covered. by the TBOC. Such indemnification may be provided pursuant to any Bylaws, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in the capacity of director or officer and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, will continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

(b)    If a claim under paragraph (a) of this Article is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant will be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It will be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under the laws of the State of Texas for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense will be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the laws of the State of Texas nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, will be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

ARTICLE TEN

Limitation on Liability of Directors

To the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Texas as the same exist or may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation will not be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for an act or omission in the director’s capacity as a director. Any repeal or modification of this Article will not increase the personal liability of any director of the Corporation for any act or occurrence taking place before such repeal or modification, or

 

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adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification. The provisions of this Article shall not be deemed to limit or preclude indemnification of a director by the Corporation for any liability of a director that has not been eliminated by the provisions of this Article.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

Registered Office; Registered Agent

The street address of the Corporation’s registered office is 550 Reserve Street, Suite 360, Southlake, Texas 76092, and the name of its registered agent at that address is Danielle Watson.

ARTICLE TWELVE

Directors

(a)    The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors. Except as fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article 4 hereof, the number of directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by resolution of the Board of Directors.

The full Board of Directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock established by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article 4, shall be divided into three classes, with respect to the time for which they severally hold office, designated Class I, Class II, and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the full Board of Directors. The initial division of the Board of Directors following the Effective Time shall be as follows:

The Class I directors will initially consist of the following individuals, and their term shall expire at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2023:

 

Brian Szymczak

    

        550 Reserve Street, Suite 360, Southlake, Texas 76092

Bruce Bent

    

        550 Reserve Street, Suite 360, Southlake, Texas 76092

The Class II directors will initially consist of the following individuals, and their term shall expire at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2024:

 

Mark Hilz

    

        550 Reserve Street, Suite 360, Southlake, Texas 76092

Patrick Kanouff

    

        550 Reserve Street, Suite 360, Southlake, Texas 76092

The Class III directors will initially consist of the following individual, and his term shall expire at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2025:

 

Andrew Simpson

    

    550 Reserve Street, Suite 360, Southlake, Texas 76092

 

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A director shall hold office until the annual meeting of shareholders for the year in which his or her respective term expires and until his or her respective successor shall be elected and shall be qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. Except as fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article 4, (i) at each succeeding annual meeting of shareholders beginning in 2023, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected for a three-year term and (ii) if the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class to as nearly as possible to one-third of the total number of directors, but in no case will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director. In any election of directors, the persons receiving a plurality of the votes cast, up to the number of directors to be elected in such election, shall be deemed elected.

(b)    Except as fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article 4, any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by election at an annual or special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office (even if the remaining directors constitute less than a quorum of the Board of Directors), and any director so chosen shall hold office for the remainder of the term to which the director has been selected and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by election at an annual meeting or at a special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose or may be filled by the Board of Directors for a term of office continuing only until the next election of one or more directors by the shareholders; provided that the Board of Directors may not fill more than two such directorships during the period between any two successive annual meetings of the shareholders.

(c)    Subject to the rights of any class or series of Preferred Stock established by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article 4, any director may be removed from office only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of a majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote for the election of directors generally.

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

Special Meetings

In addition to any other manner of calling a special meeting of shareholders that may be set forth in the Bylaws of the Corporation, a special meeting of shareholders may be called at any time by the chairman of the board of directors, the chief executive officer or the board of directors.

ARTICLE FOURTEEN

Quorum

With respect to any matter, a quorum will be present at a meeting of shareholders if the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote on that matter are represented at the meeting in person or by proxy.

ARTICLE FIFTEEN

Voting

Any action that under the provisions of the TBOC would, but for this Article 15, be required to be authorized by the affirmative vote of the holders of any specified portion of the shares of the Corporation will require the approval of the holders of a majority of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote on that matter.

 

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[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, this 21 day of March, 2022.

 

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Mark Hilz

  Mark Hilz
  President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.2

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, NUMBER, VOTING POWER,

PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS

OF

SERIES C CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK OF

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

 

 

Pursuant to Section 21.155 of the

Texas Business Organizations Code

 

 

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the Texas Business Organizations Code (the “Code”),

DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

A. That, pursuant to the authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) by Article 4 of the Certificate of Formation of the Corporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Formation”), the Board of Directors duly adopted at a meeting held on March 12, 2019, a resolution providing for the creation of a series of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, consisting of 600,000 shares, which resolution is as follows:

RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority expressly granted to and vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation by the provisions of Article 4 of the Certificate of Formation, the Board of Directors hereby creates a series of preferred stock, par value $0,001 per share, of the Corporation, and hereby fixes the designations, powers, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereon, of the shares of such series, in addition to those set forth in the Certificate of Formation, as set forth in the Certificate of Designations, Number, Voting Power, Preferences and Rights of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation attached hereto (the “Series C Certificate”) designating 600,000 shares of the Preferred Stock as Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”) and setting forth the designations, rights, and preferences of the Series C Preferred Stock, including provisions for the conversion of shares of Series C Preferred Stock into shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock, par value $0,001 per share.

(1)    Definitions. As used herein:

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

“Common Stock” means (i) the class of stock designated as the common stock of the Corporation as of March 12, 2019, or (ii) any other class of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassification of such stock consisting solely of changes in par value, or from par value to no par value or from no par value to par value.

 

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

“Series C Certificate of Designations” means the Certificate of Designations, Number, Voting Power, Preferences and Rights of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation.

“Series C Preferred Stock” means the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation.

1.    Dividends. From and after May 1, 2019, dividends at the rate per annum of $ 1.50 per share (pro-rated for partial years) shall accrue on the shares of Series C Preferred Stock (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock) (the “Accruing Dividends”). Accruing Dividends shall accrue from day to day, whether or not declared, and shall be non- cumulative; provided, however, that except as set forth in the following sentence of this Section 1 or in Subsection 2.1, such Accruing Dividends shall be payable only when, as, and if declared by the Board and the Board shall be under no obligation to make a declaration to pay such Accruing Dividends. The Corporation shall not declare, pay or set aside any dividends on shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation (other than dividends on shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock) unless (in addition to the obtaining of any consents required elsewhere in this Certificate of Formation) the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding shall first receive, or simultaneously receive, a dividend on each outstanding share of Series C Preferred Stock in an amount at least equal to the greater of (i) the amount of the aggregate Accruing Dividends then accrued on such share of Series C Preferred Stock and not previously paid and (ii) (A) in the case of a dividend on Common Stock or any class or series that is convertible into Common Stock, that dividend per share of Series C Preferred Stock as would equal the product of (1) the dividend payable on each share of such class or series determined, if applicable, as if all shares of such class or series had been converted into Common Stock and (2) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a share of Series C Preferred Stock, in each case calculated on the record date for determination of holders entitled to receive such dividend or (B) in the case of a dividend on any class or series that is not convertible into Common Stock, at a rate per share of Series C Preferred Stock determined by (1) dividing the amount of the dividend payable on each share of such class or series of capital stock by the original issuance price of such class or series of capital stock (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to such class or series) and (2) multiplying such fraction by an amount equal to the Series C Original Issue Price (as defined below); provided that if the Corporation declares, pays or sets aside, on the same date, a dividend on shares of more than one class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, the dividend payable to the holders of Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section I shall be calculated based upon the dividend on the class or series of capital stock that would result in the highest Series C Preferred Stock dividend. The “Series C Original Issue Price” shall mean $25.00 per share, subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock.

 

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2.    Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up, Certain Mergers. Consolidations and Asset Sales.

2.1    Preferential Payments to Holders of Series C Preferred Stock. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its shareholders, and in the event of a Deemed Liquidation Event (as defined below), the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the consideration payable to shareholders in such Deemed Liquidation Event or out of the Available Proceeds (as defined below), as applicable, before any payment shall be made to the holders of Common Stock, Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) or Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”) by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount per share equal to one (1) times the Series C Original Issue Price, plus any Accruing Dividends accrued but unpaid thereon, whether or not declared, together with any other dividends declared but unpaid thereon. If upon any such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation or Deemed Liquidation Event, the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its shareholders shall be insufficient to pay the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock the full amount to which they shall be entitled under this Subsection 2,1, the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall share ratably in any distribution of the assets available for distribution in proportion to the respective amounts which would otherwise be payable in respect of the shares held by them upon such distribution if all amounts payable on or with respect to such shares were paid in full.

2.2    Distribution of Remaining Assets. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, after the payment in full of all amounts payable to the holders of Series C Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2,1 above, the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its shareholders or, in the case of a Deemed Liquidation Event, the consideration not payable to the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 2.1 or the remaining Available Proceeds, as the case may be, shall be distributed among the holders of shares of Common Stock, Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock pro rata based on the number of shares held by each such holder, treating for this purpose all such securities as if they had been converted to Common Stock pursuant to the terms provided in the Certificate of Formation of the Corporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Formation”). The aggregate amount which a holder of a share of Series C Preferred Stock is entitled to receive under Subsections 2.1 and 2.2 is hereinafter referred to as the “Series C Liquidation Amount.”

2.3    Deemed Liquidation Events.

2.3.1    Definition. Each of the following events shall be considered a “Deemed Liquidation Event” unless the holders of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock and Front Range Ventures LLC (“FRV”) (so long as FRV owns any at least 71,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock) (the “Requisite Holders”), elect otherwise by written notice sent to the Corporation at least twenty (20) days prior to the effective date of any such event:

(a)    a merger or consolidation or share exchange in which

 

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(i)    the Corporation is a constituent party or

(ii)    a subsidiary of the Corporation is a constituent party and the Corporation issues shares of its capital stock pursuant to such merger or consolidation,

except any such merger, consolidation or share exchange involving the Corporation or a subsidiary in which the shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or share exchange continue to represent, or are converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock that represent, immediately following such merger, consolidation or share exchange, at least a majority, by voting power, of the capital stock of (1) the surviving or resulting corporation; or (2) if the surviving or resulting corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of another corporation immediately following such merger, consolidation or share exchange, the parent corporation of such surviving or resulting corporation; or

(b)    (1) the sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, by the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation of all or substantially all the assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (2) the sale or disposition (whether by merger, consolidation, share exchange or otherwise, and whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of one or more subsidiaries of the Corporation if substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole are held by such subsidiary or subsidiaries, except where such sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition is to a wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation.

2.3.2    Effecting a Deemed Liquidation Event.

(a)    The Corporation shall not have the power to effect a Deemed Liquidation Event referred to in Subsection 2.3.1(a)(1) unless the agreement or plan of merger or consolidation for such transaction (the “Merger Agreement”) provides that the consideration payable to the shareholders of the Corporation in such Deemed Liquidation Event shall be paid to the holders of capital stock of the Corporation in accordance with Subsections 2.1 and 2.2.

(b)    In the event of a Deemed Liquidation Event referred to in Subsection 2.3,1 (a)( ii) or 2.3.1(b). if the Corporation does not effect a dissolution of the Corporation under the General Corporation Law within ninety (90) days after such Deemed Liquidation Event, then (i) the Corporation shall send a written notice to each holder of Series C Preferred Stock no later than the ninetieth (90th) day after the Deemed Liquidation Event advising such holders of their right (and the requirements to be met to secure such right) pursuant to the terms of the following clause to require the redemption of such shares of Series C Preferred Stock, and (ii) if the Requisite Holders so request in a written instrument delivered to the Corporation not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after such Deemed

 

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Liquidation Event, the Corporation shall use the consideration received by the Corporation for such Deemed Liquidation Event (net of any retained liabilities associated with the assets sold or technology licensed, as determined in good faith by the Board), together with any other assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its shareholders, all to the extent permitted by Texas law governing distributions to shareholders (the “Available Proceeds”), on the one hundred fiftieth (150th) day after such Deemed Liquidation Event, to redeem all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock at a price per share equal to the Series C Liquidation Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a redemption pursuant to the preceding sentence, if the Available Proceeds are not sufficient to redeem all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall redeem a pro rata portion of each holder’s shares of Series C Preferred Stock to the fullest extent of such Available Proceeds, based on the respective amounts which would otherwise be payable in respect of the shares to be redeemed if the Available Proceeds were sufficient to redeem all such shares, and shall redeem the remaining shares as soon as it may lawfully do so under Texas law governing distributions to shareholders. In consideration for receiving the applicable redemption price for the shares of Series C Preferred Stock being redeemed, the holder of the shares of Series S Preferred Stock will deliver all original stock certificates evidencing such shares to the Corporation for cancellation. Prior to the distribution or redemption provided for in this Subsection 2.3.2(b), the Corporation shall not expend or dissipate the consideration received for such Deemed Liquidation Event, except to discharge expenses incurred in connection with such Deemed Liquidation Event or in the ordinary course of business.

2.3.3    Amount Deemed Paid or Distributed. The amount deemed paid or distributed to the holders of capital stock of the Corporation upon any such merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, exclusive license, other disposition or redemption shall be the cash or the value of the property, rights or securities to be paid or distributed to such holders pursuant to such Deemed Liquidation Event. The value of such property, rights or securities shall be determined in good faith by the Board.

2.3.4    Allocation of Escrow and Contingent Consideration. In the event of a Deemed Liquidation Event pursuant to Subsection 2.3.1 (a)(i), if any portion of the consideration payable to the shareholders of the Corporation is payable only upon satisfaction of contingencies (the “Additional Consideration”), the Merger Agreement shall provide that (a) the portion of such consideration that is not Additional Consideration (such portion, the “Initial Consideration”) shall be allocated among the holders of capital stock of the Corporation in accordance with Subsections 2.1 and 2.2 as if the Initial Consideration were the only consideration payable in connection with such Deemed Liquidation Event; and (b) any Additional Consideration which becomes payable to the shareholders of the Corporation upon satisfaction of such contingencies shall be allocated among the holders of capital stock of the Corporation in accordance with Subsections 2.1 and 2.2 after taking into account the previous payment of the Initial Consideration as part of the same transaction. For the purposes of this Subsection 2.3.4, consideration placed into escrow or retained as a holdback to be available for satisfaction of indemnification or similar obligations in connection with such Deemed Liquidation Event shall be deemed to be Additional Consideration.

 

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3.    Voting.

3.1    General. On any matter presented to the shareholders of the Corporation for their action or consideration at any meeting of shareholders of the Corporation (or by written consent of shareholders in lieu of meeting), each holder of outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to cast the number of votes equal to the number of whole shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series C Preferred Stock held by such holder are convertible as of the record date for determining shareholders entitled to vote on such matter. Except as provided by law or by the other provisions of the Certificate of Formation, holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall vote together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class and on an as- converted to Common Stock basis.

3.2    Series C Preferred Stock Protective Provisions. At any time when a majority of the issued shares of Series C Preferred Stock (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock) are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, either directly or indirectly by amendment, merger, consolidation or otherwise, do any of the following without (in addition to any other vote required by law or this Certificate of Formation) the written consent or affirmative vote of the Requisite Holders given in writing or by vote at a meeting, consenting or voting (as the case may be) separately as a class, and any such act or transaction entered into without such consent or vote shall be null and void ab initio, and of no force or effect.

3.2.1    amend, alter or repeal any provision of the Certificate of Formation or Bylaws of the Corporation in a manner that adversely affects the powers, preferences or rights of the Series C Preferred Stock;

3.2.2    create, or authorize the creation of, or issue or obligate itself to issue shares of, any additional class or series of capital stock, unless the same ranks junior to the Series C Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the payment of dividends and rights of redemption, or increase the authorized number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock or increase the authorized number of shares of any additional class or series of capital stock of the Corporation unless the same ranks junior to the Series C Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the payment of dividends and rights of redemption; or

3.2.3    purchase or redeem (or permit any subsidiary to purchase or redeem) or pay or declare any dividend or make any distribution on, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation other than (i) redemptions of or dividends or distributions on the Series C Preferred Stock as expressly authorized herein, (ii) dividends or other distributions payable on the Common Stock solely in the form of additional shares of Common Stock and (iii) repurchases of stock from former employees, officers, directors, consultants or other persons who performed services for the Corporation or any subsidiary in connection with the cessation of such employment or service at the lower of the original purchase price or the then-current fair market value thereof.

 

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4.    Optional Conversion. The holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall have conversion rights as follows (the “Conversion Rights”):

4.1    Right to Convert.

4.1.1    Conversion Ratio. Each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, at any time and from time to time, and without the payment of additional consideration by the holder thereof, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock as is determined by dividing the Series C Original Issue Price by the Series C Conversion Price (as defined below) in effect at the time of conversion. The “Series C Conversion Price” shall initially be equal to $0.25. Such initial Series C Conversion Price, and the rate at which shares of Series C Preferred Stock may be converted into shares of Common Stock, shall be subject to adjustment as provided below.

4.1.2    Termination of Conversion Rights. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation or a Deemed Liquidation Event, the Conversion Rights shall terminate at the close of business on the last full day preceding the date fixed for the payment of any such amounts distributable on such event to the holders of Series C Preferred Stock.

4.2    Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of the Series C 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 fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined in good faith by the Board. 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 C 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.

4.3    Mechanics of Conversion.

4.3.1 Notice of Conversion. In order for a holder of Series C Preferred Stock to voluntarily convert shares of Series C Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock, such holder shall (a) provide written notice to the Corporation’s transfer agent at the office of the transfer agent for the Series C Preferred Stock (or at the principal office of the Corporation if the Corporation serves as its own transfer agent) that such holder elects to convert all or any number of such holder’s shares of Series C Preferred Stock and, if applicable, any event on which such conversion is contingent and (b), if such holder’s shares are certificated, surrender the certificate or certificates for such shares of Series C Preferred Stock (or, if such registered holder alleges that such certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, a lost certificate affidavit and agreement reasonably acceptable to the Corporation to

 

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indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against the Corporation on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate), at the office of the transfer agent for the Series C Preferred Stock (or at the principal office of the Corporation if the Corporation serves as its own transfer agent). Such notice shall state such holder’s name or the names of the nominees in which such holder wishes the shares of Common Stock to be issued. If required by the Corporation, any certificates surrendered for conversion shall be endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the registered holder or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing. The close of business on the date of receipt by the transfer agent (or by the Corporation if the Corporation serves as its own transfer agent) of such notice and, if applicable, certificates (or lost certificate affidavit and agreement) shall be the time of conversion (the “Conversion Time”), and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the specified shares shall be deemed to be outstanding of record as of such date. The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after the Conversion Time (i) issue and deliver to such holder of Series C Preferred Stock, or to his, her or its nominees, a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion in accordance with the provisions hereof and a certificate for the number (if any) of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock represented by the surrendered certificate that were not converted into Common Stock, (ii) pay in cash such amount as provided in Subsection 4.2 in lieu of any fraction of a share of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon such conversion and (iii) pay all declared but unpaid dividends on the shares of Series C Preferred Stock converted.

4.3.2    Reservation of Shares. The Corporation shall at all times when the Series C Preferred Stock shall be outstanding, reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued capital stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock, such number of its duly authorized shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding Series C Preferred Stock; and if at any time the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock shall not be sufficient to effect the conversion of all then outstanding shares of the Series C Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall take such corporate action as may be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes, including, without limitation, engaging in best efforts to obtain the requisite shareholder approval of any necessary amendment to this Certificate of Formation. Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment reducing the Series C Conversion Price below the then par value of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock, the Corporation will take any corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Corporation may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at such adjusted Series C Conversion Price.

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deemed to be outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall immediately cease and terminate at the Conversion Time, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive shares of Common Stock in exchange therefor, to receive payment in lieu of any fraction of a share otherwise issuable upon such conversion as provided in Subsection 42 and to receive payment of any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon. Any shares of Series C Preferred Stock so converted shall be retired and cancelled and may not be reissued as shares of such series, and the Corporation may thereafter take such appropriate action (without the need for shareholder action) as may be necessary to reduce the authorized number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock accordingly.

4.3.4    No Further Adjustment. Upon any such conversion, no adjustment to the Series C Conversion Price shall be made for any declared but unpaid dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion or on the Common Stock delivered upon conversion.

4.3.5    Taxes. The Corporation shall pay any and all issue and other similar taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of shares of Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 4. The Corporation shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock in a name other than that in which the shares of Series C Preferred Stock so converted were registered, and no such issuance or delivery shall be made unless and until the person or entity requesting such issuance has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid.

4.4    Adjustments to Series C Conversion Price for Diluting Issues.

4.4.1    Special Definitions. For purposes of this Article 4, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)    “Option” shall mean rights, options or warrants to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

(b)    “Series C Original Issue Date” shall mean the date on which the first share of Series C Preferred Stock was issued.

(c)    “Convertible Securities” shall mean any evidences of indebtedness, shares or other securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, but excluding Options.

(d)    “Additional Shares of Common Stock” shall mean all shares of Common Stock issued (or, pursuant to Subsection 4.4.3 below, deemed to be issued) by the Corporation after the Series C Original Issue Date, other than (1) the following shares of Common Stock and (2) shares of Common Stock deemed issued pursuant to the following Options and Convertible Securities (clauses (1) and (2), collectively, “Exempted Securities”):

(i)    shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of any shares of Series C Preferred Stock;

 

 

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(ii)    shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities issued as a dividend or distribution on Series C Preferred Stock;

(iii)    shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities issued by reason of a dividend, stock split, split-up or other distribution on shares of Common Stock that is covered by Subsection 4.5, 4.6, 4,7 or 48;

(iv)    shares of Common Stock or Options issued to employees or directors of, or consultants or advisors to, the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to a plan, agreement or arrangement approved by the Board so long as the aggregate amount of all Common Stock or Options issued to employees or directors of, or consultants or advisors to, the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to any plan, agreement or arrangement approved by the Board does not exceed, on an as-converted basis, fifteen percent (15%) of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Stock; or

(v)    shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities actually issued upon the exercise of Options or shares of Common Stock actually issued upon the conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities existing prior to December 31, 2018 (and shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise or conversion of any Convertible Securities issued after December 31, 2018 if, but only if, anti-dilutions protection was applied, if applicable, to the issuance of such Convertible Security), in each case provided such issuance is pursuant to the terms of such Option or Convertible Security.

4.4.2    No Adjustment of Series C Conversion Price. No adjustment in the Series C Conversion Price shall be made as the result of the issuance or deemed issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock if the Corporation receives written notice from the Requisite Holders agreeing that no such adjustment shall be made as the result of the issuance or deemed issuance of such Additional Shares of Common Stock.

4.4.3    Deemed Issue of Additional Shares of Common Stock.

(a)    If the Corporation at any time or from time to time after the Series C Original Issue Date shall issue any Options or Convertible Securities (excluding Options or Convertible Securities which are themselves Exempted Securities) or shall fix a record date for the determination of holders of any class of securities entitled to receive any such Options or Convertible Securities, then the maximum number of shares of Common Stock (as set forth in the instrument relating thereto, assuming the satisfaction of any conditions to exercisability,

 

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convertibility or exchangeability but without regard to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such number) issuable upon the exercise of such Options or, in the case of Convertible Securities and Options therefor, the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, shall be deemed to be Additional Shares of Common Stock issued as of the time of such issue or, in case such a record date shall have been fixed, as of the close of business on such record date.

(b)    If the terms of any Option or Convertible Security, the issuance of which resulted in an adjustment to the Series C Conversion Price pursuant to the terms of Subsection 4.4.4, are revised as a result of an amendment to such terms or any other adjustment pursuant to the provisions of such Option or Convertible Security (but excluding automatic adjustments to such terms pursuant to anti-dilution or similar provisions of such Option or Convertible Security) to provide for either (1) any increase or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion and/or exchange of any such Option or Convertible Security or (2) any increase or decrease in the consideration payable to the Corporation upon such exercise, conversion and/or exchange, then, effective upon such increase or decrease becoming effective, the Series C Conversion Price computed upon the original issue of such Option or Convertible Security (or upon the occurrence of a record date with respect thereto) shall be readjusted to such Series C Conversion Price as would have obtained had such revised terms been in effect upon the original date of issuance of such Option or Convertible Security. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no readjustment pursuant to this clause (b) shall have the effect of increasing the Series C Conversion Price to an amount which exceeds the lower of (i) the Series C Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the original adjustment made as a result of the issuance of such Option or Convertible Security, or (ii) the Series C Conversion Price that would have resulted from any issuances of Additional Shares of Common Stock (other than deemed issuances of Additional Shares of Common Stock as a result of the issuance of such Option or Convertible Security) between the original adjustment date and such readjustment date.

(c)    If the terms of any Option or Convertible Security (excluding Options or Convertible Securities which are themselves Exempted Securities), the issuance of which did not result in an adjustment to the Series C Conversion Price pursuant to the terms of Subsection 4.4.4 (either because the consideration per share (determined pursuant to Subsection 4.4.5) of the Additional Shares of Common Stock subject thereto was equal to or greater than the Series C Conversion Price then in effect, or because such Option or Convertible Security was issued before the Series C Original Issue Date), are revised after the Series C Original Issue Date as a result of an amendment to such terms or any other adjustment pursuant to the provisions of such Option or Convertible Security (but excluding automatic adjustments to such terms pursuant to anti-dilution or similar provisions of such Option or Convertible Security) to provide for either (1) any increase in the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of any such Option or Convertible Security or (2) any

 

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decrease in the consideration payable to the Corporation upon such exercise, conversion or exchange, then such Option or Convertible Security, as so amended or adjusted, and the Additional Shares of Common Stock subject thereto (determined in the manner provided in Subsection 4.4.3(a) shall be deemed to have been issued effective upon such increase or decrease becoming effective.

(d)    Upon the expiration or termination of any unexercised Option or unconverted or unexchanged Convertible Security (or portion thereof) which resulted (either upon its original issuance or upon a revision of its terms) in an adjustment to the Series C Conversion Price pursuant to the terms of Subsection 4.4.4, the Series C Conversion Price shall be readjusted to such Series C Conversion Price as would have obtained had such Option or Convertible Security (or portion thereof) never been issued.

(e)    If the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion and/or exchange of any Option or Convertible Security, or the consideration payable to the Corporation upon such exercise, conversion and/or exchange, is calculable at the time such Option or Convertible Security is issued or amended but is subject to adjustment based upon subsequent events, any adjustment to the Series C Conversion Price provided for in this Subsection 4.4.3 shall be effected at the time of such issuance or amendment based on such number of shares or amount of consideration without regard to any provisions for subsequent adjustments (and any subsequent adjustments shall be treated as provided in clauses (b) and (c) of this Subsection 4,4.3). If the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion and/or exchange of any Option or Convertible Security, or the consideration payable to the Corporation upon such exercise, conversion and/or exchange, cannot be calculated at all at the time such Option or Convertible Security is issued or amended, any adjustment to the Series C Conversion Price that would result under the terms of this Subsection 4.4.3 at the time of such issuance or amendment shall instead be effected at the time such number of shares and/or amount of consideration is first calculable (even if subject to subsequent adjustments), assuming for purposes of calculating such adjustment to the Series C Conversion Price that such issuance or amendment took place at the time such calculation can first be made.

4.4.4    Adjustment of Series C Conversion Price Upon Issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Series C Original Issue Date issue Additional Shares of Common Stock (including Additional Shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued pursuant to Subsection 4.4.3), without consideration or for a consideration per share less than the Series C Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or

 

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deemed issuance, then the Series C Conversion Price shall be reduced, concurrently with such issue, to a price (calculated to the nearest [one-hundredth of a cent]) determined in accordance with the following formula:

CP2 = CP1* (A + B) ÷ (A + C)

For purposes of the foregoing formula, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)    “CP2shall mean the Series C Conversion Price in effect immediately after such issuance or deemed issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock

(b)    “CP1shall mean the Series C Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or deemed issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock;

(c)    “A” shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance or deemed issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock (treating for this purpose as outstanding all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Options outstanding immediately prior to such issuance or deemed issuance or upon conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities (including the Series C Preferred Stock) outstanding (assuming exercise of any outstanding Options therefor) immediately prior to such issue);

(d)    “B” shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if such Additional Shares of Common Stock had been issued or deemed issued at a price per share equal to CPi (determined by dividing the aggregate consideration received by the Corporation in respect of such issue by CPi); and

(e)    “C” shall mean the number of such Additional Shares of Common Stock issued in such transaction.

4.4.5    Determination of Consideration. For purposes of this Subsection 4,4, the consideration received by the Corporation for the issuance or deemed issuance of any Additional Shares of Common Stock shall be computed as follows:

(a)    Cash and Property: Such consideration shall: (i) insofar as it consists of cash, be computed at the aggregate amount of cash received by the Corporation, excluding amounts paid or payable for accrued interest; (ii) insofar as it consists of property other than cash, be computed at the fair market value thereof at the time of such issue, as determined in good faith by the Board; and (iii) in the event Additional Shares of Common Stock are issued together with other shares or securities or other assets of the Corporation for consideration which covers both, be the proportion of such consideration so received, computed as provided in clauses (i) and (ii) above, as determined in good faith by the Board.

(b)    Options and Convertible Securities. The consideration per share received by the Corporation for Additional Shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued pursuant to Subsection 4,4,3, relating to Options and Convertible Securities, shall be determined by dividing:

(i)    The total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Corporation as consideration for the issue of such Options or

 

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Convertible Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration (as set forth in the instruments relating thereto, without regard to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such consideration) payable to the Corporation upon the exercise of such Options or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, or in the case of Options for Convertible Securities, the exercise of such Options for Convertible Securities and the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, by

(ii)    the maximum number of shares of Common Stock (as set forth in the instruments relating thereto, without regard to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such number) issuable upon the exercise of such Options or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, or in the case of Options for Convertible Securities, the exercise of such Options for Convertible Securities and the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

4.4.6    Multiple Closing Dates. In the event the Corporation shall issue on more than one date Additional Shares of Common Stock that are a part of one transaction or a series of related transactions and that would result in an adjustment to the Series C Conversion Price pursuant to the terms of Subsection 4.4.4, and such issuance dates occur within a period of no more than ninety (90) days from the first such issuance to the final such issuance, then, upon the final such issuance, the Series C Conversion Price shall be readjusted to give effect to all such issuances as if they occurred on the date of the first such issuance (and without giving effect to any additional adjustments as a result of any such subsequent issuances within such period).

4.5    Adjustment for Stock Splits and Combinations. If the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time after the Series C Original Issue Date effect a subdivision of the outstanding Common Stock, the Series C Conversion Price in effect immediately before that subdivision shall be proportionately decreased so that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of each share of such series shall be increased in proportion to such increase in the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. If the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time after the Series C Original Issue Date combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Series C Conversion Price in effect immediately before the combination shall be proportionately increased so that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of each share of such series shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Any adjustment under this subsection shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

4.6    Adjustment for Certain Dividends and Distributions. In the event the Corporation at any time or from time to time after the Series C Original Issue Date shall make or issue, or fix a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution payable on the Common Stock in additional shares of Common Stock, then and in each such event the Series C Conversion Price in effect immediately before

 

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such event shall be decreased as of the time of such issuance or, in the event such a record date shall have been fixed, as of the close of business on such record date, by multiplying the Series C Conversion Price then in effect by a fraction:

(a)    the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date, and

(b)    the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution.

Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) if such record date shall have been fixed and such dividend is not fully paid or if such distribution is not fully made on the date fixed therefor, the Series C Conversion Price shall be recomputed accordingly as of the close of business on such record date and thereafter the Series C Conversion Price shall be adjusted pursuant to this subsection as of the time of actual payment of such dividends or distributions; and (ii) no such adjustment shall be made if the holders of Series C Preferred Stock simultaneously receive a dividend or other distribution of shares of Common Stock in a number equal to the number of shares of Common Stock as they would have received if all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock had been converted into Common Stock on the date of such event.

4.7    Adjustments for Other Dividends and Distributions. In the event the Corporation at any time or from time to time after the Series C Original Issue Date shall make or issue, or fix a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution payable in securities of the Corporation (other than a distribution of shares of Common Stock in respect of outstanding shares of Common Stock) or in other property and the provisions of Section 2 do not apply to such dividend or distribution, then and in each such event provision shall be made so that the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall receive upon conversion thereof, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock receivable thereupon, the kind and amount of securities of the Corporation, cash or other property which they would have been entitled to receive had the Series C Preferred Stock been converted into Common Stock on the date of such event and had they thereafter, during the period from the date of such event to and including the conversion date, retained such securities receivable by them as aforesaid during such period, giving application to all adjustments called for during such period under this paragraph with respect to the rights of the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock; provided. however, that no such provision shall be made if the holders of Series C Preferred Stock receive, simultaneously with the distribution to the holders of Common Stock, a dividend or other distribution of such securities, cash or other property in an amount equal to the amount of such securities, cash or other property as they would have received if all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock had been converted into Common Stock on the date of such event.

4.8    Adjustment for Merger or Reorganization, Etc. Subject to the provisions of Subsection 2.3, if there shall occur any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger involving the Corporation in which the Common Stock (but not the Series C Preferred Stock) is converted into or exchanged for securities, cash or other property (other than

 

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a transaction covered by Subsections 4.4, 4.6 or 4.7), then, following any such reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger, each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall thereafter be convertible in lieu of the Common Stock into which it was convertible prior to such event into the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation issuable upon conversion of one share of Series C Preferred Stock immediately prior to such reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger would have been entitled to receive pursuant to such transaction; and, in such case, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Board) shall be made in the application of the provisions in this Section 4 with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock, to the end that the provisions set forth in this Section 4 (including provisions with respect to changes in and other adjustments of the Series C Conversion Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to any securities or other property thereafter deliverable upon the conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock.

4.9    Certificate as to Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Series C Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 4, the Corporation at its expense shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable but in any event not later than ten (10) days thereafter, compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to each holder of Series C Preferred Stock a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment (including the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property into which the Series C Preferred Stock is convertible) and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Corporation shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the written request at any time of any holder of Series C Preferred Stock (but in any event not later than twenty (20) days thereafter), furnish or cause to be furnished to such holder a certificate setting forth (i) the Series C Conversion Price then in effect, and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other securities, cash or property which then would be received upon the conversion of Series C Preferred Stock.

4.10    Notice of Record Date. In the event:

(a)    the Corporation shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock (or other capital stock or securities at the time issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock) for the purpose of entitling or enabling them to receive any dividend or other distribution, or to receive any right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or any other securities, or to receive any other security; or

(b)    of any capital reorganization of the Corporation, any reclassification of the Common Stock of the Corporation, or any Deemed Liquidation Event; or

(c)    of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Corporation,

then, and in each such case, the Corporation will send or cause to be sent to the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock a notice specifying, as the case may be, (i) the record date for such

 

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dividend, distribution or right, and the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right, or (ii) the effective date on which such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is proposed to take place, and the time, if any is to be fixed, as of which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such other capital stock or securities at the time issuable upon the conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock) shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other capital stock or securities) for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and the amount per share and character of such exchange applicable to the Series C Preferred Stock and the Common Stock. Such notice shall be sent at least ten (10) days prior to the record date or effective date for the event specified in such notice.

5.    Mandatory Conversion.

5.1     Trigger Events. Upon either (a) the closing of the sale of shares of Common Stock to the public at a price of at least $0.50 per share (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Common Stock), in a firm-commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, resulting in at least $20,000,000 of gross proceeds to the Corporation and in connection with such offering the Common Stock is listed for trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market’s National Market, the New York Stock Exchange or another exchange or marketplace approved the Board or (b) the date and time, or the occurrence of an event, specified by vote or written consent of the Requisite Holders (the time of such closing or the date and time specified or the time of the event specified in such vote or written consent is referred to herein as the “Mandatory Conversion Time”), then (i) all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into shares of Common Stock, at the then effective conversion rate as calculated pursuant to Subsection 4.1.1 and (ii) such shares may not be reissued by the Corporation.

5.2    Procedural Requirements. All holders of record of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be sent written notice of the Mandatory Conversion Time and the place designated for mandatory conversion of all such shares of Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 5. Such notice need not be sent in advance of the occurrence of the Mandatory Conversion Time. Upon receipt of such notice, each holder of shares of Series C Preferred Stock in certificated form shall surrender his, her or its certificate or certificates for all such shares (or, if such holder alleges that such certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, a lost certificate affidavit and agreement reasonably acceptable to the Corporation to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against the Corporation on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate) to the Corporation at the place designated in such notice. If so required by the Corporation, any certificates surrendered for conversion shall be endorsed or accompanied by written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the registered holder or by his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing. All rights with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock converted pursuant to Subsection 5.1. including the rights, if any, to receive notices and vote (other than as a holder of Common Stock), will terminate at the Mandatory Conversion Time (notwithstanding the failure of the holder or holders thereof to surrender any certificates at or prior to such time), except only the rights of the holders thereof, upon surrender of any certificate or certificates of such holders (or lost

 

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certificate affidavit and agreement) therefor, to receive the items provided for in the next sentence of this Subsection 5,2. As soon as practicable after the Mandatory Conversion Time and, if applicable, the surrender of any certificate or certificates (or lost certificate affidavit and agreement) for Series C Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall (a) issue and deliver to such holder, or to his, her or its nominees, a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable on such conversion in accordance with the provisions hereof and (b) pay cash as provided in Subsection 4.2 in lieu of any fraction of a share of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon such conversion and the payment of any declared but unpaid dividends on the shares of Series C Preferred Stock converted. Such converted Series C Preferred Stock shall be retired and cancelled and may not be reissued as shares of such series, and the Corporation may thereafter take such appropriate action (without the need for shareholder action) as may be necessary to reduce the authorized number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock accordingly.

6.    Redeemed or Otherwise Acquired Shares. Any shares of Series C Preferred Stock that are redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries shall be automatically and immediately cancelled and retired and shall not be reissued, sold or transferred. Neither the Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries may exercise any voting or other rights granted to the holders of Series C Preferred Stock following redemption.

7.    Waiver. Any of the rights, powers, preferences and other terms of the Series C Preferred Stock set forth herein may be waived on behalf of all holders of Series C Preferred Stock by the affirmative written consent or vote of the Requisite Holders.

8.    Notices. Any notice required or permitted by the provisions of this Series C Certificate of Designations to be given to a holder of shares of Series C 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 General Corporation Law, and shall be deemed sent upon such mailing or electronic transmission.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Series C Certificate of Designations to be executed on behalf of the Corporation by its President on this 12th day of March, 2019.

 

By:  

/s/ Mark Hilz

  Mark Hilz,
  President

 

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Exhibit 3.3

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

(A TEXAS CORPORATION)

JANUARY 24, 2022


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I

  OFFICES      1  

Section 1.1

  Registered Office      1  

Section 1.2

  Other Offices      1  

ARTICLE II

  SHAREHOLDERS      1  

Section 2.1

  Place of Shareholder Meetings      1  

Section 2.2

  Annual Meeting of Shareholders      1  

Section 2.3

  List of Shareholders      1  

Section 2.4

  Special Meetings of Shareholders      2  

Section 2.5

  Notice of Shareholder Meetings      2  

Section 2.6

  Quorum; Adjournment of Shareholder Meetings      2  

Section 2.7

  Order of Business      2  

Section 2.8

  Shareholder Voting      3  

Section 2.9

  Method of Shareholder Voting      3  

Section 2.10

  Action by Written Consent of the Shareholders      3  

Section 2.11

  Record Date; Closing Transfer Books      3  

Section 2.12

  Inspectors      3  

Section 2.13

  Advance Notification of Shareholder Meetings      4  

ARTICLE III

  BOARD OF DIRECTORS      6  

Section 3.1

  Management      6  

Section 3.2

  Qualification; Election; Term; Classified Board      6  

Section 3.3

  Notification of Nominations      6  

Section 3.4

  Number      9  

Section 3.5

  Removal      9  

Section 3.6

  Resignation      10  

Section 3.7

  Vacancies      10  

Section 3.8

  Place of Board Meetings      10  

Section 3.9

  Annual Meeting of the Board      10  

Section 3.10

  Regular Meetings of the Board      10  

Section 3.11

  Special Meetings of the Board      10  

Section 3.12

  Notice of Board Meetings      10  

Section 3.13

  Quorum; Adjournment of Meetings      11  

Section 3.14

  Interested Directors      11  

Section 3.15

  Action by Consent      11  

Section 3.16

  Compensation of Directors      11  

Section 3.17

  Rules and Regulations      11  

ARTICLE IV

  COMMITTEES      12  

Section 4.1

  Designation; Powers      12  

Section 4.2

  Procedure; Meetings; Quorum      12  

 

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Section 4.3

  Vacancies      12  

ARTICLE V

  NOTICE      12  

Section 5.1

  Form of Notice      12  

Section 5.2

  Waiver      13  

ARTICLE VI

  OFFICERS AND AGENTS      13  

Section 6.1

  In General      13  

Section 6.2

  Election of Officers      13  

Section 6.3

  Other Officers and Agents      13  

Section 6.4

  Compensation of Officers      13  

Section 6.5

  Term of Office and Removal      14  

Section 6.6

  Officer Resignations      14  

Section 6.7

  Chairman of the Board of Directors      14  

Section 6.8

  Chief Executive Officer      14  

Section 6.9

  President      14  

Section 6.10

  Chief Financial Officer      14  

Section 6.11

  Chief Operating Officer      15  

Section 6.12

  Vice Presidents      15  

Section 6.13

  Secretary      15  

Section 6.14

  Assistant Secretaries      15  

Section 6.15

  Treasurer      16  

Section 6.16

  Assistant Treasurers      16  

Section 6.17

  Execution of Contracts and Other Documents      16  

Section 6.18

  Bonding      16  

ARTICLE VII

  CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES      16  

Section 7.1

  Certificated and Uncertificated Shares      16  

Section 7.2

  Certificates      16  

Section 7.3

  Issuance of Uncertificated Shares      17  

Section 7.4

  Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates      17  

Section 7.5

  Transfer of Shares      17  

Section 7.6

  Registered Shareholders      17  

Section 7.7

  Regulations Regarding Shares      18  

ARTICLE VIII

  GENERAL PROVISIONS      18  

Section 8.1

  Dividends      18  

Section 8.2

  Reserves      18  

Section 8.3

  Telephone and Similar Meetings      18  

Section 8.4

  Books and Records      18  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(Continued)

 

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Section 8.5

  Fiscal Year      18  

Section 8.6

  Construction      19  

Section 8.7

  Seal      19  

Section 8.8

  Indemnification      19  

Section 8.9

  Insurance      19  

Section 8.10

  Amendment of Bylaws      19  

Section 8.11

  Invalid Provisions      19  

Section 8.12

  Relation to Certificate of Formation      19  

 

 

(iii)


SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

* * * * *

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.1 Registered Office. The registered office and registered agent of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., (the “Corporation”) will be as from time to time set forth in the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation as then in effect (as the same may be amended, restated or amended and restated from time to time, the “Certificate of Formation”).

Section 1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and outside the State of Texas, as the Board of Directors (the “Board” or “Board of Directors”) may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 2.1 Place of Shareholder Meetings. All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at such place, within or outside the State of Texas, as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. Meetings of shareholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or outside the State of Texas, as may be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

Section 2.2 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. An annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of members to the Board of Directors (each a “Director”) to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held on such date and at such hour as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that the meeting will not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as provided under the Texas Business Organizations Code (the “TBOC”).

Section 2.3 List of Shareholders. At least 10 days before each meeting of the shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of voting shares registered in the name of each, will be prepared by the officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books. Such list will be kept on file at the registered office of the Corporation for a period of 10 days prior to such meeting and will be subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during usual business hours. Such list will be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and will be subject to the inspection of any shareholder who may be present.


Section 2.4 Special Meetings of Shareholders. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Formation, special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Business transacted at all special meetings will be confined to the purposes stated in the notice of the meeting.

Section 2.5 Notice of Shareholder Meetings. Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of any meeting of the shareholders and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, will be given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or the other person(s) calling the meeting to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. Such notice may be delivered either personally or by mail. If mailed, such notice will be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid.

Section 2.6 Quorum; Adjournment of Shareholder Meetings. With respect to any matter, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote on that matter will be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Formation or these Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (these “Bylaws”). If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, will have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present or represented. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting will be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

Section 2.7 Order of Business. At each meeting of the shareholders, one of the following persons, in the order in which they are listed (and in the absence of the first, the next, and so on), shall serve as chairman of the meeting: Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Chairman” or “Chairman of the Board”), Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer, Vice Presidents (in the order of their seniority if more than one) and any other person as the Board of Directors may designate. The order of business at each such meeting shall be as determined by the chairman of the meeting. The chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts and things as are necessary or desirable for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, the establishment of procedures for the maintenance of order and safety, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments on the affairs of the Corporation, restrictions on entry to such meeting after the time prescribed for the commencement thereof, and the opening and closing of the voting polls.

 

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Section 2.8 Shareholder Voting. When a quorum is present at any meeting of the Corporation’s shareholders, the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote and represented in person or by proxy at such meeting will be sufficient to decide such question; provided that if the question is one upon which, by express provision of law, the Certificate of Formation or these Bylaws, a different vote is required, such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

Section 2.9 Method of Shareholder Voting. Each outstanding share of the Corporation’s capital stock, regardless of class or series, will be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders, except to the extent that the voting rights of the shares of any class or series are altered, limited or denied by the Certificate of Formation, as amended from time to time. At any meeting of the shareholders, every shareholder having the right to vote will be entitled to vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by such shareholder and bearing a date not more than 11 months prior to such meeting, unless such instrument provides for a longer period. A telegram, telex, cablegram or similar transmission by the shareholder, or a photographic, photostatic, facsimile or similar reproduction of a writing executed by the shareholder, shall be treated as an execution in writing for purposes of the preceding sentence. Each proxy will be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable and if, and only so long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. Such proxy will be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation prior to or at the time of the meeting. Voting for Directors will be in accordance with ARTICLE III of these Bylaws. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Formation of the Corporation, cumulative voting for the election of directors shall be prohibited. Voting on any question or in any election may be by voice vote or show of hands unless the chairman of the meeting orders or shareholders holding a majority of the issued and outstanding shares present in person or by proxy at any meeting demand that voting be by written ballot.

Section 2.10 Action by Written Consent of the Shareholders. Any action by written consent of the shareholders may only be taken if and to the extent provided for in the Certificate of Formation.

Section 2.11 Record Date; Closing Transfer Books. The Board of Directors may fix in advance a record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such record date to be not less than ten nor more than 60 days prior to such meeting, or the Board of Directors may close the stock transfer books for such purpose for a period of not less than ten nor more than 60 days prior to such meeting. In the absence of any action by the Board of Directors, the date upon which the notice of the meeting is mailed will be the record date. A determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

Section 2.12 Inspectors. Either the Board of Directors or, in the absence of a designation of inspectors by the Board, the chairman of any meeting of shareholders may, in its or such person’s discretion, appoint one or more inspectors to act at any meeting of shareholders. Such inspectors shall perform such duties as shall be specified by the Board or the chairman of the meeting. Inspectors need not be shareholders. No Director or nominee for the office of director shall be appointed such inspector.

 

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Section 2.13 Advance Notification of Shareholder Meetings.

(a) At an annual meeting of the shareholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (A) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (B) otherwise brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (C) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a shareholder who (i) was a shareholder of record at the time of giving of advance notice provided for in this Section 2.13 and at the time of the annual meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (iii) complies with the advance notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.13 as to such business.

(b) For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder, if such business relates to the election of Directors of the Corporation, the procedures in Section 3.3 must be complied with. If such business relates to any other matter, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary and such business must otherwise be a proper matter for shareholder action. To be timely, a shareholder’s notice must be delivered or mailed by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 75 days nor more than 100 days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date (including any change in a date designated by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 2.2) more than 50 days prior to such anniversary date, notice by the shareholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was first mailed or public disclosure of the date of the meeting was first made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder’s notice as described above. A shareholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the shareholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting the following:

(i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting;

(ii) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of the shareholder proposing such business and the name and address of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made;

(iii) as of the date of the notice and as of the record date for the meeting (and if the record date is subsequent to the date notice is delivered to the Secretary as provided above, then such shareholder shall deliver in writing to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation the information as of the record date promptly following the later of the record date and the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed) (I) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation that are beneficially owned by such shareholder and such beneficial owner, (II) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right

 

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with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or otherwise (a “derivative instrument”) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such shareholder or beneficial owner and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation, (III) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such shareholder or such beneficial owner has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation, (IV) any short interest in any security of the Corporation (for purposes of this Section 2.13 a person or entity shall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person or entity directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security), (V) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such shareholder or beneficial owner that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (VI) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or derivative instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such shareholder or beneficial owner is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner thereof, and (VII) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such shareholder or beneficial owner is entitled to base on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or derivative instruments as of the date of such notice, including without limitation any such interests held by members of such shareholder’s or beneficial owner’s immediate family sharing the same household (which information shall be supplemented by such shareholder not later than 10 days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date);

(iv) any other information relating to such shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for the proposal pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

(v) as of the date of the notice and as of the record date for the meeting (and if the record date is subsequent to the date notice is delivered to the Secretary as provided above, then such shareholder shall deliver in writing to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation the information as of the record date promptly following the later of the record date and the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed) (I) any material interest of such shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, in such business and (II) a description of all agreements, arrangements, and understandings between such shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, and any other person or entity (including their names) in connection with such business or the proposal thereof by such shareholder; and

 

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(vi) a representation that the shareholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business. Notwithstanding anything in the Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at any annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.13 and except that, with respect to any business related to the election of Directors of the Corporation, the procedures in Section 3.3 must be complied with.

(c) The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.13, and if he should so determine, the chairman shall so declare to the meeting that any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted. In addition, unless otherwise required by law, if a shareholder (or a qualified representative of the shareholder) intending to propose business at an annual meeting pursuant to this Section 2.13 does not appear at the meeting to present the proposed business, such business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such business may have been received by the Corporation.

(d) Nothing in this Section 2.13 shall be deemed to affect any rights of shareholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.1 Management. The business and affairs of the Corporation will be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, and, subject to the restrictions imposed by law, the Certificate of Formation or these Bylaws of the Corporation, the Board of Directors may exercise all the powers of the Corporation who may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law, the Certificate of Formation or these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

Section 3.2 Qualification; Election; Term; Classified Board. None of the Directors need be a shareholder of the Corporation or a resident of the State of Texas. The Directors will be elected by plurality vote at the annual meeting of the shareholders, at which such Directors’ term will expire, except as hereinafter provided, and each Director elected will hold office for the term for which such Director is elected, and until such Director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier disability, death, resignation or removal. The Directors of the Corporation shall be divided into three classes as provided in the Certificate of Formation of the Corporation.

Section 3.3 Notification of Nominations.

(a) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as Directors. Nominations for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation at a meeting of shareholders may be made (A) by the Board of Directors or (B) at an annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders at which Directors are to be elected as specified in the Corporation’s notice of special meeting, by

 

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any shareholder of the Corporation who (i) was a shareholder of record at the time of giving of advance notice provided for in this Section 3.3 and at the time of the meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote for the election of Directors at such meeting and (iii) complies with the advance notice procedures set forth in this Section 3.3. Nominations with respect to an election of Directors to be held at an annual meeting, other than those nominations made by or on behalf of the Board of Directors, shall be made by notice in writing delivered or mailed by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 75 days nor more than 100 days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date (including any change in a date designated by the Board pursuant to Section 2.2) more than 50 days prior to such anniversary date, notice by the shareholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual meeting was first mailed or public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting was first made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder’s notice as described above. Nominations with respect to an election of Directors to be held at a special meeting of shareholders, other than nominations made by or on behalf of the Board of Directors, shall be made by notice in writing delivered or mailed by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation no later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such notice of the date of the special meeting was first mailed or public disclosure of the date of the special meeting was first made, whichever first occurs.

(b) Each notice under this Section 3.3 shall set forth:

(i) as to each proposed nominee (I) the name, age and business address of each such nominee, (II) the principal occupation or employment of each such nominee, (III) the number of shares of stock of the Corporation that are beneficially owned by each such nominee, (IV) any other information concerning the nominee that must be disclosed as to nominees in proxy solicitations pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (as defined in Section 2.13) (including such person’s written consent to be named as a nominee and to serve as a Director if elected) and (V) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements, and understandings during the three fiscal years of the Corporation prior to the date of such meeting, and any other material relationships, between or among such shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K (or any successor provision thereto) if the shareholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, or any affiliate or associate thereof, or any person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rules and the nominee were a Director or executive officer of such registrant;

 

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(ii) as to the shareholder giving the notice (I) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of such shareholder and the name and address of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (II) as of the date of the notice and as of the record date for the meeting (and if the record date is subsequent to the date notice is delivered to the Secretary as provided above, then such shareholder shall deliver in writing to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation the information as of the record date promptly following the later of the record date and the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed) (A) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by such shareholder and such beneficial owner, (B) any derivative instrument (as defined in Section 2.13) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such shareholder or beneficial owner and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation, (C) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such shareholder or such beneficial owner has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation, (D) any short interest in any security of the Corporation (for purposes of this Section 3.3 a person or entity shall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person or entity directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security), (E) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such shareholder or beneficial owner that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (F) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or derivative instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such shareholder or beneficial owner is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner thereof, and (G) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such shareholder or beneficial owner is entitled to base on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or derivative instruments as of the date of such notice, including without limitation any such interests held by members of such shareholder’s or beneficial owner’s immediate family sharing the same household (which information shall be supplemented by such shareholder not later than 10 days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date);

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

(iv) a representation that the shareholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to present such nomination. Each nominee for election or reelection to the Board of Directors must complete, execute and deliver a questionnaire, representation and agreement as described Section 3.3(d). The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a Director of the Corporation and to be independent as determined under applicable rules and regulations, and that could be material to a reasonable shareholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.

 

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(c) The chairman of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedure, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded. In addition, unless otherwise required by law, if a shareholder (or a qualified representative of the shareholder) intending to make a nomination at an annual or special meeting pursuant to this Section 3.3 does not appear at the meeting to present the nomination, such nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such nomination may have been received by the Corporation.

(d) To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a Director of the Corporation, the prospective nominee must deliver (in accordance with the periods prescribed for delivery of notice under this Section 3.3) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request). The prospective nominee must also provide to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person (i) is not and will not become a party to (A) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a Director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (B) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a Director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (ii) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a Director that has not been disclosed therein, and (iii) would be in compliance, if elected as a Director of the Corporation, and will comply with, applicable law and all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, corporate opportunity, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation.

Section 3.4 Number. The number of Directors of the Corporation will be at least one (1) and not more than seven (7). The number of Directors authorized will be fixed as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. No decrease in the number of Directors will have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent Director.

Section 3.5 Removal. Any Director may be removed from office only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of a majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote for the election of directors generally.

 

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Section 3.6 Resignation. Any Director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Chairman of the Board or to the Secretary. A resignation is effective when the resignation is delivered unless the resignation specifies (a) a later effective date or (b) an effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events.

Section 3.7 Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by election at an annual or special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office (even if the remaining Directors constitute less than a quorum of the Board of Directors), and any Director so chosen shall hold office for the remainder of the term to which the director has been selected and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of Directors may be filled by election at an annual meeting or at a special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose or may be filled by the Board of Directors for a term of office continuing only until the next election of one or more directors by the shareholders; provided that the Board of Directors may not fill more than two such directorships during the period between any two successive annual meetings of the shareholders.

Section 3.8 Place of Board Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors, regular or special, may be held at such place within or outside the State of Texas as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors or as shall be specified or fixed in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

Section 3.9 Annual Meeting of the Board. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors will be held without further notice immediately following the annual meeting of shareholders and at the same place, unless by unanimous consent, the Directors shall change such time or place. At the first meeting of the Board of Directors in each year at which a quorum shall be present, held after the annual meeting of shareholders, the Board of Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation.

Section 3.10 Regular Meetings of the Board. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held, pursuant to Section 3.12, at such time and place as is from time to time determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 3.11 Special Meetings of the Board. Special meetings of the Board of Directors will be held, pursuant to Section 3.12, whenever called by (i) the Chairman, (ii) the President or (iii) the President or the Secretary on the written request of at least two Directors.

Section 3.12 Notice of Board Meetings. Notice of regular meetings of the Board of Directors or of any adjourned meeting thereof need not be given. Notice of each special meeting of the Board shall, at least two days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, be made to each Director (i) by mail, addressed to such Director at such Director’s residence or usual place of business, (ii) by facsimile, telegraph or electronic transmission (including, without limitation, electronic mail), addressed to such Director at such Director’s residence or usual place of business, or (iii) in person or by telephone. Notwithstanding the foregoing, notice need not be given to any Director who shall (a) either before or after the meeting, submit a signed waiver of such notice or (b) attend such meeting without protesting, prior to or at its commencement, the lack of notice to such Director. Every such notice shall state the time and place but need not state the purpose of the meeting.

 

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Section 3.13 Quorum; Adjournment of Meetings. At all meetings of the Board of Directors the presence of a majority of the number of Directors then in office will be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum will be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law, the Certificate of Formation or these Bylaws. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, a majority of the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as original called and noticed.

Section 3.14 Interested Directors. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its Directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of the Corporation’s Directors or officers are Directors or officers or have a financial interest, will be void or voidable solely for this reason, solely because the Director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof that authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose, if: (i) the material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested Directors, even though the disinterested Directors be less than a quorum, (ii) the material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the shareholders or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the shareholders. Common or interested Directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee that authorizes the contract or transaction.

Section 3.15 Action by Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without such a meeting if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, and such consent or consents are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or of such committee.

Section 3.16 Compensation of Directors. Directors and members of standing committees may receive such compensation for their services and reimbursement for their expenses as the Board of Directors, by resolution, may establish; provided that nothing herein contained will be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

Section 3.17 Rules and Regulations. The Board of Directors may adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of law, the Certificate of Formation of the Corporation or these Bylaws for the conduct of its meetings and management of the affairs of the Corporation as the Board of Directors may deem proper.

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 4.1 Designation; Powers. The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions adopted by a majority of the full Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, which shall in each case be comprised of such number of Directors as the Board of Directors may determine from time to time. Any such designated committee shall have and may exercise such of the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation as may be provided in such resolution and to the extent permitted by the TBOC, except as prohibited by the TBOC (including Section 21.416(c) thereof or any successor statute). In addition to the above, such committee or committees shall have such other powers and limitations of authority as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.2 Procedure; Meetings; Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, meetings of any committee shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of ARTICLE III applicable to meetings and actions of the Board of Directors. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors at its meeting next succeeding such action or when otherwise required. A majority of the members of any such committee shall constitute a quorum, except as provided in Section 4.3, and the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present shall be necessary for the adoption by it of any resolution.

Section 4.3 Vacancies. The Board of Directors shall have the power at any time to remove any member(s) of a committee and to appoint other directors in lieu of the person(s) so removed and shall also have the power to fill vacancies in a committee.

ARTICLE V

NOTICE

Section 5.1 Form of Notice. Whenever by law, the Certificate of Formation or these Bylaws, notice is to be given to any Director or shareholder, and no provision is made as to how such notice is to be given, such notice may be given: (a) in writing, by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such Director or shareholder at such address as appears on the books of the Corporation or (b) by any other method permitted by law. Any notice required or permitted to be given by mail will be deemed to be given at the time the same is deposited in the United States mail. Notice from the Corporation may be given to any shareholder, director or committee member by facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic transmission to a facsimile number or electronic message address provided by such person, or to which such person consents, for the purpose of receiving notice. Any shareholder, director or committee member may specify the form of electronic transmission to be used to communicate notice. Notice by electronic transmission is deemed given to the shareholder, director or committee when such notice is (i) transmitted to a facsimile number provided by such person for the purpose of receiving notice; (ii) transmitted to an electronic mail address provided by such person for the purpose of receiving notice; (iii) posted on an electronic network and a message is sent to such person at the address provided by such person for the purpose of alerting such person of a posting; or (iv) communicated to such person by any other form of electronic transmission consented to by

 

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such person. If the notice required by this Section 5.1 is given by multiple means, such notice shall be effective as of the earliest date on which it was received. The shareholder, director or committee member may revoke this consent by written notice to the Corporation. The consent is deemed to be revoked if the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices, and the person responsible for delivering notice on behalf of the Corporation knows that delivery of these two electronic transmissions was unsuccessful. The inadvertent failure to treat the unsuccessful transmissions as a revocation of consent does not invalidate a meeting or other action.

Section 5.2 Waiver. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder or Director of the Corporation as required by law, the Certificate of Formation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated in such notice, will be equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a shareholder or Director at a meeting will constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where such shareholder or Director attends for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened.

ARTICLE VI

OFFICERS AND AGENTS

Section 6.1 In General. The officers of the Corporation shall include a President and a Secretary, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors and who shall hold office for such terms as shall be determined by the Board of Directors and until their successors are elected and qualify or until their earlier resignation or removal. The Board of Directors may also elect a Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a Chief Accounting Officer, a Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Compliance Officer, a Chief Technology Officer, Chief Information Officer, a Chief Marketing Officer Vice Presidents, Assistant Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, Comptroller and Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. The Board may, from time to time, delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officers or agents, notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof.

Section 6.2 Election of Officers. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of shareholders, will elect the officers, none of whom need be a member of the Board of Directors, except the Chairman of the Board.

Section 6.3 Other Officers and Agents. The Board of Directors may also elect and appoint such other officers and agents as it deems necessary, who will be elected and appointed for such terms and will exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be determined from time to time by the Board.

Section 6.4 Compensation of Officers. The compensation of all officers and agents of the Corporation will be fixed by the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board, if so authorized by the Board.

 

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Section 6.5 Term of Office and Removal. Each officer of the Corporation will hold office until his death, his resignation or removal from office, or the election and qualification of his successor, whichever occurs first. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time, for or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors.

Section 6.6 Officer Resignations. Subject at all times to the right of removal as provided in Section 6.5, any officer may resign at any time by giving notice to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Secretary of the Corporation. Any such resignation shall take effect upon the date of receipt of such notice or at any later date specified therein; provided that the Chairman of the Board or, in the event of the resignation of the Chairman of the Board, the Board of Directors may designate an effective date for such resignation which is earlier than the date specified in such notice but which is not earlier than the date of receipt of such notice; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 6.7 Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors (unless the Board designates another person) and generally manage the affairs of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall also have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

Section 6.8 Chief Executive Officer. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, the Chief Executive Officer (i) shall have general and active management and control of the properties, business and operations of the Corporation with all such powers as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities, (ii) may agree upon and execute all leases, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other obligations in the name of the Corporation and may sign all certificates for shares of capital stock of the Corporation, (iii) shall have such other powers and duties as designated in accordance with these Bylaws and as from time to time may be assigned to the Chief Executive Officer by the Board of Directors, and (iv) shall have general supervision and direction of all of the other officers, employees and agents of the Corporation. If the Board of Directors has not elected a Chairman of the Board or in the absence, inability or refusal to act by the person elected to act as the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall exercise all of the powers and discharge all of the duties of the Chairman of the Board, but only if the Chief Executive Officer is a director of the Corporation.

Section 6.9 President. The President shall have such powers and perform such duties as from time to time may be prescribed for the President by the Board or are incident to the office of President.

Section 6.10 Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer, if any is elected, shall (i) have custody of the corporate funds, securities, evidences of indebtedness and other valuables of the Corporation, (ii) keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and (iii) have such powers and perform such duties as from time to time may be prescribed by the Board or are incident to the office of Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name

 

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and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors or its designees selected for such purposes. The Chief Financial Officer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation, taking proper vouchers therefor. The Chief Financial Officer shall render to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, upon their request, a report of the financial condition of the Corporation.

Section 6.11 Chief Operating Officer. The Chief Operating Officer, if any is elected, shall (i) be subject to the oversight of the Chief Executive Officer, (ii) exercise direction and control over the day-to-day operations of the Corporation and (iii) have such powers and perform such duties as from time to time may be prescribed by the Board or are incident to the office of Chief Operating Officer. In the case of the absence, disability or death of the Chief Executive Officer and the President(s), the Chief Operating Officer shall perform all of the duties of such officer, and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon such officer, including the power to sign all instruments and to take all actions that such officer is authorized to perform by the Board or these Bylaws. The Chief Operating Officer shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of the chief operating officer of a corporation and such other powers and duties as from time to time may be assigned to the Chief Operating Officer by the Chief Executive Officer or Board of Directors.

Section 6.12 Vice Presidents. Each Vice President will have the usual and customary powers and perform the usual and customary duties incident to the office of Vice President, and will have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may from time to time prescribe or as the President or Chairman may from time to time delegate to such Vice President. In the absence, disability or death of the President and the Chairman, a Vice President designated by the Board of Directors, or in the absence of such designation the Vice Presidents in the order of their seniority in office, will exercise the powers and perform the duties of the President.

Section 6.13 Secretary. The Secretary will attend all meetings of the shareholders and record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose. The Secretary will perform like duties for the Board of Directors and committees thereof. The Secretary will give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors as required by these Bylaws. The Secretary will keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation. The Secretary shall have charge of the stock ledger and also of the other nonfinancial books, records and papers of the Corporation and shall see that the reports, statements and other documents required by law are properly kept and filed; and shall, in general, perform all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to such person by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

Section 6.14 Assistant Secretaries. The Assistant Secretaries in the order of their seniority in office, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, will, in the absence, disability or death of the Secretary, exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Secretary. They will have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or as the Chief Executive Officer or the President may from time to time delegate to them.

 

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Section 6.15 Treasurer. The Treasurer will have responsibility for the receipt and disbursement of all corporate funds and securities, will keep full and accurate accounts of such receipts and disbursements, and will deposit or cause to be deposited all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer will render to the Directors whenever they may require it an account of the operating results and financial condition of the Corporation, and will have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or as the Chief Executive Officer or the President may from time to time delegate to the Treasurer.

Section 6.16 Assistant Treasurers. The Assistant Treasurers in the order of their seniority in office, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, will, in the absence, disability or death of the Treasurer, exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Treasurer. They will have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or as the Chief Executive Officer or the President may from time to time delegate to them.

Section 6.17 Execution of Contracts and Other Documents. Each officer of the Corporation may execute, affix the corporate seal and/or deliver, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, notes, bonds, contracts, agreements, powers of attorney, guarantees, settlements, releases, evidences of indebtedness, conveyances, or any other document or instrument which is authorized by the Board or is required to be executed in the ordinary course of business of the Corporation, except in cases where the execution, affixation of the corporate seal and/or delivery thereof shall be expressly and exclusively delegated by the Board to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

Section 6.18 Bonding. The Corporation may secure a bond to protect the Corporation from loss in the event of defalcation by any of the officers, which bond may be in such form and amount and with such surety as the Board of Directors may deem appropriate.

ARTICLE VII

CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES

Section 7.1 Certificated and Uncertificated Shares. The shares of the capital stock of the Corporation may be either certificated shares or uncertificated shares. As used herein, the term “certificated shares” means shares represented by instruments in bearer or registered form, and the term “uncertificated shares” means shares not represented by instruments and the transfers of which are registered upon books maintained for that purpose by or on behalf of the Corporation.

Section 7.2 Certificates. Certificates for certificated shares shall be in such form, not inconsistent with that required by law and the Certificate of Formation of the Corporation, as shall be approved by the Board of Directors. Such certificates will be consecutively numbered and entered in the stock book of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate will state on the face thereof the holder’s name, the number, class of shares, and the par value of such shares or a statement that such shares are without par value, and such other matters as may be required by law. They will be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, President or a Vice President and the

 

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Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof; provided, however, that any of or all the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used on such certificate or certificates, ceases to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued by the Corporation, such certificate may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

Section 7.3 Issuance of Uncertificated Shares. After the issuance of uncertificated shares, the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation must send to the registered owner of such uncertificated shares a written notice containing the information required to be stated on certificates representing shares of stock as set forth in Section 7.2.

Section 7.4 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Board of Directors may determine the conditions upon which the Corporation may issue (a) a new certificate of stock or (b) uncertificated shares in place of a certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation that is alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed and may require the owner of such certificate or such owner’s legal representative to give a bond, with surety sufficient to indemnify the Corporation and each transfer agent and registrar against any and all losses or claims which may arise by reason of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate in the place of the one so lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it may require with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. When a certificate has been lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken, and the holder of record fails to notify the Corporation within a reasonable time after such holder has notice of it, and the Corporation registers a transfer of the shares represented by the certificate before receiving such notification, the holder of record is precluded from making any claim against the Corporation for the transfer of a new certificate.

Section 7.5 Transfer of Shares. Upon surrender to the Corporation or a transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate or evidence of the issuance of uncertificated shares to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon the books of the Corporation. Upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of uncertificated shares, such uncertificated shares shall be cancelled, issuance of new equivalent uncertificated shares or certificated shares will be made to the person entitled thereto and the transaction shall be recorded upon the books of the Corporation.

Section 7.6 Registered Shareholders. The Corporation will be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, will not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it has express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law.

 

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Section 7.7 Regulations Regarding Shares. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer or registration of certificated or uncertificated shares and the replacement of certificated shares of capital stock of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 8.1 Dividends. Dividends upon the outstanding shares of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Formation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the TBOC and the Certificate of Formation. The Board of Directors may fix in advance a record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, such record date to be not more than 60 days prior to the payment date of such dividend, or the Board of Directors may close the stock transfer books for such purpose for a period of not more than 60 days prior to the payment date of such dividend. In the absence of any action by the Board of Directors, the date upon which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution declaring such dividend will be the record date.

Section 8.2 Reserves. There may be created by resolution of the Board of Directors out of the surplus of the Corporation such reserve or reserves as the Directors from time to time, in their discretion, deem proper to provide for contingencies, or to equalize dividends, or to repair or maintain any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Directors may deem beneficial to the Corporation, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. Surplus of the Corporation to the extent so reserved will not be available for the payment of dividends or other distributions by the Corporation.

Section 8.3 Telephone and Similar Meetings. Shareholders, Directors and committee members may participate in and hold meetings by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment, or another suitable electronic communications system, including videoconferencing technology or the Internet if the telephone, equipment or system permits each person participating in the meeting to communicate with all other persons participating in the meeting. Participation in such a meeting will constitute presence in person at the meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting had not been lawfully called or convened.

Section 8.4 Books and Records. The Corporation will keep correct and complete books and records of account and minutes of the proceedings of its shareholders and Board of Directors, and will keep at its registered office or principal place of business, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, a record of its shareholders, giving the names and addresses of all shareholders and the number and class of the shares held by each.

Section 8.5 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation will be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 8.6 Construction. As used herein, the gender of words includes the masculine, feminine and neuter, and the singular includes the plural (and vice-versa). Use of the terms “include,” “including” and similar derivations are without limitation.

Section 8.7 Seal. The Corporation may have a seal, and such seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise. Any officer of the Corporation will have authority to affix the seal to any document requiring it.

Section 8.8 Indemnification. The Corporation will indemnify its Directors, officers and other persons referenced in the Certificate of Formation to the fullest extent permitted by the TBOC and may, if and to the extent authorized by the Board of Directors, so indemnify any other person whom it has the power to indemnify against liability, reasonable expense or other matter whatsoever.

Section 8.9 Insurance. The Corporation may at the discretion of the Board of Directors purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of the Corporation and any person whom it has the power to indemnify pursuant to law, the Certificate of Formation, these Bylaws or otherwise.

Section 8.10 Amendment of Bylaws. These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present at such meeting, except to the extent (a) such power shall be reserved exclusively to the shareholders in whole or part by the Certificate of Formation or the TBOC or (b) the shareholders in amending, repealing or adopting a particular Bylaw shall have expressly provided in such Bylaw. Unless the Certificate of Formation or a Bylaw adopted by the shareholders shall provide otherwise as to all or some portion of the Bylaws, the shareholders may amend, repeal, or adopt Bylaws even though the Bylaws may also be amended, repealed, or adopted by the Board of Directors.

Section 8.11 Invalid Provisions. If any part of these Bylaws is held invalid or inoperative for any reason, the remaining parts, so far as possible and reasonable, will be valid and operative.

Section 8.12 Relation to Certificate of Formation. These Bylaws are subject to, and governed by, the Certificate of Formation.

 

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Exhibit 4.2

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 22, 2021, is by and among Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. (d/b/a HeartSciences), a Texas corporation with offices located at 550 Reserve Street, Suite 360, Southlake, TX 76092 (the “Company”), and the undersigned buyers (each, a “Buyer,” and collectively, the “Buyers”).

RECITALS

A. In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the parties hereto, dated as of December 22, 2021 (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue and sell to each Buyer (i) the Notes (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) which will be convertible into Conversion Shares (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Notes and (ii) the Warrants (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) which will be exercisable to purchase Warrant Shares (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Warrants.

B. To induce the Buyers to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the “1933 Act”), and applicable state securities laws.

AGREEMENT

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

1. Definitions.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; 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 generally are open for use by customers on such day.

(b) “Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.


(c) “Effective Date” means the date that the applicable Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC.

(d) “Effectiveness Deadline” means (i) with respect to the initial Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a), the earlier of the (A) 150th calendar day after the Public Company Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and (B) 2nd Business Day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that such Registration Statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review and (ii) with respect to any additional Registration Statements that may be required to be filed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the earlier of the (A) 90th calendar day following the date on which the Company was required to file such additional Registration Statement and (B) 2nd Business Day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that such Registration Statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review.

(e) “Filing Deadline” means (i) with respect to the initial Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a), the 90th calendar day after the Public Company Date and (ii) with respect to any additional Registration Statements that may be required to be filed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the date on which the Company was required to file such additional Registration Statement pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

(f) “Investor” means a Buyer or any transferee or assignee of any Registrable Securities, Notes or Warrants, as applicable, to whom a Buyer assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9 and any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a transferee or assignee of any Registrable Securities, Notes or Warrants, as applicable, assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.

(g) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or any department or agency thereof.

(h) “register,” “registered,” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing one or more Registration Statements in compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to Rule 415 and the declaration of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the SEC.

(i) “Registrable Securities” means (i) the Conversion Shares, (ii) the Warrant Shares and (iii) any capital stock of the Company issued or issuable with respect to the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares, the Notes or the Warrants, including, without limitation, (1) as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise and (2) shares of capital stock of the Company into which the shares of Common Stock (as defined in the Notes) are converted or exchanged and shares of capital stock of a Successor Entity (as defined in the Warrants) into which the shares of Common Stock are converted or exchanged, in each case, without regard to any limitations on conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants.

 

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(j) “Registration Statement” means a registration statement or registration statements of the Company filed under the 1933 Act covering Registrable Securities.

(k) “Required Holders” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(l) “Required Registration Amount” means 200% of the sum of (i) the maximum number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes (assuming for purposes hereof that (x) the Notes are convertible at the Alternate Conversion Price (as defined in the Notes) assuming an Alternate Conversion Date (as defined in the Notes) as of such date of determination, (y) interest on the Notes shall accrue through the third anniversary of the Closing Date and will be converted in shares of Common Stock at the Alternate Conversion Price assuming an Alternate Conversion Date as of such date of determination and (z) any such conversion shall not take into account any limitations on the conversion of the Notes set forth in the Notes) and (ii) the maximum number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth therein), all subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2(d) and/or Section 2(f).

(m) “Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC under the 1933 Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any other similar or successor rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investors to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration.

(n) “Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the SEC under the 1933 Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any other similar or successor rule or regulation of the SEC providing for offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis.

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

2. Registration.

(a) Mandatory Registration. The Company shall prepare and, as soon as practicable after the Public Company Date, but in no event later than the Filing Deadline, file with the SEC an initial Registration Statement on Form S-1 covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities, provided that such initial Registration Statement shall register for resale at least the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Registration Amount as of the date such Registration Statement is initially filed with the SEC. Such initial Registration Statement, and each other Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, shall contain (except if otherwise directed by the Required Holders) the “Selling Stockholders” and “Plan of Distribution” sections in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have such initial Registration Statement, and each other Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the applicable Effectiveness Deadline for such Registration Statement.

 

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(b) Legal Counsel. Subject to Section 5 hereof, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, counsel solely to the lead investor (“Legal Counsel”) shall review and oversee any registration, solely on behalf of the lead investor, pursuant to this Section 2.

(c) Ineligibility to Use Form S-3. 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 Form S-1 or another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders and (ii) undertake to register the resale of the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 as soon as such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of all Registration Statements then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the resale of all the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the SEC and the prospectus contained therein is available for use.

(d) Sufficient Number of Shares Registered. In the event the number of shares available under any Registration Statement is insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered by such Registration Statement or an Investor’s allocated portion of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(h), the Company shall amend such Registration Statement (if permissible), or file with the SEC a new Registration Statement (on the short form available therefor, if applicable), or both, so as to cover at least the Required Registration Amount as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the filing of such amendment or new Registration Statement, in each case, as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than fifteen (15) days after the necessity therefor arises (but taking account of any Staff position with respect to the date on which the Staff will permit such amendment to the Registration Statement and/or such new Registration Statement (as the case may be) to be filed with the SEC). The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment to such Registration Statement and/or such new Registration Statement (as the case may be) to become effective as soon as practicable following the filing thereof with the SEC, but in no event later than the applicable Effectiveness Deadline for such Registration Statement. For purposes of the foregoing provision, the number of shares available under a Registration Statement shall be deemed “insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities” if at any time the number of shares of Common Stock available for resale under the applicable Registration Statement is less than the product determined by multiplying (i) the Required Registration Amount as of such time by (ii) 0.90. The calculation set forth in the foregoing sentence shall be made without regard to any limitations on conversion, amortization and/or redemption of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants (and such calculation shall assume (A) that the Notes are then convertible in full into shares of Common Stock at the then prevailing Conversion Rate (as defined in the Notes), (B) the initial outstanding principal amount of the Notes remains outstanding through the scheduled Maturity Date (as defined in the Notes) and no redemptions of the Notes occur prior to the scheduled Maturity Date and (C) the Warrants are then exercisable in full into shares of Common Stock at the then prevailing Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrants)).

(e) Effect of Failure to File and Obtain and Maintain Effectiveness of any Registration Statement. If (i) a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered thereby (disregarding any reduction pursuant to Section 2(f)) and required to be filed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement is (A) not filed with the SEC on or before the Filing Deadline for such Registration Statement (a “Filing Failure”) (it being understood that if the Company files a Registration Statement without affording each Investor who holds at least

 

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$500,000 of Notes (each, a “Threshold Investor”) and Legal Counsel the reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section 3(c) hereof, the Company shall be deemed to not have satisfied this clause (i)(A) and such event shall be deemed to be a Filing Failure) or (B) not declared effective by the SEC on or before the Effectiveness Deadline for such Registration Statement (an “Effectiveness Failure”) (it being understood that if on the Business Day immediately following the Effective Date for such Registration Statement the Company shall not have filed a “final” prospectus for such Registration Statement with the SEC under Rule 424(b) in accordance with Section 3(b) (whether or not such a prospectus is technically required by such rule), the Company shall be deemed to not have satisfied this clause (i)(B) and such event shall be deemed to be an Effectiveness Failure), (ii) other than during an Allowable Grace Period (as defined below), on any day after the Effective Date of a Registration Statement sales of all of the Registrable Securities required to be included on such Registration Statement (disregarding any reduction pursuant to Section 2(f)) cannot be made pursuant to such Registration Statement (including, without limitation, because of a failure to keep such Registration Statement effective, a failure to disclose such information as is necessary for sales to be made pursuant to such Registration Statement, a suspension or delisting of (or a failure to timely list) the shares of Common Stock on the Principal Market (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or any other limitations imposed by the Principal Market, or a failure to register a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock or by reason of a stop order) or the prospectus contained therein is not available for use for any reason (a “Maintenance Failure”), or (iii) if a Registration Statement is not effective for any reason or the prospectus contained therein is not available for use for any reason, and either (x) after the Public Company Date, the Company fails for any reason to satisfy the requirements of Rule 144(c)(1), including, without limitation, the failure to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) or (y) the Company has ever been an issuer described in Rule 144(i)(1)(i) or becomes such an issuer in the future, and the Company shall fail to satisfy any condition set forth in Rule 144(i)(2) (a “Current Public Information Failure”) as a result of which any of the Investors are unable to sell Registrable Securities without restriction under Rule 144 (including, without limitation, volume restrictions), then, as partial relief for the damages to any holder by reason of any such delay in, or reduction of, its ability to sell the underlying shares of Common Stock (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in equity, including, without limitation, specific performance), the Company shall pay to each holder of Registrable Securities relating to such Registration Statement an amount in cash equal to two percent (2%) of such Investor’s original principal amount stated in such Investor’s Note on the Closing Date (1) on the date of such Filing Failure, Effectiveness Failure, Maintenance Failure or Current Public Information Failure, as applicable, and (2) on every thirty (30) day anniversary of (I) a Filing Failure until such Filing Failure is cured; (II) an Effectiveness Failure until such Effectiveness Failure is cured; (III) a Maintenance Failure until such Maintenance Failure is cured; and (IV) a Current Public Information Failure until the earlier of (i) the date such Current Public Information Failure is cured and (ii) such time that such public information is no longer required pursuant to Rule 144 (in each case, pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty (30) days). The payments to which a holder of Registrable Securities shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 2(e) are referred to herein as “Registration Delay Payments.” Following the initial Registration Delay Payment for any particular event or failure (which shall be paid on the date of such event or failure, as set forth above), without limiting the foregoing, if an event or failure giving rise to the Registration Delay Payments is cured prior to any thirty (30) day anniversary of such event or failure, then such Registration Delay Payment shall be made on

 

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the third (3rd) Business Day after such cure. In the event the Company fails to make Registration Delay Payments in a timely manner in accordance with the foregoing, such Registration Delay Payments shall bear interest at the rate of two percent (2%) per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Registration Delay Payments shall be owed to an Investor (other than with respect to a Maintenance Failure resulting from a suspension or delisting of (or a failure to timely list) the shares of Common Stock on the Principal Market) with respect to any period during which all of such Investor’s Registrable Securities may be sold by such Investor without restriction under Rule 144 (including, without limitation, volume restrictions) and without the need for current public information required by Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable).

(f) Offering. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, but subject to the payment of the Registration Delay Payments pursuant to Section 2(e), in the event the staff of the SEC (the “Staff”) or the SEC seeks to characterize any offering pursuant to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement as constituting an offering of securities by, or on behalf of, the Company, or in any other manner, such that the Staff or the SEC do not permit such Registration Statement to become effective and used for resales in a manner that does not constitute such an offering and that permits the continuous resale at the market by the Investors participating therein (or as otherwise may be acceptable to each Investor) without being named therein as an “underwriter,” then the Company shall reduce the number of shares to be included in such Registration Statement by all Investors until such time as the Staff and the SEC shall so permit such Registration Statement to become effective as aforesaid. In making such reduction, the Company shall reduce the number of shares to be included by all Investors on a pro rata basis (based upon the number of Registrable Securities otherwise required to be included for each Investor) unless the inclusion of shares by a particular Investor or a particular set of Investors are resulting in the Staff or the SEC’s “by or on behalf of the Company” offering position, in which event the shares held by such Investor or set of Investors shall be the only shares subject to reduction (and if by a set of Investors on a pro rata basis by such Investors or on such other basis as would result in the exclusion of the least number of shares by all such Investors); provided, that, with respect to such pro rata portion allocated to any Investor, such Investor may elect the allocation of such pro rata portion among the Registrable Securities of such Investor. In addition, in the event that the Staff or the SEC requires any Investor seeking to sell securities under a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement to be specifically identified as an “underwriter” in order to permit such Registration Statement to become effective, and such Investor does not consent to being so named as an underwriter in such Registration Statement, then, in each such case, the Company shall reduce the total number of Registrable Securities to be registered on behalf of such Investor, until such time as the Staff or the SEC does not require such identification or until such Investor accepts such identification and the manner thereof. Any reduction pursuant to this paragraph will first reduce all Registrable Securities other than those issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement. In the event of any reduction in Registrable Securities pursuant to this paragraph, an affected Investor shall have the right to require, upon delivery of a written request to the Company signed by such Investor, the Company to file a registration statement within twenty (20) days of such request (subject to any restrictions imposed by Rule 415 or required by the Staff or the SEC) for resale by such Investor in a manner reasonably acceptable to such Investor, and the Company shall, following such request, cause to be and keep effective such registration statement in the same manner as otherwise contemplated in this Agreement for registration statements hereunder, in each case until such time as: (i) all

 

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Registrable Securities held by such Investor have been registered and sold pursuant to an effective Registration Statement in a manner acceptable to such Investor or (ii) all Registrable Securities may be resold by such Investor without restriction (including, without limitation, volume limitations) pursuant to Rule 144 (taking account of any Staff position with respect to “affiliate” status) and without the need for current public information required by Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable) or (iii) such Investor agrees to be named as an underwriter in any such Registration Statement in a manner acceptable to such Investor as to all Registrable Securities held by such Investor and that have not theretofore been included in a Registration Statement under this Agreement (it being understood that the special demand right under this sentence may be exercised by an Investor multiple times and with respect to limited amounts of Registrable Securities in order to permit the resale thereof by such Investor as contemplated above).

(g) Piggyback Registrations. Without limiting any obligation of the Company hereunder or under the Securities Purchase Agreement, after the initial Filing Deadline, if there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities or the prospectus contained therein is not available for use and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement or offering statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the 1933 Act of any of its equity securities (other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the 1933 Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in connection with the Company’s stock option or other employee benefit plans), then the Company shall deliver to each Investor a written notice of such determination and, if within fifteen (15) days after the date of the delivery of such notice, any such Investor shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement or offering statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such Investor requests to be registered; provided, however, the Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2(g) that are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 without restriction (including, without limitation, volume restrictions) and without the need for current public information required by Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable) or that are the subject of a then-effective Registration Statement. The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it pursuant to this Section 2(g) before the effective date of such registration.

(h) Allocation of Registrable Securities. The initial number of Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement and any increase in the number of Registrable Securities included therein shall be allocated pro rata among the Investors based on the number of Registrable Securities held by each Investor at the time such Registration Statement covering such initial number of Registrable Securities or increase thereof is declared effective by the SEC. In the event that an Investor sells or otherwise transfers any of such Investor’s Registrable Securities, each transferee or assignee (as the case may be) that becomes an Investor shall be allocated a pro rata portion of the then-remaining number of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement for such transferor or assignee (as the case may be). Any shares of Common Stock included in a Registration Statement and which remain allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement shall be allocated to the remaining Investors, pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities then held by such Investors which are covered by such Registration Statement.

 

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(i) No Inclusion of Other Securities. The Company shall in no event include any securities other than Registrable Securities on any Registration Statement filed in accordance herewith without the prior written consent of the Required Holders.

3. Related Obligations.

The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof, and, pursuant thereto, the Company shall have the following obligations:

(a) After the Public Company Date, the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to all the Registrable Securities (but in no event later than the applicable Filing Deadline) and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing (but in no event later than the Effectiveness Deadline). Subject to Allowable Grace Periods, the Company shall keep each Registration Statement effective (and the prospectus contained therein available for use) pursuant to Rule 415 for resales by the Investors on a delayed or continuous basis at then-prevailing market prices (and not fixed prices) at all times until the earlier of (i) the date as of which all of the Investors may sell all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered by such Registration Statement (disregarding any reduction pursuant to Section 2(f)) without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 (including, without limitation, volume restrictions) and without the need for current public information required by Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable) or (ii) the date on which the Investors shall have sold all of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (the “Registration Period”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall ensure that, when filed and at all times while effective, each Registration Statement (including, without limitation, all amendments and supplements thereto) and the prospectus (including, without limitation, all amendments and supplements thereto) used in connection with such Registration Statement (1) shall not contain any 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 prospectuses, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made) not misleading and (2) will disclose (whether directly or through incorporation by reference to other SEC filings to the extent permitted) all material information regarding the Company and its securities. The Company shall submit to the SEC, within two (2) Business Days after the later of the date that (i) the Company learns that no review of a particular Registration Statement will be made by the Staff or that the Staff has no further comments on a particular Registration Statement (as the case may be) and (ii) the consent of Legal Counsel is obtained pursuant to Section 3(c) (which consent shall be promptly sought), a request for acceleration of effectiveness of such Registration Statement to a time and date not later than twenty-four (24) hours after the submission of such request. The Company shall respond in writing to comments made by the SEC in respect of a Registration Statement as soon as practicable, but in no event later than fifteen (15) days after the receipt of comments by or notice from the SEC that an amendment is required in order for a Registration Statement to be declared effective.

(b) Subject to Section 3(r) of this Agreement, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments) and supplements to each Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with each such Registration Statement, which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under

 

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the 1933 Act, as may be necessary to keep each such Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period for such Registration Statement, and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company required to be covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement; provided, however, by 9:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Business Day immediately following each Effective Date, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement (whether or not such a prospectus is technically required by such rule). In the case of amendments and supplements to any Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 8-K, Form 10-Q or Form 10-K or any analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), the Company shall, if permitted under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, have incorporated such report by reference into such Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC on the same day on which the 1934 Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such Registration Statement.

(c) The Company shall (A) permit Legal Counsel and legal counsel for each other Threshold Investor to review and comment upon (i) each Registration Statement at least five (5) Business Days prior to its filing with the SEC and (ii) all amendments and supplements to each Registration Statement (including, without limitation, the prospectus contained therein) (except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and any similar or successor reports) within a reasonable number of days prior to their filing with the SEC, and (B) not file any Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto in a form to which Legal Counsel or any legal counsel for any Threshold Investor reasonably objects. The Company shall not submit a request for acceleration of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto or to any prospectus contained therein without the prior consent of Legal Counsel, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company shall promptly furnish to Legal Counsel and legal counsel for each other Investor, without charge, (i) copies of any correspondence from the SEC or the Staff to the Company or its representatives relating to each Registration Statement, provided that such correspondence shall not contain any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), (ii) after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, one (1) copy of each Registration Statement and any amendment(s) and supplement(s) thereto, including, without limitation, financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by an Investor, and all exhibits and (iii) upon the effectiveness of each Registration Statement, one (1) copy of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto. The Company shall reasonably cooperate with Legal Counsel and legal counsel for each other Investor in performing the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Section 3. Such copies shall be deemed provided if such documents are publicly available via EDGAR.

 

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(d) The Company shall promptly furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in any Registration Statement, without charge, (i) after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, at least one (1) copy of each Registration Statement and any amendment(s) and supplement(s) thereto, including, without limitation, financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by an Investor, all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) upon the effectiveness of each Registration Statement, one (1) copy of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto (or such other number of copies as such Investor may reasonably request from time to time) and (iii) such other documents, including, without limitation, copies of any preliminary or final prospectus, as such Investor may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor. Such copies shall be deemed provided if they are publicly available on the the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system.

(e) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) register and qualify, unless an exemption from registration and qualification applies, the resale by Investors of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under such other securities or “blue sky” laws of all applicable jurisdictions in the United States, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions, such amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be reasonably necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(e), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each Threshold Investor and each Investor who holds Registrable Securities of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. Such copies shall be deemed provided if such documents are publicly available via EDGAR.

(f) The Company shall notify Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each Threshold Investor and each Investor in writing of the happening of any event, as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, as a result of which the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, may include an untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), and, subject to Section 3(r), promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement and such prospectus contained therein to correct such untrue statement or omission and deliver one (1) copy of such supplement or amendment to Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each Threshold Investor and each Investor (or such other number of copies as Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each Threshold Investor or such Investor may reasonably request). Such copies shall be deemed provided if such documents are publicly available via EDGAR. The Company shall also promptly notify Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each Threshold Investor and each Investor in writing (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, when a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has

 

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become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each Threshold Investor and each Investor by e-mail on the same day of such effectiveness), and when the Company receives written notice from the SEC that a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment will be reviewed by the SEC, (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related prospectus or related information, (iii) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate; and (iv) of the receipt of any request by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority for any additional information relating to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto or any related prospectus. The Company shall respond as promptly as practicable to any comments received from the SEC with respect to each Registration Statement or any amendment thereto (it being understood and agreed that the Company’s response to any such comments shall be delivered to the SEC no later than fifteen (15) Business Days after the receipt thereof).

(g) The Company shall (i) use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of each Registration Statement or the use of any prospectus contained therein, or the suspension of the qualification, or the loss of an exemption from qualification, of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction and, if such an order or suspension is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest practicable moment and (ii) notify Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each Threshold Investor and each Investor who holds Registrable Securities of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.

(h) If any Investor may be required under applicable securities law to be described in any Registration Statement as an underwriter and such Investor consents to so being named an underwriter, at the request of any Investor, the Company shall furnish to such Investor, on the date of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and thereafter from time to time on such dates as an Investor may reasonably request (i) a letter, dated such date, from the Company’s independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the Investors, and (ii) an opinion, dated as of such date, of counsel representing the Company for purposes of such Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily given in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the Investors.

(i) If any Investor may be required under applicable securities law to be described in any Registration Statement as an underwriter and such Investor consents to so being named an underwriter, upon the written request of such Investor, the Company shall make available for inspection by (i) such Investor, (ii) legal counsel for such Investor and (iii) one (1) firm of accountants or other agents retained by such Investor (collectively, the “Inspectors”), at such Investor’s cost and expense, all pertinent financial and other records, and pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “Records”), as shall be reasonably deemed necessary by each Inspector, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information which any Inspector may reasonably request; provided, however, each Inspector shall agree in writing to hold in strict confidence and not to make any disclosure (except to such Investor) or use of any Record or other information which the Company’s board of directors determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination the Inspectors are so notified, unless (1) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a

 

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misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement or is otherwise required under the 1933 Act, (2) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a final, non-appealable subpoena or order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction, or (3) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement). Such Investor agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed confidential. Nothing herein (or in any other confidentiality agreement between the Company and such Investor, if any) shall be deemed to limit any Investor’s ability to sell Registrable Securities in a manner which is otherwise consistent with applicable laws and regulations.

(j) The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of information concerning an Investor provided to the Company unless (i) disclosure of such information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement or is otherwise required to be disclosed in such Registration Statement pursuant to the 1933 Act, (iii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other final, non-appealable order from a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such information has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. The Company agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning an Investor is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt written notice to such Investor and allow such Investor, at such Investor’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such information.

(k) Without limiting any obligation of the Company under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company shall use its best efforts either to (i) cause all of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange, (ii) secure designation and quotation of all of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement on an Eligible Market (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), or (iii) if, despite the Company’s reasonable best efforts to satisfy the preceding clauses (i) or (ii) the Company is unsuccessful in satisfying the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to use its reasonable best efforts to arrange for at least two market makers to register with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) as such with respect to such Registrable Securities. In addition, the Company shall reasonably cooperate with each Investor and any broker or dealer through which any such Investor proposes to sell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 as requested by such Investor. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 3(k).

 

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(l) The Company shall reasonably cooperate with the Investors who hold Registrable Securities being offered and, to the extent applicable and in accordance with applicable federal and state securities laws, facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legend) representing the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to a Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in such denominations or amounts (as the case may be) as the Investors may reasonably request from time to time and registered in such names as the Investors may reasonably request.

(m) If requested by an Investor, the Company shall as soon as practicable after receipt of notice from such Investor and subject to Section 3(r) hereof, (i) incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as an Investor reasonably requests to be included therein relating to the sale and distribution of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being offered or sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; and (iii) supplement or make amendments to any Registration Statement or prospectus contained therein if reasonably requested by an Investor holding any Registrable Securities.

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

(o) The Company shall make generally available to its security holders as soon as practical, but not later than ninety (90) days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with, and in the manner provided by, the provisions of Rule 158 under the 1933 Act) covering a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company’s fiscal quarter next following the applicable Effective Date of each Registration Statement.

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

(q) Within one (1) Business Day after a Registration Statement which covers Registrable Securities is declared effective by the SEC, if required by the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to such transfer agent (with copies to the Investors whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement) confirmation that such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

(r) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (but subject to the last sentence of this Section 3(r)), at any time after the Effective Date of a particular Registration Statement, the Company may delay the disclosure of material, non-public information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the board of directors of the Company, in the best interest of the Company and, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, otherwise required (a “Grace Period”), provided that the Company shall promptly notify the Investors in writing of the (i) existence of material, non-public information giving rise to a Grace Period (provided that in each such notice the Company shall not disclose the

 

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content of such material, non-public information to any of the Investors) and the date on which such Grace Period will begin and (ii) date on which such Grace Period ends, provided further that (I) no Grace Period shall exceed fourteen (14) consecutive days and during any three hundred sixty five (365) day period all such Grace Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of sixty (60) days, (II) the first day of any Grace Period must be at least five (5) Trading Days after the last day of any prior Grace Period and (III) no Grace Period may exist during the sixty (60) Trading Day period immediately following the Effective Date of such Registration Statement (provided that such sixty (60) Trading Day period shall be extended by the number of Trading Days during such period and any extension thereof contemplated by this proviso during which such Registration Statement is not effective or the prospectus contained therein is not available for use) (each, an “Allowable Grace Period”). For purposes of determining the length of a Grace Period above, such Grace Period shall begin on and include the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (i) above and shall end on and include the later of the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (ii) above and the date referred to in such notice. The provisions of Section 3(g) hereof shall not be applicable during the period of any Allowable Grace Period. Upon expiration of each Grace Period, the Company shall again be bound by the first sentence of Section 3(f) with respect to the information giving rise thereto unless such material, non-public information is no longer applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3(r), the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which such Investor has entered into a contract for sale, and delivered a copy of the prospectus included as part of the particular Registration Statement to the extent applicable, prior to such Investor’s receipt of the notice of a Grace Period and for which the Investor has not yet settled.

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

(t) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary or affiliate thereof shall identify any Investor as an underwriter in any public disclosure or filing with the SEC without the written consent of such Investor, the Principal Market or any Eligible Market and any Buyer being deemed an underwriter by the SEC shall not relieve the Company of any obligations it has under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Company from including the disclosure found in the “Plan of Distribution” section attached hereto as Exhibit B in the Registration Statement.

(u) 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 of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Buyers in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

 

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4. Obligations of the Investors.

(a) At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of each Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor in writing of the information the Company requires from each such Investor with respect to such Registration Statement. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to complete the registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities of a particular Investor that such Investor shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it, as shall be reasonably required to effect and maintain the effectiveness of the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request.

(b) Each Investor, by such Investor’s acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of each Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of such Investor’s election to exclude all of such Investor’s Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

(c) Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of 3(f), such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until such Investor’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(g) or the first sentence of Section 3(f) or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4(c), the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which such Investor has entered into a contract for sale, and deliver a copy of the prospectus as part of the particular Registration Statement to the extent applicable, prior to the Investor’s receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of Section 3(f) and for which such Investor has not yet settled.

5. Expenses of Registration.

All reasonable expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers and accounting fees, FINRA filing fees (if any) and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company shall be paid by the Company. The Company shall reimburse Legal Counsel for its fees and disbursements in connection with registration, filing or qualification pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement which amount shall be limited to $10,000 for each such registration, filing or qualification.

6. Indemnification.

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does, indemnify, hold harmless and defend each Investor and each of its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees, agents, advisors, representatives (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding the lack of such title or any other title) and each Person, if any, who controls such Investor within the meaning of the

 

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1933 Act or the 1934 Act and each of the directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees, agents, advisors, representatives (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding the lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling Persons (each, an “Indemnified Person”), against any losses, obligations, claims, damages, liabilities, contingencies, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs (including, without limitation, court costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of defense and investigation), amounts paid in settlement or expenses, joint or several, (collectively, “Claims”) incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an Indemnified Person is or may be a party thereto (“Indemnified Damages”), to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are offered (“Blue Sky Filing”), or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus if used prior to the effective date of such Registration Statement, or contained in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or (iv) any violation of this Agreement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) being, collectively, “Violations”). Subject to Section 6(c), the Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Persons, promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (i) shall not apply to a Claim by an Indemnified Person arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person for such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with the preparation of such Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto, if such prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(d); and (ii) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of any of the Registrable Securities by any of the Investors pursuant to Section 9.

(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which an Investor is participating, such Investor agrees to severally and not jointly indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the

 

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Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an “Indemnified Party”), against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case, to the extent, and only to the extent, that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Investor expressly for use in connection with such Registration Statement; and, subject to Section 6(c) and the below provisos in this Section 6(b), such Investor will reimburse an Indemnified Party any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however, the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, provided further that such Investor shall be liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Investor as a result of the applicable sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of any of the Registrable Securities by any of the Investors pursuant to Section 9.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including, without limitation, any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party (as the case may be); provided, however, an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by the indemnifying party if: (i) the indemnifying party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Claim and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) in any such Claim; or (iii) the named parties to any such Claim (including, without limitation, any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) and the indemnifying party, and such Indemnified Person or such Indemnified Party (as the case may be) shall have been advised by outside counsel that a conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Person or such Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party (in which case, if such Indemnified Person or such Indemnified Party (as the case may be) notifies the indemnifying party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, then 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 further that in the case of clause (iii) above the indemnifying party shall not be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one (1) separate legal counsel for such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be). The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) shall reasonably cooperate with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such

 

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action or Claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) which relates to such action or Claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) reasonably apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent; provided, however, the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be), consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) of a release from all liability in respect to such Claim or litigation, and such settlement shall not include any admission as to fault on the part of the Indemnified Party. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) under this Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is materially and adversely prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

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

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

7. Contribution.

To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided, however: (i) no contribution shall be made under circumstances where the maker would not have been liable for indemnification under the fault standards set forth in Section 6 of this Agreement, (ii) no Person involved in the sale of Registrable Securities which Person is guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to contribution from any Person involved in such sale of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (iii) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the amount of net proceeds received by such seller from the applicable sale of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Investor shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Investor from the applicable sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Claim exceeds the amount of any damages that such Investor has otherwise been required to pay, or would otherwise be required to pay under Section 6(b), by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

 

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8. Reports Under the 1934 Act.

With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144, the Company agrees from and after the Public Company Date to:

(a) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144;

(b) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements (it being understood and agreed that nothing herein shall limit any obligations of the Company under the Securities Purchase Agreement) and the filing of such reports and other documents is required for the applicable provisions of Rule 144; and

(c) furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company, if true, that it has complied with the reporting, submission and posting requirements of Rule 144, the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company with the SEC if such reports are not publicly available via EDGAR, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Investors to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.

9. Assignment of Registration Rights.

All or any portion of the rights under this Agreement shall be automatically assignable by each Investor to any transferee or assignee (as the case may be) of all or any portion of such Investor’s Registrable Securities, Notes or Warrants if: (i) such Investor agrees in writing with such transferee or assignee (as the case may be) to assign all or any portion of such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment (as the case may be); (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment (as the case may be), furnished with written notice of (a) the name and address of such transferee or assignee (as the case may be), and (b) the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned (as the case may be); (iii) immediately following such transfer or assignment (as the case may be) the further disposition of such securities by such transferee or assignee (as the case may be) is restricted under the 1933 Act or applicable state securities laws if so required; (iv) at or before the time the Company receives the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this sentence such transferee or assignee (as the case may be) agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein; (v) such transfer or assignment (as the case may be) shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants (as the case may be); and (vi) such transfer or assignment (as the case may be and applicable federal and state securities laws, rules, and regulations) shall have been conducted in accordance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.

 

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10. Amendment of Registration Rights.

Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders; provided that any such amendment or waiver that complies with the foregoing, but that disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the rights and obligations of any Investor relative to the comparable rights and obligations of the other Investors shall require the prior written consent of such adversely affected Investor. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10 shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company, provided that no such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it (1) applies to less than all of the holders of Registrable Securities or (2) imposes any obligation or liability on any Investor without such Investor’s prior written consent (which may be granted or withheld in such Investor’s sole discretion). No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration (other than the reimbursement of legal fees) also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.

11. Miscellaneous.

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

(b) Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by electronic mail (provided that such sent email is kept on file (whether electronically or otherwise) by the sending party and the sending party does not receive an automatically generated message from the recipient’s email server that such e-mail could not be delivered to such recipient); or (iii) one (1) Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service with next day delivery specified, in each case, properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and email addresses for such communications shall be:

If to the Company:

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. (d/b/a HeartSciences).

550 Reserve Street, Suite 360

Southlake, TX 76092

Telephone: (___) ___-____

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

Email:

 

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With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

Jackson Walker, L.L.P.

2323 Ross Ave., Suite 600

Dallas, Texas 75201

Telephone: (214) 953-5896

Attention: Richard A. Dahlson

Email: rdahlson@jw.com

If to Legal Counsel:

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

3 World Trade Center

175 Greenwich Street

New York, NY 10007

Telephone: (212) 808-7540

Attention: Michael A. Adelstein, Esq.

E-mail: madelstein@kelleydrye.com

If to a Buyer, to its address and/or email address set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement, with copies to such Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, or to such other address, and/or email address and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change, provided that Kelley Drye & Warren LLP shall only be provided notices sent to the lead investor. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s email containing the time, date, recipient email address or (C) provided by a courier or overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by e-mail or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

(c) Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof. The Company and each Investor acknowledge and 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 each party hereto shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of this Agreement by any other party hereto and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof (without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required), this being in addition to any other remedy to which any party may be entitled by law or equity.

(d) All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Illinois, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Illinois or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Illinois. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the

 

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state and federal courts sitting in The City of Chicago, County of Cook, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

(e) If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

(f) This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto and thereto solely with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and therein. This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto solely with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof; provided, however, nothing contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall (or shall be deemed to) (i) have any effect on any agreements any Investor has entered into with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof with respect to any prior investment made by such Investor in the Company, (ii) waive, alter, modify or amend in any respect any obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any rights of or benefits to any Investor or any other Person in any agreement entered into prior to the date hereof between or among the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries and any Investor and all such agreements shall continue in full force and effect or (iii) limit any obligations of the Company under any of the other Transaction Documents.

 

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(g) Subject to compliance with Section 9 (if applicable), this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto. This Agreement is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any Person, other than the parties hereto, their respective permitted successors and assigns and the Persons referred to in Sections 6 and 7 hereof.

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

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

(j) Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

(k) 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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 10, terms used in this Agreement but defined in the other Transaction Documents shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Closing Date in such other Transaction Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by each Investor.

(l) All consents and other determinations required to be made by the Investors pursuant to this Agreement shall be made, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, by the Required Holders, determined as if all of the outstanding Notes then held by the Investors have been converted for Registrable Securities without regard to any limitations on redemption, amortization and/or conversion of the Notes and the outstanding Warrants then held by Investors have been exercised for Registrable Securities without regard to any limitations on exercise of the Warrants.

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

 

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(n) The obligations of each Investor under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Investor under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as, and the Company acknowledges that the Investors do not so constitute, a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group or entity with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any matters, and the Company acknowledges that the Investors are not acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim, with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other the Transaction Documents. Each Investor shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The use of a single agreement with respect to the obligations of the Company contained herein was solely in the control of the Company, not the action or decision of any Investor, and was done solely for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Investor. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company and an Investor, solely, and not between the Company and the Investors collectively and not between and among Investors.

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

 

COMPANY:
HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.
        (D/B/A HEARTSCIENCES)
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


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

 

BUYER::
CAVALRY INVESTMENT FUND, LP
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


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

 

BUYERS:
 

 

Lary Conel Snodgrass

 

 

Albert Paul Knuckley

 

 

Daniel Simpson

 

 

Raymond Pettitt

 

 

John J. Bussa

 

 

Marilyn L. Bussa

MATTHEWS HOLDINGS SOUTHWEST, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
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Scott Sullivan

Exhibit 4.3

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of __________, 2019 (this “Agreement”), is by and among Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), and each Person listed on Schedule A attached hereto.

1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:

Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, including without limitation any general partner, managing member, officer, director or trustee of such Person, or any venture capital fund or registered investment company now or hereafter existing that is controlled by one or more general partners, managing members or investment adviser of, or shares the same management company or investment adviser with, such Person.

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.

Certificate of Formation” means the Company’s Certificate of Formation, as amended and/or restated from time to time.

Common Stock” means shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share.

Damages” means any loss, damage, claim or liability (joint or several) to which a party hereto may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state law, insofar as such loss, damage, claim or liability (or any action in respect thereof) arises out of or is based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement of the Company, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto; (ii) an omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the indemnifying party (or any of its agents or Affiliates) of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any state securities law.

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

Excluded Registration” means (i) a registration relating to the sale or grant of securities to employees of the Company or a subsidiary pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase, equity incentive or similar plan; (ii) a registration relating to an SEC Rule 145 transaction; (iii) a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities; or (iv) a registration in which the only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered.

 

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Form S-1” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC.

Form S-3” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC that permits forward incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.

Holder” means any holder of Series C Preferred Stock or Registrable Securities who is a party to this Agreement.

Immediate Family Member” means a child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including, adoptive relationships, of a natural person referred to herein.

Initiating Holders” means, collectively, Holders who properly initiate a registration request under this Agreement.

IPO” means the Company’s first underwritten public offering of its Common Stock under the Securities Act.

New Securities” means, collectively, equity securities of the Company, whether or not currently authorized, as well as rights, options, or warrants to purchase such equity securities, or securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for such equity securities.

Offering” means the offering by the Company of shares of Series C Preferred Stock commenced in ______, 2019.

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company, association or other entity.

Preferred Stock” means, collectively, shares of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock.

Registrable Securities” means: (i) the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock; and (ii) any Common Stock issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right, or other security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, the shares referenced in clause (i) above; excluding in all cases, however, any Registrable Securities sold by a Person in a transaction in which the applicable rights under this Agreement are not assigned pursuant to Section 3.1, and excluding for purposes of Section 2 any shares for which registration rights have terminated pursuant to Section 2.12.

 

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Registrable Securities then outstanding” means the number of shares determined by adding the number of shares of outstanding Common Stock that are Registrable Securities and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable (directly or indirectly) pursuant to any issued and outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock.

Restricted Securities” means the securities of the Company required to be notated with the legend set forth in Section 2.11(b) hereof.

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

SEC Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.

SEC Rule 145” means Rule 145 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.

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

Selling Expenses” means all underwriting discounts, selling commissions, and stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities, and fees and disbursements of counsel for any Holder, except for the fees and disbursements of the Selling Holder Counsel borne and paid by the Company as provided in Section 2.6.

Series C Preferred Stock” means shares of the Company’s Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share.

2. Registration Rights. The Company covenants and agrees as follows:

2.1 Demand Registration.

(a) If at any time after one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of the registration statement for the IPO, the Company receives a request from Holders of at least thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a Form S-1 registration statement and the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of Selling Expenses, would exceed $10 million, then the Company shall (x) within ten (10) days after the date such request is given, give notice thereof (the “Demand Notice”) to all Holders other than the Initiating Holders; and (y) as soon as practicable, and in any event within sixty (60) days after the date such request is given by the Initiating Holders, file a Form S-1 registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities that the Initiating Holders requested to be registered and any additional Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any other Holders, as specified by notice given by each such Holder to the Company within twenty (20) days of the date the Demand Notice is given, and in each case, subject to the limitations of Sections 2.1(c) and 2.3.

 

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(b) If at any time when it is eligible to use a Form S-3 registration statement, the Company receives a request from Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a Form S-3 registration statement with respect to outstanding Registrable Securities of such Holders having an anticipated aggregate offering price, net of Selling Expenses, of at least $3 million, then the Company shall (i) within ten (10) days after the date such request is given, give a Demand Notice to all Holders other than the Initiating Holders; and (ii) as soon as practicable, and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the date such request is given by the Initiating Holders, file a Form S-3 registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any other Holders, as specified by notice given by each such Holder to the Company within twenty (20) days of the date the Demand Notice is given, and in each case, subject to the limitations of Sections 2.1(c) and 2.3.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing obligations, if the Company furnishes to Holders requesting a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 a certificate signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to either become effective or remain effective for as long as such registration statement otherwise would be required to remain effective, because such action would (i) materially interfere with a significant acquisition, corporate reorganization, or other similar transaction involving the Company; (ii) require premature disclosure of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential; or (iii) render the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, then the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing, and any time periods with respect to filing or effectiveness thereof shall be tolled correspondingly, for a period of not more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the request of the Initiating Holders is given; provided, however, that the Company may not invoke this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.

(d) The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a) (i) during the period that is sixty (60) days before the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; (ii) after the Company has effected one registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a); or (iii) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.1(b). The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to Section 2.1(b) (i) during the period that is thirty (30) days before the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date that is ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (ii) if the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to Section 2.1(b) within the twelve (12) month

 

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period immediately preceding the date of such request. A registration shall not be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Section 2.1(d) until such time as the applicable registration statement has been declared effective by the SEC, unless the Initiating Holders withdraw their request for such registration, elect not to pay the registration expenses therefor, and forfeit their right to one demand registration statement pursuant to Section 2.6, in which case such withdrawn registration statement shall be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Section 2.1(d); provided, that if such withdrawal is during a period the Company has deferred taking action pursuant to Section 2.1(c), then the Initiating Holders may withdraw their request for registration and such registration will not be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Section 2.1(d).

2.2 Company Registration. If the Company proposes to register (including, for this purpose, a registration effected by the Company for shareholders other than the Holders) any of its Common Stock under the Securities Act in connection with the public offering of such securities solely for cash (other than in an Excluded Registration), the Company shall, at such time, promptly give each Holder notice of such registration. Upon the request of each Holder given within twenty (20) days after such notice is given by the Company, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.3, cause to be registered all of the Registrable Securities that each such Holder has requested to be included in such registration. The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 2.2 before the effective date of such registration, whether or not any Holder has elected to include Registrable Securities in such registration. The expenses (other than Selling Expenses) of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section 2.6.

2.3 Underwriting Requirements.

(a) If, pursuant to Section 2.1, the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to Section 2.1, and the Company shall include such information in the Demand Notice. The underwriter(s) will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter(s) selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.3, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities that otherwise would be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among such Holders of Registrable Securities, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the number of Registrable Securities owned by each Holder or in

 

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such other proportion as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders; provided, however, that the number of Registrable Securities held by the Holders to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares.

(b) In connection with any offering involving an underwriting of shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to Section 2.2, the Company shall not be required to include any of the Holders’ Registrable Securities in such underwriting unless the Holders accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and its underwriters, and then only in such quantity as the underwriters in their sole discretion determine will not jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company. If the total number of securities, including Registrable Securities, requested by shareholders to be included in such offering exceeds the number of securities to be sold (other than by the Company) that the underwriters in their reasonable discretion determine is compatible with the success of the offering, then the Company shall be required to include in the offering only that number of such securities, including Registrable Securities, which the underwriters and the Company in their sole discretion determine will not jeopardize the success of the offering. If the underwriters determine that less than all of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered can be included in such offering, then the Registrable Securities that are included in such offering shall be allocated among the selling Holders in proportion (as nearly as practicable to) the number of Registrable Securities owned by each selling Holder or in such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall (i) the number of Registrable Securities included in the offering be reduced unless all other securities (other than securities to be sold by the Company) are first entirely excluded from the offering or (ii) the number of Registrable Securities included in the offering be reduced below twenty percent (20%) of the total number of securities included in such offering, unless such offering is the IPO, in which case the selling Holders may be excluded further if the underwriters make the determination described above and no other shareholder’s securities are included in such offering. For purposes of the provision in this Section 2.3(b) concerning apportionment, for any selling Holder that is a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, the partners, members, retired partners, retired members, shareholders, and Affiliates of such Holder, or the estates and Immediate Family Members of any such partners, retired partners, members, and retired members and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing Persons, shall be deemed to be a single “selling Holder,” and any pro rata reduction with respect to such “selling Holder” shall be based upon the aggregate number of Registrable Securities owned by all Persons included in such “selling Holder,” as defined in this sentence.

 

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2.4 Obligations of the Company. Whenever required under this Section 2 to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:

(a) prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and, upon the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder, keep such registration statement effective for a period of up to one hundred twenty (120) days or, if earlier, until the distribution contemplated in the registration statement has been completed; provided, however, that (i) such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period the Holder refrains, at the request of an underwriter of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company, from selling any securities included in such registration, and (ii) in the case of any registration of Registrable Securities on Form S-3 that are intended to be offered on a continuous or delayed basis, subject to compliance with applicable SEC rules, such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended for up to sixty (60) days, if necessary, to keep the registration statement effective until all such Registrable Securities are sold;

(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement, and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement, as may be necessary to comply with the Securities Act in order to enable the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;

(c) furnish to the selling Holders such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, as required by the Securities Act, and such other documents as the Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate their disposition of their Registrable Securities;

(d) use its commercially reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue-sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the selling Holders; provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act;

(e) in the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the underwriter(s) of such offering;

(f) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be listed on a national securities exchange or trading system and each securities exchange and trading system (if any) on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

 

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(g) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement and provide a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of such registration;

(h) promptly make available for inspection by the selling Holders, any managing underwriter(s) participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement, and any attorney or accountant or other agent retained by any such underwriter or selected by the selling Holders, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents, and properties of the Company, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant, or agent, in each case, as necessary or advisable to verify the accuracy of the information in such registration statement and to conduct appropriate due diligence in connection therewith;

(i) notify each selling Holder, promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of the time when such registration statement has been declared effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed; and

(j) after such registration statement becomes effective, notify each selling Holder of any request by the SEC that the Company amend or supplement such registration statement or prospectus.

In addition, the Company shall ensure that, at all times after any registration statement covering a public offering of securities of the Company under the Securities Act shall have become effective, its insider trading policy shall provide that the Company’s directors may implement a trading program under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act.

2.5 Furnish Information. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 2 with respect to the Registrable Securities of any selling Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as is reasonably required to effect the registration of such Holder’s Registrable Securities.

2.6 Expenses of Registration. All expenses (other than Selling Expenses) incurred in connection with registrations, filings, or qualifications pursuant to Section 2, including all registration, filing, and qualification fees; printers’ and accounting fees; fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; and the reasonable fees and disbursements, not to exceed $10,000, of one counsel for the selling Holders (“Selling Holder Counsel”), shall be borne and paid by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to Section 2.1 if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered (in which case all selling Holders shall bear such expenses pro rata based upon the number of Registrable Securities that were to be included in the withdrawn registration), unless the Holders

 

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of a majority of the Registrable Securities agree to forfeit their right to one registration pursuant to Sections 2.1(a) or 2.1(b), as the case may be. All Selling Expenses relating to Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Section 2 shall be borne and paid by the Holders pro rata on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities registered on their behalf.

2.7 Delay of Registration. No Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any registration pursuant to this Agreement as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Section 2.

2.8 Indemnification. If any Registrable Securities are included in a registration statement under this Section 2:

(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless: (i) each selling Holder, and the partners, members, officers, directors, and shareholders of each such Holder; (ii) legal counsel and accountants for each such Holder; (iii) any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) for each such Holder; and (iv) each Person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any Damages, and the Company will pay to each such Holder, underwriter, controlling Person, or other aforementioned Person any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding from which Damages may result, as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 2.8(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, nor shall the Company be liable for any Damages to the extent that they arise out of or are based upon actions or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of any such Holder, underwriter, controlling Person, or other aforementioned Person expressly for use in connection with such registration.

(b) To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless: (i) the Company, and each of its directors, each of its officers who has signed the registration statement; (ii) each Person (if any), who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act; (iii) legal counsel and accountants for the Company; (iv) any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act); (v) any other Holder selling securities in such registration statement; and (vi) any controlling Person of any such underwriter or other Holder, against any Damages, in each case only to the extent that such Damages arise out of or are based upon actions or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of such selling Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each such selling Holder will pay to the Company and each other aforementioned Person any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding from which Damages may result, as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained

 

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in this Section 2.8(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and provided further that in no event shall the aggregate amounts payable by any Holder by way of indemnity or contribution under Sections 2.8(b) and 2.8(c) exceed the proceeds from the offering received by such Holder (net of any Selling Expenses paid by such Holder), except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct by such Holder.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 2.8 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action) for which a party may be entitled to indemnification hereunder, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 2.8, give the indemnifying party notice of the commencement thereof. The indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in such action and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, participate jointly with any other indemnifying party to which notice has been given, and to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party (together with all other indemnified parties that may be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain one separate counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such action. The failure to give notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this Section 2.8, to the extent that such failure materially prejudices the indemnifying party’s ability to defend such action. The failure to give notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 2.8.

(d) To provide for just and equitable contribution to joint liability under the Securities Act in any case in which either: (i) any party otherwise entitled to indemnification hereunder makes a claim for indemnification pursuant to this Section 2.8 but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be enforced in such case, notwithstanding the fact that this Section 2.8 provides for indemnification in such case, or (ii) contribution under the Securities Act may be required on the part of any party hereto for which indemnification is provided under this Section 2.8, then, and in each such case, such parties will contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses to which they may be subject (after contribution from others) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of each of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the statements, omissions, or other actions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage, liability, or expense, as well as to reflect any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the

 

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indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact, or the omission or alleged omission of a material fact, relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission; provided, however, that, in any such case (x) no Holder will be required to contribute any amount in excess of the public offering price of all such Registrable Securities offered and sold by such Holder pursuant to such registration statement, and (y) no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation; and provided further that in no event shall a Holder’s liability pursuant to this Section 2.8(c), when combined with the amounts paid or payable by such Holder pursuant to Section 2.8(b), exceed the proceeds from the offering received by such Holder (net of any Selling Expenses paid by such Holder), except in the case of willful misconduct or fraud by such Holder.

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.

(f) Unless otherwise superseded by an underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering, the obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 2.8 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration under this Section 2, and otherwise shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

2.9 Reports Under Exchange Act. With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of SEC Rule 144 and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit a Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form S-3, the Company shall:

(a) make and keep available adequate current public information, as those terms are understood and defined in SEC Rule 144, at all times after the effective date of the registration statement filed by the Company for the IPO;

(b) use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after the Company has become subject to such reporting requirements); and

(c) furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) to the extent accurate, a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of SEC Rule 144 (at any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the registration statement filed by the Company for the IPO), the Securities Act, and the Exchange

 

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Act (at any time after the Company has become subject to such reporting requirements), or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after the Company so qualifies); and (ii) such other information as may be reasonably requested in availing any Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such securities without registration (at any time after the Company has become subject to the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act) or pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after the Company so qualifies to use such form).

2.10 “Market Stand-off” Agreement. Each Holder hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter, during the period commencing on the date of the final prospectus relating to the registration by the Company of shares of its Common Stock or any other equity securities under the Securities Act, and ending on the date specified by the Company and the managing underwriter (such period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days in the case of the IPO, or such other period as may be requested by the Company or an underwriter to accommodate regulatory restrictions on (1) the publication or other distribution of research reports, and (2) analyst recommendations and opinions, including, but not limited to, the restrictions contained in FINRA Rule 2711(f)(4) or NYSE Rule 472(f)(4), or any successor provisions or amendments thereto, (i) lend; offer; pledge; sell; contract to sell; sell any option or contract to purchase; purchase any option or contract to sell; grant any option, right, or warrant to purchase; or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable (directly or indirectly) for Common Stock held immediately before the effective date of the registration statement for such offering or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash, or otherwise. The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.10, shall not apply to the sale of any shares to an underwriter pursuant to an underwriting agreement, or the transfer of any shares to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the Holder or the immediate family of the Holder, provided that the trustee of the trust agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, and shall be applicable to the Holders only if all officers and directors are subject to the same restrictions and the Company uses commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a similar agreement from all shareholders individually owning more than five percent (5%) of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock (after giving effect to conversion into Common Stock of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock). The underwriters in connection with such registration are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Section 2.10 and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto. Each Holder further agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the underwriters in connection with such registration that are consistent with this Section 2.10 or that are necessary to give further effect thereto. Any discretionary waiver or termination of the restrictions of any or all of such agreements by the Company or the underwriters shall apply pro rata to all Company shareholders that are subject to such agreements, based on the number of shares subject to such agreements.

 

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2.11 Restrictions on Transfer.

(a) The Series C Preferred Stock and the Registrable Securities shall not be sold, pledged, or otherwise transferred, and the Company shall not recognize and shall issue stop-transfer instructions to its transfer agent with respect to any such sale, pledge, or transfer, except upon the conditions specified in this Agreement or a valid exemption from registration, which conditions are intended to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act. A transferring Holder will cause any proposed purchaser, pledgee, or transferee of the Series C Preferred Stock and the Registrable Securities held by such Holder to agree to take and hold such securities subject to the provisions and upon the conditions specified in this Agreement.

(b) Each certificate, instrument, or book entry representing (i) the Series C Preferred Stock, (ii) the Registrable Securities, and (iii) any other securities issued in respect of the securities referenced in clauses (i) and (ii), upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, or similar event, shall (unless otherwise permitted by the provisions of Section 2.12(c)) be notated with a legend substantially in the following form:

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. SUCH SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR A VALID EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION.

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND CERTAIN SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.

The Holders consent to the Company making a notation in its records and giving instructions to any transfer agent of the Restricted Securities in order to implement the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.11.

(c) The holder of such Restricted Securities, by acceptance of ownership thereof, agrees to comply in all respects with the provisions of this Section 2. Before any proposed sale, pledge, or transfer of any Restricted Securities, unless there is in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the proposed transaction, the Holder thereof shall give notice to the Company of such Holder’s intention to effect such sale, pledge, or transfer. Each such notice shall describe the manner and circumstances of the proposed sale, pledge, or transfer in sufficient detail and, if reasonably requested by the Company,

 

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shall be accompanied at such Holder’s expense by either (i) a written opinion of legal counsel who shall, and whose legal opinion shall, be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, addressed to the Company, to the effect that the proposed transaction may be effected without registration under the Securities Act; (ii) a “no action” letter from the SEC to the effect that the proposed sale, pledge, or transfer of such Restricted Securities without registration will not result in a recommendation by the staff of the SEC that action be taken with respect thereto; or (iii) any other evidence reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the Company to the effect that the proposed sale, pledge, or transfer of the Restricted Securities may be effected without registration under the Securities Act, whereupon the Holder of such Restricted Securities shall be entitled to sell, pledge, or transfer such Restricted Securities in accordance with the terms of the notice given by the Holder to the Company. The Company will not require such a legal opinion or “no action” letter (x) in any transaction in compliance with SEC Rule 144; or (y) in any transaction in which such Holder distributes Restricted Securities to an Affiliate of such Holder for no consideration; provided that each transferee agrees in writing to be subject to the terms of this Section 2.11. Each certificate, instrument, or book entry representing the Restricted Securities transferred as above provided shall be notated with, except if such transfer is made pursuant to SEC Rule 144, the appropriate restrictive legend set forth in Section 2.11(b), except that such certificate instrument, or book entry shall not be notated with such restrictive legend if, in the opinion of counsel for such Holder and the Company, such legend is not required in order to establish compliance with any provisions of the Securities Act.

2.12 Termination of Registration Rights. The right of any Holder to request registration or inclusion of Registrable Securities in any registration pursuant to Sections 2.1 or 2.2 shall terminate upon the closing of a Deemed Liquidation Event, as such term is defined in the Certificate of Formation, unless the holders of more than fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities and Front Range Ventures, LLC (“FRV”) (so long as FRV is a holder of at least 7,100,000 Registrable Securities), elect otherwise.

3. Miscellaneous.

3.1 Successors and Assigns. The rights under this Agreement may be assigned (but only with all related obligations) by a Holder to a transferee of Registrable Securities that (i) is an Affiliate of a Holder; (ii) is a Holder’s Immediate Family Member or trust for the benefit of an individual Holder or one or more of such Holder’s Immediate Family Members; or (iii) after such transfer, holds at least 400,000 shares of Registrable Securities (subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, and other recapitalizations); provided, however, that (x) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee and the Registrable Securities with respect to which such rights are being transferred; and (y) such transferee agrees in a written instrument delivered to the Company to be bound by and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the provisions of Section 2.11. For the purposes of determining the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by a transferee, the holdings of a transferee (1) that is an Affiliate or shareholder of a Holder; (2) who is a Holder’s Immediate Family Member; or (3) that is a trust for the benefit of an individual Holder or such Holder’s Immediate Family

 

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Member shall be aggregated together and with those of the transferring Holder; provided further that all transferees who would not qualify individually for assignment of rights shall, as a condition to the applicable transfer, establish a single attorney-in-fact for the purpose of exercising any rights, receiving notices, or taking any action under this Agreement. The terms and conditions of this Agreement inure to the benefit of and are binding upon the respective successors and permitted assignees of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assignees any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided herein.

3.2 Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended, modified or terminated and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of the Company and Holders holding at least a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding and FRV (so long as FRV is a holder of at least 7,100,000 Registrable Securities); provided that the Company may in its sole discretion waive compliance with Section 2.11(c) (and the Company’s failure to object promptly in writing after notification of a proposed assignment allegedly in violation of Section 2.11(c) shall be deemed to be a waiver); and provided further that any provision hereof may be waived by any waiving party on such party’s own behalf, without the consent of any other party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may not be amended, modified or terminated and the observance of any term hereof may not be waived with respect to any Holder without the written consent of such Holder, unless such amendment, modification, termination, or waiver applies to all Holders in the same. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Schedule A may be amended by the Company from time to time to add additional Persons holding Series C Preferred Stock and transferees of any Registrable Securities in compliance with the terms of this Agreement without the consent of the other parties; and Schedule A may also be amended by the Company after the date of this Agreement without the consent of the other parties to add information regarding any additional Holder who becomes a party to this Agreement in accordance with Section 3.6. The Company shall give prompt notice of any amendment, modification or termination hereof or waiver hereunder to any party hereto that did not consent in writing to such amendment, modification, termination, or waiver. Any amendment, modification, termination, or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 3.2 shall be binding on all parties hereto, regardless of whether any such party has consented thereto. No waivers of or exceptions to any term, condition, or provision of this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such term, condition, or provision.

3.3 Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement is for any reason held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, and such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision shall be reformed and construed so that it will be valid, legal, and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law.

3.4 Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon the earlier of actual receipt or (i) personal delivery to the party to be notified; (ii) when sent, if sent by electronic mail or facsimile during the recipient’s normal business hours, and if not sent during normal business hours, then on the recipient’s next business day; (iii) five (5) days after having been sent by

 

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registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (iv) one (1) business day after the business day of deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, freight prepaid, specifying next-day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the respective parties at their addresses as set forth on Schedule A hereto, or to the principal office of the Company and to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer, in the case of the Company, or to such email address, facsimile number, or address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 3.4.

3.5 Additional Holders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Company issues additional shares of Series C Preferred Stock after the date hereof, any purchaser of such shares of Series C Preferred Stock may become a party to this Agreement by executing and delivering an additional counterpart signature page to this Agreement, and thereafter shall be deemed an “Holder” for all purposes hereunder. No action or consent by the Holders shall be required for such joinder to this Agreement by such additional Holder, so long as such additional Holder has agreed in writing to be bound by all of the obligations as an “Holder” hereunder.

3.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including Schedule A) constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and any other written or oral agreement relating to the subject matter hereof existing among the parties is expressly canceled.

3.7 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the internal law of the State of Texas, without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any law other than the law of the State of Texas.

3.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

By:

 

         

Name:

 

         

Title:

 

         

 

HOLDERS:

 

[See attached signature pages from investors in the Company’s offering of Series C Preferred Stock commenced in ___________, 2019]

ADDITIONAL HOLDERS:

 

[See attached signature pages]

 

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SIGNATURE PAGE TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

Reference is hereby made to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of __________________, 2019 (the “Agreement”), by and among Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), and certain other Persons. Each capitalized term used herein but not expressly defined shall have the meaning given to such term in the Agreement.

The undersigned holds shares of Series C Preferred Stock and accepts, joins in and agrees to be bound by, and subject to, the Agreement as a Holder. The undersigned authorizes the Company to attach to the Agreement a copy of this Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement to evidence the foregoing agreement of the undersigned.

Executed as of ________________.

 

If undersigned is an individual:
By:  

                 

Name:  

         

If undersigned is an entity:

 

 

(Print Name of Entity)
By:  

             

Name:  

     

Title:  

     

 

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SCHEDULE A

Holders

Holders Acquiring Shares of Series C Preferred Stock in the Offering:

[See addresses in the attached signature pages]

Other Holders:

[Holder Name

Address

Phone Number

Fax Number

Email]

[Holder Name

Address

Phone Number

Fax Number

Email]

[Holder Name

Address

Phone Number

Fax Number

Email]

 

A-1

Exhibit 4.4

WARRANT

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER (IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY), IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD OR ELIGIBLE TO BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID 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. THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 1(a) OF THIS WARRANT.

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

(D/B/A HEARTSCIENCES)

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

Warrant No.: 2021-

Date of Issuance: January ___, 2022 (“Issuance Date”)

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. (d/b/a HeartSciences), a Texas corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, ______________________, the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon exercise of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “Warrant”), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), ___________ (subject to adjustment as provided herein) fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (the “Warrant Shares”). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 19. This Warrant is one of the Warrants to Purchase Common Stock (the “SPA Warrants”) issued pursuant to Section 1 of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2021 (the “Subscription Date”), by and among the Company and the investors (the “Buyers”) referred to therein, as amended from time to time (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).

 


1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

(a) Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the Issuance Date (an “Exercise Date”), in whole or in part, by delivery (whether via e-mail or otherwise) of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant. Within one (1) Trading Day following an exercise of this Warrant as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant was so exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or via wire transfer of immediately available funds if the Holder did not notify the Company in such Exercise Notice that such exercise was made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)). The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original of this Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice for all of the then-remaining Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant after delivery of the Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. On or before the first (1st) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received an Exercise Notice, the Company shall transmit by electronic mail an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of such Exercise Notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, to the Holder and, if after the Public Company Date, the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”), which confirmation shall, if after the Public Company Date, constitute an instruction to the Transfer Agent to process such Exercise Notice in accordance with the terms herein. On or before the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received such Exercise Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Shares initiated on the applicable Exercise Date), the Company shall (X) if on or after the Public Company Date, provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program (“FAST”), upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its authorized designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (Y) if either (x) prior to the Public Company Date or (y) on or after the Public Company Date if the Transfer Agent is not participating in FAST, upon the request of the Holder, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon delivery of an Exercise Notice, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares (as the case may be). If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise and upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company by the Holder, then, at the request of the Holder, the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than two (2) Business Days after any exercise and

 

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at its own expense, issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp, issuance and similar taxes, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent) that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except in the case where an exercise of this Warrant is validly made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise, the Company’s failure to deliver Warrant Shares to the Holder on or prior to the later of (i) two (2) Trading Days after receipt of the applicable Exercise Notice (or, after the Public Company Date, such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Shares initiated on the applicable Exercise Date) and (ii) one (1) Trading Day after the Company’s receipt of the Aggregate Exercise Price (or valid notice of a Cashless Exercise) (such later date, the “Share Delivery Deadline”) shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Warrant.

(b) Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, “Exercise Price” means $0.27525, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

(c) Companys Failure to Timely Deliver Securities.

(i) General. The Company shall in all cases use its reasonable best efforts to comply with the delivery requirements set forth herein and shall do all things and take all actions reasonably requested by the Holder in furtherance thereof.

(ii) Exercise Failures On or After the Public Company Date. If on or after the Public Company Date, the Company shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline, if the Transfer Agent is not participating in FAST, to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled and register such Warrant Shares on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in FAST, to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for such number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant (as the case may be) (a “Delivery Failure”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, (X) the Company shall pay in cash to the Holder on each day after the Share Delivery Date and during such Delivery Failure an amount equal to 2% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline and to which the Holder is entitled, multiplied by (B) any trading price of the Common Stock selected by the Holder in writing as in effect at any time during the period beginning on the applicable Exercise Date and ending on the applicable Share Delivery Date, and (Y) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Exercise Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the voiding of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c)

 

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or otherwise. In addition to the foregoing, if on or after the Public Company Date and on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Transfer Agent shall fail to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below, and if on or after such Share Delivery Deadline the Holder acquires (in an open market transaction, stock loan or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “Buy-In”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, stock loan costs and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so acquired (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such Warrant Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant Shares or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of Warrant Shares multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (ii) (the “Buy-In Payment Amount”). Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) upon the exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof. In addition to the foregoing rights, if after the Public Company Date, (i) if the Company fails to deliver the applicable number of Warrant Shares upon an exercise pursuant to Section 1 by the applicable Share Delivery Deadline, then the Holder shall have the right to rescind such exercise in whole or in part and retain and/or have the Company return, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the rescission of an exercise shall not affect the Company’s obligation to make any payments that have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise, and (ii) if a registration statement covering the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares that are subject to an Exercise Notice is not available for the issuance

 

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or resale, as applicable, of such Warrant Shares and the Holder has submitted an Exercise Notice prior to receiving notice of the non-availability of such registration statement and the Company has not already delivered the Warrant Shares underlying such Exercise Notice electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system, the Holder shall have the option, by delivery of notice to the Company, to (x) rescind such Exercise Notice in whole or in part and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the rescission of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligation to make any payments that have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise, and/or (y) switch some or all of such Exercise Notice from a cash exercise to a Cashless Exercise.

(d) Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (other than Section 1(f) below), commencing on the six (6) month anniversary of the Closing (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), in the event that the issuance of the Warrant Shares is not registered under the 1933 Act pursuant to an effective registration statement or no current prospectus is available for resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder in accordance with the 1933 Act and other applicable securities laws, the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of Warrant Shares determined according to the following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)

B

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

A= the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

B = (i) prior to the Public Company Date, the greatest of (A) the last purchase price at which the Company issued or sold Common Stock preceding the date of the Exercise Notice, (B) the initial conversion price of the last Convertible Securities issued or sold by the Company preceding the date of the Exercise Notice, (C) the initial exercise price of the last Options issued or sold by the Company preceding the date of the Exercise Notice and (D) the fair market value of the Common Stock as mutually determined by the Company and the Required Holders and (ii) on or after the Public Company Date, as elected by the Holder, (A) the VWAP of the shares of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading

 

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Day, (B) either (x) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice or (y) the Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof, or (C) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if the date of such Exercise Notice is a Trading Day and such Exercise Notice is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day.

C = the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

For purposes of Rule 144(d) promulgated under the 1933 Act, as in effect on the Subscription Date, it is intended that the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

In the event of termination or expiration of this Warrant (including upon the Expiration Date), to the extent that this Warrant is then exercisable and such exercise would result in the issuance of Warrant Shares to the Holder, this Warrant shall be deemed to have been automatically exercised pursuant to a Cashless Exercise immediately prior to the time at which it would otherwise terminate or expire.

(e) Disputes. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 13.

(f) Limitations on Exercises. From and after the Public Company Date, the Company shall not effect the exercise of any portion of this Warrant, and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Warrant and any such exercise shall be null and void and treated as if never made, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, the Holder together with the other Attribution Parties collectively would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and the other Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock held by the Holder and all other Attribution Parties plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of the other Attribution Parties and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants, including other SPA Warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous

 

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to the limitation contained in this Section 1(f). For purposes of this Section 1(f), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For purposes of determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock the Holder may acquire upon the exercise of this Warrant without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent, if any, setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (the “Reported Outstanding Share Number”). From and after the Public Company Date, if the Company receives an Exercise Notice from the Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall (i) notify the Holder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Exercise Notice would otherwise cause the Holder’s beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 1(f)(i), to exceed the Maximum Percentage, the Holder must notify the Company of a reduced number of Warrant Shares to be acquired pursuant to such Exercise Notice (the number of shares by which such purchase is reduced, the “Reduction Shares”) and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, the Company shall return to the Holder any exercise price paid by the Holder for the Reduction Shares. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder and any other Attribution Party since the date as of which the Reported Outstanding Share Number was reported. From and after the Public Company Date, in the event that the issuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant results in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as determined under Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), the number of shares so issued by which the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties’ aggregate beneficial ownership exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the “Excess Shares”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Holder shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares. As soon as reasonably practicable after the issuance of the Excess Shares has been deemed null and void, the Company shall return to the Holder the exercise price paid by the Holder for the Excess Shares. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase (with such increase not effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after delivery of such notice) or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% as specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and the other Attribution Parties and not to any other holder of SPA Warrants that is not an Attribution Party of the Holder. For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of this Warrant in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the 1934 Act. No prior inability to exercise this Warrant pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of exercisability. The provisions

 

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of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 1(f) to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph or any portion of this paragraph which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 1(f) or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

(g) Reservation of Shares.

(i) Required Reserve Amount. As of the Closing Date, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock not less than 60,000,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the SPA Warrants. From and after January 31, 2022, so long as any of the SPA Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, no less than 200% of the sum of (i) the maximum number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes, and (ii) the maximum number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of all the SPA Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth therein) (collectively, the “Required Reserve Amount”); provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock reserved pursuant to this Section 1(g) be reduced other than proportionally in connection with any exercise or redemption of SPA Warrants or such other event covered by Section 2(a) below. The Required Reserve Amount (including, without limitation, each increase in the number of shares so reserved) shall be allocated pro rata among the holders of the SPA Warrants based on the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of SPA Warrants held by each holder on the Closing Date (without regard to any limitations on exercise) or increase in the number of reserved shares, as the case may be (the “Authorized Share Allocation”). In the event that a holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder’s SPA Warrants, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder’s Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any SPA Warrants shall be allocated to the remaining holders of SPA Warrants, pro rata based on the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the SPA Warrants then held by such holders (without regard to any limitations on exercise).

(ii) Insufficient Authorized Shares. If at any time after January 31, 2022, the number of shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance is not sufficient to meet the Required Reserve Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), the Company will promptly take all corporate action necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient number of shares, including, without limitation, calling a special meeting of stockholders to authorize additional shares to meet the Company’s obligations pursuant to the Transaction Documents, in the case of an insufficient number of authorized shares, obtain stockholder approval of an increase in such authorized number of shares, and voting the management shares of the Company in favor of an increase in the authorized shares of the Company to ensure that the number of authorized shares is sufficient to meet the Required Reserve Amount. On or prior to January 31, 2022 (the “Consent Deadline”), holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and the Preferred Stock shall have voted by written consent (the Stockholder Resolutions) approving an

 

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amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to, among other items, approve a reverse stock split and, on an advisory basis, approve the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Stockholder Approval”, and the date the Stockholder Approval is obtained, the “Stockholder Approval Date”). Thereafter, the Company shall provide each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders of the Company notice of the Consent Action (the “Consent Notice”). The Stockholder Resolutions and the Consent Notice shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Buyers and Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, at the expense of the Company, with the Company obligated to reimburse the expenses of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP incurred in connection therewith in an amount not exceed $3,000, The Company shall be obligated to seek to obtain the Stockholder Approval by the Consent Deadline. If, despite the Company’s reasonable best efforts the Stockholder Approval is not obtained on or prior to the Consent Deadline, the Company shall cause either an additional consent action or a stockholder meeting to be held on or prior to March 31, 2021. If, despite the Company’s reasonable best efforts the Stockholder Approval is not obtained after such subsequent consent action or stockholder meeting, the Company shall cause an additional consent action or stockholder meeting to be held semi-annually thereafter until such Stockholder Approval is obtained.

2. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 2.

(a) Stock Dividends and Splits. Without limiting any provision of Section 2(b) or Section 4, if the Company, at any time on or after the Subscription Date, (i) pays a stock dividend on one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares or (iii) combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination. If any event requiring an adjustment under this paragraph occurs during the period that an Exercise Price is calculated hereunder, then the calculation of such Exercise Price shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect such event.

(b) Adjustment Upon Issuance of Shares of Common Stock. If and whenever on or after the Subscription Date and on or prior to the later of (x) the second anniversary of the Closing, and (y) the eighteen (18) month anniversary of the occurrence of a Qualified Offering, the Company grants, issues or sells (or enters into any agreement to grant, issue or sell), or in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have granted, issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (including the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding any Excluded Securities granted issued or sold or deemed

 

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to have been granted issued or sold) for a consideration per share (the “New Issuance Price”) less than a price equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such granting, issuance or sale or deemed granting issuance or sale (such Exercise Price then in effect is referred to herein as the “Applicable Price”) (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the New Issuance Price. For all purposes of the foregoing (including, without limitation, determining the adjusted Exercise Price and the New Issuance Price under this Section 2(b)), the following shall be applicable:

(i) Issuance of Options. If the Company in any manner grants, issues or sells (or enters into any agreement to grant, issue or sell) any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 2(b)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting, issuance or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest exercise price set forth in such Option for which one share of Common Stock is issuable (or may become issuable assuming all possible market conditions) upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Option (or any other Person) upon the granting, issuance or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Option (or any other Person). Except as contemplated below in Section 2(b)(iii), no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or otherwise pursuant to the terms of or upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

(ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Company in any manner issues or sells (or enters into any agreement to issue or sell) any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale (or the time of execution of such agreement to issue or sell, as applicable) of such

 

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Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 2(b)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale (or pursuant to the agreement to issue or sell, as applicable) of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest conversion price set forth in such Convertible Security for which one share of Common Stock is issuable (or may become issuable assuming all possible market conditions) upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person) upon the issuance or sale (or the agreement to issue or sell, as applicable) of such Convertible Security plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person). Except as contemplated below in Section 2(b)(iii), no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof, and if any such issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 2(b), except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made by reason of such issuance or sale.

(iii) Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase or exercise price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time (other than proportional changes in conversion or exercise prices, as applicable, in connection with an event referred to in Section 2(a)), the Exercise Price in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold . For purposes of this Section 2(b)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security (including, without limitation, any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the Subscription Date) are increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect. If the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion and/or exchange of any Option or Convertible Security, or the consideration payable to the Company upon such exercise, conversion and/or exchange, cannot be calculated at all at the time such Option or Convertible Security is issued or amended, any adjustment to the Exercise Price that would result under the terms of this Section 2(b) at the time of such issuance or amendment shall instead be effected at the time such number of shares and/or amount of consideration is first calculable (even if subject to subsequent adjustments), assuming for purposes of calculating such adjustment to the Exercise Price that such issuance or amendment took place at the time such calculation can first be made.

 

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(iv) Calculation of Consideration Received. If any Option and/or Convertible Security and/or Adjustment Right is issued in connection with the issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of any other securities of the Company (as determined by the Holder, the “Primary Security”, and such Option and/or Convertible Security and/or Adjustment Right, the “Secondary Securities”), together comprising one integrated transaction, (or one or more transactions if such issuances or sales or deemed issuances or sales of securities of the Company either (A) have at least one investor or purchaser in common, (B) are consummated in reasonable proximity to each other and/or (C) are consummated under the same plan of financing) the aggregate consideration per share of Common Stock with respect to such Primary Security shall be deemed to be equal to the difference of (x) the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock was issued (or was deemed to be issued pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or 2(b)(ii) above, as applicable) in such integrated transaction solely with respect to such Primary Security, minus (y) with respect to such Secondary Securities, the sum of (I) the Black Scholes Consideration Value of each such Option, if any, (II) the fair market value (as determined by the Holder in good faith) or the Black Scholes Consideration Value, as applicable, of such Adjustment Right, if any, and (III) the fair market value (as determined by the Holder) of such Convertible Security, if any, in each case, as determined on a per share basis in accordance with this Section 2(b)(iv). If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be deemed to be the net amount of consideration received by the Company therefor. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of publicly traded securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company for such securities will be the arithmetic average of the VWAPs of such security for each of the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities (as the case may be). The fair value of any consideration other than cash or publicly traded securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Required Holders (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement). If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days

 

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after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “Valuation Event”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Trading Days after the tenth (10th) day following such Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Required Holders. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.

(v) Record Date. If the Company takes a record of the holders of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issuance or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase (as the case may be).

(c) Number of Warrant Shares. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 2, the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the adjusted number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment (without regard to any limitations on exercise contained herein).

(d) Holder’s Right of Alternative Exercise Price Following Issuance of Certain Options or Convertible Securities. In addition to and not in limitation of the other provisions of this Section 2, if the Company in any manner issues or sells or enters into any agreement to issue or sell, any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities (any such securities, “Variable Price Securities”) after the Subscription Date that are issuable pursuant to such agreement or convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock at a price which varies or may vary with the market price of the shares of Common Stock, including by way of one or more reset(s) to a fixed price, but exclusive of such formulations reflecting customary anti-dilution provisions (such as share splits, share combinations, share dividends and similar transactions) (each of the formulations for such variable price being herein referred to as, the “Variable Price”), the Company shall provide written notice thereof via e-mail and overnight courier to the Holder on the date of such agreement and the issuance of such Convertible Securities or Options. From and after the date the Company enters into such agreement or issues any such Variable Price Securities, the Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion to substitute the Variable Price for the Exercise Price upon exercise of this Warrant by designating in the Exercise Notice delivered upon any exercise of this Warrant that solely for purposes of such exercise the Holder is relying on the Variable Price rather than the Exercise Price then in effect. The Holder’s election to rely on a Variable Price for a particular exercise of this Warrant shall not obligate the Holder to rely on a Variable Price for any future exercises of this Warrant.

 

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(e) Stock Combination Event Adjustment. If at any time and from time to time on or after the Issuance Date there occurs any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination recapitalization or other similar transaction involving the Common Stock (each, a “Stock Combination Event”, and such date thereof, the “Stock Combination Event Date”) and the Event Market Price is less than the Exercise Price then in effect (after giving effect to the adjustment in clause 2(a) above), then on the sixteenth (16th) Trading Day immediately following such Stock Combination Event, the Exercise Price then in effect on such sixteenth (16th) Trading Day (after giving effect to the adjustment in clause 2(a) above) shall be reduced (but in no event increased) to the Event Market Price. For the avoidance of doubt, if the adjustment in the immediately preceding sentence would otherwise result in an increase in the Exercise Price hereunder, no adjustment shall be made.

(f) Other Events. In the event that the Company (or any Subsidiary (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement)) shall take any action to which the provisions hereof are not strictly applicable, or, if applicable, would not operate to protect the Holder from dilution or if any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 2 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the Company’s board of directors shall in good faith determine and implement an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares (if applicable) so as to protect the rights of the Holder, provided that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(e) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2, provided further that if the Required Holders do not accept such adjustments as appropriately protecting its interests hereunder against such dilution, then the Company’s board of directors and the Required Holders shall agree, in good faith, upon an independent investment bank of nationally recognized standing to make such appropriate adjustments, whose determination shall be final and binding absent manifest error and whose fees and expenses shall be borne by the Company.

(g) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 2 shall be made by rounding to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issuance or sale of Common Stock.

(h) Voluntary Adjustment By Company. The Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, with the prior written consent of the Required Holders (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company; provided, that as of the Public Company Date, the foregoing shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the Principal Market.

(i) Adjustment Upon Public Company Date and Qualified Offering.

(i) If a Public Company Date occurs without the occurrence of a Qualified Offering with respect thereto and, if on the Public Company Date, 125% of the Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock on the Public Company Date is less than the Exercise Price then in effect (the “No QO Measuring Price”), immediately following the Public Company Date, the Exercise Price shall automatically lower to the No QO Measuring Price.

 

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(ii) Upon the occurrence of a Qualified Offering, if 125% of the New Issuance Price of such Qualified Offering is less than the Exercise Price then in effect (the “QO Measuring Price”), immediately following the time of consummation of such Qualified Offering, the Exercise Price shall automatically lower to the QO Measuring Price.

3. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above or Section 4 below, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property, options, evidence of indebtedness or any other assets by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, that, on or after the Public Company Date, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the extent of the Maximum Percentage (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution (and beneficial ownership) to the extent of any such excess) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such Distribution (and any Distributions declared or made on such initial Distribution or on any subsequent Distribution held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

4. PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.

(a) Purchase Rights. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Sections 2 or 3 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that, on or after the Public Company Date, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to the extent of the Maximum Percentage (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such

 

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shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right (and beneficial ownership) to the extent of any such excess) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such right (and any Purchase Right granted, issued or sold on such initial Purchase Right or on any subsequent Purchase Right held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

(b) Fundamental Transactions. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant, including, without limitation, which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such adjustments to the number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction). Upon the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 3 and 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction, such shares of publicly traded common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and without limiting Section 1(f) hereof, the Holder may elect, at its sole option, by delivery of written notice to the Company to waive this Section 4(b) to permit the Fundamental Transaction without the assumption of this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”),

 

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the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction but prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 3 and 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant). The provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder.

(c) Black Scholes Value.

(i) Fundamental Transaction Redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing and the provisions of Section 4(b) above, at the written request of the Holder delivered at any time commencing on the earliest to occur of (x) the public disclosure of any Fundamental Transaction, (y) the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction and (z) the Holder first becoming aware of any Fundamental Transaction through the date that is ninety (90) days after the public disclosure of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction by the Company pursuant to a press release or Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC, the Company or the Successor Entity (as the case may be) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder on the date of such request by paying to the Holder cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value. Payment of such amounts shall be made by the Company (or at the Company’s direction) to the Holder on or prior to the later of (x) the second (2nd) Trading Day after the date of such written request and (y) the date of consummation of such Fundamental Transaction.

(ii) Event of Default Redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing and the provisions of Section 4(b) above, at the request of the Holder delivered at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Notes)(assuming for such purpose that the Notes remain outstanding), the Company or the Successor Entity (as the case may be) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder on the date of such request by paying to the Holder cash in an amount equal to the Event of Default Black Scholes Value.

(d) Application. The provisions of this Section 4 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be applied as if this Warrant (and any such subsequent warrants) were fully exercisable and without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant (provided that the Holder shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of the Maximum Percentage, applied however with respect to shares of capital stock registered under the 1934 Act and thereafter receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (or any such other warrant)).

 

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5. NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), Bylaws (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all reasonable action as may be reasonably required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (a) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, and (b) shall take all such actions as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if after the sixty (60) calendar day anniversary of the Issuance Date, the Holder is not permitted to exercise this Warrant in full for any reason (other than pursuant to restrictions set forth in Section 1(f) hereof), the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to promptly remedy such failure, including, without limitation, obtaining such consents or approvals as necessary to permit such exercise into shares of Common Stock.

6. WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in its capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which it is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders.

7. REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.

(a) Transfer of Warrant. Subject to Section 2(g) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, if this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.

(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.

 

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(c) Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, no warrants for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.

(d) Issuance of New Warrants. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.

8. NOTICES. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant (other than the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise in accordance with the terms hereof), including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) promptly upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment(s), (ii) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder, (iii) at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction and (iv) within two (2) Business Day of the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Notes), setting forth in reasonable detail any material events with respect to such Event of Default and any efforts by the Company to cure such Event of Default. From and after the Public Company Date, to the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the SEC (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. From and after the Public Company Date, if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries provides material non-public information to the Holder that is not simultaneously filed in a Current Report on Form 8-K and the

 

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Holder has not agreed to receive such material non-public information, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Holder shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates or agents with respect to, or a duty to any of the foregoing not to trade on the basis of, such material non-public information. . It is expressly understood and agreed that the time of execution specified by the Holder in each Exercise Notice shall be definitive and may not be disputed or challenged by the Company.

9. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant (other than Section 1(f)) may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Required Holders. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.

10. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Warrant is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Warrant so long as this Warrant as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

11. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of Illinois, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Illinois or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Illinois. The Company hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to the Company at the address set forth in Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Subject to Section 13, the Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of Chicago, County of Cook, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to

 

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the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

12. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the Holder and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant. Terms used in this Warrant but defined in the other Transaction Documents shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Closing Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) in such other Transaction Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Holder.

13. DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

(a) Submission to Dispute Resolution.

(i) In the case of a dispute relating to the Exercise Price, the Closing Sale Price, the Bid Price, Black Scholes Consideration Value, Event of Default Black Scholes Value, Black Scholes Value or fair market value or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares (as the case may be) (including, without limitation, a dispute relating to the determination of any of the foregoing), the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the dispute to the other party via email (A) if by the Company, within five (5) Business Days after the occurrence of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute or (B) if by the Holder, at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If the Holder and the Company are unable to promptly resolve such dispute relating to such Exercise Price, such Closing Sale Price, such Bid Price, such Black Scholes Consideration Value, Event of Default Black Scholes Value, Black Scholes Value or such fair market value or such arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares (as the case may be), at any time after the fifth (5th) Business Day following such initial notice by the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) of such dispute to the Company or the Holder (as the case may be), then the Holder may, at its sole option, select an independent, reputable investment bank to resolve such dispute.

(ii) The Holder and the Company shall each deliver to such investment bank (A) a copy of the initial dispute submission so delivered in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 13 and (B) written documentation supporting its position with respect to such dispute, in each case, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) by the fifth (5th) Business Day immediately following the date on which the Holder selected such investment bank (the “Dispute Submission Deadline”) (the documents referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B) are collectively referred to herein as the “Required Dispute Documentation”) (it being understood and agreed that if either the Holder or the Company fails to so deliver all of the Required Dispute Documentation by the Dispute Submission Deadline, then the party who fails to so submit all of the Required Dispute Documentation shall no longer be entitled to (and hereby waives its right to)

 

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deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank with respect to such dispute and such investment bank shall resolve such dispute based solely on the Required Dispute Documentation that was delivered to such investment bank prior to the Dispute Submission Deadline). Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both the Company and the Holder or otherwise requested by such investment bank, neither the Company nor the Holder shall be entitled to deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank in connection with such dispute (other than the Required Dispute Documentation).

(iii) The Company and the Holder shall cause such investment bank to determine the resolution of such dispute and notify the Company and the Holder of such resolution no later than ten (10) Business Days immediately following the Dispute Submission Deadline. The fees and expenses of such investment bank shall be borne solely by the Company, and such investment bank’s resolution of such dispute shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error.

(b) Miscellaneous. The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) this Section 13 constitutes an agreement to arbitrate between the Company and the Holder (and constitutes an arbitration agreement) under the Illinois Uniform Arbitration Act, as amended, (ii) a dispute relating to the Exercise Price includes, without limitation, disputes as to (A) whether an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock occurred under Section 2(b), (B) the consideration per share at which an issuance or deemed issuance of Common Stock occurred, (C) whether any issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock was an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Excluded Securities, (D) whether an agreement, instrument, security or the like constitutes and Option or Convertible Security and (E) whether a Dilutive Issuance occurred, (iii) the terms of this Warrant and each other applicable Transaction Document shall serve as the basis for the selected investment bank’s resolution of the applicable dispute, such investment bank shall be entitled (and is hereby expressly authorized) to make all findings, determinations and the like that such investment bank determines are required to be made by such investment bank in connection with its resolution of such dispute (including, without limitation, determining (A) whether an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock occurred under Section 2(b), (B) the consideration per share at which an issuance or deemed issuance of Common Stock occurred, (C) whether any issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock was an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Excluded Securities, (D) whether an agreement, instrument, security or the like constitutes and Option or Convertible Security and (E) whether a Dilutive Issuance occurred) and in resolving such dispute such investment bank shall apply such findings, determinations and the like to the terms of this Warrant and any other applicable Transaction Documents, (iv) the Holder (and only the Holder), in its sole discretion, shall have the right to submit any dispute described in this Section 13 to any state or federal court sitting in The City of Chicago, County of Cook in lieu of utilizing the procedures set forth in this Section 13 and (v) nothing in this Section 13 shall limit the Holder from obtaining any injunctive relief or other equitable remedies (including, without limitation, with respect to any matters described in this Section 13).

 

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14. REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATION, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, exercises and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is reasonably requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant (including, without limitation, compliance with Section 2 hereof). The issuance of shares and certificates for shares as contemplated hereby upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder or such shares for any issuance tax or other costs in respect thereof, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than the Holder or its agent on its behalf.

15. PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS. If (a) this Warrant is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Warrant or to enforce the provisions of this Warrant or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the company or other proceedings affecting company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Warrant, then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

16. TRANSFER. This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by Section 2(g) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

17. DISCLOSURE18. . From and after the Public Company Date, upon delivery by the Company to the Holder (or receipt by the Company from the Holder) of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company shall on or prior to 9:00 am, New York city time on the Business Day immediately following such notice delivery date, publicly disclose such material, non-public information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. From and after the Public Company Date, in the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to the Holder explicitly in writing in such notice (or immediately upon receipt of notice from the Holder, as applicable), and in the absence of any such written indication in such notice (or notification from the Company immediately upon receipt of notice from the Holder), the Holder shall be entitled to presume that information contained in the notice does not constitute material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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18. ABSENCE OF TRADING AND DISCLOSURE RESTRICTIONS. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Holder is not a fiduciary or agent of the Company and that the Holder shall have no obligation to (a) maintain the confidentiality of any information provided by the Company or (b) refrain from trading any securities while in possession of such information in the absence of a written non-disclosure agreement signed by an officer of the Holder that explicitly provides for such confidentiality and trading restrictions. In the absence of such an executed, written non-disclosure agreement, the Company acknowledges that the Holder may freely trade in any securities issued by the Company, may possess and use any information provided by the Company in connection with such trading activity, and may disclose any such information to any third party.

19. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(b) “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(c) “Adjustment Right” means any right granted with respect to any securities issued in connection with, or with respect to, any issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale in accordance with Section 2) of shares of Common Stock (other than rights of the type described in Section 3 and 4 hereof) that could result in a decrease in the net consideration received by the Company in connection with, or with respect to, such securities (including, without limitation, any cash settlement rights, cash adjustment or other similar rights).

(d) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, it being understood for purposes of this definition that “control” of a Person means the power directly or indirectly either to vote 10% or more of the stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

(e) “Approved Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has been approved by the board of directors of the Company prior to or subsequent to the date hereof pursuant to which shares of Common Stock and standard options or other equity-based awards to purchase Common Stock may be issued to any employee, officer or director for services provided to the Company in their capacity as such.

 

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(f) “Attribution Parties” means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the Issuance Date, directly or indirectly managed or advised by the Holder’s investment manager or any of its Affiliates or principals, (ii) any direct or indirect Affiliates of the Holder or any of the foregoing, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group together with the Holder or any of the foregoing and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively the Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.

(g) “Bid Price” means, for any security as of the particular time of determination, the bid price for such security on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the bid price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or if the foregoing does not apply, the bid price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if no bid price is reported for such security by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, the average of the bid prices of any market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices) as of such time of determination. If the Bid Price cannot be calculated for a security as of the particular time of determination on any of the foregoing bases, the Bid Price of such security as of such time of determination shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

(h) “Black Scholes Consideration Value” means (x) prior to the Public Company Date, the fair market value of the applicable Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as determined in good faith by the Required Holders, and (y) on or after the Public Company Date, the value of the applicable Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as of the date of issuance thereof calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the public announcement of the execution of definitive documents with respect to the issuance of such Option or Convertible Security (as the case may be), (ii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as of the date of issuance of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be), (iii) a zero cost of borrow and (iv) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 30 day volatility obtained from the “HVT” function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the date of issuance of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be).

 

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(i) “Black Scholes Value” means (x) prior to the Public Company Date, the fair market value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant as determined in good faith by the Required Holders, and (y) on or after the Public Company Date, the value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant remaining on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i), which value is calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the greater of (1) the highest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i) and (2) the sum of the price per share being offered in cash in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any) plus the value of the non-cash consideration being offered in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any), (ii) a strike price equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i), (iii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the greater of (1) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i) and (2) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction or as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i) if such request is prior to the date of the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 30 day volatility obtained from the “HVT” function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the earliest to occur of (A) the public disclosure of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and (B) the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i).

(j) “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg, L.P.

(k) “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; 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 generally are open for use by customers on such day.

(l) “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price, then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last trade price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing does not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the ask prices of any market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices). If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

 

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

(n) “Convertible Securities” means any stock or other security (other than Options) that is at any time and under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any shares of Common Stock.

(o) “Eligible Market” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market or the Principal Market.

(p) “Event Market Price” means, with respect to any Stock Combination Event Date, the quotient determined by dividing (x) the sum of the VWAP of the Common Stock for each of the five (5) lowest Trading Days during the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period ending and including the Trading Day immediately preceding the sixteenth (16th) Trading Day after such Stock Combination Event Date, divided by (y) five (5).

(q) “Event of Default Black Scholes Value” means (x) prior to the Public Company Date, the fair market value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant as determined in good faith by the Required Holders, and (y) on or after the Public Company Date, the value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant remaining on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii), which value is calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the highest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the date of the occurrence of the Event of Default through the date all Events of Default have been cured (assuming for such purpose that the Notes remain outstanding) or, if earlier, the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii), (ii) a strike price equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii), (iii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the greater of (1) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii) and (2) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of the occurrence of such Event of Default, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 30 day volatility obtained from the “HVT” function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following later of (x) the date of the occurrence of such Event of Default and (y) the date of the public announcement of such Event of Default.

(r) “Excluded Securities” means (i) shares of Common Stock or standard options or other equity-based awards to purchase Common Stock issued to directors, officers or employees of the Company for services rendered to the Company in their capacity as such pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan (as defined above), provided that (A) all such issuances (taking into account the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such options) after the Subscription Date pursuant to this clause (i) do not, in the aggregate, exceed more than 5% of the Common Stock

 

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issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Subscription Date and (B) the exercise price of any such options is not lowered, none of such options are amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such options are otherwise materially changed in any manner that materially adversely affects any of the holders of the SPA Warrants; (ii) shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion or exercise of Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) issued prior to the Subscription Date, provided that the conversion price of any such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) is not lowered, none of such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) are amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects any of the Buyers; (iii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes or otherwise pursuant to the terms of the Notes; provided, that the terms of the Notes are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Subscription Date (other than antidilution adjustments pursuant to the terms thereof in effect as of the Subscription Date) and (iv) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the SPA Warrants; provided, that the terms of the SPA Warrant are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Subscription Date (other than antidilution adjustments pursuant to the terms thereof in effect as of the Subscription Date).

(s) “Expiration Date” means the date that is the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Issuance Date or, if such date falls on a day other than a Trading Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a “Holiday”), the next date that is not a Holiday.

(t) “Fundamental Transaction” means (A) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Subject Entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject Entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iv) consummate a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby all such Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any

 

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shares of Common Stock held by all the Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, (B) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the aggregate to be or become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock not held by all such Subject Entities as of the date of this Warrant calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all such Subject Entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other shareholders of the Company to surrender their shares of Common Stock without approval of the shareholders of the Company or (C) directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance of or the entering into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction.

(u) “Group” means a “group” as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.

(v) “Notes” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement, and shall include all notes issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

(w) “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

(x) “Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

(y) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

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(z) “Public Company Date” means the date on which the shares of Common Stock of the Company (or its direct or indirect successor, subsidiary or parent company, whose securities are issued or issuable to holders of Common Stock), whether as a result of a public offering, merger, recapitalization, reorganization or otherwise, are registered under the 1934 Act.

(aa) “Principal Market” means the Eligible Market that is the principal securities exchange market for the Common Stock after the Public Company Date.

(bb) “Qualified Offering” means a public offering in the United States pursuant to a registration statement declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, pursuant to which the Common Stock is listed for trading on an Eligible Market, with (i) minimum gross proceeds of $6,000,000, and (ii) minimum net proceeds of $5,000,000 after deducting all fees and expenses in connection with such Qualified Offering and any proceeds used to cure an Event of Default as permitted under part (v) of the definition of “Equity Conditions”.

(cc) “Required Holders” shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(dd) “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or the successor thereto.

(ee) “Subject Entity” means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

(ff) “Successor Entity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

(gg) “Trading Day” means, as applicable, (i) prior to the Public Company Date, any Business Day, and (ii) from and after the Public Company Date, (x) with respect to all price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time) unless such day is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Holder or (y) with respect to all determinations other than price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto) is open for trading of securities.

 

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(hh) “VWAP” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the principal trading market for such security, during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “VAP” function (set to 09:30 start time and 16:00 end time) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.
(D/B/A HEARTSCIENCES)
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

Exhibit 4.5

[FORM OF PRE-FUNDED WARRANT]

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER (IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY), IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD OR ELIGIBLE TO BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID 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. THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 1(a) OF THIS WARRANT.

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.

(d/b/a HeartSciences)

Warrant To Purchase Common Stock

Warrant No.:

Date of Issuance: [                ], 2021 (“Issuance Date”)

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. (d/b/a HeartSciences), a Texas corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, [BUYER], the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon exercise of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “Warrant”), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), [____________] (subject to adjustment as provided herein) fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (the “Warrant Shares”). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 19. This Warrant is one of the Warrants to Purchase Common Stock (the “SPA Warrants”) issued pursuant to Section 1 of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December [ ], 2021 (the “Subscription Date”), by and among the Company and the investors referred to therein, as amended from time to time (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Aggregate Exercise Price (as defined below) of this Warrant, except for a nominal exercise price of $0.0001 per Warrant Share, was pre-funded to the Company on or prior to the initial Issuance Date and, consequently, no additional consideration (other than the nominal exercise price of $0.0001 per Warrant Share) shall be required to be paid by the Holder to any Person to effect any exercise of this Warrant.

 


1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

(a) Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the Issuance Date (an “Exercise Date”), in whole or in part, by delivery (whether via e-mail or otherwise) of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant. Within one (1) Trading Day following an exercise of this Warrant as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant was so exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or via wire transfer of immediately available funds if the Holder did not notify the Company in such Exercise Notice that such exercise was made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)). The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original of this Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice for all of the then-remaining Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant after delivery of the Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. On or before the first (1st) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received an Exercise Notice, the Company shall transmit by electronic mail an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of such Exercise Notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, to the Holder and, if after the Public Company Date, the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”), which confirmation shall, if after the Public Company Date, constitute an instruction to the Transfer Agent to process such Exercise Notice in accordance with the terms herein. On or before the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received such Exercise Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Shares initiated on the applicable Exercise Date), the Company shall (X) if on or after the Public Company Date, provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program (“FAST”), upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its authorized designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (Y) if either (x) prior to the Public Company Date or (y) on or after the Public Company Date if the Transfer Agent is not participating in FAST, upon the request of the Holder, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon delivery of an Exercise Notice, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares (as the case may be). If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this

 

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Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise and upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company by the Holder, then, at the request of the Holder, the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than two (2) Business Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp, issuance and similar taxes, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent) that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except in the case where an exercise of this Warrant is validly made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise, the Company’s failure to deliver Warrant Shares to the Holder on or prior to the later of (i) two (2) Trading Days after receipt of the applicable Exercise Notice (or, after the Public Company Date, such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Shares initiated on the applicable Exercise Date) and (ii) one (1) Trading Day after the Company’s receipt of the Aggregate Exercise Price (or valid notice of a Cashless Exercise) (such later date, the “Share Delivery Deadline”) shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Warrant.

(b) Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, “Exercise Price” means $[         ]1, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

(c) Companys Failure to Timely Deliver Securities.

(i) General. The Company shall in all cases use its reasonable best efforts to comply with the delivery requirements set forth herein and shall do all things and take all actions reasonably requested by the Holder in furtherance thereof.

(ii) Exercise Failures On or After the Public Company Date. If on or after the Public Company Date, the Company shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline, if the Transfer Agent is not participating in FAST, to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled and register such Warrant Shares on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in FAST, to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for such number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant (as the case may be) (a “Delivery Failure”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, (X) the Company shall pay in cash to the Holder on each day after the Share Delivery Date and during such Delivery Failure an amount equal to 2% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline and to which the Holder is entitled, multiplied by (B) any trading price of the Common Stock selected by the Holder in writing as in effect at any time during the

 

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period beginning on the applicable Exercise Date and ending on the applicable Share Delivery Date, and (Y) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Exercise Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the voiding of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise. In addition to the foregoing, if on or after the Public Company Date and on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Transfer Agent shall fail to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below, and if on or after such Share Delivery Deadline the Holder acquires (in an open market transaction, stock loan or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “Buy-In”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, stock loan costs and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so acquired (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such Warrant Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant Shares or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of Warrant Shares multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (ii) (the “Buy-In Payment Amount”). Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) upon the exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof. In addition to the foregoing rights, if after the Public Company Date, (i) if the Company fails to deliver the applicable number of Warrant Shares upon an exercise pursuant to Section 1 by the applicable Share Delivery Deadline, then the Holder shall have the right to rescind such

 

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exercise in whole or in part and retain and/or have the Company return, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the rescission of an exercise shall not affect the Company’s obligation to make any payments that have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise, and (ii) if a registration statement covering the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares that are subject to an Exercise Notice is not available for the issuance or resale, as applicable, of such Warrant Shares and the Holder has submitted an Exercise Notice prior to receiving notice of the non-availability of such registration statement and the Company has not already delivered the Warrant Shares underlying such Exercise Notice electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system, the Holder shall have the option, by delivery of notice to the Company, to (x) rescind such Exercise Notice in whole or in part and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the rescission of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligation to make any payments that have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise, and/or (y) switch some or all of such Exercise Notice from a cash exercise to a Cashless Exercise.

(d) Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (other than Section 1(f) below), the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of Warrant Shares determined according to the following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)

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For purposes of the foregoing formula:

A= the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

B = (i) prior to the Public Company Date, the greatest of (A) the last purchase price at which the Company issued or sold Common Stock preceding the date of the Exercise Notice, (B) the initial conversion price of the last Convertible Securities issued or sold by the Company preceding the date of the Exercise Notice, (C) the initial exercise price of the last Options issued or sold by the Company preceding the date of the Exercise Notice and (D) the fair market value of the Common Stock as mutually determined by the Company and the Required Holders and (ii) on or after the Public Company Date, as elected by the Holder, (A) the VWAP of the shares of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior

 

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to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (B) either (x) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice or (y) the Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof, or (C) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if the date of such Exercise Notice is a Trading Day and such Exercise Notice is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day.

C = $0.0001 (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, share combinations, recapitalizations and similar events).

For purposes of Rule 144(d) promulgated under the 1933 Act, as in effect on the Subscription Date, it is intended that the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

In the event of termination or expiration of this Warrant (including upon the Expiration Date), to the extent that this Warrant is then exercisable and such exercise would result in the issuance of Warrant Shares to the Holder, this Warrant shall be deemed to have been automatically exercised pursuant to a Cashless Exercise immediately prior to the time at which it would otherwise terminate or expire.

(e) Disputes. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 13.

(f) Limitations on Exercises. From and after the Public Company Date, the Company shall not effect the exercise of any portion of this Warrant, and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Warrant and any such exercise shall be null and void and treated as if never made, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, the Holder together with the other Attribution Parties collectively would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and the other Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock held by the Holder and all other Attribution Parties plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of the other Attribution Parties and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or

 

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convertible preferred stock or warrants, including other SPA Warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this Section 1(f). For purposes of this Section 1(f), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For purposes of determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock the Holder may acquire upon the exercise of this Warrant without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent, if any, setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (the “Reported Outstanding Share Number”). From and after the Public Company Date, if the Company receives an Exercise Notice from the Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall (i) notify the Holder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Exercise Notice would otherwise cause the Holder’s beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 1(f)(i), to exceed the Maximum Percentage, the Holder must notify the Company of a reduced number of Warrant Shares to be acquired pursuant to such Exercise Notice (the number of shares by which such purchase is reduced, the “Reduction Shares”) and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, the Company shall return to the Holder any exercise price paid by the Holder for the Reduction Shares. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder and any other Attribution Party since the date as of which the Reported Outstanding Share Number was reported. From and after the Public Company Date, in the event that the issuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant results in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as determined under Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), the number of shares so issued by which the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties’ aggregate beneficial ownership exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the “Excess Shares”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Holder shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares. As soon as reasonably practicable after the issuance of the Excess Shares has been deemed null and void, the Company shall return to the Holder the exercise price paid by the Holder for the Excess Shares. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase (with such increase not effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after delivery of such notice) or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% as specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and the other Attribution Parties and not to any other holder of SPA Warrants that is not an Attribution Party of the Holder. For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of this Warrant in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the 1934 Act. No prior inability to exercise

 

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this Warrant pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of exercisability. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 1(f) to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph or any portion of this paragraph which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 1(f) or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

(g) Reservation of Shares.

(i) Required Reserve Amount As of the Closing Date, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock not less than 60,000,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants. From and after January 31, 2022, so long as any of the SPA Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, no less than 200% of the sum of (i) the maximum number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes, and (ii) the maximum number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of all the SPA Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth therein) (collectively, the “Required Reserve Amount”); provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock reserved pursuant to this Section 1(g)(i) be reduced other than proportionally in connection with any exercise or redemption of SPA Warrants or such other event covered by Section 2(a) below. The Required Reserve Amount (including, without limitation, each increase in the number of shares so reserved) shall be allocated pro rata among the holders of the SPA Warrants based on the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of SPA Warrants held by each holder on the Closing Date (without regard to any limitations on exercise) or increase in the number of reserved shares, as the case may be (the “Authorized Share Allocation”). In the event that a holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder’s SPA Warrants, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder’s Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any SPA Warrants shall be allocated to the remaining holders of SPA Warrants, pro rata based on the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the SPA Warrants then held by such holders (without regard to any limitations on exercise).

(ii) Insufficient Authorized Shares. If at any time after January 31, 2022, the number of shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance is not sufficient to meet the Required Reserve Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), the Company will promptly take all corporate action necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient number of shares, including, without limitation, calling a special meeting of stockholders to authorize additional shares to meet the Company’s obligations pursuant to the Transaction Documents, in the case of an insufficient number of authorized shares, obtain stockholder approval of an increase in such authorized number of shares, and voting the management shares of the Company in favor of an increase in the authorized shares of the Company to ensure that the number of authorized shares is sufficient to meet the Required Reserve Amount. On or prior to January 31, 2022 (the “Consent Deadline”), holders of a

 

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majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and the Preferred Stock shall have voted by written consent (the “Stockholder Resolutions”) approving an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to, among other items, approve a reverse stock split and, on an advisory basis, approve the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Stockholder Approval”, and the date the Stockholder Approval is obtained, the “Stockholder Approval Date”). Thereafter, the Company shall provide each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders of the Company notice of the Consent Action (the “Consent Notice”). The Stockholder Resolutions and the Consent Notice shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Buyers and Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, at the expense of the Company, with the Company obligated to reimburse the expenses of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP incurred in connection therewith in an amount not exceed $3,000, The Company shall be obligated to seek to obtain the Stockholder Approval by the Consent Deadline. If, despite the Company’s reasonable best efforts the Stockholder Approval is not obtained on or prior to the Consent Deadline, the Company shall cause either an additional consent action or a stockholder meeting to be held on or prior to March 31, 2021. If, despite the Company’s reasonable best efforts the Stockholder Approval is not obtained after such subsequent consent action or stockholder meeting, the Company shall cause an additional consent action or stockholder meeting to be held semi-annually thereafter until such Stockholder Approval is obtained.

2. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 2.

(a) Stock Dividends and Splits. Without limiting any provision of Section 2(b) or Section 4, if the Company, at any time on or after the Subscription Date, (i) pays a stock dividend on one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares or (iii) combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination. If any event requiring an adjustment under this paragraph occurs during the period that an Exercise Price is calculated hereunder, then the calculation of such Exercise Price shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect such event.

(b) Number of Warrant Shares. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 2, the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the adjusted number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment (without regard to any limitations on exercise contained herein).

 

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(c) Stock Combination Event Adjustment. If at any time and from time to time on or after the Issuance Date there occurs any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination recapitalization or other similar transaction involving the Common Stock (each, a “Stock Combination Event”, and such date thereof, the “Stock Combination Event Date”) and the Event Market Price is less than the Exercise Price then in effect (after giving effect to the adjustment in clause 2(a) above), then on the sixteenth (16th) Trading Day immediately following such Stock Combination Event, the Exercise Price then in effect on such sixteenth (16th) Trading Day (after giving effect to the adjustment in clause 2(a) above) shall be reduced (but in no event increased) to the Event Market Price. For the avoidance of doubt, if the adjustment in the immediately preceding sentence would otherwise result in an increase in the Exercise Price hereunder, no adjustment shall be made.

(d) Other Events. In the event that the Company (or any Subsidiary (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement)) shall take any action to which the provisions hereof are not strictly applicable, or, if applicable, would not operate to protect the Holder from dilution or if any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 2 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the Company’s board of directors shall in good faith determine and implement an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares (if applicable) so as to protect the rights of the Holder, provided that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(e) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2, provided further that if the Required Holders do not accept such adjustments as appropriately protecting its interests hereunder against such dilution, then the Company’s board of directors and the Required Holders shall agree, in good faith, upon an independent investment bank of nationally recognized standing to make such appropriate adjustments, whose determination shall be final and binding absent manifest error and whose fees and expenses shall be borne by the Company.

(e) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 2 shall be made by rounding to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issuance or sale of Common Stock.

(f) Voluntary Adjustment By Company. The Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, with the prior written consent of the Required Holders (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company; provided, that as of the Public Company Date, the foregoing shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the Principal Market.

 

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3. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above or Section 4 below, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property, options, evidence of indebtedness or any other assets by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, that, on or after the Public Company Date, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the extent of the Maximum Percentage (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution (and beneficial ownership) to the extent of any such excess) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such Distribution (and any Distributions declared or made on such initial Distribution or on any subsequent Distribution held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

4. PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.

(a) Purchase Rights. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Sections 2 or 3 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that, on or after the Public Company Date, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to the extent of the Maximum Percentage (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right (and beneficial ownership) to the extent of any such excess) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such right (and any Purchase Right granted, issued or sold on such initial Purchase Right or on any subsequent Purchase Right held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

 

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(b) Fundamental Transactions. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant, including, without limitation, which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such adjustments to the number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction). Upon the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 3 and 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction, such shares of publicly traded common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and without limiting Section 1(f) hereof, the Holder may elect, at its sole option, by delivery of written notice to the Company to waive this Section 4(b) to permit the Fundamental Transaction without the assumption of this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction but prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 3 and 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription

 

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rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant). The provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder.

(c) Black Scholes Value.

(i) Fundamental Transaction Redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing and the provisions of Section 4(b) above, at the written request of the Holder delivered at any time commencing on the earliest to occur of (x) the public disclosure of any Fundamental Transaction, (y) the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction and (z) the Holder first becoming aware of any Fundamental Transaction through the date that is ninety (90) days after the public disclosure of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction by the Company pursuant to a press release or Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC, the Company or the Successor Entity (as the case may be) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder on the date of such request by paying to the Holder cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value. Payment of such amounts shall be made by the Company (or at the Company’s direction) to the Holder on or prior to the later of (x) the second (2nd) Trading Day after the date of such written request and (y) the date of consummation of such Fundamental Transaction.

(ii) Event of Default Redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing and the provisions of Section 4(b) above, at the request of the Holder delivered at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Notes)(assuming for such purpose that the Notes remain outstanding), the Company or the Successor Entity (as the case may be) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder on the date of such request by paying to the Holder cash in an amount equal to the Event of Default Black Scholes Value.

(d) Application. The provisions of this Section 4 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be applied as if this Warrant (and any such subsequent warrants) were fully exercisable and without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant (provided that the Holder shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of the Maximum Percentage, applied however with respect to shares of capital stock registered under the 1934 Act and thereafter receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (or any such other warrant)).

5. NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), Bylaws (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all reasonable action as may be reasonably required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (a) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, and (b) shall take all such actions as may be

 

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reasonably necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if after the sixty (60) calendar day anniversary of the Issuance Date, the Holder is not permitted to exercise this Warrant in full for any reason (other than pursuant to restrictions set forth in Section 1(f) hereof), the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to promptly remedy such failure, including, without limitation, obtaining such consents or approvals as necessary to permit such exercise into shares of Common Stock.

6. WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in its capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which it is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders.

7. REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.

(a) Transfer of Warrant. Subject to Section 2(g) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, if this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.

(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.

(c) Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, no warrants for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.

 

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(d) Issuance of New Warrants. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.

8. NOTICES. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant (other than the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise in accordance with the terms hereof), including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) promptly upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment(s), (ii) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder, (iii) at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction and (iv) within two (2) Business Day of the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Notes), setting forth in reasonable detail any material events with respect to such Event of Default and any efforts by the Company to cure such Event of Default. From and after the Public Company Date, to the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the SEC (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. From and after the Public Company Date, if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries provides material non-public information to the Holder that is not simultaneously filed in a Current Report on Form 8-K and the Holder has not agreed to receive such material non-public information, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Holder shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates or agents with respect to, or a duty to any of the foregoing not to trade on the basis of, such material non-public information. . It is expressly understood and agreed that the time of execution specified by the Holder in each Exercise Notice shall be definitive and may not be disputed or challenged by the Company.

 

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9. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant (other than Section 1(f)) may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Required Holders. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.

10. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Warrant is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Warrant so long as this Warrant as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

11. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of Illinois, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Illinois or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Illinois. The Company hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to the Company at the address set forth in Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Subject to Section 13, the Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of Chicago, County of Cook, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

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12. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the Holder and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant. Terms used in this Warrant but defined in the other Transaction Documents shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Closing Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) in such other Transaction Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Holder.

13. DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

(a) Submission to Dispute Resolution.

(i) In the case of a dispute relating to the Exercise Price, the Closing Sale Price, the Bid Price, Black Scholes Consideration Value, Event of Default Black Scholes Value, Black Scholes Value or fair market value or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares (as the case may be) (including, without limitation, a dispute relating to the determination of any of the foregoing), the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the dispute to the other party via email (A) if by the Company, within five (5) Business Days after the occurrence of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute or (B) if by the Holder, at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If the Holder and the Company are unable to promptly resolve such dispute relating to such Exercise Price, such Closing Sale Price, such Bid Price, such Black Scholes Consideration Value, Event of Default Black Scholes Value, Black Scholes Value or such fair market value or such arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares (as the case may be), at any time after the fifth (5th) Business Day following such initial notice by the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) of such dispute to the Company or the Holder (as the case may be), then the Holder may, at its sole option, select an independent, reputable investment bank to resolve such dispute.

(ii) The Holder and the Company shall each deliver to such investment bank (A) a copy of the initial dispute submission so delivered in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 13 and (B) written documentation supporting its position with respect to such dispute, in each case, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) by the fifth (5th) Business Day immediately following the date on which the Holder selected such investment bank (the “Dispute Submission Deadline”) (the documents referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B) are collectively referred to herein as the “Required Dispute Documentation”) (it being understood and agreed that if either the Holder or the Company fails to so deliver all of the Required Dispute Documentation by the Dispute Submission Deadline, then the party who fails to so submit all of the Required Dispute Documentation shall no longer be entitled to (and hereby waives its right to) deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank with respect to such dispute and such investment bank shall resolve such dispute based solely on the Required Dispute Documentation that was delivered to such investment bank prior to the Dispute Submission Deadline). Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both the Company and the Holder or otherwise requested by such investment bank, neither the Company nor the Holder shall be entitled to deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank in connection with such dispute (other than the Required Dispute Documentation).

 

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(iii) The Company and the Holder shall cause such investment bank to determine the resolution of such dispute and notify the Company and the Holder of such resolution no later than ten (10) Business Days immediately following the Dispute Submission Deadline. The fees and expenses of such investment bank shall be borne solely by the Company, and such investment bank’s resolution of such dispute shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error.

(b) Miscellaneous. The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) this Section 13 constitutes an agreement to arbitrate between the Company and the Holder (and constitutes an arbitration agreement) under the Illinois Uniform Arbitration Act, as amended, (ii) a dispute relating to the Exercise Price includes, without limitation, disputes as to (A) whether an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock occurred under Section 2(b), (B) the consideration per share at which an issuance or deemed issuance of Common Stock occurred, (C) whether an agreement, instrument, security or the like constitutes and Option or Convertible Security and (D) whether a Dilutive Issuance occurred, (iii) the terms of this Warrant and each other applicable Transaction Document shall serve as the basis for the selected investment bank’s resolution of the applicable dispute, such investment bank shall be entitled (and is hereby expressly authorized) to make all findings, determinations and the like that such investment bank determines are required to be made by such investment bank in connection with its resolution of such dispute (including, without limitation, determining (A) whether an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock occurred under Section 2(b), (B) the consideration per share at which an issuance or deemed issuance of Common Stock occurred, (C) whether an agreement, instrument, security or the like constitutes and Option or Convertible Security and (D) whether a Dilutive Issuance occurred) and in resolving such dispute such investment bank shall apply such findings, determinations and the like to the terms of this Warrant and any other applicable Transaction Documents, (iv) the Holder (and only the Holder), in its sole discretion, shall have the right to submit any dispute described in this Section 13 to any state or federal court sitting in The City of Chicago, County of Cook in lieu of utilizing the procedures set forth in this Section 13 and (v) nothing in this Section 13 shall limit the Holder from obtaining any injunctive relief or other equitable remedies (including, without limitation, with respect to any matters described in this Section 13).

14. REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATION, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, exercises and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any

 

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such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is reasonably requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant (including, without limitation, compliance with Section 2 hereof). The issuance of shares and certificates for shares as contemplated hereby upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder or such shares for any issuance tax or other costs in respect thereof, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than the Holder or its agent on its behalf.

15. PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS. If (a) this Warrant is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Warrant or to enforce the provisions of this Warrant or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the company or other proceedings affecting company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Warrant, then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

16. TRANSFER. This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by Section 2(g) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

17. DISCLOSURE18. . from and after the Public Company Date, upon delivery by the Company to the Holder (or receipt by the Company from the Holder) of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company shall on or prior to 9:00 am, New York city time on the Business Day immediately following such notice delivery date, publicly disclose such material, non-public information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. From and after the Public Company Date, in the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to the Holder explicitly in writing in such notice (or immediately upon receipt of notice from the Holder, as applicable), and in the absence of any such written indication in such notice (or notification from the Company immediately upon receipt of notice from the Holder), the Holder shall be entitled to presume that information contained in the notice does not constitute material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

18. ABSENCE OF TRADING AND DISCLOSURE RESTRICTIONS. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Holder is not a fiduciary or agent of the Company and that the Holder shall have no obligation to (a) maintain the confidentiality of any information provided by the Company or (b) refrain from trading any securities while in possession of such information in the absence of a written non-disclosure agreement signed by an officer of the Holder that explicitly

 

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provides for such confidentiality and trading restrictions. In the absence of such an executed, written non-disclosure agreement, the Company acknowledges that the Holder may freely trade in any securities issued by the Company, may possess and use any information provided by the Company in connection with such trading activity, and may disclose any such information to any third party.

19. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(b) “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(c) “Adjustment Right” means any right granted with respect to any securities issued in connection with, or with respect to, any issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale in accordance with Section 2) of shares of Common Stock (other than rights of the type described in Section 3 and 4 hereof) that could result in a decrease in the net consideration received by the Company in connection with, or with respect to, such securities (including, without limitation, any cash settlement rights, cash adjustment or other similar rights).

(d) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, it being understood for purposes of this definition that “control” of a Person means the power directly or indirectly either to vote 10% or more of the stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

(e) “Attribution Parties” means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the Issuance Date, directly or indirectly managed or advised by the Holder’s investment manager or any of its Affiliates or principals, (ii) any direct or indirect Affiliates of the Holder or any of the foregoing, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group together with the Holder or any of the foregoing and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively the Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.

(f) “Bid Price” means, for any security as of the particular time of determination, the bid price for such security on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the bid price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or if the foregoing does not apply, the bid price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg as of

 

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such time of determination, or, if no bid price is reported for such security by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, the average of the bid prices of any market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices) as of such time of determination. If the Bid Price cannot be calculated for a security as of the particular time of determination on any of the foregoing bases, the Bid Price of such security as of such time of determination shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

(g) “Black Scholes Consideration Value” means (x) prior to the Public Company Date, the fair market value of the applicable Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as determined in good faith by the Required Holders, and (y) on or after the Public Company Date, the value of the applicable Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as of the date of issuance thereof calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the public announcement of the execution of definitive documents with respect to the issuance of such Option or Convertible Security (as the case may be), (ii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as of the date of issuance of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be), (iii) a zero cost of borrow and (iv) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 30 day volatility obtained from the “HVT” function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the date of issuance of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be).

(h) “Black Scholes Value” means (x) prior to the Public Company Date, the fair market value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant as determined in good faith by the Required Holders, and (y) on or after the Public Company Date, the value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant remaining on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i), which value is calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the greater of (1) the highest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i) and (2) the sum of the price per share being offered in cash in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any) plus the value of the non-cash consideration being offered in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any), (ii) a strike price equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i), (iii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the greater of (1) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i) and (2) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction or as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i) if such request is prior to the date of the consummation of the applicable

 

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Fundamental Transaction, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 30 day volatility obtained from the “HVT” function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the earliest to occur of (A) the public disclosure of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and (B) the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i).

(i) “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg, L.P.

(j) “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; 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 generally are open for use by customers on such day.

(k) “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price, then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last trade price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing does not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the ask prices of any market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices). If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

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

(m) “Convertible Securities” means any stock or other security (other than Options) that is at any time and under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any shares of Common Stock.

 

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(n) “Eligible Market” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market or the Principal Market.

(o) “Event Market Price” means, with respect to any Stock Combination Event Date, the quotient determined by dividing (x) the sum of the VWAP of the Common Stock for each of the five (5) lowest Trading Days during the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period ending and including the Trading Day immediately preceding the sixteenth (16th) Trading Day after such Stock Combination Event Date, divided by (y) five (5).

(p) “Event of Default Black Scholes Value” means (x) prior to the Public Company Date, the fair market value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant as determined in good faith by the Required Holders, and (y) on or after the Public Company Date, the value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant remaining on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii), which value is calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the highest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the date of the occurrence of the Event of Default through the date all Events of Default have been cured (assuming for such purpose that the Notes remain outstanding) or, if earlier, the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii), (ii) a strike price equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii), (iii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the greater of (1) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii) and (2) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of the occurrence of such Event of Default, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 30 day volatility obtained from the “HVT” function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following later of (x) the date of the occurrence of such Event of Default and (y) the date of the public announcement of such Event of Default.

(q) “Expiration Date” means the date that is the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Issuance Date or, if such date falls on a day other than a Trading Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a “Holiday”), the next date that is not a Holiday.

(r) “Fundamental Transaction” means (A) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Subject Entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject Entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively

 

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the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iv) consummate a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby all such Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all the Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, (B) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the aggregate to be or become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock not held by all such Subject Entities as of the date of this Warrant calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all such Subject Entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other shareholders of the Company to surrender their shares of Common Stock without approval of the shareholders of the Company or (C) directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance of or the entering into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction.

(s) “Group” means a “group” as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.

(t) “Notes” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement, and shall include all notes issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

(u) “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

(v) “Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

 

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(w) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department or agency thereof.

(x) “Public Company Date” means the date on which the shares of Common Stock of the Company (or its direct or indirect successor, subsidiary or parent company, whose securities are issued or issuable to holders of Common Stock), whether as a result of a public offering, merger, recapitalization, reorganization or otherwise, are registered under the 1934 Act.

(y) “Principal Market” means the Eligible Market that is the principal securities exchange market for the Common Stock after the Public Company Date.

(z) “Required Holders” shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(aa) “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or the successor thereto.

(bb) “Subject Entity” means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

(cc) “Successor Entity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

(dd) “Trading Day” means, as applicable, (i) prior to the Public Company Date, any Business Day, and (ii) from and after the Public Company Date, (x) with respect to all price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time) unless such day is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Holder or (y) with respect to all determinations other than price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto) is open for trading of securities.

(ee) “VWAP” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the principal trading market for such security, during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “VAP” function (set to 09:30 start time and 16:00 end time) or, if the

 

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foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.
(D/B/A HEARTSCIENCES)
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


EXHIBIT A

EXERCISE NOTICE

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.

(d/b/a HeartSciences)

The undersigned holder hereby elects to exercise the Warrant to Purchase Common Stock No. [_____] (the “Warrant”) of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. (d/b/a HeartSciences), a Texas corporation (the “Company”) as specified below. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

1. Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price shall be made as:

☐ a “Cash Exercise” with respect to _________________ Warrant Shares; and/or

☐ a “Cashless Exercise” with respect to _______________ Warrant Shares.

In the event that the Holder has elected a Cashless Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder hereby represents and warrants that (i) this Exercise Notice was executed by the Holder at [__________] [a.m.][p.m.] on the date set forth below and (ii) if applicable, the Bid Price as of such time of execution of this Exercise Notice was $[________].

2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $[_______________] to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

3. Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to Holder, or its designee or agent as specified below, [__________] shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Warrant. Delivery shall be made to Holder, or for its benefit, as follows:

 

 

Check here if requesting delivery as a certificate to the following name and to the following address:

 

Issue to:                                                                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                                                                                     

                                                                                                                                                                                                     

 

 

Check here if after the Public Company Date and requesting delivery by Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian as follows:


DTC Participant:                                                                                                                                                                                       

DTC Number:                                                                                                                                                                                              

Account Number:                                                                                                                                                                                      

 

Date: _____________ __,          

                                                     

Name of Registered Holder

By:                                               

      Name:

      Title:

      Tax ID:____________________________

      E-mail Address:_____________________


EXHIBIT B

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs [______________] to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock.

 

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC. (D/B/A HEARTSCIENCES)
By:  

         

  Name:
  Title:

Exhibit 4.6

NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES (AS DEFINED BELOW) OF THE COMPANY ISSUABLE UPON ITS EXERCISE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER EITHER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

WARRANT TO PURCHASE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

OF

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

Void after September 30, 2026

 

Warrant No.    Issue Date:

THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, [Name], or their registered successors or assigns (hereinafter, the “Holder”), is entitled to purchase, subject to the conditions set forth below, at any time or from time to time during the Exercise Period (as defined in subsection 1.1 below), [Number] (Number in words) fully-paid and non-assessable shares (the “Shares”) of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), at an exercise price which is the lower of: (i) $0.1833 per share or (ii) a 30% discount to the price at which a closing of an offering for the sale of shares of Common Stock to the public (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Common Stock), in an initial public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3 below (the “Exercise Price”).

 

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EXERCISE OF WARRANT

The terms and conditions upon which this Warrant may be exercised, and the Shares covered hereby may be purchased, are as follows:

1.1 Exercise Period and Vesting.

(a) This Warrant is fully-vested as of the date of this Warrant. The exercise period of this Warrant is the period beginning on the date of this Warrant and ending at 5:00 p.m., Dallas, Texas time, on September 30, 2026 (the “Exercise Period”). Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made at any time or times on or during the Exercise Period by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise in the form attached to this Warrant (the “Notice of Exercise”);


provided, however, within three (3) Business Days after the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company, the Holder shall have surrendered this Warrant to the Company, and, if the Holder has not elected to make a cashless exercise as provided below, the Company shall have received payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank.

(b) In the event that Holder elects to make a cashless exercise as provided above, the Company shall issue to Holder the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the result obtained by (i) subtracting B from A; (ii) multiplying the difference by C; and (iii) dividing the product by A, as set forth in the following equation:

X = (A—B) x C where:

A

X = the number of Shares issuable upon a cashless exercise of the Warrant pursuant to the provisions of this Section 1.1.

A = the Fair Market Value (as defined below) of one share of Common Stock on the date of the Notice of Exercise.

B = the Exercise Price for one Share under this Warrant.

C = the number of Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised.

If the foregoing calculation results in a negative number, then no Shares shall be issued upon a cashless exercise.

(c) For the purpose of the above calculations, the “Fair Market Value” per share of Common Stock shall be, (i) if the cashless exercise of the Warrant is in connection with a public offering of Common Stock, the public offering price (before deducting commission, discounts or expenses) at which the Common Stock is sold in such offering; (ii) if a public market for the Common Stock exists at the time of such exercise, the average of the closing bid and asked prices of the Common Stock quoted in the Over-The-Counter Market Summary or the last reported sale price of the Common Stock or closing price quoted on the NASDAQ National Market or on any exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, whichever is applicable, as published in The Wall Street Journal for the five (5) trading days prior to the date of determination of fair market value; or (iii) if there is no public market for the Common Stock, determined by the Company’s Board of Directors in good faith.

1.2 Issuance Of Shares and New Warrant. Certificates for Shares purchased hereunder shall be delivered by the Company to Holder as soon as possible after delivery by Holder to the Company of the items described in Section 1.1 above; provided, however, if the Company has appointed a transfer agent for the Common Stock, then certificates for Shares shall be transmitted by the transfer agent of the Company to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (“DWAC”) system if the Company is a participant in such system, and otherwise by physical delivery to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise within 3 trading days from the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise form, surrender of this Warrant and payment

 

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of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above (“Share Delivery Date’). This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised on the date the Exercise Price is received by the Company. The Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such Shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised by payment to the Company of the Exercise Price and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 1.5 below prior to the issuance of such Shares, have been paid.

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

1.4 No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional Shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a Share which Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price.

1.5 Charges. Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of certificates for Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event certificates for Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder; and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.

 

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TRANSFERS

2.1 Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Sections 2.4, 5 and 6.1 below, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company, together with the appropriate form of Assignment, as attached hereto, duly executed by the Holder and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. A Warrant, if properly assigned, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

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2.2 New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 2.1, as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice.

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

2.4 Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer (i) that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, furnish to the Company a written opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions) to the effect that such transfer may be made without registration under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws, (ii) that the Holder or transferee execute and deliver to the Company an investment letter in form and substance acceptable to the Company, and (iii) that the transferee be an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act or a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.

 

3.

ANTIDILUTION PROVISIONS

The provisions of this Section 3 shall apply in the event that any of the events described in this Section 3 shall occur with respect to the Shares at any time on or after the original issuance date of this Warrant:

3.1 Splits and Combinations. If the Company shall at any time subdivide or combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock, this Warrant shall, after that subdivision or combination, evidence the right to purchase the number of shares that would have been issuable as a result of that change with respect to the Shares which were purchasable under this Warrant immediately before that subdivision or combination. If the Company shall at any time subdivide the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Exercise Price then in effect immediately before that subdivision shall be proportionately decreased, and, if the Company shall at any time combine the outstanding shares, the Exercise Price then in effect immediately before that combination shall be proportionately increased. Any adjustment under this Section shall become effective at the time that such subdivision or combination becomes effective.

3.2 Reclassification, Exchange and Substitution. If the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be changed into the same or a different number of securities of any other class or classes of stock, whether by capital reorganization, reclassification, or otherwise (other than a subdivision or combination of shares provided for above), the Holder of this Warrant shall, on its exercise, be entitled to purchase for the same aggregate consideration, in lieu of the Shares which the Holder would have become entitled to purchase but for such change, the number of securities of such other class or classes of stock equivalent to the number of Shares that would have been subject to purchase by the Holder on exercise of this Warrant immediately before that change.

 

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3.3 Reorganizations, Mergers, Consolidations Or Sale Of Assets. If at any time there shall be a capital reorganization of the shares of Common Stock (other than a combination, reclassification, exchange, or subdivision of shares provided for elsewhere above) then, as a part of such reorganization, lawful provision shall be made so that the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant, during the period specified in this Warrant and upon payment of the Exercise Price then in effect, the number of shares or other securities or property of the Company to which a holder of the Shares deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant would have been entitled in such capital reorganization if this Warrant had been exercised immediately before that capital reorganization. In any such case, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors) shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Warrant with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant after the reorganization to the end that the provisions of this Warrant (including adjustment of the Exercise Price then in effect and number of Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant) shall be applicable after that event, as near as reasonably may be, in relation to any shares or other property deliverable after that event upon exercise of this Warrant.

3.4 Distributions. In the event the Company should at any time prior to the expiration of this Warrant fix a record date for the determination of the holders of shares entitled to receive a distribution payable in additional shares of Common Stock or other securities or rights convertible into or entitling the holder thereof to receive, directly or indirectly, additional shares of Common Stock (hereinafter referred to as the “Share Equivalents”) without payment of any consideration by such holder for the additional shares (including the additional shares issuable upon conversion or exercise thereof), then, as of such record date (or the date of such distribution, split or subdivision if no record date is fixed), the Exercise Price shall be appropriately decreased and the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant shall be appropriately increased in proportion to such increase of outstanding shares.

3.5 Adjustments of Other Distributions. In the event the Company shall declare a distribution payable in securities of other persons, evidences of indebtedness issued by the Company or other persons, assets (excluding cash dividends) or options or rights not referred to in Section 3.4 above, then, in each such case for the purpose of this Section 3.5, upon exercise of this Warrant the Holder hereof shall be entitled to a proportionate share of any such distribution as though such Holder was the holder of the number of Shares into which this Warrant may be exercised as of the record date fixed for the determination of the holders of shares entitled to receive such distribution.

3.6 Certificate as to Adjustments. In the case of each adjustment or readjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 3, the Company will promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and cause a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, to be delivered to the Holder of this Warrant. The Company will, upon the written request at any time of the Holder of this Warrant, furnish or cause to be furnished to such Holder a certificate setting forth: (a) such adjustments and readjustments; (b) the Exercise Price at the time in effect; and (c) the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant and the amount, if any, of other property at the time receivable upon the exercise of the Warrant.

 

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3.7 Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Exercise. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of this Warrant such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the exercise of this Warrant and if at any time the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock shall not be sufficient to effect the exercise of this Warrant, in addition to such other remedies as shall be available to the Holder of this Warrant, the Company will use its best efforts to take such action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes.

 

4.

RIGHTS PRIOR TO EXERCISE OF WARRANT

This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company. If, however, at any time prior to the expiration of this Warrant and prior to its exercise, any of the following events shall occur: (a) the Company shall make any distribution (other than a cash distribution) to the holders of shares of Common Stock; (b) the Company shall offer to all of the holders of shares of Common Stock any additional shares or Share Equivalents or any right to subscribe for or purchase any thereof; or (c) a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company (other than in connection with a consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of its property, assets, and business as an entirety) shall be proposed and action by the Company with respect thereto has been approved by the Company’s Board of Directors (each, a “Material Action”), the Company shall give notice in writing of such Material Action to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear on the Company’s records at least twenty (20) days’ prior to the date fixed as a record date or the date of closing the transfer books for the determination of the shareholders entitled to such dividends, distribution, or subscription rights, or for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote on the Material Action. Such notice shall specify such record date or the date of closing the transfer books, as the case may be. Failure to publish, mail or receive such notice or any defect therein or in the publication or mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the Material Action.

 

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RESTRICTED SECURITIES

The Holder acknowledges that the Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws. In order to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act and applicable state laws, the Company may require the Holder as a condition of the transfer or exercise of this Warrant, to give written assurance satisfactory to the Company that the Warrant, or in the case of an exercise hereof the Shares subject to this Warrant, are being acquired for his or her own account, for investment only, with no view to the distribution of the same, and that any disposition of all or any portion of this Warrant or the Shares issuable upon the due exercise of this Warrant shall not be made, unless made in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act and applicable securities laws of any State or other jurisdiction. Holder acknowledges that this Warrant is, and each of the Shares issuable upon the due exercise hereof will be, a restricted security, and that the certificates evidencing securities issued to the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant will bear a legend substantially similar to the legend set forth on the front page of this Warrant.

 

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6.

MISCELLANEOUS

6.1 Title to Warrant. During the Exercise Period, and subject to compliance with applicable laws and Section 2.4 above, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, at the office of the Company by the Holder, upon surrender of this Warrant together with the appropriate Assignment form attached hereto properly endorsed. To the extent Section 2.4 above is applicable, the transferee shall sign an investment letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, if required by the Company.

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

6.3 Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, Etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall be a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

6.11 Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Warrant shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given on the date of service if served personally on the party to whom notice is to be given, or on the date of mailing if mailed to the party to whom notice is to be given, by first class mail, registered or certified, postage prepaid, and properly addressed as follows: if to the Holder, at his address as shown in the Company records; and if to the Company, at 9 Village Circle, Suite 527, Westlake, Texas 76262, Attention: Chief Executive Officer. Any party may change its address for purposes of this Section by giving the other party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

6.12 Governing Law. This Warrant and any dispute, disagreement or issue of construction of interpretation arising hereunder whether relating to its execution, its validity, the obligations provided herein or performance shall be governed or interpreted according to the internal laws of the State of Texas without regard to conflicts of law.

EXECUTED as of the date first set forth above.

 

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.
By:    
  Mark Hilz,
  Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 4.7

NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES (AS DEFINED BELOW) OF THE COMPANY ISSUABLE UPON ITS EXERCISE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER EITHER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

WARRANT TO PURCHASE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

OF

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

Void after

 

Warrant No.    Issue Date:

THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received,     , or their registered successors or assigns (hereinafter, the “Holder”), is entitled to purchase, subject to the conditions set forth below, at any time or from time to time during the Exercise Period (as defined in subsection 1.1 below), (    ) fully-paid and non-assessable shares (the “Shares”) of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), at an exercise price of $0.25 per share, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3 below (the “Exercise Price”).

 

1.

EXERCISE OF WARRANT

The terms and conditions upon which this Warrant may be exercised, and the Shares covered hereby may be purchased, are as follows:

1.1 Exercise Period and Vesting.

(a) This Warrant is fully-vested as of the date of this Warrant. The exercise period of this Warrant is the period beginning on the date of this Warrant and ending at 5:00 p.m., Dallas, Texas time, on      (the “Exercise Period”). Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made at any time or times on or during the Exercise Period by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise in the form attached to this Warrant (the “Notice of Exercise”); provided, however, within three (3) Business Days after the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company, the Holder shall have surrendered this Warrant to the Company, and, if the Holder has not elected to make a cashless exercise as provided below, the Company shall have received payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank.


(b) In the event that Holder elects to make a cashless exercise as provided above, the Company shall issue to Holder the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the result obtained by (i) subtracting B from A; (ii) multiplying the difference by C; and (iii) dividing the product by A, as set forth in the following equation:

X = (A—B) x C where:

A

X = the number of Shares issuable upon a cashless exercise of the Warrant pursuant to the provisions of this Section 1.1.

A = the Fair Market Value (as defined below) of one share of Common Stock on the date of the Notice of Exercise.

B = the Exercise Price for one Share under this Warrant.

C = the number of Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised.

If the foregoing calculation results in a negative number, then no Shares shall be issued upon a cashless exercise.

(c) For the purpose of the above calculations, the “Fair Market Value” per share of Common Stock shall be, (i) if the cashless exercise of the Warrant is in connection with a public offering of Common Stock, the public offering price (before deducting commission, discounts or expenses) at which the Common Stock is sold in such offering; (ii) if a public market for the Common Stock exists at the time of such exercise, the average of the closing bid and asked prices of the Common Stock quoted in the Over-The-Counter Market Summary or the last reported sale price of the Common Stock or closing price quoted on the NASDAQ National Market or on any exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, whichever is applicable, as published in The Wall Street Journal for the five (5) trading days prior to the date of determination of fair market value; or (iii) if there is no public market for the Common Stock, determined by the Company’s Board of Directors in good faith.

1.2 Issuance Of Shares and New Warrant. Certificates for Shares purchased hereunder shall be delivered by the Company to Holder as soon as possible after delivery by Holder to the Company of the items described in Section 1.1 above; provided, however, if the Company has appointed a transfer agent for the Common Stock, then certificates for Shares shall be transmitted by the transfer agent of the Company to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (“DWAC”) system if the Company is a participant in such system, and otherwise by physical delivery to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise within 3 trading days from the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise form, surrender of this Warrant and payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above (“Share Delivery Date’). This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised on the date the Exercise Price is received by the Company. The Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such Shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised by payment to the Company of the Exercise Price and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 1.5 below prior to the issuance of such Shares, have been paid.

 

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

1.4 No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional Shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a Share which Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price.

1.5 Charges. Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of certificates for Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event certificates for Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder; and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.

 

2.

TRANSFERS

2.1 Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Sections 2.4, 5 and 6.1 below, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company, together with the appropriate form of Assignment, as attached hereto, duly executed by the Holder and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. A Warrant, if properly assigned, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

2.2 New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 2.1, as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice.

 

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

2.4 Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer (i) that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, furnish to the Company a written opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions) to the effect that such transfer may be made without registration under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws, (ii) that the Holder or transferee execute and deliver to the Company an investment letter in form and substance acceptable to the Company, and (iii) that the transferee be an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act or a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.

 

3.

ANTIDILUTION PROVISIONS

The provisions of this Section 3 shall apply in the event that any of the events described in this Section 3 shall occur with respect to the Shares at any time on or after the original issuance date of this Warrant:

3.1 Splits and Combinations. If the Company shall at any time subdivide or combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock, this Warrant shall, after that subdivision or combination, evidence the right to purchase the number of shares that would have been issuable as a result of that change with respect to the Shares which were purchasable under this Warrant immediately before that subdivision or combination. If the Company shall at any time subdivide the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Exercise Price then in effect immediately before that subdivision shall be proportionately decreased, and, if the Company shall at any time combine the outstanding shares, the Exercise Price then in effect immediately before that combination shall be proportionately increased. Any adjustment under this Section shall become effective at the time that such subdivision or combination becomes effective.

3.2 Reclassification, Exchange and Substitution. If the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be changed into the same or a different number of securities of any other class or classes of stock, whether by capital reorganization, reclassification, or otherwise (other than a subdivision or combination of shares provided for above), the Holder of this Warrant shall, on its exercise, be entitled to purchase for the same aggregate consideration, in lieu of the Shares which the Holder would have become entitled to purchase but for such change, the number of securities of such other class or classes of stock equivalent to the number of Shares that would have been subject to purchase by the Holder on exercise of this Warrant immediately before that change.

 

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3.3 Reorganizations, Mergers, Consolidations Or Sale Of Assets. If at any time there shall be a capital reorganization of the shares of Common Stock (other than a combination, reclassification, exchange, or subdivision of shares provided for elsewhere above) then, as a part of such reorganization, lawful provision shall be made so that the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant, during the period specified in this Warrant and upon payment of the Exercise Price then in effect, the number of shares or other securities or property of the Company to which a holder of the Shares deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant would have been entitled in such capital reorganization if this Warrant had been exercised immediately before that capital reorganization. In any such case, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors) shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Warrant with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant after the reorganization to the end that the provisions of this Warrant (including adjustment of the Exercise Price then in effect and number of Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant) shall be applicable after that event, as near as reasonably may be, in relation to any shares or other property deliverable after that event upon exercise of this Warrant.

3.4 Distributions. In the event the Company should at any time prior to the expiration of this Warrant fix a record date for the determination of the holders of shares entitled to receive a distribution payable in additional shares of Common Stock or other securities or rights convertible into or entitling the holder thereof to receive, directly or indirectly, additional shares of Common Stock (hereinafter referred to as the “Share Equivalents”) without payment of any consideration by such holder for the additional shares (including the additional shares issuable upon conversion or exercise thereof), then, as of such record date (or the date of such distribution, split or subdivision if no record date is fixed), the Exercise Price shall be appropriately decreased and the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant shall be appropriately increased in proportion to such increase of outstanding shares.

3.5 Adjustments of Other Distributions. In the event the Company shall declare a distribution payable in securities of other persons, evidences of indebtedness issued by the Company or other persons, assets (excluding cash dividends) or options or rights not referred to in Section 3.4 above, then, in each such case for the purpose of this Section 3.5, upon exercise of this Warrant the Holder hereof shall be entitled to a proportionate share of any such distribution as though such Holder was the holder of the number of Shares into which this Warrant may be exercised as of the record date fixed for the determination of the holders of shares entitled to receive such distribution.

3.6 Certificate as to Adjustments. In the case of each adjustment or readjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 3, the Company will promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and cause a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, to be delivered to the Holder of this Warrant. The Company will, upon the written request at any time of the Holder of this Warrant, furnish or cause to be furnished to such Holder a certificate setting forth: (a) such adjustments and readjustments; (b) the Exercise Price at the time in effect; and (c) the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant and the amount, if any, of other property at the time receivable upon the exercise of the Warrant.

 

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3.7 Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Exercise. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of this Warrant such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the exercise of this Warrant and if at any time the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock shall not be sufficient to effect the exercise of this Warrant, in addition to such other remedies as shall be available to the Holder of this Warrant, the Company will use its best efforts to take such action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes.

 

4.

RIGHTS PRIOR TO EXERCISE OF WARRANT

This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company. If, however, at any time prior to the expiration of this Warrant and prior to its exercise, any of the following events shall occur: (a) the Company shall make any distribution (other than a cash distribution) to the holders of shares of Common Stock; (b) the Company shall offer to all of the holders of shares of Common Stock any additional shares or Share Equivalents or any right to subscribe for or purchase any thereof; or (c) a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company (other than in connection with a consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of its property, assets, and business as an entirety) shall be proposed and action by the Company with respect thereto has been approved by the Company’s Board of Directors (each, a “Material Action”), the Company shall give notice in writing of such Material Action to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear on the Company’s records at least twenty (20) days’ prior to the date fixed as a record date or the date of closing the transfer books for the determination of the shareholders entitled to such dividends, distribution, or subscription rights, or for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote on the Material Action. Such notice shall specify such record date or the date of closing the transfer books, as the case may be. Failure to publish, mail or receive such notice or any defect therein or in the publication or mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the Material Action.

 

5.

RESTRICTED SECURITIES

The Holder acknowledges that the Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws. In order to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act and applicable state laws, the Company may require the Holder as a condition of the transfer or exercise of this Warrant, to give written assurance satisfactory to the Company that the Warrant, or in the case of an exercise hereof the Shares subject to this Warrant, are being acquired for his or her own account, for investment only, with no view to the distribution of the same, and that any disposition of all or any portion of this Warrant or the Shares issuable upon the due exercise of this Warrant shall not be made, unless made in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act and applicable securities laws of any State or other jurisdiction. Holder acknowledges that this Warrant is, and each of the Shares issuable upon the due exercise hereof will be, a restricted security, and that the certificates evidencing securities issued to the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant will bear a legend substantially similar to the legend set forth on the front page of this Warrant.

 

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6.

MISCELLANEOUS

6.1 Title to Warrant. During the Exercise Period, and subject to compliance with applicable laws and Section 2.4 above, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, at the office of the Company by the Holder, upon surrender of this Warrant together with the appropriate Assignment form attached hereto properly endorsed. To the extent Section 2.4 above is applicable, the transferee shall sign an investment letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, if required by the Company.

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

6.3 Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, Etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall be a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

6.11 Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Warrant shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given on the date of service if served personally on the party to whom notice is to be given, or on the date of mailing if mailed to the party to whom notice is to be given, by first class mail, registered or certified, postage prepaid, and properly addressed as follows: if to the Holder, at his address as shown in the Company records; and if to the Company, at 9 Village Circle, Suite 527, Westlake, Texas 76262, Attention: Chief Executive Officer. Any party may change its address for purposes of this Section by giving the other party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

6.12 Governing Law. This Warrant and any dispute, disagreement or issue of construction of interpretation arising hereunder whether relating to its execution, its validity, the obligations provided herein or performance shall be governed or interpreted according to the internal laws of the State of Texas without regard to conflicts of law.

EXECUTED as of the date first set forth above.

 

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.
By:    
  Mark Hilz,
  Chief Executive Officer

 

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NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO:

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase __________ Shares (the “Exercised Shares”) pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the aggregate Exercise Price for the Exercised Shares, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

(2) Please issue a certificate or certificates representing the Exercised Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

                                         

The Exercised Shares shall be delivered to the following:

 

                                         

 

                                         

 

                                         

(3) All terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the attached Warrant.

Date:________________________.

 

If an individual:
 
Printed:    

 

If a legal entity:
 

(type in name)

By:    
Printed:    
Title:    

 


ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED ___________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _______________________ the within Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby and does irrevocably constitute and appoint __________________________, attorney, to transfer the said Warrant on the books of the within named Company.

Dated:________________________.

 

If an individual:
 
Printed:    

 

If a legal entity:
 

(type in name)

By:    
Printed:    
Title:    


PARTIAL ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED ______________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _______________________________ that portion of the within Warrant and the rights evidenced thereby which will an the date hereof entitle the holder to purchase __________ shares of Common Stock of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint __________________________ and ______________________, or either of them, attorney, to transfer that part of the said Warrant on the books of the within named Company.

Dated:_________________________.

 

If an individual:
 
Printed:    

 

If a legal entity:
 

(type in name)

By:    
Printed:    
Title:    

Exhibit 10.1

2013 TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT

THIS 2013 TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 31 day of December, 2013 (the “Effective Date”) by and between GUANGREN “GARY” CHEN, an individual U.S. citizen (“Chen”) and HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC., a Texas corporation having its principal place of business at 5712 Colleyville Blvd., Suite 229, Colleyville, Texas 76034 (“HTL”). Chen and HTL are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and, collectively, as the “Parties.”

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Chen conceived and developed certain heart scanning devices and technologies related to products trademarked as the MyoVista as defined herein;

WHEREAS, Chen and HTL previously entered into a series of license agreements and amendments thereto (the “Prior Agreements”) regarding rights to the previously described heart scanning devices and technologies developed by Chen as defined herein relating to commercialization of MyoVista;

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to enter into a new agreement, superseding all prior, enforceable agreements between them concerning their respective rights in and to the technology conceived and developed by Chen including the MyoVista technology and related proprietary and intellectual property rights;

WHEREAS, Chen wishes to transfer and HTL wishes to receive (i) an exclusive license to the technology, proprietary and intellectual property rights as defined herein relating to MyoVista and (ii) all rights, title, and interest in and to such technology relating to MyoVista over time and upon the occurrence of certain events and achievement of certain milestones in the furtherance of HTL’s business objectives; and

WHEREAS, Chen wishes to retain certain rights and interests, with the possible return of title in and to the MyoVista technology and related proprietary and intellectual property rights, until HTL demonstrates the continuing viability of its business through the occurrence of certain events.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and agreements herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the Parties, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:


ARTICLE I

Definitions

1.1 Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, any term defined in a provision of this Agreement shall have the meaning given such term therein and the following terms shall have the respective meaning set forth below:

(a) “Affiliate” means any Person as defined below who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person; for purposes of this definition, “control” means the possession by such a person or entity, directly or indirectly (including through or with one or more other persons pursuant to agreement or binding obligation among them), of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of another person or entity, or to vote or dispose of the controlling voting equity of an entity, whether through ownership of securities, or by agreement. Notwithstanding the effect of any provision or provisions herein, for purposes of this Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder, Chen is not an Affiliate of HTL, and HTL is not an Affiliate of Chen, and there is no Affiliate relationship between or among any party to that certain Voting Agreement Among Shareholders of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., dated May 2, 2013, and each such party is not an Affiliate of HTL or of any other shareholder of HTL. Neither Jiali Medical nor Med Care is an Affiliate of Chen.

(b) “Agreement” means this 2013 Technology Agreement.

(c) “Applicable Law” means, with respect to any person or entity, any federal, state or local law (statutory, common or otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by a Governmental Authority that is binding upon or applicable to such Person, as amended unless expressly specified otherwise.

(d) “Assignment Event” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.7.

(e) “Chen” has the meaning given the term in the Preamble of this Agreement.

(f) “Confidential Information” means technical or business information disclosed by a Party to the other Party pursuant to this Agreement that is identified in writing at the time of disclosure or within thirty (30) days thereafter as being confidential and proprietary to the disclosing Party. No information will be regarded as Confidential Information if the receiving Party can show by competent proof that such information (i) was, at the time of disclosure to the receiving Party, already known to the receiving Party, as shown by written records in the possession of the receiving Party, or (ii) was at the time of disclosure, or subsequently became, through no fault of the receiving Party, known to the general public through publication or otherwise, or (iii) was, subsequent to disclosure to the receiving Party, lawfully and independently received by the receiving Party from a Third Party who had the right to disclose it without restriction.

 

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HTL-CHEN TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT    HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL


(g) ”Consultant” means a Person that is under contract with HTL or any of its Affiliates to assist HTL or its Affiliates with the manufacture, production, maintenance, repair, sale, distribution, support or development of HTL’s or its Affiliate’s products and services for sale by or on behalf of HTL or its Affiliate and who agrees to be bound by confidentiality agreement pursuant to section 6.1.13 of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, any rights under a sublicense granted hereunder to a Person in its capacity as a Consultant are for the Consultant to perform his duties and only to the extent necessary for such Person in its capacity as a Consultant for HTL or its Affiliate to perform his duties.

(h) “Copyright” means and includes all rights to works of authorship under the prevailing laws of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction, whether or not registered, including all registrations and applications therefore and all moral rights related thereto.

(i) “Covered Technology” means MyoVista Hardware, MyoVista Software, and Technical Information, including MyoVista Updates and related Documentation.

(j) “Customer” means any lessee, end-user purchaser or customer of any product or service of HTL or any of its Affiliates.

(k) “Documentation” means all manuals, user guides, instructions, specifications, and drawings and similar information or materials.

(l) “Effective Date” means the date of closing of this Agreement.

(m) “Exclusive License” means the license granted to·HTL by Chen as provided in section 2.1 of this Agreement.

(n) “Final Transfer Event” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.3.

(o) “Governmental Authority” means any transnational, domestic or foreign federal, state or local, governmental authority, department, court, agency or official, including any political subdivision thereof.

(p) “Gross Sale Price” means the actual gross amount received by HTL for Sale of a MyoVista Device to an end user Customer purchasing the MyoVista Device for use, deducting therefrom only direct costs of packing materials for shipment, costs of insurance and transportation to ship, and any and all import, export, excise, sales and value added taxes and customer duties levied or imposed directly upon the Sale of the MyoVista Device that HTL remits to the government body levying or imposing such taxes or duties.

(q) “HTL” has the meaning given the term in the Preamble to this Agreement.

(r) “Intellectual Property Rights” means any and all rights under any and all of the following that directly relate to the Covered Technology: (i) inventions, discoveries and ideas, whether patentable or not in any jurisdiction, computer software (including software, data, and related Documentation); (ii) copyrighted writings or other copyrightable works , whether or not registered in any jurisdiction, registrations or applications for

 

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registration of copyrights in any jurisdiction, and any renewals or extensions thereof; (iii) trademarks, service marks, brand names certification marks, trade dress, assumed names, trade names and other indications of origin, and registrations and applications for the foregoing, together with the goodwill associated therewith; (iv) trade secrets, know-how (including research and development, formulas, compositions, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, technical data, designs, drawings and specifications) and rights in any jurisdiction to limit the use or disclosure thereof; (v) all renewals and extensions of the foregoing; and (vi) the Intellectual Property Rights include all rights under the Patents and Patent Applications, the Trademark Rights, the Copyrights, and the Trade Secrets.

(s) “MyoVista Device” means the unitary system developed by Dr. Chen as of the Effective Date, fully operational as a unit, for non-invasively diagnosing abnormalities of the ventricular myocardium by measurement and analysis of electrical heart signals using a non-linear 2D waveform presented using color image elements including Icon and Index to identify abnormalities and for measuring the ratio between the strength (energy) of the left ventricle as compared to the strength (energy) of the right ventricle.

(t) “MyoVista Hardware” means systems, devices, system interfaces, components, used in the MyoVista Device, in whole and part, for non-invasively diagnosing abnormalities of the myocardium using measurement and analysis of electrical signals, including the MyoVista Device itself.

(u) “MyoVista Software” means any software product or code (object, source, machine and other), formulas, algorithms, specifications, software interfaces, user interfaces, software methods and processes for diagnosing abnormalities of the myocardium using measurement and analysis of electrical signals for use with the MyoVista Hardware, in whole or part, including 2D color elements and Icon and Index, including such product, codes, formulas, algorithms, specifications, interfaces, methods and processes for operating, testing or using any MyoVista Device.

(v) “Pass-Through Rights” means, with respect to the Intellectual Property Rights (including patents and other proprietary rights and interests) granted under this Agreement, the right or ability for a licensee to pass on to a customer in each jurisdiction those explicit license, implied license, and patent (or other proprietary rights and interests, as applicable) exhaustion rights which the customer would receive as a matter of law in such jurisdiction under a licensor’s licensed patents (and other proprietary rights and interests) as to a licensed product purchased from the licensee.

(w) “Patent” or “Patents” means any and all U.S. or any other country patents, patents to be issued pursuant to any Patent Application, and all divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, substitutes, and extensions thereof, for any Covered Technology, including those Patents as of the Effective Date for the MyoVista Device listed in attached Exhibit A-1.

 

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(x) “Patent Application” or “Patent Applications” mean(s) any and all applications for patent filed in the U.S. or any other country for any Covered Technology, including those Patent Applications as of the Effective Date for the MyoVista Device listed in Exhibit A-1.

(y) “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a Governmental Authority.

(z) “Representative Parties” means, with respect to any Party, each of the Party’s Affiliates and Consultants, and each of the officers, employees, agents and representatives of the Party and its Affiliates and Consultants.

(aa) “Sold,” “Sale,” “Sell” means sold, leased, licensed or otherwise transferred to a Customer or Third Party for profit or use in return for monetary remuneration or other valuable consideration, and a Sale shall be deemed to have occurred only upon actual receipt of payment from the Customer or other Third Party; provided, any use, shipment, transfer, or other disposition for developmental, research, testing, lab, inventory, scientific or for which HTL, and its Affiliates, do not charge remuneration or charge only nominal consideration from a Customer or Third Party are excluded from and deemed not within the definition; further provided, any use, shipment, transfer, or other disposition to or by HTL, its Affiliates, or its or their Consultants which are not a Customer, is excluded from and deemed not within the definition unless HTL actually receives payment from a Customer or other Third Party.

(bb) “Technical Information” means any and all unpublished research and development information, know-how, trade secrets, works of authorship, software (whether in source or object code form), designs, conceptions, inventions, instructions, techniques, formulae, systems interfaces, user interfaces, specifications, data, schematics, research or development documentation, and technical data reduced to and fixed in some tangible medium or other transferrable form that (i) describes, directly relates to or was used in developing any Covered Technology; or (ii) is used for or to direct or instruct the production, manufacture, operation, maintenance, repair, sale, or use of the Covered Technology, or to train to use, operate, maintain or repair the MyoVista Device, including that Technical Information as of the Effective Date for the MyoVista Device listed on Exhibit A-2 attached hereto.

(cc) “Third Party” means any person other than Chen or HTL, or any Affiliate of Chen or HTL.

(dd) “Trade Secret” means any and all information directly related to the Covered Technology or Technical Information, whether or not in tangible form, which derives economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use and which is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the

 

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circumstances to maintain its secrecy. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Trade Secrets will include but are not limited to studies, results, reports, marketing strategies, technical or nontechnical data, formulae, techniques, drawings, designs, source codes, algorithms, processes, financial data, financial plans, product plans, marketing plans, advertising plans, lists of actual or potential customers or suppliers, and related items, and include those Trade Secrets as of the Effective Date for the MyoVista Device listed on Exhibits A-1 and A-2 attached hereto.

(ee) “Trademark Rights” means any and all trade dress, trade names, logos, domain names, trademarks, and service marks, whether or not registered, together with all translations, adaptations, derivations, and combinations thereof, together with all rights, title and interest thereto, and including all goodwill associated therewith, and all applications, registrations, reservations, and renewals in connection therewith for the MyoVista Device including the MyoVista mark and registrations of such mark, if any, together with the goodwill of the business associated with the mark.

(ff) “MyoVista Updates” means upgrades, modifications, improvements, enhancements, new versions, new releases, new firmware, corrections and/or derivative works (including any error corrections, patches and bug fixes) with respect to the Covered Technology. For the avoidance of doubt, Chen shall not be required under this Agreement to develop MyoVista Updates; however, developments of Chen, if any, that would qualify as MyoVista Updates under the definition shall be included in the meaning.

1.2 Interpretation.

1.2.1 Whenever in this Agreement the terms “include,” “includes,” “including,” and derivative or similar words are used, they will be construed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”

1.2.2 Wherever in this Agreement a statute or other legislation is referenced, such reference will be deemed to include any and all amendments thereto, as well as any successor legislation which may be adopted subsequent to the Effective Date, covering the same subject matter of the referenced statute or legislation.

1.2.3 Whenever in this Agreement the term “party to” is used in regard to an agreement, it will be construed as meaning “party signatory to or bound by”.

1.2.4 Wherever in this Agreement reference is made to an exhibit (or Exhibit) “hereof’, or “attached hereto,” the contents of such exhibit will be deemed to be incorporated into this Agreement by reference, as an integral and material part of this Agreement.

1.2.5 The headings of the Articles and Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and will not constitute a part hereof.

 

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1.2.6 Each reference in this Agreement to an Article, Section or Exhibit, unless otherwise indicated, will mean an Article or Section of this Agreement or an Exhibit attached to this Agreement, respectively.

1.2.7 Whenever in this Agreement the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby”, or derivative or similar words are used, such terms refer to this entire Agreement, including each Exhibit attached hereto, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time during the Term hereof.

1.2.8 All references herein to “days” in this Agreement are to consecutive calendar days unless business days are specified.

1.2.9 Whenever in this Agreement the singular is used, it will include the plural if the context so requires, and whenever the masculine gender is used in this Agreement, it will be construed as if the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, respectively, has been used where the context so dictates, with the rest of the sentence being construed as if the grammatical and terminological changes thereby rendered necessary have been made.

1.2.10 The language in all parts of this Agreement will in all cases be construed as a whole according to its fair meaning, strictly neither for nor against any Party hereto, and without implying a presumption that the terms thereof will be more strictly construed against one Party by reason of the rule of construction that a document is to be construed more strictly against the person who prepared the same, it being agreed that representatives of both Parties have equally participated in the preparation and negotiation hereof.

ARTICLE II

Covered Technology Transfers

2.1 Grant of Exclusive License to HTL. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Chen hereby grants to HTL and its Affiliates an exclusive, worldwide right and license under the Intellectual Property Rights, to make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, have sold, import and commercialize, exploit, legally dispose of, and otherwise provide products and services that incorporate, utilize, integrate, or embody the Covered Technology, and to use, copy, reproduce, perform, display, distribute, modify and make derivative works of the Covered Technology. HTL and its Affiliates may sublicense the rights granted in the preceding sentence to any Consultant for the purpose of furthering HTL’s efforts to commercialize the Covered Technology.

2.1.1 Chen’s grant to HTL and its Affiliates includes (i) all rights to sue or make any claims for any past, present or future infringement, misappropriation or unauthorized use of any of the Covered Technology and Intellectual Property Rights therein; and (ii) subject to Chen’s secured right to receive Royalties under this Agreement, all rights to all income, royalties, damages, and other payments from Third Parties that are now or may hereafter, while HTL is licensed: become due or payable with respect to the Covered Technology and Intellectual Property Rights therein, including damages and other amounts for past, present or future infringement, misappropriation or unauthorized use thereof.

 

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2.1.2 Chen’s grant to HTL does not include a right to use Chen’s name (including “Gary Chen” or “Guangren Chen”) except as may be separately agreed to in writing signed by the Parties.

2.1.3. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit Chen from performing or undertaking research and development of any medical devices or products independently and outside of this Agreement and the Covered Technology. Furthermore, Chen is ·permitted to develop any technology or device that does not compete with the MyoVista Device licensed hereunder.

2.1.4 The licenses set forth in Section 2.1 are intended to be sufficient to and include the right for HTL, its Affiliates, and its and their Consultants, to convey Pass-Through Rights during the term of the Exclusive License, to their respective customers (including, without limitation, to such customers who are HTL’s distributors, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), resellers, joint venturers, and associated persons and entities) of MyoVista Devices or Covered Technology to the extent of patent or other proprietary right exhaustion under U.S. law; provided, however, that (i) exhaustion will be deemed to occur regardless of the country or jurisdiction in which such MyoVista Devices or Covered Technology are Sold, and (ii) if the law of the country or jurisdiction in which such MyoVista Devices or Covered Technology are imported, Sold, or otherwise disposed of provides broader Pass-Through Rights than patent exhaustion under U.S. law, then such broader Pass-Through Rights shall apply.

2.2 Assignment Event. The first to occur of any of the following shall be an “Assignment Event” under this Agreement, upon which, as provided in Section 3.5, the Assignment (as defined in Section 3.2.5) shall be released and delivered to HTL from the Escrow (as defined in Section 3.5), provided that HTL is not in Default under this Agreement or any exhibits:

(a) The receipt by HTL within twenty four (24) months after the Effective Date of not less than two million dollars ($2,000,000) earmarked for regular business operations and not used to retire existing convertible notes; or

(b) Execution of an agreement by all necessary parties for the sale by HTL and purchase by a Third Party of substantially all of the assets of HTL where such Third Party (or its ultimate parent undertaking) has a fair market value or assets exceeding liabilities of at least ten million dollars ($10,000,000) certified under U.S. GAAP, and assumes all of HTL’s obligations hereunder; or

(c) The closing of an acquisition of substantially all of the outstanding shares of HTL stock by a Third Party (or its ultimate parent undertaking) having a current fair market value or assets exceeding liabilities of at least ten million dollars ($10,000,000) certified under U.S. GAAP, and assuming all of HTL’s obligations hereunder; or

 

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(d) Chen’s receipt under this Agreement of aggregate Royalty payments of at least three million dollars ($3,000,000), exclusive of the 448K Secured Promissory Note (as defined in Section 3.1.1); provided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, HTL has the right, in its sole discretion and from time to time, to make prepayment of any such aggregate Royalty amount; or

(e) HTL being publicly listed and the value of twelve (12) million common shares in HTL (being the approximate number that Chen and Cheryl Yang own on the Effective Date of this Agreement), adjusted for any share split or consolidation (“Initial Shares”), is at least twenty five million dollars ($25,000,000) (such value to be calculated by reference to the quoted closing share price); or

(f) Chen and/or Cheryl Yang (either in combination or individually) sell or transfer, in any one or more transaction, any common stock in HTL for aggregate value of at least twenty five million dollars ($25,000,000); or

(g) HTL’s receipt of a bona fide offer (or offers, whether in a single or more than one transaction) to acquire common stock in HTL from Chen and/or Cheryl Yang (in combination or individually) for aggregate value of at least twenty five million dollars ($25,000,000); or

(h) In the event that Chen and/or Cheryl Yang have sold or transferred any common stock in HTL such that they no longer own all of the Initial Shares, HTL’s receipt of a bona fide offer to acquire at least a number of shares of common stock in HTL that equals or exceeds Chen and Cheryl Yang’s then-current level of ownership calculated as a percentage of total shares outstanding which, if Chen then remained owner of all the Initial Shares, would have valued the Initial Shares, in aggregate, at a value of at least twenty five million dollars ($25,000,000); or

2.3 Final Transfer Event. The first to occur of any of the following shall be a “Final Transfer Event” under this Agreement, upon which, as provided in Section 3.5, the Security Interest Release (as defined in Section 3.1.3), and if then remaining in the Escrow, also the Assignment, shall be released and delivered to HTL from the Escrow, provided an Event of Default of this Agreement or any exhibits thereto or notes by HTL has not occurred:

(a) Chen’s receipt under this Agreement of aggregate Royalty payments of at least three million dollars ($3,000,000) and payment of the 448K Secured Promissory Note; provided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, HTL has the right, in its sole discretion and from time to time, to make prepayment of any such amounts; or

 

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(b) HTL being publicly listed and the value of shares totaling the number of the Initial Shares, is at least twenty five million dollars ($25,000,000) (such value to be calculated by reference to the quoted closing share price); or

(c) Chen transfers, in any one or more transaction, any common stock in HTL for aggregate value of at least twenty five million dollars ($25,000,000); or

(d) HTL’s receipt of a bona fide offer (or offers, whether in a single or more than one transaction) to acquire common stock in HTL from Chen and/or Cheryl Yang (in combination or individually) for aggregate value of at least twenty five million dollars ($25,000,000); or

(e) In the event that Chen and/or Cheryl Yang have sold or transferred any common stock in HTL such that they no longer own all of the Initial Shares, HTL’s receipt of a bona fide offer to acquire at least a number of shares of common stock in HTL that equals or exceeds Chen and Cheryl Yang’s then-current level of ownership calculated as a percentage of total shares outstanding which, if Chen and Cheryl Yang then remained owners of all the Initial Shares, would have valued the Initial Shares, in aggregate, at a value of at least twenty five million dollars ($25,000,000).

2.3.1 For the avoidance of doubt, a Final Transfer Event also constitutes an Assignment Event.

ARTICLE III

Payments and Deliveries

3.1 Deliveries by HTL.

3.1.1 Secured Promissory Notes. On the Effective Date, HTL shall provide to Chen executed promissory notes in the form of Exhibit B-1 (“448K Secured Promissory Note”) and an executed promissory note in the form of Exhibit B-3 (“700K Secured Convertible Promissory Note”)

3.1.2 Additional Convertible Notes. On the Effective Date, HTL shall provide to Chen a convertible promissory note in form attached hereto as Exhibit B-2 (“300K Convertible Note”).

3.1.3 Security Interest. As of the Effective Date, HTL shall execute and deliver the Security Agreement and Pledge attached hereto as Exhibit A-3 (“Security Agreement”).

3.1.4 Secured Royalty to Chen. In addition to the notes pursuant to Sections 3.1.1 and 3.1.2, HTL shall pay Chen a royalty for each MyoVista Device Sold (the “Royalty”) according to the following schedule:

 

 

$500 on each of the first 2400 MyoVista Devices

 

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$200 on each MyoVista Device thereafter until total Royalties under this schedule total $3,500,000.

HTL shall make Royalty payments, on a calendar quarterly basis, in arrears for each immediately preceding calendar quarter, and shall deliver to Chen, within thirty (30) days of the last day of each such preceding calendar quarter, a report of the number of MyoVista Devices that were Sold (including by Affiliates) during such preceding calendar quarter and the Gross Sale Price of each MyoVista Device so Sold.

Upon reasonable notice at least three (3) business days in advance, Chen (at his cost and expense) shall have the right, during normal business hours of HTL and no more than twice each calendar year, to audit HTL’s books and records regarding the Royalty payable under this paragraph, which books and records HTL shall keep in accordance with U.S. GAAP, so that Chen can verify the Royalty paid under this Section 3.1.4. Any underpayment of Royalty bears interest from the date due until the date paid at a 5% annual rate. If the audit reveals an underpayment of $5,000 or more, Chen is entitled to recover reimbursement of costs incurred for the audit. If the audit reveals an overpayment, Chen shall immediately refund the overpaid amount to HTL. Any successor to HTL, including a buyer of HTL’s assets or stock, or any Third Party acquiring the business or Covered Technology of HTL shall be bound by this Section and shall assume all Royalty obligations hereunder. Such assumption shall survive any bankruptcy proceeding, and obligate any successor, or subsequent owner of the Intellectual Property Rights and Covered Technology conveyed to HTL, to HTL’s Royalty payment obligations. In the event of any recovery from litigation arising from unauthorized use of the Intellectual Property Rights or Covered Technology or any other transferred technology under this Agreement, HTL shall pay to Chen a 2.5% royalty on all net proceeds or the cash equivalent of any non-cash proceeds, assets, or things of value received through settlement of litigation or negotiation. The payment obligations of HTL under Sections 3.1.1, 3.1.2 and 3.1.4 shall continue regardless of whether any Patent is determined to be invalid or unenforceable of any Intellectual Property Right is determined to be unenforceable.

3.1.5 Agreement Securing Royalty Obligation. The Security Agreement (Exhibit A-3) shall provide and the Parties expressly agree that without regard to whether any MyoVista Device is Sold, the Royalty obligation hereunder constitutes a secured right to receive aggregate payments in the amount of $3,000,000.00, payment of which is a material inducement to Chen conveying the Intellectual Property Rights and Covered Technology to HTL. Chen’s right to receive such payments is a secured obligation of HTL in the amount of $3,000,000 with the remaining $500,000 obligation being unsecured, and a lien shall remain on all secured property unless and until the amount is paid in full or a Final Transfer Event has occurred. In the event of bankruptcy, all Royalty obligations and the obligation to pay Chen an aggregate amount of $3,500,000 accelerates and becomes a debt obligation of HTL secured by Chen’s lien and due immediately.

 

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3.1.6 Stock Capitalization Table. HTL shall provide and attach to this Agreement as Exhibit B- 4 a stock capitalization table for HTL (as in effect upon execution of this Agreement, and including convertible notes, warrants and options).

3.1.7 Escrow Agreement. As of the Effective Date, HTL shall execute and deliver the Intellectual Property Escrow Agreement attached as Exhibit A-5 {“IP Escrow Agreement”) to Chen and the escrow agent (“Escrow Agent”) named in the IP Escrow Agreement.

3.1.8 Expense Reimbursement. HTL shall make a one time payment at closing of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) to Chen for reimbursement of travel and other expenses.

3.2 Deliveries by Chen.

3.2.1 Technology Deliverables. Within 15 days of the Effective Date, Chen shall deliver to HTL (to the extent such items are available to him using his best efforts) the items of the Covered Technology described in Exhibit A-2. Within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date, Chen shall deliver all other Covered Technology to HTL. All tangible documents, software and other items of the Covered Technology or containing, embodying or evidencing the Covered Technology, shall be delivered as follows: (i) the Covered Technology described in Exhibit A-2 shall be delivered via hand delivery to HTL on the Effective Date; and (ii) all other Covered Technology shall be delivered in the manner as provided where practical in Section 11.10 for notice, to HTL at its address first given above. If HTL believes any deliverable to be deficient or missing, HTL shall notify Chen of any deficiency, providing in writing detail of the nature and substance of the alleged deficiency, and Chen shall promptly correct or otherwise rectify any deficient or missing deliverable to the extent under Chen’s control or which Chen can, using his best efforts, correct or rectify, or obtain correction or rectification, from or through others. Chen shall have thirty (30) days to rectify any noticed deficiency or otherwise inform HTL of the reasons he is unable to provide the requested thing.

3.2.2 Cancellation of Notes and Debts. On the Effective Date, Chen shall deliver to HTL any and all notes and other evidences of indebtedness of HTL to Chen, if any, in Chen’s possession, custody or control, and all notes and other indebtedness of HTL to Chen (whether or not delivered to HTL) are and are hereby deemed canceled, void, and of no effect, and shall be marked as such, as of the Effective Date.

3.2.3 Escrow Agreement. As of the Effective Date, Chen shall execute and deliver the IP Escrow Agreement to HTL and the Escrow Agent.

3.2.4 Release of Security Interest. As of the Effective Date, Chen shall execute and deliver into escrow under the IP Escrow Agreement a Release of Security Interest in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-6 (“Security Interest Release”).

 

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3.2.5 Assignment. As of the Effective Date, Chen shall execute and deliver into escrow under the IP Escrow Agreement an Assignment and Bill of Sale in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-5 (“Assignment”).

3.3 Taxes. Any and all taxes payable by the Parties hereto as a result of any transaction described herein will be the sole responsibility of the Party against which such tax is assessed. All payments provided for herein are to be calculated and paid on a pre-tax basis as to taxes on the income and revenue of the paying Party.

3.3 No Other Accounting. Except for the payments expressly required and the respective obligations of the Parties hereunder, neither Party shall have duty or be required to account to the other Party for any amounts received or receivable in connection with the Covered Technology or Intellectual Property Rights, or for the exercise of any rights granted under this Agreement.

3.4 No Other Notes or Debts. The notes in Sections 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 supersede and replace any and all prior notes and debt obligations of HTL to Chen. Any and all such prior notes and debts obligations are hereby canceled, void and of no further effect.

3.5 Escrow. Pursuant to this Agreement, the Parties establish an escrow (“Escrow”) under the terms and conditions of the IP Escrow Agreement (Exhibit A-4) with the Escrow Agent named in the IP Escrow Agreement, as follows:

(a) Release of Assignment from Escrow. The Assignment shall be delivered to HTL from the Escrow only upon the first to occur of the Assignment Event under Section 2.2 or the Final Transfer Event under Section 2.3. HTL shall refrain from exercising any rights conferred by the Assignment until the first of these occurrences and delivery to HTL of the Assignment from the Escrow. The Assignment shall be delivered to Chen from the Escrow only upon the occurrence of an Event of Default by HTL under Section 9.1(b), (c), (d) or (e).

(b) Delivery of Security Interest Release from Escrow. The Security Interest Release shall be delivered to HTL from the Escrow only upon the Final Transfer Event under Section 2.3. The Security Interest Release shall be delivered to Chen from the Escrow only upon the occurrence of an Event of Default by HTL under Section 9.1(b), (c), (d) or (e).

(c) Notice to Escrow Agent. Only upon the occurrence of the Assignment Event under Section 2.2 or the Final Transfer Event under Section 2.3, shall HTL be entitled to notify Escrow Agent to release and deliver the Assignment from Escrow. Only upon the occurrence of a Final Transfer Event under Section 2.6, shall HTL be entitled to notify Escrow Agent to release and deliver to HTL the Security Interest Release (and, if then remaining in the Escrow, the Assignment). Only upon the occurrence of an Event of Default by HTL under Section 9.1(b), (c), (d) or (e), shall Chen be entitled to notify Escrow Agent to release and deliver to Chen the Assignment and Security Interest Release from Escrow and nullify their effectiveness.

 

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ARTICLE IV

Security Interest in Covered Technology and Intellectual Property for Payments to Chen

4.1 Security Interest Granted to Chen by HTL. HTL grants to Chen, as of the Effective Date of this Agreement and pursuant to and to the extent permitted by the Texas Uniform Commercial Code, a security interest and lien in all of HTL’s interest in the Covered Technology and Intellectual Property Rights existing on the Effective Date and as further described in the Security Interest Agreement (Exhibit A-3) and transferred by Chen to HTL under this Agreement to secure HTL’s performance of its payment obligations in Sections 3.1.1 and 3.1.4. The security interest shall continue in effect until the Final Transfer Event in Section 2.3. HTL agrees to cooperate, at Chen’s expense, to the full extent necessary for Chen to perfect the security interest granted under this Agreement.

4.1.1 With respect to the security interest granted by HTL to Chen under this Agreement, Chen is authorized by HTL to file a financing statement and a notice of security interest in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, each in form and substance mutually agreed by the Parties.

4.1.2 In the event HTL fails to perform its payment obligations under the 448 Secured Promissory Note or under the 700K Secured Convertible Promissory Note, Chen shall provide notice to HTL specifying the failure and allow thirty (30) days after such notice for HTL to cure such failure prior to taking any action to enforce the security interest. If by the thirtieth (30th) day following such notice the failure has not been cured, Chen shall have rights and remedies pursuant to and to the extent permitted in the Texas Uniform Commercial Code.

4.1.3 The security interest granted by HTL to Chen under this Agreement shall remain in effect until the Final Transfer Event.

ARTICLE V

Assistance

5.1 Chen’s Cooperation. During the twelve (12) month period commencing on the Effective Date, Chen agrees to use his best efforts (i) to assist HTL, its Affiliates and Consultants, and its and their personnel and representatives, by training and instructing their personnel and representatives to use, manufacture, configure, test, operate, and to otherwise reasonably provide technical assistance related to MyoVista Devices, (ii) to assist HTL and its attorneys in filing, prosecuting, enforcing, and exploiting patents and other proprietary rights directly related to MyoVista Devices or the Covered Technology, and (iii) to assist HTL in advertising, marketing, promoting, commercializing, sales, and developing the MyoVista Devices and Covered Technology. Nothing in this provision permits the use of Chen’s name in connection with such activities. Chen shall not be required or expected to provide any assistance as a medical doctor. Chen will make no diagnoses nor recommend treatment to any individual.

 

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5.1.1 Chen will use his best efforts to obtain cooperation from previous consultants and contractors who have performed any research or development of the Covered Technology or Intellectual Property Rights, including those who have developed software for MyoVista Devices including those under contract between HTL and Med Care Medical Devices Company, to assist in explaining the code and operation of the software. Chen’s best efforts shall include making telephone calls, arranging meetings, writing letters, making introductions, and meeting with HTL. Notwithstanding Chen’s obligations under this section, he shall not be required to devote more than twenty (20) hours per month until HTL closes a funding transaction of at least two million dollars ($2,000,000) at which time, Chen shall be required to devote no more than fifty (50) hours per month for up to six (6) months. All Parties acknowledge Chen has employment in Shanghai, China, and such assistance shall occur at Chen’s usual place of business in Shanghai, China during normal business hours China Standard Time or on weekends as necessary to accommodate Chen’s schedule except as otherwise agreed. The Parties shall act reasonably to accommodate Chen’s employment obligations under this clause.

5.1.2 Chen shall be permitted to approve, including by administering a competency test and interview, a team of no more than five to be employed or contracted by HTL, to assist in providing technical information under this paragraph. HTL shall pay for the services of such approved personnel. Chen’s obligations under this section V are conditioned on HTL’s payment for expenses incurred in connection with Chen carrying out his obligations under this section.

5.1.3 Chen shall not be responsible for the completion of the device in working order as long as he complies with this Article V. Chen’s obligations under this Article V shall expire twelve (12) months from the Effective Date. Chen shall be reimbursed for out of pocket costs that may be incurred by Chen to provide the assistance, including but not limited to any required travel and lodging consistent with policies of HTL then in effect, which policies HTL will provide to Chen; provided Chen must obtain approval of HTL prior to incurring any such costs. Chen shall be compensated at the rate of $200/hour actually devoted to providing these services. Chen shall not be required under this paragraph to perform, create, develop or make any new developments or undertake research under this Agreement related to new developments of the MyoVista Devices.

5.1.4 On a monthly basis, HTL shall deliver to Chen a scope of work describing activities HTL wishes Chen and his team to perform and the deliverables HTL wishes to receive under this Article V. Such scope of work statements shall not modify the terms of this Agreement in any way nor shall they constitute contractual obligations of Chen or HTL.

5.2 Liquidated Damages for Violation of Duty to Cooperate. In the event a final judgment is entered in a court of competent jurisdiction finding that Chen intentionally failed or refused to comply with this Article V, HTL’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be (i) automatic cancellation and nullification of the 300K Convertible Note and the 700K Convertible Note; and (ii) such finding shall constitute a Final Transfer Event. HTL shall remain obligated to pay Royalties under Section 3.1.4 as provided therein. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit Chen’s rights in the event of default by HTL.

 

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5.3 Litigation. The sole right (but not obligation) to institute a suit for infringement of the Intellectual Property Rights in the Covered Technology rests with HTL. If and as may be reasonably requested by HTL, Chen agrees to cooperate with HTL in all respects, including but not limited to joining in any suit, to testifying when requested, and to make available any records, papers, information, specimens and the like. Any recovery received pursuant to such suit shall be retained by HTL after payment of 2.5% of the net recovery (i.e., net of attorney fees, court costs, and expenses of the litigation) to Chen; and such 2.5% of the net recovery is deemed payment by HTL of Royalty under this Agreement. HTL shall reimburse or pay any reasonable expenses incurred by Chen in providing such assistance; provided, any expense in excess of $200 must be approved by HTL prior to Chen incurring the expense. If Chen notifies HTL of any Third Party infringement of Intellectual Property Rights under this Agreement, HTL, to the extent commercially reasonable and economically feasible to HTL, shall conduct a reasonable investigation and provide the results of the investigation to Chen. Such investigation shall be commenced within sixty (60) days of notice.

ARTICLE VI

Covenants of the Parties

6.1 Covenants of HTL.

6.1.1 HTL will use commercially reasonable efforts to manufacture, seek and obtain government, regulatory and other certifications or approvals, if any are required (such as, for example, CMDCAS, FDA, SFDA or CE certification), for commercializing and marketing the MyoVista Devices.

6.1.2 HTL shall maintain performance and finish quality of the MyoVista Devices no less than comparable to that MyoVista Device demonstrated to the Parties on December 30, 2013, and provide customary customer service and warranty service for Customers of MyoVista Devices.

6.1.3 HTL shall use a manufacturer for the MyoVista Devices having applicable certifications that are required (such as, for example, ISO-9001 or ISO-13485), or else HTL shall obtain such certifications.

6.1.4 HTL shall pay all patent maintenance and application fees, all prosecuting attorney fees, and all other expenses and costs relating to protecting and developing the Covered Technology.

6.1.5 Until the first to occur of the Assignment or the Final Transfer Event, whichever first occurs, HTL shall assist Chen to continue to prosecute and obtain patents from the Patent Applications and to consult with Chen concerning the conduct of the prosecution, provided, Chen keeps HTL fully informed. Chen shall provide notice to HTL of any intent not to pay for maintenance or other fees required to maintain enforceability of an issued patent, trademark, or other registered Intellectual Property Right transferred under this Agreement, and HTL shall pay such maintenance or other fees.

 

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6.1.6 Upon HTL’s actual knowledge of any potential infringement of the Intellectual Property Rights, HTL shall use good faith, commercially reasonable efforts to apprise Chen of the potential infringement. To the extent commercially reasonable and economically feasible to HTL, HTL shall reasonably investigate potential infringements identified by Chen during the term of this Agreement and enforce the Patents.

6.1.7 HTL will deliver to Chen, within fifteen (15) days of receipt by HTL, a copy of any notice or correspondence received or obtained by HTL and relating in any way to any Third Party claim that any Party or its Affiliate infringes or otherwise violates any proprietary right of any Third Party. If at any time HTL learns of any actual or threatened infringement or violation of any proprietary right of any Third Party, HTL will promptly notify Chen thereof within fifteen (15) days.

6.1.8 HTL shall employ commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the marking requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 287 to satisfy legally and factually the marking statute of the U.S.. laws, including by marking conspicuously on each MyoVista Device or its container with notice of each Patent in effect at the time of marking that includes at least one valid claim that covers the MyoVista Device.

6.1.9 HTL shall employ commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary and appropriate regulatory approvals and permits and obey all laws governing the sale, distribution, and offering for sale of MyoVista Devices.

6.1.10 Following execution of this Agreement and prior to the first commercial Sale or distribution of any kind of any MyoVista Device to any Customer (other than HTL, its Affiliates or Consultants), HTL shall obtain and maintain from an insurance carrier having a rating of at least A by the A.M. Best & Co., Commercial General Liability insurance, including product, advertising and contractual liability insurance, with coverage limits no less than one million dollars per occurrence and five million dollars in aggregate. If obtainable, HTL shall obtain an endorsement naming Chen as an additional insured party. HTL shall not cancel or materially change the terms of such policy without at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Chen; provided, HTL may change carriers without notice so long as substantially same level and quality of the insurance is maintained. HTL shall request its insurer furnish Chen a certificate of such insurance and additional insured endorsement each year or upon a policy change. Notwithstanding the foregoing of this section, the Parties recognize that the aforesaid insurance and/or amounts may be inappropriate or unavailable with regard to specific classes of goods or HTL, and it is contemplated that the foregoing insurance and amounts may require adjustment. Chen’s consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, is required for any adjustment. If HTL is unable to obtain coverage, Chen may purchase coverage and HTL shall reimburse him within ten (10) days for all costs and expenses associated with obtaining insurance. ·

 

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6.1.11 On the Effective Date, HTL shall maintain Directors and Officers Liability Insurance in the coverage amount of no less than two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) and shall provide coverage for Chen under HTL’s current D&O policy. HTL shall maintain such insurance of the foregoing sentence in effect until occurrence of the event in Section 2.2(a); thereafter, HTL shall obtain and maintain Directors and Officers Liability Insurance in the coverage amount of no less than five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) or such amount HTL is able to obtain on commercially reasonable terms and Chen shall be named insured under a claims made policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing of this section, the Parties recognize that the aforesaid insurance and/or amounts may be inappropriate or unavailable with regard to specific classes of goods or HTL, and it is contemplated that the foregoing insurance and amounts may require adjustment. Chen’s consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, is required for any adjustment. If HTL is unable to obtain coverage, Chen may purchase coverage and HTL shall reimburse him for all costs and expenses associated with obtaining insurance.

6.1.12 HTL will comply with Applicable Laws related to this Agreement and HTL’s obligations hereof.

6.1.13 HTL will employ commercially reasonable efforts to obtain confidentiality agreements of all of HTL’s officers, directors, employees and Consultants.

6.1.14 HTL shall not treat Chen, in his capacity as a holder of common stock of HTL, differently than the other holders of common stock of HTL, taken as a whole, with respect to any opportunity to participate in any future investment offering, financing, stock issuance, stock purchase plan, or other transaction that is offered to all other holders of the common stock of HTL, and Chen’s participation shall be made available on at least as favorable terms as offered to all other holders of the common stock of HTL. In addition, HTL acknowledges the Voting Agreement Among Shareholders of HTL, dated May 2, 2013, as amended by the First Amendment to Voting Agreement Among Shareholders of Heart Test Labs, Inc., (attached hereto as Exhibit A-7).

6.2.1 Covenants of Chen.

6.2.1 Chen will deliver to HTL, within five (15) days of receipt by Chen, a copy of any notice or correspondence received or obtained by Chen and relating in any way to any Third Party claim that any Party or its Affiliate infringes or otherwise violates any proprietary right of any Third Party. If at any .time Chen learns of any actual or threatened infringement or violation by HTL of any proprietary right of any Third Party, Chen will promptly notify HTL thereof within fifteen (15) days.

 

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6.2.2 During the period in which the Exclusive License is in effect and, if and as applicable, upon and after the Assignment is released to HTL from the Escrow, Chen will not sell, offer or solicit to sell, manufacture, or transfer or convey any right, title or license, of or for any MyoVista Device or Covered Technology, or any Intellectual Property Rights therein, anywhere in the world. Chen agrees not to and shall not Sell, offer or solicit to Sell, manufacture, or transfer or convey title or license, of or for any MyoVista Device, to any Third Party, anywhere in the world, at any time prior to expiration of the Intellectual Property Rights and during the period in which HTL is licensed or owns the Intellectual Property Rights under this Agreement.

6.2.3 Upon reasonable request of HTL, and at HTL’s sole expense including reimbursement for all reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred, Chen will execute and deliver to HTL any short form instrument or memorandum reasonably requested by HTL or to evidence and/or confirm the rights herein granted to HTL, including but not limited to any statement or affidavit required of Chen in connection with any governmental or regulatory certification or approval process described in 6.1(a) or any prosecution of patents in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, any short form document of transfer or assignment for filing in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, and any other instruments or documents required by HTL for any of these purposes or purpose of any other governmental office or governing authority. Notwithstanding any of the preceding, Chen shall not be responsible in any way for regulatory approval of any product, process, or treatment sought by HTL or for submission to any regulatory body of any information on behalf of or related to approval sought by HTL; provided, Chen shall cooperate to make available to HTL all information available to Chen that HTL reasonably requires for seeking and obtaining such regulatory approval or submission.

6.2.4 Chen will comply with Applicable Laws related to this Agreement and Chen’s obligations hereof.

6.2.5 Until the first to occur of the Assignment Event or the Final Transfer Event, Chen shall continue to prosecute and obtain patents from the Patent Applications, shall keep HTL fully and timely apprised, and shall consult with and abide by directions from HTL in every respect concerning the conduct of the prosecution, including Chen shall engage attorneys for prosecution acceptable to HTL in its reasonable discretion; and HTL shall pay or reimburse to Chen amounts for the prosecution and maintenance.

6.2.6 Chen shall use best efforts to obtain ownership or rights sufficient for HTL to allow HTL to fully exercise all rights, title and interest to the Covered Technology and the Intellectual Property Rights and to make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, have sold, import and commercialize, exploit, legally dispose, and otherwise provide products and services that incorporate or otherwise utilize or integrate with the Covered Technology and Intellectual Property Rights, and to use, copy, reproduce, perform, display, distribute, modify and make derivative works of the Covered Technology and Intellectual Property Rights; and Chen hereby licenses all such ownership or rights under and in accordance with the Exclusive License and, pursuant to the Assignment, assigns such ownership or rights upon the first to occur of the Assignment Event or the Final Transfer Event.

 

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6.3 Mutual Covenants.

6.3.1 Chen and HTL each covenant not to take or permit any person under their respective control or direction to take any actions (i) to defame the other (Chen or HTL as the case may be) or any business of HTL or Chen, or to knowingly induce, aid or abet others to do so, or (ii) to impair in any way the Intellectual Property Rights or Covered Technology; provided, nothing in (ii) of this sentence shall preclude Chen from exercising his rights pursuant to Section 2.2 and as otherwise provided under this Agreement.

ARTICLE VII

Representations and Warranties

7.1 Mutual Representations and Warranties. Each Party hereby represents and warrants to the other Party that, as of the Effective Date:

7.1.1 Binding Agreement. This Agreement, and each document or instrument executed in connection with or required under this Agreement, is the legal and valid obligation of the Party, binding upon and enforceable against such Party in accordance with the respective terms hereof and thereof. The execution, delivery and performance by such Party of this Agreement, and each such document or instrument executed in connection with or required under this Agreement, does not and will not conflict with any agreement, oral or written, to which such Party is a party or by which such Party may be or become bound, nor does this Agreement, any such document or instrument, or the obligations of such Party hereunder or thereunder, violate any law or regulation of any court, governmental body or administrative or other agency having authority over such Party.

7.1.2 Accuracy of Information. To the best of the Party’s knowledge, information and belief, the statements and representations made by the Party contained in this Agreement, in any exhibit hereto, or in any document or instrument executed in connection with or required or permitted under this Agreement, are true and do not omit to state any material fact.

7.1.3 Due Diligence. The Parties acknowledge that they have conducted their own due diligence prior to entering this Agreement and that they are satisfied with the information discovered or obtained. The Parties acknowledge that Chen may not own certain technology that is generally commercially available to HTL from others.

7.2 HTL’s Representations and Warranties. HTL represents and warrants to Chen and his Affiliates all of the following:

7.2.1 As of the Effective Date, (i) HTL is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Texas and has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder, (ii) the person signing on behalf of HTL is duly authorized to execute this Agreement for HTL, and (iii) HTL is in compliance with all Applicable Laws to make and enter into this Agreement and perform HTL’s obligations hereunder.

 

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7.2.2 HTL is not bound by any agreements, obligations or restrictions and shall not assume any obligation or restriction or enter into any other agreement that would interfere with its obligations under this Agreement. As of the Effective Date, HTL has entered into no licenses with any Third Party relating to the Covered Technology and/or Intellectual Property Rights.

7.2.3 Chen will receive and have first lien on all Covered Technology, Intellectual Property Rights, and MyoVista Updates under the security interest granted in Section 4.1.

7.2.4 HTL represents and warrants that the stock capitalization table to be delivered to Chen herewith pursuant to section 3.1 will be accurate and complete as of the Effective Date (as in effect upon execution of this Agreement, and including convertible notes, warrants and options).

7.2.5 HTL’s present D&O Liability Insurance policy includes Chen as an insured or additional insured.

7.3 Chen’s Representations and Warranties. Chen represents and warrants to HTL all of the following:

7.3.1 As of the Effective Date, Chen is a U.S. citizen presently living in Shanghai China, and Chen has full capacity and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform his obligations hereunder, and to execute and deliver this Agreement, and Chen is in compliance with all Applicable Laws to make and enter into this Agreement and perform Chen’s obligations hereunder.

7.3.2 Chen is able to and does transfer the Covered Technology and Intellectual Property Rights free and clear of any and all mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, charge, claim, encumbrance, restriction on transfer, conditional sale or other title retention device or arrangement, transfer for the purpose of subjection to the payment of any indebtedness, or restriction on the creation of any of the foregoing, whether relating to any property or right or the income or profits therefrom, no Third Party has any claim on any aspect of the Covered Technology, or any component thereof, or any Intellectual Property Rights therein, by, through or from Chen, and the MyoVista Devices and Covered Technology existing on and before the Effective Date do not infringe upon the rights of any Third Party to the best knowledge of Chen.

7.3.3 Chen is aware of no fact or circumstance, act or omission pertaining to the Covered Technology or Intellectual Property Rights, which would impair, limit, restrict, invalidate, or preclude HTL from exercising its rights under the Exclusive License or as owner of the Covered Technology and Intellectual Property Rights conveyed under this Agreement. Except as set forth in this Section 7.3.3, Chen makes no representation or warranty as to validity, enforceability, or value of the Covered Technology.

 

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7.3.4 Chen is not bound by any agreements, obligations or restrictions and shall not assume any obligation or restriction or enter into any other agreement, that would interfere with his obligations under this Agreement.

7.3.5 There is no litigation pending or threatened against Chen or any of his Affiliates which could impact Chen’s ability to perform his obligations under this Agreement.

7.3.6 To Chen’s knowledge and belief, the Covered Technology (and the use thereof as contemplated by this Agreement) does not infringe, misappropriate, violate or interfere with any proprietary or intellectual property rights or interests, contractual rights or any other similar rights of any Third Party. The Covered Technology and the Intellectual Property Rights conveyed to HTL by Chen pursuant to this Agreement include all of the rights, title and interest for HTL to make, use, sell, exploit and commercialize the MyoVista Device.

7.3.7 The Patents, the Patent Applications, the Copyrights, the Trademark Rights, the Trade Secrets, and the Technical Information include all of Chen’s Intellectual Property Rights in and to the MyoVista Device and in and to the Covered Technology.

7.3.8 None of the software included in the Covered Technology contains any software code that is licensed under any terms or conditions that require that any software be (i) made available or distributed in source code form; (ii) licensed for the purpose of making derivative works; (iii) licensed under terms that allow reverse engineering, reverse assembly or disassembly of any kind; or (iv) redistributable at no charge.

7.3.9 Chen is not in default under any of his existing financing arrangements (including its outstanding convertible preferred note(s)), and Chen shall not default under any such existing financing arrangements or under any financing arrangements Chen may enter into in the future.

7.3.10 The conveyances by Chen to HTL include all of Chen’s rights, title and interest that exists in and to the Covered Technology and the Intellectual Property Rights owned by Chen.

7.3.11 As of the Effective Date, except for the Covered Technology and Intellectual Property Rights, Chen does not own and has no rights to any patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets or proprietary information or materials related to the MyoVista Device, in whole or part.

ARTICLE VIII

Indemnification; Releases

8.1 Indemnification of Chen by HTL.

8.1.1 HTL will, to the fullest extent allowed by Texas law, indemnify, defend and hold harmless Chen, from and against any and all Losses, resulting or arising from acts of omission or commission committed by Chen in his capacity as an officer or director of HTL prior to the Effective Date (referred to herein as “Indemnified Events”). For purposes of this Section 8.1, the term “Loss” or “Losses” means and includes any and every liability, demand, claim, suit, expense, attorneys fees, or other damage, loss or cost suffered or incurred by Chen.

 

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8.1.2 Chen will promptly (and in no case more than ten (10) calendar days after first discovering the fact of the Loss) give written notice to HTL of any third-party notice, demand or allegation of or relating to any Loss of any type, including an invitation to HTL to participate in the defense. Failure to give such written notice will not relieve HTL from any liability that HTL may have hereunder. Subject to the proviso that follows, Chen will have the ability to select counsel of its own choosing and will have control over the complete defense, but will not settle without HTL’s consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that if HTL elects to participate in the defense, if HTL and HTL’s insurer agree to fully indemnify and to pay for all costs of defense and any damages, then Chen may employ separate counsel at the expense of Chen to assist Chen with respect to any liabilities, claims or suits. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary, before settling, compromising or otherwise extinguishing any claim by a third-party (whether or not suit or any other type of dispute resolution procedure has been commenced) made against Chen (a “Settlement”), HTL must first obtain the written consent of Chen, and Chen will have discretion to withhold such consent if the Settlement (a) is for or involves non-monetary consideration or non-monetary judicial relief, including, but not limited to, promises by Chen to do or forbear from doing any act or the granting of equitable remedies, (b) involves, requires or implies admissions of wrongful acts (whether civil or criminal) by Chen, (c) would or could impair, invalidate, or result in loss of value of any Intellectual Property or ·rights thereto, and/or (c) would likely have a detrimental effect on Chen’s reputation or goodwill.

8.2 No Limitation on Newly Acquired Shares. With respect to any shares of HTL newly acquired by Chen after the Effective Date, the Voting Agreement Among Shareholders of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., dated May 2, 2013, shall have no effect and shall not govern Chen’s rights in regard to such shares; provided, the voting agreement shall continue in effect as to shares owned by Chen and/or Cheryl Yang on the Effective Date.

8.3 Right to Designate a Member of the HTL Board of Directors. Until the occurrence of the Final Transfer Event, Chen shall designate a person of his sole choosing, excluding Robert Eddy, to a seat on the HTL Board of Directors with all the duties, rights, and obligations of the other members. Chen shall provide written notice to HTL, at least ten (10) days prior to such designation, of Chen’s desired designee for the seat on the HTL Board of Directors. Chen’s designee to the HTL Board of Directors may refer information of Board proceedings and actions to Chen.

8.4 The Parties have entered into Mutual Releases. See Exhibit A-8.

8.5 Chen will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless HTL from any claims of ownership of any Covered Technology by Med Care Medical Devices Company. ·

 

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ARTICLE IX

Default; Term; and Termination

9.1 Default. Subject to the notice and opportunity to cure rights provided hereunder, the occurrence of any of the following shall constitute a default under this Agreement by a Party (each an “Event of Default”):

(a) the Party breaches any material term or condition of this Agreement, or is in material breach of any representation or warranty, and such breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after the non-breaching Party gives the breaching Party written notice of such breach;

(b) the Party fails to make any payment hereunder or any report hereunder, within the time required; provided, it shall not be an Event of Default under this Section if the Party makes a good faith error in any report or in the amount of any payment and upon learning of and verifying the error, takes reasonably prompt action to correct the error;

(c) the Party makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or becomes subject to direct control of a trustee, receiver or similar authority, or becomes subject to any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding under federal, state or foreign statutes which is not rescinded or dismissed within ninety (90) days;

(d) breach by HTL of Section 8.3; or

(e) by the two-year anniversary of the Effective Date, HTL fails to obtain funding pursuant to Section 2.2(a).

In the case of any event in (a) through (e) above, the other Party shall first give thirty (30) days’ notice and opportunity to cure, and if cure is effected within thirty (30) days from the date of notice (in the reasonable discretion of the Party giving such notice) there shall not be an Event of Default.

9.2 Consequences of Default. In the event of any Event of Default, except as provided in Section 5.2, the Parties may exercise all rights and seek all remedies provided under this Agreement or available at law or in equity. Upon termination of this Agreement because of an Event of Default by HTL during the term of the Exclusive License, the Exclusive License shall terminate concurrent with termination of the Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE X

Confidentiality

Each Party (a “Disclosing Party”), at its discretion, may on or after the Effective Date disclose to the other Party (a “Receiving Party”) certain of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information. In consideration of each and every disclosure of Confidential Information by the Disclosing Party to the Receiving Party, the Receiving Party agrees (i) to treat as confidential and to preserve the confidentiality of all Confidential Information disclosed by the Disclosing Party to the Receiving Party, (ii) to use any and all Confidential Information solely for purpose of this Agreement and for no other purpose, (iii) to make no disclosure of any Confidential Information to any Third Party, (iv) to limit access to Confidential Information to those officers and employees of the Receiving Party having a need to know such information for purposes of this Agreement and who are bound by a written obligation to maintain confidential and not use or disclose such Confidential Information, which written obligation is at least as restrictive as the terms of this Article X, and (v) to maintain in confidence any information regarding the nature or scope of any transaction or relationship between the Disclosing Party and the Receiving Party, except to the extent such information must be disclosed pursuant to law or is disclosed to the Party’s attorneys or accountants, and then only after notifying the Disclosing Party of such requirement. Any obligation imposed by this Article X may be waived only in writing signed by authorized representatives of the Disclosing Party and the Receiving Party, and only as to the particular Confidential Information and to a particular use or disclosure stated in the writing. Any such waiver will have a one-time effect and will not apply to any subsequent situation regardless of its similarity. All Confidential Information will remain the property of the Disclosing Party. Upon request of the Disclosing Party or termination of this Agreement, the Receiving Party will promptly return to the Disclosing Party all Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party, and each and every part, reproduction and copy of any thereof and each and every narrative, synopsis, summary, note, writing and media containing, embodying, evidencing or describing any part. This Article X and the obligations hereunder, shall survive termination of the Agreement to the later of: (a) ten (10) years from the date of termination of the Agreement, or (b) the date on which any trade secret embodied or knowable from the Confidential Information shall no longer remain a trade secret. For purposes of this Article X, the Technical Information is deemed Confidential Information of the owner of the Technical Information.

ARTICLE XI

Miscellaneous

11.1 Costs. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, each Party will bear all of its own costs relating to this Agreement, including, by way of example and not by way of limitation, the cost of negotiating and entering into this Agreement and the cost of fulfilling all of its obligations under this Agreement.

11.2 Injunction; Specific Performance; Remedies. Each Party hereby agrees that, in the event of any breach by the Party of any of Article II or X, or Sections 6.2.2, 6.2.3, or 6.3.1 or any other breach where such breach may cause irreparable harm to the other Party or where monetary damages may not be sufficient or may not be adequately quantified or effected, such other Party is entitled to obtain temporary and permanent injunctive relief, without posting bond. Each Party shall have remedy of specific performance to enforce this Agreement, in addition to such other remedies that the Party may have at law or in equity. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all remedies are cumulative and non-exclusive of any other remedy a Party may have at law or in equity.

 

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11.3 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is found· by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with any controlling law: (a) such provision will be separated from this Agreement; (b) such invalidity, illegality, unenforceability or conflict will not affect any other provision hereof; and (c) this Agreement will be interpreted and construed as if such provision, to the extent the same will have been held invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict had never been contained herein. In the event the legality of any provision of this Agreement is brought into question because of a decision by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction of any country in which this Agreement applies, the Parties may agree to revise the provision in question or may delete it entirely so as to comply with the decision of the court or other tribunal and so as to most closely comply with the intent of this Agreement prior to the revision or deletion of the provision in question.

11.4 Waiver. No waiver hereunder may be effective unless specifically made in a writing signed by the waiving Party and specifically describing the waived breach or term or provision. A waiver of any breach or term or provision of this Agreement by either Party shall not be or constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent breach, term or provision, nor shall any such waiver affect the rights of the waiving Party to demand strict compliance with the terms hereof.

11.5 Amendment. Any modification or amendment of this Agreement will be effective only if made in writing and signed by both Parties.

11.6 Relationship of the Parties. Each Party is an independent contractor of the other Party. Under no circumstances will any employees of one Party be deemed the employees of the other Party for any purpose. This Agreement does not create a partnership, joint venture or agency relationship between the Parties of any kind or nature. This Agreement does not create any fiduciary or other obligation between the Parties, except for those obligations expressly and specifically set forth herein. Neither Party will have any right, power, or authority under this Agreement to act as a legal representative of the other Party, and neither Party will have any power to obligate or bind the other Party or to make any representations, express or implied, on behalf of or in the name of the other Party in any manner or for any purpose whatsoever.

11.7 Governing Law; Venue for Suit; Jurisdiction of Court. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder will be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to choice or conflict of laws principles, applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within such state. Each Party irrevocably submits and unconditionally waives any objection to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal or state courts in the State of Texas for purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby, and each Party hereby further waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each Party agrees to provide counsel for the other Party notice, in the manner provided in Section 11.10, of any lawsuit filed under or in connection with this Agreement.

 

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11.8 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended or will be construed to confer upon any person, other than the Parties and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

11.9 Merger and Integration. This Agreement, along with the executed versions of the agreements and instruments attached in the exhibits hereto and specifically referenced herein, constitute the entire understanding between the Parties concerning the subject matter of this Agreement, and supersede any and all prior understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, express or implied, written or oral, between the Parties concerning the subject matter of this Agreement.

11.10 Notices. All notices given by a Party to the other Party will be in writing and by personal delivery or by first class mail, registered or certified, postage prepaid with return receipt requested, addressed to the other party as indicated below:

If to Chen:     Guangren (Gary) Chen

 

  

 

     
  

 

     
  

 

     

with copy to

Donald R. Taylor

Taylor Dunham, LLP

301 Congress Avenue, Suite 1050

Austin, Texas 78701

and

Robert M. Eddy

2716 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 2028

Santa Monica, CA 90405

If to HTL:     Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.

Mark Hilz, President and CEO

5712 Colleyville Boulevard, Suite 229

Colleyville, Texas 76034

with a copy to

H. Dale Langley, Jr.

The Law Firm of H. Dale Langley, Jr., PC

1803 West Avenue

Austin, Texas 78701

 

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or to such other address as a Party may hereafter designate to the other in writing pursuant to this Section 11.11. A notice under this Agreement will be effective on the date of personal delivery or three (3) days after deposit in the U.S. mail.

11.11 Construction. All of the terms and conditions of this Agreement are the result of arms-length negotiation among the Parties, each of which has had opportunity and has obtained the advice of legal counsel. Any principle of contract interpretation construing a contract or provision against the drafter will not apply to this Agreement or any provision, it being agreed that the Parties have equally participated in the preparation and negotiation hereof and of all provisions.

11.12 Assignment; Successors and Assigns. Except as provided in this Section 11.12, or as otherwise provided in this Agreement (which assignment shall require the assumption of all of HTL’s obligations hereunder), a Party shall not assign this Agreement or any right or interest under this Agreement, nor delegate any work or obligation to be performed under this Agreement (an “assignment”), without the other Party’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, (i) HTL and its Affiliates may at any time assign this Agreement in its entirety (but not otherwise) to any person who succeeds to a controlling equity interest of HTL by sale, merger, or reorganization or who purchases substantially-all of the assets of HTL which are subject of this Agreement, but only if such successor or purchaser is a publicly traded company having a market capitalization of at least $50,000,000.00, or tangible assets exceeding liabilities of at least $10,000,000.00 and assumes the obligations of its assignor hereunder; (ii) subject to Chen’s first lien rights, which shall be affirmatively disclosed to any financial institution, and such first lien rights shall be maintained, HTL and its Affiliates may pledge or collaterally assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any financial institution; (iii) HTL and its Affiliates may at any time transfer rights to use the Covered Technology to Customers or to Consultants to HTL involved in research, development, testing or marketing of MyoVista; and (iv) a Party may assign or otherwise transfer any right or obligation of this Agreement to an Affiliate of the Party, provided the Party shall remain liable for all its responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement and shall be and remain liable for the conduct and performance of each such assignee or transferee and such Affiliate assumes the obligations of the assigning Party under this Agreement (each a “Permitted Assign”). Subject to the foregoing of this Section 11.12 and the other terms of this Agreement, this Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective heirs, successors and assigns.

11.13 Force Majeure. Neither Party will be liable for any failure or delay in performing its obligations hereunder due to any external cause beyond its reasonable control, including, by way of example and not by way of limitation, fire, accident, acts of the public enemy, war, riot, rebellion, labor dispute, strike, lock-out, labor shortage, labor unrest, insurrection, sabotage, epidemic, transportation delay, shortage of raw materials, supplies, energy, components or machinery, an act of God or government or the judiciary, or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the non-performing or late-performing Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this section excuses a failure or delay to perform payment or other monetary obligations.

 

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11.14 Further Acts. Each Party will, at any time and from time to time during and after the Term of this Agreement upon the request of the other Party, take all such further actions and execute and deliver all such further instruments, papers or documents, as may be necessary or appropriate to consummate and implement fully the transactions contemplated herein, and otherwise to effectuate the stated purposes and intents of this Agreement.

11.15 Counterparts; Facsimiles and Scans. This Agreement and exhibits thereto may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. Facsimiles and electronic scans containing original signatures will be deemed for all purposes to be originally-signed copies of the documents which are the subject of such facsimiles or scans.

11.16 Attorneys’ Fees. In any action or proceeding between the Parties hereunder, the prevailing Party will be entitled to recover all fees, costs and other expenses (including, without limitation, the reasonable expenses of its attorneys) incurred in addition to any other relief to which it may be entitled.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties by their duly authorized representatives have entered into this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

CHEN:

/s/ Guangren Chen

Guangren “Gary” Chen
HTL:
Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Mark Hilz

Name:   Mark Hilz
Its:   Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 10.2

FIRST AMENDMENT OF 2013 TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT OF 2013 TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made and entered into as of the 13 day of March, 2017 (the “Effective Date”) by and between GUANGREN “GARY” CHEN, an individual U.S. citizen residing at Shanghai China (“Chen”) and HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC., a Texas corporation having its principal place of business at 1301 Solana Boulevard, Suite 1527, Westlake, Texas 76262 (“HTL”). Chen and HTL are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and, collectively, as the “Parties.”

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Chen and HTL are parties to that certain 2013 Technology Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2013 (the “Technology Agreement”);

WHEREAS, HTL requires Chen’s signature to documents for patent applications and patents heretofore or presently filed, or to be filed in the future, by HTL, naming Chen as an inventor, and Chen acknowledges his obligation as provided in Section 3 of that certain Master Assignment dated January 1, 2014, between the Parties, to cooperate with HTL by executing, delivering and recording such instruments, documents, and evidence, and taking any and all such other action as HTL may reasonably request;

WHEREAS, Chen desires to sign documents, including declaration and assignment documents, for patent applications and patents filed by HTL naming Chen as an inventor;

WHEREAS, Chen desires to be indemnified for his inventive activities and for being named as an inventor on the patent applications and patents; and

WHEREAS, subject to Chen’s execution of patent documents, HTL desires to extend the indemnity of Chen in the Technology Agreement to include indemnity for Chen’s inventive activities and being so named as an inventor.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and agreements herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the Parties, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein and defined in the Technology Agreement shall have the meanings given those terms in the Technology Agreement.

2. Amendment to ARTICLE VIII, Indemnification; Releases. Section 8.1.1 of the Technology Agreement is hereby superseded and amended to read as follows:

8.1.1 HTL will, to the fullest extent allowed by Texas law, indemnify, defend and hold harmless Chen, from and against any and all Losses, resulting or arising (i) from acts of omission or commission committed by Chen in his capacity as an officer or director of HTL prior to the Effective Date; (ii) Chen’s inventive activities undertaken to conceive, reduce to practice, develop, or commercialize the Covered Technology for HTL; or (iii) from or relating to Chen’s execution


of patent documents requested by HTL as a result of Chen being named as an inventor on any existing or future patent applications or patents for the Covered Technology, provided Chen shall comply with the requirements imposed upon inventors by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in his declarations and attestation to documents presented him by HTL (referred to herein as “Indemnified Events”). For purposes of this Section 8.1, the “Loss” or “Losses” means and includes any and every liability, demand, claim, suit, expense, attorneys’ fees, or other damage, loss or cost suffered or incurred by Chen.

3. No Other Amendment. Except for the amendment expressly set forth herein, the Technology Agreement shall not be amended or modified in any manner. The terms of the Technology Agreement not otherwise affected by this amendment shall continue to apply and shall equally apply to and are incorporated in this Amendment.

4. Counterparts; Facsimiles and Scans. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. Facsimiles and electronic scans containing original signatures will be deemed for all purposes to be originally-signed copies of the documents which are the subject of such facsimiles or scans.

5. Perfection of Dr. Chen’s Security Interest. HTL acknowledges Dr. Chen’s security interest in the subject patents and patent applications and agrees to execute UCC-1 financing statements as needed to particularly identify such assets and assist Dr. Chen in perfecting his security interest in them.

6. Mutual Agreement. Each party agrees that, except for the declaration and assignment documents presently requested to be signed by Chen, which documents shall be signed as a condition to this Amendment, the party will sign such documents as the other party reasonably requests as provided in the Technology Agreement and related documents and return the executed documents within 21 days of the request. For the avoidance of doubt, the return of documents within such period shall include all security related documents, as well as declaration and assignment and other documents related to patent applications and patents.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties by their duly authorized representatives have entered into this Amendment as of the Effective Date.

 

CHEN:

/s/ Guangren Chen

Guangren “Gary” Chen
HTL:
Heart Test Labor
By:  

/s/ Mark Hilz

Name:   Mark Hilz
Its:   Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 10.3

Master Assignment

This Assignment (“Assignment”) dated January 1, 2014, (“Effective Date”), is by GUANGREN “GARY” CHEN, an individual U.S. citizen, (“Grantor”) and HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC., a Texas corporation having its principal place of business at 5712 Colleyville Blvd., Suite 229, Colleyville, Texas 76034 (“Grantee”).

This Assignment is given and made pursuant to that certain 2013 Technology Agreement, dated December 31, 2013, between Grantor and Grantee. Pursuant to the 2013 Technology Agreement, Grantor and Grantee enter into a certain Security Agreement and Pledge dated January __, 2014, covering the Assigned Assets (defined below).

For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and agreed by Grantor, Grantor agrees as follows —

1. Capitalized terms used in this Assignment and not otherwise defined in this Assignment shall have the respective meanings given such terms in the Technology Agreement.

2. Grantor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys, and sets over to Grantee the following rights and assets, consistent with the 2013 Technology Agreement (collectively, the “Assigned Assets”), subject to the lien, security interest, pledge, and terms of the 2013 Technology Agreement and Security Agreement and Pledge:

(a) the Covered Technology, defined in the 2013 Technology Agreement as the MyoVista Device, MyoVista Hardware, MyoVista Software, and Technical Information, including MyoVista Updates and related Documentation;

(b) the Intellectual Property Rights, as defined in the 2013 Technology Agreement and described on Exhibit A-1 (Patents and Patent Applications) and Exhibit A-2 (Non-Patent IP Inventory) and the marks listed on Schedule A hereto; and

(c) all rights to sue or make any claims for any past, present or future infringement, misappropriation or unauthorized use of any of the Covered Technology and Intellectual Property Rights therein; and all rights to all income, royalties, damages, and other payments from Third Parties that are now or may hereafter, become due or payable with respect to the Covered Technology and Intellectual Property Rights therein, including damages and other amounts for past, present or future infringement, misappropriation or unauthorized use thereof and subject to the terms of the 2013 Technology Agreement and exhibits thereto.

3. Grantor agrees to cooperate with Grantee by executing, delivering and recording such instruments, documents, and evidence, and taking any and all such other and further actions, as Grantee may reasonably request, to more effectively evidence or confirm this assignment to Grantee under this assignment.

4. In furtherance of the transactions contemplated under this Assignment, and as further evidence thereof, Grantor shall execute each attached exhibit hereto and incorporated herein, as follows:


a. Patent Assignment (Exhibit A); and

b. Assignment of Marks (Exhibit C).

Notwithstanding the execution and delivery of the foregoing documents of the exhibits, the assignments via this agreement are, and shall be construed and interpreted, as fully and completely consummated and effected for all purposes upon the execution and delivery of this instrument subject to the terms of the Technology Agreement. Grantee or its designee may file or record subject to Chen’s lien rights any of the exhibits hereto as evidence of the transactions hereunder, in all applicable jurisdictions and records of those jurisdictions.

5. In the event that any provision or portion of this Assignment is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the remaining provisions or portions thereof will remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and will be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purpose and intent of the parties.

6. The governing law provisions of section 11.7 of the 2013 Technology Agreement control this Assignment and are incorporated by reference as if set forth here.

 

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In Witness Whereof, Grantor and Grantee execute this Assignment as of Effective Date.

 

GRANTOR:     
Guangren “Gary” Chen      Witnessed by:
/s/ Robert Eddy for Guangren Chen     

as attorney in fact 3/14/14

    

 

Guangren “Gary” Chen      Name:                                                                                                         
GRANTEE:     
Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.      Witnessed by:

/s/_Mark Hilz

    

 

Name: Mark T. Hilz                                                                                          Name:                                                                                                         
Its: CEO                                                                                                                

Exhibit 10.4

SECURITY AGREEMENT AND PLEDGE

THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT AND PLEDGE (this “Security Agreemenf1 dated as of March 14, 2014, is entered into by and between HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC., a Texas corporation (“HTL”), having its principal place of business at 5712 Colleyville Blvd., Suite 229, Colleyville, Texas 76034, and GUANGREN “GARY” CHEN, an individual U.S. citizen (“Chen”).

RECITALS:

A. HTL is exclusive licensee (or owner upon occurrence of certain events) of certain property or rights, as more particularly described in the 2013 Technology Agreement attached hereto and incorporated herein (collectively, the “Property Rights”). HTL is obligated to Chen under two Promissory Notes in the amounts of $448,000.00 and $700,000.00 and to pay $3,000,000.00 in Royalties to Chen pursuant to the 2013 Technology Agreement.

Secured Obligation:

 

  (i)

the 448K Note (Ex. B-1);

 

  (ii)

the 700K Note (Ex. B-3); and

 

  (iii)

right to receive 3MM aggregate Royalty Payments under paragraph 3.1.4 of the 2013 Technology Agreement.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, HTL hereby agree as follows:

1. Defined Terms and Related Matters. Unless otherwise defined herein or in the 2013 Technology Agreement, the terms defined in Articles 8 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as currently in effect in the State of Texas are used herein as therein defined.

2. Pledge and Security Interest. HTL grants to Chen a security interest in the Property Rights and other collateral of HTL listed in Exhibit A attached hereto.

3. Security for Obligations. This Security Agreement secures the full performance of the following “Obligations”:

 

  (i)

payment of the 448K Note;

 

  (ii)

payment of the 700K Note; and

 

  (iii)

payment of the 3MM aggregate Royalty Payments described in Paragraph 3.1.4 of the 2013 Technology Agreement.

4. Designation of Chen as Lienholder on Title Documents. Upon Chen’s request, HTL shall add Chen’s name as a lienholder on any title documents or loan documents which refer to any part of the Property Rights and shall execute UCC 1 for filing.

5. Further Assurances. Upon Chen’s reasonable request, HTL agrees that, from time to time, HTL will promptly execute and deliver further instruments and documents, and take further action, that may be reasonably required by Chen in order to perfect and evidence the Security Interest or to enable Chen to exercise and enforce his rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Property Rights.


6. Events of Default.

(a) Subject to the notice and opportunity to cure rights of HTL hereunder, the occurrence, and only during the pendency, of any of the following default or breach events shall constitute an event of default (“Event of Default’) hereunder:

 

  (ii)

failure to pay the 448K note or the 700K note or the 3MM aggregate Royalties;

 

  (iii)

if HTL defaults in the performance of or compliance with any other obligation or term of this Security Agreement following the notice and opportunity to cure provisions provided herein; or

(a) if HTL makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or becomes subject to direct control of a trustee, receiver or similar authority, or becomes subject to any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding under federal, state or foreign statutes which is not rescinded or dismissed within ninety (90) days.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision in this Security Agreement to the contrary, on the occurrence of any default or breach pursuant to any of Section 6(a)(i)-(iii) hereunder, Chen shall, prior to and without taking any remedial action as set forth herein, deliver written notice specifically stating the default or breach claimed (“Default Notice”) and HTL shall have thirty (30) days thereafter to cure the default or breach specified in the Default Notice. If the default or breach is cured within such thirty (30) day cure period, there shall be no Event of Default under this Security Agreement. In the event HTL fail to cure any breach, default or conditions specified in the notice, or fails to cure the breach or default within such thirty (30) day period after the Default Notice, then Chen shall have the right to declare an Event of Default under this Security Agreement and exercise its remedies set forth herein.

7. Remedies upon Default. If any Event of Default shall have occurred:

(a) Chen may, without notice to HTL, except as required by law and at any time or from time to time, charge, set-off and otherwise apply all or any part of the Property Rights and other collateral against the Obligations. Chen may also exercise in respect of the Property Rights, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party on default under the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of Texas at that time (the “Code”), and Chen may also, without notice except as specified below, sell the Property Rights or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any exchange, broker’s board or at any of Chen’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such other terms as Chen may deem commercially reasonable. HTL agree that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days’ notice to HTL of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. Chen shall not be obligated to make any sale of Property Rights regardless of notice of sale having been given. Chen may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned.

 

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(b) Chen may exercise any and all rights of conversion, exchange, subscription or any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to any of the Property Rights including, but not limited to, or upon the exercise by Pledgor or Chen of any right, privilege or option pertaining to any of the Property Rights in connection therewith, to deposit and deliver such Property Rights with any committee, depository, transfer agent, registrar or other agency upon such terms as Chen may determine, all without liability except to account for property actually received by it.

(c) Chen may exercise in respect of the Property Rights, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party on default under the Code in effect in the State of Texas at that time.

8. Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Security Agreement nor consent to any departure by HTL herefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

9. Addresses for Notices. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including email or telegraphic communication) and mailed via registered or certified mail or faxed or emailed as follows:

 

If to HTL:    Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.
   5712 Colleyville Blvd., Suite 229
   Colleyville, Texas 76034
With a Copy to:    H. Dale Langley
   The Law Firm of H. Dale Langley, Jr., PC
   1803 West Avenue
   Austin, Texas 78701
If to Chen:    Gary Chen
   c/o Donald R. Taylor
   Taylor Dunham, LLP
   301 Congress Ave., Suite 1050
   Austin, Texas 78701
With a Copy to:    Robert M. Eddy
   2716 Ocean Park Blvd Suite 2028
   Santa Monica, CA 90405

 

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or as to either party at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other party complying as to delivery with the terms of this section.

10. Consent to UCC-1 Filing. HTL consents to Chen filing a Form UCC-1 Financing Statement identifying the assets listed on Exhibit A.

11. Release of Security Interest. The Security Interest, and all filings made by Chen to perfect the Security Interest, shall be released and terminated upon satisfaction of all the obligations in section A. Chen agrees to promptly and diligently execute and deliver to HTL any and all such instruments and documents, and take such further action, to release and terminate the Security Interest as provided in this Security Agreement.

12. Severability. Should any clause, sentence, paragraph, subsection or section of this Security Agreement be judicially declared to be invalid, unenforceable or void, such decision will not have the effect of invalidating or voiding the remainder of this Security Agreement, and the parties hereto agree that the part or parts of this Security Agreement so held to be invalid, unenforceable or void will be deemed to have been replaced with a revised provision as similar thereto as to render such provision valid and enforceable.

13. Captions. The Captions in this Security Agreement have been inserted for convenience only and shall be given no substantive meaning or significance whatever in construing the terms and provisions of this Security Agreement.

14. No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of Chen to exercise, and no delay in exercising any right hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

15. Execution in Counterparts. This Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same agreement.

16. Governing Law; Venue. This Security Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws, and not the law of conflicts, of the State of Texas. HTL and Chen each irrevocably submits and unconditionally waives any objection to the exclusive jurisdiction, including personal jurisdiction, and venue of the District Courts of Travis County, Texas, and of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas [Austin Division] for purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Security Agreement or any subject matter hereof, and each hereby further waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, HTL has caused this Security Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

HTL:
HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Mark Hilz

Name:  

Mark Hilz

Its:  

CEO

CHEN:
Gary Chen
  /s/ Robert Eddy
  for Guangren Chen as attorney in fact
By:  

3/14/14

  Gary Chen

 

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Exhibit 10.5

EVALUATION, OPTION AND LICENSE AGREEMENT

between

THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW

and

HEART TEST LABORATORIES

 

LOGO

Dated:

Ref: UOF00l.02173


EVALUATION, OPTION AND LICENCE AGREEMENT

between

THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, incorporated under the Universities (Scotland) Act 1889 and having its principal office at University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, a registered Scottish charity in terms of Section 13 (2) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (Charity Number SC004401 Charity Name “University of Glasgow Court”) (the University); and

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, incorporated under the laws of Texas, United States with registration number 800859060 and having its registered office at 9 Village Circle, Suite 527, Westlake, TX 76262, USA (the Company).

WHEREAS

 

(A)

The University has developed the Technology.

 

(B)

The Company wishes to evaluate the Technology and thereafter, if the evaluation is successful, to be granted a licence to commercially exploit the Technology and the University has agreed to consider the granting of such a licence to the Company on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement.

THE PARTIES AGREE as follows:

 

1.

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

1.1.

In this Agreement (including the recitals) unless the context otherwise requires the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:

Agreement means this agreement and any amendments to it;

Commencement Date means the date of execution of this Agreement by the University;

Evaluation Fee means the non-refundable sum of Fifteen Thousand US Dollars ($15,000 USD);

Evaluation Period means the period commencing on the Commencement Date and expiring on the earlier of the six (6) month anniversary of the Commencement Date and the Option Exercise Date;

Evaluation Rights means the rights granted by the University to the Company under Clause 3;

Initial Licence Period means the period of five (5) years commencing on the Option Exercise Date;


Intellectual Property Rights means any and all patents, copyright, registered designs, design rights, registered and unregistered trade marks, database rights, know how and any other intellectual property rights anywhere in the world relating to the Program including any and all applications for such rights and the right to make such applications;

Know How means all information and data relating to the use of the Program which the University is free to disclose and is in the University’s possession including technical knowledge and documentation relating to the use and development of the Program but excluding the source code;

Option has the meaning given to it in Clause 4.1;

Option Exercise Date means the date upon which the University acknowledges in writing the Company’s written notice exercising the Option pursuant to Clause 4.2.1;

Product means any product in which the Program is incorporated which is capable of displaying, analysing, interpreting and/or transmitting electrocardiograms whether the product was designed for that purpose or otherwise but excluding products which are intended to be used as a centralised facility at a single location for receiving and processing electrocardiogram data from one or more electrocardiogram signal collecting devices;

Program means a collection of software modules developed by the University, to be supplied to the Company as a library for an Android platform running on a BCM AR6MXQ processor, for analysis of resting twelve (12) lead electrocardiograms, including software for (i) signal processing including calculation of average/median beats and 12 -lead ECG measurements; (ii) diagnostic interpretation of electrocardiograms from individuals of all ages; and (iii) analysis of cardiac rhythm;

Schedule means the schedule in three (3) parts annexed to and which is deemed to form part of this Agreement;

Sub-Licensed Products means Products manufactured, assembled, marketed, distributed, sold or otherwise disposed of by a Sub-Licensee;

Sub-Licensee means a person, company or organisation to whom the Company has granted a sub-licence of rights licensed to it in accordance with this Agreement and Sub-Licensees shall be construed accordingly;

Technology means the Program and the Know How as well as all and any Intellectual Property Rights in or related to any of the foregoing; and

Territory means the world.

 

1.2.

In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

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  1.2.1.

references to Clauses are references to the relevant clauses of this Agreement;

 

  1.2.2.

the Schedule shall form part of this Agreement;

 

  1.2.3.

references in this Agreement to the word include or including are to be construed without limitation to the generality of the preceding words;

 

  1.2.4.

the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine and neuter and vice versa and the singular shall be deemed to include references in the plural and vice versa; and

 

  1.2.5.

the Clause headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

2.

COMMENCEMENT AND DURATION OF THE AGREEMENT

 

2.1.

This Agreement will commence on the Commencement Date and subject to earlier termination under Clause 16 (Termination) or Clause 18 (Force Majeure), will continue in full force and effect until expiry of the Evaluation Period. If the Company exercises the Option in accordance with Clause 4, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect for the Initial Licence Period and thereafter shall automatically renew for additional five (5) year terms unless and until (i) termination under Clause 16 (Termination) or Clause 18 (Force Majeure); or (ii) either the University or the Company gives the other written notice of non-renewal no later than nine (9) months prior to expiration of the Initial Licence Period or any renewal term of this Agreement.

 

3.

GRANT OF EVALUATION RIGHTS

 

3.1.

Following receipt of the Evaluation Fee in cleared funds, and subject to Clause 3.2, the University will supply a copy of the Program to the Company. During the Evaluation Period, the Company may use the Program to carry out an assessment of its suitability, functionality and interoperability. This assessment is solely to enable the Company to determine whether the Program can be incorporated into a product or products to be manufactured and marketed by the Company that are capable of displaying, analysing, interpreting and/or transmitting electrocardiograms (the Purpose).

 

3.2.

The Company will not use the Program during the Evaluation Period for any purpose other than the Purpose and, in particular, will not, during the Evaluation Period, sell, supply, deliver or make available to any third party, market, or use to supply services, the Program or any products which include or utilise the Program, other than for testing (excluding any testing on patients), evaluation and/or regulatory purposes.

 

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4.

OPTION TO OBTAIN A FULL LICENCE

 

4.1.

The Company shall have the option exercisable in accordance with and subject to Clause 4.2 to receive a full licence for the Technology (on the terms set out in Clause 5) (the Option).

 

4.2.

The Option may be exercised by the Company by serving written notice on the University in the form set out in Part 3 of the Schedule at any time during the Evaluation Period following successful compatibility testing with the Program delivered to it under Clause 3.1. Following receipt of such written notice, the University will either:

 

  4.2.1.

sign and return such written notice to the Company, in which case the Option shall be deemed to have been exercised; or

 

  4.2.2.

where the sale of a Product by the Company would, in the reasonable opinion of the University, cause the University to be in breach of relevant regulatory requirements, notify the Company in writing that the Option is no longer effective, in which case this Agreement will terminate on the date of such notice from the University to the Company.

The Company shall have no rights in or to the Technology, save as set out in Clause 3, unless and until its exercise of the Option has been accepted by the University in accordance with Clause 4.2.1.

 

4.3.

If the Company elects in written notice served on the University not to exercise the Option (a Notice of Non-Election) or fails to exercise the Option in accordance with Clause 4.2 prior to the date six (6) months following the Commencement Date, then the Option shall lapse and Agreement will terminate on such date or the date of the University’s receipt of the Notice of Non-Election, whichever is the earlier.

 

4.4.

On termination of this Agreement pursuant to Clause 4.2.2 or 4.3, the Company will ensure that the copy of the Program delivered to it pursuant to Clause 3 and all copies thereof are destroyed and shall certify to the University in writing that this has been done, all within seven (7) days following the date of termination

 

5.

GRANT OF FULL RIGHTS

 

5.1.

With effect only following exercise of the Option by the Company and acceptance by the University in accordance with Clause 4.2.1, the University hereby grants to the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, a non-exclusive royalty-bearing licence in the Territory under the Technology to manufacture, assemble, market, distribute, sell, offer to sell, import or otherwise dispose of Products. The licence granted by the University to the Company under this Clause does not extend to a grant of any rights to the Company to develop, adapt or make improvements to the Technology.

 

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5.2.

Subject to Clause 6, the Company shall have the right to grant to any third party (save for a third party which is or becomes involved in the manufacture, supply or which otherwise promotes the use of any form of tobacco product or which is or becomes affiliated to any other company or organisation that does so), a non-exclusive and non-transferable sub-licence in the Territory of the rights licensed to the Company pursuant to Clause 5.1 whether to enable the Sub-Licensee to manufacture, assemble, market, distribute, sell or otherwise dispose of Products in the Territory on its own behalf or on behalf of the Company.

 

5.3.

The Company will, and will ensure that each Sub-Licensee will, take all reasonable steps and technological measures to prevent unauthorised use or copying of the Program whether by customers or otherwise and to ensure that each copy of the Program issued by or on behalf of the Company or its Sub-Licensees may only be used by or in conjunction with the Product for which it has been licensed.

 

6.

SUB-LICENSING OF RIGHTS

 

6.1.

The granting by the Company of any sub-licences pursuant to Clause 5.2 shall be upon terms that specifically protect the University’s proprietary and other rights in the Technology. The Company shall ensure that the scope of any licence granted to a Sub-Licensee does not exceed the scope of the licence granted to the Company under this Agreement.

 

6.2.

Any sub-licences granted by the Company pursuant to Clause 5.2 shall be recorded in writing and shall include the additional terms and conditions referred to in Part One of the Schedule.

 

6.3.

The Company shall send to the University a certified copy of all agreements entered into by the Company from time to time with Sub-Licensees and all amendments or variations thereto in each case within fourteen (14) days of the date of execution of such agreements, amendments or variations by the Company.

 

6.4.

The University shall treat as secret and confidential all certified copies received pursuant to Clause 6.3 and shall not disclose any such agreements, amendments or variations, or any information contained therein to any third party without the prior written consent of the Company.

 

6.5.

The Company shall promptly inform the University of any persistent or material breach by any Sub-Licensee of the terms of any sub-licence agreement with the Company and agrees to enforce the terms of all such sub-licence agreements for the benefit of the University.

 

6.6.

The Company shall make available to any Sub-Licensee all necessary information, data, knowledge and documentation in respect of the Technology in its possession which the Sub-Licensee reasonably requires for the purpose of incorporating the Program into products in accordance with the terms of the licence granted to the Company hereunder.

 

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6.7.

The Company shall indemnify the University and keep the University indemnified against any and all costs, losses, charges or expenses of whatever kind or description suffered or incurred by the University as a consequence of any proceedings commenced by any Sub-Licensee against the University.

 

7.

COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS

 

7.1.

The Company acknowledges that it shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining at its expense all necessary government and other regulatory approvals that may be required anywhere in the world in relation to the Company’s use of the Technology and the University hereby delegates to the Company (and the Company hereby accepts) all responsibility for compliance with any applicable legislation in respect of its use of the Technology. The Company further undertakes that no sales or disposals of Products including any Sub-Licensees’ Products shall take place unless all necessary government and other regulatory approvals have been obtained and remain in full force and effect.

 

8.

CONSIDERATION AND ROYALTIES

 

8.1.

In consideration of the grant of the Evaluation Rights and the Option by the University, the Company shall pay to the University the Evaluation Fee on or promptly following the Commencement Date.

 

8.2.

In consideration of the grant of the licence under Clause 5, the Company shall pay to the University, subject to Clauses 8.5 to 8.8 (inclusive), a licence fee for each Product sold or otherwise supplied or disposed of for consideration by the Company and its Sub-Licensees in each year (being the twelve (12) month period commencing on the Option Exercise Date and each anniversary thereof) as follows:

 

Number of Products sold per year

   Royalty Payable per Product sold (USD $)  

1 – 250

     125  

251 – 500

     115  

501 – 750

     105  

751 – 1,000

     95  

1,001 – 1,500

     85  

1,501 – 2,000

     75  

 

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Number of Products sold per year

   Royalty Payable per Product sold (USD $)  

2,00l – 3,000

     65  

3,001 – 4,000

     55  

4,001 – 5,000

     45  

5,001 – 7,500

     35  

> 7,501

     25  

So, by way of example only, if in one year the total number of Products sold by the Company or its Sub-Licensees is 1,000, the royalty due under this Clause 8.2 shall be $110,000 for that year (i.e. 250 x $125 + 250 x $115 + 250 x $105 + 250 x $95).

 

8.3.

The parties agree that the Company and its Sub-Licencees may loan or otherwise make the Product available free of charge on a short-term basis to potential customers strictly for the purposes of promoting a sale (i e. by allowing customers the opportunity to evaluate whether the Product is fit for their required purposes). In those circumstances only, the licence fees set out in Clause 8.2 shall not be payable.

 

8.4.

Notwithstanding Clause 8.2, the parties agree that the Company will pay to the University minimum twelve (12) monthly licence fees in advance as follows:

 

Date Payable

   Minimum royalty payable (USD $)  

Year l

  

On or promptly following the Option Exercise Date

     25,000 (less the Evaluation Fee)  

Date six (6) months following the Option Exercise Date

     0  

Year 2

  

First anniversary of the Option Exercise Date

     12,500  

Date six (6) months following the first anniversary of the Option Exercise Date

     12.500  

Year 3

  

Second anniversary of the Option Exercise Date

     15,000  

 

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Date six (6) months following the second anniversary of the Option Exercise Date

     15,000  

Year 4

  

Third anniversary of the Option Exercise Date

     17,500  

Date six (6) months following the third anniversary of the Option Exercise Date

     17,500  

Year 5 and each subsequent year of this Agreement

  

Fourth anniversary of the Option Exercise Date (and every year thereafter during the term of this Agreement)

     20,000  

Date six (6) months following the fourth anniversary of the Option Exercise Date (and every year thereafter during the term of this Agreement)

     20,000  

 

8.5.

If , at the end of any twelve (12) month period following the Option Exercise Date , the amount payable by the Company under Clause 8.2 in respect of that twelve (12) month period is greater than the amount actually paid to the University by the Company under Clause 8.4 in respect of that twelve (12) month period (which in the case of the first twelve (12) month period shall be deemed to include payment by the Company of the Evaluation Fee) , the Company shall pay to the University the difference between the amount due under Clause 8.2 and the amount paid under Clause 8.4. Such payment, if due, will be made by the Company within thirty (30) days following the end of the relevant twelve (12) month period and shall be accompanied by a written statement showing the total quantity of Products (together with details of the relevant batch codes, serial numbers and dates of despatch) sold, supplied or disposed of by the Company and any Sub-Licensees during the relevant twelve (12) month period.

 

8.6.

The royalty rate set out in Clause 8.2 and each minimum twelve (12) monthly licence fee set out in the table in Clause 8.4 shall be increased on the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Option Exercise Date and each anniversary thereafter by an amount equal to three per cent (3%) of the then current royalty rates or relevant minimum twelve (12) monthly licence fee (as the case may be) (providing that any such changes shall not have retrospective effect).

 

8.7.

Without prejudice to any other rights accruing to the University, if any amounts payable by the Company to the University under this Agreement remain unpaid on the due date for payment, interest at the rate of four per cent (4%) per annum above the base rate from time to time of the Clydesdale Bank plc shall be payable by the Company on such amounts from the due date for payment until the date of actual payment in full of such amounts.

 

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8.8.

All amounts payable by the Company under this Agreement:

 

  8.8.1.

are exclusive of any VAT or other applicable taxes or duties which shall be paid (if applicable) by the Company at the appropriate rate, subject to receipt of an appropriate VAT invoice;

 

  8.8.2.

shall be paid in full without any set-off, deduction or withholding other than such amount (if any) as the Company is required by law to deduct or withhold, and if the Company is required by law to make any such deduction or withholding, the Company shall, when making the payment to which the withholding or deduction relates, pay to the University such additional amount as will ensure that the University receives the same total amount that it would have received if no such withholding or deduction had been required; and

 

  8.8.3.

shall be invoiced by the University, and paid in cleared funds by the Company, in US Dollars to the credit of the University bank account designated in Part Two of the Schedule annexed hereto (or such other account as the University may notify to the Company for this purpose).

 

9.

COMPANY’S FURTHER OBLIGATIONS

 

9.1.

The Company shall provide the University with a written copy of the Company’s calculation of the annual reconciliation to be calculated in accordance with Clause 8.5 within thirty (30) days following the end of each twelve (12) month period whether payment is due or not.

 

9.2.

The Company shall, and (where applicable) shall procure that all Sub-Licensees shall, during the period of this Agreement and for a period of six (6) years following termination or expiry of this Agreement, keep and maintain true and accurate accounts and records of all sales and other disposals of Products by the Company or any Sub-Licensees (as the case may be). The Company shall, and shall procure that all Sub-Licensees shall, retain copies of all relevant invoices for the sale or supply of Products for a period of six (6) years from the last day of the Quarter in which the invoice was issued.

 

9.3.

The Company shall, with effect from the date falling twelve (12) months following the Option Exercise Date, provide the University with a written report on an annual basis setting out details of (i) all sales and other disposals of Products by the Company or any Sub-Licensees, and (ii) each reseller, distributor or other third party (other than end users of Products) to whom the Company has sold, supplied or disposed of Products, during the relevant twelve (12) month period.

 

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9.4.

The accounts and records referred to in Clause 9.2 shall show in sufficient detail all facts necessary for the accurate calculation of any amounts payable by the Company under this Agreement.

 

9.5.

For the purpose of verifying that the amounts paid to the University have been correctly calculated in accordance with Clause 8, the Company shall permit and shall procure that any Sub-Licensees shall permit the University and its accountants or other professional persons appointed by the University upon reasonable notice to inspect any relevant accounts, records and invoices referred to in Clause 9.2.

 

9.6.

If it is established as a result of any inspection undertaken pursuant to Clause 9.5 that any amount paid to the University in respect of any twelve (12) month period is less than the amount which was properly payable under this Agreement in respect of that twelve (12) month period, the Company shall within seven (7) days of the date upon which the shortfall is notified to it, pay the shortfall to the University.

 

9.7.

The costs of any inspection under Clause 9.5 shall be borne by the University unless such inspection reveals an error in the amount paid to the University in respect of any twelve (12) month period of more than five per cent (5%) of the actual amounts paid by the Company in respect of that twelve (12) month period, in which event the reasonable costs of the inspection shall be borne by the Company.

 

9.8.

The provisions of this Clause 9 shall survive termination or expiry of this Agreement for a period of six (6) years or, if earlier, until all outstanding claims for amounts due to the University under this Agreement have been settled to the satisfaction of the Company and the University.

 

10.

OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY

 

10.1.

The University shall, at the Company’s cost, provide such reasonable assistance as the Company may require for a period of three (3) months following the Option Exercise Date in order to fulfil its obligations pursuant to Clause 7. I of this Agreement.

 

11.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

 

11.1.

The Company acknowledges that the Technology belongs to the University and that the Company shall not, by virtue of this Agreement or otherwise, acquire any right, title or interest in or to the Technology other than as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

11.2.

If the Company becomes aware of any actual, threatened, suspected or alleged infringement or any unauthorised use of the Technology by any third party, the Company shall as soon as reasonably practicable provide details of any such actual, threatened, suspected or alleged infringement or unauthorised use of the Technology to the University. The Company shall, at the request and expense of the University, give the University all reasonable assistance to prevent such infringement and/or unauthorised use, and/or to commence infringement or other proceedings in relation thereto.

 

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11.3.

The Company will not, and will ensure that each Sub-Licensee does not, copy, decompile, disassemble, modify, reverse engineer or make any improvements to the Technology.

 

12.

SALES AND QUALITY

 

12.1.

Following exercise of the Option by the Company and acceptance by the University pursuant to Clause 4.2.1, the Company shall use its reasonable endeavours to exploit the Technology through marketing, distribution and sales or other disposals of Products and shall procure that all Sub-Licensees shall use their respective reasonable endeavours to exploit the Technology through marketing, distribution and sales or other disposals of Products.

 

12.2.

The Company shall ensure that all Products manufactured, assembled, marketed, sold or otherwise disposed of by the Company and/or by Sub-Licensees shall be of good quality and manufactured and assembled to appropriate standards using appropriate materials reasonably available for the purpose and comply with the requirements of any necessary governmental or other approvals.

 

12.3.

The Company undertakes to the University that it shall take all reasonable steps and shall procure that all Sub-Licensees take all reasonable steps to ensure that no fault, failure or defect exists in any Products manufactured, distributed and sold or otherwise disposed of by the Company and/or any Sub-Licensee pursuant to this Agreement.

 

13.

LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY

 

13.1.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement expressly or impliedly to the contrary, the Company and any Sub-Licensee shall, by incorporating the Program into products and by using the Technology and the Intellectual Property Rights in the Technology be deemed to have satisfied itself in every respect as to the suitability and fitness of the Program and the Technology for the use(s) for which they are intended and used. Accordingly no warranty, condition, representation or similar term is given or shall be deemed to be given by or on behalf of the University in respect of the incorporation of the Program and/or the use of the Technology or any Intellectual Property Rights in the Technology in or in relation to the manufacture, use, evaluation, distribution or sale or disposal of any Products pursuant to this Agreement.

 

13.2.

The University hereby excludes all terms, conditions and warranties which, by virtue of statute, common law or otherwise, may, in the absence of this Clause, be implied into this Agreement in respect of the licensing of the Technology and the Intellectual Property Rights in the Technology to the Company and/or the use of the Technology or the Intellectual Property Rights in the Technology in or in relation to the manufacture, use, distribution or sale or disposal of any Products pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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13.3.

Without in any way excluding or limiting any liability that may not by law be excluded or limited (including any liability for death or personal injury caused by its negligence and liability for fraudulent misrepresentation), the University shall not be liable to the Company for any loss, damage or injury to any person or property howsoever caused arising from the incorporation of the Program and/or the use of the Technology or the Intellectual Property Rights in the Technology in or in relation to the manufacture, use, distribution, sale , or disposal of any Products.

 

13.4.

Notwithstanding Clauses 13.1, 13.2 or 13.3, the University hereby expressly excludes any and all liability for any indirect, consequential or special damages or losses, or any loss of profits, loss of revenue, loss of data, loss of contracts or opportunity, whether direct or indirect, which may arise from the incorporation of the Program and/or the use of the Technology or the Intellectual Property Rights in the Technology in or in relation to the manufacture, use, distribution or sale or disposal of any Products pursuant to this Agreement, even if the Company has advised the University of the possibility of those losses , or if they were within the University’s contemplation.

 

13.5.

The Company shall indemnify the University and keep the University indemnified against any and all liabilities , loss, damages and expenses to which the University may become liable as a result of any breach of this Agreement by the Company, or any claim by a Sub-Licensee or a third party arising from the incorporation of the Program and/or the use of the Technology or the Intellectual Property Rights in the Technology in or in relation to the manufacture, use, distribution or sale or disposal of any Products pursuant to this Agreement provided that the University shall, without undue delay, notify the Company in writing of any third party claims of which they (or any one of them) receives notice.

 

13.6.

The Company warrants and undertakes to the University that during such time as it is using. selling, or otherwise making available Products it will effect and shall maintain for the period of this Agreement and thereafter at all times during which it is selling, or otherwise making available Products, insurance at a minimum amount equivalent to Five Million US Dollars (USD $5,000,000) in respect of any one occurrence to cover the loss, liability and damage incurred under this Agreement in respect of each incident or series of connected incidents. The Company shall at any time upon demand produce to the University proof that this insurance has been effected and is in force. If the University becomes aware that the Company has failed to effect and/or maintain the insurance required under this Clause the University may effect and maintain this insurance and the Company shall be bound to reimburse the University for the cost of effecting and maintaining this insurance on demand.

 

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13.7.

Subject to Clauses 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, and 13.4 and insofar as any liability may not be limited or excluded by law, the total liability of the University in respect of any claim or series of related claims, whether in contract, delict or otherwise, arising from the incorporation of the Program and/or the use of the Technology or the Intellectual Property Rights in the Technology in or in relation to the manufacture, use, distribution or sale or disposal of any Products pursuant to this Agreement shall be an amount equal to the sum of money paid by the Company to the University under this Agreement in the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the event that gives rise to the claim (or, where there is a series of related claims, the date of the first such claim).

 

14.

CONFIDENTIALITY

 

14.1.

The Company shall, and shall procure that each Sub-Licensee shall, at all times during the period of this Agreement and thereafter:

 

  14.1.1.

maintain as secret and confidential all Technology and any information relating thereto;

 

  14.1.2.

use the Technology exclusively for the purposes of this Agreement;

 

  14.1.3.

disclose the Technology only to its employees, agents or sub-contractors to whom, and then only to the extent to which, disclosure is reasonably necessary for the purposes of this Agreement; and

 

  14.1.4.

ensure that information is treated as confidential by its employees, agents and sub-contractors.

 

14.2.

The Company may pass on to its customers and may allow any Sub-Licensee to pass on to its customers all information reasonably required in connection with the sale and maintenance of Products.

 

14.3.

The obligations of confidentiality contained in Clause 14.1 shall not apply to any information which a party can show:

 

  14.3.1.

at the Commencement Date is in, or at any time thereafter comes into, the public domain other than by breach of the obligation of confidentiality in Clause 14; or

 

  14.3.2.

was known to that party prior to entering into this Agreement and which is not covered by any obligation of confidentiality or non-use owed by it to the other party to this Agreement or to a third party from whom the information was obtained; or

 

  14.3.3.

is made available to that party during the period of this Agreement or thereafter by a third party without breach of any obligation of confidence: or

 

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  14.3.4.

is required to be disclosed by (i) law (including any information which requires to be disclosed under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004), (ii) any regulatory authority, or (iii) any court of competent jurisdiction.

 

15.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

15.1.

Subject to Clause 15.2, neither party shall make or issue at any time any announcement, press release or other publicity relating to this Agreement or any matter referred to in this Agreement without the prior written approval of the other party as to the form and content of such announcement, press release or other publicity.

 

15.2.

Clause 15.1 shall not apply to:

 

  15.2.1.

any announcement which either party may be required to issue by law or by the rules or regulations of any regulatory or government body provided that, prior to issuing the announcement, that party shall, so far as reasonably practicable, consult with the other party as regards the form and content of the announcement; and

 

  15.2.2.

any statement placed by the University on its website or in any other of its marketing materials to the effect that the Company has obtained a licence of the Program.

 

16.

TERMINATION

 

16.1.

This Agreement may be terminated forthwith by notice in writing from the University to the Company if:

 

  16.1.1.

any amounts payable under this Agreement by the Company are not paid on or before the due date for payment and remain unpaid thirty (30) days after further notice from the University that the due date for payment has passed; or

 

  16.1.2.

the Company is in material breach of or fails to perform or observe any of its obligations under this Agreement and such breach or failure continues for thirty (30)days after notice from the University requiring the Company to rectify such breach or failure; or

 

  16.1.3.

the Company has a receiver, administrative receiver or similar officer appointed in respect of the whole or any substantial part of its assets in any part of the world, or an order is made or a resolution is passed for the winding up of the Company or a petition is presented for the appointment of an administrator or similar officer to the Company; or

 

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  16.1.4.

the Company enters into any form of insolvency proceedings in any part of the world or is unable to pay its debts or certifies that it is unable to pay its debts or the Company makes or enters into any arrangement or compromise with any of its creditors.

 

16.2.

This Agreement may be terminated by the Company forthwith by notice in writing to the University if the University is in material breach of its obligations under this Agreement and such breach or failure continues for thirty (30) days after notice from the Company requiring the University to rectify such breach or failure.

 

16.3.

In the event of a change of control of the Company or sale by the Company of the whole or any part of its business or assets, the University may terminate this Agreement on giving to the Company not less than three (3) months’ notice in writing if such change of control results in the Company becoming involved in or otherwise affiliated with the manufacture, supply or promotion of any form of tobacco product or if the University has reasonable grounds to believe that such change of control has adversely impacted or is likely to adversely impact the name, reputation or business of the University.

 

16.4.

For the purposes of Clause 16.3, a change of control of the Company shall be deemed to have occurred if at any time during the period of this Agreement a company or individual has control of the Company who did not have control of the Company on the date of execution of this Agreement by the Company, and subsections (2) and (4) to (6) of Section 416 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 shall apply for the purpose of determining whether a company or individual has or had control of the Company.

 

16.5.

No compensation or damages shall be payable to the Company if this Agreement is terminated by the University pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

17.

EFFECTS OF TERMINATION

 

17.1.

On termination for whatever reason or expiry of this Agreement:

 

  17.1.1.

the rights licensed to the Company pursuant to this Agreement, and the rights granted to any Sub-Licensee, shall, unless otherwise agreed by the University in writing, terminate on the date of termination or expiry of this Agreement; and

 

  17.1.2.

the Company shall, and shall procure that all Sub-Licensees shall, within seven (7) days of the date of termination or expiry of this Agreement, deliver up to the University or, if the University so directs, irretrievably delete or destroy all copies of the Technology and all and any materials, documents, designs and drawings of whatever nature in respect of the Technology, disclosed or provided to the Company or the relevant Sub-Licensee by or on behalf of the University during the period of this Agreement and any copies of such materials documents, designs and drawings which are in the possession or control of the Company or the relevant Sub-Licensee.

 

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17.2.

The terms of Clauses 4.4, 6.7, 8 (in respect of sums outstanding and/or to the extent required to give effect to Clauses 17.4), 11, 13, 14, 15, and 17 to 26 (inclusive) will survive the termination of this Agreement

 

17.3.

The termination or expiry of this Agreement shall not prejudice or affect any accrued rights or liabilities of any of the parties and the exercise by any of the parties of any rights or remedies under the terms of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to any other rights or remedies to which such party may be entitled.

 

17.4.

On termination or expiry of this Agreement, the Company shall continue to pay the amounts specified in Clause 8 for any Products ordered from the Company or any Sub-Licensee prior to the date of termination or expiry of this Agreement and supplied by the Company or any Sub-Licensee following the date of termination or expiry of this Agreement.

 

17.5.

Notwithstanding the termination or expiry of this Agreement and provided that the termination is not related to a safety or regulatory issue with respect to any Product, the Company and any Sub-Licensee shall be entitled to sell or otherwise supply any Products in its possession at the date of termination or expiry provided that the Company shall continue to pay the amounts specified in Clause 8 in respect of any such Products.

 

18.

FORCE MAJEURE

 

18.1.

Any delays in or failure of performance by either party under this Agreement (other than an obligation to pay money) will not be considered a breach of this Agreement if and to the extent that such delay or failure is caused by occurrences beyond the reasonable control of that party including acts of God; acts, regulations and laws of any government; strikes or other concerted acts of workers; fire; floods; explosions; riots; wars; rebellion; and sabotage; and any time for performance hereunder will be extended by the actual time of delay caused by any such occurrence.

 

18.2.

If either party is prevented from carrying out its obligations under this Agreement for a continuous period of six (6) months the other party may terminate this Agreement on giving thirty (30) days prior written notice provided always that at the date upon which termination becomes effective the party which was prevented from carrying out its obligations under this Agreement remains so prevented.

 

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19.

TRANSMISSION OF RIGHTS

The benefit of the rights licensed to the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be personal to the Company and the Company shall not, without the prior consent in writing of the University, mortgage or charge such rights to any third party or assign such rights or part with any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement provided however that nothing in this Clause 19 shall prevent the Company from granting a licence to a Sub-Licensee on the terms set out in this Agreement.

 

20.

WAIVER

The failure of any party at any time to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not imply the waiver or abandonment of its rights to enforce such provision and shall in no way affect its rights thereafter to require complete performance by any other party of any provision of this Agreement nor shall a waiver of any breach of any provision of this Agreement be taken or held to be a waiver of any subsequent breach of any such provision or be a waiver of the provision itself.

 

21.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties in relation to its subject matter and supersedes all previous proposals, representations, agreements and arrangements whether oral, written or implied between the parties in relation to its subject matter. Each party acknowledges that in entering into this agreement it does not rely on, and shall have no remedies in respect of, any representation or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in this Agreement. No party shall have any claim for innocent or negligent misrepresentation based upon any statement in this Agreement. Nothing in this Clause shall limit or exclude any liability for fraud.

 

22.

NOTICES

 

22.1.

All notices to be given and other documentation to be sent under the terms of this Agreement may be delivered personally, or sent by signed for international post, and addressed as follows:

 

  22.1.1.

in the case of the University:

Research Strategy and Innovation Office

The University of Glasgow

11 The Square

Glasgow

G22 8QQ

For the attention of: Vice Principal (Research & Enterprise)

 

  22.1.2.

in the case of the Company:

 

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Heart Test Laboratories, Inc

9 Village Circle, Suite 527,

Westlake, TX 76262, USA

For the attention of: Chief Executive Officer.

 

22.2.

Any notice or other documentation shall be deemed to have been served, if delivered personally, on the day of delivery, and, if posted, on the day on which it is signed for.

 

22.3.

In proving the posting of any notice or other documentation, it shall be sufficient to produce a copy of the notice or other documentation properly addressed with the relevant post office receipt for its despatch by signed for international post or the foreign equivalent.

 

23.

ILLEGALITY

If any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement is, in whole or in part, invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the provision in question shall to the extent it is invalid, illegal or unenforceable be deemed not to form part of this Agreement and shall be replaced with another provision which achieves the result of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision to the greatest extent permitted by law.

 

24.

VARIATION OF AGREEMENT

No amendment, modification, alteration or variation to the terms of this Agreement shall be validly made unless in writing and signed by or on behalf of the parties.

 

25.

NO PARTNERSHIP OR AGENCY

Nothing in this Agreement shall constitute or be deemed to constitute a partnership or joint venture between the parties or the relationship between any of the parties of principal and agent.

 

26.

APPLICABLE LAW

The construction, validity and performance of this Agreement and all matters relating to this Agreement or the subject matter of this Agreement (including, without limitation, non-contractual claims and disputes) shall be governed in all respects in accordance with the law of Scotland and the parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish courts.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF these presents consisting of this and the preceding eighteen (18) pages together with the Schedule were executed by the parties as follows:

 

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SIGNED for and on behalf of THE   
UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE   
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW by   
David Newall                           

/s/ David Newall

at Glasgow on 2 June____ 2015

 

in the presence of:

   Authorised Signatory
Witness /s/ Lee McClure                           
Full Name Amanda Lee McClure                   
Address University of                                   

Glasgow, G12 8QQ                        

  
SIGNED for and on behalf of HEART   
TEST LABORATORIES by   

Andrew Simpson (Chairman)

  

/s/ Andrew Simpson

at __9:30 am_______ on _May 22,__ 2015 in the presence of:    Authorised Signatory
Witness /s/ Aaron Peterson                                   
Full Name Aaron Peterson                                   
Address 9 Village Circle, Suite 527                                   

Westlake, TX 76262                        

  

 

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Exhibit 10.6

 

LOGO

Chief Executive Officer

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc

9 Village Circle, Suite 527

Westlake

TX 76262

USA

23 December 2015

Dear Sirs

Heart Test Laboratories

The University Court of the University of Glasgow

ECG Licensing Arrangements

We refer to the licence agreement between THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, a charity registered in Scotland under charity registration number SC004401 with its principal offices at University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ (the University) and HEART TEST LABORATORIES a company incorporated under the laws of Texas, United States with registration number 800859060 and having its registered office at 9 Village Circle, Suite 527, Westlake, TX 76262, USA (the Company) (together the Parties) dated 22 May 2015 and 2 June 2015, under which the University granted to the Company: i) a licence to evaluate the Program; and ii) an option to be granted a licence to commercially exploit the Program if the evaluation is successful (the Agreement) .

WHEREAS:

 

  (A)

The Evaluation Period was due to expire on 1 December 2015. Notwithstanding, the Company wishes to obtain a full licence for the Technology (including the Program) and the University has agreed to grant such licence on the terms set out herein.

 

  (B)

The Company has developed an innovative ECG device which provides standard 12 -lead ECG trace and automatic interpretive analysis as well as additional proprietary informatics (the MyoVista Model).

 

  (C)

The Company has developed a sales and marketing strategy for the MyoVista Model, which will make it difficult for the Company to fulfill its obligation to pay the per Product licence fees to the University set out in Clause 8.2 of the Agreement. Therefore, the Company has requested that the University reduces the rate of per Product licence fees payable.

 

LOGO


  (D)

The Parties have now agreed that certain amendments should be made to the Agreement.

THEREFORE IT IS AGREED:

 

1.

Notwithstanding that the Evaluation Period was due to expire on 1 December 2015, the University acknowledges and agrees that with effect from the date of execution of this letter on behalf of the Company, the Option shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Company, with retrospective effect, on 1 December 2015 and that such date shall be the Option Exercise Date. For clarity, the Agreement shall apply to the entirety of the Initial Licence Period notwithstanding any lapse in time between expiry of the Evaluation Period and signature of this letter by the Parties.

 

2.

Following execution of this letter, the Company shall promptly pay to the University $10,000 USD in Year 1 minimum licence fee in accordance with Clause 8 of the Agreement.

 

3.

With effect from and following the last date of signature of this letter by the Parties, the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

 

  a.

The following definition shall be added to Clause 1.1:

“MyoVista Model” means the electrocardiogram product developed by the Company, which is expected to be submitted to the FDA for regulatory approval in or around February 2016, and all subsequent updates or upgrades thereto to the extent that the same contain the Program (irrespective of whether those subsequent updates or upgrades require further FDA approval);

 

  b.

The definition of “Product” in Clause 1.1 shall be removed and replaced with the following:

“Product means any product, including each MyoVista Model, in which the Program is incorporated which is capable of displaying, analysing, interpreting and/or transmitting electrocardiograms whether the product was designed for that purpose or otherwise but excluding products which are intended to be used as a centralised facility at a single location for receiving and processing electrocardiogram data from one or more electrocardiogram signal collecting devices.”

 

  c.

A new Clause 5.4 shall be added to the Agreement as follows:

“The Company will, and will ensure that each Sub-Licensee will, incorporate the Program into each MyoVista Model sold or otherwise supplied or disposed of by the Company and/ or its Sub-Licensees during the Initial Licence Period.”

 

  d.

Clause 8.2 of the Agreement shall be deleted and replaced with the following:

“In consideration of the grant of the licence under Clause 5, the Company shall pay to the University, subject to Clauses 8.5 to 8.8 (inclusive), a licence fee for each Product sold or otherwise supplied or disposed of for consideration by the Company and its Sub-Licensees in each year (being the twelve (12) month period commencing on the Option Exercise Date and each anniversary thereof) as follows:

 

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Number of Products sold per year

   Royalty payable per Product sold (USD $)  

1 -2,000

     50  

2,001 - 5,000

     40  

> 5,001

     35  

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s obligation to pay to the University the licence fees set out in the foregoing table for each MyoVista Model (and not for other Products) sold or otherwise supplied or disposed of for consideration by the Company and its Sub-Licensees in each year shall not commence until the second anniversary of the Option Exercise Date and shall be payable on each anniversary thereof.

 

4.

Save as expressly provided in this letter, the provisions of the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

5.

Words and expressions defined in the Agreement shall, except where the context otherwise requires, bear the same meaning where used in this letter.

 

6.

This letter and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it, the Agreement or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Scotland and the Parties irrevocably agree that the courts of Scotland shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

Please confirm your acceptance of the terms contained in this letter by signing (where indicated below), and thereafter returning, the enclosed copy.

 

Yours sincerely

/s/ David Newall

David Newall

For and on behalf of The University Court of the University of Glasgow

We hereby confirm our acceptance of the terms contained in the above letter and agree to be legally bound by its terms.

 

/s/ Mark Hilz

    

12/23/15

Name: Mark Hilz, Chief Executive Officer      Date
For and on behalf of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc     

 

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Exhibit 10.7

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PAYOR SHALL HAVE RECEIVED AN OPINION OF ITS COUNSEL THAT REGISTRATION OF SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT REQUIRED.

UNSECURED DRAWDOWN CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

UP TO $130,000    Issuance Date: August 12, 2019

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. D/B/A HeartSciences, a Texas corporation (the “Company” or “Payor”), hereby promises to pay to the order of Front Range Ventures LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company, or its assigns (“Holder”), the outstanding principal balance of the borrowings set forth on the last entry on the Schedule attached hereto (the “Loan Amount”) at such place as the Holder may designate in writing to Payor.

1. Borrowings.

(a) Borrowings under this Note shall be used to pay the monthly retainer fee and expenses of David Kasnic (“Kasnic”) incurred with respect to the Company. Borrowings shall occur, as necessary, the intent being that the Company will pay Kasnic’s monthly retainer in advance of each month and Kasnic’s expenses upon submission. Borrowings under this Note may not be used for any other purpose than payment of retainer and expenses of Kasnic (including those incurred by the Company prior to the date of this Note in the amount of $45,571.63).

(b) Holder will enter on the Schedule the amount of each borrowing by Payor, the date on which each such borrowing occurred, and the outstanding Loan Amount as a result of each such borrowing. Payor hereby authorizes Holder to make such entries and agrees that those entries and the outstanding Loan Amount as shown on the Schedule will constitute conclusive evidence of all borrowings, the dates thereof, and of the outstanding Loan Amount due under this Note.

2. Maturity & Interest.

(a) The Loan Amount shall be due and payable 20 days after the Company’s MyoVista device is cleared or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) (“Maturity”). Payor may repay the Loan Amount at any time, provided Payor has first provided Holder written notice at least 20 days before payment and such repayment is for the entire Loan Amount.

(b) The Loan Amount shall not accrue interest.

3. Conversion. Either the Payor or Holder may elect to have the Loan Amount converted into the Company’s Series C Convertible Preferred Stock upon written notice to the other. Conversion shall otherwise occur upon Maturity. The conversion price shall be the lowest price per share paid for the Company’s Series C Convertible Preferred Stock.


4. Parties in Interest, Transferability. This Note shall be binding upon Payor and its successors and assigns and the terms hereof shall inure to the benefit of Holder and its successors and permitted assigns.

5. Expenses. Payor shall pay, on demand, all expenses of collecting and enforcing this Note, including, without limitation, reasonable attorney fees.

6. Amendments. This Note may not be modified or amended in any manner except in writing executed by Payor and Holder.

7. Notices. Any notice, demand, request, waiver or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be effective (a) upon hand delivery by telecopy or facsimile at the address or number designated below (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), by email transmission at the address specified below, or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur.

 

Address of Holder:    Front Range Ventures LLC
   P.O. Box 1678
   Laramie, WY 82073
   With copy to:
   Bohemian Asset Management
   262 E. Mountain Ave.
   Fort Collins, CO 80524
Address of the Payor:    Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.
   550 Reserve Street, Suite 360
   Southlake, Texas 76072
   Attn: Chief Executive Officer

8. Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions. This Note shall not be interpreted or construed with any presumption against the party causing this Note to be drafted.

9. Headings. Article and section headings in this Note are included herein for purposes of convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Note for any other purpose.

 

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10. Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note, at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), no remedy contained herein shall be deemed a waiver of compliance with the provisions giving rise to such remedy and nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages for any failure by Payor to comply with the terms of this Note. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of Payor (or the performance thereof). Payor acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable and material harm to Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. Therefore Payor agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available rights and remedies, at law or in equity, to seek and obtain such equitable relief, including but not limited to an injunction restraining any such breach or threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

11. Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.

12. Binding Effect. The obligations of Payor and Holder set forth herein shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each such party, whether or not such successors or assigns are permitted by the terms hereof. Holder may assign any or all if its rights, titles and interests in, to or under this Note to any person or entity upon written notice to Payor.

13. Severability. The provisions of this Note are severable, and if any provision shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, then such invalidity or unenforceability shall not in any manner affect such provision in any other jurisdiction or any other provision of this Note in any jurisdiction.

14. Payor Waivers. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, Payor and all others that may become liable for all or any part of the obligations evidenced by this Note, hereby waive presentment, demand, notice of nonpayment, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance and enforcement of this Note, and do hereby consent to any number of renewals of extensions of the time or payment hereof and agree that any such renewals or extensions may be made without notice to any such persons and without affecting their liability herein and do further consent to the release of any person liable hereon, all without affecting the liability of the other persons, firms or Payor liable for the payment of this Note. No delay or omission on the part of Holder in exercising its rights under this Note, or course of conduct relating hereto, shall operate as a waiver of such rights or any other right of the Holder, nor shall any waiver by Holder of any such right or rights on any one occasion be deemed a waiver of the same right or rights on any future occasion.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Payor and Holder have executed and delivered this Note as of the date first written above.

 

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.
(Payor)
By:  

/s/ Andrew Simpson

Name:   Andrew Simpson
Title:   Chairman
FRONT RANGE VENTURES LLC
(Holder).
By:  

/s/ Loren J. Richards

Name:   Loren J. Richards
Title:   FWTB Trust Officer

 

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Exhibit 10.8

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

This LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made as of April __ , 2020 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. d/b/a Heart Sciences, a Texas corporation (the “Company”), Front Range Ventures LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company, or its assigns (“FRV”), and John Q. Adams, a Texas resident, or his assigns (“JQA”) (FRV and JQA each a “Lender” and together the “Lenders”).

RECITAL:

To provide the Company with additional resources to conduct its business, each Lender is willing to lend the Company the principal amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) (together, the “Principal Amount” and individually, as to each Lender’s respective contribution, the “Lender Amount”), subject to the terms and conditions specified herein.

AGREEMENT:

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and the representations, warranties, covenants and conditions set forth below, the Company and Lenders, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

  1.

AMOUNT AND DISBURSEMENTS

1.1. Amount. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company shall borrow from each Lender such Lender’s Lender Amount, against the issuance and delivery by the Company of a secured promissory note to such Lender in the amount of the Lender Amount, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein (the “Notes”).

1.2. Disbursements. The Notes shall provide for a series of loans to be made by the Lenders to the Company. The Principal Amount will be disbursed in three installments: (a) $300,000 will be disbursed upon execution of this Agreement and the Notes; (2) $350,000 will be disbursed on or about July 2, 2020; and (3) $350,000 will be disbursed on or about September 4, 2020.

 

  2.

INTEREST AND FEES.

 

  2.1.

Interest.

(a) Interest will accrue on the outstanding Principal Amount at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum, compounded annually (“Accrued Interest”). The Company shall pay all Accrued Interest on the “Maturity Date” (as defined in Section 3.1).

(b) The Company will also pay interest at the rate of 18% per annum, compounded annually, on any amount owing under this Agreement or the Notes (collectively, the “Transaction Agreements”) that is not paid when due from the due date thereof until the amount is paid (“Default Interest”). Default Interest will be payable on demand.


(c) Interest, in item (b) above, will accrue from day to day and will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed.

2.2. Maximum Rate. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, interest shall not exceed the maximum rate permitted by law; and if any amount is paid as interest in excess of such maximum rate, then the amount so paid will not constitute interest but will constitute a payment on account of the outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes, and which will be allocated in proportion to the outstanding Lender Amounts.

 

  3.

MATURITY DATE

3.1. Maturity Date. The outstanding Principal Amount, together with all Accrued Interest thereon, shall be due and payable on September 30, 2021 (the “Maturity Date”). All payments and other charges due under the Transaction Agreements shall be made in lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

  4.

THE CLOSING

4.1. Closing Date. The closing of the Loan (the “Closing”) shall be held as of the date hereof (the “Closing Date”).

4.2. Delivery. At the Closing (i) the Company shall execute and deliver to each Lender an executed counterpart of this Agreement and the Notes and (ii) each Lender shall execute and deliver to the Company an executed counterpart of this Agreement. The executed Transaction Agreements shall be delivered to the Lenders at the addresses for each respective Lender indicated on the signature pages of this Agreement.

5.     REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

As of the Effective Date, the Company hereby represents and warrants to each Lender as follows:

5.1. Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas. The Company has the requisite corporate power to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted. The Company is duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions in which the nature of its activities and of its properties (both owned and leased) makes such qualification necessary, except for those jurisdictions in which failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect on the Company or its business.

5.2. Power. The Company has and will have at the Closing all requisite power to execute and deliver the Transaction Agreements, and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of this Agreement and under the terms of the other Transaction Agreements.

 

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5.3. Authorization. All corporate action on the part of the Company, its directors and its shareholders necessary for the authorization, execution, delivery by the Company of the Transaction Agreements and the performance of the Company’s obligations hereunder and thereunder, including the issuance and delivery of the Note, has been taken or will be taken. This Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements, when executed and delivered by the Company, shall constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, (a) subject to laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, the relief of debtors, (b) with respect to rights to indemnity, subject to federal and state securities laws, and (c) subject to general principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable remedies.

5.4. Title to Properties and Assets; Liens, Etc. The Company has good and marketable title to, valid leasehold interests in, or personal property rights to the Company’s properties and assets, including the properties and assets currently used in its business, in each case subject to no Lien other than (i) the Lien of current taxes not yet due and payable, (b) Liens created in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (c) Liens and encumbrances which do not materially detract from the value subject thereto or materially adversely affect the Company or its business as conducted and proposed to be conducted, and (d) the existing security interest granted in the Company assets to Guangren “Gary” Chen pursuant to that certain Security Agreement and Pledge between Chen and Debtor dated as of March 14, 2014. For the purposes hereof, the term “Lien” shall mean, with respect to any property, any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, claim, charge or other encumbrance in, of, or on such property or the income therefrom, including, without limitation, the interest of a vendor or lessor under a conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement, or any agreement to provide any of the foregoing, and the filing of any financing statement or similar instrument under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction. All facilities, machinery, equipment, fixtures, vehicles and other properties owned, leased or used by the Company are in good operating condition and repair and are reasonably fit and usable for the purposes for which they are being used.

5.5. Intellectual Property. The Company owns or possesses sufficient legal rights to all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, licenses, information and other proprietary rights and processes, and any applications for such that are in the process of being prepared, necessary for its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted (the “Company Intellectual Property”), and, to the Company’s knowledge, without any infringement of the rights of others.

5.6. Compliance with Laws; Permits. The Company is not in violation of any applicable statute, rule, regulation, order or restriction of any domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality or agency thereof in respect of the conduct of its business or the ownership or operation of its properties, the violation of which would materially and adversely affect the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, operations or prospects of the Company. The Company has all franchises, permits, licenses and any similar authority necessary for the conduct of its business as now being conducted by it, the lack of which could materially and adversely affect the business, properties or financial condition of the Company and believes it can obtain, without undue burden or expense, any similar authority for the conduct of its business as presently proposed to be conducted.

 

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5.7. Compliance with Other Instruments. The Company is not in violation or default of any term of, and the execution and delivery by the Company of the Transaction Agreements will not result in any violation or default with respect to, its articles of incorporation or bylaws, or of any provision of any mortgage, indenture or contract to which it is a party and by which it is bound or of any judgment, decree, order or writ, other than such violation(s) that would not have a material adverse effect on the Company. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will not result in any such violation or be in conflict with, give rise to any acceleration or right to accelerate, or constitute, with or without the passage of time and giving of notice, either a default under any such provision, instrument, judgment, decree, order or writ or an event that results in the creation of any Lien upon any assets of the Company or the suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture, or nonrenewal of any material permit, license, authorization or approval applicable to the Company, its business or operations or any of its assets or properties. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company has obtained all waivers reasonably necessary with respect to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights, including any notice or offering periods provided for as part of any such rights, in order for the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereunder without any third party obtaining any rights to cause the Company to offer or issue any securities of the Company as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder.

5.8. Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the Company’s knowledge.

5.9. Offering. The offer, issue, and sale of the Notes is and will be exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and has been registered or qualified (or is exempt from registration and qualification) under the registration, permit, or qualification requirements of all applicable state securities laws and regulations.

5.10. Covenants. Until the repayment in full of all amounts due under the Transaction Agreements, the Company covenants and agrees as follows:

(a) The Company shall not undertake any disposition of material assets without the prior written consent of the Lenders; and

(b) The Company shall not pledge, encumber or grant any additional security interest in any assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to any third party without the consent of the Lenders, excluding the pledge of assets pursuant to this Agreement and the Note.

 

  6.

SECURITY AGREEMENT

6.1. As collateral security for the full, prompt, complete and final payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all of the Company’s obligations under the Transaction Agreements and in order to induce the Lenders to make the loans contemplated hereunder, the Company hereby assigns, conveys, mortgages, pledges, hypothecates and transfers to the Lenders a security interest in all of the Company’s right, title and interest in, to and under all of the following property and assets, wherever located, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, and all proceeds, products, accessions, additions, substitutions, rents, profits and replacements thereof, including, without limitation, all Inventory, Equipment, Fixtures, Goods, Accounts, account receivables, contract rights, Commercial Tort

 

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Claims, chattel paper (tangible and electronic), Deposit Accounts, Documents, General Intangibles, payment intangibles, Software, Instruments, Promissory Notes, Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Rights and letters-of-credit, and Supporting obligations, intellectual property (including, and without limitation, patents, patent applications, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets), license rights, distribution rights, and rights to sue for infringement of General Intangible or intellectual property rights (all of which being collectively referred to herein as the “Collateral”).

6.2. The Company, on behalf of the Lenders, will file any financing statement or continuation statement (including “in lieu” continuation statements) necessary to perfect Lenders’ security interest in the Collateral.

6.3. At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Lenders, and at the sole expense of the Company, the Company shall promptly and duly execute and deliver any and all such further instruments and documents and take such further action as the Lenders may reasonably deem necessary or desirable to perfect and continue perfected or better perfect the Lenders’ liens in the Collateral.

6.4. The Lenders acknowledge that a security interest in the Collateral described in this Section 6 has been granted to Guangren “Gary” Chen pursuant to that certain Security Agreement and Pledge between Chen and Debtor dated as of March 14, 2014 (the “Chen Agreement”). The Company represents and warrants that, except for the security interest granted hereunder and the security interest granted under the Chen Agreement, the Company is the sole legal and equitable owner of each item of the Collateral in which it purports to grant a security interest hereunder. No other security agreement, financing statement, equivalent security or lien instrument or continuation statement covering all or any part of the Collateral exists, except such as shall be filed in favor of the Lenders pursuant to the Transaction Agreements or has been filed pursuant to the Chen Agreement. The foregoing representations and warranties are true and accurate as of the date hereof and shall be true and accurate for so long as any amount payable under the Transaction Agreements remains outstanding.

6.5. The Company has not received any written, or to its knowledge, oral communications alleging that the Company has violated or, by conducting its business as proposed, would violate any of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, patents, copyrights or trade secrets or other proprietary rights of any other person or entity. The foregoing representations and warranties are true and accurate as of the date hereof and shall be true and accurate for so long as any amount payable under the Transaction Agreements remains outstanding.

6.6. Lenders may exercise, in addition to and not in lieu of all other rights and remedies granted to it hereunder and under the Notes, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the law, including the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in any and all jurisdictions where UCC-1s are filed to perfect the Lenders’ security interest (the “UCC”). The Lenders shall not have any obligation or liability hereunder with respect to the Collateral.

6.7. For so long as payment obligations under the Transaction Agreements remain outstanding, the Company (i) shall not sell, lease, transfer, hypothecate, or otherwise dispose of or encumber any of the Collateral; (ii) shall not change the Company’s jurisdiction of organization without at least seven (7) days prior written notice to the Lenders; and (iii) shall not, directly or indirectly, create, permit or suffer to exist, and shall defend the Collateral against and take such other action as is necessary to remove, any lien on the Collateral except the lien granted to the Lenders under the Transaction Agreements and the lien granted under Chen Agreement.

 

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  7.

MISCELLANEOUS

7.1. Binding Agreement. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any third party any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

7.2. Successors and Assigns. The rights and obligations of the Company and the Lenders shall be binding upon and benefit the successors, assigns, heirs, administrators and transferees of the parties. All obligations of the Company hereunder shall survive the Closing.

7.3. Assignment by the Company. The rights, interests or obligations hereunder may not be assigned, by operation of law or otherwise, in whole or in part, by the Company without the prior written consent of the Requisite Lenders, which may be withheld in such Lenders’ sole and absolute discretion.

7.4. Severability of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement shall be judicially determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

7.5. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Texas as applied to agreements among Texas residents, made and to be performed entirely within the State of Texas, without giving effect to conflicts of laws principles.

7.6. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Facsimile signatures shall be binding as original signatures.

7.7. Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

7.8. Notices. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, within the United States, (c) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt, within the United States, or (d) upon actual delivery if mailed or otherwise delivered in hard copy outside the Unites States. All communications shall be sent to the Company and to Lenders at the address(es) set forth on the signature page hereto or at such other address(es) as the Company or Lenders may designate by ten (10) days’ advance written notice to the other parties hereto.

7.9. Further Assurances. The Company agrees at any time and from time to time at its expense, upon request of a Lender, to promptly execute, deliver, or obtain or cause to be executed, delivered or obtained any and all further instruments and documents and to take or cause to be taken all such other action as a Lender may deem reasonably desirable in obtaining the full benefits of, or in preserving the liens and/or security interests of, the Transaction Agreements.

 

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7.10. Survival. All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Company in connection herewith shall survive the disbursement of the loans, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes.

7.11. Modification; Waiver. No modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to departure therefrom shall be effective unless agreed to in writing by the Company and each Lender.

7.12. Delays or Omissions. It is agreed that no delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to Lenders, upon any breach or default of the Company under this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or any acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. It is further agreed that any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character by Lenders of any breach or default under this Agreement, or any waiver by Lenders of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in writing and that all remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Lenders, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

7.13. Entire Agreement. This Agreement together with the other Transaction Agreements constitute and contain the entire agreement among the Company and Lenders and supersede any and all prior agreements, negotiations, correspondence, understandings and communications among the parties, whether written or oral, respecting the subject matter hereof.

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In Witness Whereof, the parties have executed this Loan and Security Agreement as of the date first written above.

COMPANY:

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. d/b/a Heart Sciences,

a Texas corporation

 

By:  

/s/ Andrew Simpson

Name:  

Andrew Simpson

Title:  

Chairman

Company Address:

550 Reserve Street, Suite 360

Southlake, TX 76092

LENDERS:

Front Range Ventures, LLC

a Wyoming limited liability company

By: L. Lee Stryker Irrevocable Trust U/A/D 09/10/74

Its: Sole Member

By: First Western Trust Its: Trustee

 

 

        /s/ Loren J. Richards

 
  Loren J. Richards, Trust Officer  

Mailing Address:

PO Box 1628

Laramie, WY 82073

 

            /s/ John Q. Adams Sr.

John Q. Adams Sr.

Mailing Address:

2350 Airport Freeway, Suite 1600

Bedford, TX 76022

 

Loan & Security Agreement – Signature Pages

Exhibit 10.9

AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT EXTENSION

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made and entered into as of September 30, 2021, by and among Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., a Texas corporation, (the “Company”), Front Range Ventures LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company, or its assigns (“FRV”), and John Q. Adams, a Texas resident, or his assigns, (“JQA”) (FRV and JQA each a “Lender” and together the “Lenders”) as defined in the Original Agreement (as defined below).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company, the Lenders (collectively, the “Parties”) have previously entered into a Loan and Security Escrow Agreement dated on or around April 24, 2020 (the “Original Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to extend the Maturity Date of the Original Agreement and the Original Agreement shall be repayable upon demand as set forth in this Amendment.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the issuance of warrants to acquire 500,000 shares of common stock of the Company on terms set out in a separate warrant agreement and the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by each party hereto, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have the meaning set forth in the Original Agreement except as otherwise defined in this Amendment.

Section 2. Amendment. The Original Agreement is hereby amended, as follows:

(a) Paragraph 3.1 of the Original Agreement is hereby amended to read, in its entirety, as follows:

“The outstanding Principal Amount together with all Accrued Interest thereon shall be due and payable upon demand by the Lenders (“Maturity Date”). All payments and other charges due and payable un the Transaction Agreements shall be made in the lawful currency of the United States of America”

Section 3. Release or Claims Against Lenders.

THE COMPANY, BY SIGNING THIS AMENDMENT, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY RELEASES AND FOREVER DISCHARGES LENDERS AND ANY AND ALL OF THEIR PARENT COMPANIES, SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES, AFFILIATED COMPANIES, INSURERS, INDEMNITORS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS TOGETHER


WITH ALL OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PRESENT AND FORMER MANAGERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS OR CAUSES OF ACTION OF ANY KIND, NATURE OR DESCRIPTION, WHETHER ARISING IN LAW OR EQUITY OR UPON CONTRACT OR TORT OR UNDER ANY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW OR OTHERWISE, WHICH THE COMPANY HAS HAD, NOW HAS, OR HAS MADE CLAIM TO HAVE AGAINST ANY SUCH PARTY FOR OR BY REASON OF ANY ACT, OMISSION, MATTER, CAUSE OR THING WHATSOEVER ARISING FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME TO AND INCLUDING THE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT, WHETHER SUCH CLAIMS, DEMANDS AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARE MATURED OR UNMATURED OR KNOWN OR UNKNOWN.

Section 4. Execution in Several Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in several counterparts or by separate instruments and by facsimile transmission and all of such counterparts and instruments shall constitute one agreement, binding on all of the Parties hereto.

Section 5. Headings. The headings in this Amendment are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

Section 6. Governing Law. The laws of the State of Texas shall govern this Amendment without regard to principles of conflict of laws.

Section 7. Original Agreement. Except as expressly amended by this Amendment, the Original Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and all of the terms of the Original Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Amendment.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment as of the day and year first above written.

 

COMPANY:
HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Mark Hilz

Printed:  

Mark T. Hilz

Title:  

CEO

LENDER:
FRONT RANGE VENTURES, LLC.
By:  

/s/ Loren J. Richards

Printed:  

Loren J. Richards

Title:  

FWTB Trust Offier

LENDER:
JOHN Q. ADAMS
By:  

/s/ John Q. Adams Sr.

Printed:  

 

Title:  

 

Exhibit 10.10

AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “No.2 Amendment”) is made and entered into as of November 3, 2021, by and among Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., a Texas corporation, (the “Company”), Front Range Ventures LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company, or its assigns (“FRV”), and John Q. Adams, a Texas resident, or his assigns, (“JQA”) (FRV and JQA each a “Lender” and together the “Lenders”) as defined in the Original Agreement (as defined below).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company, the Lenders (collectively, the “Parties”) have previously entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated on or around April 24, 2020 (the “Original Agreement”) and Amendment No. 1 to the Loan and Security Agreement dated September 30, 2021 (“No.1 Amendment”) (together the “Loan Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Company desires to further extend the Maturity Date as provided in the Loan Agreement to September 30, 2022; and

WHEREAS, in consideration for Lender’s agreement to further extend the Maturity Date, the Company shall issue to each Lender a warrant as specifically provided in those certain Warrant Agreements between the Company and each Lender and dated as of the date hereof.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and the representations, warranties, covenants and conditions set forth herein, the Loan Agreement, and the other Transaction Agreements, the Company and the Lenders, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Capitalized Terms. Except as otherwise provided herein, capitalized terms used in this No.2 Amendment shall have the meaning set forth in the Loan Agreement.

Section 2. Amendment. The Section 3.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read, in its entirety, as follows:

“3.1 Maturity Date. The outstanding Principal Amount, together with all Accrued Interest thereon, shall be due and payable on September 30, 2022 (the “Maturity Date”). All payments and other charges due under the Transaction Agreements shall be made in lawful currency of the United States of America.”


Section 3. Release of Claims Against Lenders.

THE COMPANY, BY SIGNING THIS No.2 AMENDMENT, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY RELEASES AND FOREVER DISCHARGES LENDERS AND ANY AND ALL OF THEIR PARENT COMPANIES, SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES, AFFILIATED COMPANIES, INSURERS, INDEMNITORS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS TOGETHER WITH ALL OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PRESENT AND FORMER MANAGERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS OR CAUSES OF ACTION OF ANY KIND, NATURE OR DESCRIPTION, WHETHER ARISING IN LAW OR EQUITY OR UPON CONTRACT OR TORT OR UNDER ANY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW OR OTHERWISE, WHICH THE COMPANY HAS HAD, NOW HAS, OR HAS MADE CLAIM TO HAVE AGAINST ANY SUCH PARTY FOR OR BY REASON OF ANY ACT, OMISSION, MATTER, CAUSE OR THING WHATSOEVER ARISING FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME TO AND INCLUDING THE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT, WHETHER SUCH CLAIMS, DEMANDS AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARE MATURED OR UNMATURED OR KNOWN OR UNKNOWN.

Section 4. Execution in Several Counterparts. This No.2 Amendment may be executed in several counterparts or by separate instruments and by facsimile transmission and all of such counterparts and instruments shall constitute one agreement, binding on all of the Parties hereto.

Section 5. Headings. The headings in this No.2 Amendment are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

Section 6. Governing Law. The laws of the State of Texas shall govern this No.2 Amendment without regard to principles of conflict of laws.

Section 7. Original Agreements. Except as expressly amended by this No.2 Amendment, the Transaction Agreements shall remain in full force and effect and all of the terms of the Transaction Agreements are hereby incorporated into this No.2 Amendment.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this No.2 Amendment as of the day and year first above written.

 

COMPANY:
HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Andrew Simpson

Printed:  

Andrew Simpson

Title:  

Chairman

LENDER:
FRONT RANGE VENTURES, LLC.
By:  

/s/ Loren J. Richards

Printed:  

Loren J. Richards

Title:  

First Western Trust Bank, Trust Offier

LENDER:
JOHN Q. ADAMS
By:  

/s/ John Q. Adams Sr.

Printed:  

John Q. Adams Sr.

Title:  

 

Exhibit 10.11

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR BORROWER SHALL HAVE RECEIVED AN OPINION OF ITS COUNSEL THAT REGISTRATION OF SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT REQUIRED.

SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

$______________    Issuance Date: ________________

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. d/b/a HeartSciences, a Texas corporation (“Borrower” or “Company”), hereby promises to pay to the order of __________________, or any future permitted holder of this promissory note (collectively, the “Holder”), at _____________________________, or at such other place as the Holder may designate in writing to the Borrower, the principal sum of _______________Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($________________), and such other amount as may be outstanding hereunder, together with all accrued but unpaid interest, in United States dollars, as provided in this Secured Convertible Promissory Note (the “Note”).

THE PARTIES INTEND THIS INSTRUMENT TO BE EQUITY FOR TAX PURPOSES.

This Note is one of a series (the “Series”) of secured convertible promissory notes (collectively, the “Series Notes”) issued by the Company on the same terms.

1. Principal and Interest Payments.

(a) The principal of this Note shall be due and payable on July 31, 2022 (the “Maturity Date”).

(b) The parties intend this instrument to be equity for tax for purposes and it is expected that the Note shall be converted for equity in the Borrower on or prior to the Maturity Date in which event no interest shall accrue and interest shall not be due or payable.

(c) In the event the Note is not converted on or prior to the Maturity Date then interest shall accrue on the outstanding principal balance of this Note commencing on the date of this Note, at a simple interest a rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum. Interest shall only be payable upon a repayment of the Note in cash by Borrower or upon an Event of Default.

(d) Borrower shall only make interest and principal payments under this Note on a pro rata basis to the Series Notes based on the respective principal amounts of each Note. Each holder of a Note shall hold any amounts received in excess of its pro rata share in trust for the benefit of the other holders of Series Notes.


(e) Borrower shall be entitled to repay the principal and all accrued but unpaid interest on this Note in cash upon giving ten (10) days written notice to the Holder at any time upon or after any of the following events of the Borrower (“Borrower Repayment”):

(i) 30 days following FDA clearance of the Borrower’s MyoVista product;

(ii) the closing of further funding of $5 million or more which values entire share capital of the Borrower at $50 million or more;

(iii) a public offering of Common Stock which values entire share capital of the Borrower at $50 million or more; or

(iv) the sale or merger of a majority of the voting stock of the Borrower.

2. Conversion.

(a) Conversion of this Note shall be into shares of Common Stock of Borrower (the “Common Stock”) at a conversion price of Five Cents ($0.05 US Dollars) per share of Common Stock (“Conversion”) (as adjusted for any splits, recapitalizations, combinations or other similar transactions affecting the Company’s Common Stock).

(b) Borrower may elect for conversion of the principal balance of, and accrued but unpaid interest on, this Note at any time upon or after any of the following events of the Borrower (“Borrower Conversion”):

(i) 30 days following FDA clearance of the Borrower’s MyoVista product;

(ii) the closing of further funding of $5 million or more which values entire share capital of the Borrower at $50 million or more; or

(iii) a public offering of Common Stock which values entire share capital of the Borrower at $50 million or more.

(c) Holder shall be entitled to elect for voluntarily Conversion at any time upon written notice to the Company (“Holder Conversion”). Such election shall be irrevocable and upon receipt of such written notice from the Holder Conversion shall be deemed to have automatically occurred.

As soon as practicable following a Borrower Conversion, Borrower shall send written notice to Holder that such conversion has taken place and that the principal balance of, and accrued but unpaid interest (if applicable under section 1(c)) on, this Note has been converted into shares of Common Stock. Upon Borrower Conversion or Holder Conversion the Borrower shall send written notice to the Holder of the number of shares of Common Stock that Holder is entitled to receive upon such conversion (the “Conversion Shares”). Upon receipt by Borrower from Holder of the original copy of this Note, marked “Canceled”, the Borrower will deliver to Holder a stock certificate evidencing the Conversion Shares. Notwithstanding anything in this Note to the

 

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contrary, effective as of the date that a Borrower Conversion or Holder Conversion, this Note shall be deemed to be canceled in its entirety and the only right of Holder thereafter is to receive from Borrower a stock certificate evidencing the Conversion Shares (which stock certificate shall only be delivered to Holder upon Holder delivering to Borrower the original copy of this Note, marked “Canceled”).

3. Non-Business Days. Whenever any payment to be made shall be due on a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday under the laws of the State of Texas, such payment may be due on the next succeeding business day and such next succeeding day shall be included in the calculation of the amount of accrued interest payable on such date.

4. Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall be an “Event of Default” under this Note:

(a) Borrower fails to make any payment on this Note as and when the same becomes due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof, if the same has continued for five (5) days after written notice specifying such default has been delivered to the Borrower by Holder;

(b) Borrower fails to perform any other covenant contained herein, if the same has continued for thirty (30) days after written notice specifying such default has been delivered to the Borrower by Holder;

(c) Borrower shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property or assets, (ii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iii) commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic), (iv) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar law affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (v) acquiesce in writing to any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic), or (vi) take any action under the laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) analogous to any of the foregoing; or

(d) a proceeding or case shall be commenced in respect of Borrower without its application or consent, in any court of competent jurisdiction, seeking (i) the liquidation, reorganization, moratorium, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of its debts, (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of it or of all or any substantial part of its assets or (iii) similar relief in respect of it under any law providing for the relief of debtors, and such proceeding or case described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days or any order for relief shall be entered in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) against Borrower or any of its subsidiaries or action under the laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) analogous to any of the foregoing shall be taken with respect to Borrower or any of its subsidiaries and shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days.

 

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5. Remedies Upon An Event of Default. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing, Holder may at any time at its option, (a) declare the entire unpaid principal balance of this Note, together with all interest accrued hereon, due and payable, and thereupon, the same shall be accelerated and so due and payable; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default described in (i) Sections 4(c) or (d) above, without presentment, demand, protest, or notice, all of which are hereby expressly unconditionally and irrevocably waived by Borrower, the outstanding principal balance and accrued interest hereunder shall be automatically due and payable, and (ii) Sections 4(a) or (b) above, Holder may exercise or otherwise enforce any one or more of Holder’s rights, powers, privileges, remedies and interests under this Note or applicable law. No course of delay on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice the right of Holder. No remedy conferred hereby shall be exclusive of any other remedy referred to herein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.

6. Security Agreement. As collateral security for the full, prompt, complete and final payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all of the Borrower obligations under this Note and in order to induce the Holder to enter into the Note, the Borrower hereby assigns, conveys, mortgages, pledges, hypothecates and transfers to the Series Note holders a security interest in all of the Borrower’s right, title and interest in, to and under all of the following property and assets, wherever located, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, and all proceeds, products, accessions, additions, substitutions, rents, profits and replacements thereof, including, without limitation, all Inventory, Equipment, Fixtures, Goods, Accounts, account receivables, contract rights, Commercial Tort Claims, chattel paper (tangible and electronic), Deposit Accounts, Documents, General Intangibles, payment intangibles, Software, Instruments, Promissory Notes, Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Rights and letters-of-credit, and Supporting obligations, intellectual property (including, and without limitation, patents, patent applications, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets), license rights, distribution rights, and rights to sue for infringement of General Intangible or intellectual property rights (all of which being collectively referred to herein as the “Collateral”).

(a) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Holder, the Company shall promptly and duly execute and deliver any and all such further instruments and documents and take such further action as the Holder may reasonably deem necessary or desirable to perfect and continue perfected or better perfect the Holder’s liens in the Collateral.

(b) The Holder acknowledges that prior, senior security interests in the Collateral described in this Section 6 have been granted as follows:

(i) to Guangren “Gary” Chen pursuant to that certain Security Agreement and Pledge between Chen and Debtor dated as of March 14, 2014 (the “Chen Agreement”); and

(ii) to Front Range Ventures, LLC and John Q. Adams pursuant to a Loan and Security Agreement dated as of April 24, 2020 (the “FRV/Adams Agreement”).

 

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The Company represents and warrants that, except for the security interest granted hereunder and the prior security interests granted under the Chen Agreement and FRV/Adams Agreement, the Company is the sole legal and equitable owner of each item of the Collateral in which it purports to grant a security interest hereunder. No other security agreement, financing statement, equivalent security or lien instrument or continuation statement covering all or any part of the Collateral exists, except such as shall be filed in favor of the Series Note holders pursuant to the Series Notes or has been filed pursuant to the Chen Agreement or FRV/Adams Agreement.

(c) Holder may exercise, in addition to and not in lieu of all other rights and remedies granted to it hereunder and under the Notes, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the law, including the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in any and all jurisdictions where UCC-1s are filed to perfect the Holders’ security interest (the “UCC”). The Holder shall not have any obligation or liability hereunder with respect to the Collateral.

7. Miscellaneous.

7.1 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, the terms and conditions of this Note will inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the respective successors and assigns of the parties; provided, however, that the Company may not assign its obligations under this Note without the written consent of the holders of a majority-in-interest of the aggregate principal amount of the Series Notes (the “Requisite Noteholders”). This Note is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or will confer upon any other person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Note.

7.2 Choice of Law. This Note, and all matters arising out of or relating to this Note, whether sounding in contract, tort, or statute will be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of Texas.

7.3 Counterparts. This Note may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will be deemed to be one and the same agreement. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including PDF or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method, and any counterpart so delivered will be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

7.4 Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Note are included for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Note.

7.5 Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant hereto will be in writing and will be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified; (b) when sent by email; (c) three (3) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (d) one (1) day

 

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after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications will be sent to the respective parties at the addresses shown on the signature pages hereto (or to such email address or other address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 5.5).

7.6 Expenses. Each party will pay all costs and expenses that it incurs with respect to the negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of this Note.

7.7 Attorneys Fees. If any action at law or in equity is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this Note, the prevailing party will be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

7.8 Entire Agreement; Amendments and Waivers. This Note constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subject hereof. The Borrower’s agreements with each of the holders of the Series Notes are separate agreements, and the sales of the Notes to each of the holders thereof are separate sales. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any term of this Note and the other Series Notes may be amended and the observance of any term may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) with the written consent of the Borrower and the Requisite Noteholders. Any waiver or amendment effected in accordance with this Section 6.8 will be binding upon each holder of a Note in the Series and each future holder(s) of the Note and such Series Notes.

7.9 Delivery of Financial Statements. If requested by the Holder, the Company will deliver to the Holder a copy of the Company’s annual financial statements as such time as such financial statements are available to the Company.

7.10 Severability. If one or more provisions of this Note are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, such provisions will be excluded from this Note and the balance of the Note will be interpreted as if such provisions were so excluded and this Note will be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

7.11 Acknowledgment. For the avoidance of doubt, it is acknowledged that the Holder will be entitled to the benefit of all adjustments in the number of shares of the Company s capital stock as a result of any splits, recapitalizations, combinations or other similar transactions affecting the Company’s capital stock underlying the Conversion Shares that occur prior to the conversion of this Note.

7.12 Further Assurances. From time to time, the parties will execute and deliver such additional documents and will provide such additional information as may reasonably be required to carry out the terms of this Note and any agreements executed in connection herewith.

7.13 Limitation on Interest. In no event will any interest charged, collected or reserved under this Note exceed the maximum rate then permitted by applicable law, and if any payment made by the Company under this Note exceeds such maximum rate, then such excess sum will be credited by the Holder as a payment of principal.

 

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7.14 Officers and Directors not Liable. In no event will any officer or director of the Company be liable for any amounts due and payable pursuant to this Note.

7.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS NOTE, THE SECURITIES OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR THEREOF. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. THIS SECTION HAS BEEN FULLY DISCUSSED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THESE PROVISIONS WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY EXCEPTIONS. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY FURTHER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT SUCH PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT SUCH PARTY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

7.16 Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note, at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), no remedy contained herein shall be deemed a waiver of compliance with the provisions giving rise to such remedy and nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages for any failure by Borrower to comply with the terms of this Note. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of Borrower (or the performance thereof). Borrower acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable and material harm to Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. Therefore, Borrower agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available rights and remedies, at law or in equity, to seek and obtain such equitable relief, including but not limited to an injunction restraining any such breach or threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower has executed and delivered this Note as of the date first written above.

 

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.
By:  

 

 

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Exhibit 10.12

AMENDMENT NO.1 TO SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTES

This Amendment to Secured Convertible Promissory Notes (this “Amendment”), dated as of November 2, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), is by and among Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), and the Requisite Noteholders. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Notes (as defined below).

WI T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Company undertook an offering of $1,500,000 of Secured Subordinated Convertible Promissory Notes (each a “Note” and collectively the “Series Notes”) in or around January 2021.

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.8 of each of the Notes, the Company and the Requisite Noteholders may amend the terms of the Notes; and

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to extend the Maturity Date of the Notes as set forth in this Amendment.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration for the issuance of warrants to the entire Series Notes to acquire 150,000 shares of common stock of the Company (to be issued pro-rata to each Note Holder’s Note principal amount) on terms set out in a separate warrant agreement and the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by each party hereto, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

A G R E E M E N T:

1. Amendments to the Notes. Each of the Notes is hereby amended as follows:

(a) Paragraph 1 (a) of the Note is hereby amended to read, in its entirety, as follows:

The principal of this Note shall be due and payable on October 31, 2022 (the “Maturity Date”).

2. Attachment to Notes. The Company shall deliver a copy of this Amendment to each Holder of a Note, and instruct each such Holder to attach such copy of this Amendment to such Holder’s Note.

3. Miscellaneous.

(a) Except as specifically provided herein, the Notes shall remain in full force and effect.


(b) This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

(c) The laws of the State of Texas shall govern this Amendment without regard to principles of conflict of laws

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Requisite Noteholders have executed this Amendment as of the Effective Date.

 

THE COMPANY:

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.
By:  

 

  Mark Hilz, President

REQUISITE NOTEHOLDERS:

[Note: Only the Holders of at least $750,001 principal amount of the Notes are required to sign]

[NAME OF ENTITY, IF AN ENTITY]

By:  

 

Printed:  

 

Title:  

 

Principal Amount of Notes: $                                               
[FOR INDIVIDUALS:]
Signed:  

 

Printed Name:                                                                            
Principal Amount of Notes: $                                               

 

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Exhibit 10.13

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of December 22, 2021, is by and among Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. (d/b/a HeartSciences), a Texas corporation with offices located at 550 Reserve Street, Suite 360, Southlake, TX 76092 USA (the “Company”), and each of the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (individually, a “Buyer” and collectively, the “Buyers”).

RECITALS

A. The Company and each Buyer 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 “1933 Act”), and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the 1933 Act.

B. The Company has authorized a new series of senior subordinated convertible notes of the Company, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notes”), which Notes shall be convertible into shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of the Notes, including, without limitation, upon conversion or otherwise, collectively, the “Conversion Shares”), in accordance with the terms of the Notes.

C. Each Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) a Note in the aggregate original principal amount set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers and (ii) a warrant to initially acquire up to that aggregate number of additional shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (together with any Additional Warrants (as defined below) and Pre-Funded Warrants in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 attached hereto (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”), the “Warrants”) (as exercised, collectively, the “Warrant Shares”).

D. At the Closing, the parties hereto shall execute and deliver a Registration Rights Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.

E. The Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.”

AGREEMENT

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

 

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1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF NOTES AND WARRANTS.

(a) Purchase of Notes and Warrants. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer severally, but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company on the Closing Date (as defined below) a Note in the original principal amount as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers along with Warrants to initially acquire up to that aggregate number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers.

(b) Closing. The closing (the “Closing”) of the purchase of the Notes and the Warrants by the Buyers shall occur at the offices of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, 3 World Trade Center, 175 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007. The date and time of the Closing (the “Closing Date”) shall be 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the first (1st) Business Day on which the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below are satisfied or waived (or such other date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer). As used herein “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; 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 generally are open for use by customers on such day.

(c) Purchase Price. The aggregate purchase price for the Notes and the Warrants to be purchased by each Buyer (the “Purchase Price”) shall be the amount set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (5) on the Schedule of Buyers (or by the surrender for exchange of such securities of the Company as set forth on Schedule 1(c), if applicable). Each Buyer shall pay $1,000.00 for each $1,111.11 of principal amount of Notes and related Warrants to be purchased by such Buyer at the Closing. Each Buyer and the Company agree that the Notes and the Warrants constitute an “investment unit” for purposes of Section 1273(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Buyers and the Company mutually agree that the allocation of the issue price of such investment unit between the Notes and the Warrants in accordance with Section 1273(c)(2) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.1273-2(h) shall be an aggregate amount equal to one percent (1%) of the Purchase Price allocated to the Warrants and the balance of the Purchase Price allocated to the Notes, and neither the Buyers nor the Company shall take any position inconsistent with such allocation in any tax return or in any judicial or administrative proceeding in respect of taxes.

(d) Form of Payment. On the Closing Date, (i) each Buyer shall pay its respective Purchase Price (less, in the case of any Buyer, the amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4(g)) to the Company for the Notes and the Warrants to be issued and sold to such Buyer at the Closing, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Flow of Funds Letter (as defined below) (or by the surrender for exchange of such securities of the Company as set forth on Schedule 1(c), if applicable) and (ii) the Company shall deliver to each Buyer (A) a Note in the aggregate original principal amount as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) of the Schedule of Buyers and (B) a Warrant pursuant to which such Buyer shall have the right to initially acquire up to such aggregate number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) of the Schedule of Buyers, in each case, duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of such Buyer or its designee.

 

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(e) Additional Closings; Exchange. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Company may sell additional Notes (the “Additional Notes”), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,555,555.56 (inclusive of the principal amount of the Notes sold at the Closing, including up to $712,222.22 of principal amount of Notes sold pursuant to the surrender for exchange of Exchange Securities (as defined below)).), and related Warrants (the “Additional Warrants”) on the terms set forth herein and in the other Transaction Documents (each, an “Additional Closing”), provided, that (i) the form of documentation of each such Additional Closing shall be satisfactory to the Required Holders, (ii) all Additional Closings are consummated on or prior to January 31, 2022, and (iii) the purchase price of each Additional Closing shall be a cash amount proportional to the Purchase Price of the Notes and Warrants hereunder.

2. BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

Each Buyer, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company with respect to only itself that, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:

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

(b) No Public Sale or Distribution. Such Buyer (i) is acquiring its Note and Warrants, (ii) upon conversion of its Note will acquire the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion thereof, and (iii) upon exercise of its Warrants (other than pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in the Warrants)) will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise thereof, in each case, for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof in violation of applicable securities laws, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act; provided, however, by making the representations herein, such Buyer does not agree, or make any representation or warranty, to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act. Such Buyer does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Securities in violation of applicable securities laws. For purposes of this Agreement, “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and any Governmental Entity or any department or agency thereof.

(c) Accredited Investor Status. Such Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D.

 

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

(e) Information. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities that have been requested by such Buyer. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and have received answers thereto. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Buyer or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Buyer’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein. Such Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk. Such Buyer has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.

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

(g) Transfer or Resale. Such Buyer understands that except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement and Section 4(h) hereof: (i) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company (if requested by the Company) an opinion of counsel, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurance that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule thereto) (collectively, “Rule 144”); (ii) any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144, and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder. 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 and such pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Buyer effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined in Section 3(b)), including, without limitation, this Section 2(g).

 

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

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

(j) Consent to Surrender and Exchange. Each Buyer, to the extent that such Buyer is set forth on Schedule 1(c) and is a holder of any other security of the Company (each, an “Exchange Security”) that is being surrendered, exchanged, converted, and/or cancelled in consideration of the issuance hereunder of Notes and Warrants to such Buyer, hereby agrees that such Exchange Securities are being tendered to the Company in full in exchange for the applicable Notes and Warrants set forth on Exhibit A (including, if applicable, any principal amount and any accrued interest on such Exchange Securities). Effective upon the Company’s and such Buyer’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, without any further action required by the Company or such Buyer, such Exchange Securities and all obligations in connection therewith shall be immediately deemed satisfied in full and terminated in their entirety (including, if applicable, any security interest effected therein).

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.

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

(a) Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are entities duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are formed, and have the requisite power and authority to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or

 

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the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). As used in this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on (i) the business, properties, assets, liabilities, operations (including results thereof), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary, individually or taken as a whole, (ii) the transactions contemplated hereby or in any of the other Transaction Documents or any other agreements or instruments to be entered into in connection herewith or therewith or (iii) the authority or ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to perform any of their respective obligations under any of the Transaction Documents (as defined below). As of the date hereof and the Closing Date, the Company has no Subsidiaries. “Subsidiaries” means any Person in which the Company, directly or indirectly, (I) owns any of the outstanding capital stock or holds any equity or similar interest of such Person or (II) controls or operates all or any part of the business, operations or administration of such Person, and each of the foregoing, is individually referred to herein as a “Subsidiary.”

(b) Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. The Company has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the Company, and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes and the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes and the issuance of the Warrants and the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants) have been duly authorized by the Company’s board of directors or other governing body, as applicable, and (other than the filing with the SEC of one or more registration statements in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement, a Form D with the SEC and any filing(s) required by applicable state “blue sky” securities laws, rules and regulations (together the “Securities Filings”)) no further filing, consent or authorization is required by the Company, its Subsidiaries, their respective boards of directors or their stockholders or other governing body. This Agreement has been, and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party will be prior to the Closing, duly executed and delivered by the Company, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be limited by federal or state securities law. “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Lock-Up Agreement (as defined below) and each of the other agreements and instruments entered into or delivered by any of the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as may be amended from time to time.

(c) Issuance of Securities. The issuance of the Notes and the Warrants are duly authorized and upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, mortgages, defects, claims, liens, pledges, charges, taxes, rights of first refusal, encumbrances, security interests and other encumbrances (collectively, “Liens”) with respect to the issuance

 

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thereof. As of the Closing, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock not less than 60,000,000 shares of Common Stock for the issuance of the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Notes and the Warrant Shares initially issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. From and after January 31, 2022, the Company shall reserve from its duly authorized capital stock not less than 200% of the sum of (i) the maximum number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes (assuming for purposes hereof that (x) the Notes are convertible at the Alternate Conversion Price (as defined in the Notes) assuming an Alternate Conversion Date (as defined in the Note) as of the date hereof, (y) interest on the Notes shall accrue through the third anniversary of the Closing Date and will be converted into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price equal to the Alternate Conversion Price assuming an Alternate Conversion Date as of the date hereof and (z) any such conversion shall not take into account any limitations on the conversion of the Notes set forth in the Notes, and (ii) the maximum number of Warrant Shares initially issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth therein). Upon issuance or conversion in accordance with the Notes or exercise in accordance with the Warrants (as the case may be), the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares, respectively, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights or Liens with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. Subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Buyers in this Agreement, the offer and issuance by the Company of the Securities is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act.

(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes, the Warrants, the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares and the reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation (as defined below) (including, without limitation, any certificate of designation contained therein), Bylaws (as defined below), certificate of formation, memorandum of association, articles of association, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any capital stock or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) in any respect under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including, without limitation, foreign, federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(e) Consents. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is required to obtain any consent from, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with (other than the Securities Filings and any filings necessary to comply with Section 3(c) above), any Governmental Entity (as defined below) or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its respective obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. Except as contemplated by Section 3(c), all consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which

 

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the Company or any Subsidiary is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been or will be obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing Date, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has actual knowledge of any facts or circumstances which could reasonably prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings contemplated by the Transaction Documents. “Governmental Entity” means any nation, state, county, city, town, village, district, or other political jurisdiction of any nature, federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government, governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal), multi-national organization or body; or body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, including any entity or enterprise owned or controlled by a government or a public international organization or any of the foregoing.

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

(g) No General Solicitation; Placement Agents Fees. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commissions (other than for Persons engaged by any Buyer or its investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, placement agent fees payable to Benchmark, as placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) in connection with the sale of the Securities. The fees and expenses of the Placement Agent to be paid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are as set forth on Schedule 3(g) attached hereto. The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such claim. The Company acknowledges that it has engaged the Placement Agent in connection with the sale of the Securities. Other than the Placement Agent, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged any placement agent or other agent in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.

 

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(h) No Integrated Offering. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their affiliates, nor any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of the issuance of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act, whether through integration with prior offerings or otherwise, or cause this offering of the Securities to require approval of stockholders of the Company for purposes of the 1933 Act or under any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated for quotation. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates nor any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps that would require registration of the issuance of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of any of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings of securities of the Company.

(i) Dilutive Effect. The Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares will increase in certain circumstances. The Company further acknowledges that its obligation to issue the Conversion Shares pursuant to the terms of the Notes in accordance with this Agreement and the Notes and the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants is, in each case, absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company.

(j) Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement. The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, interested stockholder, business combination, poison pill (including, without limitation, any distribution under a rights agreement), stockholder rights plan or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or other organizational documents or the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or otherwise which is or could become applicable to any Buyer as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and any Buyer’s ownership of the Securities. The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock or a change in control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(k) Material Liabilities; Financial Information; Forecasts. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(k)(i), the Company has no liabilities or obligations, absolute or contingent (individually or in the aggregate), except obligations under contracts or other obligations made in the ordinary course of business that as of the date of this Agreement would not be required to be reflected in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby (“GAAP”). The historical financial information of the Company delivered to the Buyers on or prior to the date hereof, including the unaudited balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows of the Company for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2020 and 2021, and the five (5) month period ended September 30, 2021, and attached hereto as Schedule 3(k)(ii) (collectively, the “Financial Statements”), fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, at the respective dates thereof, subject to adjustments which are not reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company

 

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and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. No other written information provided by or on behalf of the Company to any of the Buyers contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made. The Company is not currently contemplating to amend or restate any of the Financial Statements, nor does the Company have actual knowledge of facts or circumstances which would require the Company to amend or restate any of the Financial Statements, in each case, in order for any of the Financials Statements to be in compliance with GAAP (except for the absence of footnotes in the September 30, 2021 financial statements). The Company has not been informed by its independent accountants that they recommend that the Company amend or restate any of the Financial Statements or that there is any need for the Company to amend or restate any of the Financial Statements.

(l) Absence of Certain Changes. Since January 1, 2021, there has been no Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Specifically, except as set forth on Schedule 3(l), since January 1, 2021, neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have:(i) declared, set aside or paid any dividend or other distribution with respect to any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any such shares;

(ii) sold, assigned, pledged, encumbered, transferred or otherwise disposed of any tangible asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than sales or the licensing of its products to customers in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), or sold, assigned, pledged, encumbered, transferred or otherwise disposed of any Intellectual Property (as defined in Section 3(w)) (other than licensing of products of the Company or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and on a non-exclusive basis);

(iii) entered into any licensing or other agreement with regard to the acquisition or disposition of any Intellectual Property other than licenses in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or any amendment or consent with respect to any licensing agreement filed or required to be filed with respect to any Governmental Entity;

(iv) capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $50,000;

(v) any obligation or liability (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due) incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in excess of $150,000 individually, other than obligations under customer contracts, current obligations and liabilities, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;

(vi) any Lien on any property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except for Liens in existence on the date of this Agreement that are described on Schedules 3(l) (vi).

(vii) any payment, discharge, satisfaction or settlement of any suit, action, claim, arbitration, proceeding or obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;

 

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(viii) any split, combination or reclassification of any equity securities;

(ix) any material loss, destruction or damage to any property of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not insured;

(x) any acceleration or prepayment of any Indebtedness (as defined below) for borrowed money or the refunding of any such Indebtedness;

(xi) any labor trouble involving the Company or any Subsidiary or any material change in their personnel or the terms and conditions of employment;

(xii) any waiver of any valuable right, whether by contract or otherwise;

(xiii) except as disclosed in Schedule 3(l) (xiii), any loan or extension of credit to any officer or employee of the Company;

(xiv) any change in the independent public accountants of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any material change in the accounting methods or accounting practices followed by the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, or any material change in depreciation or amortization policies or rates;

(xv) any resignation or termination of any officer, key employee or group of employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(xvi) any change in any compensation arrangement or agreement with any employee, officer, director or stockholder that would result in the aggregate compensation to such Person in such year to exceed $100,000;

(xvii) any material increase in the compensation of employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries (including any increase pursuant to any written bonus, pension, profit sharing or other benefit or compensation plan, policy or arrangement or commitment), or any increase in any such compensation or bonus payable to any officer, stockholder, director, consultant or agent of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries having an annual salary or remuneration in excess of $200,000, except as may be provided in projections contained in Schedule 3(l) (xvii);

(xviii) any revaluation of any of their respective assets, including, without limitation, writing down the value of capitalized inventory or writing off notes or accounts receivable or any sale of assets other than in the ordinary course of business;

(xix) any acquisition or disposition of any material assets (or any contract or arrangement therefor), or any other material transaction by the Company or any Subsidiary otherwise than for fair value in the ordinary course of business;

(xx) written-down the value of any asset of the Company or its Subsidiaries or written-off as uncollectible of any accounts or notes receivable or any portion thereof except in the ordinary course of business and in a magnitude consistent with historical practice;

 

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(xxi) cancelled any debts or claims or any material amendment, termination or waiver of any rights of the Company or its Subsidiaries; or

(xxii) any agreement, whether in writing or otherwise, to take any of the actions specified in the foregoing items (i) through (xxi).

Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any law or statute relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, liquidation or winding up, nor does the Company or any Subsidiary have any actual knowledge or reason to believe that any of their respective creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so. 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(l), “Insolvent” means, (i) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, (A) the present fair saleable value of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets is less than the amount required to pay the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ total Indebtedness (as defined below), (B) the Company and its Subsidiaries are unable to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured or (C) the Company and its Subsidiaries intend to incur or believe that they will incur debts that would be beyond their ability to pay as such debts mature; and (ii) with respect to the Company and each Subsidiary, individually, (A) the present fair saleable value of the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s (as the case may be) assets is less than the amount required to pay its respective total Indebtedness, (B) the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) is unable to pay its respective debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured or (C) the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) intends to incur or believes that it will incur debts that would be beyond its respective ability to pay as such debts mature. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any business or in any transaction, and is not currently planning to engage in any business or in any transaction, for which the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s remaining assets constitute 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.

(m) No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances. No event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is reasonably expected to exist or occur with respect to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or condition (financial or otherwise), that (i) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on any Buyer’s investment hereunder or (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The reserves, if any, established by the Company or the lack of reserves, if applicable, are reasonable based upon facts and circumstances known by the Company on the date hereof and there are no loss contingencies that are required to be accrued by the Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board which are not provided for by the Company in its financial statements or otherwise.

 

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(n) 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 designation, preferences or rights of any other outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Bylaws or their organizational charter, certificate of formation, memorandum of association, articles of association, Certificate of Incorporation or certificate of incorporation or bylaws, respectively. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except in all cases for possible violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 3(n), the Company and each of its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not 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. There is no agreement, commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party which has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any acquisition of property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the conduct of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(o) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, the Company’s subsidiary or any director, officer, agent, employee, nor any other Person acting for or on behalf of the foregoing (individually and collectively, a “Company Affiliate”) have violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”) or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, nor has any Company Affiliate offered, paid, promised to pay, or authorized the payment of any money, or offered, given, promised to give, or authorized the giving of anything of value, to any officer, employee or any other person acting in an official capacity for any Governmental Entity to any political party or official thereof or to any candidate for political office (individually and collectively, a “Government Official”) or to any person under circumstances where such Company Affiliate knew or was aware of a high probability that all or a portion of such money or thing of value would be offered, given or promised, directly or indirectly, to any Government Official, for the purpose of:

(i) (A) influencing any act or decision of such Government Official in his/her official capacity, (B) inducing such Government Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of his/her lawful duty, (C) securing any improper advantage, or (D) inducing such Government Official to influence or affect any act or decision of any Governmental Entity, or

(ii) assisting the Company or its Subsidiaries in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

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(p) Transactions With Affiliates. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(p), no current or former employee, partner, director, officer or stockholder (direct or indirect) of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any associate, or, to the actual knowledge of the Company, any affiliate of any thereof, or any relative with a relationship no more remote than first cousin of any of the foregoing, is presently, or since June 30, 2013 has been: (i) a party to any transaction with the Company or its Subsidiaries (including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services by, or rental of real or personal property from, or otherwise requiring payments to, any such director, officer or stockholder or such associate or affiliate or relative Subsidiaries (other than for ordinary course services as employees, officers or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries)) or (ii) the direct or indirect owner of an interest in any corporation, firm, association or business organization which is a competitor, supplier or customer of the Company or its Subsidiaries (except for a passive investment (direct or indirect) in less than 5% of the common stock of a company whose securities are traded on or quoted through an Eligible Market (as defined in the Notes)), nor does any such Person receive income from any source other than the Company or its Subsidiaries which relates to the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or should properly accrue to the Company or its Subsidiaries. No employee, officer, stockholder or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or member of his or her immediate family is indebted to the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, nor is the Company or any of its Subsidiaries indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them, other than (i) for payment of salary for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred on behalf of the Company, and (iii) for other standard employee benefits made generally available to all employees or executives (including stock option agreements outstanding under any stock option plan approved by the Board of Directors of the Company).

(q) Equity Capitalization.

(i) Definitions:

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

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

(ii) Authorized and Outstanding Capital Stock. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (A) 300,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 109,690,081 are issued and outstanding and 146,807,686 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to Convertible Securities (as defined below) (other than the Notes and the Warrants) exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, shares of Common Stock and (B) 20,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, 503,265 of which are issued and outstanding. No shares of Common Stock are held in the treasury of the Company. “Convertible Securities” means any capital stock or other security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is at any time and under any circumstances directly or indirectly convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any capital stock or other security of the Company (including, without limitation, Common Stock) or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(iii) Valid Issuance; Available Shares; Affiliates. All of such outstanding shares are duly authorized and have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Schedule 3(q)(iii) sets forth the number of shares of Common Stock that are (A) reserved for issuance pursuant to Convertible Securities (other than the Notes and the Warrants) and (B) that are, as of the date hereof, owned by Persons who are “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act and calculated based on the assumption that only officers, directors and holders of at least 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Stock are “affiliates” without conceding that any such Persons are “affiliates” for purposes of federal securities laws) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. To the Company’s knowledge, no Person owns 10% or more of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (calculated based on the assumption that all Convertible Securities (as defined below), whether or not presently exercisable or convertible, have been fully exercised or converted (as the case may be) taking account of any limitations on exercise or conversion (including “blockers”) contained therein without conceding that such identified Person is a 10% stockholder for purposes of federal securities laws).

(iv) Existing Securities; Obligations. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3(q)(iv): (A) none of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s shares, interests or capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or Liens suffered or permitted by the Company or any Subsidiary; (B) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares, interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares, interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares, interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (C) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the 1933 Act (except pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and the registration rights agreements set forth on Schedule 3(q)(iv)); (D) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (E) there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities; and (F) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement.

 

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

(r) Indebtedness and Other Contracts. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, (i) except as disclosed on Schedule 3(r), has any outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound, (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) except as set forth on Schedule 3(r), has any financing statements securing obligations in any amounts filed in connection with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iv) is in violation of any term of, or in default under, any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, or (v) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement: (x) “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (including, without limitation, “capital leases” in accordance with GAAP) (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with GAAP, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G) above; and (y) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.

 

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(s) Litigation. There is no action, suit, arbitration, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, other Governmental Entity, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Common Stock or any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ officers or directors , whether of a civil or criminal nature or otherwise, in their capacities as such, except as set forth in Schedule 3(s). No director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has willfully violated 18 U.S.C. §1519 or engaged in spoliation in reasonable anticipation of litigation. The Company is not subject to any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any Governmental Entity.

(t) Insurance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will be unable to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(u) Employee Matters; Benefit Plans.

(i) Except as set forth on Schedule 3(u)(i), the employment of each officer and employee of the Company is terminable at the will of the Company. The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with all applicable laws relating to wages, hours, equal opportunity, collective bargaining, workers’ compensation insurance and the payment of social security and other taxes. The Company is not aware that any officer, key employee or group of employees intends to terminate his, her or their employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, nor does the Company have a present intention, or know of a present intention of its Subsidiaries, to terminate the employment of any officer, key employee or group of employees. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened employment discrimination charges or complaints against or involving the Company or its Subsidiaries before any federal, state, or local board, department, commission or agency, or unfair labor practice charges or complaints, disputes or grievances affecting the Company or its Subsidiaries.

(ii) Since the Company’s inception, neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has experienced any labor disputes, union organization attempts or work stoppage due to labor disagreements. There are no unfair labor practice charges or complaints against the Company or its Subsidiaries pending, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened before the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable state agency or authority. There are no written or oral contracts, commitments, agreements, understandings or other arrangements with any labor organization, nor work rules or practices agreed to with any labor organization or employee association, applicable to employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor is the Company or its Subsidiaries a party to, or bound by, any collective bargaining or similar agreement; there is not, and since the Company’s inception there has not been, any representation of the employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries by any labor organization and, to the knowledge of the Company, there are no union organizing activities among the employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of the Company, no question concerning representation has been raised or is threatened respecting the employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

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(iii) Schedule 3(u)(iii) contains a true, correct and complete list of each pension, retirement, savings, deferred compensation and profit-sharing plan and each stock option, stock appreciation, stock purchase, performance share, bonus or other incentive plan, severance plan, health, group insurance or other welfare plan, or other similar plan (whether written or otherwise) and any “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), under which the Company has any current or future obligation or liability (including any potential, contingent or secondary liability under Title IV of ERISA) or under which any employee or former employee (or beneficiary of any employee or former employee) of the Company has or may have any current or future right to benefits (the term “plan” shall include any contract, agreement (including an employment or independent contractor agreement), policy or understanding, each such plan being hereinafter referred to in this Agreement individually as a “Benefit Plan”). The Company has delivered to each Buyer true, correct and complete copies of (i) each material Benefit Plan, including any amendments thereto, (ii) the summary plan description, if any, for each Benefit Plan, including any summaries of material modifications made since the most recent summary plan description, (iii) the latest annual report which has been filed with the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) for each Benefit Plan required to file an annual report, and (iv) the most recent IRS determination letter for each Benefit Plan that is a pension plan (as defined in ERISA) intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code. Each Benefit Plan intended to be tax qualified under Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code is and has been determined by the IRS to be tax qualified under Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code and, since such determination, no amendment to or failure to amend any such Benefit Plan and no other event or circumstance has occurred that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect its tax qualified status.

(iv) There are no actions, claims, audits, lawsuits or arbitrations pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, with respect to any Benefit Plan or the assets of any Benefit Plan. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(u)(iv), each Benefit Plan has been administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and with all applicable Legal Requirements (as defined below) (including, without limitation, the Code and ERISA). “Legal Requirement” means any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, international, multinational, or other administrative order, constitution, law, ordinance, principle of common law, regulation, statute, or treaty.

(v) Except as set forth in Schedule 3(u)(v), the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not (1) entitle any employee or independent contractor of the Company or its Subsidiaries to severance pay or termination benefits, (2) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation due to any current or former employee or independent contractor of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (3) obligate the Company or any of its affiliates to pay or otherwise be liable for any compensation, vacation days, pension contribution or other benefits to any current or former employee, consultant, agent or independent contractor of the Company or its Subsidiaries for periods before the applicable Closing Date, (4) require assets to be set aside or other forms of security to be provided with respect to any liability under a Benefit Plan, or (5) result in any “parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code) under any Benefit Plan.

 

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(vi) No Benefit Plan is subject to the provisions of Section 412 of the Code or Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA. No Benefit Plan is subject to Title IV of ERISA and no Benefit Plan is a “multiemployer plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). Since inception, neither the Company, its Subsidiaries, nor any business or entity treated as a single employer with the Company or its Subsidiaries for purposes of Title IV of ERISA contributed to or was obliged to contribute to a pension plan that was at any time subject to Title IV of ERISA.

(vii) No Benefit Plan has provided, been required to provide, provides or is required to provide, at any time in the past, present, or future, health, medical, dental, accident, disability, death or survivor benefits to or in respect of any Person beyond one year following termination of employment, except to the extent required under any state insurance law or under Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA and under Section 4980B of the Code. No Benefit Plan covers any individual that is not an employee or advisor of the Company or its Subsidiaries, other than spouses and dependents of employees under health and child care policies listed in Schedule 3(u)(vii), true and complete copies of which have been made available to each Buyer.

(viii) Except as otherwise permitted pursuant to employment agreements with the Company disclosed to the Buyers, each officer of the Company is currently devoting all of such officer’s business time to the conduct of the business of the Company. Except as otherwise permitted pursuant to employment agreements with the Company disclosed to the Buyers, the Company is not aware of any officer or key employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries planning to work less than full time at the Company or its Subsidiaries in the future.

(v) Assets; Title. (b)

(i) Except as set forth on Schedule 3(v)(i), each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has good and valid title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, as applicable, all of its material properties and assets, free and clear of all Liens except (i) any Lien for taxes not yet due or delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) any statutory Lien arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent, (iii) any Lien created by operation of law, such as materialmen’s liens, mechanics’ liens and other similar liens, arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and (iv) such as have been disposed of in the ordinary course of business. All tangible personal property owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries has been maintained in good operating condition and repair, except (x) for ordinary wear and tear, and (y) where such failure would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All assets leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are in the condition

 

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required by the terms of the lease applicable thereto during the term of such lease and upon the expiration thereof. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property, if any, and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such Liens set forth in Schedule 3(v)(i).

(ii) Schedule 3(v)(ii) sets forth a complete list of all real property and interests in real property leased by the Company as of the date hereof (the “Real Property”). The Company has good and valid leasehold interest in all real property and interests in real property shown on Schedule 3(v)(ii) to be leased by it free and clear of all Liens except where such Liens would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(v)(ii), there exists no default, or any event which upon notice or the passage of time, or both, would give rise to any default, in the performance of the Company or by any lessor under any such lease, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, is the landlord of any such lease in default except where any such default would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(w) Intellectual Property. (c)

(i) Except as set forth on Schedule 3(w)(i), the Company and its Subsidiaries own all right, title and interest in and to, or have a valid and enforceable (except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.) license to use all the Intellectual Property used by them in connection with the their respective businesses, which represents all intellectual property rights necessary to the conduct of the their business as now conducted. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all contractual obligations relating to the protection of such of the Intellectual Property as they use pursuant to license or other agreement except where any non-compliance could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to the knowledge of the Company, as currently conducted, or as reasonably be expected to be conducted, does not, and is not reasonably expected to, conflict with or infringe any proprietary right or Intellectual Property of any third party, including, without limitation, the transmission, reproduction, use, display or modification of any content or material (including framing, and linking web site content) on a web site, bulletin board or other like medium hosted by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for such infringements and conflicts which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no claim, suit, action or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary: (i) alleging any such conflict or infringement with any third party’s proprietary rights; or (ii) challenging the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s ownership or use of, or the validity or enforceability of any Intellectual Property.

 

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(ii) Schedule 3(w)(ii) sets forth a complete and current list of registered trademarks or copyrights, issued patents, applications therefor, or other forms of Intellectual Property registration anywhere in the world that is owned by the Company or a Subsidiary (“Listed Intellectual Property”) and the owner of record, date of application or issuance and relevant jurisdiction as to each. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(w)(ii), all Listed Intellectual Property is owned by the Company or a Subsidiary, free and clear of security interests, liens, encumbrances or claims of any nature. All Listed Intellectual Property is valid, subsisting, unexpired, in proper form and enforceable and all renewal fees and other maintenance fees that have fallen due on or prior to the effective date of this Agreement have been paid. No Listed Intellectual Property is the subject of any proceeding before any governmental, registration or other authority in any jurisdiction, including any office action or other form of preliminary or final refusal of registration, except as noted on Schedule 3(w)(ii). The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not alter or impair any Intellectual Property that is owned or licensed by the Company or a Subsidiary.

(iii) Schedule 3(w)(iii) sets forth a complete list of all agreements relating to Intellectual Property to which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party, subject or bound (the “Intellectual Property Contracts”) (other than agreements involving (A) the license of the Company of standard, generally commercially available “off-the-shelf” third party products that are not and will not to any extent be part of any product, service or intellectual property offering of the Company or (B) non-disclosure or non-use of information). Each Intellectual Property Contract: (i) is valid and binding on the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and, to the Company’s knowledge, the counterparties thereto, and is in full force and effect and (ii) upon consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall continue in full force and effect without penalty or other adverse consequence.

(iv) The Company and its Subsidiaries are not under any obligation to pay royalties or other payments in connection with any agreement, nor restricted from assigning their rights respecting Intellectual Property nor will the Company or any Subsidiary otherwise be, as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the performance of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement, in breach of any agreement relating to the Intellectual Property.

(v) Except as set forth on Schedule 3(w)(v), no present or former employee, officer or director of the Company or any Subsidiary, or agent or outside contractor of the Company or any Subsidiary, holds any right, title or interest, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or to any Intellectual Property that is owned or licensed by the Company or any Subsidiary.

(vi) To the Company’s knowledge: (i) none of the Listed Intellectual Property has been used, disclosed or appropriated to the detriment of the Company or any Subsidiary for the benefit of any Person other than the Company; and (ii) no employee, independent contractor or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary has misappropriated any trade secrets or other confidential information of any other Person in the course of the performance of his or her duties as an employee, independent contractor or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

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(vii) Any programs, modifications, enhancements or other inventions, improvements, discoveries, methods or works of authorship (“Works”) that were created by employees of the Company or any Subsidiary were made in the regular course of such employees’ employment or service relationships with the Company or its Subsidiary using the Company’s or the Subsidiary’s facilities and resources and, as such, constitute either works made for hire or all rights and title to and in such Works have been fully assigned to the Company or a Subsidiary. Each such employee who has created Works or any employee who in the regular course of his employment may create Works and all consultants have signed an assignment or similar agreement with the Company or the Subsidiary confirming the Company’s or the Subsidiary’s ownership or, in the alternate, transferring and assigning to the Company or the Subsidiary all right, title and interest in and to such programs, modifications, enhancements or other inventions including copyright and other intellectual property rights therein.

(viii) For the purpose of this Agreement, “Intellectual Property” or “Intellectual Property Rights” shall mean all of the following: (A) trademarks and service marks, trade dress, product configurations, trade names and other indications of origin, applications or registrations in any jurisdiction pertaining to the foregoing and all goodwill associated therewith; (B) inventions, discoveries, improvements, ideas, know-how, formula methodology, processes, technology, software (including password unprotected interpretive code or source code, object code, development documentation, programming tools, drawings, specifications and data) and applications and patents in any jurisdiction pertaining to the foregoing, including re-issues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals or extensions; (C) trade secrets, including confidential information and the right in any jurisdiction to limit the use or disclosure thereof; (D) copyrights in writings, designs software, mask works or other works, applications or registrations in any jurisdiction for the foregoing and all moral rights related thereto; (E) database rights; (F) internet websites, domain names and applications and registrations pertaining thereto and all intellectual property used in connection with or contained in all versions of the Company’s Web sites; (G) rights under all agreements relating to the foregoing; (H) books and records pertaining to the foregoing; and (I) claims or causes of action arising out of or related to past, present or future infringement or misappropriation of the foregoing.

(x) Environmental Laws(i) . (i) The Company and its Subsidiaries (A) are in compliance with any and all Environmental Laws (as defined below), (B) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (C) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each of the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The term “Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.

 

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(ii) No Hazardous Materials:

(A) have been disposed of or otherwise released from any Real Property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in violation of any Environmental Laws; or

(B) to the knowledge of the Company, are present on, over, beneath, in or upon Real Property or any portion thereof in quantities that would constitute a violation of any Environmental Laws. No prior use by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Real Property has occurred that violates any Environmental Laws, which violation would have a material adverse effect on the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(iii) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries knows of any other person who or entity which has stored, treated, recycled, disposed of or otherwise located on any Real Property any Hazardous Materials, including, without limitation, such substances as asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls.

(iv) None of the Real Properties are on any federal or state “Superfund” list or Liability Information System (“CERCLIS”) list or any state environmental agency list of sites under consideration for CERCLIS, nor subject to any environmental related Liens.

(y) Subsidiary Rights. The Company or one of its Subsidiaries has the unrestricted right to vote, and (subject to limitations imposed by applicable law) to receive dividends and distributions on, all capital securities of its Subsidiaries as owned by the Company or such Subsidiary.

(z) Tax Status.

(i) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed in a timely manner (within any applicable extension periods) and in the appropriate jurisdictions all material returns, reports, information statements and other documentation (including any additional or supporting materials) filed or maintained, or required to be filed or maintained, in connection with the calculation, determination, assessment or collection of any and all federal, state, local, foreign and other taxes, levies, fees, imposts, duties, governmental fees and charges of whatever kind (including any interest, penalties or additions to the tax imposed in connection therewith or with respect thereto), including, without limitation, taxes imposed on, or measured by, income, franchise, profits, gross income or gross receipts, and also ad valorem, value added, sales, use, service, real or personal property, capital stock, stock transfer, license, payroll, withholding, employment, social security, workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, utility, severance, production, excise, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, transfer and gains taxes and customs duties (each a “Tax”) including amended returns required as a result of examination adjustments made by the IRS or other Governmental Entity responsible for the imposition of any Tax (collectively, the “Returns”) and such Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects.

 

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(ii) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has paid all material Taxes and other assessments due from and payable by the Company and the Subsidiaries on or prior to the date hereof on a timely basis except as to those set forth in Schedule 3(z)(ii). The charges, accruals, and reserves for Taxes with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries are adequate to cover Tax liabilities of the Company and the Subsidiaries accruing throughout the date thereof. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(z)(ii), each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects with all applicable Legal Requirements relating to the payment and withholding of Taxes (including withholding and reporting requirements under Sections 1441 through 1464, 3401 through 3406, and 6041 and 6049 of the Code and similar provisions under any other applicable Legal Requirements) and, within the time and in the manner prescribed by law, has withheld from wages, fees and other payments and paid over to the proper governmental or regulatory authorities all amounts required. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(z)(ii), neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received notice of assessment or proposed assessment of any Taxes claimed to be owed by it or any other Person on its behalf. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(z)(ii), no Returns filed by or on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to Taxes are currently being audited or examined. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(z)(ii), neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received notice of any such audit or examination. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(z)(ii), no issue has been raised by any taxing authority with respect to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in any audit or examination which, by application of similar principles, could reasonably be expected to result in a proposed material adjustment to the liability for Taxes for any period not so examined.

(iii) Except as set forth in Schedule 3(z)(iii), no known Liens have been filed and no claims are being asserted by or against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to any Taxes (other than Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable). Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has elected pursuant to the Code to be treated as an S corporation or any comparable provision of local, state or foreign law, or has made any other elections pursuant to the Code (other than elections that relate solely to entity classification, methods of accounting, depreciation, or amortization) that would reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the business, properties, prospects, or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries, individually or in the aggregate.

(iv) No claim has ever been made, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened or pending, by any authority in a jurisdiction where the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, respectively, does not file Returns that the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction, and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any notice or request for information from any such authority. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has been a member of an affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504(a) of the Code) or filed or been included in a combined, consolidated or unitary income tax return other than the affiliated group of which the Company is currently the common parent. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is required to include in income any adjustment pursuant to Section 481(a) of

 

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the Code by reason of a voluntary change in accounting methods initiated by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, and no Governmental Entity has proposed an adjustment or change in accounting method. All transactions or methods of accounting that could give rise to a substantial understatement of federal income tax as described in Section 6662(d)(2)(B)(i) of the Code have been adequately disclosed on the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ federal income tax returns in accordance with Section 6662(d)(2)(B) of the Code. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is a party to any Tax sharing or Tax indemnity agreement or any other agreement of a similar nature that remains in effect. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has consented to any waiver of the statute of limitations for the assessment of any Taxes or has requested any extension of time for the payment of any Taxes. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has ever held a material beneficial interest in any other Person, other than those listed in Schedule 3(z)(iv). Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is obligated to make, nor as a result of any event connected with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will become obligated to make, any payment that would not be deductible under Section 280G of the Code. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1296 of the Code (a “PFIC”), and the Company does not anticipate that the Company or any additional foreign Subsidiary will become a PFIC in the foreseeable future.

(v) Other than as listed in Schedule 3(z)(v), the net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”) for United States federal income tax purposes of the consolidated group of which the Company is the common parent, if any, shall not, to the Company’s knowledge, be adversely effected by the transactions contemplated hereby. The transactions contemplated hereby do not constitute an “ownership change” within the meaning of Section 382 of the Code, thereby preserving the Company’s ability to utilize such NOLs.

(aa) Internal Accounting and Disclosure Controls. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements that accurately reflect the current status of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to maintain asset and liability accountability, (iii) access to assets or incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets and liabilities at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any difference. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or correspondence from any accountant, Governmental Entity or other Person relating to any potential material weakness or significant deficiency in any part of the internal controls over financial reporting of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(bb) Off Balance Sheet Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that would be required to be disclosed by the Company in its 1934 Act filings and is not so disclosed or that otherwise could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(cc) Investment Company Status. The Company is not, and upon consummation of the sale of the Securities will not be, an “investment company,” an affiliate of an “investment company,” a company controlled by an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(dd) U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, or has ever been, and so long as any of the Securities are held by any of the Buyers, shall become, a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Code, and the Company and each Subsidiary shall so certify upon any Buyer’s request.

(ee) Transfer Taxes. On the Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income or similar taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the issuance, sale and transfer of the Securities to be sold to each Buyer hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company, and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been complied with.

(ff) Bank Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.

(gg) Illegal or Unauthorized Payments; Political Contributions. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge (after reasonable inquiry of its officers and directors), any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or other representatives of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any other business entity or enterprise with which the Company or any Subsidiary is or has been affiliated or associated, has, directly or indirectly, made or authorized any payment, contribution or gift of money, property, or services, whether or not in contravention of applicable law, (i) as a kickback or bribe to any Person or (ii) to any political organization, or the holder of or any aspirant to any elective or appointive public office except for personal political contributions not involving the direct or indirect use of funds of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

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

 

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(ii) Books and Records. The books of account, ledgers, order books, records and documents of the Company and its Subsidiaries accurately and completely reflect all information relating to the respective businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, the nature, acquisition, maintenance, location and collection of each of their respective assets, and the nature of all transactions giving rise to material obligations or accounts receivable of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, except where the failure to so reflect such information would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The minute books of the Company and its Subsidiaries contain accurate records of all meetings and accurately reflect all other actions taken by the stockholders, boards of directors and all committees of the boards of directors, and other governing Persons of the Company and its Subsidiaries, respectively.

(jj) Acknowledgement Regarding Buyers’ Trading Activity. It is understood and acknowledged by the Company (a) (i) that none of the Buyers have been asked by the Company or its Subsidiaries to agree, nor has any Buyer agreed with the Company or its Subsidiaries, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii) that each Buyer shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter party in any “derivative” transaction and (iii) each Buyer may rely on the Company’s obligation to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange, as applicable, of the Securities as and when required pursuant to the Transaction Documents for purposes of effecting trading in the Common Stock of the Company The Company further understands and acknowledges that following the public disclosure of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents pursuant to the Press Release (as defined below) one or more Buyers may engage in hedging and/or trading activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value and/or number of the Conversion Shares deliverable with respect to the Notes are being determined and such hedging and/or trading activities, if any, can reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity interest in the Company both at and after the time the hedging and/or trading activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging and/or trading activities do not constitute a breach of this Agreement, the Notes or any other Transaction Document or any of the documents executed in connection herewith or therewith.

(kk) Management. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(kk) hereto, during the past five year period, no current or, to the Knowledge of the Company, former officer or director or, to the knowledge of the Company, no current ten percent (10%) or greater stockholder of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been the subject of:

(i) a petition under bankruptcy laws or any other insolvency or moratorium law or the appointment by a court of a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer for such Person, or any partnership in which such person was a general partner at or within two years before the filing of such petition or such appointment, or any corporation or business association of which such person was an executive officer at or within two years before the time of the filing of such petition or such appointment;

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(iii) any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining any such person from, or otherwise limiting, the following activities:

(1) Acting as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, leverage transaction merchant, any other person regulated by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission or an associated person of any of the foregoing, or as an investment adviser, underwriter, broker or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director or employee of any investment company, bank, savings and loan association or insurance company, or engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with such activity;

(2) Engaging in any particular type of business practice; or

(3) Engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any violation of securities laws or commodities laws;

(iv) any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more than sixty (60) days the right of any such person to engage in any activity described in the preceding sub paragraph, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;

(v) a finding by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the SEC or other authority to have violated any securities law, regulation or decree and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the SEC or any other authority has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated; or

(vi) a finding by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated any federal commodities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated.

(ll) Stock Option Plans(d) . Each stock option granted by the Company was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the applicable stock option plan of the Company and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.

(mm) No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers(e) . There are no material disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers

 

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which could affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents. In addition, on or prior to the date hereof, the Company had discussions with its accountants about its financial statements. Based on those discussions, the Company has no reason to believe that it will need to restate any such financial statements or any part thereof.

(nn) No Disqualification Events(f) . With respect to Securities to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506(b) under the 1933 Act (“Regulation D Securities”), none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering contemplated hereby, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person” and, together, “Issuer Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the 1933 Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Buyers a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.

(oo) Other Covered Persons(g) . Other than as disclosed on Schedule 3(oo), the Company is not aware of any Person (other than the Placement Agent) that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of Buyers or potential purchasers in connection with the sale of any Regulation D Securities.

(pp) No Additional Agreements. The Company does not have any agreement or understanding with any Buyer with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents other than as specified in the Transaction Documents.

(qq) Public Utility Holding Act. None of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “holding company,” or an “affiliate” of a “holding company,” as such terms are defined in the Public Utility Holding Act of 2005.

(rr) Federal Power Act. None of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to regulation as a “public utility” under the Federal Power Act, as amended.

(ss) Potential Products; FDA; EMEA.

(i) Except as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 3(ss)(i), the Company possesses all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its business as currently conducted, including without limitation all such certificates, authorizations and permits required by the United States Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) or any other federal, state or foreign agencies or bodies engaged in the regulation of pharmaceuticals or biohazardous materials, except where the failure to so possess such certificates, authorizations and permits, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(ii) Except as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 3(ss)(ii), the Company has not received any written notices or statements from the FDA, the European Medicines Agency (the “EMEA”) or any other governmental agency, and otherwise has no knowledge or reason to believe, that (i) any medical device or other product of the Company (each a “Potential Product”) may or will be rejected or determined to be non-approvable; (ii) a delay in time for review and/or approval of a marketing authorization application or marketing approval application in any jurisdiction for any Potential Product is or may be required, requested or being implemented; (iii) one or more clinical studies for any Potential Product shall or may be requested or required in addition to the clinical studies submitted to the FDA prior to the date hereof as a precondition to or condition of issuance or maintenance of a marketing approval for any Potential Product; (iv) any license, approval, permit or authorization to conduct any clinical trial of or market any product or Potential Product of the Company has been, will be or may be suspended, revoked, modified or limited, except in the cases of clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) where such rejections, determinations, delays, requests, suspensions, revocations, modifications or limitations might not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(iii) To the Company’s knowledge, the preclinical and clinical testing, application for marketing approval of, manufacture, distribution, promotion and sale of the products and Potential Products of the Company is in compliance, in all material respects, with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to such activities, including without limitation applicable good laboratory practices, good clinical practices and good manufacturing practices, except for such non-compliance as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not aware of any studies, tests or trial the results of which reasonably call into question the results of the tests and trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company. The Company has not received notice of adverse finding, warning letter or clinical hold notice from the FDA or any non-U.S. counterpart of any of the foregoing, or any untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the FDA or any other governmental authority or agency or any institutional or ethical review board alleging or asserting noncompliance with any law, rule or regulation applicable in any jurisdiction, except notices, letters, and correspondences and non-U.S. counterparts thereof alleging or asserting such noncompliance as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not, either voluntarily or involuntarily, initiated, conducted or issued, or caused to be initiated, conducted or issued, any recall, field correction, market withdrawal or replacement, safety alert, warning, “dear doctor” letter, investigator notice, or other notice or action relating to an alleged or potential lack of safety or efficacy of any product or Potential Product of the Company, any alleged product defect of any product or Potential Product of the Company, or any violation of any material applicable law, rule, regulation or any clinical trial or marketing license, approval, permit or authorization for any product or potential product of the Company, and the Company is not aware of any facts or information that would cause it to initiate any such notice or action and has no knowledge or reason to believe that the FDA, the EMEA or any other governmental agency or authority or any institutional or ethical review board or other non-governmental authority intends to impose, require, request or suggest such notice or action.

 

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(tt) Cybersecurity. The Company and its Subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company’s business. The Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable physical, technical and administrative controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data, including “Personal Data,” used in connection with their businesses. “Personal Data” means (i) a natural person’s name, street address, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, social security number or tax identification number, driver’s license number, passport number, credit card number, bank information, or customer or account number; (ii) any information which would qualify as “personally identifying information” under the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended; (iii) “personal data” as defined by the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) (EU 2016/679); (iv) any information which would qualify as “protected health information” under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (collectively, “HIPAA”); and (v) any other piece of information that allows the identification of such natural person, or his or her family, or permits the collection or analysis of any data related to an identified person’s health or sexual orientation. To the Company’s knowledge, there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any other person, nor any incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same except in each case, where such would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification except in each case, where such would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(uu) Compliance with Data Privacy Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries are, and at all prior times were, in compliance with all applicable state and federal data privacy and security laws and regulations, including without limitation HIPAA, and the Company and its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable actions to prepare to comply with, and since May 25, 2018, have been and currently are in compliance with, the GDPR (EU 2016/679) (collectively, the “Privacy Laws”) except in each case, where such would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. To ensure compliance with the Privacy Laws, the Company and its Subsidiaries have in place, comply with, and take appropriate steps reasonably designed to ensure compliance in all material respects with their policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security and the collection, storage, use,

 

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disclosure, handling, and analysis of Personal Data (the “Policies”). The Company and its Subsidiaries have at all times made all disclosures to users or customers required by applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, and none of such disclosures made or contained in any Policy have, to the knowledge of the Company, been inaccurate or in violation of any applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements in any material respect. The Company further certifies that neither it nor any Subsidiary: (i) has received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any of the Privacy Laws, and has no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice; (ii) is currently conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation, or other corrective action pursuant to any Privacy Law; or (iii) is a party to any order, decree, or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Privacy Law.

(vv) Ranking of Notes. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(vv), no Indebtedness of the Company, at the Closing, will be senior to, or pari passu with, the Notes in right of payment, whether with respect to payment or redemptions, interest, damages, upon liquidation or dissolution or otherwise.

(ww) Disclosure. No written statement made by the Company in this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or in any certificate or schedule furnished or to be furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Investors or any of their representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading. The written due diligence materials previously provided by or on behalf of the Company to each Buyer (the “Due Diligence Materials”), have been prepared in a good faith effort by the Company to describe the Company’s present and proposed products, and projected growth of the Company and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except that with respect to assumptions, projections and expressions of opinion or predictions contained in the Due Diligence Materials, the Company represents only that such assumptions, projections, expressions of opinion and predictions were made in good faith and that the Company believes there is a reasonable basis therefor. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 2.

4. COVENANTS.

(a) Best Efforts. Each Buyer shall use its best efforts to timely satisfy each of the covenants hereunder and conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Section 6 of this Agreement. The Company shall use its best efforts to timely satisfy each of the covenants hereunder and conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Section 7 of this Agreement.

(b) Form D and Blue Sky. The Company shall file an amended Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after such filing. The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to, qualify the Securities for sale to the Buyers at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an

 

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exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Buyers on or prior to the Closing Date. Without limiting any other obligation of the Company under this Agreement, the Company shall timely make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities required under all applicable securities laws (including, without limitation, all applicable federal securities laws and all applicable “Blue Sky” laws), and the Company shall comply with all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, statutes, rules, regulations and the like relating to the offering and sale of the Securities to the Buyers.

(c) Reporting Status. Immediately following the date the Common Stock of the Company is initially registered (or is exchanged into a class of securities registered) under the 1934 Act (whether by registration, merger or otherwise) (the “Public Company Date”) and until the date on which a Buyer or any transferee or assignee thereof to which a Buyer assigns its rights as a holder of Securities under this Agreement (each an “Investor”, and collectively, the “Investors”) shall have sold all of the Conversion Shares (the “Reporting Period”), the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would no longer require or otherwise permit such termination, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain its eligibility to register the Conversion Shares for resale by the Investors on Form S-3 once Form S-3 is available to the Company for such use.

(d) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities for general corporate purposes, but not, directly or indirectly, for (i) except as set forth on Schedule 4(d), the satisfaction of any indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) the redemption or repurchase of any securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) the settlement of any outstanding litigation.

(e) Financial Information. From and after the Public Company Date, the Company agrees to send the following to each Investor during the Reporting Period (i) unless the following are filed with the SEC through EDGAR and are available to the public through the EDGAR system, within one (1) Business Day after the filing thereof with the SEC, a copy of its Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, any interim reports or any consolidated balance sheets, income statements, stockholders’ equity statements and/or cash flow statements for any period other than annual, any Current Reports on Form 8-K and any registration statements (other than on Form S-8) or amendments filed pursuant to the 1933 Act, (ii) unless the following are either filed with the SEC through EDGAR or are otherwise widely disseminated via a recognized news release service (such as PR Newswire), on the same day as the release thereof, e-mail copies of all press releases issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (iii) unless the following are filed with the SEC through EDGAR, copies of any notices and other information made available or given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the making available or giving thereof to the stockholders.

(f) Listing. Immediately following the Public Company Date, the Company shall promptly secure the listing or designation for quotation (as the case may be) of all of the Underlying Securities (as defined below) upon each national securities exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the Common Stock is then listed or designated for quotation (as the case may be) (subject to official notice of issuance) and shall maintain such listing or

 

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designation for quotation (as the case may be) of all Underlying Securities from time to time issuable under the terms of the Transaction Documents on such national securities exchange or automated quotation system; provided, that in connection with any Public Company Date, the Company shall be required to secure the listing of the Common Stock and the Conversion Shares on either The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Global Select Market (each, an “Eligible Market”, and the later of (x) the Public Company Date and (y) the date the Common Stock is listed on an Eligible Market, the “Qualified Public Company Date”). From and after such listing of the Common Stock on an Eligible Market, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action which could be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on an Eligible Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(f). “Underlying Securities” means the (i) the Conversion Shares, (ii) the Warrant Shares and (iii) any capital stock of the Company issued or issuable with respect to the Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares, or the Warrants, respectively, including, without limitation, (1) as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise and (2) shares of capital stock of the Company into which the shares of Common Stock are converted or exchanged and shares of capital stock of a Successor Entity (as defined in the Warrants) into which the shares of Common Stock are converted or exchanged, in each case, without regard to any limitations on conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants, respectively.

(g) Fees. The Company shall reimburse the Lead Investor (as defined below) for all costs and expenses incurred by it or its affiliates in connection with the structuring, documentation, negotiation and closing of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, as applicable, all reasonable legal fees of outside counsel and disbursements of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, counsel to the Lead Investor, any other reasonable fees and expenses in connection with the structuring, documentation, negotiation and closing of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and due diligence and regulatory filings in connection therewith) (the “Transaction Expenses”) and shall be withheld by the Lead Investor from its Purchase Price at the Closing, less $20,000 previously paid by the Company to Kelley Drye & Warren LLP; provided, that the Company shall promptly reimburse Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on demand for all Transaction Expenses not so reimbursed through such withholding at the Closing. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, transfer agent fees, depository trust company fees or broker’s commissions (other than for Persons engaged by any Buyer) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, any fees or commissions payable to the Placement Agent, who is the Company’s sole placement agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement). The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any claim relating to any such payment. Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, each party to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with the sale of the Securities to the Buyers.

(h) Pledge of Securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by an Investor in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that is secured by the Securities. The pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer,

 

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sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Investor effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation, Section 2(g) hereof; provided that an Investor and its pledgee shall be required to comply with the provisions of Section 2(g) hereof in order to effect a sale, transfer or assignment of Securities to such pledgee. The Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of the Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the Securities to such pledgee by a Buyer.

(i) Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information. On or before 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on each of the following dates: (i) the date that the Company files a Form 10 registering the Company’s Common Stock under the 1934 Act, (ii) the date that the Company files a registration statement under the 1933 Act for a public offering of Common Stock of the Company, and (iii) if the Public Company Date occurs by virtue of a merger, the effective time of such merger, the Company shall issue a press release (each, a “Press Release”) reasonably acceptable to the Lead Investor describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents if not already publicly disclosed and disclosing any other material non-public information provided to any Buyer on or prior to the public disclosure of the Press Release and attach to the Press Release a hypertext link to the material Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement (and all schedules and exhibits to this Agreement)) and the form of the Notes as well as any other material documents related to any such other material nonpublic information, if not already publicly available, which documents must be available to the public either on the Company’s website (or the website of a successor, subsidiary or parent company of the Company pursuant to such merger) or on the SEC’s EDGAR website. From and after the public disclosure of the applicable Press Release, no Buyer shall be in possession of any material, nonpublic information received from the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents, that is not disclosed in such Press Release. In addition, effective upon the public disclosure of the first Press Release, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees or agents, on the one hand, and any of the Buyers or any of their affiliates, on the other hand, shall terminate. The Company shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and its and each of their respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees and agents, not to, provide any Buyer with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the date that any such Buyer shall instruct the Company in writing without the express prior written consent of such Buyer. If a Buyer has, or believes it has, received or is otherwise in possession of any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees or agents after the earlier of (i) the date that the Company publicly discloses the first Press Release and (ii) the date that the Company is required to publicly disclose the first Press Release, at any time and from time to time, it may provide the Company with written notice thereof. If requested by the Lead Investor, the Company shall, within one (1) Trading Day (as defined in the Notes) of receipt of such notice, make public disclosure of such material, nonpublic information. In the event of a breach of the foregoing covenant by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees and agents (as determined in the reasonable good faith judgment of such Buyer), in addition to any other remedy provided herein or in the Transaction

 

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Documents, such Buyer shall have the right to make a public disclosure, in the form of a press release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such breach or such material, non-public information, as applicable, without the prior approval by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, affiliates employees or agents. No Buyer shall have any liability to the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees, stockholders or agents for any such disclosure. To the extent that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to a Buyer without such Buyer’s consent or the Company fails to publicly disclose any confidential information on or prior to the dates and time periods specified in this Section 4(i), the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Buyer shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates or agents with respect to, or a duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates or agents not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information. Subject to the foregoing, neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any Buyer shall issue any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of any Buyer, to make any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions (i) in substantial conformity with the Press Releases and contemporaneously therewith and (ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations (provided that in the case of clause (i) each Buyer shall be consulted by the Company in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release). Without the prior written consent of the applicable Buyer (which may be granted or withheld in such Buyer’s sole discretion), the Company shall not (and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and affiliates to not) disclose the name of such Buyer in any filing, announcement, release or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary and without implication that the contrary would otherwise be true, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer shall have (unless expressly agreed to by a particular Buyer after the date hereof in a written definitive and binding agreement executed by the Company and such particular Buyer (it being understood and agreed that no Buyer may bind any other Buyer with respect thereto)), any duty of confidentiality with respect to, or a duty not to trade on the basis of, any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(j) Reservation of Shares. As of the Closing, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock not less than 60,000,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance upon conversion of the Notes and the Warrant Shares initially issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. From and after January 31, 2022, so long as any of the Notes or Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, no less than 200% of (i) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all the Notes then outstanding (assuming for purposes hereof that (x) the Notes are convertible at the Alternate Conversion Price then in effect assuming an Alternate Conversion Date as of the applicable date of determination, (y) interest on the Notes shall accrue through the third anniversary of the Closing Date and will be converted in shares of Common Stock at a conversion price equal to the Alternate Conversion Price assuming an Alternate Conversion Date as of the applicable date of determination and (z) any such conversion shall not take into account any limitations on the conversion of the Notes set forth in the Notes), and (ii) the maximum number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of all the Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth therein)

 

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(collectively, the “Required Reserve Amount”); provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock reserved pursuant to this Section 4(j) be reduced other than proportionally in connection with any conversion, exercise and/or redemption, as applicable of Notes and Warrants. If at any time after January 31, 2022, the number of shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance is not sufficient to meet the Required Reserve Amount, the Company will promptly take all corporate action necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient number of shares, including, without limitation, calling a special meeting of stockholders to authorize additional shares to meet the Company’s obligations pursuant to the Transaction Documents, in the case of an insufficient number of authorized shares, obtain stockholder approval of an increase in such authorized number of shares, and voting the management shares of the Company in favor of an increase in the authorized shares of the Company to ensure that the number of authorized shares is sufficient to meet the Required Reserve Amount. On or prior to January 31, 2022 (the “Consent Deadline”), holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and the Preferred Stock shall have voted by written consent (the “Stockholder Resolutions”) approving an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to, among other items, approve a reverse stock split and, on an advisory basis, approve the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Stockholder Approval”, and the date the Stockholder Approval is obtained, the “Stockholder Approval Date”), Thereafter, the Company shall provide each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders of the Company notice of the Consent Action (the “Consent Notice”). The Stockholder Resolutions and the Consent Notice shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Buyers and Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, at the expense of the Company, with the Company obligated to reimburse the expenses of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP incurred in connection therewith in an amount not exceed $3,000, The Company shall be obligated to seek to obtain the Stockholder Approval by the Consent Deadline. If, despite the Company’s reasonable best efforts the Stockholder Approval is not obtained on or prior to the Consent Deadline, the Company shall cause either an additional consent action or a stockholder meeting to be held on or prior to March 31, 2021. If, despite the Company’s reasonable best efforts the Stockholder Approval is not obtained after such subsequent consent action or stockholder meeting, the Company shall cause an additional consent action or stockholder meeting to be held semi-annually thereafter until such Stockholder Approval is obtained.

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

(l) Other Notes; Variable Securities. So long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company and each Subsidiary shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement to effect any Subsequent Placement involving a Variable Rate Transaction. “Variable Rate Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company or any Subsidiary (i) issues or sells any Convertible Securities either (A) at a conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the shares of Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such Convertible Securities, or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such Convertible Securities or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock, other than pursuant to a customary “weighted average” anti-dilution provision or (ii) enters into any

 

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agreement (including, without limitation, an equity line of credit or an “at-the-market” offering) whereby the Company or any Subsidiary may sell securities at a future determined price (other than standard and customary “preemptive” or “participation” rights). Each Buyer shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company and its Subsidiaries to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages.

(m) Passive Foreign Investment Company. The Company shall conduct its business, and shall cause any Subsidiaries to conduct their respective businesses, in such a manner as will ensure that the Company will not be deemed to constitute a passive foreign investment company within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code.

(n) Restriction on Redemption and Cash Dividends. So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, redeem, or declare or pay any cash dividend or distribution on, any securities of the Company without the prior express written consent of the Buyers.

(o) Corporate Existence. So long as any Buyer beneficially owns any Notes, the Company shall not be party to any Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Notes) unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Notes.

(p) Regulation M. The Company will not take any action prohibited by Regulation M under the 1934 Act, in connection with the distribution of the Securities contemplated hereby.

(q) General Solicitation(h) . None of the Company, any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act) or any person acting on behalf of the Company or such affiliate will solicit any offer to buy or offer or sell the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Regulation D, including: (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar medium or broadcast over television or radio; and (ii) any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising.

(r) Integration(i) . None of the Company, any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act), or any person acting on behalf of the Company or such affiliate will sell, offer for sale, or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in the 1933 Act) which will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner which would require the registration of the Securities under the 1933 Act and the Company will take all action that is appropriate or necessary to assure that its offerings of other securities will not be integrated for purposes of the 1933 Act with the issuance of Securities contemplated hereby.

(s) Notice of Disqualification Events(j) . The Company will notify the Buyers in writing, prior to the Closing Date of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person.

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(u) Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicit and Assignment of Inventions Agreements(l) . The Company shall cause every employee and consultant to be hired by the Company after the date hereof to enter into a Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicit and Assignment of Inventions Agreement prior to being hired. The Company shall not amend, waive or terminate any material provision of any Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicit and Assignment of Inventions Agreement and shall enforce the provisions of each the Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicit and Assignment of Inventions Agreements in accordance with its terms. If any party to a Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicit and Assignment of Inventions Agreement breaches any material provision of a Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicit and Assignment of Inventions Agreement, the Company shall promptly use its best efforts to specific performance of the terms of such Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicit and Assignment of Inventions Agreement.

(v) Financial Statements and Inspection(m) .

(i) The Company shall deliver to each Buyer (unless any such Buyer has elected by written notice to the Company that it does not want to receive any or all of the following):

(1) as soon as practicable following the end of each fiscal quarter (other than the fourth fiscal quarter of each fiscal year), but in no event later than forty-five (45) days after the end of such fiscal quarter, the Company’s consolidated unaudited balance sheet, income statement, a statement of stockholder’s equity and a statement of cash flows for such quarter, such quarter-end financial reports to be in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP (except that such financial statements may (A) be subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and (B) not contain all notes thereto that may be required in accordance with GAAP);

(2) as soon as practicable following the end of each fiscal year, but in no event later than ninety (90) days following the end of such fiscal year, the Company’s audited consolidated balance sheet, income statement, a statement of stockholder’s equity and a statement of cash flows for such year and, if applicable, the immediately preceding fiscal year, such year-end financial reports to be in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and audited by independent public accountants registered and in good standing with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders;

(3) as soon as practicable, all material communications with stockholders or the financial community, including press releases, but in no event later than three (3) days after the date of each such communication unless such communications are available via EDGAR;

(4) as soon as practicable, (x) all material reports prepared for the Company by outside consultants, and (y) all reports prepared for the Company by outside legal counsel and auditors, but in no event later than three (3) days after receipt thereof by the Company, provided that the Company shall have no obligation to deliver to any Investor any report prepared by outside legal counsel to the extent such report is privileged communication and is subject to the attorney/client privilege, in the reasonable opinion of such legal counsel;

 

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(5) as soon as practicable (but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after any such communication), all material communications with and from United States federal or state or foreign regulatory agencies or other governmental or quasi-governmental authorities of any kind;

(6) as soon as practicable, notice of any material events, including any pending or threatened litigation and/or events that is reasonably likely to materially delay the advancement of the business objectives of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, but in no event later than five (5) Business Days after the occurrence thereof; and

(7) notice of any Material Adverse Effect as soon as practicable after upon the occurrence thereof, but in no event later than five (5) Business Days thereafter.

(ii) The Company shall notify the Buyers in writing of (i) any default under any of the Company’s agreements governing its Indebtedness and (ii) the receipt by the Company of any default notices in connection therewith, in each case promptly and in no event later than five (5) Business Days after the occurrence of any such default or the receipt of any such default notice.

(iii) The Company shall permit each Buyer to visit and inspect the Company’s properties, to examine its books of account, records, contracts and agreements and to discuss the Company’s affairs, finances and accounts with its Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer, all at such times as may be reasonably requested by the Investor.

(iv) The covenants set forth in this Section 4(v) shall terminate as to Buyers and be of no further force or effect upon the earlier of the Public Company Date and the time when no Notes are outstanding.

(w) Additional Issuance of Securities. So long as any Buyer beneficially owns any Securities, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Required Holders, issue any Notes (other than to the Buyers as contemplated hereby) and the Company shall not issue any other securities that would cause a breach or default under the Notes or the Warrants. The Company agrees that for the period commencing on the Public Company Date and ending on the date immediately following the 90th Trading Day after the later of (x) the Qualified Public Company Date (or, if any of the Underlying Securities are subject to a lockup in connection with the Public Company Date, the date of termination (or expiration, as applicable) of such lockup) and (y) the earlier to occur of (x) the effective date of a registration statement registering the resale by the Investors of the Underlying Securities and (y) the date the Securities are initially eligible to be resold by the Investors pursuant to Rule 144 (provided that such period shall be extended by the number of calendar days during such period and any extension thereof contemplated by this proviso on which any registration statement registering the resale of any Underlying Securities is

 

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not effective or any prospectus contained therein is not available for use or any Current Public Information Failure (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) exists) (the “Restricted Period”), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall directly or indirectly issue, offer, sell, grant any option or right to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any issuance, offer, sale, grant of any option or right to purchase or other disposition of) any equity security or any equity-linked or related security (including, without limitation, any “equity security” (as that term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the 1933 Act), any Convertible Securities (as defined below), any debt, any preferred stock or any purchase rights) (any such issuance, offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement (whether occurring during the Restricted Period or at any time thereafter) is referred to as a “Subsequent Placement”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4(w) shall not apply in respect of the issuance of (i) shares of Common Stock or standard equity awards to purchase Common Stock to directors, officers or employees of the Company in their capacity as such pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan (as defined below), provided that (1) all such issuances (taking into account the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such options) after the date hereof pursuant to this clause (i) do not, in the aggregate, exceed more than 5% of the Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the date hereof and (2) the exercise price of any such options is not lowered, none of such options are amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such options are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects any of the Buyers; (ii) shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion or exercise of Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) issued prior to the date hereof, provided that the conversion, exercise or other method of issuance (as the case may be) of any such Convertible Security is made solely pursuant to the conversion, exercise or other method of issuance (as the case may be) provisions of such Convertible Security that were in effect on the date immediately prior to the date of this Agreement, the conversion, exercise or issuance price of any such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) is not lowered, none of such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) are amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects any of the Buyers; (iii) the Conversion Shares, (iv) the Warrant Shares and (v) any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable in connection with any bona fide strategic or commercial alliances, acquisitions, mergers, licensing arrangements, and strategic partnerships, provided, that (x) the primary purpose of such issuance is not to raise capital as reasonably determined, and (y) the purchaser or acquirer or recipient of the securities in such issuance solely consists of either (I) the actual participants in such strategic or commercial alliance, strategic or commercial licensing arrangement or strategic or commercial partnership, (II) the actual owners of such assets or securities acquired in such acquisition or merger or (III) the stockholders, partners, employees, consultants, officers, directors or members of the foregoing Persons, in each case, which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset, in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, and (z) the number or amount of securities issued to such Persons by the Company shall not be disproportionate to each such Person’s actual participation in (or fair market value of the

 

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contribution to) such strategic or commercial alliance or strategic or commercial partnership or ownership of such assets or securities to be acquired by the Company, as applicable (each of the foregoing in clauses (i) through (v), collectively the “Excluded Securities”). For purposes of this Agreement, “Approved Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has been approved by the board of directors of the Company subsequent to the date hereof pursuant to which shares of Common Stock and standard options to purchase Common Stock may be issued to any employee, officer or director for services provided to the Company in their capacity as such.

(x) Conversion and Exercise Procedures. Each of the form of Exercise Notice (as defined in the Warrants) included in the Warrants and the form of Conversion Notice (as defined in the Notes) included in the Notes set forth the totality of the procedures required of the Buyers in order to exercise the Warrants or convert the Notes. Except as provided in Section 5(d), no additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of the Buyers to exercise their Warrants or convert their Notes. The Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and conversions of the Notes and shall deliver the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Notes and Warrants.

(y) Collateral Agent. Subject to the terms of the Security Agreement (as defined below), each Buyer hereby (i) appoints the Lead Investor, as the collateral agent hereunder and the Security Documents (as defined in the Security Agreement) (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), and (ii) authorizes the Collateral Agent (and its officers, directors, employees and agents) to take such action on such Buyer’s behalf in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The Collateral Agent shall not have, by reason hereof or any of the Security Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Buyer. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall have any liability to any Buyer for any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection hereof or any Security Document except to the extent caused by its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, and each Buyer agrees to defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and all of its officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Collateral Agent Indemnitees”) from and against any losses, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, fees, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses) incurred by such Collateral Agent Indemnitee, whether direct, indirect or consequential, arising from or in connection with the performance by such Collateral Agent Indemnitee of the duties and obligations of Collateral Agent pursuant hereto or any of the Security Documents. The Collateral Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Holders, and such instructions shall be binding upon all holders of Notes; provided, however, that the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, exposes the Collateral Agent to liability or which is contrary to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or applicable law. The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any written notices, statements, certificates, orders or other documents or any telephone message believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person, and with respect to all matters pertaining to this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents and its duties hereunder or thereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it.

 

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(z) Successor Collateral Agent.

(i) The Collateral Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents at any time by giving at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Company and each holder of Notes. Such resignation shall take effect upon the acceptance by a successor Collateral Agent of appointment pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) below or as otherwise provided below. If at any time the Collateral Agent (together with its affiliates) beneficially owns less than $100,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes, the Required Holders may, by written consent, remove the Collateral Agent from all its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents.

(ii) Upon any such notice of resignation or removal, the Required Holders shall appoint a successor collateral agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor agent, such successor collateral agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the collateral agent, and the Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. After the Collateral Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as the collateral agent, the provisions of this Section 4(z) shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

(iii) If a successor collateral agent shall not have been so appointed within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of a written notice of resignation or removal, the Collateral Agent shall then appoint a successor collateral agent who shall serve as the Collateral Agent until such time, if any, as the Required Holders appoint a successor collateral agent as provided above.

(iv) In the event that a successor Collateral Agent is appointed pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4(z) that is not a Buyer or an affiliate of any Buyer (or the Required Holders or the Collateral Agent (or its successor), as applicable, notify the Company that they or it wants to appoint such a successor Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Section 4(z)), the Company and each Subsidiary thereof covenants and agrees to promptly take all actions reasonably requested by the Required Holders or the Collateral Agent (or its successor), as applicable, from time to time, to secure a successor Collateral Agent satisfactory to the requesting part(y)(ies), in their sole discretion, including, without limitation, by paying all reasonable and customary fees and expenses of such successor Collateral Agent, by having the Company and each Subsidiary thereof agree to indemnify any successor Collateral Agent pursuant to reasonable and customary terms and by each of the Company and each Subsidiary thereof executing a collateral agency agreement or similar agreement and/or any amendment to the Security Documents reasonably requested or required by the successor Collateral Agent.

(aa) Closing Documents. On or prior to fourteen (14) calendar days after the Closing Date, the Company agrees to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each Buyer and Kelley Drye & Warren LLP a complete closing set of the executed Transaction Documents, Securities and any other document required to be delivered to any party pursuant to Section 7 hereof or otherwise.

 

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5. REGISTER; TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS; LEGEND.

(a) Register. The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of Securities), a register for the Notes and the Warrants in which the Company shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Notes and the Warrants have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee), the principal amount of the Notes held by such Person, the number of Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the terms of the Notes and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Person. The Company shall keep the register open and available at all times during business hours for inspection of any Buyer or its legal representatives.

(b) Transfer Agent Instructions. On or prior to the Public Company Date, the Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent and any subsequent transfer agent (as applicable, the “Transfer Agent”) in a form acceptable to each of the Buyers (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions”) to issue certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), registered in the name of each Buyer or its respective nominee(s), for the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares in such amounts as specified from time to time by each Buyer to the Company upon conversion of the Notes or the exercise of the Warrants (as the case may be). The Company represents and warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5(b), and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 2(g) hereof, will be given by the Company to its transfer agent with respect to the Securities, and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company, as applicable, to the extent provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. If a Buyer effects a sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities in accordance with Section 2(g), the Company shall permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at DTC in such name and in such denominations as specified by such Buyer to effect such sale, transfer or assignment. In the event that such sale, assignment or transfer involves Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement or in compliance with Rule 144, the transfer agent shall issue such shares to such Buyer, the assignee or transferee (as the case may be) without any restrictive legend in accordance with Section 5(d) below. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to a Buyer. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5(b) will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 5(b), that a Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall cause its counsel to issue the legal opinion referred to in the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions to the Company’s transfer agent on each Effective Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement). Any fees (with respect to the transfer agent, counsel to the Company or otherwise) associated with the issuance of such opinion or the removal of any legends on any of the Securities shall be borne by the Company.

 

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(c) Legends. Each Buyer understands that the Securities have been issued (or will be issued in the case of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares) pursuant to an exemption from registration or qualification under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws, and except as set forth below, the Securities shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock certificates):

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE [CONVERTIBLE] [EXERCISABLE] HAVE BEEN][THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN] REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES 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 OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER (IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY), IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD OR ELIGIBLE TO BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID 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.

(d) Removal of Legends. Certificates evidencing Securities shall not be required to contain the legend set forth in Section 5(c) above or any other legend (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such Securities is effective under the 1933 Act, (ii) following any sale of such Securities pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming the transferor is not an affiliate of the Company), (iii) if such Securities are eligible to be sold, assigned or transferred under Rule 144 (provided that a Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurances that such Securities are eligible for sale, assignment or transfer under Rule 144 which shall not include an opinion of Buyer’s counsel), (iv) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer (other than under Rule 144), provided that such Buyer provides the Company with an opinion of counsel to such Buyer, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may be made without registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act or (v) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the 1933 Act (including, without limitation, controlling judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the SEC). If a legend is not required pursuant to the foregoing, the Company shall no later than two (2) Trading Days (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade initiated on the date such Buyer delivers such legended certificate representing such Securities to the Company) following the delivery by a Buyer to the Company or the transfer agent (with notice to the Company) of a legended certificate representing such Securities (endorsed or with stock powers attached, signatures guaranteed, and otherwise in form necessary to affect the reissuance and/or transfer, if applicable), together with any other deliveries from such Buyer as may be required above in this Section 5(d), as directed by such Buyer, either: (A) provided that the Company’s transfer agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program (“FAST”) and such Securities are Conversion Shares or Warrant

 

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Shares, credit the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which such Buyer shall be entitled to such Buyer’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system or (B) if the Company’s transfer agent is not participating in FAST, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to such Buyer, a certificate representing such Securities that is free from all restrictive and other legends, registered in the name of such Buyer or its designee (the date by which such credit is so required to be made to the balance account of such Buyer’s or such Buyer’s designee with DTC or such certificate is required to be delivered to such Buyer pursuant to the foregoing is referred to herein as the “Required Delivery Date”, and the date such shares of Common Stock are actually delivered without restrictive legend to such Buyer or such Buyer’s designee with DTC, as applicable, the “Share Delivery Date”). The Company shall be responsible for any transfer agent fees or DTC fees with respect to any issuance of Securities or the removal of any legends with respect to any Securities in accordance herewith.

(e) Failure to Timely Deliver; Buy-In. After the Public Company Date, if the Company fails to fail, for any reason or for no reason, to issue and deliver (or cause to be delivered) to a Buyer (or its designee) by the Required Delivery Date, either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in FAST, a certificate for the number of Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) to which such Buyer is entitled and register such Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in FAST, to credit the balance account of such Buyer or such Buyer’s designee with DTC for such number of Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) submitted for legend removal by such Buyer pursuant to Section 5(d) above or (II) if a registration statement covering the resale of the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) submitted for legend removal by such Buyer pursuant to Section 5(d) above (the “Unavailable Shares”) is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Shares and the Company fails to promptly, but in no event later than as required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (x) so notify such Buyer and (y) deliver the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares, as applicable, electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) submitted for legend removal by such Buyer pursuant to Section 5(d) above to such Buyer’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a “Notice Failure” and together with the event described in clause (I) above, a “Delivery Failure”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to such Buyer, the Company shall pay in cash to such Buyer on each day after the Share Delivery Date and during such Delivery Failure an amount equal to 2% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to such Buyer on or prior to the Required Delivery Date and to which such Buyer is entitled, and (B) any trading price of the Common Stock selected by such Buyer in writing as in effect at any time during the period beginning on the date of the delivery by such Buyer to the Company of the applicable Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) and ending on the applicable Share Delivery Date. In addition to the foregoing, if on or prior to the Required Delivery Date either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in FAST, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to a Buyer and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in FAST, credit the balance account of such Buyer or such Buyer’s designee with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Buyer submitted for legend removal by such Buyer pursuant to Section 5(d) above (ii) below or (II) a Notice Failure occurs, and if on or after such Trading Day such Buyer

 

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purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Buyer of shares of Common Stock submitted for legend removal by such Buyer pursuant to Section 5(d) above that such Buyer anticipated receiving from the Company (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within two (2) Trading Days after such Buyer’s request and in such Buyer’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to such Buyer in an amount equal to such Buyer’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any, for the shares of Common Stock so purchased) (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so deliver such certificate or credit such Buyer’s balance account shall terminate and such shares shall be cancelled, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to so deliver to such Buyer a certificate or certificates or credit the balance account of such Buyer or such Buyer’s designee with DTC representing such number of shares of Common Stock that would have been so delivered if the Company timely complied with its obligations hereunder and pay cash to such Buyer in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) that the Company was required to deliver to such Buyer by the Required Delivery Date multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price (as defined in the Warrants) of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the delivery by such Buyer to the Company of the applicable Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) and ending on the date of such delivery and payment under this clause (ii). Nothing shall limit such Buyer’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) as required pursuant to the terms hereof. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any given Notice Failure and/or Delivery Failure, this Section 5(e) shall not apply to the applicable Buyer the extent the Company has already paid such amounts in full to such Buyer with respect to such Notice Failure and/or Delivery Failure, as applicable, pursuant to the analogous sections of the Note or Warrant, as applicable, held by such Buyer.

(f) FAST Compliance. While any Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall maintain a transfer agent that participates in FAST.

6. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL.

(a) The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Notes and the related Warrants to each Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing each Buyer with prior written notice thereof:

(i) Such Buyer shall have executed each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and delivered the same to the Company.

(ii) Such Buyer and each other Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price (less, in the case of any Buyer, the amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4(g)) for the Note and the related Warrants being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Flow of Funds Letter.

 

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(iii) The representations and warranties of such Buyer shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though originally made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such specific date), and such Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date.

7. CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.

(a) The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase its Note and its related Warrants at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for each Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:

(i) The Company shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the Company shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer (A) a Note in such original principal amount as is set forth across from such Buyer’s name in column (3) of the Schedule of Buyers and (B) a Warrant initially exercisable for such aggregate number of Warrant Shares as is set forth across from such Buyer’s name in column (4) of the Schedule of Buyers, in each case, as being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement.

(ii) Such Buyer shall have received the opinion of Jackson Walker L.L.P., the Company’s counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in the form acceptable to such Buyer.

(iii) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company in Texas as of a date within ten (10) days of the Closing Date.

(iv) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the Company’s and each Subsidiary’s qualification as a foreign corporation and good standing issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of each jurisdiction in which the Company and each Subsidiary conducts business and is required to so qualify, as of a date within ten (10) days of the Closing Date.

(v) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation as certified by the Texas Secretary of State within ten (10) days of the Closing Date.

(vi) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate, in the form acceptable to such Buyer, executed by the Secretary of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions consistent with Section 3(b) as adopted by the Company’s board of directors in a form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and (iii) the Bylaws of the Company, each as in effect at the Closing.

 

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(vii) Each and every representation and warranty of the Company shall be true and correct as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though originally made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. Such Buyer shall have received a certificate, duly executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Buyer in the form acceptable to such Buyer.

(viii) The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities.

(ix) No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

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

(xi) Such Buyer shall have received a letter on the letterhead of the Company, duly executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, setting forth the wire amounts of each Buyer and the wire transfer instructions of the Company (the “Flow of Funds Letter”).

(xii) Each of the other Buyers shall have duly executed and delivered to the Company the lock-up agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

(xiii) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a waiver of conversion rights (the “Waiver”), dated on or about even date herewith, by and among the Company, Andrew Simpson and Mark Hilz, pursuant to which both Andrew Simpson and Mark Hilz agree to waive their respective Conversion Rights (as defined in the Waiver) until such time as the Required Reserve Amount (as defined in the Waiver) is properly reserved for issuance by the Company.

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

(xv) Notes and the Warrants with a minimum Purchase Price of at least $2,000,000 must be sold to Buyers pursuant to this Agreement, not including any Notes and Warrants that are sold pursuant to the surrender, exchange, conversion, or cancellation of Exchange Securities.

 

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(xvi) The Collateral Agent shall have received the security agreement (the “Security Agreement”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, duly executed by the Company.

8. TERMINATION.

In the event that the Closing shall not have occurred with respect to a Buyer within five (5) days of the date hereof, then such Buyer shall have the right to terminate its obligations under this Agreement with respect to itself at any time on or after the close of business on such date without liability of such Buyer to any other party; provided, however, (i) the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8 shall not be available to such Buyer if the failure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to have been consummated by such date is the result of such Buyer’s breach of this Agreement and (ii) the abandonment of the sale and purchase of the Notes and the Warrants shall be applicable only to such Buyer providing such written notice, provided further that no such termination shall affect any obligation of the Company under this Agreement to reimburse such Buyer for the expenses described in Section 4(g) above. Nothing contained in this Section 8 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.

9. MISCELLANEOUS.

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

 

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

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

(d) Severability; Maximum Payment Amounts. If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (and without implication that the following is required or applicable), it is the intention of the parties that in no event shall amounts and value paid by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries (as the case may be), or payable to or received by any of the Buyers, under the Transaction Documents (including without limitation, any amounts that would be characterized as “interest” under applicable law) exceed amounts permitted under any applicable law. Accordingly, if any obligation to pay, payment made to any Buyer, or collection by any Buyer pursuant the Transaction Documents is finally judicially determined to be contrary to any such applicable law, such obligation to pay, payment or collection shall be deemed to have been made by mutual mistake of such Buyer, the Company and its Subsidiaries and such amount shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by the applicable law. Such adjustment shall be effected, to the extent necessary, by reducing or refunding, at the option of such Buyer, the amount of interest or any other amounts which would

 

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constitute unlawful amounts required to be paid or actually paid to such Buyer under the Transaction Documents. For greater certainty, to the extent that any interest, charges, fees, expenses or other amounts required to be paid to or received by such Buyer under any of the Transaction Documents or related thereto are held to be within the meaning of “interest” or another applicable term to otherwise be violative of applicable law, such amounts shall be pro-rated over the period of time to which they relate.

(e) Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein supersede all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyers, the Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf, including, without limitation, any transactions by any Buyer with respect to Common Stock or the Securities, and the other matters contained herein and therein, and this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein contain the entire understanding of the parties solely with respect to the matters covered herein and therein; provided, however, nothing contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall (or shall be deemed to) (i) have any effect on any agreements any Buyer has entered into with, or any instruments any Buyer has received from, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof with respect to any prior investment made by such Buyer in the Company or (ii) waive, alter, modify or amend in any respect any obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any rights of or benefits to any Buyer or any other Person, in any agreement entered into prior to the date hereof between or among the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries and any Buyer, or any instruments any Buyer received from the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof, and all such agreements and instruments shall continue in full force and effect. Except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. For clarification purposes, the Recitals are part of this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Required Holders (as defined below), and any amendment to any provision of this Agreement made in conformity with the provisions of this Section 9(e) shall be binding on all Buyers and holders of Securities, as applicable; provided that no such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it (A) applies to less than all of the holders of the Securities then outstanding or (B) imposes any obligation or liability on any Buyer without such Buyer’s prior written consent (which may be granted or withheld in such Buyer’s sole discretion). No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party, provided that the Required Holders may waive any provision of this Agreement, and any waiver of any provision of this Agreement made in conformity with the provisions of this Section 9(e) shall be binding on all Buyers and holders of Securities, as applicable, provided that no such waiver shall be effective to the extent that it (1) applies to less than all of the holders of the Securities then outstanding (unless a party gives a waiver as to itself only) or (2) imposes any obligation or liability on any Buyer without such Buyer’s prior written consent (which may be granted or withheld in such Buyer’s sole discretion). No consideration (other than reimbursement of legal fees) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents, all holders of the Notes or all holders of the Warrants (as the case may be). From the date hereof and while any Notes or Warrants are outstanding, the Company shall not be permitted to receive any consideration from a Buyer or a holder of Notes or Warrants

 

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that is not otherwise contemplated by the Transaction Documents in order to, directly or indirectly, induce the Company or any Subsidiary (i) to treat such Buyer or holder of Notes or Warrants in a manner that is more favorable than to other similarly situated Buyers or holders of Notes or Warrants, as applicable, or (ii) to treat any Buyer(s) or holder(s) of Notes or Warrants in a manner that is less favorable than the Buyer or holder of Notes or Warrants that is paying such consideration; provided, however, that the determination of whether a Buyer has been treated more or less favorably than another Buyer shall disregard any securities of the Company purchased or sold by any Buyer. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any Buyers relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company confirms that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no Buyer has made any commitment or promise or has any other obligation to provide any financing to the Company, any Subsidiary or otherwise. As a material inducement for each Buyer to enter into this Agreement, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that no due diligence or other investigation or inquiry conducted by a Buyer, any of its advisors or any of its representatives shall affect such Buyer’s right to rely on, or shall modify or qualify in any manner or be an exception to any of, the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. “Required Holders” means (I) prior to the Closing Date, each Buyer entitled to purchase Notes at the Closing and (II) on or after the Closing Date, (x) Cavalry Investment Fund, LP (the “Lead Investor”), so long as it holds any Securities or (y) if the Lead Investor holds no Securities, holders of a majority of the Underlying Securities as of such time (excluding any Underlying Securities held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of such time) issued or issuable hereunder or pursuant to the Notes and/or the Warrants.

(f) Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by electronic mail (provided that such sent email is kept on file (whether electronically or otherwise) by the sending party and the sending party does not receive an automatically generated message from the recipient’s email server that such e-mail could not be delivered to such recipient); or (iii) one (1) Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, in each case, properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The mailing addresses and e-mail addresses for such communications shall be:

If to the Company:

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. (d/b/a HeartSciences)

550 Reserve Street, Suite 360

Southlake, TX 76092

Telephone: (469) 844 4414

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

E-Mail: mark.hilz@heartsciences.com

With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

 

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Jackson Walker, L.L.P.

2323 Ross Ave., Suite 600

Dallas, Texas 75201

Telephone: (214) 953-5896

Attention: Richard A. Dahlson

E-mail: rdahlson@jw.com

If to a Buyer, to its mailing address and e-mail address set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, with copies to such Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers,

with a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

3 World Trade Center

175 Greenwich Street

New York, NY 10007

Telephone: (212) 808-7540

Attention: Michael A. Adelstein, Esq.

E-mail: madelstein@kelleydrye.com

or to such other mailing address and/or e-mail address and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change, provided that Kelley Drye & Warren LLP shall only be provided copies of notices sent to the Lead Investor. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s e-mail containing the time, date and recipient’s e-mail or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by e-mail or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

(g) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of any of the Notes and Warrants. The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Required Holders, including, without limitation, by way of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Warrants) (unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Warrants) or a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Notes) (unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Notes). A Buyer may assign some or all of its rights hereunder in connection with any transfer of any of its Securities without the consent of the Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to such assigned rights.

(h) No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, other than the Indemnitees referred to in Section 9(k).

 

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(i) Survival. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants shall survive the Closing. Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.

(j) Further Assurances. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

(k) Indemnification. In consideration of each Buyer’s execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and each holder of any Securities and all of their stockholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing Persons’ agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “Indemnified Liabilities”), incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (i) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company or any Subsidiary in any of the Transaction Documents, (ii) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary contained in any of the Transaction Documents or (iii) any cause of action, suit, proceeding or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary) or which otherwise involves such Indemnitee that arises out of or results from (A) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents, (B) any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Securities, (C) any disclosure properly made by such Buyer pursuant to Section 4(i), or (D) the status of such Buyer or holder of the Securities either as an investor in the Company pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or as a party to this Agreement (including, without limitation, as a party in interest or otherwise in any action or proceeding for injunctive or other equitable relief). To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the mechanics and procedures with respect to the rights and obligations under this Section 9(k) shall be the same as those set forth in Section 6 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

(l) Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party. No specific representation or warranty shall limit the generality or applicability of a more general representation or warranty. Each and every reference to share prices, shares of Common Stock and any other numbers in this Agreement that relate to the Common Stock shall be automatically adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, stock

 

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combinations, recapitalizations or other similar transactions that occur with respect to the Common Stock after the date of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty against, or a prohibition of, any actions with respect to the borrowing of, arrangement to borrow, identification of the availability of, and/or securing of, securities of the Company in order for such Buyer (or its broker or other financial representative) to effect short sales or similar transactions in the future.

(m) Remedies. Each Buyer and in the event of assignment by Buyer of its rights and obligations hereunder, each holder of Securities, shall have all rights and remedies set forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such holders have under any law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes that in the event that it or any Subsidiary fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its or such Subsidiary’s (as the case may be) obligations under the Transaction Documents, any remedy at law would inadequate relief to the Buyers. The Company therefore agrees that the Buyers shall be entitled to specific performance and/or temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security. The remedies provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief).

(n) Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Buyer exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company or any Subsidiary does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Buyer may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be), any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.

(o) Payment Set Aside; Currency. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Buyer hereunder or pursuant to any of the other Transaction Documents or any of the Buyers enforce or exercise their rights hereunder or 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, foreign, 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. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are in United States Dollars (“U.S. Dollars”), and all amounts owing under this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents shall be paid in U.S.

 

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Dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies (if any) shall be converted into the U.S. Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. “Exchange Rate means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into U.S. Dollars pursuant to this Agreement, the U.S. Dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation.

(p) Judgment Currency.

(i) If for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against the Company in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document in any court in any jurisdiction it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 9(p) referred to as the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due in US Dollars under this Agreement, the conversion shall be made at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Trading Day immediately preceding:

(1) the date actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of Illinois or in the courts of any other jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date: or

(2) the date on which the foreign court determines, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section 9(p)(i)(2) being hereinafter referred to as the “Judgment Conversion Date”).

(ii) If in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section 9(p)(i)(2) above, there is a change in the Exchange Rate prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the applicable party shall pay such adjusted amount as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of US Dollars which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date.

(iii) Any amount due from the Company under this provision shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

(q) Independent Nature of Buyers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Buyer under the Transaction Documents are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as, and the Company acknowledges that the Buyers do not so constitute, a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers are in any way acting in concert or as a group or entity, and the Company shall not assert any such claim with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any matters, and the Company acknowledges that

 

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the Buyers are not acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim, with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The decision of each Buyer to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by such Buyer independently of any other Buyer. Each Buyer acknowledges that no other Buyer has acted as agent for such Buyer in connection with such Buyer making its investment hereunder and that no other Buyer will be acting as agent of such Buyer in connection with monitoring such Buyer’s investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents. The Company and each Buyer confirms that each Buyer has independently participated with the Company and its Subsidiaries in the negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The use of a single agreement to effectuate the purchase and sale of the Securities contemplated hereby was solely in the control of the Company, not the action or decision of any Buyer, and was done solely for the convenience of the Company and its Subsidiaries and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Buyer. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company, each Subsidiary and a Buyer, solely, and not between the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Buyers collectively and not between and among the Buyers.

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

 

COMPANY:
HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC. (D/B/A HEARTSCIENCES)
By:  

             

  Name:
  Title:


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

 

BUYER:
CAVALRY INVESTMENT FUND, LP
By:  

         

  Name:
  Title:


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

 

BUYERS:

 

Lary Conel Snodgrass

 

Albert Paul Knuckley

 

Daniel Simpson

 

Raymond Pettitt

 

John J. Bussa

 

Marilyn L. Bussa
MATTHEWS HOLDINGS SOUTHWEST, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Scott Sullivan

Exhibit 10.14

SENIOR SUBORDINATED CONVERTIBLE NOTE

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER (IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY), IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD OR ELIGIBLE TO BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID 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. ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS NOTE SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THIS NOTE, INCLUDING SECTIONS 3(c)(iii) AND 20(a) HEREOF. THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT REPRESENTED BY THIS NOTE AND, ACCORDINGLY, THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 3(c)(iii) OF THIS NOTE.

THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (“OID”). PURSUANT TO TREASURY REGULATION §1.1275-3(b)(1), MARK HILZ, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY HEREOF WILL, BEGINNING TEN DAYS AFTER THE ISSUANCE DATE OF THIS NOTE, PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE HOLDER UPON REQUEST THE INFORMATION DESCRIBED IN TREASURY REGULATION §1.1275-3(b)(1)(i). MARK HILZ MAY BE REACHED AT TELEPHONE NUMBER (469) 844-4414.

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

(D/B/A HEARTSCIENCES)

SENIOR SUBORDINATED CONVERTIBLE NOTE

 

Issuance Date: January —, 2022    Original Principal Amount: U.S. $_________

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. (d/b/a HeartSciences), a Texas corporation (the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to the order of __________________or its registered assigns (“Holder”) the amount set forth above as the Original Principal Amount (as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof pursuant to redemption, conversion or otherwise, the “Principal”) when due, whether upon the Maturity Date, or upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof) and to pay interest (“Interest”) on any outstanding Principal at the applicable Interest Rate (as defined below) from the date set forth above as the Issuance Date (the “Issuance Date”) until the same becomes due and payable, whether upon the Maturity Date or upon acceleration, conversion, redemption or otherwise (in


each case in accordance with the terms hereof). This Senior Subordinated Convertible Note (including all Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this “Note”) is one of an issue of Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2021 (the “Subscription Date”), by and among the Company and the investors (the “Buyers”) referred to therein, as amended from time to time (collectively, the “Notes”, and such other Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes, the “Other Notes”). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 33.

1. PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL. On the Maturity Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash representing all outstanding Principal, accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid Late Charges (as defined in Section 26(c)) on such Principal and Interest. Other than as specifically permitted by this Note, the Company may not prepay any portion of the outstanding Principal, accrued and unpaid Interest or accrued and unpaid Late Charges on Principal and Interest, if any.

2. INTEREST; INTEREST RATE.

(a) Interest on this Note shall commence accruing on the Issuance Date and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and twelve 30-day months and shall compound annually. Interest shall be paid on the Maturity Date in cash.

(b) Prior to the payment of Interest on the Maturity Date, Interest on this Note shall accrue at the Interest Rate and be payable by way of inclusion of the Interest in the Conversion Amount on each Conversion Date in accordance with Section 3(b)(i) or upon any redemption in accordance with Section 11 or any required payment upon any Bankruptcy Event of Default. From and after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Interest Rate shall automatically be increased to thirteen percent (13.0%) per annum (the “Default Rate”). In the event that such Event of Default is subsequently cured (and no other Event of Default then exists, including, without limitation, for the Company’s failure to pay such Interest at the Default Rate on the Maturity Date), the adjustment referred to in the preceding sentence shall cease to be effective as of the calendar day immediately following the date of such cure; provided that the Interest as calculated and unpaid at such increased rate during the continuance of such Event of Default shall continue to apply to the extent relating to the days after the occurrence of such Event of Default through and including the date of such cure of such Event of Default.

3. CONVERSION OF NOTES. At any time after the Issuance Date, this Note shall be convertible into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below), on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 3.

(a) Conversion Right. Subject to the provisions of Section 3(d), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, the Holder shall be entitled to convert any portion of the outstanding and unpaid Conversion Amount (as defined below) into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 3(c), at the Conversion Rate (as defined below). The Company shall not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock upon any conversion. If the issuance would result in the issuance

 

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of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole share. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp, issuance and similar taxes, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent (as defined below)) that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Common Stock upon conversion of any Conversion Amount.

(b) Conversion Rate. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Conversion Amount pursuant to Section 3(a) shall be determined by dividing (x) such Conversion Amount by (y) the Conversion Price (the “Conversion Rate”).

(i) “Conversion Amount” means the sum of (x) portion of the Principal to be converted, redeemed or otherwise with respect to which this determination is being made and (y) all accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to such portion of the Principal amount and accrued and unpaid Late Charges with respect to such portion of such Principal and such Interest, if any.

(ii) “Conversion Price” means, as of any Conversion Date or other date of determination, $0.1835, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

(c) Mechanics of Conversion.

(i) Optional Conversion. To convert any Conversion Amount into shares of Common Stock on any date (a “Conversion Date”), the Holder shall deliver (whether via electronic mail or otherwise), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (each, a “Conversion Notice”) to the Company. If required by Section 3(c)(iii), within two (2) Trading Days following a conversion of this Note as aforesaid, the Holder shall surrender this Note to a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for delivery to the Company (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Note in the case of its loss, theft or destruction as contemplated by Section 20(b)). On or before the first (1st) Trading Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Company shall transmit by electronic mail an acknowledgment, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit II, of confirmation of receipt of such Conversion Notice and representation as to whether such shares of Common Stock may then be resold pursuant to Rule 144 or an effective and available registration statement (each, an “Acknowledgement”) to the Holder and, if after the Public Company Date, to the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) which confirmation shall constitute an instruction to the Company and, if after the Public Company Date, to the Transfer Agent to process such Conversion Notice in accordance with the terms herein. On or before the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received a Conversion Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade initiated on the applicable Conversion Date of such shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such Conversion Notice) (the “Share Delivery Deadline”), the Company shall (1) if on or after the Public Company Date, provided

 

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that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company’s (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program (“FAST”), credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to such conversion to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system or (2) if either (x) prior to the Public Company Date or (y) on or after the Public Company Date if the Transfer Agent is not participating in FAST, upon the request of the Holder, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to such conversion. If this Note is physically surrendered for conversion pursuant to Section 3(c)(iii) and the outstanding Principal of this Note is greater than the Principal portion of the Conversion Amount being converted, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of this Note and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a new Note (in accordance with Section 20(d)) representing the outstanding Principal not converted. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of this Note shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Note or the Registration Rights Agreement, after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) and prior to the Holder’s receipt of the notice of a Grace Period (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to the Holder (or its designee) in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) with respect to which the Holder has entered into a contract for sale, and delivered a copy of the prospectus included as part of the particular Registration Statement to the extent applicable, and for which the Holder has not yet settled.

(ii) Companys Failure to Timely Convert.

(1) General. The Company shall in all cases use its reasonable best efforts to comply with the delivery requirements set forth herein and shall do all things and take all actions reasonably requested by the Holder in furtherance thereof.

(2) Conversion Failures On or After the Public Company Date. If on or after the Public Company Date the Company shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, on or prior to the applicable Share Delivery Deadline, either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in FAST, to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in FAST, to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for such number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s conversion of this Note (as the case may be) or (II) if the Registration Statement covering the resale of the shares of Common Stock that are the subject of the Conversion Notice (the “Unavailable Conversion Shares”) is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Conversion

 

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Shares and the Company fails to promptly, but in no event later than as required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (x) so notify the Holder and (y) deliver the shares of Common Stock electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such conversion to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a “Notice Failure” and together with the event described in clause (I) above, a “Conversion Failure”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, (1) the Company shall pay in cash to the Holder on each day after such Share Delivery Deadline that the issuance of such shares of Common Stock is not timely effected an amount equal to 2% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline and to which the Holder is entitled, multiplied by (B) any trading price of the Common Stock selected by the Holder in writing as in effect at any time during the period beginning on the applicable Conversion Date and ending on the applicable Share Delivery Deadline and (2) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Conversion Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned (as the case may be) any portion of this Note that has not been converted pursuant to such Conversion Notice, provided that the voiding of a Conversion Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 3(c)(ii) or otherwise. In addition to the foregoing, if on or after the Public Company Date and on or prior to the applicable Share Delivery Deadline either (A) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in FAST, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in FAST, the Transfer Agent shall fail to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s conversion hereunder or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (II) below or (B) a Notice Failure occurs, and if on or after such Share Delivery Deadline the Holder acquires (in an open market transaction, a stock loan or otherwise) shares of Common Stock corresponding to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion that the Holder is entitled to receive from the Company and has not received from the Company in connection with such Conversion Failure or Notice Failure, as applicable (a “Buy-In”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days after receipt of the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either: (I) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, stock loan costs and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so acquired (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s conversion hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) shall

 

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terminate, or (II) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s conversion hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (x) such number of shares of Common Stock multiplied by (y) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Conversion Notice and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (II) (the “Buy-In Payment Amount”). Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) upon the conversion of this Note as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

(iii) Registration; Book-Entry. The Company shall maintain a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the holders of each Note and the principal amount of the Notes held by such holders (the “Registered Notes”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The Company and the holders of the Notes shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of a Note for all purposes (including, without limitation, the right to receive payments of Principal and Interest hereunder) notwithstanding notice to the contrary. A Registered Note may be assigned, transferred or sold in whole or in part only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register. Upon its receipt of a written request to assign, transfer or sell all or part of any Registered Note by the holder thereof, the Company shall record the information contained therein in the Register and issue one or more new Registered Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the principal amount of the surrendered Registered Note to the designated assignee or transferee pursuant to Section 20, provided that if the Company does not so record an assignment, transfer or sale (as the case may be) of all or part of any Registered Note within two (2) Business Days of such a request, then the Register shall be automatically deemed updated to reflect such assignment, transfer or sale (as the case may be). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3(c)(iii), the Holder may assign any Note or any portion thereof to an Affiliate of such Holder or a Related Fund of such Holder without delivering a request to assign or sell such Note to the Company and the recordation of such assignment or sale in the Register (a “Related Party Assignment”); provided, that (x) the Company may continue to deal solely with such assigning or selling Holder unless and until such Holder has delivered a request to assign or sell such Note or portion thereof to the Company for recordation in the Register; (y) the failure of such assigning or selling Holder to deliver a request to assign or sell such Note or portion thereof to the Company shall not affect the legality, validity, or binding effect of such assignment or sale and (z) such assigning or selling Holder shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Company, maintain a register (the “Related Party Register”) comparable to the Register on behalf of the Company, and any such assignment or sale shall be effective upon recordation of such assignment or sale in the

 

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Related Party Register. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 3, following conversion of any portion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Company unless (A) the full Conversion Amount represented by this Note is being converted (in which event this Note shall be delivered to the Company following conversion thereof as contemplated by Section 3(c)(i)) or (B) the Holder has provided the Company with prior written notice (which notice may be included in a Conversion Notice) requesting reissuance of this Note upon physical surrender of this Note. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the Principal, Interest and Late Charges converted and/or paid (as the case may be) and the dates of such conversions and/or payments (as the case may be) or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of this Note upon conversion. If the Company does not update the Register to record such Principal, Interest and Late Charges converted and/or paid (as the case may be) and the dates of such conversions and/or payments (as the case may be) within two (2) Business Days of such occurrence, then the Register shall be automatically deemed updated to reflect such occurrence.

(iv) Pro Rata Conversion; Disputes. In the event that the Company receives a Conversion Notice from more than one holder of Notes for the same Conversion Date and the Company can convert some, but not all, of such portions of the Notes submitted for conversion, the Company, subject to Section 3(d), shall convert from each holder of Notes electing to have Notes converted on such date a pro rata amount of such holder’s portion of its Notes submitted for conversion based on the principal amount of Notes submitted for conversion on such date by such holder relative to the aggregate principal amount of all Notes submitted for conversion on such date. In the event of a dispute as to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder in connection with a conversion of this Note, the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock not in dispute and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 25.

(d) Limitations on Conversions. From and after the Public Company Date, the Company shall not effect the conversion of any portion of this Note, and the Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Note pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Note and any such conversion shall be null and void and treated as if never made, to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion, the Holder together with the other Attribution Parties collectively would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and the other Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock held by the Holder and all other Attribution Parties plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, nonconverted portion of this Note beneficially owned by the Holder or any of the other Attribution Parties and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including,

 

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without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants, including, without limitation, the Warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this Section 3(d). For purposes of this Section 3(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For purposes of determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock the Holder may acquire upon the conversion of this Note without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent, if any, setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (the “Reported Outstanding Share Number”). From and after the Public Company Date, if the Company receives a Conversion Notice from the Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall notify the Holder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Conversion Notice would otherwise cause the Holder’s beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 3(d), to exceed the Maximum Percentage, the Holder must notify the Company of a reduced number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to such Conversion Notice. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Note, by the Holder and any other Attribution Party since the date as of which the Reported Outstanding Share Number was reported. From and after the Public Company Date, in the event that the issuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon conversion of this Note results in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as determined under Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), the number of shares so issued by which the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties’ aggregate beneficial ownership exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the “Excess Shares”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Holder shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase (with such increase not effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after delivery of such notice) or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% as specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and the other Attribution Parties and not to any other holder of Notes that is not an Attribution Party of the Holder. For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of this Note in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the 1934 Act. No prior inability to convert this Note pursuant to this paragraph shall have any

 

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effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of convertibility. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 3(d) to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph (or any portion of this paragraph) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 3(d) or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of this Note.

(e) Right of Alternate Conversion Upon an Event of Default.

(i) General. Subject to Section 3(d), at any time after the Public Company Date and during an Event of Default Redemption Right Period (as defined below) with respect to an Event of Default (regardless of whether such Event of Default has been cured or if the Holder has delivered an Event of Default Redemption Notice to the Company), the Holder may, at the Holder’s option, convert (each, an “Alternate Conversion”, and the date of such Alternate Conversion, each, an “Alternate Conversion Date”) all, or any part of, the Conversion Amount (such portion of the Conversion Amount subject to such Alternate Conversion, the “Alternate Conversion Amount”) into shares of Common Stock at the Alternate Conversion Price.

(ii) Mechanics of Alternate Conversion. On any Alternate Conversion Date, the Holder may voluntarily convert any Alternate Conversion Amount pursuant to Section 3(c) (with “Alternate Conversion Price” replacing “Conversion Price” for all purposes hereunder with respect to such Alternate Conversion and with “Redemption Premium of the Conversion Amount” replacing “Conversion Amount” in clause (x) of the definition of Conversion Rate above with respect to such Alternate Conversion) by designating in the Conversion Notice delivered pursuant to this Section 3(e) of this Note that the Holder is electing to use the Alternate Conversion Price for such conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3(e), but subject to Section 3(d), until the Company delivers shares of Common Stock representing the applicable Alternate Conversion Amount to the Holder, such Alternate Conversion Amount may be converted by the Holder into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3(c) without regard to this Section 3(e).

(f) Automatic Conversion. If (x) a Public Company Date occurs, (y) a Qualified Offering occurs, and (z) no Equity Conditions Failure then exists (collectively, the “Automatic Conversion Conditions”, and the second (2nd) Trading Day (or such later date as mutually agreed to by the Company and the Holder) after all such Automatic Conversion Conditions are met, the “Automatic Conversion Date”), this Note shall convert into shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 3(c) hereof at the Conversion Rate as of the Automatic Conversion Date (giving effect to any adjustment under Section 7(g) hereof) (a “Automatic Conversion”) as if the Holder delivered a Conversion Notice for the entire Conversion Amount then outstanding on the second (2nd) Trading Day immediately prior to the Automatic Conversion Date; provided, that if the

 

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aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to be received by the Holder in the Automatic Conversion would result in a violation Section 3(d), in lieu of the delivery of such Excess Shares, the Holder shall receive a right (a “Right”) to receive such Excess Shares as Pre-Funded Warrants. At least two (2) Trading Days prior to the Automatic Conversion Date (the “Automatic Conversion Notice Date”), the Company shall deliver a written notice to the Holder setting forth (i) the Trading Day selected for the Automatic Conversion in accordance with this Section 3(f), (ii) the aggregate Conversion Amount, of the Notes subject to Automatic Conversion from the Holder and all of the holders of the Notes pursuant to this Section 3(f) (and analogous provisions under the Other Notes)(the “Automatic Conversion Amount”), (iii) the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder on the Automatic Conversion Date and (iv) a certification that all Automatic Conversion Conditions have been satisfied. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if on or prior to the Automatic Conversion Date any of the Automatic Conversion Conditions are not satisfied, (A) the Company shall provide the Holder a subsequent notice to that effect and (B) unless the Holder waives the applicable failure, the Automatic Conversion shall be cancelled and shall not occur. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conversion Amount subject to an Automatic Conversion may be converted by the Holder hereunder prior to the Automatic Conversion Date and such aggregate Conversion Amount converted hereunder on or after the Automatic Conversion Notice Date and prior to such Automatic Conversion Date shall reduce the Automatic Conversion Amount to be converted on such Automatic Conversion Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall have no right to effect a Automatic Conversion if any Event of Default has occurred and continuing, but any Event of Default shall have no effect upon the Holder’s right to convert this Note in its discretion.

4. RIGHTS UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT.

(a) Event of Default. Each of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default” and each of the events in clauses (ix), (x) and (xi) shall constitute a “Bankruptcy Event of Default”:

(i) the failure of the applicable Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) to be filed with the SEC on or prior to the date that is five (5) days after the applicable Filing Deadline (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) or the failure of the applicable Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the date that is five (5) days after the applicable Effectiveness Deadline (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement);

(ii) while the applicable Registration Statement is required to be maintained effective pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement lapses for any reason (including, without limitation, the issuance of a stop order) or such Registration Statement (or the prospectus contained therein) is unavailable to any holder of Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) for sale of all of such holder’s Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, and such lapse or unavailability continues for a period of ten (10) consecutive Trading Days or for more than an aggregate of twenty (20) Trading Days in any 365-day period (excluding days during an Allowable Grace Period (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement));

 

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(iii) from and after the Public Company Date, the suspension from trading or the failure of the Common Stock to be trading or listed (as applicable) on an Eligible Market for a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days;

(iv) (A) from and after the Public Company Date, the Company’s failure to cure a Conversion Failure or a Delivery Failure (as defined in the Warrants) by delivery of the required number of shares of Common Stock within five (5) Trading Days after the applicable Conversion Date or exercise date (as the case may be) or (B) the Company’s notice, written or oral, to any holder of the Notes or Warrants, including, without limitation, by way of public announcement or through any of its agents, at any time, of its intention not to comply, as required, with a request for conversion of any Notes into shares of Common Stock that is requested in accordance with the provisions of the Notes, other than pursuant to Section 3(d), or a request for exercise of any Warrants for shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the Warrants;

(v) except to the extent the Company is in compliance with Section 10(b) below, at any time following the tenth (10th) consecutive day that the Holder’s Authorized Share Allocation (as defined in Section 10(a) below) is less than the sum of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder would be entitled to receive upon a conversion of the full Conversion Amount of this Note (without regard to any limitations on conversion set forth in Section 3(d) or otherwise), and (B) the number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder would be entitled to receive upon exercise in full of the Holder’s Warrants (without regard to any limitations on exercise set forth in the Warrants);

(vi) the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s failure to pay to the Holder any amount of Principal, Interest, Late Charges or other amounts when and as due under this Note (including, without limitation, the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s failure to pay any redemption payments or amounts hereunder) or any other Transaction Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or any other agreement, document, certificate or other instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except, in the case of a failure to pay Interest and Late Charges when and as due, in which case only if such failure remains uncured for a period of at least five(5) Trading Days;

(vii) from and after the Public Company Date, the Company fails to remove any restrictive legend on any certificate or any shares of Common Stock issued to the Holder upon conversion or exercise (as the case may be) of any Securities (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) acquired by the Holder under the Securities Purchase Agreement (including this Note) as and when required by such Securities or the Securities Purchase Agreement, unless otherwise then prohibited by applicable federal securities laws, and any such failure remains uncured for at least five (5) days;

 

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(viii) the occurrence of any default under, redemption of or acceleration prior to maturity of at least an aggregate of $250,000 of Indebtedness (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than with respect to any Other Notes; provided, that for Indebtedness of $1,000,000 or less, the Company shall have ten (10) days to cure any such default, redemption or acceleration thereof;

(ix) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for the relief of debtors shall be instituted by or against the Company or any Subsidiary and, if instituted against the Company or any Subsidiary by a third party, shall not be dismissed within thirty (30) days of their initiation;

(x) the commencement by the Company or any Subsidiary of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree, order, judgment or other similar document in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal, state or foreign law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the execution of a composition of debts, or the occurrence of any other similar federal, state or foreign proceeding, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, the taking of corporate action by the Company or any Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action or the taking of any action by any Person to commence a Uniform Commercial Code foreclosure sale or any other similar action under federal, state or foreign law;

(xi) the entry by a court of (i) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary of a voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (ii) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document adjudging the Company or any Subsidiary as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary under any applicable federal, state or foreign law or (iii) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree, order, judgment or other similar document or any such other decree, order, judgment or other similar document unstayed and in effect for a period of forty-five (45) consecutive days;

 

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(xii) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $250,000 are rendered against the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within thirty (30) days after the entry thereof, bonded, discharged, settled or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within thirty (30) days after the expiration of such stay; provided, however, any judgment which is covered by insurance or an indemnity from a credit worthy party shall not be included in calculating the $250,000 amount set forth above so long as the Company provides the Holder a written statement from such insurer or indemnity provider (which written statement shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holder) to the effect that such judgment is covered by insurance or an indemnity and the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) will receive the proceeds of such insurance or indemnity within thirty (30) days of the issuance of such judgment;

(xiii) the Company and/or any Subsidiary, individually or in the aggregate, either (i) fails to pay, when due, or within any applicable grace period, any payment with respect to any Indebtedness in excess of $250,000 due to any third party (other than, with respect to unsecured Indebtedness only, payments contested by the Company and/or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) in good faith by proper proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside for the payment thereof in accordance with GAAP) or is otherwise in breach or violation of any agreement for monies owed or owing in an amount in excess of $250,000, which breach or violation permits the other party thereto to declare a default or otherwise accelerate amounts due thereunder, or (ii) suffer to exist any other circumstance or event that would, with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice, result in a default or event of default under any agreement binding the Company or any Subsidiary, which default or event of default would or is likely to have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, operations (including results thereof), liabilities, properties, condition (including financial condition) or prospects of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, individually or in the aggregate; provided, that with respect to this part (ii), the Company shall have ten (10) Trading Days to cure any such circumstances or event upon the earlier of (A) receipt of written notice thereof from the Holder, and (B) date on which an officer of the Company has actual knowledge thereof.

(xiv) other than as specifically set forth in another clause of this Section 4(a), the Company or any Subsidiary breaches any representation or warranty in any material respect (other than the representations or warranties subject to material adverse effect on materiality limitation, which may not be breached in any respect) or any covenant or other term or condition of any Transaction Document, except, in the case of a breach of a covenant or other term or condition that is curable, only if such breach remains uncured for a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days;

(xv) a false or inaccurate certification (including a false or inaccurate deemed certification) by the Company that either (A) the Equity Conditions are satisfied, (B) there has been no Equity Conditions Failure, or (C) as to whether any Event of Default has occurred;

(xvi) any breach or failure in any respect by the Company or any Subsidiary to comply with any provision of Section 13 or 14 of this Note;

 

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(xvii) any Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) occurs;

(xviii) any provision of any Transaction Document (including, without limitation, the Security Documents) shall at any time for any reason (other than pursuant to the express terms thereof) cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the parties thereto, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any party thereto, or a proceeding shall be commenced by the Company or any Subsidiary or any governmental authority having jurisdiction over any of them, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or the Company or any Subsidiary shall deny in writing that it has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any Transaction Document (including, without limitation, the Security Documents);

(xix) any Security Document shall for any reason fail or cease to create a separate valid and perfected (other than by action or inaction of the holder of the Note after written notice by the Company of such failure) for a period exceeding ten (10) days, or any material provision of any Security Document shall at any time for any reason cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the Company or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any party thereto, or a proceeding shall be commenced by the Company or any governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Company, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof; any material damage to, or loss, theft or destruction of, any Collateral, whether or not insured, or any strike, lockout, labor dispute, embargo, condemnation, act of God or public enemy, or other casualty which causes, for more than fifteen (15) consecutive days, the cessation or substantial curtailment of revenue producing activities at any facility of the Company or any Subsidiary, if any such event or circumstance could have a Material Adverse Effect; or

(xx) any Event of Default (as defined in the Other Notes) occurs with respect to any Other Notes.

(b) Notice of an Event of Default; Redemption Right. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to this Note or any Other Note, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day deliver written notice thereof via electronic mail and overnight courier (with next day delivery specified) (an “Event of Default Notice”) to the Holder. At any time after the earlier of the Holder’s receipt of an Event of Default Notice and the Holder becoming aware of an Event of Default (such earlier date, the “Event of Default Right Commencement Date”) and ending (such ending date, the “Event of Default Right Expiration Date”, and each such period, an “Event of Default Redemption Right Period”) on the twentieth (20th) Trading Day after the later of (x) the date such Event of Default is cured and (y) the Holder’s receipt of an Event of Default Notice that includes (I) a reasonable description of the applicable Event of Default, (II) a certification as to whether, in the opinion of the Company, such Event of Default is capable of being cured and, if applicable, a reasonable description of any existing plans of the Company to cure

 

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such Event of Default and (III) a certification as to the date the Event of Default occurred and, if cured on or prior to the date of such Event of Default Notice, the applicable Event of Default Right Expiration Date, the Holder may require the Company to redeem (regardless of whether such Event of Default has been cured on or prior to the Event of Default Right Expiration Date) all or any portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof (the “Event of Default Redemption Notice”) to the Company, which Event of Default Redemption Notice shall indicate the portion of this Note the Holder is electing to redeem. Each portion of this Note subject to redemption by the Company pursuant to this Section 4(b) shall be redeemed by the Company at a price equal to the greater of (i) the product of (A) the Conversion Amount to be redeemed multiplied by (B) the Redemption Premium and (ii) solely if the Public Company Date has occurred, the product of (X) the Conversion Rate with respect to the Conversion Amount in effect at such time as the Holder delivers an Event of Default Redemption Notice multiplied by (Y) the product of (1) the Redemption Premium multiplied by (2) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date immediately preceding such Event of Default and ending on the date the Company makes the entire payment required to be made under this Section 4(b) (the “Event of Default Redemption Price”). Redemptions required by this Section 4(b) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 11. To the extent redemptions required by this Section 4(b) are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of this Note by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3(e)(ii), but subject to Section 3(d), until the Event of Default Redemption Price (together with any Late Charges thereon) is paid in full, the Conversion Amount submitted for redemption under this Section 4(b) (together with any Late Charges thereon) may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into Common Stock pursuant to the terms of this Note. In the event of the Company’s redemption of any portion of this Note under this Section 4(b), the Holder’s damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties’ inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder. Accordingly, any redemption premium due under this Section 4(b) is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holder’s actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty. Any redemption upon an Event of Default shall not constitute an election of remedies by the Holder, and all other rights and remedies of the Holder shall be preserved.

(c) Mandatory Redemption upon Bankruptcy Event of Default. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, and notwithstanding any conversion that is then required or in process, upon any Bankruptcy Event of Default, whether occurring prior to or following the Maturity Date, the Company shall immediately pay to the Holder an amount in cash representing (i) all outstanding Principal, accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid Late Charges on such Principal and Interest, multiplied by (ii) the Redemption Premium, in addition to any and all other amounts due hereunder, without the requirement for any notice or demand or other action by the Holder or any other person or entity, provided that the Holder may, in its sole discretion, waive such right to receive payment upon a Bankruptcy Event of Default, in whole or in part, and any such waiver shall not affect any other rights of the Holder hereunder, including any other rights in respect of such Bankruptcy Event of Default, any right to conversion, and any right to payment of the Event of Default Redemption Price or any other Redemption Price, as applicable.

 

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5. RIGHTS UPON FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTION.

(a) Assumption. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5(a) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each holder of Notes in exchange for such Notes a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to the Notes, including, without limitation, having a principal amount and interest rate equal to the principal amounts then outstanding and the interest rates of the Notes held by such holder, having similar conversion rights as the Notes and having similar ranking and security to the Notes, and satisfactory to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Note and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of a Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion or redemption of this Note at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 6 and 17, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the conversion or redemption of the Notes prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of the common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had this Note been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Note), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder may elect, at its sole option, by delivery of written notice to the Company to waive this Section 5(a) to permit the Fundamental Transaction without the assumption of this Note. The provisions of this Section 5 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Note.

(b) Notice of a Change of Control; Redemption Right. No sooner than twenty (20) Trading Days nor later than ten (10) Trading Days prior to the consummation of a Change of Control (the “Change of Control Date”), but not prior to the public announcement of such Change of Control, the Company shall deliver written notice thereof via facsimile or electronic mail and overnight courier to the Holder (a “Change of Control Notice”). At any time during the period beginning after the Holder’s receipt of a Change of Control Notice or the Holder becoming aware of a Change of Control if a Change of Control Notice is not delivered to the Holder in accordance with the immediately preceding

 

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sentence (as applicable) and ending on twenty (20) Trading Days after the later of (A) the date of consummation of such Change of Control or (B) the date of receipt of such Change of Control Notice or (C) the date of the announcement of such Change of Control, the Holder may require the Company to redeem all or any portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof (“Change of Control Redemption Notice”) to the Company, which Change of Control Redemption Notice shall indicate the Conversion Amount the Holder is electing to redeem. The portion of this Note subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 5 shall be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price equal to the greatest of (i) the product of (w) the Change of Control Redemption Premium multiplied by (y) the Conversion Amount being redeemed, (ii) solely if after the Public Company Date, the product of (x) the Change of Control Redemption Premium multiplied by (y) the product of (A) the Conversion Amount being redeemed multiplied by (B) the quotient determined by dividing (I) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the shares of Common Stock during the period beginning on the date immediately preceding the earlier to occur of (1) the consummation of the applicable Change of Control and (2) the public announcement of such Change of Control and ending on the date the Holder delivers the Change of Control Redemption Notice by (II) the Conversion Price then in effect and (iii) the product of (y) the Change of Control Redemption Premium multiplied by (z) the product of (A) the Conversion Amount being redeemed multiplied by (B) the quotient of (I) the aggregate cash consideration and the aggregate cash value of any non-cash consideration per share of Common Stock to be paid to the holders of the shares of Common Stock upon consummation of such Change of Control (any such non-cash consideration constituting publicly-traded securities shall be valued at the highest of the Closing Sale Price of such securities as of the Trading Day immediately prior to the consummation of such Change of Control, the Closing Sale Price of such securities on the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of such proposed Change of Control and the Closing Sale Price of such securities on the Trading Day immediately prior to the public announcement of such proposed Change of Control) divided by (II) the Conversion Price then in effect (the “Change of Control Redemption Price”). Redemptions required by this Section 5 shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 11 and shall have priority to payments to stockholders in connection with such Change of Control. To the extent redemptions required by this Section 5(b) are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of this Note by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5, but subject to Section 3(d), until the Change of Control Redemption Price (together with any Late Charges thereon) is paid in full, the Conversion Amount submitted for redemption under this Section 5(b) (together with any Late Charges thereon) may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into Common Stock pursuant to Section 3. In the event of the Company’s redemption of any portion of this Note under this Section 5(b), the Holder’s damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties’ inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder. Accordingly, any redemption premium due under this Section 5(b) is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holder’s actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty.

 

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6. RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF PURCHASE RIGHTS AND OTHER CORPORATE EVENTS.

(a) Purchase Rights. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 7 below, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to all or substantially all of the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note and assuming for such purpose that the Note was converted at the Alternate Conversion Price as of the applicable record date) immediately prior to the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that, after the Public Company Date, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to the extent of the Maximum Percentage (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right (and beneficial ownership) to the extent of any such excess) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance (and, if such Purchase Right has an expiration date, maturity date or other similar provision, such term shall be extended by such number of days held in abeyance, if applicable) for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such right (and any Purchase Right granted, issued or sold on such initial Purchase Right or on any subsequent Purchase Right held similarly in abeyance (and, if such Purchase Right has an expiration date, maturity date or other similar provision, such term shall be extended by such number of days held in abeyance, if applicable)) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

(b) Other Corporate Events. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to ensure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon a conversion of this Note, at the Holder’s option (i) in addition to the shares of Common Stock receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets to which the Holder would have been entitled with respect to such shares of Common Stock had such shares of Common Stock been held by the Holder upon the consummation of such Corporate Event (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note) or (ii) in lieu of the shares of Common Stock otherwise receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets received by the holders of shares of Common Stock in connection with the consummation of such Corporate Event in such amounts as the Holder would have been entitled to receive had this Note initially

 

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been issued with conversion rights for the form of such consideration (as opposed to shares of Common Stock) at a conversion rate for such consideration commensurate with the Conversion Rate. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance satisfactory to the Holder. The provisions of this Section 6 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Corporate Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion or redemption of this Note.

7. RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF OTHER SECURITIES.

(a) Adjustment of Conversion Price upon Issuance of Common Stock. If and whenever on or after the Subscription Date and on or prior to the second anniversary of the Issuance Date the Company grants, issues or sells (or enters into any agreement to grant, issue or sell), or in accordance with this Section 7(a) is deemed to have granted, issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (including the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding any Excluded Securities granted, issued or sold or deemed to have been granted, issued or sold) for a consideration per share (the “New Issuance Price”) less than a price equal to the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such granting, issuance or sale or deemed granting, issuance or sale (such Conversion Price then in effect is referred to herein as the “Applicable Price”) (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”), then, immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Conversion Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the New Issuance Price. For all purposes of the foregoing (including, without limitation, determining the adjusted Conversion Price and the New Issuance Price under this Section 7(a)), the following shall be applicable:

(i) Issuance of Options. If the Company in any manner grants, issues or sells (or enters into any agreement to grant, issue or sell) any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting, issuance or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 7(a)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting, issuance or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest exercise price set forth in such Option for which one share of Common Stock is issuable (or may become issuable assuming all possible market conditions) upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof, minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Option

 

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(or any other Person) with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting, issuance or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof plus the value of any other consideration (including, without limitation, consideration consisting of cash, debt forgiveness, assets or any other property) received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Option (or any other Person). Except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such share of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof or upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

(ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Company in any manner issues or sells (or enters into any agreement to issue or sell) any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale (or the time of execution of such agreement to issue or sell, as applicable) of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 7(a)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale (or pursuant to the agreement to issue or sell, as applicable) of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest conversion price set forth in such Convertible Security for which one share of Common Stock is issuable (or may become issuable assuming all possible market conditions) upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person) with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale (or the agreement to issue or sell, as applicable) of such Convertible Security plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable (including, without limitation, any consideration consisting of cash, debt forgiveness, assets or other property) by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person). Except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof, and if any such issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of the Conversion Price has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 7(a), except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made by reason of such issuance or sale.

 

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(iii) Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase or exercise price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time (other than proportional changes in conversion or exercise prices, as applicable, in connection with an event referred to in Section 7(b) below), the Conversion Price in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Conversion Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate (as the case may be) at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 7(a)(i), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security (including, without limitation, any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the Subscription Date) are increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 7(a) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Conversion Price then in effect.

(iv) Calculation of Consideration Received. If any Option and/or Convertible Security and/or Adjustment Right is issued in connection with the issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of any other securities of the Company (as determined by the Holder, the “Primary Security”, and such Option and/or Convertible Security and/or Adjustment Right, the “Secondary Securities”), together comprising one integrated transaction (or one or more transactions if such issuances or sales or deemed issuances or sales of securities of the Company either (A) have at least one investor or purchaser in common, (B) are consummated in reasonable proximity to each other and/or (C) are consummated under the same plan of financing), the aggregate consideration per share of Common Stock with respect to such Primary Security shall be deemed to be equal to the difference of (x) the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock was issued (or was deemed to be issued pursuant to Section 7(a)(i) or 7(a)(ii) above, as applicable) in such integrated transaction solely with respect to such Primary Security, minus (y) with respect to such Secondary Securities, the sum of (I) the Black Scholes Consideration Value of each such Option, if any, (II) the fair market value (as determined by the Holder in good faith) or the Black Scholes Consideration Value, as applicable, of such Adjustment Right, if any, and (III) the fair market value (as determined by the Holder) of such Convertible Security, if any, in each case, as determined on a per share basis in accordance with this Section 7(a)(iv). If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be deemed to be the net amount of consideration received by the Company therefor. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company (for the purpose

 

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of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of publicly traded securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company for such securities will be the arithmetic average of the VWAPs of such security for each of the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities (as the case may be). The fair value of any consideration other than cash or publicly traded securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Holder. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “Valuation Event”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Trading Days after the tenth (10th) day following such Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Holder. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.

(v) Record Date. If the Company takes a record of the holders of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issuance or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase (as the case may be).

(b) Adjustment of Conversion Price upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. Without limiting any provision of Section 6, Section 17 or Section 7(a), if the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced. Without limiting any provision of Section 6, Section 17 or Section 7(a), if the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date combines (by any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased. Any adjustment pursuant to this Section 7(b) shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination. If any event requiring an adjustment under this Section 7(b) occurs during the period that a Conversion Price is calculated hereunder, then the calculation of such Conversion Price shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect such event.

 

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(c) Holder’s Right of Adjusted Conversion Price. In addition to and not in limitation of the other provisions of this Section 7, if the Company in any manner issues or sells or enters into any agreement to issue or sell, any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities (any such securities, “Variable Price Securities”), after the Subscription Date that are issuable pursuant to such agreement or convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock at a price which varies or may vary with the market price of the shares of Common Stock, including by way of one or more reset(s) to a fixed price, but exclusive of such formulations reflecting customary anti-dilution provisions (such as share splits, share combinations, share dividends and similar transactions) (each of the formulations for such variable price being herein referred to as, the “Variable Price”), the Company shall provide written notice thereof via electronic mail and overnight courier to the Holder on the date of such agreement and the issuance of such Common Stock, Convertible Securities or Options. From and after the date the Company enters into such agreement or issues any such Variable Price Securities, the Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion to substitute the Variable Price for the Conversion Price upon conversion of this Note by designating in the Conversion Notice delivered upon any conversion of this Note that solely for purposes of such conversion the Holder is relying on the Variable Price rather than the Conversion Price then in effect. The Holder’s election to rely on a Variable Price for a particular conversion of this Note shall not obligate the Holder to rely on a Variable Price for any future conversion of this Note.

(d) Other Events. In the event that the Company (or any Subsidiary) shall take any action to which the provisions hereof are not strictly applicable, or, if applicable, would not operate to protect the Holder from dilution or if any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 7 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the Company’s board of directors shall in good faith determine and implement an appropriate adjustment in the Conversion Price so as to protect the rights of the Holder, provided that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 7(d) will increase the Conversion Price as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 7, provided further that if the Holder does not accept such adjustments as appropriately protecting its interests hereunder against such dilution, then the Company’s board of directors and the Holder shall agree, in good faith, upon an independent investment bank of nationally recognized standing to make such appropriate adjustments, whose determination shall be final and binding absent manifest error and whose fees and expenses shall be borne by the Company.

(e) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made by rounding to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.

 

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(f) Voluntary Adjustment by Company. The Company may at any time during the term of this Note, with the prior written consent of the Required Holders (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), reduce the then current Conversion Price of each of the Notes to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company; provided, that if after the Public Company Date, ay such reduction shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the Principal Market.

(g) Adjustment Upon Public Company Date and Qualified Offering.

(i) If a Public Company Date occurs without the occurrence of a Qualified Offering with respect thereto and, if on the Public Company Date, the Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock on the Public Company Date is less than the Conversion Price then in effect (the “No QO Measuring Price”), immediately following the Public Company Date the Conversion Price shall automatically lower to the No QO Measuring Price.

(ii) Upon the occurrence of a Qualified Offering, if 70% of the New Issuance Price of such Qualified Offering is less than the Conversion Price then in effect (the “QO Measuring Price”), immediately following the time of consummation of such Qualified Offering (and prior to any Automatic Conversion hereunder), the Conversion Price shall automatically lower to the QO Measuring Price.

8. REDEMPTIONS AT THE COMPANY’S ELECTION.

(a) Company Optional Redemption. At any time after the first anniversary of the Subscription Date, so long as no Equity Conditions Failure exists, the Company shall have the right to redeem all, but not less than all, of the Conversion Amount then remaining under this Note (the “Company Optional Redemption Amount”) on the Company Optional Redemption Date (each as defined below) (a “Company Optional Redemption”). The portion of this Note subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 8(a) shall be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price (the “Company Optional Redemption Price”) equal to 115% of the greater of (i) the Conversion Amount being redeemed as of the Company Optional Redemption Date and (ii) solely if after the Public Company Date, the product of (1) the Conversion Rate with respect to the Conversion Amount being redeemed as of the Company Optional Redemption Date multiplied by (2) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date immediately preceding such Company Optional Redemption Notice Date and ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date the Company makes the entire payment required to be made under this Section 8(a). The Company may exercise its right to require redemption under this Section 8(a) by delivering a written notice thereof by electronic mail and overnight courier to all, but not less than all, of the holders of Notes (the “Company Optional Redemption Notice” and the date all of the holders of Notes received such notice is referred to as the “Company Optional Redemption Notice Date”). The Company may deliver only one Company Optional Redemption Notice hereunder and such Company Optional Redemption Notice shall be irrevocable. The Company Optional Redemption Notice shall (x) state the date on which

 

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the Company Optional Redemption shall occur (the “Company Optional Redemption Date”) which date shall not be less than twenty (20) calendar days nor more than ninety (90) calendar days following the Company Optional Redemption Notice Date, (y) certify that there has been no Equity Conditions Failure and (z) state the aggregate Conversion Amount of the Notes which is being redeemed in such Company Optional Redemption from the Holder and all of the other holders of the Notes pursuant to this Section 8 (and analogous provisions under the Other Notes) on the Company Optional Redemption Date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) if no Equity Conditions Failure has occurred as of the Company Optional Redemption Notice Date but an Equity Conditions Failure occurs at any time prior to the Company Optional Redemption Date, (A) the Company shall provide the Holder a subsequent notice to that effect and (B) unless the Holder waives the Equity Conditions Failure, the Company Optional Redemption shall be cancelled and the applicable Company Optional Redemption Notice shall be null and void and (ii) at any time prior to the date the Company Optional Redemption Price is paid, in full, the Company Optional Redemption Amount may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3. All Conversion Amounts converted by the Holder after the Company Optional Redemption Notice Date shall reduce the Company Optional Redemption Amount of this Note required to be redeemed on the Company Optional Redemption Date. Redemptions made pursuant to this Section 8 shall be made in accordance with Section 11. In the event of the Company’s redemption of any portion of this Note under this Section 8, the Holder’s damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties’ inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder. Accordingly, any redemption premium due under this Section 8 is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holder’s actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall have no right to effect a Company Optional Redemption if any Event of Default has occurred and continuing, but any Event of Default shall have no effect upon the Holder’s right to convert this Note in its discretion.

(b) Pro Rata Redemption Requirement. If the Company elects to cause a Company Optional Redemption of this Note pursuant to Section 8, then it must simultaneously take the same action with respect to all of the Other Notes.

9. NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), Bylaws (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Note, and will at all times in good faith carry out all of the provisions of this Note and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder of this Note. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provision of this Note or the other Transaction Documents, the Company (a) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon conversion of this Note above the Conversion Price then in effect, and (b) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of this Note. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if after the

 

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sixty (60) calendar day anniversary of the Issuance Date, the Holder is not permitted to convert this Note in full for any reason (other than pursuant to restrictions set forth in Section 3(d) hereof), the Company shall use its best efforts to promptly remedy such failure, including, without limitation, obtaining such consents or approvals as necessary to permit such conversion into shares of Common Stock.

10. RESERVATION OF AUTHORIZED SHARES.

(a) Reservation. As of the Closing Date, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock not less than 60,000,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the SPA Warrants. From and after January 31, 2022, so long as any of the Notes remain outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, no less than 200% of the sum of (i) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all the Notes then outstanding (assuming for purposes hereof that (x) the Notes are convertible at the Alternate Conversion Price then in effect assuming an Alternate Conversion Date as of the applicable date of determination, (y) interest on the Notes shall accrue through the third anniversary of the Closing Date and will be converted in shares of Common Stock at a conversion price equal to the Alternate Conversion Price assuming an Alternate Conversion Date as of the applicable date of determination and (z) any such conversion shall not take into account any limitations on the conversion of the Notes set forth in the Notes, and (ii) the maximum number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of all the Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth therein) (collectively, the “Required Reserve Amount”); provided, that at no time shall the number of Shares of Common Stock reserved pursuant to this Section be reduced other than proportionally in connection with any conversion, exercise and/or redemption, as applicable, of the Notes. The Required Reserve Amount (including, without limitation, each increase in the number of shares so reserved) shall be allocated pro rata among the holders of the Notes based on the original principal amount of the Notes held by each holder on the Closing Date or increase in the number of reserved shares, as the case may be (the “Authorized Share Allocation”). In the event that a holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder’s Notes, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder’s Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Notes shall be allocated to the remaining holders of Notes, pro rata based on the principal amount of the Notes then held by such holders.

(b) Insufficient Authorized Shares. If at any time after January 31, 2022, the number of shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance is not sufficient to meet the Required Reserve Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), the Company will promptly take all corporate action necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient number of shares, including, without limitation, calling a special meeting of stockholders to authorize additional shares to meet the Company’s obligations pursuant to the Transaction Documents, in the case of an insufficient number of authorized shares, obtain stockholder approval of an increase in such authorized number of shares, and voting the management shares of the Company in favor of an increase in the authorized shares of the Company to ensure that the number of authorized shares is sufficient to meet the Required

 

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Reserve Amount. On or prior to January 31, 2022 (the “Consent Deadline”), holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and the Preferred Stock shall have voted by written consent (the “Stockholder Resolutions”) approving an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to, among other items, approve a reverse stock split and, on an advisory basis, approve the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Stockholder Approval”, and the date the Stockholder Approval is obtained, the “Stockholder Approval Date”). Thereafter, the Company shall provide each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders of the Company notice of the Consent Action (the “Consent Notice”). The Stockholder Resolutions and the Consent Notice shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Buyers and Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, at the expense of the Company, with the Company obligated to reimburse the expenses of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP incurred in connection therewith in an amount not exceed $3,000, The Company shall be obligated to seek to obtain the Stockholder Approval by the Consent Deadline. If, despite the Company’s reasonable best efforts the Stockholder Approval is not obtained on or prior to the Consent Deadline, the Company shall cause either an additional consent action or a stockholder meeting to be held on or prior to March 31, 2021. If, despite the Company’s reasonable best efforts the Stockholder Approval is not obtained after such subsequent consent action or stockholder meeting, the Company shall cause an additional consent action or stockholder meeting to be held semi-annually thereafter until such Stockholder Approval is obtained.

11. REDEMPTIONS.

(a) Mechanics. The Company shall deliver the applicable Event of Default Redemption Price to the Holder in cash within five (5) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s Event of Default Redemption Notice. If the Holder has submitted a Change of Control Redemption Notice in accordance with Section 5(b), the Company shall deliver the applicable Change of Control Redemption Price to the Holder in cash concurrently with the consummation of such Change of Control if such notice is received prior to the consummation of such Change of Control and within five (5) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of such notice otherwise. The Company shall deliver the applicable Company Optional Redemption Price to the Holder in cash on the applicable Company Optional Redemption Date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in connection with any redemption hereunder at a time the Holder is entitled to receive a cash payment under any of the other Transaction Documents, at the option of the Holder delivered in writing to the Company, the applicable Redemption Price hereunder shall be increased by the amount of such cash payment owed to the Holder under such other Transaction Document and, upon payment in full or conversion in accordance herewith, shall satisfy the Company’s payment obligation under such other Transaction Document. In the event of a redemption of less than all of the Conversion Amount of this Note, the Company shall promptly cause to be issued and delivered to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 20(d)) representing the outstanding Principal which has not been redeemed. In the event that the Company does not pay the applicable Redemption Price to the Holder within the time period required, at any time thereafter and until the Company pays such unpaid Redemption Price in full, the Holder shall have the option, in lieu of redemption, to require the Company to promptly return to the Holder all or any portion of this Note representing the Conversion Amount that was submitted for redemption and for

 

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which the applicable Redemption Price (together with any Late Charges thereon) has not been paid. Upon the Company’s receipt of such notice, (x) the applicable Redemption Notice shall be null and void with respect to such Conversion Amount, (y) the Company shall immediately return this Note, or issue a new Note (in accordance with Section 20(d)), to the Holder, and in each case the principal amount of this Note or such new Note (as the case may be) shall be increased by an amount equal to the difference between (1) the applicable Redemption Price (as the case may be, and as adjusted pursuant to this Section 11, if applicable) minus (2) the Principal portion of the Conversion Amount submitted for redemption and (z) the Conversion Price of this Note or such new Notes (as the case may be) shall be automatically adjusted with respect to each conversion effected thereafter by the Holder to the lowest of (A) the Conversion Price as in effect on the date on which the applicable Redemption Notice is voided, (B) 75% of the lowest Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on and including the date on which the applicable Redemption Notice is delivered to the Company and ending on and including the date on which the applicable Redemption Notice is voided and (C) 75% of the quotient of (I) the sum of the five (5) lowest VWAPs of the Common Stock during the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period ending and including the applicable Conversion Date divided by (II) five (5) (it being understood and agreed that all such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period). The Holder’s delivery of a notice voiding a Redemption Notice and exercise of its rights following such notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments of Late Charges which have accrued prior to the date of such notice with respect to the Conversion Amount subject to such notice.

(b) Redemption by Other Holders. Upon the Company’s receipt of notice from any of the holders of the Other Notes for redemption or repayment as a result of an event or occurrence substantially similar to the events or occurrences described in Section 4(b) or Section 5(b) (each, an “Other Redemption Notice”), the Company shall immediately, but no later than one (1) Business Day of its receipt thereof, forward to the Holder by facsimile or electronic mail a copy of such notice. If the Company receives a Redemption Notice and one or more Other Redemption Notices, during the seven (7) Business Day period beginning on and including the date which is two (2) Business Days prior to the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s applicable Redemption Notice and ending on and including the date which is two (2) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s applicable Redemption Notice and the Company is unable to redeem all principal, interest and other amounts designated in such Redemption Notice and such Other Redemption Notices received during such seven (7) Business Day period, then the Company shall redeem a pro rata amount from each holder of the Notes (including the Holder) based on the principal amount of the Notes submitted for redemption pursuant to such Redemption Notice and such Other Redemption Notices received by the Company during such seven (7) Business Day period.

12. VOTING RIGHTS. The Holder shall have no voting rights as the holder of this Note, except as required by law (including, without limitation, the Texas Business Organizations Code) and as expressly provided in this Note.

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(a) Until all of the Notes have been converted, exchanged, redeemed or otherwise satisfied in accordance with their terms, the Company shall not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries without the prior written consent of the Required Holders to, directly or indirectly:

(i) incur or guarantee, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, other than Permitted Indebtedness;

(ii) allow or suffer to exist any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, “Liens”) other than Permitted Liens;

(iii) redeem, defease, repurchase, repay or make any payments in respect of, by the payment of cash or cash equivalents (in whole or in part, whether by way of open market purchases, tender offers, private transactions or otherwise), all or any portion of any Indebtedness (other than this Note or the Other Notes) of the Company or any other Person, whether by way of payment in respect of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, such Indebtedness if at the time such payment with respect to such Indebtedness is due or is otherwise made or, after giving effect to such payment, (i) an event constituting an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) an event that with the passage of time and without being cured would constitute an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(iv) make any material change in the nature of its business as described in Schedule 13(a)(iv) attached hereto, or to modify its corporate structure or purpose;

(v) encumber or allow any Liens on, any of its own or its licensed copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations and like protections in each work of authorship and derivative work, whether published or unpublished, any patents, patent applications and like protections, including improvements, divisions, continuations, renewals, reissues, extensions, and continuations-in-part of the same, trademarks, service marks and, to the extent permitted under applicable law, any applications therefor, whether registered or not, and the goodwill of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries connected with and symbolized thereby, know-how, operating manuals, trade secret rights, rights to unpatented inventions, and any claims for damage by way of any past, present, or future infringement of any of the foregoing, other than Permitted Liens;

(vi) redeem or repurchase its Equity Interests other than the repurchase at cost on or prior to the Public Company Date of restricted stock issued under the Approved Stock Plan;

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(viii) prior to the Public Company Date, authorize or effect (a) any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which the aggregate pre-closing valuation of the Company is less than $80,000,000, based on the economic terms in the definitive agreements therefor (not including any earn-out or similar contingent consideration), or (b) a Liquidation Event, or consent to any of the foregoing;

(ix) sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, spin-off, split-off, close, convey or otherwise dispose of any assets or rights of the Company or any Subsidiary owned or hereafter acquired whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, other than (i) sales, leases, licenses, assignments, transfers, conveyances and other dispositions of such assets or rights by the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with its past practice and (ii) sales of inventory and product in the ordinary course of business

(x) enter into, renew, extend or be a party to, any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease, transfer or exchange of property or assets of any kind or the rendering of services of any kind) with any Affiliate, except in the ordinary course of business in a manner and to an extent consistent with past practice and necessary or desirable for the prudent operation of its business, for fair consideration and on terms no less favorable to it or its Subsidiaries than would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate thereof;

(xi) prior to the Public Company Date, amend, repeal, restate, supplement or otherwise modify its or any Subsidiary’s Organizational Documents in a manner adverse to the holders of Notes;

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

(xiii) issue any other securities that would cause a breach or default under the Notes or the Warrants;

(xiv) issue any debt (other than the Notes and the Other Notes) that grant the holder thereof the right to vote with holders of Common Stock; or

(xv) issue any preferred equity that grants the holder thereof voting power to vote with holders of Common Stock on a basis greater than one vote for each share of Common Stock underlying such preferred equity.

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(a) comply with the following corporate governance standards (the “Corporate Governance Standards”):

(i) the Company shall at all times have at least two executive officers;

(ii) all disbursements of cash in amounts greater than $75,000 must be signed by at least two executive officers of the Company;

(iii) the board of directors of the Company shall consist of at least three directors, with at least two independent directors (as determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Capital Market);

(iv) deliver (or otherwise make available on a secured website or publicly available on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system) unaudited balance sheet and income statement to the Holder and each holder of Other Notes within forty-five (45) days of the end of each calendar quarter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders; and

(b) maintain and preserve, its existence, rights and privileges, and become or remain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to become or remain, duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary.

(c) take all action necessary or advisable to maintain all of the material Intellectual Property Rights (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries that are necessary or material to the conduct of its business in full force and effect;

(d) maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, all of its properties which are necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, at all times with the provisions of all leases to which it is a party as lessee or under which it occupies property, so as to prevent any loss or forfeiture thereof or thereunder; and

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

 

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15. Additional Covenants.

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

(b) Taxes. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall pay when due all material taxes, fees or other charges of any nature whatsoever (together with any related interest or penalties) now or hereafter imposed or assessed against the Company and its Subsidiaries or their respective assets or upon their ownership, possession, use, operation or disposition thereof or upon their rents, receipts or earnings arising therefrom (except where the failure to pay would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material effect on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries). The Company and its Subsidiaries shall file on or before the due date therefor all personal property tax returns (except where the failure to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material effect on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiaries may contest, in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, taxes for which they maintain adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP.

(c) Independent Investigation. At the request of the Holder (subject to the last sentence of this Section 15(c)) either (x) at any time when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (y) upon the occurrence of an event that with the passage of time or giving of notice would constitute an Event of Default or (z) at any time the Holder reasonably believes an Event of Default may have occurred or be continuing, the Company shall hire an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder to investigate as to whether any breach of this Note has occurred (the “Independent Investigator”). If the Independent Investigator determines that such breach of this Note has occurred, the Independent Investigator shall notify the Company of such breach and the Company shall deliver written notice to each holder of a Note of such breach. In connection with such investigation, the Independent Investigator may, during normal business hours, inspect all contracts, books, records, personnel, offices and other facilities and properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries and, to the extent available to the Company after the Company uses reasonable efforts to obtain them, the records of its legal advisors and accountants (including the accountants’ work papers) and any books of account, records, reports and other papers not contractually required of the Company to be confidential or secret, or subject to attorney-client or other evidentiary privilege, and the Independent Investigator may make such copies and inspections thereof as the Independent Investigator may reasonably request. The Company shall furnish the Independent Investigator with such financial and operating data and other information with respect to the business and properties of the Company as the Independent Investigator may reasonably request. The Company shall permit the Independent Investigator to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company with, and to make proposals and furnish advice with respect thereto to, the Company’s officers, directors, key employees and independent public accountants or any of them (and by this provision the Company authorizes said accountants to discuss with such Independent Investigator the finances and affairs of the Company and any Subsidiaries), all at such reasonable times, upon reasonable notice, and as often as may be reasonably requested. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder shall only have rights under this Section 15(c) if the Original Principal Amount of this Note, plus the Original Principal Amount of any Other Notes held by the Holder or its Affiliates, is greater than or equal to $500,000 in the aggregate.

 

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16. SECURITY; SUBORDINATION. This Note and the Other Notes are secured to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, the Security Agreement, the other Security Documents), except the Liens created for the benefit of the holders of Notes with respect to the Security Documents shall be subordinate to the Liens with respect to the Permitted Senior Indebtedness.

17. DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Sections 6 and 7, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distributions of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to any or all holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (the “Distributions”), then the Holder will be entitled to such Distributions as if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note and assuming for such purpose that the Note was converted at the Alternate Conversion Price as of the applicable record date) immediately prior to the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for such Distributions (provided, however, after the Public Company Date, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the extent of the Maximum Percentage (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution (and beneficial ownership) to the extent of any such excess) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such Distribution (and any Distributions declared or made on such initial Distribution or on any subsequent Distribution held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

18. AMENDING THE TERMS OF THIS NOTE. Except for Section 3(d), which may not be amended, modified or waived by the parties hereto, the prior written consent of the Required Holders (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) shall be required for any amendment, modification or waiver to this Note. Any amendment, modification or waiver so approved shall be binding upon all existing and future holders of this Note and any Other Notes; provided, however, that no such change, waiver or, as applied to any of the Notes held by any particular holder of Notes, shall, without the written consent of that particular holder, (i) reduce the amount of Principal, reduce the amount of accrued and unpaid Interest, or extend the Maturity Date, of the Notes, (ii) disproportionally and adversely affect any rights under the Notes of any holder of Notes; or (iii) modify any of the provisions of, or impair the right of any holder of Notes under, this 18.

19. TRANSFER. This Note and any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of this Note may be offered, sold, assigned or transferred by the Holder without the consent of the Company, subject only to the provisions of Section 2(g) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

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20. REISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE.

(a) Transfer. If this Note is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Note to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 20(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the outstanding Principal being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the entire outstanding Principal is being transferred, a new Note (in accordance with Section 20(d)) to the Holder representing the outstanding Principal not being transferred. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Note, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of Section 3(c)(iii) following conversion or redemption of any portion of this Note, the outstanding Principal represented by this Note may be less than the Principal stated on the face of this Note.

(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Note. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Note, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 20(d)) representing the outstanding Principal.

(c) Note Exchangeable for Different Denominations. This Note is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Note or Notes (in accordance with Section 20(d) and in principal amounts of at least $1,000) representing in the aggregate the outstanding Principal of this Note, and each such new Note will represent such portion of such outstanding Principal as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender.

(d) Issuance of New Notes. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Note pursuant to the terms of this Note, such new Note (i) shall be of like tenor with this Note, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Note, the Principal remaining outstanding (or in the case of a new Note being issued pursuant to Section 20(a) or Section 20(c), the Principal designated by the Holder which, when added to the principal represented by the other new Notes issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the Principal remaining outstanding under this Note immediately prior to such issuance of new Notes), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Note, which is the same as the Issuance Date of this Note, (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Note, and (v) shall represent accrued and unpaid Interest and Late Charges on the Principal and Interest of this Note, from the Issuance Date.

 

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21. REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATIONS, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note and any of the other Transaction Documents at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. No failure on the part of the Holder to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Holder of any right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. In addition, the exercise of any right or remedy of the Holder at law or equity or under this Note or any of the documents shall not be deemed to be an election of Holder’s rights or remedies under such documents or at law or equity. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to specific performance and/or temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Note (including, without limitation, compliance with Section 7).

22. PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS. If (a) this Note is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the Holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Note or to enforce the provisions of this Note or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the Company or other proceedings affecting Company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Note, then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements. The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that no amounts due under this Note shall be affected, or limited, by the fact that the purchase price paid for this Note was less than the original Principal amount hereof.

23. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Note shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the initial Holder and shall not be construed against any such Person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Note are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Note. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, each pronoun herein shall be deemed to include the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural forms thereof. The terms “including,” “includes,” “include” and words of like import shall be construed broadly as if followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereof” and words of like import refer to this entire Note instead of just the provision in which they are found. Unless expressly indicated otherwise, all section references are to sections of this Note. Terms used in this Note and not otherwise defined herein, but defined in the other Transaction Documents, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Closing Date in such other Transaction Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Holder.

 

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24. FAILURE OR INDULGENCE NOT WAIVER. No failure or delay on the part of the Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 24 shall permit any waiver of any provision of Section 3(d).

25. DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

(a) Submission to Dispute Resolution.

(i) In the case of a dispute relating to a Closing Bid Price, a Closing Sale Price, a Conversion Price, an Alternate Conversion Price, a Black Scholes Consideration Value, a VWAP or a fair market value or the arithmetic calculation of a Conversion Rate, or the applicable Redemption Price (as the case may be) (including, without limitation, a dispute relating to the determination of any of the foregoing), the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the dispute to the other party via facsimile or electronic mail (A) if by the Company, within two (2) Business Days after the occurrence of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute or (B) if by the Holder at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If the Holder and the Company are unable to promptly resolve such dispute relating to such Closing Bid Price, such Closing Sale Price, such Conversion Price, such Alternate Conversion Price, such Black Scholes Consideration Value, such VWAP or such fair market value, or the arithmetic calculation of such Conversion Rate or such applicable Redemption Price (as the case may be), at any time after the second (2nd) Business Day following such initial notice by the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) of such dispute to the Company or the Holder (as the case may be), then the Holder may, at its sole option, select an independent, reputable investment bank to resolve such dispute.

(ii) The Holder and the Company shall each deliver to such investment bank (A) a copy of the initial dispute submission so delivered in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 25 and (B) written documentation supporting its position with respect to such dispute, in each case, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) by the fifth (5th) Business Day immediately following the date on which the Holder selected such investment bank (the “Dispute Submission Deadline”) (the documents referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B) are collectively referred to herein as the “Required Dispute Documentation”) (it being understood and agreed that if either the Holder or the Company fails to so deliver all of the Required Dispute Documentation by the Dispute Submission Deadline, then the party who fails to so submit all of the Required Dispute Documentation shall no longer be entitled to (and hereby waives its right to) deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank with

 

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respect to such dispute and such investment bank shall resolve such dispute based solely on the Required Dispute Documentation that was delivered to such investment bank prior to the Dispute Submission Deadline). Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both the Company and the Holder or otherwise requested by such investment bank, neither the Company nor the Holder shall be entitled to deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank in connection with such dispute (other than the Required Dispute Documentation).

(iii) The Company and the Holder shall cause such investment bank to determine the resolution of such dispute and notify the Company and the Holder of such resolution no later than ten (10) Business Days immediately following the Dispute Submission Deadline. The fees and expenses of such investment bank shall be borne solely by the Company, and such investment bank’s resolution of such dispute shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error.

(b) Miscellaneous. The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) this Section 25 constitutes an agreement to arbitrate between the Company and the Holder (and constitutes an arbitration agreement) under the Illinois Uniform Arbitration Act, as amended, (ii) a dispute relating to a Conversion Price includes, without limitation, disputes as to (A) whether an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock occurred under Section 7(a), (B) the consideration per share at which an issuance or deemed issuance of Common Stock occurred, (C) whether any issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock was an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Excluded Securities, (D) whether an agreement, instrument, security or the like constitutes and Option or Convertible Security and (E) whether a Dilutive Issuance occurred, (iii) the terms of this Note and each other applicable Transaction Document shall serve as the basis for the selected investment bank’s resolution of the applicable dispute, such investment bank shall be entitled (and is hereby expressly authorized) to make all findings, determinations and the like that such investment bank determines are required to be made by such investment bank in connection with its resolution of such dispute and in resolving such dispute such investment bank shall apply such findings, determinations and the like to the terms of this Note and any other applicable Transaction Documents, (iv) the Holder (and only the Holder), in its sole discretion, shall have the right to submit any dispute described in this Section 25 to any state or federal court sitting in The City of Chicago, County of Cook in lieu of utilizing the procedures set forth in this Section 25 and (v) nothing in this Section 25 shall limit the Holder from obtaining any injunctive relief or other equitable remedies (including, without limitation, with respect to any matters described in this Section 25).

26. NOTICES; CURRENCY; PAYMENTS.

(a) Notices. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Note, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Note, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefore. Without limiting the generality of the

 

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foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon any adjustment of the Conversion Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grant, issuances, or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder.

(b) Currency. All dollar amounts referred to in this Note are in United States Dollars (“U.S. Dollars”), and all amounts owing under this Note shall be paid in U.S. Dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies (if any) shall be converted into the U.S. Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. “Exchange Rate means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into U.S. Dollars pursuant to this Note, the U.S. Dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation (it being understood and agreed that where an amount is calculated with reference to, or over, a period of time, the date of calculation shall be the final date of such period of time).

(c) Payments. Whenever any payment of cash is to be made by the Company to any Person pursuant to this Note, unless otherwise expressly set forth herein, such payment shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by a certified check drawn on the account of the Company and sent via overnight courier service to such Person at such address as previously provided to the Company in writing (which address, in the case of each of the Buyers, shall initially be as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement), provided that the Holder may elect to receive a payment of cash via wire transfer of immediately available funds by providing the Company with prior written notice setting out such request and the Holder’s wire transfer instructions. Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the terms of this Note is due on any day which is not a Business Day, the same shall instead be due on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day. Any amount of Principal or other amounts due under the Transaction Documents which is not paid when due shall result in a late charge being incurred and payable by the Company in an amount equal to interest on such amount at the rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum from the date such amount was due until the same is paid in full (“Late Charge”).

27. CANCELLATION. After all Principal, accrued Interest, Late Charges and other amounts at any time owed on this Note have been paid in full, this Note shall automatically be deemed canceled, shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation and shall not be reissued.

28. WAIVER OF NOTICE. To the extent permitted by law, the Company hereby irrevocably waives demand, notice, presentment, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Note and the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

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29. GOVERNING LAW. This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Note shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of Illinois, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Illinois or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Illinois. Except as otherwise required by Section 25 above, the Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of Chicago, County of Cook, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein (i) shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder or (ii) shall limit, or shall be deemed or construed to limit, any provision of Section 25. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS NOTE OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

30. JUDGMENT CURRENCY.

(a) If for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against the Company in any court in any jurisdiction it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 30 referred to as the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due in U.S. dollars under this Note, the conversion shall be made at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Trading Day immediately preceding:

(i) the date actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of Illinois or in the courts of any other jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date: or

(ii) the date on which the foreign court determines, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section 30(a)(ii) being hereinafter referred to as the “Judgment Conversion Date”).

(b) If in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section 30(a)(ii) above, there is a change in the Exchange Rate prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the applicable party shall pay such adjusted amount as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of US dollars which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date.

 

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(c) Any amount due from the Company under this provision shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of this Note.

31. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Note is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Note so long as this Note as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

32. MAXIMUM PAYMENTS. Without limiting Section 9(d) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, nothing contained herein shall be deemed to establish or require the payment of a rate of interest or other charges in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law. In the event that the rate of interest required to be paid or other charges hereunder exceed the maximum permitted by such law, any payments in excess of such maximum shall be credited against amounts owed by the Company to the Holder and thus refunded to the Company.

33. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Note, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “$1.5M Note Series” means the series of Secured Convertible Promissory Notes issued by the Company on or about the date of January 31, 2021, as amended Amendment No. 1 to the Secured Convertible Promissory Note, dated November 2, 2021, which extends the maturity date of such secured convertible promissory notes to October 31, 2022.

(b) “1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(c) “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(d) “Adjustment Right” means any right granted with respect to any securities issued in connection with, or with respect to, any issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale in accordance with Section 7) of shares of Common Stock (other than rights of the type described in Section 6(a) hereof) that could result in a decrease in the net consideration received by the Company in connection with, or with respect to, such securities (including, without limitation, any cash settlement rights, cash adjustment or other similar rights).

 

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(e) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, it being understood for purposes of this definition that “control” of a Person means the power directly or indirectly either to vote 10% or more of the stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

(f) “Alternate Conversion Price” means, with respect to any Alternate Conversion that price which shall be the lower of (i) the applicable Conversion Price as in effect on the applicable Conversion Date of the applicable Alternate Conversion and (ii) solely if after the Public Company Date, the lowest of (x) 80% of the VWAP of the Common Stock as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the delivery or deemed delivery of the applicable Conversion Notice, (y) 80% of the VWAP of the Common Stock as of the Trading Day of the delivery or deemed delivery of the applicable Conversion Notice and (z) 80% of the price computed as the quotient of (I) the sum of the VWAP of the Common Stock for each of the three (3) Trading Days with the lowest VWAP of the Common Stock during the fifteen (15) consecutive Trading Day period ending and including the Trading Day immediately preceding the delivery or deemed delivery of the applicable Conversion Notice, divided by (II) three (3) (such period, the “Alternate Conversion Measuring Period”). All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction that proportionately decreases or increases the Common Stock during such Alternate Conversion Measuring Period.

(g) “Approved Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has been approved by the board of directors of the Company prior to or subsequent to the Subscription Date pursuant to which shares of Common Stock and standard options to purchase Common Stock may be issued to any employee, officer or director for services provided to the Company in their capacity as such.

(h) “Attribution Parties” means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the Issuance Date, directly or indirectly managed or advised by the Holder’s investment manager or any of its Affiliates or principals, (ii) any direct or indirect Affiliates of the Holder or any of the foregoing, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group together with the Holder or any of the foregoing and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively the Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.

(i) “Black Scholes Consideration Value” means the value of the applicable Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as of the date of issuance thereof calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the

 

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public announcement of the execution of definitive documents with respect to the issuance of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be), (ii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as of the date of issuance of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be), (iii) a zero cost of borrow and (iv) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the “HVT” function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the date of issuance of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be).

(j) “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg, L.P.

(k) “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; 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 generally are open for use by customers on such day.

(l) “Change of Control” means any Fundamental Transaction other than (i) any merger of the Company or any of its, direct or indirect, wholly-owned Subsidiaries with or into any of the foregoing Persons, (ii) any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of the shares of Common Stock in which holders of the Company’s voting power immediately prior to such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification continue after such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification to hold publicly traded securities and, directly or indirectly, are, in all material respects, the holders of the voting power of the surviving entity (or entities with the authority or voting power to elect the members of the board of directors (or their equivalent if other than a corporation) of such entity or entities) after such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification, or (iii) pursuant to a migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(m) “Change of Control Redemption Premium” means 125%.

(n) “Closing Bid Price” and “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price (as the case may be) then the last bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid

 

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price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices). If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price (as the case may be) of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 25. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations or other similar transactions during such period.

(o) “Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement, which date is the date the Company initially issued Notes pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

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

(q) “Convertible Securities” means any stock or other security (other than Options) that is at any time and under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any shares of Common Stock.

(r) “Current Subsidiary” means any Person in which the Company on the Subscription Date, directly or indirectly, (i) owns any of the outstanding capital stock or holds any equity or similar interest of such Person or (ii) controls or operates all or any part of the business, operations or administration of such Person, and all of the foregoing, collectively, “Current Subsidiaries”.

(s) “Eligible Market” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the Nasdaq Global Market.

(t) “Equity Conditions” means, with respect to an given date of determination, (i) any shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the event requiring determination (or issuable upon conversion of the Conversion Amount being redeemed in the event requiring this determination) may be issued in full without violating Section 3(d) hereof (after giving effect to any reduction in shares of Common Stock with respect to any Rights to be delivered to the Holder, if applicable, in accordance with Section 3(f)); (ii) on each day during the period beginning thirty calendar days prior to the applicable date of determination and ending on and including the applicable date of determination (the

 

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Equity Conditions Measuring Period”), no public announcement of a pending, proposed or intended Fundamental Transaction shall have occurred which has not been abandoned, terminated or consummated; (iii) the Holder shall not be in (and no other holder of Notes shall be in) possession of any material, non-public information provided to any of them by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective affiliates, employees, officers, representatives, agents or the like; (iv) on the applicable date of determination (A) no Authorized Share Failure shall exist or be continuing and all shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the event requiring this determination (or issuable upon conversion of the Conversion Amount being redeemed, as applicable, in the event requiring this determination at the Alternate Conversion Price then in effect (without regard to any limitations on conversion set forth herein)) (each, a “Required Minimum Securities Amount”) are available under the certificate of incorporation of the Company and reserved by the Company to be issued pursuant to the Notes and (B) all shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the event requiring this determination (or issuable upon conversion of the Conversion Amount being redeemed in the event requiring this determination (without regards to any limitations on conversion set forth herein)) may be issued in full without resulting in an Authorized Share Failure; (v) on each day during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, there shall not have occurred and there shall not exist an Event of Default or an event that with the passage of time or giving of notice would constitute an Event of Default under Section 4(a)(i)-(xiii); provided, that any Event of Default or event that with the passage of time or giving of notice would constitute an Event of Default under Section 4(a)(vii), (xii) and/or (xiii), respectively, that is outstanding during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, solely in connection with a determination as to whether the Equity Conditions have been satisfied with respect to an Automatic Conversion, shall not be deemed to be outstanding during such Equity Conditions Measuring Period if such Event of Default is fully cured prior to the applicable Automatic Conversion Date from the proceeds of a Subsequent Placement (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) in connection with the uplisting of the Common Stock to an Eligible Market; and (vi) on each day during Equity Measurement Period, the Company shall have been incompliance with the covenant set forth in Section 4(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(u) “Equity Conditions Failure” means that (i) on any day during the period commencing twenty (20) Trading Days prior to the applicable Company Optional Redemption Notice Date through the applicable Company Optional Redemption Date or (ii) on any day during the period commencing twenty (20) Trading Days prior to the applicable Automatic Conversion Notice Date through the applicable Automatic Conversion Date, the Equity Conditions have not been satisfied (or waived in writing by the Holder).

(v) “Equity Interests” means (i) all shares of capital stock (whether denominated as common capital stock or preferred capital stock), equity interests, beneficial, partnership or membership interests, joint venture interests, participations or other ownership or profit interests in or equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a Person (other than an individual), whether voting or non-voting and (ii) all securities convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing and all warrants, Options or other rights to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire any of the foregoing, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.

 

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(w) “Excluded Securities” means (i) shares of Common Stock or standard options to purchase Common Stock issued to directors, officers or employees of the Company for services rendered to the Company in their capacity as such pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan (as defined above), provided that (A) all such issuances (taking into account the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such options) after the Subscription Date pursuant to this clause (i) do not, in the aggregate, exceed more than 5% of the Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Subscription Date and (B) the exercise price of any such options is not lowered, none of such options are amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such options are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects any of the Buyers; (ii) shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion or exercise of Convertible Securities or Options (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) issued prior to the Subscription Date, provided that the conversion price of any such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) is not lowered, none of such Convertible Securities or Options (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) are amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such Convertible Securities or Options (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects any of the Buyers; (iii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes or otherwise pursuant to the terms of the Notes; provided, that the terms of the Notes are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Subscription Date (other than antidilution adjustments pursuant to the terms thereof in effect as of the Subscription Date), and (iv) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants; provided, that the terms of the Warrants are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Subscription Date (other than antidilution adjustments pursuant to the terms thereof in effect as of the Subscription Date).

(x) “FRV and JQA Loan” means the Loan and Security Agreement, dated April 24, 2020, by and between the Company, Front Range Ventures LLC (or its assigns), and John Q. Adams, together with all ancillary documents thereto, including, but not limited to, the Secured Promissory Notes, dated April 24, 2020 issued for the benefit of Front Range Ventures LLC and the Secured Promissory Note, dated April 24, 2020 issued for the benefit of John Q. Adams, and as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Loan Security Agreement, dated September 30, 2021 and Amendment No. 2 to the Loan and Security Agreement, dated November 3, 2021.

(y) “Fundamental Transaction” means (A) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Subject Entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or

 

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any of its “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject Entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iv) consummate a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby all such Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all the Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, (B) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the aggregate to be or become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock not held by all such Subject Entities as of the date of this Note calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all such Subject Entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other stockholders of the Company to surrender their shares of Common Stock without approval of the stockholders of the Company or (C) directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance of or the entering into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction.

 

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(z) “GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

(aa) “Group” means a “group” as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.

(bb) “Indebtedness” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(cc) “Interest Rate” means eight percent (8%) per annum, as may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 2.

(dd) “Liquidation Event” means the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or such Subsidiaries the assets of which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in a single transaction or series of transactions, or adoption of any plan for the same.

(ee) “Maturity Date” shall mean December 21, 2024; provided, however, the Maturity Date may be extended at the option of the Holder (i) in the event that, and for so long as, an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or any event shall have occurred and be continuing that with the passage of time and the failure to cure would result in an Event of Default or (ii) through the date that is twenty (20) Business Days after the consummation of a Fundamental Transaction in the event that a Fundamental Transaction is publicly announced or a Change of Control Notice is delivered prior to the Maturity Date, provided further that if a Holder elects to convert some or all of this Note pursuant to Section 3 hereof, and the Conversion Amount would be limited pursuant to Section 3(d) hereunder, the Maturity Date shall automatically be extended until such time as such provision shall not limit the conversion of this Note.

(ff) “New Subsidiary” means, as of any date of determination, any Person in which the Company after the Subscription Date, directly or indirectly, (i) owns or acquires any of the outstanding capital stock or holds any equity or similar interest of such Person or (ii) controls or operates all or any part of the business, operations or administration of such Person, and all of the foregoing, collectively, “New Subsidiaries”.

(gg) “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

(hh) “Organizational Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable governmental authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or

 

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articles of formation or organization of such entity, and (d) in each case, all shareholder or other equity holder agreements, voting trusts and similar arrangements to which such Person is a party or which is applicable to its Equity Interests and all other arrangements relating to the control or management of such Person.

(ii) “Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

(jj) “Permitted Indebtedness” means (i) Indebtedness evidenced by this Note and the Other Notes, (ii) Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 3(r) to the Securities Purchase Agreement, as in effect as of the Subscription Date, (iii) Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens or unsecured but as described in clauses (iv) and (v) of the definition of Permitted Liens, (iv) Permitted Senior Indebtedness, and (vi) Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness.

(kk) “Permitted Liens” means (i) any Lien for taxes not yet due or delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) any statutory Lien arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent, (iii) any Lien created by operation of law, such as materialmen’s liens, mechanics’ liens and other similar liens, arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (iv) Liens (A) upon or in any equipment acquired or held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to secure the purchase price of such equipment or Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition or lease of such equipment, or (B) existing on such equipment at the time of its acquisition, provided that the Lien is confined solely to the property so acquired and improvements thereon, and the proceeds of such equipment, in either case, with respect to Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000, (v) Liens incurred in connection with the extension, renewal or refinancing of the Indebtedness secured by Liens of the type described in clause (iv) above, provided that any extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal amount of the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced does not increase, (vi) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payments of custom duties in connection with the importation of goods, and (vii) Liens arising from judgments, decrees or attachments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 4(a)(xii), (viii) Liens with respect to the Permitted Senior Indebtedness, and (ix) Liens with respect to the Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness.

(ll) “Permitted Senior Indebtedness” means the FRV and JQA Loan and the $1.5 Million Note Series, as in effect as of the Subscription Date, provided, however, that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness permitted hereunder does not at any time exceed $2.5 million.

 

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(mm) “Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness” means up to $250,000 of Indebtedness incurred by the Company that is unsecured or is secured but has ab initio subordination terms and any financing statement perfecting such Indebtedness is filed after the filing of the UCC-1 financing statement filed in connection with the Notes.

(nn) “Pre-Funded Warrant” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(oo) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department or agency thereof.

(pp) Principal Market” means the Eligible Market that is the principal securities exchange market for the Common Stock after the Public Company Date.

(qq) “Public Company Date” means the date on which the shares of Common Stock of the Company (or its direct or indirect successor, subsidiary or parent company, whose securities are issued or issuable to holders of Common Stock), whether as a result of a public offering, merger, recapitalization, reorganization or otherwise, are registered under the 1934 Act.

(rr) “Qualified Offering” means a public offering in the United States pursuant to a registration statement declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, pursuant to which the Common Stock is listed for trading on an Eligible Market, with (i) minimum gross proceeds of $6,000,000, and (ii) minimum net proceeds of $5,000,000 after deducting all fees and expenses in connection with such Qualified Offering and any proceeds used to cure an Event of Default as permitted under part (v) of the definition of “Equity Conditions”.

(ss) “Related Fund” means, with respect to any Person, a fund or account managed by such Person or an Affiliate of such Person.

(tt) “Required Holders” means, as of any date of determination, holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount then outstanding under this Note and the Other Notes; provided that such holders must include the Lead Investor (as such term is defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) so long as the Lead Investor holds any Notes.

(uu) “Redemption Notices” means, collectively, the Event of Default Redemption Notices, the Company Optional Redemption Notices and the Change of Control Redemption Notices, and each of the foregoing, individually, a “Redemption Notice.”

(vv) “Redemption Premium” means 125%.

(ww) “Redemption Prices” means, collectively, Event of Default Redemption Prices, the Change of Control Redemption Prices, and the Company Optional Redemption Prices, and each of the foregoing, individually, a “Redemption Price.”

 

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(xx) “Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain registration rights agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Company and the initial holders of the Notes relating to, among other things, the registration of the resale of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes or otherwise pursuant to the terms of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants, as may be amended from time to time.

(yy) “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or the successor thereto.

(zz) “Securities Purchase Agreement” means that certain securities purchase agreement, dated as of the Subscription Date, by and among the Company and the initial holders of the Notes pursuant to which the Company issued the Notes, as may be amended from time to time.

(aaa) “Security Agreement” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(bbb) “Subscription Date” means December 21, 2021.

(ccc) “Subsidiaries” means, as of any date of determination, collectively, all Current Subsidiaries and all New Subsidiaries, and each of the foregoing, individually, a “Subsidiary.”

(ddd) “Subject Entity” means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

(eee) “Successor Entity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

(fff) “Trading Day” means, as applicable, (A) prior to the Public Company Date, any Business Day and (B) from and after the Public Company Date, (x) with respect to all price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time) unless such day is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Holder or (y) with respect to all determinations other than price determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto) is open for trading of securities.

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(hhh) “VWAP” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded), during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “VAP” function (set to 09:30 start time and 16:00 end time) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 25. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

(iii) “Warrants” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement, and shall include all warrants issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

34. DISCLOSURE. After the Public Company Date, upon delivery by the Company to the Holder (or receipt by the Company from the Holder) of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Note, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company shall on or prior to 9:00 am, New York city time on the Business Day immediately following such notice delivery date, publicly disclose such material, non-public information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. After the Public Company Date, in the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to the Holder explicitly in writing in such notice (or immediately upon receipt of notice from the Holder, as applicable), and in the absence of any such written indication in such notice (or notification from the Company immediately upon receipt of notice from the Holder), the Holder shall be entitled to presume that information contained in the notice does not constitute material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Nothing contained in this Section 34 shall limit any obligations of the Company, or any rights of the Holder, under Section 4(i) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

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35. ABSENCE OF TRADING AND DISCLOSURE RESTRICTIONS. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Holder is not a fiduciary or agent of the Company and that the Holder shall have no obligation to (a) maintain the confidentiality of any information provided by the Company or (b) refrain from trading any securities while in possession of such information in the absence of a written non-disclosure agreement signed by an officer of the Holder that explicitly provides for such confidentiality and trading restrictions. In the absence of such an executed, written non-disclosure agreement, the Company acknowledges that the Holder may freely trade in any securities issued by the Company, may possess and use any information provided by the Company in connection with such trading activity, and may disclose any such information to any third party.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC. (D/B/A HEARTSCIENCES)
By:  

 

  Name: Mark Hilz
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

Senior Convertible Note - Signature Page

Exhibit 10.15

CONSULTING AGREEMENT

This CONSULTING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into and is effective as of June 25, 2013 (the “Effective Date”), by and between KYNGSTONE LIMITED, a company registered in England (“Consultant”), and Heart Test Laboratories Inc, a Texas Corporation (“HTL”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, HTL desires to retain Consultant to perform certain consulting functions with respect to the business and operations of HTL.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants made herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, HTL and Consultant hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

ENGAGEMENT OF MANAGER

Section 1.1. Engagement of Consultant. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, HTL hereby engages Consultant to perform the Services, and Consultant accepts such engagement and agrees to perform the Services for HTL in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.

ARTICLE 2

TERM

Section 2.1. Term. The term (the “Term”) of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall terminate in accordance with Section 2.2.

Section 2.2. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated (a) by either HTL or Consultant upon sixty (60) days written notice to the other party, or (b) by mutual agreement of HTL and Consultant. In the event of termination the provisions of section 4 shall remain fully in force and effective in relation to any actions or duties prior to the termination date.

ARTICLE 3

DUTIES AND FEES OF CONSULTANT

Section 3.1. Duties of Consultant. From and after the Effective Date the Consultant shall assist and advise on any and all business, commercial, financial and other matters relating to HTL, as reasonably requested or required by HTL and is duly authorized to represent HTL in connection with the performance of such as appropriate (the “Services”). At no time shall any of the Services performed by Kyngstone or its representative(s) (“Representative”) constitute or form statutory duties or responsibilities as an officer and/or director of HTL and the Services shall be subject to the ultimate authority of the board of HTL.


Section 3.2. Fees of Consultant. Fee arrangements shall be agreed by separate arrangement as appropriate. The Consultant acknowledges that as at the Effective Date, HTL is not in a financial position to pay fees and that fees can only be agreed if and when HTL has adequate financial resources.

Section 3.2. Expenses. HTL shall reimburse the Consultant for bona fide expenses incurred in connection with HTL.

ARTICLE 4

EXONERATION; INDEMNIFICATION

Section 4.1. Exoneration. The doing of any act or the failure to do any act by Consultant, the effect of which may cause or result in loss or damage to HTL, shall not subject Consultant to any liability to HTL.

Section 4.2. Indemnification. HTL shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, defend, indemnify and hold harmless Consultant from and against any and all claims, actions, damages, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred before trial or at trial or appellate levels), losses, payments, or liabilities claimed or asserted against Consultant arising as a result of or in any way connected with HTL.

Section 4.3. Separate Responsibilities. The Parties acknowledge that if a Representative is also an officer and/or director of HTL he may have separate statutory duties and responsibilities as an officer and/or director of HTL which are personal to the Representative and do not form part of, or are additional to, the Services (“Personal Director Duties”). To the extent, and only to the extent, that a Representative has Personal Director Duties then the provisions of this Agreement shall not apply. For the avoidance of doubt, if Services are performed in relation to a business, commercial, financial or other matter relating to HTL (“Business Matter”) and the Representative is also required to undertake Personal Director Duties in relation to the Business Matter then this Agreement shall apply in connection to the Services performed but not the Personal Director Duties.

ARTICLE 5

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1. Counterparts; Effective Date. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall be effective as of the Effective Date.

Section 5.2. Other Business of Consultant. It is expressly understood and agreed that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent or prohibit Consultant from providing the same or similar services with respect to projects of any type or in any location. The Consultant, may at any time engage or participate independently or with others in other business ventures of every nature and description, including business ventures pertaining to any aspect of HTL’s business. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit dealing, or otherwise engaging in business, with persons transacting business with HTL or from providing services relating to the

 

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business of HTL and receiving compensation therefore. HTL shall not have any right by virtue of this Agreement or agency relationship created hereby in or to such other ventures or activities or to the income or proceeds derived therefrom, and the pursuit of such ventures, even if competitive with the business of HTL, shall not be deemed in violation of this Agreement or Consultant’s obligations, or otherwise wrongful or improper. Consultant shall not be obligated to present any particular investment or business opportunity to HTL or any of the members even if such opportunity is of a character which, if presented to HTL to be taken advantage of by HTL and each of them shall have the right to take for its own account or to recommend to others any such particular investment opportunity.

Section 5.3. Waiver. The waiver of any breach of any terms or conditions hereof shall not be deemed a waiver of any other subsequent breach, whether of like or different nature.

Section 5.4. Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement or the performance thereof shall to any extent be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect or render invalid or unenforceable any other provision of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be valid and enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Section 5.5. Amendment. No modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be valid unless in writing, executed by both parties hereto.

Section 5.6. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales in the United Kingdom.

Section 5.7. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and all exhibits and schedules hereto constitutes the entire Agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter contained herein and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements, understandings, representations, warranties, commitments and communications (oral or written) related to the subject matter hereof. The parties make no representation or warranties except as set forth in this Agreement. By execution of this Agreement, each of the parties represents and warrants that it has relied on no oral or written statements, promises, inducements, representations or warranties to enter into this Agreement except for those expressly set forth herein, and that inclusion of this provision evidences the intent of the parties that no parole evidence shall be admissible to alter or vary the terms of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

CONSULTANT:
KYNGSTONE LIMITED,
a company registered in England
By:  

/s/ Andrew Simpson

Name:  

Andrew Simpson

Title:  

Director

HTL:
HEART TEST LABORATORIES INC
a Texas Corporation
By:  

/s/ Mark Hilz

Name:  

Mark T. Hilz

Title:  

CEO

 

S-1

Exhibit 10.17

 

LOGO

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of April 5, 2022 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. dba HeartSciences, a Texas corporation with principal offices at 550 Reserve St, Southlake Tx 76092 (“HTL”, “Company” or “Employer”) Mark Hilz (“you” or “Employee”).

NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.

Employment. You and Company desire to enter an employment relationship by means of this Agreement. Company, hereby employs you subject to the terms hereof, and you hereby accept such employment upon such terms as of the Effective Date.

 

2.

Confidentiality. Employee recognizes that the Company has expended and will continue to expend substantial time, money and effort in developing formulas, patterns, designs, compilations, programs, devices, methods, techniques, processes, training, intellectual property, and general knowhow that derive independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, which is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy. Company possesses valuable information, including information about customers, dealers and suppliers, and among other things, about their technical problems and needs, purchasing habits, and procedures, all resulting in a great deal of customer goodwill. Company owns financial records, contracts, marketing and strategic plans, intellectual property, and other valuable information. For purposes of this Agreement, all such items and information, as well as the information defined as “Confidential Information” in the CONFIDENTIALITY, INVENTION ASSIGNMENT, NON-SOLICITATION AND NO-HIRE AGREEMENT (Confidentiality Agreement) (required to be executed by you concurrently herewith) are owned by Company and hereafter referred to in this Agreement as Trade Secrets and Confidential Information.”

 

  a.

You will, in the course of your employment, be personally entrusted with and exposed to Company’s Trade Secrets and Confidential Information.

 

  b.

Company, during the term of this Agreement and after its termination, will be engaged, throughout the world, in the highly competitive Healthcare industry, in which many firms, including Company, compete.

 

  c.

You could, after having access to Company’s Trade Secrets and Confidential Information, become or be employed by a competitor.

 

  d.

Company will suffer great loss and irreparable harm if you were to separate your employment and thereafter participate, directly or indirectly, as a consultant, employee, manager, officer, director or in any other capacity in any business or venture in competition with Company, or if you at any time (during or after your employment) disclose Company’s Trade Secrets and Confidential Information.

 

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  e.

It is Company’s policy that you should have no investment in or relationship with an outside organization that might affect the independence of your judgment in performing your duties or in any way conflict with the best interests of Company. The company shall allow an Employee or any of his affiliates to purchase or hold an aggregate equity interest of up to 1% in any publicly-traded company which is in competition with Employer.

 

  f.

Employee agrees to execute a Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., CONFIDENTIALITY, INVENTION ASSIGNMENT, NON-SOLICITATION AND NO-HIRE AGREEMENT “Confidentiality Agreementas a condition of employment.

 

3.

Term of Employment. UNLESS EARLIER TERMINATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 4 BELOW, THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL COMMENCE AS OF THE DATE IN EXHIBIT “A”, AND SHALL CONTINUE FOR ONE (1) YEAR THEREAFTER; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE TERM SHALL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR PERIOD AT THE END OF THE ORIGINAL ONE-YEAR TERM AND ANY ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR TERM, UNLESS EITHER PARTY GIVES WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE OTHER PARTY, AT LEAST NINETY (90) DAYS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE APPLICABLE TERM, OF SUCH PARTY’S TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT AT THE END OF THE APPLICABLE TERM. AS USED HEREIN, “TERM” SHALL MEAN THE ORIGINAL TERM AND ANY ADDITIONAL RENEWAL TERM(S).

 

4.

Termination.

4.1     This Agreement and the employment relationship created hereby shall terminate upon the occurrence of any of the following events (each, a “Termination Event”):

 

  a.

The expiration of the Term in accordance with Section 3;

 

  b.

The death of Employee;

 

  c.

The Excessive Absence (as hereinafter defined) of Employee;

 

  d.

Written notice to Employee from Employer of termination for Just Cause (as hereinafter defined);

 

  e.

Written notice to Employee from Employer of termination for any reason other than subparts (b), (c) or (d) in this Section 4 above;

 

  f.

Written notice to Employer from Employee of termination for any reason other than Constructive Termination (as hereinafter defined);

 

  g.

Written notice to Employer from Employee of termination for Constructive Termination and Employer does not cure the breach within the time periods required; or

 

  h.

Written notice from either party for any reason in the 18 months following a Change of Control (as hereinafter defined).

 

  i.

All written notices pursuant to this Section 4 shall be given at least thirty (30) days prior to the applicable Termination Event.

 

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4.2     In the event of the termination of Employee’s employment pursuant to (b), (c), (d) or (f) in Section 4.1 above, then Employee shall be entitled to such compensation that has been accrued, but not yet paid, for the period up to the effective date of such Termination Event (as applicable, the “Termination Date”), as follows:

(i) accrued but unpaid base salary (as provided in Exhibit A) and accrued vacation which shall be paid on the first payroll date immediately following the Termination Date in accordance with the Company’s customary payroll procedures and subject to applicable withholding;

(ii) health insurance and other benefits, if any, to which the Employee may be entitled under the Company’s benefit plans as of the effective date of the Termination Event (collectively, (i)-(ii) shall be referred to as the “Accrued Amounts”); and

(iii) a pro rata share of any bonus that Employee would be eligible to receive had he continued to be employed by the Company through the end of the bonus calculation period, such pro rata portion to be calculated at the end of the bonus calculation period (based on the number of days the Employee was employed during the applicable calendar year divided by 365) and paid to Employee on the date that bonuses are normally paid to employees (provided that such payment must occur during the calendar year following the year in which the Termination Event occurred).

The Employee shall have no further rights to compensation or any other benefits from the Company or any of its affiliates except as described in this Section 4.2.

4.3    In the event of the termination of Employee’s employment pursuant to (a), (e), (g) or (h) in Section 4.1 above, then Employee shall be entitled to receive; provided, however, :

(i) the Accrued Amounts; and

(ii) subject to the Employee’s compliance with Sections 2 and 9 of this Agreement and the Employee’s execution and non-revocation of a release of claims in favor of the Company, its affiliates and their respective officers and directors in form and substance satisfactory to the Company (the “Release”) within sixty (60) days following the applicable Termination Date (such 60-day period, the “Release Consideration Period”), additional severance payments as follows:

(a) the continuation of Employee’s then current base salary (as provided in Exhibit A) for a period of twelve (12) months, payable in equal installments in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices and subject to applicable withholding, which shall commence on the first payroll date following the date the Release becomes non-revocable and

(b) a lump-sum payment equal to the below, provided that in either case, such amount shall be paid to Employee on the date that bonuses are normally paid to employees (provided further that such payment must occur during the calendar year following the year in which the Termination Event occurred, his share of any bonus that Employee would be eligible to receive by the Company to the termination date of Employee.

 

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The Employee shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits from the Company or any of its affiliates except as described in this Section 4.3.

4.4     Regardless of the type of Termination Event, the treatment of any outstanding equity awards, if any, shall be determined in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan or agreement under which such awards are granted and related award agreements.

4.5    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the provisions of Section 2 and 9 of this Agreement shall survive any termination, for whatever reason, of Employee’s employment under this Agreement.

4.6    For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

 

  (a)

Constructive Termination” shall mean: (i) a material reduction in Employee’s duties and responsibilities without Employee’s consent; (ii) an action by the Employer which undermines or renders unfeasible the Employee’s ability to undertake or fulfill his role in an effective manner; (iii) any breach by Employer of any of the material terms of, or the failure to perform any material covenant contained in, this Agreement; (iv) a material reduction in Employee’s compensation without Employee’s prior written consent; or (v) the Employee ceasing to be a director for the Company for any reason other than the resignation by the Employee of his director position. Notwithstanding the above, an event listed in (i) – (v) of this paragraph will not constitute a Constructive Termination unless the Employee has provided written notice to the Company of the circumstances which constitute a Constructive Termination within thirty (30) days of the initial occurrence of such event, the Company has had at least thirty (30) days from the date on which such notice is provided to cure such circumstances, and the Employee terminates his employment within thirty (30) days after the expiration of such cure period.

(b)     “Excessive Absence” of Employee shall mean his inability, for whatever reason, to perform his duties under this Agreement for a continuous period of 60 days or for 120 days out of a continuous period of 240 days.

(c)     “Just Cause” shall mean (i) Employee’s conviction of a felony or commission of any act of fraud, moral turpitude or dishonesty, (ii) an intentional, material violation by Employee of a statutory or fiduciary duty not corrected within ten days after written notice from Employer, (iii) any material breach by Employee of any of the terms or conditions of, or the failure to perform any material covenant contained in, this Agreement and Employee does not cure such breach or failure within ten days following notice from Employer; provided, however, that Employee will not be entitled to cure

 

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any breach or failure under this subclause (iii) more than one time in any consecutive three (3) month period, or (iv) the violation by Employee of reasonable instructions or policies established by Employer with respect to the operation of its business and affairs or Employee’s failure to carry out the reasonable instructions of the Board of Directors, and following notice thereof from Employer to Employee, Employee does not cure any such violation or failure within ten days following notice from Employer; provided, however, that Employee will not be entitled to cure any breach or failure under this subclause (iv) more than one time in any consecutive three (3) month period.

(d)     “Change of Control” shall mean a change of control of HTL being: (i) the sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company; (ii) any merger, consolidation or acquisition of the Company with, by or into another corporation, entity or person; (iii) any change in the ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting capital stock of HTL in one or more related transactions; or (iv) a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors is replaced during any 12-month period by directors who are not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors before the appointment or election date.

 

5.

Compensation. In consideration of the services provided by you to Company under the terms of this Agreement, Company will pay you starting on your actual Start Date the compensation as set forth in Exhibit “A”.

 

6.

Duties and Responsibilities.

 

  a.

Duties. Subject to the power of the Board of Directors to hire and/or remove officers and employees, Employee shall continue to serve as Chief Operating Officer of Employer, and shall perform, faithfully and diligently, the services and functions relating to such position or otherwise reasonably incident to such position as may be designated from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer or Board of Directors of the Employer. Employee shall report directly to the Board of Directors. Employee shall be based in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex as necessary to perform the duties of COO adequately and shall also travel as required by his duties under this Agreement.

 

  b.

Full Time and Attention. During your employment, you will devote your best efforts and entire time, attention and energy to the business of Company. Employee shall not provide services or conduct activities for or related to any other business(es) unless approved by the Board of Directors. The initial approved outside businesses and related activities will be listed in Exhibit “B”.

 

  c.

Compliance with Company Rules, Policies and Procedures. During the employment, you will, at all times, comply with all of Company’s rules, policies and procedures, including but not limited to those regarding employment and confidentiality, .

 

  d.

Legal Obligations Owed to Others. You represent and warrant to Company that this Agreement, the performance of your obligations under this Agreement or the employment relationship between Company and you under this Agreement does not and will not violate or conflict with (i) any of the following agreements or restrictive covenants: employment, non-competition (as pertaining to being

 

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  employed by a competitor), non-solicitation (as pertaining to customers, employees, or independent contractors), no-hire (as pertaining to employees or independent contractors), non-interference (as pertaining to employees, agents or servants) or confidentiality (as pertaining to trade secrets and other confidential information); and (ii) any judgment, writ, injunction, or order of any court, arbitrator, or governmental agency, or any other obligation to which you are subject. To the extent you are subject to any of the foregoing restrictions or agreements, you represent and warrant to Company that you have provided such documents to the Company’s Employee Services prior to the offer of employment being made to you. You also represent and warrant to Company that you will not use or disclose the trade secrets or other confidential information of former employers or other persons or entities in connection with your employment by Company and that you will not bring onto the premises of Company any unpublished document or proprietary information belonging to any such employer, person, or entity unless consented to in writing by such employer, person, or entity.

 

7.

Fiduciary Duties. You acknowledge and agree that you owe a fiduciary duty of loyalty, fidelity and allegiance to act at all times in the best interests of Company. You agree that you will not act or will not fail to act in any manner that would injure the business, interests, or reputation of Company or any of its affiliates. Additionally, you agree to immediately disclose to the Board of Directors or Chairman of the Board all information and business opportunities pertaining to the business of Company and any of its affiliates learned of by you while employed by Company and not to appropriate for your benefit or that of any third party such opportunities or information.

 

8.

Dishonesty by others. If at any time you become aware, or believe, that any other employee, agent or servant of Company, or any third party, is or appears to be (a) removing, concealing, transferring or using any property or funds of Company for the benefit of anyone other than Company or is otherwise not authorized by Company to do so, or (b) divulging, providing or otherwise disseminating in any manner not authorized by Company any of Company’s Trade Secrets and Confidential Information to any third person not authorized by Company to possess such Trade Secrets and Confidential Information, you will immediately communicate your knowledge or belief as to such matters to the Chairman of the Board of the Company.

 

9.

Restrictive Covenants. You agree that the following covenants are reasonable and necessary to protect Company’s interests, including but not limited to its client and vendor relationships, competitive position, Trade Secrets and Confidential Information, and therefore agree to the following covenants which are agreed to be ancillary to the Confidentiality Agreement to be executed by you concurrently herewith. You agree as follows:

 

  a.

That certain Confidentiality Agreement entered into by and between Company and you are incorporated herein by reference for all pertinent purposes and such Confidentiality Agreement and all of its terms and provisions will be deemed a part hereof and will be enforceable hereunder separate and distinct from its enforceability as a separate agreement (e.g., it will be enforceable as a separate and distinct agreement as well as being enforceable as a part hereof); and

 

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  b.

You further agree that you will not, while at any time employed by Company and for a period of twelve (12) months following the termination of such employment, whether as an individual, or in any capacity, directly or indirectly do the following:

 

  i.

Solicit or sell or participate in any way concerning the sale or development of products or services, similar to Company’s products or services, to any customer or client;

 

  ii.

Request, advise, induce or attempt to request, advise, or induce any distributor, vendor, representative, agent or contractor of Company to terminate, modify, curtail, or alter its business relationship with Company;

 

  iii.

Request, advise, induce or attempt to request, advise, or induce any of Company’s customers or clients to terminate or in any way modify, curtail, or alter its business relationship with Company; and

 

  iv.

Request, advise, solicit, divert or take away, or attempt to request, advise, solicit, divert or take away, from Company, any individuals or entities, who were with Company as an employee, consultant or independent contractor within twelve (12) months preceding your Termination Date;

 

  v.

Be employed, advise or participate in any way concerning another ECG manufacturer or company involved in the sale or development of products or services similar to Company’s products or services.

 

  c.

You further agree that enforcement of the above Sections 9(b)(i) through (iv), inclusive, is the only practical means of enforcing Section 9(a), above, and of enforcing the Confidentiality Agreement. You agree that enforcement of Sections 9(b)(i) through (iv), inclusive, is necessary to protect Company’s goodwill and other business interests. You further agree that Company will suffer irreparable injury, not readily susceptible of valuation in monetary damages, if you breach any of the obligations under Sections 9(b)(i) through (iv), inclusive. Accordingly, you agree that Company will be entitled to injunctive relief against any breach or prospective breach by you of your obligations under Sections 9(b)(i) through (iv) inclusive. Nothing herein will be construed as prohibiting Company from pursuing any other remedies available to Company for such breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of damages from you. In the event of a violation or attempted violation of Sections 9(b)(i) through (iv) inclusive, you agree that an amount of time equal to the time period during which a violation exists will be added to the duration of the restrictions in Sections 9(b)(i) through (iv) inclusive.

 

  d.

Sections 9(a) and (b)(i) through (iv), inclusive, will be deemed ancillary to the Confidentiality Agreement. You agree that all of the provisions of this Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement are valid and enforceable as written and according to their terms. The obligations of Company hereunder will not apply to any of its parents, subsidiaries, or affiliates.

 

  e.

You agree to notify any prospective employer of the existence and terms of this Section 9, prior to acceptance of employment. Company may inform any person or entity subsequently employing you, or evidencing an intention to employ you, of the existence of this Agreement, the terms hereof, and provide to that person or entity a copy of this Agreement.

 

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Assignment. Company may assign this Agreement at any time without notice (but you cannot). This Agreement is personal to you and no individual or entity will have any interest in same except you, personally, on the one hand, and Company and its subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns or its associated companies, on the other hand.

 

11.

Non-Waiver. The failure of Company at any time to enforce any provision hereof will never be construed to be a waiver of such provision or of the right of Company to enforce each and every provision hereof at any time. No course of dealing between Company and you will be implied as a waiver by Company of any provision of this Agreement.

 

12.

Savings Clause. The provisions of this Agreement are severable. In the event any paragraph, provision or clause, or any combination of same hereof will be found or held to be unenforceable at law or in equity, or under any ordinance, statute or regulation, such finding or holding will not in any way affect the other paragraphs, provisions and clauses which will remain in full force and effect. In the event any paragraph, provision or clause, or any combination of same hereof will not be enforceable in accordance with its terms, Company and you agree that such paragraph, provision, or clause will be reformed to make such paragraph, provision, or clause enforceable in a manner which provides Company the maximum rights permitted at law.

 

13.

Resolution of Disputes. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, your employment or director position with the Company, other than under Section 6 or the Confidentiality Agreement, shall be determined by binding arbitration in accordance with the Employment Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The place of arbitration shall be Dallas, Texas. This Agreement shall be exclusively construed, applied and performed, per the internal laws of the state of Texas, U.S.A. Judgment on any award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction . The arbitration provision in this section 13 shall survive if this Agreement should be adjudged null and void or should be canceled or terminated for any reason.

 

14.

Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without reference to the principles of conflict of laws. All actions and proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined in any court in a county as determined by the Company and the parties hereto hereby consent to the jurisdiction of such courts in any such action or proceeding. You hereby consent to the exclusive venue and personal jurisdiction of said court with respect to any litigation arising from this Agreement or your employment with Company.

 

15.

Construction. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that it has had the opportunity to consult with its own legal counsel in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement and that it has bargaining power equal to that of the other party hereto in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of the Agreement. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree that the rule of contract construction that an agreement will be construed against the drafter will have no application in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context requires: (i) the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa; (ii) the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders, the feminine gender shall include the masculine and neuter genders, the

 

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  neuter gender shall include the masculine and feminine genders; and (iii) 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.

 

16.

Legal Fees. The parties hereto agree that the non-prevailing party in any dispute, claim, action or proceeding between the parties hereto arising out of or relating to the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any provision thereof (a “Dispute”), shall reimburse the prevailing party for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred by the prevailing party in connection with such Dispute; provided, however, that the Employee shall only be required to reimburse the Company for its fees and expenses incurred in connection with a Dispute if the Employee’s position in such Dispute was found by the court, arbitrator or other person or entity presiding over such Dispute to be frivolous or advanced not in good faith.

 

17.

Consideration for This Agreement. In consideration for the covenants and promises made by you in the recitals to this Agreement and in Sections 2, 9, 18 and 22 herein, the sufficiency of which you hereby acknowledge, Company will employ you as set forth herein. You acknowledge that your execution of this Agreement and your agreement to the covenants contained in Sections 2, 9, 18 and 22 herein are integral to Company’s agreement to employ you and, without such agreements, covenants and promises by you, Company would not employ you.

 

18.

Non-Disparagement, Defamation and Privacy. You will refrain, both during and after termination of the employment relationship between Company and you, from publishing, uttering or otherwise disseminating any oral or written statements about Company or its officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives that are slanderous, libelous, or otherwise defamatory; or that disclose private or confidential information about Company or its business affairs, officers, directors, employees, agents, or representatives that you know or should know is materially injurious to Company;; or that place Company or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives in a false light before the public; or that constitute a misappropriation of the name or likeness of Company or its officers directors, employees, agents or representatives. A violation or threatened violation of this prohibition may be enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction. The rights afforded Company under the provision of this Section 18 are in addition to any and all rights and remedies otherwise afforded by law or by this Agreement.

 

19.

Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including all written amendments and modifications hereto and all documents ancillary hereto) and the Confidentiality Agreement (as defined herein) constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the parties and supersedes any prior agreement (including, without limitation, the Employment Agreement by and between the Company and Mr. Hilz, entered into on March 7, 2017 and any other prior employment or severance agreement), plan, condition, practice, custom, usage and obligation with respect to such matters insofar as any such prior agreement, plan, condition, practice, usage or obligation might have given rise to any enforceable right. Additionally, it is expressly agreed that no representations, promises, warranties or understandings, express or implied, other than set forth herein or referred to herein, will be binding on either party. None of the provisions herein will be waived, altered or amended unless in writing signed by the parties.

 

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Survival. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the provisions of Sections 2, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18 of this Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement shall survive any termination, for whatever reason, of Employee’s employment under this Agreement.

 

21.

Counterparts. You and Company agree that this Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and in that event, each counterpart will be deemed a complete original and all counterparts will constitute a single agreement.

 

22.

Withholding. All payments made by the Company to the Employee under this Agreement shall be net of any tax or other amounts required to be withheld by the Company under applicable law. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to require the Company to make any payments to compensate the Employee for any adverse tax effect associated with any payments or benefits or for any deduction or withholding from any payment or benefit.

 

23.

Section 409A.

 

  a.

This Agreement is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any applicable regulations thereunder (“Section 409A”), or an exemption thereunder and shall be construed and administered in such a manner. For purposes of Section 409A, Employee’s right to receive any installment payments pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments, and each payment made under this Agreement shall be designated as a separate payment within the meaning of Section 409A. Any payments to be made under this Agreement upon a termination of employment will only be made on a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any payment or benefit provided to Employee in connection with a termination of employment is determined to constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A and Employee is determined to be a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, then such payment or benefit will not be paid until the first payroll date to occur following the six-month anniversary of such termination or, if earlier, on Employee’s death (the “Specified Employee Payment Date”). The aggregate of any payments that would otherwise have been paid before the Specified Employee Payment Date will be paid to Employee in a lump sum on the Specified Employee Payment Date and thereafter, any remaining payments will be paid without delay in accordance with their original schedule.

 

  b.

Notwithstanding the above, the Company makes no representation that the payments and benefits provided under this Agreement comply with Section 409A, and the Employee acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Employee is solely responsible for any and all obligations arising as a result of the tax consequences associated with any payment under this Agreement, including without limitation, any taxes, interest or penalties associated with Section 409A, (ii) Employee is not relying upon any written or oral statement or representation the Company, any entity affiliated with the Company, or any of their respective employees, directors, officers, attorneys or agents regarding the tax effects associated with the execution of this Agreement, and (iii) in no event will the Company be liable for all or any portion of any such obligations that may be incurred by the Employee on account of non-compliance with Section 409A or otherwise in connection with this Agreement or any payment under this Agreement.

 

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Section 280G. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement to the contrary, if (1) Employee is a “Disqualified Individual” (as defined in Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any applicable regulations thereunder (“Section 280G”)) and (2) any of the payments or benefits provided or to be provided by the Company or its affiliates to Employee or for the Employee’s benefit pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, individually or together with any other payments which Employee has the right to receive from the Company, would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G (the “Parachute Payment(s)”) and would, but for this Section 24, be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor provision thereto) or any similar tax imposed by state or local law or any interest or penalties with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax, together with any such interest and penalties, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then the total amounts received by Employee from the Company which constitute Parachute Payments shall be reduced in a manner determined by the Company that is consistent with the requirements of Section 409A to an amount equal, in the aggregate, to one dollar ($1.00) less than three (3) times the Employee’s base amount within the meaning of Section 280G, so that no portion of the Parachute Payments received by Employee shall be subject to the Excise Tax, if and only if such reduction produces a better net after-tax position (taking into account any applicable Excise Tax and any applicable income tax) than if the total payments owed to Employee were paid in full and subject to the tax.

 

25.

Your Certification. YOU HEREBY CERTIFY THAT:

 

  a.

YOU RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT FOR REVIEW AND STUDY BEFORE YOU WERE ASKED TO EXECUTE THEM;

 

  b.

YOU HAVE READ SUCH AGREEMENTS CAREFULLY;

 

  c.

YOU HAVE BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AND REVIEW THIS AGREEMENT AND THE CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT WITH AN ATTORNEY OF YOUR CHOICE;

 

  d.

YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR RIGHTS ARE UNDER THE AGREEMENTS AS WELL AS YOUR OBLIGATIONS;

 

  e.

YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND EACH AND EVERY PROVISION OF THE AGREEMENTS AND DO HEREBY ACCEPT AND AGREE TO THE SAME; AND

 

  f.

YOU ARE EXECUTING THIS AGREEMENT VOLUNTARILY AND WITHOUT ANY DURESS OR UNDUE INFLUENCE BY COMPANY OR ANYONE ELSE.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, you have, on the date set forth below, affixed your hand and Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by a duly authorized person, on the date set forth below.

 

    Employee:
Date: 4/5/2022    

        /s/ Mark Hilz

    Employer:
Date: April 5, 2022     By:  

/s/ Andrew Simpson

    Name:   Andrew Simpson
    Title:   Chairman and CEO

 

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EXHIBIT A

Compensation

 

1.

Base Salary: Base Salary will commence at the rate of $200,000.00 per annum, which base salary will be paid in arrears in equal bi-monthly installments during the Term in accordance with the Company’s customary payroll practices and subject to applicable withholdings. Any increase in the base salary shall be at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors or compensation committee as appropriate.

 

2.

Employment Start Date: March 15, 2022

 

3.

Bonuses: Employee may be entitled to participate in a bonus scheme(s) from time to time at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors or remuneration committee as appropriate. It being agreed and understood that neither the Board of Directors, nor the remuneration committee, has any obligation to put in place any bonus(es) schemes, and Employee’s right to any bonus under a bonus scheme, if any, shall be subject to all terms and conditions of such bonus scheme(s).

 

4.

Stock and Stock Option Plans: Employee may be entitled to participate in any stock plans (either ISO approved or non-approved) from time to time at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors or remuneration committee as appropriate. It being agreed and understood that neither the Board of Directors, nor the remuneration committee, has any obligations to grant any participation in such stock plans to Employee, and Employee’s right to any award or benefit under a stock plan, if any, shall be subject to all terms and conditions of such stock plan.

 

5.

Health Insurance: The Employee will be entitled to participate in the Company’s health insurance plan on a comparable basis to other senior officers of the Company and subject to the terms and conditions of such health insurance plan.

 

6.

Benefits: Employee shall be entitled to receive such group benefits as Employer may provide to its other senior officers of the Company (pro-rated for partial years) and subject to the terms and conditions of such group benefit plans.

 

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EXHIBIT B

Approved Outside Businesses

None noted.

 

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Exhibit 10.18

 

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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Employment Agreement (Agreement) is made as of April 5, 2022 (the Effective Date) by and between Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. dba HeartSciences, a Texas corporation with principal offices at 550 Reserve St, Southlake Tx 76092 (HTL”, “Company” or “Employer) and Andrew Simpson (you” or “Employee).

NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.

Employment. You and Company desire to enter an employment relationship by means of this Agreement. Company, hereby employs you subject to the terms hereof, and you hereby accept such employment upon such terms as of the Effective Date.

 

2.

Confidentiality. Employee recognizes that the Company has expended and will continue to expend substantial time, money and effort in developing formulas, patterns, designs, compilations, programs, devices, methods, techniques, processes, training, intellectual property, and general knowhow that derive independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, which is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy. Company possesses valuable information, including information about customers, dealers and suppliers, and among other things, about their technical problems and needs, purchasing habits, and procedures, all resulting in a great deal of customer goodwill. Company owns financial records, contracts, marketing and strategic plans, intellectual property, and other valuable information. For purposes of this Agreement, all such items and information, as well as the information defined as “Confidential Information” in the CONFIDENTIALITY, INVENTION ASSIGNMENT, NON-SOLICITATION AND NO-HIRE AGREEMENT (Confidentiality Agreement) (required to be executed by you concurrently herewith) are owned by Company and hereafter referred to in this Agreement as Trade Secrets and Confidential Information.”

 

  a.

You will, in the course of your employment, be personally entrusted with and exposed to Company’s Trade Secrets and Confidential Information.

 

  b.

Company, during the term of this Agreement and after its termination, will be engaged, throughout the world, in the highly competitive Healthcare industry, in which many firms, including Company, compete.

 

  c.

You could, after having access to Company’s Trade Secrets and Confidential Information, become or be employed by a competitor.

 

  d.

Company will suffer great loss and irreparable harm if you were to separate your employment and thereafter participate, directly or indirectly, as a consultant, employee, manager, officer, director or in any other capacity in any business or venture in competition with Company, or if you at any time (during or after your employment) disclose Company’s Trade Secrets and Confidential Information.

 

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  e.

It is Company’s policy that you should have no investment in or relationship with an outside organization that might affect the independence of your judgment in performing your duties or in any way conflict with the best interests of Company. The company shall allow an Employee or any of his affiliates to purchase or hold an aggregate equity interest of up to 1% in any publicly-traded company which is in competition with Employer.

 

  f.

Employee agrees to execute a Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., CONFIDENTIALITY, INVENTION ASSIGNMENT, NON-SOLICITATION AND NO-HIRE AGREEMENT “Confidentiality Agreementas a condition of employment.

 

3.

Term of Employment. UNLESS EARLIER TERMINATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 4 BELOW, THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL COMMENCE AS OF THE DATE IN EXHIBIT “A”, AND SHALL CONTINUE FOR ONE (1) YEAR THEREAFTER; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE TERM SHALL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR PERIOD AT THE END OF THE ORIGINAL ONE-YEAR TERM AND ANY ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR TERM, UNLESS EITHER PARTY GIVES WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE OTHER PARTY, AT LEAST NINETY (90) DAYS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE APPLICABLE TERM, OF SUCH PARTY’S TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT AT THE END OF THE APPLICABLE TERM. AS USED HEREIN, “TERM” SHALL MEAN THE ORIGINAL TERM AND ANY ADDITIONAL RENEWAL TERM(S).

 

4.

Termination.

4.1     This Agreement and the employment relationship created hereby shall terminate upon the occurrence of any of the following events (each, a “Termination Event”):

 

  a.

The expiration of the Term in accordance with Section 3;

 

  b.

The death of Employee;

 

  c.

The Excessive Absence (as hereinafter defined) of Employee;

 

  d.

Written notice to Employee from Employer of termination for Just Cause (as hereinafter defined);

 

  e.

Written notice to Employee from Employer of termination for any reason other than subparts (b), (c) or (d) in this Section 4 above;

 

  f.

Written notice to Employer from Employee of termination for any reason other than Constructive Termination (as hereinafter defined);

 

  g.

Written notice to Employer from Employee of termination for Constructive Termination and Employer does not cure the breach within the time periods required; or

 

  h.

Written notice from either party for any reason in the 18 months following a Change of Control (as hereinafter defined).

 

  i.

All written notices pursuant to this Section 4 shall be given at least thirty (30) days prior to the applicable Termination Event.

 

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4.2     In the event of the termination of Employee’s employment pursuant to (b), (c), (d) or (f) in Section 4.1 above, then Employee shall be entitled to such compensation that has been accrued, but not yet paid, for the period up to the effective date of such Termination Event (as applicable, the “Termination Date”), as follows:

(i) accrued but unpaid base salary (as provided in Exhibit A) and accrued vacation which shall be paid on the first payroll date immediately following the Termination Date in accordance with the Company’s customary payroll procedures and subject to applicable withholding;

(ii) health insurance and other benefits, if any, to which the Employee may be entitled under the Company’s benefit plans as of the effective date of the Termination Event (collectively, (i)-(ii) shall be referred to as the “Accrued Amounts”); and

(iii) a pro rata share of any bonus that Employee would be eligible to receive had he continued to be employed by the Company through the end of the bonus calculation period, such pro rata portion to be calculated at the end of the bonus calculation period (based on the number of days the Employee was employed during the applicable calendar year divided by 365) and paid to Employee on the date that bonuses are normally paid to employees (provided that such payment must occur during the calendar year following the year in which the Termination Event occurred).

The Employee shall have no further rights to compensation or any other benefits from the Company or any of its affiliates except as described in this Section 4.2.

4.3    In the event of the termination of Employee’s employment pursuant to (a), (e), (g) or (h) in Section 4.1 above, then Employee shall be entitled to receive; provided, however, :

(i) the Accrued Amounts; and

(ii) subject to the Employee’s compliance with Sections 2 and 9 of this Agreement and the Employee’s execution and non-revocation of a release of claims in favor of the Company, its affiliates and their respective officers and directors in form and substance satisfactory to the Company (the “Release”) within sixty (60) days following the applicable Termination Date (such 60-day period, the “Release Consideration Period”), additional severance payments as follows:

(a) the continuation of Employee’s then current base salary (as provided in Exhibit A) for a period of twelve (12) months, payable in equal installments in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices and subject to applicable withholding, which shall commence on the first payroll date following the date the Release becomes non-revocable and

(b) a lump-sum payment equal to the below, provided that in either case, such amount shall be paid to Employee on the date that bonuses are normally paid to employees (provided further that such payment must occur during the calendar year following the year in which the Termination Event occurred, his share of any bonus that Employee would be eligible to receive by the Company to the termination date of Employee.

 

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The Employee shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits from the Company or any of its affiliates except as described in this Section 4.3.

4.4     Regardless of the type of Termination Event, the treatment of any outstanding equity awards, if any, shall be determined in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan or agreement under which such awards are granted and related award agreements.

4.5    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the provisions of Section 2 and 9 of this Agreement shall survive any termination, for whatever reason, of Employee’s employment under this Agreement.

4.6    For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

 

  (a)

Constructive Termination” shall mean: (i) a material reduction in Employee’s duties and responsibilities without Employee’s consent; (ii) an action by the Employer which undermines or renders unfeasible the Employee’s ability to undertake or fulfill his role in an effective manner; (iii) any breach by Employer of any of the material terms of, or the failure to perform any material covenant contained in, this Agreement; (iv) a material reduction in Employee’s compensation without Employee’s prior written consent; or (v) the Employee ceasing to be a director for the Company for any reason other than the resignation by the Employee of his director position. Notwithstanding the above, an event listed in (i) – (v) of this paragraph will not constitute a Constructive Termination unless the Employee has provided written notice to the Company of the circumstances which constitute a Constructive Termination within thirty (30) days of the initial occurrence of such event, the Company has had at least thirty (30) days from the date on which such notice is provided to cure such circumstances, and the Employee terminates his employment within thirty (30) days after the expiration of such cure period.

(b)    “Excessive Absence” of Employee shall mean his inability, for whatever reason, to perform his duties under this Agreement for a continuous period of 60 days or for 120 days out of a continuous period of 240 days.

(c)    “Just Cause” shall mean (i) Employee’s conviction of a felony or commission of any act of fraud, moral turpitude or dishonesty, (ii) an intentional, material violation by Employee of a statutory or fiduciary duty not corrected within ten days after written notice from Employer, (iii) any material breach by Employee of any of the terms or conditions of, or the failure to perform any material covenant contained in, this Agreement and Employee does not cure such breach or failure within ten days following notice from Employer; provided, however, that Employee will not be entitled to cure

 

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any breach or failure under this subclause (iii) more than one time in any consecutive three (3) month period, or (iv) the violation by Employee of reasonable instructions or policies established by Employer with respect to the operation of its business and affairs or Employee’s failure to carry out the reasonable instructions of the Board of Directors, and following notice thereof from Employer to Employee, Employee does not cure any such violation or failure within ten days following notice from Employer; provided, however, that Employee will not be entitled to cure any breach or failure under this subclause (iv) more than one time in any consecutive three (3) month period.

(d)    “Change of Control” shall mean a change of control of HTL being: (i) the sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company; (ii) any merger, consolidation or acquisition of the Company with, by or into another corporation, entity or person; (iii) any change in the ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting capital stock of HTL in one or more related transactions; or (iv) a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors is replaced during any 12-month period by directors who are not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors before the appointment or election date.

 

5.

Compensation. In consideration of the services provided by you to Company under the terms of this Agreement, Company will pay you starting on your actual Start Date the compensation as set forth in Exhibit “A”.

 

6.

Duties and Responsibilities.

 

  a.

Duties. Subject to the power of the Board of Directors to hire and/or remove officers and employees, Employee shall continue to serve as President and CEO of Employer, and shall perform, faithfully and diligently, the services and functions relating to such position or otherwise reasonably incident to such position as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Employer. Employee shall report directly to the Board of Directors. Employee shall travel to and spend such time in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and/or travel elsewhere, as necessary, in order to perform his role with the Company and fulfill his duties under this Agreement.

 

  b.

Full Time and Attention. During your employment, you will devote your best efforts and entire time, attention and energy to the business of Company. Employee shall not provide services or conduct activities for or related to any other business(es) unless approved by the Board of Directors. The initial approved outside businesses and related activities will be listed in Exhibit “B”.

 

  c.

Compliance with Company Rules, Policies and Procedures. During the employment, you will, at all times, comply with all of Company’s rules, policies and procedures, including but not limited to those regarding employment and confidentiality, .

 

  d.

Legal Obligations Owed to Others. You represent and warrant to Company that this Agreement, the performance of your obligations under this Agreement or the employment relationship between Company and you under this Agreement does not and will not violate or conflict with (i) any of the following agreements or restrictive covenants: employment, non-competition (as pertaining to being

 

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  employed by a competitor), non-solicitation (as pertaining to customers, employees, or independent contractors), no-hire (as pertaining to employees or independent contractors), non-interference (as pertaining to employees, agents or servants) or confidentiality (as pertaining to trade secrets and other confidential information); and (ii) any judgment, writ, injunction, or order of any court, arbitrator, or governmental agency, or any other obligation to which you are subject. To the extent you are subject to any of the foregoing restrictions or agreements, you represent and warrant to Company that you have provided such documents to the Company’s Employee Services prior to the offer of employment being made to you. You also represent and warrant to Company that you will not use or disclose the trade secrets or other confidential information of former employers or other persons or entities in connection with your employment by Company and that you will not bring onto the premises of Company any unpublished document or proprietary information belonging to any such employer, person, or entity unless consented to in writing by such employer, person, or entity.

 

7.

Fiduciary Duties. You acknowledge and agree that you owe a fiduciary duty of loyalty, fidelity and allegiance to act at all times in the best interests of Company. You agree that you will not act or will not fail to act in any manner that would injure the business, interests, or reputation of Company or any of its affiliates. Additionally, you agree to immediately disclose to the Board of Directors or Chairman of the Board all information and business opportunities pertaining to the business of Company and any of its affiliates learned of by you while employed by Company and not to appropriate for your benefit or that of any third party such opportunities or information.

 

8.

Dishonesty by others. If at any time you become aware, or believe, that any other employee, agent or servant of Company, or any third party, is or appears to be (a) removing, concealing, transferring or using any property or funds of Company for the benefit of anyone other than Company or is otherwise not authorized by Company to do so, or (b) divulging, providing or otherwise disseminating in any manner not authorized by Company any of Company’s Trade Secrets and Confidential Information to any third person not authorized by Company to possess such Trade Secrets and Confidential Information, you will immediately communicate your knowledge or belief as to such matters to the Chairman of the Board of the Company.

 

9.

Restrictive Covenants. You agree that the following covenants are reasonable and necessary to protect Company’s interests, including but not limited to its client and vendor relationships, competitive position, Trade Secrets and Confidential Information, and therefore agree to the following covenants which are agreed to be ancillary to the Confidentiality Agreement to be executed by you concurrently herewith. You agree as follows:

 

  a.

That certain Confidentiality Agreement entered into by and between Company and you are incorporated herein by reference for all pertinent purposes and such Confidentiality Agreement and all of its terms and provisions will be deemed a part hereof and will be enforceable hereunder separate and distinct from its enforceability as a separate agreement (e.g., it will be enforceable as a separate and distinct agreement as well as being enforceable as a part hereof); and

 

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  b.

You further agree that you will not, while at any time employed by Company and for a period of twelve (12) months following the termination of such employment, whether as an individual, or in any capacity, directly or indirectly do the following:

 

  i.

Solicit or sell or participate in any way concerning the sale or development of products or services, similar to Company’s products or services, to any customer or client;

 

  ii.

Request, advise, induce or attempt to request, advise, or induce any distributor, vendor, representative, agent or contractor of Company to terminate, modify, curtail, or alter its business relationship with Company;

 

  iii.

Request, advise, induce or attempt to request, advise, or induce any of Company’s customers or clients to terminate or in any way modify, curtail, or alter its business relationship with Company; and

 

  iv.

Request, advise, solicit, divert or take away, or attempt to request, advise, solicit, divert or take away, from Company, any individuals or entities, who were with Company as an employee, consultant or independent contractor within twelve (12) months preceding your Termination Date;

 

  v.

Be employed, advise or participate in any way concerning another ECG manufacturer or company involved in the sale or development of products or services similar to Company’s products or services.

 

  c.

You further agree that enforcement of the above Sections 9(b)(i) through (iv), inclusive, is the only practical means of enforcing Section 9(a), above, and of enforcing the Confidentiality Agreement. You agree that enforcement of Sections 9(b)(i) through (iv), inclusive, is necessary to protect Company’s goodwill and other business interests. You further agree that Company will suffer irreparable injury, not readily susceptible of valuation in monetary damages, if you breach any of the obligations under Sections 9(b)(i) through (iv), inclusive. Accordingly, you agree that Company will be entitled to injunctive relief against any breach or prospective breach by you of your obligations under Sections 9(b)(i) through (iv) inclusive. Nothing herein will be construed as prohibiting Company from pursuing any other remedies available to Company for such breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of damages from you. In the event of a violation or attempted violation of Sections 9(b)(i) through (iv) inclusive, you agree that an amount of time equal to the time period during which a violation exists will be added to the duration of the restrictions in Sections 9(b)(i) through (iv) inclusive.

 

  d.

Sections 9(a) and (b)(i) through (iv), inclusive, will be deemed ancillary to the Confidentiality Agreement. You agree that all of the provisions of this Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement are valid and enforceable as written and according to their terms. The obligations of Company hereunder will not apply to any of its parents, subsidiaries, or affiliates.

 

  e.

You agree to notify any prospective employer of the existence and terms of this Section 9, prior to acceptance of employment. Company may inform any person or entity subsequently employing you, or evidencing an intention to employ you, of the existence of this Agreement, the terms hereof, and provide to that person or entity a copy of this Agreement.

 

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Assignment. Company may assign this Agreement at any time without notice (but you cannot). This Agreement is personal to you and no individual or entity will have any interest in same except you, personally, on the one hand, and Company and its subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns or its associated companies, on the other hand.

 

11.

Non-Waiver. The failure of Company at any time to enforce any provision hereof will never be construed to be a waiver of such provision or of the right of Company to enforce each and every provision hereof at any time. No course of dealing between Company and you will be implied as a waiver by Company of any provision of this Agreement.

 

12.

Savings Clause. The provisions of this Agreement are severable. In the event any paragraph, provision or clause, or any combination of same hereof will be found or held to be unenforceable at law or in equity, or under any ordinance, statute or regulation, such finding or holding will not in any way affect the other paragraphs, provisions and clauses which will remain in full force and effect. In the event any paragraph, provision or clause, or any combination of same hereof will not be enforceable in accordance with its terms, Company and you agree that such paragraph, provision, or clause will be reformed to make such paragraph, provision, or clause enforceable in a manner which provides Company the maximum rights permitted at law.

 

13.

Resolution of Disputes. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, your employment or director position with the Company, other than under Section 6 or the Confidentiality Agreement, shall be determined by binding arbitration in accordance with the Employment Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The place of arbitration shall be Dallas, Texas. This Agreement shall be exclusively construed, applied and performed, per the internal laws of the state of Texas, U.S.A. Judgment on any award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction . The arbitration provision in this section 13 shall survive if this Agreement should be adjudged null and void or should be canceled or terminated for any reason.

 

14.

Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without reference to the principles of conflict of laws. All actions and proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined in any court in a county as determined by the Company and the parties hereto hereby consent to the jurisdiction of such courts in any such action or proceeding. You hereby consent to the exclusive venue and personal jurisdiction of said court with respect to any litigation arising from this Agreement or your employment with Company.

 

15.

Construction. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that it has had the opportunity to consult with its own legal counsel in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement and that it has bargaining power equal to that of the other party hereto in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of the Agreement. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree that the rule of contract construction that an agreement will be construed against the drafter will have no application in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context requires: (i) the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa; (ii) the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders, the feminine gender shall include the masculine and neuter genders, the

 

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  neuter gender shall include the masculine and feminine genders; and (iii) 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.

 

16.

Legal Fees. The parties hereto agree that the non-prevailing party in any dispute, claim, action or proceeding between the parties hereto arising out of or relating to the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any provision thereof (a “Dispute”), shall reimburse the prevailing party for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred by the prevailing party in connection with such Dispute; provided, however, that the Employee shall only be required to reimburse the Company for its fees and expenses incurred in connection with a Dispute if the Employee’s position in such Dispute was found by the court, arbitrator or other person or entity presiding over such Dispute to be frivolous or advanced not in good faith.

 

17.

Consideration for This Agreement. In consideration for the covenants and promises made by you in the recitals to this Agreement and in Sections 2, 9, 18 and 22 herein, the sufficiency of which you hereby acknowledge, Company will employ you as set forth herein. You acknowledge that your execution of this Agreement and your agreement to the covenants contained in Sections 2, 9, 18 and 22 herein are integral to Company’s agreement to employ you and, without such agreements, covenants and promises by you, Company would not employ you.

 

18.

Non-Disparagement, Defamation and Privacy. You will refrain, both during and after termination of the employment relationship between Company and you, from publishing, uttering or otherwise disseminating any oral or written statements about Company or its officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives that are slanderous, libelous, or otherwise defamatory; or that disclose private or confidential information about Company or its business affairs, officers, directors, employees, agents, or representatives that you know or should know is materially injurious to Company;; or that place Company or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives in a false light before the public; or that constitute a misappropriation of the name or likeness of Company or its officers directors, employees, agents or representatives. A violation or threatened violation of this prohibition may be enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction. The rights afforded Company under the provision of this Section 18 are in addition to any and all rights and remedies otherwise afforded by law or by this Agreement.

 

19.

Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including all written amendments and modifications hereto and all documents ancillary hereto) and the Confidentiality Agreement (as defined herein) constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the parties and supersedes any prior agreement (including, without limitation, any other prior employment or severance agreement), plan, condition, practice, custom, usage and obligation with respect to such matters insofar as any such prior agreement, plan, condition, practice, usage or obligation might have given rise to any enforceable right. Additionally, it is expressly agreed that no representations, promises, warranties or understandings, express or implied, other than set forth herein or referred to herein, will be binding on either party. None of the provisions herein will be waived, altered or amended unless in writing signed by the parties.

 

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20.

Survival. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the provisions of Sections 2, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18 of this Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement shall survive any termination, for whatever reason, of Employee’s employment under this Agreement.

 

21.

Counterparts. You and Company agree that this Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and in that event, each counterpart will be deemed a complete original and all counterparts will constitute a single agreement.

 

22.

Withholding. All payments made by the Company to the Employee under this Agreement shall be net of any tax or other amounts required to be withheld by the Company under applicable law. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to require the Company to make any payments to compensate the Employee for any adverse tax effect associated with any payments or benefits or for any deduction or withholding from any payment or benefit.

 

23.

Section 409A.

 

  a.

This Agreement is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any applicable regulations thereunder (“Section 409A”), or an exemption thereunder and shall be construed and administered in such a manner. For purposes of Section 409A, Employee’s right to receive any installment payments pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments, and each payment made under this Agreement shall be designated as a separate payment within the meaning of Section 409A. Any payments to be made under this Agreement upon a termination of employment will only be made on a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any payment or benefit provided to Employee in connection with a termination of employment is determined to constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A and Employee is determined to be a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, then such payment or benefit will not be paid until the first payroll date to occur following the six-month anniversary of such termination or, if earlier, on Employee’s death (the “Specified Employee Payment Date”). The aggregate of any payments that would otherwise have been paid before the Specified Employee Payment Date will be paid to Employee in a lump sum on the Specified Employee Payment Date and thereafter, any remaining payments will be paid without delay in accordance with their original schedule.

 

  b.

Notwithstanding the above, the Company makes no representation that the payments and benefits provided under this Agreement comply with Section 409A, and the Employee acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Employee is solely responsible for any and all obligations arising as a result of the tax consequences associated with any payment under this Agreement, including without limitation, any taxes, interest or penalties associated with Section 409A, (ii) Employee is not relying upon any written or oral statement or representation the Company, any entity affiliated with the Company, or any of their respective employees, directors, officers, attorneys or agents regarding the tax effects associated with the execution of this Agreement, and (iii) in no event will the Company be liable for all or any portion of any such obligations that may be incurred by the Employee on account of non-compliance with Section 409A or otherwise in connection with this Agreement or any payment under this Agreement.

 

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Section 280G. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement to the contrary, if (1) Employee is a “Disqualified Individual” (as defined in Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any applicable regulations thereunder (“Section 280G”)) and (2) any of the payments or benefits provided or to be provided by the Company or its affiliates to Employee or for the Employee’s benefit pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, individually or together with any other payments which Employee has the right to receive from the Company, would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G (the “Parachute Payment(s)”) and would, but for this Section 24, be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor provision thereto) or any similar tax imposed by state or local law or any interest or penalties with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax, together with any such interest and penalties, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then the total amounts received by Employee from the Company which constitute Parachute Payments shall be reduced in a manner determined by the Company that is consistent with the requirements of Section 409A to an amount equal, in the aggregate, to one dollar ($1.00) less than three (3) times the Employee’s base amount within the meaning of Section 280G, so that no portion of the Parachute Payments received by Employee shall be subject to the Excise Tax, if and only if such reduction produces a better net after-tax position (taking into account any applicable Excise Tax and any applicable income tax) than if the total payments owed to Employee were paid in full and subject to the tax.

 

25.

Your Certification. YOU HEREBY CERTIFY THAT:

 

  a.

YOU RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT FOR REVIEW AND STUDY BEFORE YOU WERE ASKED TO EXECUTE THEM;

 

  b.

YOU HAVE READ SUCH AGREEMENTS CAREFULLY;

 

  c.

YOU HAVE BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AND REVIEW THIS AGREEMENT AND THE CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT WITH AN ATTORNEY OF YOUR CHOICE;

 

  d.

YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR RIGHTS ARE UNDER THE AGREEMENTS AS WELL AS YOUR OBLIGATIONS;

 

  e.

YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND EACH AND EVERY PROVISION OF THE AGREEMENTS AND DO HEREBY ACCEPT AND AGREE TO THE SAME; AND

 

  f.

YOU ARE EXECUTING THIS AGREEMENT VOLUNTARILY AND WITHOUT ANY DURESS OR UNDUE INFLUENCE BY COMPANY OR ANYONE ELSE.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, you have, on the date set forth below, affixed your hand and Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by a duly authorized person, on the date set forth below.

 

    Employee:
Date: April 5, 2022    

    /s/ Andrew Simpson

    Employer:
Date: April 5, 2022     By:  

/s/ Mark Hilz

    Name:   Mark Hilz
    Title:   Chief Operating Officer

 

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EXHIBIT A

Compensation

 

1.

Base Salary: Base Salary will commence at the rate of $200,000.00 per annum, which base salary will be paid in arrears in equal bi-monthly installments during the Term in accordance with the Company’s customary payroll practices and subject to applicable withholdings. Any increase in the base salary shall be at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors or remuneration committee as appropriate.

 

2.

Employment Start Date: March 15, 2022

 

3.

Bonuses: Employee may be entitled to participate in a bonus scheme(s) from time to time at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors or remuneration committee as appropriate. It being agreed and understood that neither the Board of Directors, nor the remuneration committee, has any obligation to put in place any bonus(es) schemes, and Employee’s right to any bonus under a bonus scheme, if any, shall be subject to all terms and conditions of such bonus scheme(s).

 

4.

Stock and Stock Option Plans: Employee may be entitled to participate in any stock plans (either ISO approved or non-approved) from time to time at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors or remuneration committee as appropriate. It being agreed and understood that neither the Board of Directors, nor the remuneration committee, has any obligations to grant any participation in such stock plans to Employee, and Employee’s right to any award or benefit under a stock plan, if any, shall be subject to all terms and conditions of such stock plan.

 

5.

Health Insurance: The Employee will be entitled to participate in the Company’s health insurance plan on a comparable basis to other senior officers of the Company and subject to the terms and conditions of such health insurance plan.

 

6.

Benefits: Employee shall be entitled to receive such group benefits as Employer may provide to its other senior officers of the Company (pro-rated for partial years) and subject to the terms and conditions of such group benefit plans.

 

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EXHIBIT B

Approved Outside Businesses

Kyngstone Limited.

 

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Exhibit 10.19

AMENDMENT NO. 3

TO

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “No. 3 Amendment”) is made and entered into as of May __, 2022, by and among Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., a Texas corporation, (the “Company”), Front Range Ventures LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company, or its assigns (“FRV”), and John Q. Adams, a Texas resident, or his assigns, (“JQA”) (FRV and JQA each a “Lender” and, together, the “Lenders”) as defined in the Original Agreement (as defined below).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company, the Lenders (collectively, the “Parties”) have previously entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated on or around April 24, 2020 (the “Original Agreement”), Amendment No. 1 to the Loan and Security Agreement dated September 30, 2021 (“No. 1 Amendment”), and Amendment No. 2 to the Loan and Security Agreement dated November 3, 2021 (the “No. 2 Amendment” and, collectively with the Original Agreement and the No. 1 Amendment, the “Loan Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Lenders desire to further extend the Maturity Date as provided in the Loan Agreement to September 30, 2023;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and conditions set forth herein, the Loan Agreement, and the other Transaction Agreements, the Company and the Lenders, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Capitalized Terms. Except as otherwise provided herein, capitalized terms used in this No. 3 Amendment shall have the meaning set forth in the Loan Agreement.

Section 2. Amendment. Section 3.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read, in its entirety, as follows:

“3.1 Maturity Date. Subject to the consummation of the Company’s proposed initial public offering (the “IPO”) of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, prior to September 30, 2023 and except as set forth in the following sentence, the outstanding Principal Amount, together with all Accrued Interest thereon, shall be due and payable on September 30, 2023 (the “Maturity Date”). In the event of the consummation of the IPO prior to September 30, 2022, the Company shall pay all accrued and unpaid interest to JQA on or prior to September 30, 2022. All payments and other charges due under the Transaction Agreements shall be made in lawful currency of the United States of America.”


Section 3. Cancellation. In the event that the IPO is not consummated prior to September 30, 2022, this Amendment No. 3 shall be cancelled and shall be null, void and of no further force and effect.

Section 4. Release of Claims Against Lenders.

THE COMPANY, BY SIGNING THIS NO. 3 AMENDMENT, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY RELEASES AND FOREVER DISCHARGES LENDERS AND ANY AND ALL OF THEIR PARENT COMPANIES, SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES, AFFILIATED COMPANIES, INSURERS, INDEMNITORS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS TOGETHER WITH ALL OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PRESENT AND FORMER MANAGERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS OR CAUSES OF ACTION OF ANY KIND, NATURE OR DESCRIPTION, WHETHER ARISING IN LAW OR EQUITY OR UPON CONTRACT OR TORT OR UNDER ANY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW OR OTHERWISE, WHICH THE COMPANY HAS HAD, NOW HAS, OR HAS MADE CLAIM TO HAVE AGAINST ANY SUCH PARTY FOR OR BY REASON OF ANY ACT, OMISSION, MATTER, CAUSE OR THING WHATSOEVER ARISING FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME TO AND INCLUDING THE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT, WHETHER SUCH CLAIMS, DEMANDS AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARE MATURED OR UNMATURED OR KNOWN OR UNKNOWN.

Section 5. Execution in Several Counterparts. This No. 3 Amendment may be executed in several counterparts or by separate instruments and by facsimile transmission and all of such counterparts and instruments shall constitute one agreement, binding on all of the Parties hereto.

Section 6. Headings. The headings in this No. 3 Amendment are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

Section 7. Governing Law. The laws of the State of Texas shall govern this No. 3 Amendment without regard to principles of conflict of laws.

Section 8. Original Agreements. Except as expressly amended by this No. 3 Amendment, the Transaction Agreements shall remain in full force and effect and all of the terms of the Transaction Agreements are hereby incorporated into this No. 3 Amendment.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this No.2 Amendment as of the day and year first above written.

 

COMPANY:
HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.
By:  

            

Printed:   Andrew Simpson
Title:   Chairman
LENDER:
FRONT RANGE VENTURES, LLC.
By  

 

Printed:   Loren J. Richards
Title:   First Western Trust Bank, Trust Offier
LENDER:

JOHN Q. ADAMS

 

Printed:   John Q. Adams

Exhibit 10.20

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTES

This Amendment No. 2 to Secured Convertible Promissory Notes (this “Amendment”), dated as of May__, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), is by and among Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), and the Requisite Noteholders. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Notes (as defined below).

WI T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Company undertook an offering of $1,500,000 of Secured Subordinated Convertible Promissory Notes (each a “Note” and collectively the “Series Notes”) in or around January 2021.

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.8 of each of the Notes, the Company and the Requisite Noteholders may amend the terms of the Notes; and

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the Notes as set forth in this Amendment.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by each party hereto, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

A G R E E M E N T:

1. Amendments to the Notes. Each of the Notes is hereby amended as follows:

(a) Paragraph 1 (e) (iii) of the Note is hereby amended to read, in its entirety, as follows:

“(iii) a public offering of Common Stock; or”

(b) Paragraph 2 (e) (iii) of the Note is hereby amended to read, in its entirety, as follows:

“(iii) a public offering of Common Stock; or”

2. Attachment to Notes. The Company shall deliver a copy of this Amendment to each Holder of a Note, and instruct each such Holder to attach such copy of this Amendment to such Holder’s Note.

3. Miscellaneous.

(a) Except as specifically provided herein and in Amendment No. 1 to Secured Convertible Promissory Note dated as of November 2, 2021, the Notes shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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(b) This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. In the event that any signature is delivered by electronic transmission or a facsimile thereof (including a “.pdf” format data file), such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing with the same force and effect as if such facsimile were an original signature.

(c) The laws of the State of Texas shall govern this Amendment without regard to principles of conflict of laws

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Requisite Noteholders have executed this Amendment as of the Effective Date.

 

THE COMPANY:
HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.
By:  

                    

  Andrew Simpson, Chairman of the Board, President       and Chief Executive Officer

 

REQUISITE NOTEHOLDERS:
[Note: Only the Holders of at least $750,001 principal amount of the Notes are required to sign]
[NAME OF ENTITY, IF AN ENTITY]
By: _____________________________________
Printed: __________________________________
Title: _____________________________________
Principal Amount of Notes: $__________________
[FOR INDIVIDUALS:]
Signed: ___________________________________
Printed Name: ______________________________
Principal Amount of Notes: $_________________

 

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Exhibit 10.21

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the ______________ (the “Date of Grant”) between Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), and ____________ (“Optionee”) in order to provide a means through which Optionee is afforded the opportunity to purchase shares of common stock of the Company,

WHEREAS, the Company has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its Shareholders to encourage ownership in the Company by qualified employees, officers, and members of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) or individuals as may be determined, thereby providing additional incentive for them to continue in the employ of or provide services to the Company or its affiliates.

THEREFORE, a non-qualified stock option is granted by the Board to Optionee and, in consideration of the mutual agreements and other matters set forth in this Agreement, the Company and Optionee hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. DEFINITIONS

1.1 Definitions. Wherever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases when capitalized will have the meanings ascribed below, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary.

(a) “Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(b) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any person, any other person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such other person.

(c) “Agreement” means this Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement between Optionee and the Company.

(d) “Cause” means “cause” as defined in Optionee’s employment or service agreement or in the absence of such an agreement or such a definition, “Cause” will mean a determination by the Board that Optionee (i) has engaged in personal dishonesty, willful violation of any law, rule, or regulation (other than minor traffic violations or similar offenses), or breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit, (ii) is unable to satisfactorily perform or has failed to satisfactorily perform Optionee’s duties and responsibilities for the Company or any Affiliate after written notice from the Company and a reasonable opportunity to cure, such failure or inability, (iii) has been convicted of, or plead nolo contendere to, any felony or a crime involving moral turpitude, (iv) has engaged in negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of his duties, including but not limited to willfully refusing without proper legal reason to perform Optionee’s duties and responsibilities, (v) has materially breached any corporate policy or code of conduct established by the Company or any Affiliate as such policies or codes may be adopted from time to time, (vi) has violated the terms of any confidentiality, nondisclosure, intellectual property, nonsolicitation, noncompetition, proprietary information and inventions, or any other agreement related to Optionee’s Service, (vii) has materially breached any employment or service agreement between it and the Company or any Affiliate, or (viii) has engaged in conduct that is likely to have a deleterious effect on the Company or any Affiliate or their reputation or legitimate business interests, including but not limited to their goodwill and public image.

 

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(e) “Common Stock means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, or any security into which such common stock may be changed by reason of any transaction or event of the type described in Section 6.

(f) “Consultant” means any person who is not an Employee or Director and who is providing services to the Company or any parent or subsidiary corporation (as defined in section 424 of the Code) as an advisor, consultant, or other non-common law employee.

(g) “Corporate Change” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events (i) the Company will not be the surviving entity in any merger, share exchange, or consolidation (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity), (ii) the Company sells, leases, or exchanges, or agrees to sell, lease, or exchange, all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity, (iii) the Company is to be dissolved or liquidated, (iv) any person or entity, including a “group” as contemplated by Section 13(d)(3) of the 1934 Act, acquires or gains ownership or control (including, without limitation, power to vote) of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s voting stock (based upon voting power), or (v) after such time as the Company becomes a reporting company under the 1934 Act, as a result of or in connection with a contested election of Directors, the persons who were Directors of the Company before such election cease to constitute a majority of the Board; provided, however, that a Corporate Change will not include (A) any reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale, lease, exchange, or similar transaction, which involves solely the Company and one or more entities wholly-owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company immediately prior to such event, or (B) the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the voting stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to hold 50% or more of the voting stock (based upon voting power) of (1) any entity that owns, directly or indirectly, the stock of the Company, (2) any entity with which the Company has merged, or (3) any entity that owns an entity with which the Company has merged.

(h) “Director” means (i) an individual elected to the Board by the Shareholders of the Company or by the Board under applicable corporate law who either is serving on the Board on the date this Agreement is executed by the Company or is elected to the Board after such date and (ii) for purposes of and relating to eligibility for the grant of the Option, an individual elected to the board of directors of any parent or subsidiary corporation (as defined in section 424 of the Code) of the Company.

(i) “Employee” means any person in an employment relationship with the Company or any parent or subsidiary corporation (as defined in section 424 of the Code).

(j) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any specified date, (i) the arithmetic mean of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock either (A) if the Common Stock is traded on the National Market System of the NASDAQ, as reported on the National Market System of NASDAQ on that date (or if no sales occur on that date, on the last preceding date on which such sales of the Common Stock are so reported), or (B) if the Common Stock is listed on a national

 

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securities exchange, as reported on the stock exchange composite tape on that date (or if no sales occur on that date, on the last preceding date on which such sales of the Common Stock are so reported); (ii) if the Common Stock is not traded on the National Market System of the NASDAQ or a national securities exchange but is traded over the counter on an established securities market at the time a determination of its fair market value is required to be made under this Agreement, the average between the reported high and low or closing bid and asked prices of Common Stock on the most recent date on which Common Stock was publicly traded; (iii) in the event Common Stock is not publicly traded at the time a determination of its value is required to be made under this Agreement, the amount determined by the Board in its discretion through the reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method that considers applicable factors affecting market value and all information available as of the valuation date and is consistent with the valuation process described in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(5)(iv)(B); or (iv) on the date of an initial public offering of Common Stock, the offering price under such initial public offering.

(k) “Involuntary Termination” means a termination of Optionee’s Service, which (i) is not initiated in whole or in part by Optionee, (ii) is not a termination as a result of disability or death, and (iii) is not consented to by Optionee.

(l) “Option” means the right and option to purchase Shares on the terms set forth in this Agreement.

(m) “Optionee” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

(n) “Option Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

(o) “Service” means Optionee’s service in his status as Employee, Consultant, or Director, as applicable, or status as employee, consultant, or director of a corporation, or parent or subsidiary of such corporation, assuming or substituting a new option for this Option.

(p) “Shares” means shares of Common Stock.

(q) “Vested Interest” means the vested interest determined in accordance with Section 4 of this Agreement.

(r) “Vesting Schedule” means the Vesting Schedule specified in Section 4.1.

1.2 Number and Gender. Wherever appropriate in this Agreement, words used in the singular will be considered to include the plural, and words used in the plural will be considered to include the singular. The masculine gender, where appearing in this Agreement, will be deemed to include the feminine gender where appropriate.

1.3 Headings of Sections and Subsections. The headings of Sections and Subsections in this Agreement are included solely for convenience.

Section 2. GRANT OF OPTION AND PURCHASE PRICE

2.1 Grant of Option. The Company hereby grants to Optionee the Option to purchase all or any part of the Shares subject to the Option on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Optionee is entitled to purchase _______ Shares pursuant to the Option. The Option is intended to be a Nonstatutory Stock Option and not an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

 

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2.2 Purchase Price. The purchase price of the Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Option will be _____ per share (the “Option Price”).

Section 3. EXERCISE OF OPTION

3.1 Exercise of Option. Subject to the earlier expiration of the Option as provided in Section 3.2 or 3.3, and subject to the exercise restrictions set forth in Section 3.4, the Option may be exercised, by written notice to the Company at its principal executive office addressed to the attention of its Chief Executive Officer, at any time and from time to time after the Date of Grant, but the Option will be exercisable only for the portion of the Option in which Optionee has acquired a Vested Interest in accordance with Section 4 of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Option will not be considered granted or exercisable unless and until Optionee delivers a fully executed counterpart hereof.

3.2 Effect of Termination of Service on Exercisability. Except as provided in Sections 3.5 and 3.6, the Option may be exercised only while Optionee remains in Service and will terminate and cease to be exercisable upon Optionee’s termination of Service, except as follows:

(a) Termination on Account of Disability. If Optionee should become permanently and totally disabled while in Service, the Shares will become fully vested and (i) if the Company is private Optionee is not required to exercise the Vested Interest as long as this Agreement has not expired or been terminated, and (ii) if the Company becomes publicly held Optionee is required to exercise the Vested Interest within 6 months of the Company becoming public; provided, however, that in no event may the Option be exercised after the Expiration Date.

(b) Termination on Account of Death. If Optionee should die while in Service, the Shares will become fully vested and (i) if the Company is private Optionee is not required to exercise the Vested Interest as long as this Agreement has not expired or been terminated, and (ii) if the Company becomes publicly held the Optionee is required to exercise the Vested Interest within 6 months of the Company becoming public; provided, however, that in no event may the Option be exercised after the Expiration Date. The Option may be exercised by Optionee’s estate, or the person who acquires the Option by will or the laws of descent and distribution or otherwise by reason of the death of Optionee.

(c) Ceasing of Service other than for Cause. If Optionee should cease Service (other than for Cause) for any reason other than permanent and total disability or death no further vesting shall occur and (i) if the Company is private Optionee is not required to exercise the Vested Interest as long as this Agreement has not expired, and (ii) if the Company becomes publicly held the Optionee is required to exercise the Vested Interest within one year of the Company becoming public; provided, however, that in no event may the Option be exercised after the Expiration Date.

3.3 Term of Option. This Option will not be exercisable in any event after ten (10) years following the Date of Grant (the “Expiration Date”).

 

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3.4 Restrictions on Exercise.

(a) Non-Transferability of Option. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, the Option may be exercised, during the lifetime of Optionee, only by Optionee or Optionee’s guardian or legal representative, and may not be assigned or transferred in any manner except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

(b) Compliance with Securities Law. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the grant of the Option and the issuance of Shares will be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of federal, state, or foreign law with respect to such securities and with the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Common Stock may then be listed. The Option may not be exercised if the issuance of Shares upon exercise would constitute a violation of any applicable federal, state, or foreign securities laws or other law or regulations or the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Shares may then be listed. In addition, the Option may not be exercised unless (1) a registration statement under the Act is, at the time of exercise of the Option, in effect with respect to the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option or (2) in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company, the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option may be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. THE OPTIONEE IS CAUTIONED THAT THE OPTION MAY NOT BE EXERCISED UNLESS THE FOREGOING CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED. ACCORDINGLY, THE OPTIONEE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THE OPTION WHEN DESIRED EVEN THOUGH THE OPTION IS VESTED. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Company’s legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares subject to the Option will relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority has not been obtained. As a condition to the exercise of the Option, the Company may require Optionee to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect to such compliance as may be requested by the Company.

3.5 Extension if Exercise Prevented by Law. Notwithstanding Section 3.2, if the exercise of the Option within the applicable time periods set forth in Section 3.2 is prevented by the provisions of Section 3.4(b), the Option will remain exercisable until 30 days after the date Optionee is notified by the Company that the Option is exercisable, but in any event no later than the Expiration Date. The Company makes no representation as to the tax consequences of any such delayed exercise. The Optionee should consult with Optionee’s own tax advisor as to the tax consequences of any such delayed exercise.

3.6 Extension if Optionee Subject to Section 16(b). Notwithstanding Section 3.2, if a sale of Shares acquired upon the exercise of the Option within the applicable time periods set forth in Section 3.2 would subject Optionee to suit under Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act, the Option will remain exercisable until the earliest to occur of (1) the 10th day following the date on which a sale of such Shares by Optionee would no longer be subject to such suit, or (2) the Expiration Date. The Company makes no representation as to the tax consequences of any such delayed exercise. The Optionee should consult with Optionee’s own tax advisor as to the tax consequences of any such delayed exercise.

 

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3.7 Method of Payment.

(a) Methods of Payment Authorized. Subject to Section 3.7(b) unless otherwise determined by the Board, in its sole and absolute discretion, the purchase price of Shares as to which the Option is exercised will be paid in full at the time of exercise (1) in cash (including check, bank draft, or money order payable to the order of the Company), (2) in whole Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the purchase price, or (3) a combination of (1) and (2) above. No fractional Shares will be issued by the Company upon exercise of the Option or accepted by the Company in payment of the purchase price thereof; rather, Optionee will provide a cash payment for such amount as is necessary to effect the issuance and acceptance of only whole Shares.

(b) Limitations on Stock Exercise. Section 3.7(a) notwithstanding, the Option may not be exercised in Shares (A) to the extent such exercise would constitute a violation of the provisions of any law, regulation, or agreement restricting the redemption of the Shares, or (B) unless such Shares either have been owned by the Optionee for more than six months or were not acquired through an option issued by the Company.

3.8 Issuance of Certificate. Subject to Section 5.1, a certificate or certificates evidencing the Shares acquired pursuant to the Option will be issued by the Company to, and registered in the name of, Optionee (or any other person permitted to exercise the Option pursuant to the terms of this Agreement). The Company may at any time place legends referencing any restrictions on all certificates representing the Shares subject to the provisions of this Agreement. Unless and until a certificate or certificates representing such Shares will have been issued by the Company to Optionee, Optionee (or any other person permitted to exercise this Option pursuant to the terms of this Agreement) will not be or have any of the rights or privileges of a shareholder of the Company with respect to Shares acquirable upon an exercise of this Option.

Section 4. VESTING

4.1 Vesting of Shares. Subject to Sections 3.2(a), 3.2(b), 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4, Optionee will acquire a Vested Interest in this Option in accordance with the Vesting Schedule set forth as follows:

As long as Optionee’s Service is continuous, Optionee will acquire (1) a ___% Vested Interest in the Shares subject to this Option on the first anniversary of the Date of Grant and (2) an additional ___% Vested Interest in such Shares upon the completion of each full calendar quarter following the first anniversary of the Date of Grant until Optionee acquires a 100% Vested Interest in the Option.

Notwithstanding Optionee’s acquisition of a Vested Interest pursuant to this Section, neither the Option nor a portion of the Option will be exercisable by Optionee prior to or after the time provided in Section 3 or in any manner except as provided in Section 3.

4.2 Acceleration of Vesting upon Certain Events Associated with a Corporate Change. Optionee will acquire a Vested Interest in the Option prior to the time stated in Section 4.1 effective immediately prior to the effective time of, and contingent upon the consummation of, a Corporate Change, Optionee will acquire a 100% Vested Interest in this Option.

 

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4.3 Effect of Termination of Service on Vesting. Upon termination of Optionee’s Service for any reason, other than permanent and total disability or death, Optionee will cease to acquire as of the date of such termination any additional Vested Interest in the Shares subject to this Option.

4.4 Forfeiture of Vested Interest. Optionee will forfeit his Vested Interest in any unexercised portion of the Option effective immediately upon Optionee’s termination of his Service for Cause (as determined by the Board notwithstanding that Cause may not be a reason expressed by the Company for such termination). In the event of such a forfeiture, Optionee will, upon demand by the Company, promptly surrender to the Company the unexercised portion of the Option.

Section 5. STATUS OF SHARES AND RESTRICTIONS

5.1 Status of Shares. With respect to the status of the Shares, at the time of execution of this Agreement Optionee understands and agrees to all of the following:

(a) Optionee understands that at the time of the execution of this Agreement the Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Option have not been registered under the Act or any state securities law and that the Company does not currently intend to effect any such registration. In the event exemption from registration under the Act is available upon an exercise of the Option, Optionee (or the person permitted to exercise the Option in the event of Optionee’s death or disability), if requested by the Company to do so, will execute and deliver to the Company in writing an agreement containing such provisions as the Company may require to ensure compliance with applicable securities laws.

(b) Optionee agrees that the Shares that Optionee may acquire by exercising the Option will be acquired for investment without a view to distribution, within the meaning of the Act, and will not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated in the absence of an effective registration statement for the Shares under the Act and applicable state securities laws or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Act and any applicable state securities laws. Optionee also agrees that the Shares that Optionee may acquire by exercising the Option will not be sold or otherwise disposed of in any manner that would constitute a violation of any applicable securities laws, whether federal or state.

(c) Optionee agrees that (1) the Company may refuse to register the transfer of the Shares purchased under the Option on the stock transfer records of the Company if such proposed transfer would in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company constitute a violation of any applicable securities law and (2) the Company may give related instructions to its transfer agent, if any, to stop registration of the transfer of the Shares purchased under the Option.

5.2 Restriction on Transfer. Optionee will not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber or dispose of in any way, all or any part of or any interest in the Shares acquired pursuant to the Option without the prior written approval of the Board. The restriction under this Section 5.2 shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon the earlier of (i) the completion of a Corporate Change, (ii) such time as the Shares are listed on a national securities exchange or otherwise readily tradable on an over-the-counter market, or (iii) the Involuntary Termination of Optionee’s Service other than for Cause.

 

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5.3 Company’s Right of First Refusal.

(a) If, at any time, Optionee has exercised the Option and purchased Shares (the “Option Shares”), Optionee agrees that if Optionee thereafter intends to transfer any or all of the Option Shares, Optionee will first give the Company notice in writing of such proposed transfer. Such notice (the “Notice”) will contain (1) the name and address of Optionee and the proposed transferee, (2) the terms and conditions of such transfer, including, in the event that any third party offer has been received by Optionee and Optionee intends to accept such offer, the purchase price, and if such price is to be paid in whole or in part in consideration other than cash, a full and complete description of such non-cash consideration, and (3) an offer (the “Required Offer”) to sell such Option Shares to the Company at a price per share equal to the proposed consideration for the transfer of such Option Shares. The Board will determine the fair cash equivalent of any proposed consideration that is other than cash. At any time during the 30-day period immediately following the delivery of the Notice to the Company, the Company will have the exclusive right and option, but not the obligation, to accept the Required Offer and proceed with the purchase of such Option Shares pursuant to such Required Offer. In the event the Company does not exercise its rights as set forth in this Section, Optionee will be free to transfer such Option Shares under the terms and conditions stated in the Notice; provided, however, that if such transfer does not take place within 60 days following the delivery of the Notice to the Company, the terms of this Section must once again be followed prior to the transfer of the Option Shares. Any Option Shares that are transferred pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section will continue to be subject to the right of first refusal set forth in this Section subsequent to any such transfer. If at any time a proposed transfer by Optionee applies to less than all of the Option Shares of Optionee, the right of first refusal in this Agreement granted to the Company will remain in full force and effect as to the remainder of such Option Shares, regardless of whether it is exercised with respect to such initial portion. Optionee may not pledge or otherwise encumber any of the Option Shares without the written consent of the Company.

(b) The right of first refusal stated in this Agreement will survive the termination of this Agreement. The Company also has the right to assign the right of first refusal stated in this Agreement. The right of first refusal stated in this Agreement will not apply to transfers of Option Shares pursuant to the laws of descent and distribution; provided, however, that any such Option Shares will be subject to the right of first refusal set forth in this Section subsequent to any such transfer. The right of first refusal stated in this Agreement will not apply to the exchange of Option Shares pursuant to a plan of merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or reorganization of the Company, but any stock, securities, or other property received in exchange therefor will be subject to the right of first refusal set forth in this Agreement; provided, however, that any such stock or securities received in any such merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or reorganization will not be subject to the right of first refusal set forth in this Section if the stock or securities received in such merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or reorganization are registered under the 1934 Act. A dissolution or liquidation of the Company will not trigger the right of first refusal set forth in this Agreement; provided, however, that a dissolution or a liquidation of the Company within one year following the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in exchange for stock or securities will be considered a reorganization of the Company. The right of first refusal set forth in this Section will terminate on the date upon which the Company (or a successor to the Company) first becomes publicly held. For purposes of this Agreement, the Company (or a successor to the Company) will be considered “publicly held” if the securities that are of the same class as the Shares (or the securities for which the Shares are exchanged as described in this Section or pursuant to this Agreement) will be registered under Section 12 of the 1934 Act.

 

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5.4 Lock-Up Period. Optionee hereby agrees that, if so requested by the Company or any representative of the underwriters (the “Managing Underwriter”) in connection with any registration of the offering of any securities of the Company under the Act, Optionee will not sell or otherwise transfer any Option Shares or other securities of the Company during the 180-day period (or such other period as may be requested in writing by the Managing Underwriter and agreed to in writing by the Company) (the “Market Standoff Period”) following the effective date of a registration statement of the Company filed under the Act. Such restriction will apply only to the first registration statement of the Company to become effective under the Act that includes securities to be sold on behalf of the Company to the public in an underwritten public offering under the Act. The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to securities subject to the foregoing restrictions until the end of such Market Standoff Period.

5.5 Legends. The Company may at any time place legends referencing any restrictions imposed on the Shares pursuant to Section 5, and any applicable federal, state or foreign securities law restrictions on all certificates representing the Shares subject to the provisions of this Agreement. The Optionee will, at the request of the Company, promptly present to the Company any and all certificates representing Shares acquired pursuant to the Option in the possession of Optionee in order to carry out the provisions of this Section. Unless otherwise specified by the Company, legends placed on such certificates may include, but are not limited to, the following:

“THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT COVERING SUCH SECURITIES, THE SALE IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144 OR RULE 701 UNDER THE ACT, OR THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER OF THESE SECURITIES REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, STATING THAT SUCH SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT OR HYPOTHECATION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT.”

“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL OPTION AND A REPURCHASE OPTION IN FAVOR OF THE CORPORATION OR ITS ASSIGNEE SET FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CORPORATION AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER, OR SUCH HOLDER’S PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THIS CORPORATION.”

5.6 Shareholder Agreement. The Board may, in its sole discretion, condition the delivery of Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Option upon Optionee entering into a shareholder agreement in such form as approved from time to time by the Board.

 

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Section 6. RECAPITALIZATION OR REORGANIZATION

6.1 No Effect on Board’s or Shareholders’ Power. The existence of the Option will not affect in any way the right or power of the Board or the shareholders of the Company (the “Shareholders”) to make or authorize (1) any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization, or other change in the Company’s capital structure or its business, (2) any merger, share exchange, or consolidation of the Company or any subsidiary, (3) any issue of debt or equity securities ranking senior to or affecting the Shares or the rights of the Shares, (4) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any subsidiary, (5) any sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of all or any part of the Company’s assets or business, or (6) any other corporate act or proceeding.

6.2 Adjustment in the Event of Shares Subdivision, Consolidation, or Dividend. If, and whenever, prior to the Expiration Date, the Company effects a subdivision or consolidation of Shares or the payment of a stock dividend on Shares without receipt of consideration by the Company, the number of Shares with respect to which the Option may thereafter be exercised (1) in the event of an increase in the number of outstanding Shares, will be proportionately increased, and the Option Price per share will be proportionately reduced, and (2) in the event of a reduction in the number of outstanding Shares, will be proportionately reduced, and the purchase price per share will be proportionately increased, without changing the aggregate purchase price or value as to which the Option remains exercisable or subject to restrictions. No fractional share resulting from such adjustment shall be issued under the this Agreement.

6.3 Shareholder Action. If any event giving rise to an adjustment provided for in this Section requires Shareholder action, such adjustment will not be effective until such Shareholder action has been taken.

6.4 No Adjustment Except as Provided in this Agreement. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class for cash, property, labor, or services, upon direct sale, upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe for such shares or other securities, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, and in any case whether or not for fair value, will not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof will be made with respect to, the number of Shares covered by the Option or the Option Price, if applicable.

Section 7. MISCELLANEOUS

7.1 Service Relationship. For purposes of this Agreement, Optionee will be considered to be in Service as long as Optionee remains an Employee, Consultant, or Director of either the Company or a parent or subsidiary corporation (as defined in section 424 of the Code) of the Company or an employee, consultant, or director of a corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such corporation assuming or substituting a new option for the Option. Any question as to whether and when there has been a termination of such Service, and the cause of such termination, will be determined by the Board, and its determination will be final.

7.2 Notices. For purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when personally delivered or (1) if Optionee is outside of the United States at the time of transmission of such notice, when sent by courier, facsimile, or electronic mail, and (2) if Optionee is within

 

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the United States at the time of transmission of such notice, when mailed by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the Company and Optionee to the addresses set forth herein or to such other address as either party may furnish to the other in writing in accordance with this Agreement, except that notices or changes of address will be effective only upon receipt.

Company Address:

Optionee Address:

7.3 Withholding of Tax. To the extent that (1) the exercise of the Option, (2) the disposition of the Shares acquired by exercise of the Option, or (3) the operation of any law or regulation providing for the imputation of interest results in compensation income or wages to Optionee for federal or state income tax purposes (a “Taxable Event”), Optionee will deliver to the Company at the time of such Taxable Event such amount of money or, at the discretion of the Company, Shares as the Company may require to meet all obligations under applicable tax laws or regulations, and, if Optionee fails to do so, the Company is authorized to withhold or cause to be withheld from any cash or Shares remuneration then or thereafter payable to Optionee any tax required to be withheld by reason of compensation income or wages resulting from such Taxable Event. Upon an exercise of the Option, the Company is further authorized in its discretion to satisfy or cause to be satisfied any such withholding requirement out of any cash or Shares distributable to Optionee upon such exercise.

7.4 Acknowledgements Regarding Section 409A of the Code. Optionee understands that if the purchase price of the Shares under the Option is less than the Fair Market Value of such Shares on the Date of Grant, then Optionee may incur adverse tax consequences under section 409A of the Code. Optionee acknowledges and agrees that (a) Optionee is not relying upon any determination by the Company, its Affiliates, or any of their respective employees, directors, officers, attorneys or agents (collectively, the “Company Parties”) of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the Date of Grant, (b) Optionee is not relying upon any written or oral statement or representation of the Company Parties regarding the tax effects associated with execution of this Agreement and the receipt, holding and exercise of the Option, and (c) in deciding to enter into this Agreement, Optionee is relying on his or her own judgment and the judgment of the professionals of Optionee’s choice with whom Optionee has consulted. Optionee hereby releases, acquits and forever discharges the Company Parties from all actions, causes of actions, suits, debts, obligations, liabilities, claims, damages, losses, costs and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, on account of, arising out of, or in any way related to the tax effects associated with the execution of this Agreement and the receipt, holding and exercise of the Option.

7.5 Acknowledgement Regarding Tax. Notwithstanding any action the Company takes with respect to any or all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, or other tax-related withholding (“Tax-Related Items”), the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items is and remains Optionee’s responsibility and the Company (a) makes no representation or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with the grant, vesting, or exercise of the Option or the subsequent sale of any shares acquired on exercise; and (b) does not commit to structure the Option to reduce or eliminate Optionee’s liability for Tax-Related Items. Optionee acknowledges that there may be adverse tax consequences upon exercise of the Option or disposition of the underlying shares and that Optionee should consult a tax advisor prior to such exercise or disposition.

 

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7.6 No Liability for Good Faith Determinations. The Company and the members of the Board shall not be liable for any act, omission or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to this Agreement or the Option granted hereunder.

7.7 Execution of Receipts and Releases. Any payment of cash or any issuance or transfer of Shares or other property to Optionee, or to Optionee’s legal representative, heir, legatee or distributee, in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall, to the extent thereof, be in full satisfaction of all claims of such persons hereunder. The Company may require Optionee or Optionee’s legal representative, heir, legatee or distributee, as a condition precedent to such payment or issuance, to execute a release and receipt therefore in such form as it shall determine.

7.8 Binding Effect. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors to the Company and all persons lawfully claiming under Optionee.

7.9 Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of Texas.

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By your signature and the signature of the Company’s representative below, you and the Company hereby acknowledge your receipt of the Option granted on the Date of Grant indicated above, which has been issued to you under the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You further acknowledge receipt of the copy of this Agreement and agree to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

By:

 

 

Name:

 

         

Title:

 

 

Accepted by:

OPTIONEE

Signature:

 

 

Date:

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.22

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.

Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the ______________ (the “Date of Grant”) between Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), and ____________ (“Optionee”) in order to provide a means through which Optionee is afforded the opportunity to purchase shares of common stock of the Company,

WHEREAS, the Company has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its Shareholders to encourage ownership in the Company by qualified employees, officers, and members of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) or individuals as may be determined, thereby providing additional incentive for them to continue in the employ of or provide services to the Company or its affiliates.

THEREFORE, a non-qualified stock option is granted by the Board to Optionee and, in consideration of the mutual agreements and other matters set forth in this Agreement, the Company and Optionee hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. DEFINITIONS

1.1 Definitions. Wherever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases when capitalized will have the meanings ascribed below, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary.

(a) “Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(b) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any person, any other person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such other person.

(c) “Agreement” means this Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement between Optionee and the Company.

(d) “Cause” means “cause” as defined in Optionee’s employment or service agreement or in the absence of such an agreement or such a definition, “Cause” will mean a determination by the Board that Optionee (i) has engaged in personal dishonesty, willful violation of any law, rule, or regulation (other than minor traffic violations or similar offenses), or breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit, (ii) is unable to satisfactorily perform or has failed to satisfactorily perform Optionee’s duties and responsibilities for the Company or any Affiliate after written notice from the Company and a reasonable opportunity to cure, such failure or inability, (iii) has been convicted of, or plead nolo contendere to, any felony or a crime involving moral turpitude, (iv) has engaged in negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of his duties, including but not limited to willfully refusing without proper legal reason to perform Optionee’s duties and responsibilities, (v) has materially breached any corporate policy or code of conduct established by the Company or any Affiliate as such policies or codes may be adopted from time to time, (vi) has violated the terms of any confidentiality, nondisclosure, intellectual property, nonsolicitation, noncompetition, proprietary information and inventions, or any other agreement related to Optionee’s Service, (vii) has materially breached any employment or service agreement between it and the Company or any Affiliate, or (viii) has engaged in conduct that is likely to have a deleterious effect on the Company or any Affiliate or their reputation or legitimate business interests, including but not limited to their goodwill and public image.

 

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(e) “Common Stock means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, or any security into which such common stock may be changed by reason of any transaction or event of the type described in Section 6.

(f) “Consultant” means any person who is not an Employee or Director and who is providing services to the Company or any parent or subsidiary corporation (as defined in section 424 of the Code) as an advisor, consultant, or other non-common law employee.

(g) “Corporate Change” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events (i) the Company will not be the surviving entity in any merger, share exchange, or consolidation (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity), (ii) the Company sells, leases, or exchanges, or agrees to sell, lease, or exchange, all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity, (iii) the Company is to be dissolved or liquidated, (iv) any person or entity, including a “group” as contemplated by Section 13(d)(3) of the 1934 Act, acquires or gains ownership or control (including, without limitation, power to vote) of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s voting stock (based upon voting power), or (v) after such time as the Company becomes a reporting company under the 1934 Act, as a result of or in connection with a contested election of Directors, the persons who were Directors of the Company before such election cease to constitute a majority of the Board; provided, however, that a Corporate Change will not include (A) any reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale, lease, exchange, or similar transaction, which involves solely the Company and one or more entities wholly-owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company immediately prior to such event, or (B) the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the voting stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to hold 50% or more of the voting stock (based upon voting power) of (1) any entity that owns, directly or indirectly, the stock of the Company, (2) any entity with which the Company has merged, or (3) any entity that owns an entity with which the Company has merged.

(h) “Director” means (i) an individual elected to the Board by the Shareholders of the Company or by the Board under applicable corporate law who either is serving on the Board on the date this Agreement is executed by the Company or is elected to the Board after such date and (ii) for purposes of and relating to eligibility for the grant of the Option, an individual elected to the board of directors of any parent or subsidiary corporation (as defined in section 424 of the Code) of the Company.

(i) “Employee” means any person in an employment relationship with the Company or any parent or subsidiary corporation (as defined in section 424 of the Code).

(j) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any specified date, (i) the arithmetic mean of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock either (A) if the Common Stock is traded on the National Market System of the NASDAQ, as reported on the National Market System of NASDAQ on that date (or if no sales occur on that date, on the last preceding date on which such sales of the Common Stock are so reported), or (B) if the Common Stock is listed on a national

 

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securities exchange, as reported on the stock exchange composite tape on that date (or if no sales occur on that date, on the last preceding date on which such sales of the Common Stock are so reported); (ii) if the Common Stock is not traded on the National Market System of the NASDAQ or a national securities exchange but is traded over the counter on an established securities market at the time a determination of its fair market value is required to be made under this Agreement, the average between the reported high and low or closing bid and asked prices of Common Stock on the most recent date on which Common Stock was publicly traded; (iii) in the event Common Stock is not publicly traded at the time a determination of its value is required to be made under this Agreement, the amount determined by the Board in its discretion through the reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method that considers applicable factors affecting market value and all information available as of the valuation date and is consistent with the valuation process described in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(5)(iv)(B); or (iv) on the date of an initial public offering of Common Stock, the offering price under such initial public offering.

(k) “Involuntary Termination” means a termination of Optionee’s Service, which (i) is not initiated in whole or in part by Optionee, (ii) is not a termination as a result of disability or death, and (iii) is not consented to by Optionee.

(l) “Option” means the right and option to purchase Shares on the terms set forth in this Agreement.

(m) “Optionee” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

(n) “Option Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

(o) “Service” means Optionee’s service in his status as Employee, Consultant, or Director, as applicable, or status as employee, consultant, or director of a corporation, or parent or subsidiary of such corporation, assuming or substituting a new option for this Option.

(p) “Shares” means shares of Common Stock.

(q) “Vested Interest” means the vested interest determined in accordance with Section 4 of this Agreement.

(r) “Vesting Schedule” means the Vesting Schedule specified in Section 4.1.

1.2 Number and Gender. Wherever appropriate in this Agreement, words used in the singular will be considered to include the plural, and words used in the plural will be considered to include the singular. The masculine gender, where appearing in this Agreement, will be deemed to include the feminine gender where appropriate.

1.3 Headings of Sections and Subsections. The headings of Sections and Subsections in this Agreement are included solely for convenience.

Section 2. GRANT OF OPTION AND PURCHASE PRICE

2.1 Grant of Option. The Company hereby grants to Optionee the Option to purchase all or any part of the Shares subject to the Option on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Optionee is entitled to purchase _______ Shares pursuant to the Option. The Option is intended to be a Nonstatutory Stock Option and not an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

 

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2.2 Purchase Price. The purchase price of the Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Option will be _____ per share (the “Option Price”).

Section 3. EXERCISE OF OPTION

3.1 Exercise of Option. Subject to the earlier expiration of the Option as provided in Section 3.2 or 3.3, and subject to the exercise restrictions set forth in Section 3.3(a), the Option may be exercised, by written notice to the Company at its principal executive office addressed to the attention of its Chief Executive Officer, at any time and from time to time after the Date of Grant, but the Option will be exercisable only for the portion of the Option in which Optionee has acquired a Vested Interest in accordance with Section 4 of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Option will not be considered granted or exercisable unless and until Optionee delivers a fully executed counterpart hereof.

3.2 Effect of Termination of Service on Exercisability. Except as provided in Sections 3.5 and 3.6, the Option may be exercised only while Optionee remains in Service and will terminate and cease to be exercisable upon Optionee’s termination of Service, except as follows:

3.3 Term of Option. This Option will not be exercisable in any event after ten (10) years following the Date of Grant (the “Expiration Date”).

(a) Termination on Account of Disability. If Optionee should become permanently and totally disabled while in Service, then the Vested Interest in Shares shall be calculated to the date one (1) year after such termination and (i) if the Company is private Optionee is not required to exercise the Vested Interest as long as this Agreement has not expired or been terminated, and (ii) if the Company becomes publicly held Optionee is required to exercise the Vested Interest within 6 months of the Company becoming public; provided, however, that in no event may the Option be exercised after the Expiration Date.

(b) Termination on Account of Death. If Optionee should die while in Service, then the Vested Interest in Shares shall be calculated to the date one (1) year after such termination and (i) if the Company is private Optionee is not required to exercise the Vested Interest as long as this Agreement has not expired or been terminated, and (ii) if the Company becomes publicly held the Optionee is required to exercise the Vested Interest within 6 months of the Company becoming public; provided, however, that in no event may the Option be exercised after the Expiration Date. The Option may be exercised by Optionee’s estate, or the person who acquires the Option by will or the laws of descent and distribution or otherwise by reason of the death of Optionee.

(c) Ceasing of Service other than for Cause. If Optionee should cease Service (other than for Cause) for any reason other than permanent and total disability or death no further vesting shall occur and Optionee is required to exercise the Vested Interest within three (3) months of such cessation of Service; provided, however, that in no event may the Option be exercised after the Expiration Date.

 

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3.4 Restrictions on Exercise.

(a) Non-Transferability of Option. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, the Option may be exercised, during the lifetime of Optionee, only by Optionee or Optionee’s guardian or legal representative, and may not be assigned or transferred in any manner except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

(b) Compliance with Securities Law. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the grant of the Option and the issuance of Shares will be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of federal, state, or foreign law with respect to such securities and with the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Common Stock may then be listed. The Option may not be exercised if the issuance of Shares upon exercise would constitute a violation of any applicable federal, state, or foreign securities laws or other law or regulations or the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Shares may then be listed. In addition, the Option may not be exercised unless (1) a registration statement under the Act is, at the time of exercise of the Option, in effect with respect to the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option or (2) in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company, the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option may be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. THE OPTIONEE IS CAUTIONED THAT THE OPTION MAY NOT BE EXERCISED UNLESS THE FOREGOING CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED. ACCORDINGLY, THE OPTIONEE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THE OPTION WHEN DESIRED EVEN THOUGH THE OPTION IS VESTED. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Company’s legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares subject to the Option will relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority has not been obtained. As a condition to the exercise of the Option, the Company may require Optionee to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect to such compliance as may be requested by the Company.

3.5 Extension if Exercise Prevented by Law. Notwithstanding Section 3.2, if the exercise of the Option within the applicable time periods set forth in Section 3.2 is prevented by the provisions of Section 3.4(b), the Option will remain exercisable until 30 days after the date Optionee is notified by the Company that the Option is exercisable, but in any event no later than the Expiration Date. The Company makes no representation as to the tax consequences of any such delayed exercise. The Optionee should consult with Optionee’s own tax advisor as to the tax consequences of any such delayed exercise.

3.6 Extension if Optionee Subject to Section 16(b). Notwithstanding Section 3.2, if a sale of Shares acquired upon the exercise of the Option within the applicable time periods set forth in Section 3.2 would subject Optionee to suit under Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act, the Option will remain exercisable until the earliest to occur of (1) the 10th day following the date on which a sale of such Shares by Optionee would no longer be subject to such suit, or (2) the Expiration Date. The Company makes no representation as to the tax consequences of any such delayed exercise. The Optionee should consult with Optionee’s own tax advisor as to the tax consequences of any such delayed exercise.

 

Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement (Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.)

 

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3.7 Method of Payment.

(a) Methods of Payment Authorized. Subject to Section 3.7(b) unless otherwise determined by the Board, in its sole and absolute discretion, the purchase price of Shares as to which the Option is exercised will be paid in full at the time of exercise (1) in cash (including check, bank draft, or money order payable to the order of the Company), (2) in whole Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the purchase price, or (3) a combination of (1) and (2) above. No fractional Shares will be issued by the Company upon exercise of the Option or accepted by the Company in payment of the purchase price thereof; rather, Optionee will provide a cash payment for such amount as is necessary to effect the issuance and acceptance of only whole Shares.

(b) Limitations on Stock Exercise. Section 3.7(a) notwithstanding, the Option may not be exercised in Shares (A) to the extent such exercise would constitute a violation of the provisions of any law, regulation, or agreement restricting the redemption of the Shares, or (B) unless such Shares either have been owned by the Optionee for more than six months or were not acquired through an option issued by the Company.

3.8 Issuance of Certificate. Subject to Section 5.1, a certificate or certificates evidencing the Shares acquired pursuant to the Option will be issued by the Company to, and registered in the name of, Optionee (or any other person permitted to exercise the Option pursuant to the terms of this Agreement). The Company may at any time place legends referencing any restrictions on all certificates representing the Shares subject to the provisions of this Agreement. Unless and until a certificate or certificates representing such Shares will have been issued by the Company to Optionee, Optionee (or any other person permitted to exercise this Option pursuant to the terms of this Agreement) will not be or have any of the rights or privileges of a shareholder of the Company with respect to Shares acquirable upon an exercise of this Option.

Section 4. VESTING

4.1 Vesting of Shares. Subject to Sections 3.3(a), 3.3(b), 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4, Optionee will acquire a Vested Interest in this Option in accordance with the Vesting Schedule set forth as follows:

As long as Optionee’s Service is continuous, Optionee will acquire a Vested Interest in Options to acquire _________ shares under this Agreement, which will vest upon [PERFORMANCE CONDITION].

Notwithstanding Optionee’s acquisition of a Vested Interest pursuant to this Section, neither the Option nor a portion of the Option will be exercisable by Optionee prior to or after the time provided in Section 3 or in any manner except as provided in Section 3.

4.2 Acceleration of Vesting upon Certain Events Associated with a Corporate Change. Optionee will acquire a Vested Interest in the Option prior to the time stated in Section 4.1 effective immediately prior to the effective time of, and contingent upon the consummation of, a Corporate Change, Optionee will acquire a 100% Vested Interest in this Option.

 

Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement (Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.)

 

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4.3 Effect of Termination of Service on Vesting. Upon termination of Optionee’s Service for any reason, other than permanent and total disability or death, Optionee will cease to acquire as of the date of such termination any additional Vested Interest in the Shares subject to this Option.

4.4 Forfeiture of Vested Interest. Optionee will forfeit his Vested Interest in any unexercised portion of the Option effective immediately upon Optionee’s termination of his Service for Cause (as determined by the Board notwithstanding that Cause may not be a reason expressed by the Company for such termination). In the event of such a forfeiture, Optionee will, upon demand by the Company, promptly surrender to the Company the unexercised portion of the Option.

Section 5. STATUS OF SHARES AND RESTRICTIONS

5.1 Status of Shares. With respect to the status of the Shares, at the time of execution of this Agreement Optionee understands and agrees to all of the following:

(a) Optionee understands that at the time of the execution of this Agreement the Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Option have not been registered under the Act or any state securities law and that the Company does not currently intend to effect any such registration. In the event exemption from registration under the Act is available upon an exercise of the Option, Optionee (or the person permitted to exercise the Option in the event of Optionee’s death or disability), if requested by the Company to do so, will execute and deliver to the Company in writing an agreement containing such provisions as the Company may require to ensure compliance with applicable securities laws.

(b) Optionee agrees that the Shares that Optionee may acquire by exercising the Option will be acquired for investment without a view to distribution, within the meaning of the Act, and will not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated in the absence of an effective registration statement for the Shares under the Act and applicable state securities laws or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Act and any applicable state securities laws. Optionee also agrees that the Shares that Optionee may acquire by exercising the Option will not be sold or otherwise disposed of in any manner that would constitute a violation of any applicable securities laws, whether federal or state.

(c) Optionee agrees that (1) the Company may refuse to register the transfer of the Shares purchased under the Option on the stock transfer records of the Company if such proposed transfer would in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company constitute a violation of any applicable securities law and (2) the Company may give related instructions to its transfer agent, if any, to stop registration of the transfer of the Shares purchased under the Option.

5.2 Restriction on Transfer. Optionee will not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber or dispose of in any way, all or any part of or any interest in the Shares acquired pursuant to the Option without the prior written approval of the Board. The restriction under this Section 5.2 shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon the earlier of (i) the completion of a Corporate Change, (ii) such time as the Shares are listed on a national securities exchange or otherwise readily tradable on an over-the-counter market, or (iii) the Involuntary Termination of Optionee’s Service other than for Cause.

 

Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement (Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.)

 

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5.3 Company’s Right of First Refusal.

(a) If, at any time, Optionee has exercised the Option and purchased Shares (the “Option Shares”), Optionee agrees that if Optionee thereafter intends to transfer any or all of the Option Shares, Optionee will first give the Company notice in writing of such proposed transfer. Such notice (the “Notice”) will contain (1) the name and address of Optionee and the proposed transferee, (2) the terms and conditions of such transfer, including, in the event that any third party offer has been received by Optionee and Optionee intends to accept such offer, the purchase price, and if such price is to be paid in whole or in part in consideration other than cash, a full and complete description of such non-cash consideration, and (3) an offer (the “Required Offer”) to sell such Option Shares to the Company at a price per share equal to the proposed consideration for the transfer of such Option Shares. The Board will determine the fair cash equivalent of any proposed consideration that is other than cash. At any time during the 30-day period immediately following the delivery of the Notice to the Company, the Company will have the exclusive right and option, but not the obligation, to accept the Required Offer and proceed with the purchase of such Option Shares pursuant to such Required Offer. In the event the Company does not exercise its rights as set forth in this Section, Optionee will be free to transfer such Option Shares under the terms and conditions stated in the Notice; provided, however, that if such transfer does not take place within 60 days following the delivery of the Notice to the Company, the terms of this Section must once again be followed prior to the transfer of the Option Shares. Any Option Shares that are transferred pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section will continue to be subject to the right of first refusal set forth in this Section subsequent to any such transfer. If at any time a proposed transfer by Optionee applies to less than all of the Option Shares of Optionee, the right of first refusal in this Agreement granted to the Company will remain in full force and effect as to the remainder of such Option Shares, regardless of whether it is exercised with respect to such initial portion. Optionee may not pledge or otherwise encumber any of the Option Shares without the written consent of the Company.

(b) The right of first refusal stated in this Agreement will survive the termination of this Agreement. The Company also has the right to assign the right of first refusal stated in this Agreement. The right of first refusal stated in this Agreement will not apply to transfers of Option Shares pursuant to the laws of descent and distribution; provided, however, that any such Option Shares will be subject to the right of first refusal set forth in this Section subsequent to any such transfer. The right of first refusal stated in this Agreement will not apply to the exchange of Option Shares pursuant to a plan of merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or reorganization of the Company, but any stock, securities, or other property received in exchange therefor will be subject to the right of first refusal set forth in this Agreement; provided, however, that any such stock or securities received in any such merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or reorganization will not be subject to the right of first refusal set forth in this Section if the stock or securities received in such merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or reorganization are registered under the 1934 Act. A dissolution or liquidation of the Company will not trigger the right of first refusal set forth in this Agreement; provided, however, that a dissolution or a liquidation of the Company within one year following the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in exchange for stock or securities will be considered a reorganization of the Company. The right of first refusal set forth in this Section will terminate on the date upon which the Company (or a successor to the Company) first becomes publicly held. For purposes of this Agreement, the Company (or a successor to the Company) will be considered “publicly held” if the securities that are of the same class as the Shares (or the securities for which the Shares are exchanged as described in this Section or pursuant to this Agreement) will be registered under Section 12 of the 1934 Act.

 

Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement (Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.)

 

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5.4 Lock-Up Period. Optionee hereby agrees that, if so requested by the Company or any representative of the underwriters (the “Managing Underwriter”) in connection with any registration of the offering of any securities of the Company under the Act, Optionee will not sell or otherwise transfer any Option Shares or other securities of the Company during the 180-day period (or such other period as may be requested in writing by the Managing Underwriter and agreed to in writing by the Company) (the “Market Standoff Period”) following the effective date of a registration statement of the Company filed under the Act. Such restriction will apply only to the first registration statement of the Company to become effective under the Act that includes securities to be sold on behalf of the Company to the public in an underwritten public offering under the Act. The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to securities subject to the foregoing restrictions until the end of such Market Standoff Period.

5.5 Legends. The Company may at any time place legends referencing any restrictions imposed on the Shares pursuant to Section 5, and any applicable federal, state or foreign securities law restrictions on all certificates representing the Shares subject to the provisions of this Agreement. The Optionee will, at the request of the Company, promptly present to the Company any and all certificates representing Shares acquired pursuant to the Option in the possession of Optionee in order to carry out the provisions of this Section. Unless otherwise specified by the Company, legends placed on such certificates may include, but are not limited to, the following:

“THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT COVERING SUCH SECURITIES, THE SALE IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144 OR RULE 701 UNDER THE ACT, OR THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER OF THESE SECURITIES REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, STATING THAT SUCH SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT OR HYPOTHECATION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT.”

“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL OPTION AND A REPURCHASE OPTION IN FAVOR OF THE CORPORATION OR ITS ASSIGNEE SET FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CORPORATION AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER, OR SUCH HOLDER’S PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THIS CORPORATION.”

5.6 Shareholder Agreement. The Board may, in its sole discretion, condition the delivery of Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Option upon Optionee entering into a shareholder agreement in such form as approved from time to time by the Board.

 

Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement (Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.)

 

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Section 6. RECAPITALIZATION OR REORGANIZATION

6.1 No Effect on Board’s or Shareholders’ Power. The existence of the Option will not affect in any way the right or power of the Board or the shareholders of the Company (the “Shareholders”) to make or authorize (1) any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization, or other change in the Company’s capital structure or its business, (2) any merger, share exchange, or consolidation of the Company or any subsidiary, (3) any issue of debt or equity securities ranking senior to or affecting the Shares or the rights of the Shares, (4) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any subsidiary, (5) any sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of all or any part of the Company’s assets or business, or (6) any other corporate act or proceeding.

6.2 Adjustment in the Event of Shares Subdivision, Consolidation, or Dividend. If, and whenever, prior to the Expiration Date, the Company effects a subdivision or consolidation of Shares or the payment of a stock dividend on Shares without receipt of consideration by the Company, the number of Shares with respect to which the Option may thereafter be exercised (1) in the event of an increase in the number of outstanding Shares, will be proportionately increased, and the Option Price per share will be proportionately reduced, and (2) in the event of a reduction in the number of outstanding Shares, will be proportionately reduced, and the purchase price per share will be proportionately increased, without changing the aggregate purchase price or value as to which the Option remains exercisable or subject to restrictions. No fractional share resulting from such adjustment shall be issued under this Agreement.

6.3 Shareholder Action. If any event giving rise to an adjustment provided for in this Section requires Shareholder action, such adjustment will not be effective until such Shareholder action has been taken.

6.4 No Adjustment Except as Provided in this Agreement. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class for cash, property, labor, or services, upon direct sale, upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe for such shares or other securities, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, and in any case whether or not for fair value, will not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof will be made with respect to, the number of Shares covered by the Option or the Option Price, if applicable.

Section 7. MISCELLANEOUS

7.1 Service Relationship. For purposes of this Agreement, Optionee will be considered to be in Service as long as Optionee remains an Employee, Consultant, or Director of either the Company or a parent or subsidiary corporation (as defined in section 424 of the Code) of the Company or an employee, consultant, or director of a corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such corporation assuming or substituting a new option for the Option. Any question as to whether and when there has been a termination of such Service, and the cause of such termination, will be determined by the Board, and its determination will be final.

 

Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement (Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.)

 

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7.2 Notices. For purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when personally delivered or (1) if Optionee is outside of the United States at the time of transmission of such notice, when sent by courier, facsimile, or electronic mail, and (2) if Optionee is within the United States either (i) at the time of transmission of such notice, when sent by courier, facsimile, or electronic mail or (ii) at the time of transmission of such notice, when mailed by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the Company and Optionee to the addresses set forth herein or to such other address as either party may furnish to the other in writing in accordance with this Agreement, except that notices or changes of address will be effective only upon receipt.

Company Address:

Optionee Address:

7.3 Withholding of Tax. To the extent that (1) the exercise of the Option, (2) the disposition of the Shares acquired by exercise of the Option, or (3) the operation of any law or regulation providing for the imputation of interest results in compensation income or wages to Optionee for federal or state income tax purposes (a “Taxable Event”), Optionee will deliver to the Company at the time of such Taxable Event such amount of money or, at the discretion of the Company, Shares as the Company may require to meet all obligations under applicable tax laws or regulations, and, if Optionee fails to do so, the Company is authorized to withhold or cause to be withheld from any cash or Shares remuneration then or thereafter payable to Optionee any tax required to be withheld by reason of compensation income or wages resulting from such Taxable Event. Upon an exercise of the Option, the Company is further authorized in its discretion to satisfy or cause to be satisfied any such withholding requirement out of any cash or Shares distributable to Optionee upon such exercise.

7.4 Acknowledgements Regarding Section 409A of the Code. Optionee understands that if the purchase price of the Shares under the Option is less than the Fair Market Value of such Shares on the Date of Grant, then Optionee may incur adverse tax consequences under section 409A of the Code. Optionee acknowledges and agrees that (a) Optionee is not relying upon any determination by the Company, its Affiliates, or any of their respective employees, directors, officers, attorneys or agents (collectively, the “Company Parties”) of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the Date of Grant, (b) Optionee is not relying upon any written or oral statement or representation of the Company Parties regarding the tax effects associated with execution of this Agreement and the receipt, holding and exercise of the Option, and (c) in deciding to enter into this Agreement, Optionee is relying on his or her own judgment and the judgment of the professionals of Optionee’s choice with whom Optionee has consulted. Optionee hereby releases, acquits and forever discharges the Company Parties from all actions, causes of actions, suits, debts, obligations, liabilities, claims, damages, losses, costs and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, on account of, arising out of, or in any way related to the tax effects associated with the execution of this Agreement and the receipt, holding and exercise of the Option.

7.5 Acknowledgement Regarding Tax. Notwithstanding any action the Company takes with respect to any or all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, or other tax-related withholding (“Tax-Related Items”), the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items is and remains Optionee’s responsibility and the Company (a) makes no representation or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with the grant, vesting, or exercise of the Option or the subsequent sale of any shares acquired on exercise; and (b) does not commit to structure the Option to reduce or eliminate Optionee’s liability for Tax-Related Items. Optionee acknowledges that there may be adverse tax consequences upon exercise of the Option or disposition of the underlying shares and that Optionee should consult a tax advisor prior to such exercise or disposition.

 

Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement (Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.)

 

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7.6 No Liability for Good Faith Determinations. The Company and the members of the Board shall not be liable for any act, omission or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to this Agreement or the Option granted hereunder.

7.7 Execution of Receipts and Releases. Any payment of cash or any issuance or transfer of Shares or other property to Optionee, or to Optionee’s legal representative, heir, legatee or distributee, in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall, to the extent thereof, be in full satisfaction of all claims of such persons hereunder. The Company may require Optionee or Optionee’s legal representative, heir, legatee or distributee, as a condition precedent to such payment or issuance, to execute a release and receipt therefore in such form as it shall determine.

7.8 Binding Effect. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors to the Company and all persons lawfully claiming under Optionee.

7.9 Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of Texas.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement (Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.)

 

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By your signature and the signature of the Company’s representative below, you and the Company hereby acknowledge your receipt of the Option granted on the Date of Grant indicated above, which has been issued to you under the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You further acknowledge receipt of the copy of this Agreement and agree to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

HEART TEST LABORATORIES, INC.
By:  

            

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

Accepted by:
OPTIONEE
Signature: ________________________________
Date:  

 

 

Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement (Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.)

 

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Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the inclusion in this Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. dba HeartSciences (the “Company”) of our audit report dated February 25, 2022, relating to the financial statements of the Company as of and for each of the years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, appearing in the Prospectus, which is a part of this Registration Statement.

We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Prospectus.

/s/ Haskell & White LLP

HASKELL & WHITE LLP

Irvine, California

May 17, 2022

Exhibit 107

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

Form S-1

(Form Type)

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

 

     Security
Type
  Security Class Title   Fee
Calculation
or Carry
Forward
Rule
  Amount
Registered
  Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Unit
  Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
(1)
  Fee Rate   Amount of
Registration
Fee
Fees to be Paid   Other   Units, each consisting of one share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and one Warrant (3)   457(o)       $10,000,000   0.0000927   $927.00
Fees to be Paid   Equity   Shares of common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, included as part of Units (2)   457(g)    

 

 

 

—(4)

Fees to be Paid   Equity   Warrants, included as part of Units   457(g)           —(4)
Fees to be Paid   Equity   Shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, underlying warrants included in the Units (2)   457(o)      

$10,000,000

 

0.0000927

 

$927.00

    Total Offering Amounts:        $20,000,000       $1,854.00
    Total Fees Previously Paid:               
    Total Fee Offsets:               
    Net Fee Due:                $1,854.00

 

(1)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

(2)

Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, there are also being registered an indeterminable number of additional securities as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

(3)

Includes [    ] Units that the underwriters have the option to purchase to cover over-allotments, if any.

(4)

No separate registration fee required pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act.