As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2022
Registration No. 333-265546
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM F-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
VECTIVBIO HOLDING AG
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Switzerland | Not Applicable | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
Aeschenvorstadt 36
4051 Basel
Switzerland
Telephone: +41 61 551 30 30
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
VectivBio US, Inc.
60 Broad St. Suite 3502
New York, New York 10004
Telephone: +1 800 811 9520
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Ryan Sansom Brandon Fenn Divakar Gupta Cooley LLP 55 Hudson Yards New York, NY 10001 +1 212 479 6000 |
Andreas Müller Homburger AG Prime Tower Hardstrasse 201 CH-8005 Zurich Switzerland +41 43 222 10 00 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: ☐
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933. Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act. ☐
| The term new or revised accounting standard refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012. |
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 or until this registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
The information contained in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. No securities may be sold pursuant to this prospectus until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to such securities has been declared effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and no offers to buy these securities are being solicited in any jurisdiction where their offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED NOVEMBER 10, 2022
PROSPECTUS
VectivBio Holding AG
Up to 681,151 Ordinary Shares offered by Selling Shareholders
The selling shareholders identified in this prospectus may offer from time to time up to 681,151 ordinary shares of VectivBio Holding AG, or the Company, issuable in connection with a loan facility originally entered into on March 26, 2022, or the Original Loan, as amended on October 12, 2022, or the Amended Loan, providing up to a total of the EUR equivalent of USD 75 million divided into a term loan line, to be drawn down in multiple tranches, in an aggregate amount of up to the EUR equivalent of USD 56.25 million, or the Term Loan, and a convertible loan line, to be drawn down in multiple tranches, in an aggregate amount of up to the EUR equivalent of USD 18.75 million, or the Convertible Loan.
The number of ordinary shares being registered hereunder is comprised of: (i) 324,190 ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of a warrant that was issued to the sole shareholder of the lender of the Original Loan, which warrant remains outstanding under the Amended Loan and is exercisable for our ordinary shares at an exercise price of USD 5.5243 per share, or the Warrant, and (ii) up to 356,961 ordinary shares that are issuable upon conversion of USD 2.5 million of the Convertible Loan, at a conversion price of USD 7.0036 per share, which amount the Company drew down in October 2022, or the Minimum Convertible Note. The number of ordinary shares registered by the Company represents a good faith estimate of the maximum number of ordinary shares that will be issuable upon exercise of the Warrant and conversion of the Minimum Convertible Note. This presentation is not intended to constitute an indication or prediction of the date on which the selling shareholders will exercise the Warrant for ordinary shares or convert the Minimum Convertible Note into ordinary shares, if at all.
This prospectus describes the general manner in which the ordinary shares may be offered and sold by the selling shareholders. If necessary, the specific manner in which the ordinary shares may be offered and sold will be described in a supplement to this prospectus.
Our ordinary shares are listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol VECT. On November 9, 2022, the last sale price of our ordinary shares as reported by the Nasdaq Global Market was USD 8.70 per ordinary share.
We are an emerging growth company and a foreign private issuer as defined under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, and, as such, we have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements for this prospectus and future filings. Please see Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company and Implications of Being a Foreign Private Issuer.
Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should review carefully the risks and uncertainties described under the heading Risk Factors beginning on page 11 of this prospectus. In addition, please review any additional risk factors in any accompanying prospectus supplement, any free writing prospectus and any documents we incorporate by reference.
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This prospectus describes the general manner in which the selling shareholders identified in this prospectus may offer from time to time up to 681,151 ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant and conversion of the Minimum Convertible Note. If necessary, the specific manner in which the ordinary shares may be offered and sold will be described in a supplement to this prospectus, which supplement may also add, update or change any of the information contained in this prospectus. To the extent there is a conflict between the information contained in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement, provided that if any statement in one of these documents is inconsistent with a statement in another document having a later datefor example, a document incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any prospectus supplementthe statement in the document having the later date modifies or supersedes the earlier statement.
For investors outside the United States: Neither we nor the selling shareholders have taken any action that would permit the offering or possession or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than in the United States. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about, and observe any restrictions relating to, the offering of the securities described herein and the distribution of this prospectus outside the United States.
Unless otherwise noted or the context otherwise requires, references in this prospectus to VectivBio, the Company, our company, we, us or our refer to VectivBio Holding AG and its subsidiaries.
TRADEMARKS AND TRADENAMES
We have filed trademark registrations for VectivBio and Vectiv in Switzerland, the European Union, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. Solely for convenience, trademarks, tradenames and service marks referred to in this prospectus appear without the ®, and SM symbols, but the absence of those symbols is not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert our rights to these trademarks, tradenames and service marks to the fullest extent under applicable law.
PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION
In this Registration Statement on Form F-3, or Registration Statement, unless otherwise specified, all monetary amounts are in U.S. dollars, all references to $ and USD mean United States dollars and all references to CHF mean Swiss francs.
Our consolidated and carve-out financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars and in accordance with IFRS, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or IASB. None of the financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or U.S. GAAP.
We historically did not operate as an independent, standalone company, but rather as a part of a larger group of companies controlled by Therachon Holding AG, or THAG, and reported our results as part of THAG prior to July 1, 2019, when THAG distributed the shares of VectivBio Holding AG to the existing THAG shareholders, referred to as the Spin-off. The financial information for the period prior to July 1, 2019 has been derived from THAGs historical financial records as if the Apraglutide Business (as defined in the section of this prospectus titled Prospectus SummaryCompany Overview) had been a standalone business. Accordingly, the financial information for the periods prior to the Spin-off has been prepared on a carve-out basis to present the results of operations and the costs of doing business. There are limitations inherent in the preparation of the carve-out financial statements since our business was previously part of a larger organization. The basis of preparation included in our consolidated and carve-out financial statements provides a detailed description of the treatment of historical transactions in the period prior to the Spin-off.
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During this period, our net loss was impacted by the following consequences of carve-out accounting and the Spin-off: an allocation of expenses for the services provided by THAG and its subsidiaries for research and development costs, shared corporate costs for professional services, legal services, other administrative support, and employee-related costs for senior management and other shared employees. The amounts of these allocations may not necessarily be indicative of the similar costs we would incur as an independent, standalone company. The total amount allocated to us from THAG related to the expenses described above was USD 4.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2019. Subsequent to the Spin-off on July 1, 2019, the financial information for the Apraglutide Business was prepared on a consolidated basis. For further information on the basis of presentation refer to Note 2 to our consolidated and carve-out financial statements beginning on page F-1 of our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021, or Annual Report, incorporated by reference herein.
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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus and our financial statements and other documents and information incorporated by reference in this prospectus contain forward-looking statements, including statements concerning our industry, our operations, our anticipated financial performance and financial condition, and our business plans and growth strategy and product development efforts. These statements constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Many of the forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as anticipate, believe, could, expect, should, plan, intend, estimate and potential, among others. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates. These forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions by our management that, although we believe to be reasonable, are inherently uncertain and subject to a number of risks and uncertainties.
The following represent some, but not necessarily all, of the factors that could cause actual results to differ from historical results or those anticipated or predicted by our forward-looking statements:
| the ability of our clinical trials to demonstrate acceptable safety and efficacy of our product candidates; |
| the timing, progress and results of clinical trials for our product candidates, including statements regarding the timing of initiation and completion of studies or trials and related preparatory work, any initial or interim results from our clinical trials, the period during which the results of the trials will become available, and our research and development programs; |
| the timing, scope and likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals; |
| our ability to obtain marketing approvals of our product candidates and to meet existing or future regulatory standards or comply with post-approval requirements; |
| our expectations regarding our ability to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements with our cash and cash equivalents; |
| future milestone or royalty payments to or from our licensing partners or other third-parties, and the expected timing of such payments; |
| our expectations regarding the potential market size and the size of the patient populations for our product candidates, if approved for commercial use; |
| our expectations regarding the potential advantages of apraglutide over existing therapies for short bowel syndrome with intestinal failure, or SBS-IF, and our expectations regarding potential uses of apraglutide to treat other indications; |
| developments and projections relating to our competitors and our industry, including competing therapies; |
| the impact of COVID-19 on our business, operations and prospects and on our clinical trials; |
| our potential to enter into new collaborations; |
| our expectations with regard to our ability to develop additional product candidates or leverage our current product candidates for other indications, and our ability to identify additional products, product candidates or technologies with significant commercial potential that are consistent with our commercial objectives; |
| our ability to develop, acquire and advance additional product candidates into, and successfully complete, clinical trials; |
| the commercialization and market acceptance of our product candidates; |
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| our marketing and manufacturing capabilities or those of third parties with which we contract; |
| our ability to operate our businesses without infringing the intellectual property rights and proprietary technology of third parties; |
| the scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering our product candidates; |
| estimates of our expenses, future revenue, capital requirements, our needs for additional financing and our ability to obtain additional capital; |
| regulatory development in the United States, Europe and other jurisdictions; |
| our ability to effectively manage our anticipated growth; |
| our ability to attract and retain qualified employees and key personnel; |
| our expectations regarding the time during which we will be an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act and continue to qualify as a foreign private issuer; and |
| other risk factors discussed herein under Risk Factors or incorporated herein by reference. |
Our actual results or performance could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, any forward-looking statements relating to those matters. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do, what impact they will have on our results of operations, cash flows or financial condition. Additionally, some of the risks and uncertainties identified above may be amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is not possible to predict or identify all such risks. There may be additional risks that we consider immaterial or which are unknown. Except as required by law, we are under no obligation, and expressly disclaim any obligation, to update, alter or otherwise revise any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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This summary highlights selected information that is presented in greater detail in filings incorporated by reference in this prospectus. It does not contain all of the information that may be important to you and your investment decision. Before investing in our securities, you should carefully read this entire prospectus, including the matters set forth under the section of this prospectus captioned Risk Factors and the financial statements and related notes and other information that we incorporate by reference herein, including our Annual Report and reports on Form 6-K, before deciding to invest in our securities.
Company Overview
We are a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of life-transforming medicines for patients living with severe rare conditions for which there is a significant unmet medical need. We are led by an experienced management team with a strong track record in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. Our goal is to become a leading, patient-centric, fully integrated global rare disease company. Our current product pipeline is focused on rare gastrointestinal, or GI, metabolic disorders, and we intend to in-license or acquire additional transformational, differentiated rare disease assets. Our lead product candidate, apraglutide, is a next generation, long-acting synthetic peptide analog of glucagon-like peptide-2, or GLP-2, which we are developing as a differentiated therapeutic for a wide range of rare diseases, with an initial focus on short bowel syndrome, or SBS. Based on our preclinical and clinical data to date, we believe that apraglutide has the potential to advance the treatment of SBS intestinal failure, or SBS-IF, through improved clinical outcomes and less frequent dosing than the only currently approved GLP-2 for SBS-IF. Apraglutide is currently being evaluated in a global Phase 3 clinical trial called STARS for the treatment of patients with SBS-IF, and a global Phase 2 clinical trial called STARGAZE for the treatment of patients with gastrointestinal acute graft versus host disease (aGvHD). We also plan to evaluate apraglutides therapeutic potential in additional rare GI, liver and other conditions that could benefit from GLP-2 activation. Our pipeline includes a platform of first-in-class preclinical small molecule product candidates known as Comet for the treatment of rare inherited metabolic diseases (IMDs).
Apraglutide is designed to increase nutrient absorption in the intestine and reduce the burden of parenteral support, or PS, thereby improving patient quality of life. Apraglutide has been rationally designed to have unique properties to address the known issues with native GLP-2 and teduglutide. In our preclinical studies and completed clinical trials, apraglutide has shown a significantly longer half-life and more consistent on-target drug exposure, potentially allowing for once-weekly dosing versus once-daily dosing for teduglutide, and enhanced trophic effects on the small intestine, when compared to other GLP-2 analogs. We believe that these properties have the potential to translate into increased pharmacological activity and improved patient adherence to treatment relative to other GLP-2 analogs, thereby allowing a subset of patients who currently receive PS to achieve enteral autonomy. In addition, we have designed a development strategy that will allow us to adapt the use of apraglutide to treat different SBS patient subtypes based on their GI anatomy.
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The following table summarizes our clinical plans regarding apraglutide and Comet. We have retained global rights to commercialize our programs except in Japan where we have licensed the development and commercialization of apraglutide to a partner.
Corporate Information
We are a Swiss stock corporation incorporated on May 22, 2019, in Switzerland. Our registered office in Switzerland is located at Aeschenvorstadt 36, 4051 Basel, Switzerland, and the telephone number of our registered office is +41 61 551 30 30. Our agent for service of process in the United States is VectivBio US, Inc., 60 Broad St. Suite 3502, New York, New York 10004. Our website address is www.vectivbio.com. Information contained in, or that can be accessed through, our website is not a part of, and shall not be incorporated by reference into, this prospectus. We have included our website address in this document solely as an inactive textual reference.
Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company
We qualify as an emerging growth company as defined in the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. As an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other burdens that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions include:
| a requirement to have only two years of audited financial statements in addition to any required interim financial statements and correspondingly reduced Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations disclosure; |
| an exemption from the auditor attestation requirement in the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; and |
| reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and other filings and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation, including golden parachute compensation. |
We may take advantage of these provisions for up to five years or such earlier time that we are no longer an emerging growth company. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest of (i) the last day of
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the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenues of $1.07 billion or more; (ii) December 31, 2026; (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the previous three years; and (iv) the date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer under the rules of the SEC, which means the market value of our ordinary shares that are held by non-affiliates equals or exceeds $700.0 million as of the prior June 30.
Implications of Being a Foreign Private Issuer
We are also considered a foreign private issuer. Accordingly, we report under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, as a non-U.S. company with foreign private issuer status. This means that, even after we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, as long as we qualify as a foreign private issuer under the Exchange Act, we will be exempt from certain provisions of the Exchange Act that are applicable to U.S. domestic public companies, including:
| the sections of the Exchange Act regulating the solicitation of proxies, consents or authorizations in respect of a security registered under the Exchange Act; |
| the sections of the Exchange Act requiring insiders to file public reports of their stock ownership and trading activities and liability for insiders who profit from trades made in a short period of time; and |
| the rules under the Exchange Act requiring the filing with the SEC of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q containing unaudited financial and other specified information, or current reports on Form 8-K, upon the occurrence of specified significant events. |
We may take advantage of these exemptions until such time as we are no longer a foreign private issuer. We would cease to be a foreign private issuer at such time as more than 50% of our outstanding voting securities are held by U.S. residents and any of the following three circumstances applies: (i) the majority of our executive officers or directors are U.S. citizens or residents, (ii) more than 50% of our assets are located in the United States or (iii) our business is administered principally in the United States.
In this prospectus supplement and in the documents and information incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, we have taken advantage of certain of the reduced reporting requirements as a result of being an emerging growth company and a foreign private issuer. Accordingly, the information contained in this prospectus supplement and in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement may be different than the information you receive from other public companies in which you hold equity securities.
As Amended Loan Agreement
On March 26, 2022, we entered into a loan facility, or the Original Loan, with Kreos Capital VI (UK) Limited, or Kreos UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kreos Capital VI (Expert Fund) LP, or Kreos Expert Fund. On October 12, 2022, we entered into an amendment deed in relation to the Original Loan, or the Amended Loan.
The total amount of borrowings available under the Amended Loan remains unchanged from the EUR equivalent of up to USD 75.0 million in borrowing capacity that was provided under the master loan line in the Original Loan. The master loan line under the Amended Loan continues to be comprised of two loan facilities, of which the EUR equivalent of USD 18.75 million is a convertible loan line, or the Convertible Loan, and of which the EUR equivalent of USD 56.25 million is a term loan line, or the Term Loan, each of which may be drawn down in tranches as follows:
(i) Loan A: Convertible Loan EUR equivalent of USD 12.5 million; Term Loan EUR equivalent of USD 37.5 million; and
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(ii) Loan B: Convertible Loan EUR equivalent of USD 6.25 million; Term Loan EUR equivalent of USD 18.75 million.
Loan A will be available for drawdown until May 31, 2024, and Loan B will be available for drawdown until June 30, 2024. Contemporaneously with execution of the Amended Loan, we delivered to Kreos UK drawdown requests under Loan A for an aggregate amount equal to the EUR equivalent of USD 10 million, or the First Compulsory Drawdown. USD 2.5 million of the First Compulsory Drawdown was drawn down under the Convertible Loan and is referred to herein as the Minimum Convertible Note. We are obligated to deliver to Kreos UK further drawdown requests under Loan A for an aggregate amount equal to the EUR equivalent of USD 10 million by September 30, 2023, or the Second Compulsory Drawdown.
The availability of any funds under a drawdown of Loan A or Loan B is conditional upon us having a debt-to-market cap ratio (where debt includes the amount of the proposed drawdown) equal to or less than 25% at the time of each drawdown, among other conditions. The availability of any funds under a drawdown of Loan B is conditional upon us (i) raising USD 80 million in new equity and/or subordinated convertible debt, or other nondilutive funds, and (ii) releasing interim data for the Phase 2 STARS Nutrition study that supports continuation of such study, among other conditions.
The Amended Loan has an interest-only repayment period through March 31, 2023, which can be extended to June 30, 2024, if certain conditions are met. Payments will then be comprised of both interest and principal until the Amended Loan is paid off, with an end date ranging from March 31, 2025 to June 30, 2026, if the interest-only period has been extended to June 30, 2024. Convertible Loan borrowings will bear interest at an implied fixed rate of 7.45% per annum and Term Loan borrowings will bear interest at a fixed rate of 8.95% per annum. The Minimum Convertible Note is convertible into up to 356,961 of our ordinary shares at a conversion price of USD 7.0036 per share. The undrawn amount of the Convertible Loan portion of the remaining Amended Loan is convertible into a number of ordinary shares to be determined based on a price per ordinary share that is equal to a 120% premium to the volume weighted average price of our shares traded during the 30-day period ending three days prior to either (i) the earlier of the date of the first drawdown of such portion or March 31, 2023, with respect to the Second Compulsory Drawdown, or (ii) the date of each subsequent drawdown, with respect to the remaining EUR equivalent of USD 55.0 million available under the Convertible Loan beyond the First and Second Compulsory Drawdowns.
Under the terms of the Amended Loan, we may prepay all, but not part, of the Term Loan and the Convertible Loan amounts at any time, by notifying the lender at least fifteen days in advance of a date ending on a repayment date; provided, however, that Kreos UK may at its option convert the Convertible Loan into ordinary shares prior to receipt of any such prepayment notification pursuant to the conversion mechanism described in the preceding paragraph. If we prepay the Amended Loan, we shall in respect of such payment pay to Kreos UK an early repayment fee as follows:
(i) if prepayment occurs within 12 months of drawdown of the Amended Loan, a prepayment fee equal to all interest that would have been payable on the amount prepaid from the date of prepayment to the termination date discounted by 4.00% for each year or part year remaining to the termination date (interest for a part year being calculated on a daily basis) and;
(ii) if prepayment occurs within 13 to 24 months of drawdown of the Amended Loan, a prepayment fee equal to 5.00% of principal amount of the Amended Loan outstanding;
(iii) if prepayment occurs within 25 to 36 months of drawdown of the Amended Loan, a prepayment fee equal to 3.00% of principal amount of the Amended Loan outstanding; and
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(iv) if prepayment occurs after 36 months of drawdown of the Amended Loan, a prepayment fee equal to 1.00% of principal amount of the Amended Loan outstanding,
plus, in each case, an end-of-loan payment of 3.00% of the amount drawn down under each loan tranche. The 3.00% end of loan payment is payable whenever the Amended Loan is terminated (whether that be by way of prepayment or by repayment on the termination date).
In addition, if on or before September 30, 2023, (i) prepayment of the Amended Loan occurs or (ii) we fail to draw down the Second Compulsory Drawdown, we must pay to Kreos UK a prepayment fee equal to the aggregate of: (a) all interest that would have been payable on the Second Compulsory Drawdown amount, and (b) the 3.00% end-of-loan payment that would have been payable on the Second Compulsory Drawdown amount, both discounted by 4.00% for each year or part year remaining to the termination date of the Amended Loan.
As additional consideration for the Original Loan, Kreos UK received a fee of USD 750,000, and Kreos Expert Fund received a warrant to purchase 324,190 of our ordinary shares at an exercise price of USD 5.5243 per share and certain rights to receive additional warrants as set forth in the warrant instrument. In connection with the Amended Loan, Kreos UK will additionally have the right to receive warrants to purchase, on any prepayment of the Amended Loan, a number of our ordinary shares equal to the amount of such prepaid Amended Loan and accrued interest at a price per ordinary share equal to 120% of the volume weighted average price per share for the 30-day period ending three days prior to (i) for the Second Compulsory Drawdown, the earlier of the drawdown date and March 31, 2023 and (ii) for all other drawdown amounts, the relevant drawdown date of each such amount. On any exercise of these additional warrants, no warrants will be issued in respect of loaned amounts that have (i) been repaid in the ordinary course or (ii) been converted by Kreos UK into ordinary shares pursuant to the terms of the Amended Loan prior to the date of prepayment. The warrants are exercisable until the earlier of (i) the termination date of the Amended Loan or (ii) the completion of a change of control of the Company by completion of a takeover offer.
In connection with the Original Loan, we and each of our subsidiaries entered into pledge agreements in respect of our worldwide intellectual property in favor of Kreos UK as pledgee (excluding intellectual property in respect of apraglutide granted, issued or pending in Japan). VectivBio Holding AG, VectivBio AG and VectivBio Comet AG additionally entered into pledge agreements pledging (i) all of the share capital of VectivBio AG and VectivBio Comet AG, and (ii) all of the Swiss bank accounts of VectivBio Holding AG, VectivBio AG and VectivBio Comet AG, in each case, in favor of Kreos UK. VectivBio Holding AG, VectivBio AG and VectivBio Comet AG additionally entered into an agreement guaranteeing Kreos UKs claims under the Original Loan. VectivBio AG also assigned to Kreos UK certain rights under licensing agreements for security purposes. The abovementioned security interests and guarantees were confirmed or reaffirmed (as applicable) concurrently with the execution of the Amended Loan and remain in force and effect under the Amended Loan. Under the relevant security agreements, Kreos UK will continue to have recourse to the relevant collateral in the event we default under the Amended Loan. The Amended Loan contains customary affirmative and negative covenants. The affirmative covenants include, among others, administrative and reporting requirements subject to certain exceptions and materiality thresholds. The negative covenants include, among others, limitations on the Companys ability to, subject to certain exceptions, incur additional debt.
We agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, of which this prospectus forms a part, to register the resale of the ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Loan, if drawn down, and/or exercise of any warrants issued in connection with the Original Loan and the Amended Loan. The number of the ordinary shares registered on the registration statement represents our good faith estimate of the maximum number of ordinary shares that are (i) issuable upon exercise of the Warrant and (ii) initially issuable upon conversion of the Minimum Convertible Note. We may file one or more additional registration statements to register the resale of any additional ordinary shares that may become issuable upon (i) additional drawdowns and conversions under the Convertible Loan and (ii) exercise or issuance of additional warrants, if any.
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This prospectus relates to the resale by the selling shareholders identified in this prospectus of up to 681,151 ordinary shares. All of the ordinary shares in this offering will be sold by the selling shareholders. The selling shareholders may sell their ordinary shares from time to time at prevailing market prices. We will not receive any proceeds from the resale of the ordinary shares in this offering.
Ordinary Shares Offered |
Up to 681,151 |
Ordinary Shares Currently Outstanding |
62,732,542 |
Use of Proceeds |
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the 681,151 ordinary shares subject to resale by the selling shareholders under this prospectus. If the Warrant is exercised for cash, we will receive proceeds of USD 1,790,923, and we will receive additional proceeds if any additional warrants are issued by us to the selling shareholders and exercised by the selling shareholders for cash. We currently intend to use such proceeds, if any, for pipeline development, general corporate purposes and working capital. |
Risk Factors |
Investing in our ordinary shares involves significant risks. You should read the Risk Factors section of this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus for a discussion of factors to consider before deciding to purchase our ordinary shares. |
Nasdaq Global Market Symbol |
VECT |
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Investing in our ordinary shares involves a high degree of risk. Before making a decision to invest in our ordinary shares, you should consider carefully the risks and uncertainties described under the heading Risk Factors contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including the risk factors listed below and the ones incorporated by reference herein from our Annual Report, as may be updated by our subsequent annual reports and other filings we make with the SEC. The risks described in these documents are not the only ones we face. There may be other unknown or unpredictable economic, business, competitive, regulatory or other factors that could harm our future results. Past financial performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance, and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results or trends in future periods. If any of these risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flow could be harmed. This could cause the trading price of our ordinary shares to decline, resulting in a loss of all or part of your investment. Please also read carefully the section above titled Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.
Risks Related to our Securities and this Offering
You may experience future dilution as a result of future equity offerings.
In order to raise additional capital, we expect to in the future offer additional ordinary shares and other securities convertible into or exchangeable for our ordinary shares. We cannot assure you that we will be able to sell ordinary shares and other securities in any other offering at a price per ordinary share that is equal to or greater than the price per ordinary share paid by investors in this offering, and investors purchasing ordinary shares and other securities in the future could have rights superior to existing shareholders. The price per ordinary share at which we sell additional ordinary shares and other securities convertible into or exchangeable for our ordinary shares in future transactions may be higher or lower than the price per ordinary share in this offering.
Future sales or issuances of our ordinary shares in the public markets, or the perception of such sales, could depress the trading price of our ordinary shares.
The sale of a substantial number of our ordinary shares and other equity-related securities in the public markets, or the perception that such sales could occur, could depress the market price of our ordinary shares and impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities. We may sell large quantities of our ordinary shares at any time in one or more separate offerings. We cannot predict the effect that future sales of ordinary shares and other equity-related securities would have on the market price of our ordinary shares.
Our ordinary share price is and may continue to be volatile and you may not be able to resell our securities at or above the price you paid.
The market price for our ordinary shares is volatile and may fluctuate significantly in response to a number of factors, most of which we cannot control, such as fluctuations in financial results, our ability to advance the development of our product candidates or changes in securities analysts recommendations. In addition, our ordinary shares have been and may continue to be affected by limited trading volume. Each of these factors, among others, could harm your investment in our ordinary shares and could result in you being unable to resell the ordinary shares that you purchased at a price equal to or above the price you paid.
The issuance of ordinary shares upon conversion of the Minimum Convertible Note, and additional amounts drawn down under the Convertible Loan, if any, and/or upon exercise of the Warrant or any additional warrants that may be issued by us to Kreos Expert Fund could substantially dilute your investment and could impede our ability to obtain additional financing.
If the Company draws down additional amounts under the Convertible Loan, such amounts will be convertible into our ordinary shares, and the Company will issue additional warrants in connection with
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drawdowns under the Term Loan and Convertible Loan, if any, that will be exercisable for our ordinary shares. The Warrant is exercisable for 324,190 ordinary shares and the Minimum Convertible Note will be convertible into 356,961 ordinary shares.
Such exercise or conversion may give the holders an opportunity to profit from a rise in the market price of our ordinary shares such that exercise or conversion thereof could result in dilution of the equity interests of our shareholders. We have no control over whether the holder will exercise the Warrant, and once issued, we will have no control over whether the holder will exercise any additional warrants that we may issue in connection with drawdowns under the Amended Loan. On October 12, 2022, we delivered to Kreos UK the First Compulsory Drawdown. We are obligated to deliver to Kreos UK the Second Compulsory Drawdown by September 30, 2023. Once we have drawn down any amounts under the Convertible Loan, we will have no control over whether the holder will exercise its right to convert such amounts into our ordinary shares. While the Warrant is exercisable at a fixed price of USD 5.5243 per share, and the Minimum Convertible Note is convertible at a fixed price of USD 7.0036 per share, both of which are lower than our current market price, we cannot predict the market price of our ordinary shares at any future date, and therefore, cannot predict whether the Warrant will be exercised or the Minimum Convertible Note will be converted. The existence and potentially dilutive impact of the warrants and the ordinary shares to be issued in connection with the Convertible Loan may prevent us from obtaining additional financing in the future on acceptable terms, or at all.
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The table below sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and capitalization on an actual basis as of June 30, 2022, the latest date for which we have audited financial statements and the information below available to us. The following information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated and carve-out financial statements and related notes incorporated by reference in this prospectus. For more details on how you can obtain the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus, see Where You Can Find More Information and Incorporation by Reference.
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Cash and cash equivalents(1) |
$ | 142,144 | ||
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Convertible loans, short- and long-term(2) |
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Ordinary share capital, CHF 0.05 nominal value per share; 46,037,642 ordinary shares issued and outstanding |
$ | 2,080 | ||
Warrants(3) |
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Reserves |
292,315 | |||
Accumulated Losses |
(152,569 | ) | ||
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141,826 | |||
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141,826 | |||
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(1) | As of June 30, 2022, cash and cash equivalents were USD 142.1 million. |
(2) | On March 26, 2022, we entered into a loan facility, or the Original Loan, with Kreos Capital VI (UK) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kreos Expert Fund. On October 12, 2022, we entered into an amendment deed in relation to the Original Loan, or the Amended Loan. The Amended Loan is structured to provide the euro equivalent of up to USD 75.0 million in borrowing capacity under a master loan line. The master loan line is comprised of two loan facilities, of which the euro equivalent of USD 18.75 million is a convertible loan line, or the Convertible Loan, and the euro equivalent of USD 56.25 million is a term loan line, or the Term Loan, each of which may be drawn down in tranches as follows: Loan A Convertible Loan of euro equivalent of USD 12.5 million and Term Loan of euro equivalent of USD 37.5 million; and Loan B Convertible Loan of euro equivalent of USD 6.25 million and Term Loan of euro equivalent of USD 18.75 million. We delivered notice of the first draw down of Loan A in an amount of the euro equivalent of USD 10.0 million on October 12, 2022, with the euro equivalent of USD 2.5 million comprising the Convertible Loan portion, or the Minimum Convertible Note. For more details on the Loan, see Where You Can Find More Information and Information Incorporated by Reference. |
(3) | On March 26, 2022, Kreos Expert Fund received a warrant to purchase 324,190 of our ordinary shares at a price per ordinary share of $5.52 (rounded) as additional consideration for the Original Loan. |
The number of ordinary shares outstanding as of June 30, 2022 was 46,037,642, which excludes:
| 16,700,000 ordinary shares issued in connection with an underwritten offering to Jefferies LLC, SVB Securities LLC and Piper Sandler & Co., as representatives of the several underwriters; |
| 5,811,259 ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding under our equity incentive plans as of June 30, 2022, with a weighted average exercise price of approximately $4.07 per share, of which 28,130 options have been exercised and settled in treasury shares as of the date of this filing; |
| 377,757 ordinary shares issuable upon vesting of restricted share units, or RSUs, issued under our equity incentive plans as of June 30, 2022, of which 57,089 RSUs have been settled in treasury shares as of the date of this filing; |
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| 79,000 ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of options issued after June 30, 2022 under our 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, with a weighted-average exercise price of approximately $6.23 per share; |
| 4,659,248 ordinary shares we hold in treasury as of the date of this filing; and |
| 324,190 ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants issued to Kreos Capital VI (Expert Fund) LP, or Kreos Expert Fund, after June 30, 2022 at an exercise price of $5.52 (rounded) per ordinary share and 356,961 shares initially issuable upon conversion of the Minimum Convertible Note, at a conversion price of $7.00 (rounded) per ordinary share. |
As of November 9, 2022, our share capital as registered with the commercial register of the Canton of Basel-Stadt amounted to 67,391,790 ordinary shares.
Unless otherwise indicated, all information contained in this prospectus supplement:
| does not reflect the potential issuance of ordinary shares that remain available for sale as of the date of this prospectus supplement under our at the market offering program, pursuant to which we may sell ordinary shares for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $40.0 million from time to time under our Sales Agreement with SVB Securities LLC; and |
| assumes no exercise or conversion of the options, RSUs, warrants or convertible loans described above. |
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We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the 681,151 ordinary shares subject to resale by the selling shareholders in this offering. However, if the Warrant is exercised for cash, we will receive proceeds of USD 1,790,923, and we will receive additional proceeds if any additional warrants are issued by us to the selling shareholders and exercised by the selling shareholders for cash. We currently intend to use such proceeds, if any, for pipeline development, general corporate purposes and working capital. If the selling shareholders elects to exercise the Warrant by means of a cashless exercise, as is allowed pursuant to the terms of the Warrant, we will not receive any proceeds upon exercise of the Warrant.
The selling shareholders will pay all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and expenses incurred by it for brokerage, accounting, tax or legal services or any other expenses incurred by the selling shareholders in connection with the sale of the ordinary shares, if any. We will bear all other costs, fees and expenses incurred in effecting the registration of the ordinary shares covered by this prospectus, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees, Nasdaq listing fees and fees and expenses of our counsel and our accountants.
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We are registering for resale by the selling shareholders identified below up to 681,151 ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant and upon conversion of the Minimum Convertible Note, as detailed in Prospectus SummaryAs Amended Loan Agreement above, in order to permit the selling shareholders to offer the ordinary shares for resale from time to time.
To our knowledge, neither of the selling shareholders is an employee or supplier of ours or our affiliates. Within the past three years, neither of the selling shareholders has held a position as an officer or a director of ours, nor have any of the selling shareholders had any material relationship of any kind with us or any of our affiliates. All information with respect to share ownership has been furnished by the selling shareholders, unless otherwise noted. The ordinary shares being offered are being registered to permit secondary trading of such ordinary shares and the selling shareholders may offer all or part of the ordinary shares they own for resale from time to time pursuant to this prospectus. The selling shareholders do not have any family relationships with our officers, directors or controlling shareholders.
The term selling shareholders also includes any transferees, pledgees, donees, or other successors in interest to the selling shareholders named in the table below. Unless otherwise indicated, to our knowledge, the person named in the table below has sole voting and investment power with respect to the ordinary shares set forth opposite such persons name. To the extent required, we will file a supplement to this prospectus (or a post-effective amendment hereto, if necessary) to name successors to any named selling shareholders who are able to use this prospectus to resell the ordinary shares registered hereby.
The table below lists the selling shareholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership of the ordinary shares held by the selling shareholders. The second column lists the number of ordinary shares beneficially owned by the selling shareholders, based on their beneficially ownership of ordinary shares as of May 31, 2022. The third column lists the ordinary shares being offered by this prospectus by the selling shareholders. The fourth column assumes the sale of all of the ordinary shares offered by the selling shareholders pursuant to this prospectus. The selling shareholders may sell all, some or none of their shares pursuant to this prospectus. See Plan of Distribution.
Except as indicated below or as otherwise described in this prospectus, each of the selling shareholders has represented to us that it is not a registered broker-dealer or affiliated with a registered broker-dealer.
Name of Selling Shareholder |
Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned Prior to Offering(1) |
Maximum Number of Ordinary Shares to be Sold Pursuant to this Prospectus |
Ordinary Shares Owned Immediately After Sale of Maximum Number of Ordinary Shares in this Offering |
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Kreos Capital VI (Expert Fund) LP(2) |
324,190 | 324,190 | 0 | |||||||||
Kreos Capital VI (UK) Limited(3) |
356,961 | 356,961 | 0 |
(1) | Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with SEC rules and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Ordinary shares subject to options or warrants currently exercisable, or exercisable within 60 days of October 31, 2022, are considered outstanding. |
(2) | Kreos Capital VI (Expert Fund) LP, or Kreos Expert Fund, is a limited partnership registered under the laws of Jersey. Decisions with respect to the disposition of securities are taken by the funds debt advisory committee (the DAC). The members of the DAC are Raoul Stein, Ross Ahlgren, Aris Constantinides, Maurizio Petitbon, Sean Dunne, Parag Gandesha, Mark Collins, Michael Johnson and Marten Vading. In addition, Kreos Capital Group VI Limited in its capacity as general partner to Kreos Capital Group VI LP, is the general partner of Kreos Expert Fund. Clive Spears, David Pirouet, Parag Gandesha, Raoul Stein, Mark Collins and Michael Johnson are the directors of Kreos Capital Group VI Limited and as such, hold |
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voting and/or dispositive power over the shares held by Kreos Expert Fund. The registered office address of Kreos Expert Fund is 47 Esplanade, St Helier, Jersey JE1 0BD. |
(3) | Kreos Capital VI (UK) Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kreos Expert Fund. Kreos Expert Fund is a limited partnership registered under the laws of Jersey. Decisions with respect to the disposition of securities are taken by the funds debt advisory committee (the DAC). The members of the DAC are Raoul Stein, Ross Ahlgren, Aris Constantinides, Maurizio Petitbon, Sean Dunne, Parag Gandesha, Mark Collins, Michael Johnson and Marten Vading. In addition, Kreos Capital Group VI Limited in its capacity as general partner to Kreos Capital Group VI LP, is the general partner of Kreos Expert Fund. Clive Spears, David Pirouet, Parag Gandesha, Raoul Stein, Mark Collins and Michael Johnson are the directors of Kreos Capital Group VI Limited and as such, hold voting and/or dispositive power over the shares held by Kreos Expert Fund. The registered office address of Kreos Expert Fund is 47 Esplanade, St Helier, Jersey JE1 0BD. |
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The selling shareholders, which as used herein includes donees, pledgees, transferees or other successors in interest selling ordinary shares received after the date of this prospectus from the selling shareholders as a gift, pledge, partnership distribution or other transfer, may, from time to time, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of their ordinary shares on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the ordinary shares are traded or in private transactions. These dispositions may be at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market price, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices.
The selling shareholders may use any one or more of the following methods when disposing of ordinary shares or interests therein:
| ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
| block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the ordinary shares as agent, but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
| purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
| privately negotiated transactions; |
| short sales effected after the date the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is declared effective by the SEC; |
| through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; |
| broker-dealers may agree with the selling shareholders to sell a specified number of such ordinary shares at a stipulated price per ordinary shares; |
| a combination of any such methods of sale; and |
| any other method permitted by applicable law. |
The selling shareholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the ordinary shares owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the ordinary shares, from time to time, under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act, amending the list of selling shareholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling shareholders under this prospectus. The selling shareholders also may transfer the ordinary shares in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
In connection with the sale of our ordinary shares, the selling shareholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the ordinary shares in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The selling shareholders may also sell ordinary shares short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the ordinary shares to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The selling shareholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of ordinary shares offered by this prospectus, which ordinary shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
The aggregate proceeds to the selling shareholders from the sale of the ordinary shares offered by it will be the purchase price of the ordinary shares less discounts or commissions, if any. The selling shareholders reserve
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the right to accept and, together with their agents from time to time, to reject, in whole or in part, any proposed purchase of ordinary shares to be made directly or through agents. We will not receive any of the proceeds from this offering.
The selling shareholders also may resell all or a portion of the ordinary shares in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any other exemptions from the registration requirements that become available, provided that they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of that rule or exemption.
The selling shareholders and any underwriters, broker-dealers or agents that participate in the sale of the ordinary shares or interests therein may be underwriters within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act. Any discounts, commissions, concessions or profit they earn on any resale of the ordinary shares may be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. A selling shareholder who is an underwriter within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
To the extent required, the ordinary shares to be sold, the name(s) of the selling shareholder(s), the respective purchase prices and public offering prices, the names of any agents, dealer or underwriter, and any applicable commissions or discounts with respect to a particular offer will be set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement or, if appropriate, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.
In order to comply with the securities laws of some states, if applicable, the ordinary shares may be sold in these jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the ordinary shares may not be sold unless it has been registered or qualified for sale or an exemption from registration or qualification requirements is available and is complied with.
We have advised the selling shareholders that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, may apply to sales of ordinary shares in the market and to the activities of the selling shareholders and their affiliates. In addition, to the extent applicable, we will make copies of this prospectus (as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time) available to the selling shareholders for the purpose of satisfying the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. The selling shareholders may indemnify any broker-dealer that participates in transactions involving the sale of the ordinary shares against certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
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The following are the estimated expenses related to the filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, all of which will be paid by us. In addition, we may incur additional expenses in the future in connection with the offering of our securities pursuant to this prospectus. If required, any such additional expenses will be disclosed in a prospectus supplement.
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SEC registration fee |
$ | 338.44 | ||
FINRA filing fee |
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Printing and engraving expenses |
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Accounting fees and expenses |
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* | These fees are calculated based on the securities offered and the number of issuances and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time. |
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The validity of the ordinary shares offered in this prospectus and certain other matters of Swiss law, including matters of Swiss income tax law, will be passed upon for us by Homburger AG, Zurich, Switzerland. Certain matters of U.S. federal law will be passed upon for us by Cooley LLP, New York, New York. Additional legal matters may be passed on for us, or any underwriters, dealers or agents by counsel we will name in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Ernst & Young AG, independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated and carve-out financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021, as set forth in their report, which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement. Our financial statements are incorporated by reference in reliance on Ernst & Young AGs report, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES
The Company is a corporation organized and incorporated under the laws of Switzerland with registered office and domicile in Basel, Switzerland, and the majority of our assets are located within Switzerland. Moreover, a number of our directors and executive officers are not residents of the United States, and all or a substantial portion of the assets of such persons are or may be located outside the United States. As a result, investors may not be able to effect service of process within the United States upon us or upon such persons, or to enforce judgments obtained against us or such persons in U.S. courts, including judgments in actions predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal securities laws of the United States.
There is doubt that a lawsuit based upon United States federal or state securities laws could be brought in an original action in Switzerland and that a judgment of a U.S. court based upon United States securities laws would be enforced in Switzerland.
The United States and Switzerland currently do not have a treaty providing for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments, other than arbitration awards, in civil and commercial matters. Consequently, a final judgment for payment given by a court in the United States, whether or not predicated solely upon U.S. securities laws, may not be enforceable in Switzerland.
However, if a person has obtained a final and conclusive judgment rendered by a U.S. court which is enforceable in the United States and files a claim with the competent Swiss court, such final judgment by a U.S. court may be recognized in Switzerland in an action before a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with the proceedings set forth by the Swiss Federal Act on International Private Law (Bundesgesetz über das internationale Privatrecht) and the Swiss Federal Act on Civil Procedure (Schweizerische Zivilprozessordnung) and, in certain circumstances, the Swiss Federal Act on Debt Collection and Bankruptcy (Bundesgesetz über Schuldbetreibung und Konkurs). In such an action, a Swiss court generally would not reinvestigate the merits of the original matter decided by a U.S. court. The recognition and enforcement of a U.S. judgment by a Swiss court would be conditional upon a number of conditions including those set out in articles 25 et seqq. of the Swiss Federal Act on International Private Law, which include, among others:
| the U.S. court having had jurisdiction over the original proceedings from a Swiss perspective; |
| the judgment of such U.S. court being final and non-appealable under U.S. federal or state law; |
| service of process to the defendant having been completed in accordance with the relevant legal requirements at the defendants domicile or permanent residence (including requirements resulting from applicable international treaties), or the defendant having unconditionally participated in the foreign proceedings; |
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| the original proceeding not having been conducted under a violation of material principles of Swiss civil proceedings law, in particular the right to be heard; |
| the matter (Verfahren) between the same parties and on the same subject resulting in the judgment of the U.S. court not having been (i) commenced or decided by a Swiss court, provided that such Swiss matter was pending before a Swiss court prior to the U.S. court entered its proceedings or decided by a Swiss court before the decision of the U.S. court, or (ii) decided by a court in a third country, provided such third country matter was decided prior to the decision of the U.S. court and such third country matter is recognizable in Switzerland; |
| the enforcement of the judgment by the U.S. court not being manifestly incompatible with Swiss public policy (schweizerischer Ordre public); and |
| from a Swiss law perspective, such foreign procedure does not formally or functionally qualify as an insolvency-related, administrative or criminal procedure. |
Moreover, a Swiss court may reduce the amount of damages granted by a U.S. court and recognize damages only to the extent that they are necessary to compensate actual losses or damages. Enforcement and recognition of judgments of U.S. courts in Switzerland are solely governed by Swiss procedural law. In addition, enforcement of a claim or judgment under Swiss debt collection or bankruptcy proceedings may only be made in Swiss francs and any foreign currency amount must accordingly be converted into Swiss francs in accordance with the applicable rules.
Original actions against persons in Switzerland based solely upon the U.S. federal or state securities laws are governed, among other things, by the principles set forth in the Swiss Federal Act on International Private Law. This statute provides that the application of provisions of non-Swiss law by the courts in Switzerland shall be precluded if the result was incompatible with Swiss public policy (schweizerischer Ordre public). Also, mandatory provisions of Swiss law may be applicable regardless of any other law that would otherwise apply.
Swiss civil procedure differs substantially from U.S. civil procedure in a number of respects. Insofar as the production of evidence is concerned, U.S. law and the laws of several other jurisdictions based on common law provide for pre-trial discovery, a process by which parties to the proceedings may prior to trial compel the production of documents by adverse or third parties and the deposition of witnesses. Evidence obtained in this manner may be decisive in the outcome of any proceeding. No such pre-trial discovery process exists under Swiss law. Rather, Swiss civil procedure provides for the possibility for judicial pre-trial proceedings concerning the precautionary production of evidence (vorsorgliche Beweisführung) only in certain circumstances and under certain conditions. In addition, during the main proceedings, a Swiss court would decide upon the claims for which evidence is required from the parties and the related burden of proof.
Our agent for service of process in the United States is VectivBio US, Inc., 60 Broad St. Suite 3502, New York, New York 10004.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual and current reports and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public over the Internet at the SECs website at www.sec.gov. Copies of certain information filed by us with the SEC are also available on our website at www.vectivbio.com. Information contained on, or that can be accessible through, our website is not a part of this prospectus and the inclusion of our website address in this prospectus is an inactive textual reference only.
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the SEC and does not contain all of the information in the registration statement. You should review the information and exhibits in the registration statement for further information on us and the ordinary shares that the selling shareholders are offering. Any statement made or incorporated by reference in this prospectus concerning the contents of any contract, agreement or other document is only a summary of the actual contract, agreement or other document. If we have filed or incorporated by reference any contract, agreement or other document as an exhibit to the registration statement, you should read the exhibit for a more complete understanding of the document or matter involved. Each statement regarding a contract, agreement or other document is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual document.
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference much of the information that we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those publicly available documents. The information that we incorporate by reference in this prospectus is considered to be part of this prospectus. Because we are incorporating by reference future filings with the SEC, this prospectus is continually updated and those future filings may modify or supersede some of the information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. This means that you must look at all of the SEC filings that we incorporate by reference to determine if any of the statements in this prospectus or in any document previously incorporated by reference have been modified or superseded. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (in each case, other than those documents or the portions of those documents furnished, rather than filed, and, except as may be noted in any such Form 6-K, exhibits filed on such form that are related to such information), until the offering of the securities under the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part is terminated or completed:
| our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on April 7, 2022; |
| our Reports on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2022, April 7, 2022 (as amended by the Form 6-K/A filed on April 7, 2022), June 9, 2022, June 16, 2022, July 1, 2022, October 13, 2022 (excluding Exhibits 99.1, 99.3 and 99.4), October 13, 2022, and October 18, 2022; and |
| the description of our ordinary shares contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on April 6, 2021, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating the description. |
You can obtain any of the filings incorporated by reference in this prospectus through us or from the SEC through the SECs website at www.sec.gov. Our filings with the SEC, including our annual reports on Form 20-F and reports on Form 6-K and exhibits incorporated in and amendments to those reports, are also available free of charge on our website (www.vectivbio.com) as soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. The reference to our website is an inactive textual reference only, and information contained therein or connected thereto is not incorporated into this prospectus or the registration statement of which it forms a part. We will provide to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered, a copy of any or all the reports or documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus at no cost, upon written or oral request to us at the following address and telephone number: VectivBio Holding AG, Aeschenvorstadt 36, 4051 Basel, Switzerland, Attn: Investor Relations, telephone +41 61 551 30 30.
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VectivBio Holding AG
Up to 681,151 Ordinary Shares
PROSPECTUS
, 2022
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 8. Indemnification of Board of Directors and Executive Committee
Under Swiss law, subject to certain limitations, a corporation may indemnify and hold harmless directors and other persons entrusted with its management out of the assets of the corporation from and against actions, costs, charges, losses, damages and expenses which they or any of them may incur or sustain by or by reason of any act done, concurred in or omitted, in connection with the execution of their statutory duties, provided that such indemnity (if any) shall not extend to any matter in which any of said persons is found to have committed an intentional or grossly negligent breach of his or her duties. The registrants articles of association contain provisions governing the indemnification of the members of its board of directors and of its executive committee and the advancing of related defense costs to the extent not included in insurance coverage or paid by third parties.
In addition, under general principles of Swiss employment law, an employer may be required to indemnify an employee against losses and expenses incurred by such employee in the proper execution of his or her duties under the employment agreement with the registrant.
The registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each member of its board of directors and of its executive committee. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant, 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.
Item 9. Exhibits
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Form | File No. | Exhibit Number |
Filing Date | Filed Herewith | ||||||
4.1 | Articles of Association of the registrant. | 6-K | 00140316 | 1.2 | October 18, 2022 | |||||||
4.2 | Term Loan Agreement by and among VectivBio Holding AG, VectivBio AG, VectivBio US, Inc., GlyPharma Therapeutic Inc./GlyPharma Thérapeutique Inc., VectivBio Comet AG, Comet Therapeutics, Inc. and Kreos Capital VI (UK) Limited, dated as of March 26, 2022. | 20-F | 001-40316 | 4.11 | April 7, 2022 | |||||||
4.3 | Convertible Loan Agreement by and among VectivBio Holding AG, VectivBio AG, VectivBio US, Inc., GlyPharma Therapeutic Inc./GlyPharma Thérapeutique Inc., VectivBio Comet AG, Comet Therapeutics, Inc. and Kreos Capital VI (UK) Limited, dated as of March 26, 2022. | 20-F | 001-40316 | 4.12 | April 7, 2022 | |||||||
4.4 | Warrant Agreement by and between VectivBio Holding AG and Kreos Capital VI (Expert Fund) LP, dated as of March 26, 2022. | 20-F | 001-40316 | 4.13 | April 7, 2022 |
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Item 10. Undertakings
(a) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: |
(1) | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
(i) | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act; |
(ii) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration statement; and |
(iii) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; |
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or
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is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
(2) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such 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. |
(3) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
(4) | To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A. of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act need not be furnished, provided, that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to registration statements on Form F-3, a post-effective amendment need not be filed to include financial statements and information required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act or Rule 3-19 of this chapter if such financial statements and information are contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Form F-3. |
(5) | That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser: |
(A) | Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and |
(B) | Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or |
(6) | That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: |
(i) | Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
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(ii) | Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; |
(iii) | The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and |
(iv) | Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
(b) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement 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. |
(c) | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission 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 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. |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Basel, Switzerland, on November 10, 2022.
VECTIVBIO HOLDING AG | ||
By: | /s/ Luca Santarelli | |
Luca Santarelli | ||
Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Luca Santarelli and Claudia DAugusta, and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as they, he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or any of them, or their, his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ Luca Santarelli Luca Santarelli |
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
November 10, 2022 | ||
/s/ Claudia DAugusta Claudia DAugusta |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
November 10, 2022 | ||
/s/ Thomas Woiwode Thomas Woiwode |
Chair of the Board |
November 10, 2022 | ||
/s/ Chahra Louafi Chahra Louafi |
Director |
November 10, 2022 | ||
/s/ Hans Schikan Hans Schikan |
Director |
November 10, 2022 | ||
/s/ Sandip Kapadia Sandip Kapadia |
Director |
November 10, 2022 | ||
/s/ Paul Carter Paul Carter |
Director |
November 10, 2022 | ||
/s/ Murray Stewart Murray Stewart |
Director |
November 10, 2022 |
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
Pursuant to the Securities Act, the undersigned duly authorized representative in the United States of VectivBio Holding AG, has signed this registration statement on November 10, 2022.
Authorized U.S. Representative | ||
VECTIVBIO HOLDING AG | ||
/s/ Kevin Harris | ||
Kevin Harris | ||
Chief Commercial Officer |
Exhibit 4.5
EXECUTION VERSION |
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DATED 12 October 2022
(1) VECTIVBIO HOLDING AG
(2) VECTIVBIO AG
(3) VECTIVBIO US, INC.
(4) GLYPHARMA THERAPEUTIC INC./GLYPHARMA THÉRAPEUTIQUE INC.
(5) VECTIVBIO COMET AG
(6) KREOS CAPITAL VI (UK) LIMITED
AMENDMENT DEED
relating to a term loan agreement dated 26 March 2022
and a convertible loan agreement dated 26 March 2022
5 Fleet Place London EC4M 7RD
Tel: +44 (0)20 7203 5000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7203 0200 DX: 19 London/Chancery Lane
www.charlesrussellspeechlys.com
CONTENTS
1 |
INTERPRETATION | 2 | ||||
2 |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 3 | ||||
3 |
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVER | 3 | ||||
4 |
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | 4 | ||||
5 |
CONDITIONS SUBSEQUENT | 4 | ||||
6 |
CONTINUITY AND FURTHER ASSURANCE | 5 | ||||
7 |
MISCELLANEOUS | 6 | ||||
8 |
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION | 6 | ||||
SCHEDULE 1 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE AMENDMENT DEED |
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SCHEDULE 2 AMENDMENTS |
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CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [***], HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (I) NOT MATERIAL AND (II) THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL.
THIS AMENDMENT DEED is dated 12 October 2022
BETWEEN:
(1) | VECTIVBIO HOLDING AG a public corporation incorporated and organized under the laws of Switzerland, having its registered office in Aeschenvorstadt 36, 4051 Basel, Switzerland and registered with the commercial register of the Canton of Basel-Stadt under the company identification number CHE-289.024.902 (the Borrower); |
(2) | VECTIVBIO AG a private corporation incorporated and organized under the laws of Switzerland, having its registered office in Aeschenvorstadt 36, 4051 Basel, Switzerland and registered with the commercial register of the Canton of Basel-Stadt under the company identification number CHE-242.508.908 (VectivBio AG); |
(3) | VECTIVBIO US, INC. a Delaware corporation with Delaware business entity file number 7718004 whose registered agent in the State of Delaware is United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Suite C, Dover, Delaware 19904, United States of America (VectivBio US); |
(4) | GLYPHARMA THERAPEUTIC INC. / GLYPHARMA THÉRAPEUTIQUE INC. a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of Québec (Canada) and registered in the Province of Québec (Canada) under number 1168473560, having its registered office at 504-1188 Union Avenue, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3B 0E5 (GTI); |
(5) | VECTIVBIO COMET AG a private corporation incorporated and organized under the laws of Switzerland, having its registered office in Aeschenvorstadt 36, 4051 Basel, Switzerland and registered with the commercial register of the Canton of Basel-Stadt under the company identification number CHE-301.438.518 (VectivBio Comet), and the survivor of the merger with Comet Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which was effective as of July 17, 2022 (Comet Therapeutics), |
(Parties (2) to (5), together the Original Guarantors); and
(6) | KREOS CAPITAL VI (UK) LIMITED incorporated and registered in England and Wales with company number 11535385 whose registered office is at AMF Building, 25 Old Burlington Street, London, W1S 3AN (the Lender or Original Lender). |
WHEREAS:
(A) | This Deed is supplemental to the TLA and CLA (as defined below). |
(B) | The Comet Swiss Merger (as defined in the Original Loan Agreements (as defined below)) has completed on 7 July 2022 and accordingly Comet Therapeutics ceased to exist as a separate legal entity. |
(C) | The parties hereto have agreed to amend the Original Loan Agreements (as defined below) on the terms hereof. |
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IT IS AGREED as follows:
1 | INTERPRETATION |
1.1 | Definitions |
In this Deed:
Amended Loan Agreements | the Original Loan Agreements, as amended by this Deed; | |
Amendment Documents | this Deed and any other agreements or instruments entered into by the Obligors in connection therewith as set out in the relevant documents listed in Schedule 1 (Conditions Precedent); | |
CLA | a convertible loan agreement between the Obligors and the Lender dated 26 March 2022; | |
Effective Date | the date on which the Lender confirms to the Borrower that it has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 1 (Conditions Precedent) in a form and substance satisfactory to it; | |
Original Loan Agreements | the CLA and the TLA together; | |
Party | a party to this Deed and the term Parties shall be construed accordingly; and | |
TLA | a term loan agreement between the Obligors and the Lender dated 26 March 2022 |
1.2 | Interpretation |
Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Deed:
1.2.1 | references to Clauses and Schedules are to be construed as references to the clauses of, and the schedules to, this Deed as amended from time to time and references to sub-clauses shall unless otherwise specifically stated be construed as references to the sub-clauses of the clause in which the reference appears; |
1.2.2 | words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa; |
1.2.3 | the words other and otherwise shall not be construed ejusdem generis with any foregoing words where a wider construction is possible; and |
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1.2.4 | the words including and in particular shall be construed as being by way of illustration or emphasis only and shall not be construed as, nor shall they take effect as, limiting the generality of any foregoing words. |
1.3 | Original Loan Agreements defined terms |
Words and expressions defined in the Original Loan Agreements have, unless a contrary indication appears, the same meaning when used in this Deed and the principles of construction set out in the Original Loan Agreements will apply to this Deed as if they were set out in this Deed.
1.4 | Finance Document |
The Parties designate this Deed as a Finance Document.
2 | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
2.1 | The representations in Schedule 11 (Representations and Warranties) of the Original Loan Agreements (other than paragraph 18.2 (Ownership of shares in Comet Therapeutics) of such schedule) and in clause 10.2 (Conversion Rights) of the CLA are deemed to be made by each Obligor (by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing) on: |
2.1.1 | the date of this Deed; and |
2.1.2 | the Effective Date, |
and
(a) | any reference to this Agreement in such representations should be construed as references, on the date of this Deed, to this Deed and to the Original Loan Agreements and, on the Effective Date, to this Deed and to the Amended Loan Agreements; and |
(b) | any reference to Group Structure Chart in paragraph 29 (Group Structure Chart) in Schedule 11 (Representations and Warranties) of the Original Loan Agreements should be construed as references to the Group Structure Chart delivered to the Lender pursuant to Schedule 1 of this Deed. |
3 | AMENDMENTS AND WAIVER |
3.1 | The Parties agree that, on and with effect from the Effective Date, the amendments to the Original Loan Agreements set out in Schedule 2 shall become effective and each Original Loan Agreement shall be amended so that they shall be read and construed for all purposes as amended by the amendments set out in Schedule 2 so that the rights and obligations of the parties to the Original Loan Agreements shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the terms of the Amended Loan Agreements. |
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3.2 | The Parties agree that, on and with effect from the Effective Date, they shall have the rights and take on the obligations ascribed to them under the Amended Loan Agreements. |
3.3 | Notwithstanding the terms of the Original Loan Agreements and the Amended Loan Agreements, we hereby waive the requirements set out in: |
3.3.1 | paragraph 1.4.2 of Part 3 (Conditions Subsequent) of Schedule 3 (Conditions) of the Original Loan Agreements and the Amended Loan Agreements, on the condition that (i) the bank account set out in such paragraph remain primarily as a payroll account, and (ii) in any event the balance of any deposit in such bank account which is not for payroll purposes shall remain less than [***] at all times; and |
3.3.2 | paragraph 1.4.1 of Part 3 (Conditions Subsequent) of Schedule 3 (Conditions) of the Original Loan Agreements and the Amended Loan Agreements, on the condition that the balance of any deposit in such bank account in Canada shall remain less than [***] at all times, |
and if the conditions set out above are no longer met, the relevant Obligor shall promptly and within [***] Business Days of the Lenders request (or such longer period as the Lender may agree in writing and in its sole discretion), comply with the requirements set out in paragraph 1.4.1 and/or 1.4.2 (as relevant) of Part 3 (Conditions Subsequent) of Schedule 3 (Conditions) of the Amended Loan Agreements.
4 | CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
The obligations of the Lender to the Obligors under this Deed are subject to the Lender having received all of the applicable documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 1 (Conditions Precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender unless waived by the Lender on such terms as the Lender considers fit. The Lender shall promptly notify the Obligors upon being so satisfied.
5 | CONDITIONS SUBSEQUENT |
The Borrower shall deliver to the Lender, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender:
5.1 | no later than [***] Business Days of the date of this Deed (or such longer period as the Lender may agree in writing and in its sole discretion), the Collateral Assignment of Acquisition Agreement in respect of the US Merger Agreement, executed and delivered by SDI, the Borrower and VectivBio Comet (as the successor by merger to Comet Therapeutics); |
5.2 | no later than [***] Business Days of the date of this Deed (or such longer period as the Lender may agree in writing and in its sole discretion), confirmation in writing from Silicon Valley Bank that VectivBio Comet has succeeded Comet Therapeutics as the account owner of the Silicon Valley Bank account ending [***]; |
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5.3 | no later than [***] calendar days of the date of this Deed, evidence that it has filed an amendment to its Form F-3 registration statement under the Securities Act covering the re-sale of the additional Conversion Shares by the Lender. The Borrower shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective under the Securities Act as soon a practically possible; |
5.4 | no later than [***] calendar months of the date of this Deed (or such longer period as the Lender may agree in writing and in its sole discretion), a copy of the confirmation of recordal issued by CIPO in respect of the notice of security submitted to CIPO for Canadian-registered Intellectual Property; |
5.5 | no later than [***] calendar months of the date of this Deed (or such longer period as the Lender may agree in writing and in its sole discretion), evidence of the registrations of the Lenders security interest over the Patents in accordance with paragraph 2.8 (Conditions Subsequent) of Schedule 2 (Drawdown) of the Amended Loan Agreements; |
5.6 | no later than [***] calendar months of the date of this Deed (or such longer period as the Lender may agree in writing and in its sole discretion), evidence of the registrations of the Lenders security interest over patent number [***] at the patent registry in the UK, the Swiss Institute of Intellectual Property and patent registries in Europe where such patent has been validated (including Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain) in accordance with paragraph 2.8 (Conditions Subsequent) of Schedule 2 (Drawdown) of the Amended Loan Agreements; and |
5.7 | no later than [***] Business Days of the date of this Deed (or such longer period as the Lender may agree in writing and in its sole discretion), evidence of the filing/recordation of a copy of the certificate of merger that was filed with the Delaware Division of Corporations on 7 July 2022 with the US Patent and Trademark Office with respect the merger of Comet Therapeutics with VectivBio Comet to preserve of the chain of title of the patents and patent applications of Comet Therapeutics in which a security interest was granted in favour of Lender. |
6 | CONTINUITY AND FURTHER ASSURANCE |
6.1 | References to Original Loan Agreements |
On and with effective from the Effective Date, any reference in the Finance Documents to the Original Loan Agreements (or either of them) or to any provision thereof will be construed as a reference to the relevant Original Loan Agreements, or that provision, as amended by this Deed.
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6.2 | Continuing obligations |
The provisions of the Original Loan Agreements and the other Finance Documents shall, save as amended or released in this Deed, continue in full force and effect.
6.3 | Confirmation of Security |
6.3.1 | For the avoidance of doubt, each Obligor confirms and acknowledges for the benefit of the Lender that, the Security Interests created by it pursuant to each Security Document to which it is a party shall (a) remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the amendments referred to in Clause 3 (Amendments) and (b) continue to secure its Secured Liabilities under the Finance Documents as amended (including, but not limited to, under the Amended Loan Agreements). |
6.3.2 | For the avoidance of doubt, VectivBio Comet confirms that following the Comet Swiss Merger, any Security Interests created by Comet Therapeutics pursuant to each Security Document to which the latter is a party shall (a) remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the amendments referred to in Clause 3 (Amendments) and the Comet Swiss Merger and (b) continue to secure its Secured Liabilities under the Finance Documents as amended (including, but not limited to, under the Amended Loan Agreements). |
6.4 | Further assurance |
Each Obligor shall, at the request of the Lender and at its own expense, do all such acts and things as the Lender may reasonably require and are necessary to give effect to the amendments effected or to be effected pursuant to this Deed.
7 | MISCELLANEOUS |
The provisions of paragraphs 4.2 (Waivers and consents) and 4.3 (Rights and remedies) and 5 (Severance), 6 (Confidentiality), 7 (Counterparts), 8 (Third Parties Rights) and 10 (Notices) of Schedule 17 (Administration) of the Original Loan Agreements shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Deed and with each reference in the Original Loan Agreements to this Agreement or like references being deemed to be a reference to this Deed.
8 | GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION |
8.1 | Law |
This Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising from or in connection with it are governed by English law.
8.2 | Jurisdiction of English courts |
8.2.1 | The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Deed (including a dispute relating to the |
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existence, validity or termination of this Deed or the consequences of its nullity or any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Deed) (a Dispute). |
8.2.2 | The Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary. |
8.2.3 | Notwithstanding Clause 8.2.1 above, the Lender (and any Receiver or Delegate) shall not be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Lender (and any Receiver or Delegate) may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions. |
This Deed has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of it.
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SCHEDULE 1
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE AMENDMENT DEED
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SCHEDULE 2
AMENDMENTS
1 | AMENDMENTS |
1.1 | The Loan Summary of each Original Loan Agreement shall be amended as follows: |
1.1.1 | In the row titled Availability Period, the date 30 September 2022 shall be replaced by 31 May 2024 and the date 31 December 2022 shall be replaced by 30 June 2024; |
1.1.2 | In the row titled Compulsory draw down, the first paragraph shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
Loan A1 and Loan A2: an aggregate of EUR equivalent of $10 million of MLL of which $2.5 million will be CLL, to be drawn down by 12 October 2022 (First Compulsory Drawdown) and a further aggregate of EUR equivalent of $10 million of MLL of which $2.5 million will be CLL, to be drawn down by 30 September 2023 (Second Compulsory Drawdown).
1.1.3 | In the row titled Early repayment terms, the following new paragraph shall be inserted at the end: |
Repayment before 30 Sep 2023 or the Second Compulsory Drawdown has not taken place: principal outstanding + future interest to final repayment date + End of Loan Payment and costs, all discounted at 4% per annum
1.2 | The Loan Summary of the CLA shall be amended as follows: |
1.2.1 | In the row titled Conversion Price, the content shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
Subject to customary adjustment events, 120% of the 30 day VWAP (save for amounts drawn under the first Compulsory drawdown, where the price shall be 130% of the 30 day VWAP) ending on three calendar days prior to (i) in respect of the first Compulsory drawdown amount of the MLL ($10m) 31 March 2022 (ii) the date of drawdown of the second Compulsory drawdown amount of the MLL ($10m) or 31 March 2023 (whichever is earlier) and (iii) for all other amounts drawn down after drawdown of the Compulsory drawdown amounts, the date of draw down
1.3 | Part 1 (Common Definitions) of Schedule 1 of each Original Loan Agreement shall be amended as follows: |
1.3.1 | the following two new definitions shall be inserted into this Part: |
First Amendment Deed | an amendment deed between the parties to this Agreement dated 12 October 2022 amending the Loan Agreements. |
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Second Warrant Agreement | the warrant agreement constituting warrants to purchase shares in the capital of the Borrower between (i) the Borrower and (ii) Kreos Capital VI (Expert Fund) LP (as the holder) dated on or about the date of the First Amendment Deed |
1.3.2 | the definition of VWAP Calculation Date shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
VWAP Calculation Date | (i) for the First Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount, 31 March 2022;
(ii) for the Second Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount, the Drawdown Date of the Second Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount or 31 March 2023 (whichever is earlier); and
(iii) for all other amounts drawn down under the Loan Agreements other than the First Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount and the Second Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount, the relevant Drawdown Date of such amount |
1.4 | Clause 1.1 of the CLA shall be amended as follows: |
1.4.1 | the definition of Conversion Price shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
Conversion Price | (i) in respect of the First Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount, save as Adjusted, 130% of the 30 Day VWAP ending three days prior to the VWAP Calculation Date; and
(ii) in respect of all other amounts drawn down under the CLA, save as Adjusted, 120% of the 30 Day VWAP ending three days prior to the VWAP Calculation Date |
1.5 | Clauses 5.2 and 14.1.1 of the CLA shall be amended by: |
1.5.1 | replacing the words the Loan in its first appearance in the clause with the words any Loan; and |
1.5.2 | adding the following words at the end of the clause: |
Such Conversion Notice will specify (at the Lenders sole discretion) which Loan (or part thereof) the Lender is converting (i.e. the First Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount, the Second Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount and/or any other Loan (as applicable)).
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1.6 | Clause 14.1.1 of the CLA shall be further amended by replacing the words the Loan in its second appearance with the words such Loan. |
1.7 | A new clause 5.5 shall be inserted in the CLA as follows: |
5.5 The first prepayment pursuant to this Agreement shall be made against the Loan drawn pursuant to paragraph 2.3.1 (Minimum Drawdown: First Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount) of Schedule 2.
1.8 | Part 2 (Interpretation) of Schedule 1 of each Original Loan Agreement shall be amended by inserting a new paragraph 1.28 as follows: any reference to the date of this Agreement means 26 March 2022. |
1.9 | Schedule 2 (Drawdown) of each Original Loan Agreement shall be amended as follows: |
1.9.1 | Paragraph 2.1 (Availability Period) shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
2.1 | Availability Period |
Subject to paragraph 1 (Conditions Precedent) of this Schedule, each Loan shall be made within the relevant Availability Period as set out below. After expiry of the relevant Availability Period, the relevant Loan shall cease to be available:
2.1.1 | each of Loan A1 and A2 is to be drawn down before 31 May 2024; and |
2.1.2 | Loan B is to be drawn down before 30 June 2024. |
1.9.2 | Paragraph 2.3 (Minimum Drawdown) shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
2.3 | Minimum Drawdowns |
2.3.1 Two Drawdown Requests under Loan A1 and Loan A2 for an amount equal to the Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount must be delivered by the Borrower to the Lender by 12 October 2022 (such drawdowns being the First Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount).
2.3.2 Two further Drawdown Requests under Loan A1 and Loan A2 for an amount equal to the Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount must be delivered by the Borrower to the Lender by 30 September 2023 (such drawdowns being the Second Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount).
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1.10 | Schedule 6 (Additional Repayment Terms and Prepayment) of each Original Loan Agreement shall be amended as follows: |
1.10.1 | Paragraph 2.1.1 shall be amended by adding the following words at the end of this paragraph: The Borrower shall specify in the Prepayment Notice the Loan which it is proposing to prepay by stating the Drawdown Date and the principal amount of such Loan. |
1.10.2 | Paragraph 2.3.2 shall be amended by adding the following words at the end of this paragraph: , and all relevant rights, remedies, powers and discretions under the Second Warrant Agreement shall also become immediately exercisable by the Holder (as defined in the Second Warrant Agreement) in relation to the Loans and accrued interest comprised in such due and payable sums. |
1.11 | Schedule 8 (Fees, Charges and Expenses) of each Original Loan Agreement shall be amended by replacing paragraph 1.3 as follows: |
1.3 | Prepayment fee |
1.3.1 If the Borrower prepays or is required to prepay any Loan in full or in part in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Borrower shall in respect of such prepayment pay to the Lender on the date of prepayment, in addition to all other amounts payable under this Agreement (including paragraphs 2.1.2, 2.2.3, 2.4.3 of Schedules 6 (Additional Repayment Terms and Prepayment), an early repayment fee as follows:
(a) | if prepayment occurs within 12 months of drawdown of the Loan, a prepayment fee equal to all interest that would have been payable on the amount prepaid from the date of prepayment to the Termination Date discounted by 4% for each year or part year remaining to the Termination Date (interest for a part year being calculated on a daily basis); |
(b) | if prepayment occurs within 13 to 24 months of drawdown of the Loan, a prepayment fee equal to 5% (five per cent) of principal amount of the Loan outstanding; |
(c) | if prepayment occurs within 25 to 36 months of drawdown of the Loan a prepayment fee equal to 3% (three per cent) of principal amount of the Loan outstanding; |
(d) | if prepayment occurs after 36 months of drawdown of the Loan, a prepayment fee equal to 1% (one per cent) of principal amount of the Loan outstanding, |
and in addition to the above:
(e) | if prepayment occurs on or before 30 September 2023, a prepayment fee equal to the aggregate of: (i) all interest that would have been payable on the Second Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount from the date of prepayment (as if the Second Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount was |
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drawn down on such date) to the Termination Date (interest for a part year being calculated on a daily basis) and (ii) the End of Loan Payment that would have been payable on the Second Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount, both discounted by 4% for each year or part year remaining. |
1.3.2 | In addition to the fees payable under paragraph 1.3.1(a) to (d) above, if for any reason the Borrower has not complied with its obligations to draw down the Second Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount in accordance with paragraph 2.3.2 (Minimum Drawdowns) of Schedule 2 (Drawdown), a commitment fee equal to the aggregate of: (i) all interest that would have been payable on the Second Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount from 30 September 2023 to the Termination Date (interest for a part year being calculated on a daily basis) and (ii) the End of Loan Payment that would have been payable on the Second Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount, both discounted by 4% for each year or part year remaining. No fees shall be payable under this paragraph if the prepayment fee under paragraph 1.3.1(e) above is payable. |
1.12 | Schedule 11 (Representations and Warranties) of each Original Loan Agreement shall be amended by adding in paragraph 19.3 the words and the Second Warrant Agreement after the words and the Warrant Agreement. |
1.13 | Schedule 21 (Conversion Notice) of the CLA shall be amended by replacing paragraph 4 as follows: |
We hereby give notice of the exercise of our Conversion Rights in respect of [the whole/part] of the outstanding principal amount of the [Loan/ First Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount/ Second Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount] of US$ [ ] in full knowledge of article 3c of the Articles, [which is broken down as follows [TO INCLUDE DETAILS OF WHICH PART OF THE LOAN IS BEING CONVERTED]]. The Conversion Amount is US$ [ ] and the Conversion Price is [US$ ] per Ordinary Shares, and accordingly the number of Conversion Shares to be issued based on article 3c of the Articles is [ ] shares.
1.14 | Schedule 13 (Information Covenants) of each Original Loan Agreement shall be amended by inserting a new paragraph 4.1.9 as follows: quarterly from the date of the First Amendment Deed, copies of the account statements of the bank accounts of each Obligor at Silicon Valley Bank and the Royal Bank of Canada. |
1.15 | Schedule 14 (Events of Default and Acceleration) of each Original Loan Agreement shall be amended by inserting a new limb (d) under paragraph 1.2.1 as follows: clause 5 (Conditions Subsequent) of the First Amendment Deed. |
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EXECUTION PAGES TO THE AMENDMENT DEED
THE BORROWER
EXECUTED as a DEED by VECTIVBIO HOLDING AG incorporated under the laws of Switzerland by ...Luca Santarelli..... (name) and by ...Claudia DAugusta... (name) being persons who, in accordance with the laws of that territory, are acting under the authority of the corporation | ) ) ) ) ) ) ) |
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/s/ Claudia DAugusta Authorised signatory | ||||
THE GUARANTORS | ||||
EXECUTED as a DEED by VECTIVBIO AG incorporated under the laws of Switzerland by ...Luca Santarelli........ (name) being a person who, in accordance with the laws of that territory, is acting under the authority of the corporation: | ) ) ) ) ) ) |
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EXECUTED as a DEED by VECTIVBIO COMET AG incorporated under the laws of Switzerland by...Luca Santarelli......... (name) being a person who, in accordance with the laws of that territory, is acting under the authority of the corporation: | ) ) ) ) ) ) |
/s/ Luca Santarelli | ||
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EXECUTED as a DEED by VECTIVBIO US, INC. incorporated under the laws of Delaware by ...Luca Santarelli..... (name) being a person who, in accordance with the laws of that territory, is acting under the authority of the corporation | ) ) ) ) ) ) |
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EXECUTED as a DEED by GLYPHARMA THERAPEUTIC INC. / GLYPHARMA THÉRAPEUTIQUE INC. incorporated under the laws of the province of Québec, Canada by ...Luca Santarelli..... (name) being a person who, in accordance with the laws of that territory, is acting under the authority of the corporation | ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) |
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/s/ Luca Santarelli Officer | ||||
THE LENDER | ||||
EXECUTED as a DEED by KREOS CAPITAL VI (UK) LIMITED acting by two directors | ) ) ) ) |
/s/ Aris Constantinides | ||
Director Name: Aris Constantinides | ||||
/s/ Maurizio PetitBon Director Name: Maurizio PetitBon |
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Execution Version
DATED 12 OCTOBER 2022
VECTIVBIO HOLDING AG
and
KREOS CAPITAL VI (EXPERT FUND) LP
SECOND WARRANT AGREEMENT OCTOBER
2022
5 Fleet Place London EC4M 7RD
Tel: +44 (0)20 7203 5000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7203 0200 DX: 19 London/Chancery Lane
www.charlesrussellspeechlys.com
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CONTENTS
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DEFINITIONS & INTERPRETATIONS | 1 | ||||
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CONSTITUTION AND FORM OF WARRANTS | 9 | ||||
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CALCULATION OF NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES | 10 | ||||
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DURATION, EXERCISE AND SUBSCRIPTION PRICE | 11 | ||||
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REALISATION EVENT | 11 | ||||
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NON CASH PUBLIC EXIT EVENT | 12 | ||||
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CASH PUBLIC EXIT EVENT | 13 | ||||
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MECHANICS OF EXERCISE | 13 | ||||
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ADJUSTMENT OF WARRANT | 15 | ||||
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 16 | ||||
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INFORMATION RIGHTS | 18 | ||||
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COVENANTS | 18 | ||||
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ENTIRE AGREEMENT | 21 | ||||
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LIQUIDATION | 22 | ||||
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ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER | 22 | ||||
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AMENDMENTS | 22 | ||||
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WAIVERS | 22 | ||||
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COUNTERPARTS | 23 | ||||
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NOTICES | 23 | ||||
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CONFIDENTIALITY | 25 | ||||
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PROVISIONS SEVERABLE AND PARTIAL INVALIDITY | 25 | ||||
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COSTS AND EXPENSES | 25 | ||||
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GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION | 26 | ||||
SCHEDULE 1 FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION NOTICE |
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SCHEDULE 2 |
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SCHEDULE 3 WARRANT CERTIFICATE |
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THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT (the Agreement) is made on 2022, by and between:
(1) | VECTIVBIO HOLDING AG a public corporation, incorporated and organized under the laws of Switzerland, having its registered office in Aeschenvorstadt 36, 4051 Basel Switzerland, and registered with the commercial register of the Canton of Basel-Stadt under the company identification number CHE-289.024.902 (the Company); |
and
(2) | KREOS CAPITAL VI (EXPERT FUND) LP, a limited partnership incorporated in Jersey with registration no. 2770, whose registered office is at 47 Esplanade, St. Helier, Jersey JE1 OBD, Channel Islands (the Holder). |
WHEREAS
(A) | The Company and Kreos Capital VI (UK) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Holder, have entered into a term loan facility agreement for the provision of a loan of up to EUR equivalent of US$56,250,000 million and a convertible loan agreement for the provision of a convertible loan of up to EUR equivalent of US$18,750,000 million, both dated 26 March 2022, as amended by a deed of amendment dated on or around the date of this Agreement (each a Facility Agreement and together the Facility Agreements). |
(B) | In connection with entering into the deed of amendment to the Facility Agreements, the Company has agreed to issue additional warrants to the Holder to subscribe for Warrant Shares in the share capital of the Company on the terms set out in this Agreement, subject to adjustment as set out in this Agreement. |
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1 | DEFINITIONS & INTERPRETATIONS |
1.1 | The following definitions (unless the context requires otherwise) shall apply in this Agreement: |
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Adjustment Event | any or all of the following, at any time, or by reference to any record date, when any Subscription Rights remain unexercised:
(a) any allotment or issue of Ordinary Shares by the Company as dividend; or
(b) any cancellation, purchase or redemption of Ordinary Shares or any reduction of Ordinary Shares by the Company; or
(c) any sub-division, combination, reclassification, recapitalization or consolidation of Ordinary Shares by the Company | |
Articles | the articles of incorporation of the Company as amended from time to time | |
Board | the board of directors of the Company as constituted from time to time | |
Business Day | any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which the clearing banks are open for business in London and Basel | |
Buyer | has the meaning given in clause 6.1 | |
Cash Proportion | the proportion, expressed as a percentage, that the consideration payable in cash bears to the total consideration payable in such Non Cash Public Exit Event | |
Cash Public Exit Event | a Takeover Offer where the consideration received by the Companys shareholders consists solely of cash | |
Change of Control | any person or group of persons acting in concert gains after the date of this Agreement direct or indirect control of the Company. For the purposes of this definition:
(a) control of the Company means:
(i) the power (whether by way of ownership of shares, proxy, contract, agency or otherwise) to:
(A) cast, or control the casting of, more than one-half of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of the Company;
(B) appoint or remove all, or the majority, of the directors of the Company; or
(C) give directions with respect to the operating and financial policies of the Company with which the directors of the Company are obliged to comply; |
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(ii) the holding beneficially of more than 50% of the issued share capital of the Company (excluding any part of that issued share capital that carries no right to participate beyond a specified amount in a distribution of either profits or capital); and
acting in concert means, a group of persons who, pursuant to an agreement or understanding (whether formal or informal), actively co-operate, through the acquisition directly or indirectly, of shares in the subsidiary by any of them, either directly or indirectly, to obtain or consolidate control of the subsidiary | ||
CHF | the lawful currency in Switzerland | |
CLA | the convertible loan agreement between the Company and the Holder (inter alia) dated 26 March 2022 (as amended by a deed of amendment dated on or around the date of this Agreement) | |
CLA Drawdown Balance | any Loan drawn down by the Company under the CLA other than the Loans comprising the First Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount and the Second Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount | |
Deducted Loan Amount | (a) in respect of the Loan comprising the First Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount, the amount of such Loan (if any) that has on or prior to the date of the relevant Prepayment Event (i) been converted into Ordinary Shares pursuant to the terms of the CLA or (ii) been repaid pursuant to the relevant Repayment Schedule in the Drawdown Request for such Loan;
(b) in respect of the Loan comprising the Second Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount, the amount of such Loan (if any) that has on or prior to the date of the relevant Prepayment Event been (i) converted into Ordinary Shares pursuant to the terms of the CLA or (ii) been repaid pursuant to the relevant Repayment Schedule in the Drawdown Request for such Loan; and |
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Kreos Capital VI (UK) Limited | Kreos Capital VI (UK) Limited, incorporated and registered in England and Wales with company number 11535385 whose registered office is at AMF Building, 25 Old Burlington Street, London, W1S 3AN | |
Listing | the listing and eligibility for trading of the Ordinary Shares on NASDAQ or any successor stock exchange to NASDAQ | |
Loan | has the meaning given in the CLA | |
Marketable Securities | securities in the acquiring entity traded on a Recognised Investment Exchange where the Holder (were it to receive such securities on completion of the Realisation Event having exercised this Warrant) would not be subject to any restrictions on re-sale of such securities | |
Member of the same Fund Group | if the Holder is a fund, partnership, company, syndicate or other entity whose business is managed by a Fund Manager (an Investment Fund) or a nominee of that person:
(a) any participant or partner in or member of any such Investment Fund or the holders of any unit trust which is a participant or partner in or member of any Investment Fund but only in connection with the dissolution of the Investment Fund or any distribution of assets of the Investment Fund pursuant to the operation of the Investment Fund in the ordinary course of business;
(b) any Investment Fund managed or exclusively advised by that Fund Manager;
(c) a parent undertaking or subsidiary undertaking of that Investment Fund or Fund Manager, or any subsidiary undertaking of any parent undertaking of that Investment Fund or Fund Manager, or
(d) any trustee, nominee or custodian of such Investment Fund and vice versa | |
Member of the same Group | as regards the Holder, a company which is from time to time a parent undertaking or a subsidiary undertaking of that company or a subsidiary undertaking of such a parent company |
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Subscription Notice | a notice in the form set out in Schedule 1 (Form of Subscription Notice) duly completed and executed by the Holder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement | |
Subscription Price | means:
(a) in respect of Warrants granted to the Holder in accordance with clause 3.1.1, the subscription price per Warrant Share, such price being equal to 130% of the volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Shares during the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days ending three (3) days prior to 31 March 2022 (as reported by Bloomberg or an alternative provider of market information expressed in USD to four decimal places), as may be adjusted in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(b) in respect of any Warrants granted to the Holder in accordance with clause 3.1.2, the subscription price per Warrant Share, such price being equal to 120% of the volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Shares during the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days ending three (3) days prior to the Drawdown Date of the Second Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount or 31 March 2023 (whichever is earlier) (as reported by Bloomberg or an alternative provider of market information expressed in USD to four decimal places), as may be adjusted in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(c) in respect of any Warrants granted to the Holder in accordance with clause 3.1.3, the subscription price per Warrant Share, such price being equal to 120% of the volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Shares during the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days ending three (3) days prior to the relevant Drawdown Date of such CLA Drawdown Balance (as reported by Bloomberg or an alternative provider of market information expressed in USD to four decimal places), as may be adjusted in accordance with the terms of this Agreement |
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Subscription Rights | the rights to subscribe for Warrant Shares as set out in this Agreement | |
Takeover | the completion of any Takeover Offer | |
Takeover Amount | in the event of an anticipated Takeover, the aggregate value of all payments expected to be received by all Shareholders in the anticipated Takeover, and where all or any of such consideration is otherwise than in cash the value shall be taken as the sum determined by the Board, acting reasonably, as being in their opinion the monetary value of such consideration on the anticipated date of the Takeover | |
Takeover Offer | any offer or possible offer, or an intention to make an offer, for the purchase of, or an invitation or tender to the holders of the Ordinary Shares for the sale of, such number of Ordinary Shares which collectively represent a Change of Control of the Company | |
Termination Date | has the meaning given in the CLA | |
Trading Day | the days on which the Ordinary Shares can be traded on NASDAQ (or any successor stock exchange to NASDAQ) | |
USD and $ | the lawful currency of the United States of America | |
Warrant | the warrants of the Company constituted by this Agreement and all rights conferred by it (including the Subscription Rights) | |
Warrant Certificate | a certificate evidencing the Holders entitlement to Warrants in the form set out in Schedule 3 | |
Warrant Shares | such number of Ordinary Shares as is calculated in accordance with clause 3 (Calculation of Number of Warrant Shares) |
1.2 | In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires or specifies: |
1.2.1 | a reference to the winding-up or dissolution of an undertaking shall be construed so as to include any equivalent or analogous proceedings under the law of any jurisdiction in which any undertaking is established, organized or incorporated or any jurisdiction in which such undertaking carries on business; |
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1.2.2 | a reference to bankruptcy proceedings shall be construed so as to include any proceedings, suits or actions for the bankruptcy, liquidation, administration, receivership, suspension of payments, arrangement or relief of debtors, or the appointment of a bankruptcy trustee, administrator, administrative receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official, and any equivalent or analogous proceedings under the law of the jurisdiction pursuant to which the undertaking is organized, established or incorporated or in any jurisdiction in which such undertaking carries on business; |
1.2.3 | headings are used for convenience only and shall be ignored in interpreting this Agreement; |
1.2.4 | reference to a clause or schedule is a reference to a clause of, or schedule to, this Agreement; |
1.2.5 | reference to (or to any specific provision of) this Agreement or any other document or instrument shall be construed as a reference to this Agreement, that provision or that document or instrument as in force for the time being and as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms; |
1.2.6 | reference to any gender includes all genders, references to the singular includes the plural (and vice versa) and reference to persons includes bodies corporate, unincorporated associations and partnerships (whether or not any of the same have a separate legal personality); |
1.2.7 | reference to a statutory provision includes reference to: |
(a) | the statute or statutory provision as modified or re-enacted from time to time; and |
(b) | any subordinate legislation made under the statutory provision (as modified or re-enacted as set out in clause 1.2.7(a) above); |
1.2.8 | any words following the terms including, include, in particular, for example or any other similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words, description, phrase or term preceding those words; and |
1.2.9 | a person includes any individual, firm, body corporate, association or partnership, government or state (whether or not having a separate legal personality). |
1.3 | This Agreement incorporates the schedules to it. |
1.4 | Unless otherwise specifically provided, where any notice, resolution or document is required by this Agreement to be signed by any person, the reproduction of the signature of such person by fax and/or email shall suffice. |
2 | CONSTITUTION AND FORM OF WARRANTS |
2.1 | This Agreement constitutes warrants, which in aggregate give the Holder the right, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Agreement, to subscribe in cash (subject to clause 8 (Mechanics of Exercise)) at a price per share equal to the Subscription Price for such number of Warrant Shares calculated in accordance with clause 3 (Calculation of number of Warrant Shares). |
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2.2 | Subject to clause 8 (Mechanics of Exercise), the Holder shall be entitled to subscribe in cash at the Subscription Price for that number of Warrant Shares in respect of which it is entitled to be recorded as the Holder in the Companys share register (Aktienbuch) on the terms set out in this Agreement. |
2.3 | The Warrants are issued subject to the Articles and otherwise on the terms of this Agreement which are binding upon the Company and the Holder and all persons claiming through them. |
2.4 | The Company shall issue to the Holder a Warrant Certificate in respect of that number of Warrants to which it is entitled as soon as reasonably practicable following the Holder becoming entitled to such Warrants in accordance with clauses 3.1.1, 3.1.2 and/or 3.1.3. |
2.5 | If a Warrant Certificate is mutilated, defaced, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company will replace it on such terms as to evidence and indemnity as the Company may reasonably require and subject to the Holder paying the Companys reasonable costs (if any) in connection with the issue of the replacement. The Holder shall do and perform all such acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other documents and instruments, as may be reasonably required to replace such mutilated, defaced, lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate. |
2.6 | Mutilated or defaced Warrant Certificates must be surrendered before replacements will be issued. |
2.7 | If a Warrant Certificate delivered with a Subscription Notice is for a greater number than the Warrants included in the Subscription Notice, the Company shall issue a new Warrant Certificate to the Holder for the balance of the Warrants not included in the Subscription Notice within 5 Business Days of the date of issue of the Warrant Shares included in the Subscription Notice. |
3 | CALCULATION OF NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES |
3.1 | The Company grants to the Holder on the following dates, the right to subscribe, at the Holders sole discretion only, for the following number of Warrant Shares: |
3.1.1 | on the date of a Prepayment Event of the Loan comprising the First Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount, such number of Warrant Shares as is equal to Y, where Y equals: |
(First Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount) (Deducted Loan Amount)
Subscription Price
3.1.2 | on the date of a Prepayment Event of the Loan comprising the Second Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount, such number of Warrant Shares as is equal to Y, where Y equals: |
(Second Total Compulsory Drawdown Amount) (Deducted Loan Amount)
Subscription Price
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3.1.3 | on the date of a Prepayment Event of any Loan comprising a CLA Drawdown Balance, such number of Warrant Shares as is equal to Y, where Y equals: |
(Amount of that CLA Drawdown Balance repayment) (Deducted Loan Amount)
Subscription Price
3.2 | For the avoidance of doubt, where no Prepayment Event occurs before the Final Date, the Holder shall not have any Subscription Rights pursuant to this Agreement. |
4 | DURATION, EXERCISE AND SUBSCRIPTION PRICE |
4.1 | Subject to clauses 3, 4.2, 4.3 and 8, the Holder shall have the right, at any time prior to the Final Date, by delivering a Subscription Notice to the Company in accordance with clause 8 (Mechanics of Exercise), to subscribe for all, or part of the Warrant Shares against payment of the aggregate Subscription Price. |
4.2 | The Company shall give the Holder [***] prior written notice of the Final Date. Furthermore, in the event of a Takeover, the Company shall give the Holder [***] Business Days prior written notice of such Takeover (subject always to compliance with applicable law and regulation). |
4.3 | If a Takeover Offer becomes wholly unconditional before the Subscription Rights in respect of the then outstanding Warrants have been exercised, the Company shall use all commercially reasonable endeavours to procure that an appropriate offer is extended to the Holder by the Buyer on no less favourable terms in respect of any unexercised Warrants on the date of the Takeover. |
5 | REALISATION EVENT |
5.1 | The Company shall give the Holder [***] prior written notice (or, if due to the circumstances of the anticipated Realisation Event it is not possible for the Company to give [***] notice, the longest period of notice which is reasonably possible) (in each case a Realisation Notice) of the date on which the Company anticipates that the Realisation Event will occur and be completed. |
5.2 | A Realisation Notice shall (i) include particulars of the anticipated Realisation Event in relation to which notice is given, to the extent such information is available to the Company at the time notice is given, (ii) contain the proposed or estimated date of unconditional completion of the Realisation Event (the Realisation Date), which date shall not be later than [***] from the date of the Realisation Notice to the extent reasonably possible and legally permissible, and (iii) contain all other information reasonably requested by the Holder for the purposes of deciding whether or not (and if so when) to exercise its Subscription Rights. The Realisation Notice shall also include a statement as to the likely Takeover Amount. |
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5.3 | The Company undertakes to send promptly to the Holder such material further information of which it becomes aware relating to (1) the progress of a Realisation Event and/or (2) any proposed Prepayment Event prior to the completion of such Realisation Event including, but not limited to, information which the Company reasonably considers relevant to the increased or decreased likelihood of the same occurring, any change in the anticipated terms of or timetable to and/or the failure or lapse (whether temporary or permanent) of the same, with the intent that the Holder shall be kept informed at all times of any changes or other circumstances material to the Realisation Event, provided that the Holder agrees in advance to be bound by the same confidentiality undertaking which the Company may have executed in connection with such Realisation Event. |
6 | NON CASH PUBLIC EXIT EVENT |
If the Realisation Event is a Non Cash Public Exit Event:
6.1 | Prior to the closing of the Non Cash Public Exit Event where the Holder is entitled to exercise any Subscription Rights pursuant to clause 3 on or before the closing of such Non Cash Public Exit Event, the Holder may request the Company to request the acquiring, surviving or successor entity (the Buyer): |
6.1.1 | to issue new warrants to the Holder that are exercisable over such number of securities in the Buyer whose value is equal to the Fair Market Value of the Warrant Shares (as nearly as may be (and in any event no less than)) that would have been issued for the Non Cash Proportion of the unexercised Warrants (and if the Buyer agrees, the Company shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure that the Buyer, prior to or on the closing of the Non Cash Public Exit Event, issues such new warrants to the Holder over such securities in the Buyer, setting out the new terms); and |
6.1.2 | to pay cash to the Holder for the Warrant Shares that would have been issued for the Cash Proportion of the unexercised Warrants, |
and should the Buyer issue new warrants and/or pay cash in the manner described in clauses 6.1.1 and/or 6.1.2, any unexercised Warrants held by the Holder shall lapse on unconditional completion of the Takeover.
6.2 | If the Buyer does not agree or is not requested by the Company to issue new warrants and/or pay cash to the Holder as provided in clauses 6.1.1 and/or 6.1.2 (as applicable) and the Holder is entitled to exercise any Subscription Rights pursuant to clause 3 on or before the closing of the relevant Non Cash Public Exit Event, then the Holder may elect, by serving a written notice on the Company at least [***] Business Days prior to completion of such Non Cash Public Event, to exercise any unexercised Subscription Rights in whole or in part prior to the closing of the Non Cash Public Exit Event pursuant to clause 8 (Mechanics of exercise), provided that any unexercised Subscription Rights shall lapse on unconditional completion of the Takeover. |
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7 | CASH PUBLIC EXIT EVENT |
7.1 | If (a) the Realisation Event is a Cash Public Exit Event, (b) the Holder is entitled to exercise any Subscription Rights pursuant to clause 3 on or before the closing of such Cash Public Exit Event and (c) a Holder has not exercised all of its Subscription Rights by the date that is [***] Business Day prior to completion of such Cash Public Exit Event then, subject to and conditional on the Cash Public Exit Event completing, any Subscription Rights which have not by then been exercised shall, provided that immediately prior to the Cash Public Exit Event the Fair Market Value of one Warrant Share (or other security issued on the exercise of a Warrant) is greater than the Subscription Price on such date, be deemed to have been automatically exercised on such day in respect of all unexercised Warrants on such date on a net issuance basis as set out in clause 8.3.2 (Mechanics of Exercise) and the Company shall issue the resulting Warrant Shares in accordance with clause 8 (Mechanics of Exercise). If the Fair Market Value of one Warrant Share (or other security issued on the exercise of a Warrant) is less than or equal to the Subscription Price on the date of the Cash Public Exit Event, the Warrants shall lapse. |
8 | MECHANICS OF EXERCISE |
8.1 | The Subscription Rights may be exercised in whole or in part. |
8.2 | In order to exercise a Warrant, the Holder will: |
8.2.1 | send a Subscription Notice to the Company which (i) indicates the number of Warrant Shares the Holder wishes to subscribe for by exercising the Warrant and (ii) indicates the aggregate Subscription Price payable by the Holder to the Company upon such exercise and (iii) encloses the Warrant Certificate for the Warrants to which the Subscription Notice relates; and |
8.2.2 | where the Subscription Price is to be satisfied pursuant to clause 8.3.1 by a remittance by bank transfer (or, to the extent permissible by applicable law and regulation, such other mode of payment as the Company and the Holder shall agree), for the aggregate Subscription Price in respect of the Subscription Rights which are being exercised. |
8.3 | The Subscription Price for each of the Warrant Shares shall, at the absolute discretion of the Holder, be satisfied by any of the following: |
8.3.1 | the payment by bank transfer (or such other mode of payment as the Company and the Holder shall agree) of the Subscription Price by the Holder to the Company for each of the Warrant Shares at the Subscription Price; or |
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8.3.2 | in lieu of cash payment in respect of the Subscription Price for the Warrant Shares, the Holder may on each Exercise Date in respect of all of its Warrants elect to receive a reduced number of Warrant Shares (as calculated below) (Reduced Warrant Shares) than the number to which it would be entitled on exercise of the Subscription Right in full, payment for such Reduced Warrant Shares being satisfied by waiver by the Holder of the right to receive the balance of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled over and above the Reduced Warrant Shares (Balance Warrant Shares). In doing so, the Company agrees and acknowledges that the Reduced Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder shall be issued as fully paid up at the Subscription Price and the Holder agrees and acknowledges that it waives its Subscription Rights to the Balance Warrant Shares used as consideration for the payment of the aggregate Subscription Price. The number of Reduced Warrant Shares the Holder will receive shall be determined as follows: |
where:
X |
= | the number of Reduced Warrant Shares, rounded down to the nearest whole number, to be issued to the Holder. | ||
Y |
= | the number of Warrant Shares capable of being subscribed pursuant to the Subscription Rights attached this Agreement (without application of the reduction at this clause 8.3.2). | ||
A |
= | the Fair Market Value of one Warrant Share. | ||
B |
= | the Subscription Price. | ||
N |
= | the nominal value of one Warrant Share. |
Provided always that the Holder shall nevertheless be required to subscribe in cash, and pay in cash, for the nominal value of the Reduced Warrant Shares, such payment to be made in the manner set out in clause 8.2.2.
8.4 | The Subscription Notice delivered pursuant to clause 8.2.1 shall be (subject only to clause 8.6) irrevocable and unconditional. |
8.5 | Upon receipt by the Company of a Subscription Notice, the Company shall allot and issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares for which the Holder has subscribed, within [***] Business Days. |
8.6 | In case the unconditional completion of a Realisation Event fails to take place within [***] days of the Realisation Notice, the relevant Realisation Notice shall cease to be valid and the Company shall forthwith be obliged to return the Subscription Notice to the Holder and no exercise or election shall be deemed to have taken place. |
8.7 | The issue of the Warrant Shares shall be carried out in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Swiss Code of Obligations or under Swiss Law, and when issued, shall be credited as fully paid and rank pari passu with existing Ordinary Shares in issue on the Exercise Date and, subject to applicable law and regulation, be freely tradeable on NASDAQ. |
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8.8 | Immediately following the issue of Warrant Shares, the Company shall enter, or procure that the Companys share registrar enters the Holders name (or its nominees or trustees name, as appropriate) in the share register of the Company as the holder of the Warrant Shares and issue such shares in uncertificated form in favour of a nominee or trustee stipulated by the Holder. |
8.9 | The Warrant Shares shall carry the right to receive all dividends and other distributions to the Shareholders declared after the Exercise Date, including in relation to a financial period beginning before the Exercise Date. |
8.10 | The Company will not issue any fractional Ordinary Shares to the Holder upon the exercise by the Holder of the Warrant. The Company shall round the total number of Ordinary Shares down to the nearest whole share, which shall in all cases be issued fully paid, and the fractional entitlements shall be disregarded. |
9 | ADJUSTMENT OF WARRANT |
9.1 | Upon the occurrence of an Adjustment Event after the date of this Agreement but prior to the Final Date, the number and/or nominal value of Warrant Shares to be, or capable of being issued on any exercise of the Subscription Rights and/or the Subscription Price will be adjusted in such manner as agreed or determined pursuant to clause 9.2 so that, after such adjustment, the Holder shall be entitled, on exercise of the Subscription Rights, to receive the same percentage of the Ordinary Shares in issue following the completion of the Adjustment Event and carrying the same proportion of votes exercisable at a general meeting of shareholders, for the same aggregate price as the aggregate Subscription Price, in each case as nearly as practicable, as would have been the case if no Adjustment Event had occurred, provided that the Subscription Price shall not in any event be reduced so that, upon exercise of the Subscription Rights, Warrant Shares would be issued at a discount to their nominal value. |
9.2 | Within [***] Business Days after an Adjustment Event, notice of such adjustments (Adjustment Notice) will be given by the Company to the Holder detailing the adjusted number of Warrant Shares and/or the adjusted Subscription Price arising as a consequence of any such Adjustment Event. If the Holder agrees the terms of the Adjustment Notice or fails to respond to the Adjustment Notice within [***] Business Days of receipt of the Adjustment Notice, it shall be final and binding on the Company and Holder for all purposes of this Agreement. If the Company and Holder cannot agree the terms of the Adjustment Notice within [***] Business Days of receipt of such notice by the Holder, either of them shall be entitled to refer the matter in dispute to an independent firm of accountants to determine the matter (Expert) nominated and acting as set out in clause 9.3. |
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9.3 | The Company and the Holder shall each be entitled to suggest a proposed Expert for the purpose of clause 9.2 and if no agreement on the Expert is reached within [***] Business Days of each suggested Expert being proposed, the Expert shall be determined by the President of the Basel Chamber of Commerce (Handelskammer beider Basel). The Expert shall act as an expert (Schiedsgutachter), as that term is defined in article 189 of the Swiss Code of Civil Procedure, and not as an arbitrator and its costs shall be shared equally by the parties. The Expert shall be entitled to call for such information as it shall think fit and the Company and the Holder shall cooperate with it in good faith so that the Expert is able to make its determination as soon as reasonably possible. Once made, the Experts determination of the matter in dispute shall be issued in writing to the Company and Holder and it shall be final and binding on them, except in the case of manifest error on the part of the Expert (in which case the relevant part of his or her determination shall be void and the matter shall be remitted to the Expert for correction). |
10 | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
The Company represents and warrants to the Holder at the date hereof and at any Exercise Date that:
10.1 | it has been duly incorporated and is validly existing under the laws of Switzerland; |
10.2 | it has corporate powers to enter into the Agreement and all other matters required to be effected by the Company pursuant to this Agreement without any further corporate actions being required, including a resolution of the general meeting of shareholders of the Company, amongst other things, to the effect that the execution of this Agreement is approved, that any pre-emptive rights are waived by all shareholders of the Company and that the Board is mandated to effect the issue of such number of Ordinary Shares as is sufficient to satisfy the Companys obligation to issue the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Subscription Rights; |
10.3 | the Company has sufficient authorised share capital or, once authorised share capital is no longer available under applicable law, capital range (Kapitalband), or conditional share capital or Ordinary Shares held in treasury, as the case may be, to allow the Subscription Rights to be exercised in full at any time; |
10.4 | all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase or conversion rights represented by this Warrant, and all securities, if any, issuable upon conversion of the Warrant Shares, shall, upon issuance, be duly authorised, validly issued and fully paid and free of any liens and encumbrances; |
10.5 | the Ordinary Shares are duly listed for trading on NASDAQ and no circumstances exist which may cause the suspension or cancellation of such listing; |
10.6 | the Agreement and all obligations undertaken in connection with the transactions contemplated therein constitute or will constitute, following the execution and delivery thereof, valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with the respective terms, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisation and other laws affecting generally the enforcement of the rights of creditors and subject to the discretionary authority of a court of competent jurisdiction with respect to the granting of a decree ordering specific performance or other equitable remedies; |
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10.7 | the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Agreement does not: |
10.7.1 | violate the provisions of any applicable law, its Articles, or any resolution of its board of directors or of its shareholders; |
10.7.2 | violate any judgement, decree, order or award of any court, governmental entity or arbitrator; or |
10.7.3 | conflict with or result in the breach or termination of any material term or provision of, or constitute a default under, or cause any acceleration under, any license, permits, concessions, franchises, indentures, mortgages, leases, contracts, deeds of trust or other instrument or agreement by which the Company is or may be bound; |
10.8 | the Company is not precluded by the terms of any contract, agreement or other instrument by which it is bound from entering into the Agreement, or such other agreement or from the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated therein; |
10.9 | no consent, approval, order or authorisation of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any person is required in connection with the execution and delivery and consummation of the Agreement; |
10.10 | the capitalisation table set out in Schedule 2 (Share Capital Table) to this Agreement is true, complete and accurate as at, in respect of Part 1 of Schedule 2, 4 October 2022 and in respect of Part 2 of Schedule 2, 12 October 2022 and any updated capitalisation table provided to the Holder from time to time, is true and complete as of the date of provision. The Company represents and warrants to the Holder that the total number of outstanding Ordinary Shares (excluding Ordinary Shares held in treasury) at the date hereof is 45,999,926; |
10.11 | the Company has supplied the Holder with true, complete, accurate and up to date copies of the Articles and any other document relating to the issue of Warrant Shares to the Holder and their eligibility for trading on NASDAQ without restriction or limitation or which otherwise may affect the Warrants and the Holders subscription for Warrant Shares; and |
10.12 | any information it provides to the Holder pursuant to clause 10 will be true, complete and accurate at the time it is delivered. |
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11 | INFORMATION RIGHTS |
11.1 | The Company shall: |
11.1.1 | send to the Holder a copy of the annual reports and audited financial statements for the Group together with all documents required by law to be annexed to that report at the same time they are provided to the holders of Shares; |
11.1.2 | send to the Holder copies of any statements, notices or circulars sent to the holders of Shares; |
11.1.3 | give to the Holder not less than [***] days prior written notice of its intention to declare or pay a dividend or other distribution on any Shares; |
11.1.4 | send to the Holder (i) notice of any proposal to amend the Articles or to register shares or other securities on NASDAQ, and (ii) up to date copies of the Articles or registration document as soon as they are approved; |
11.1.5 | provide the Holder without delay with such other documents and other information (including, but not limited to, information relating to share capital of the Company, business plans, forecasts and other financial information relating to the Company and each Group Company) as the Holder may reasonably request from time to time, |
in each case, subject always to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulation (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and provided that (i) the Company shall not be required to send the Holder any information pursuant to this clause 11 which such Holder is separately entitled to receive and has received pursuant to the Facility Agreement or the warrant agreement dated 26 March 2022 and made between the Company and the Holder and (ii) nothing in this clause 11.1 shall prevent the Company from making any filing with NASDAQ, any successor exchange to NASDAQ or any exchange on which its Ordinary Shares are traded from time to time.
12 | COVENANTS |
12.1 | The Company shall at the reasonable request of the Holder execute all documents and do all other acts and things as may reasonably be deemed necessary to give full effect to this Agreement, the grant of the Warrants and the issuance of the Warrant Shares. |
12.2 | The Company undertakes with the Holder not to waive or fail to enforce any rights under its Articles in any way which would materially adversely affect the rights of the Holder in its capacity of holder of the Warrant or the rights attaching to the Warrant Shares without the prior written consent of the Holder. |
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12.3 | During the term of this Agreement, the Company shall at all times reserve and keep sufficient authorised share capital (genehmigtes Kapital) or, once authorised share capital is no longer available under applicable law, capital range (Kapitalband), or conditional share capital (bedingtes Kapital) or a sufficient number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury, as the case may be, to give effect to the exercise of the Warrant in full or otherwise to comply with the terms of this Agreement. If at any time its authorised share capital (or capital range, as the case may be) taken together with its conditional share capital and any Ordinary Shares held in treasury are not sufficient to effect the exercise of the Warrant, the Company shall forthwith take such corporate action as may be necessary to increase or renew its authorised share capital (or capital range, as the case may be) or conditional share capital to such amount and such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes. The Company acknowledges that compensation for damages may not be sufficient remedy for the Holder in case of the Companys failure to comply with its obligation under this clause 12 and therefore expressly confirms that the Holder may in such case request specific performance (Realerfüllung) upon due exercise of its Subscription Rights from time to time by obligating the Company to deliver such number of Warrant Shares as would have been issued to the Holder in connection with such exercise of its Subscription Rights from time to time. |
12.4 | The Company will obtain any authorisation, consent, approval or other action by or make any filing with any court or administrative body that may be required under applicable laws in connection with the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrant. |
12.5 | The Company will ensure that its directors have all necessary authorisations and disapplications of pre-emption to allot and issue such number of Warrant Shares as will enable the Subscription Rights of the Holder to be satisfied at any time. |
12.6 | The Company shall at all times comply with all requirements relating to and shall maintain its Listing and the Company shall not take any action which could be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Ordinary Shares from NASDAQ. |
12.7 | The Company undertakes with the Holder not to, before the exercise of the Subscription Rights or the lapse of this Agreement, proceed with a merger or reorganisation of the Companys assets (Reorganisation) without obtaining the Holders consent unless, as part of the Reorganisation, an offer is made by the transferee of the assets to the Holder to recreate this Warrant as nearly as possible as to its effect and Subscription Price (provided that the Subscription Price shall be no higher than the value of the shares of the same class as the Warrant Shares). |
12.8 | The Company undertakes with the Holder to procure in the event of a Takeover Offer that the Holder is not required for the purpose of, or in connection with, such event: |
12.8.1 | to give any warranties or indemnities (other than as to title to shares registered in its name or the names of its nominees, and as to its capacity and authority to effect the relevant event); |
12.8.2 | to appoint any party to act as its agent; |
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12.8.3 | to make any contribution to the costs (including legal and accountancy fees and disbursements) incurred by any other party in connection with such Takeover Offer; or |
12.8.4 | to agree to any lock-up period or any other restriction of the ability to sell or transfer the Warrant Shares, other than is required by law or applicable regulation. |
12.9 | The Company undertakes with the Holder not to, without obtaining the Holders consent: |
12.9.1 | alter the rights attaching to the Ordinary Shares or alter the Articles in any way which would adversely affect the rights of the Holder or the rights of the Warrant Shares; |
12.9.2 | create any class of shares which rank for any purpose ahead of the Warrant Shares. |
12.10 | The Company undertakes with the Holder not to make any issue, grant or distribution or take any other action the effect of which would be that on exercise of any of the Subscription Rights it would be required to issue Warrant Shares at a discount. |
12.11 | If the Company at any time while this Agreement is outstanding and unexpired shall make a dividend or distribution on or with respect to Shares, then, in each such case, provision shall be made by the Company such that the Holder shall receive upon exercise or conversion of the Warrants a proportionate share of any such distribution as though it were the holder of the Shares as of the record date fixed for the determination of the shareholders of the Company entitled to receive such distribution. |
12.12 | The Company undertakes with the Holder not to, by amendment to the Articles or through any reorganisation, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue, or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, intentionally avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Agreement. |
12.13 | The Company undertakes with the Holder that from the date hereof and until the date on which the Holder shall have sold all of the Warrant Shares (the Reporting Period), the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports, even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would no longer require or otherwise permit such termination. During the Reporting Period, the Company shall not take any action which could be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Ordinary Shares from NASDAQ. |
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12.14 | The Company undertakes with the Holder that at any time when the Warrant Shares are eligible for re-sale within the limitations of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), the Company, at the Holders request, shall cause its counsel to issue and deliver a legal opinion to the transfer agent to effect the removal of any restrictive legend with respect to the Warrant Shares as soon as reasonably possible and in any event within 5 Business Days of the Holders request; provided that the Holder provides the Company with such customary documentation required from the Holder as reasonably requested by the Companys counsel. If all or any portion of the Warrant Shares are converted at a time when such Warrant Shares may be sold under Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such Warrant Shares and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission), then such Warrant Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that at such time as such legend is no longer required, it will following the delivery by the Holder to the Company, or the Companys transfer agent, of a certificate representing the Warrant Shares issued with a restrictive legend, promptly instruct the transfer agent to remove any restrictive legend and deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. Certificates for Warrant Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted where possible by the transfer agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holders prime broker, clearing broker or similar entity with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by the Holder. |
12.15 | The Company shall, by no later than the date falling [***] calendar days after the date of this Agreement, prepare and file an amendment to its registration statement on Form F-3 or, if the Company is ineligible to use Form F-3, a registration statement on Form F-1 under the Securities Act covering the re-sale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective under the Securities Act as soon a practically possible. |
12.16 | If the Company proposes to register (including, for this purpose, a registration effected by the Company for stockholders other than the Holder) any of its Ordinary Shares under the Securities Act in connection with the public offering of such securities, the Company shall, at such time, promptly give the Holder notice of such registration. Upon the request of the Holder given within [***] days after such notice is given by the Company, the Company shall cause to be registered all of the Warrant Shares that the Holder has requested to be included in such registration. |
13 | ENTIRE AGREEMENT |
This Agreement represents the entire understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to granting of the Warrant and supersedes all previous agreements, both in writing and oral, including correspondence.
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14 | LIQUIDATION |
14.1 | If an order is made or an effective resolution is passed for the winding-up or dissolution of the Company or if any other dissolution of the Company by operation of law is to be effected whilst any Subscription Rights remain exercisable, then the provisions of clause 14.2 or, as the case may be, clause 14.3 shall apply. |
14.2 | If the winding-up or dissolution is for the purpose of a reorganisation or amalgamation pursuant to a scheme of arrangement sanctioned by the Holders consent, the terms of the scheme of arrangement will be binding on the Holder. |
14.3 | If clause 14.2 does not apply, the Company shall immediately notify the Holder in writing that such an order has been made or resolution has been passed or other dissolution is to be effected. The Holder shall be entitled at any time within [***] Business Days after the date such notice is given to elect by notice in writing to the Company to be treated as if they had, immediately before the date of the making of the order or passing of the resolution or other dissolution, exercised the Subscription Rights (to the extent not previously exercised) and they shall be entitled to receive out of the assets which would otherwise be available in the liquidation to the holders of Warrant Shares, such a sum, if any, as they would have received had they been the holders of and paid for the Warrant Shares to which they would have become entitled by virtue of such exercise, after deducting from such sum the amount which would have been payable by them in respect of the Warrant Shares if they had exercised the Subscription Rights. Nothing contained in this clause 14.3 shall have the effect of requiring the Holder to make any actual payment to the Company. |
15 | ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER |
The Holder shall have the unconditional right to assign its rights hereunder and to transfer its holding in the Warrant Shares in whole or in part to any Permitted Transferee.
16 | AMENDMENTS |
Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or supplemented or waived only if the parties hereto so agree in writing. Any notice, consent or waiver by each party under any provision of this Agreement must also be in writing. Any such notice, waiver or consent may be given subject to any conditions thought fit by the parties and shall be effective only in the instance and for the purpose for which it is given.
17 | WAIVERS |
Without prejudice to clause 16 (Amendments), no waiver by any party, whether express or implied, of such partys rights under any provision of this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of such partys rights under any other provision of this Agreement. No failure by any party hereto to take any action against any breach of this Agreement or default by any other party hereto shall constitute a waiver of such parties right to enforce any provision of this Agreement or to take action against such breach or default or any subsequent breach or default by any other party.
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18 | COUNTERPARTS |
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.
19 | NOTICES |
19.1 | Subject to clause 19.2 any notice, consent or other communication required to be sent or given under the Agreement by either the Company or the Holder shall in every case be in writing and shall be deemed properly served if: |
19.1.1 | delivered personally; |
19.1.2 | sent by registered or certified mail, in all such cases with first class postage prepaid; |
19.1.3 | delivered by a recognised overnight courier service; |
19.1.4 | sent by email; or |
19.1.5 | sent by facsimile transmission |
to the Company, to:
Aeschenvorstadt 36, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
Facsimile: None
E-mail: [***]
marked for the attention of Claudia dAugusta, or to such other address or marked for the attention of such other person as the Company, from time to time, notifies in writing to the other parties.
with a copy to:
Cooley (UK) LLP
22 Bishopsgate
London EC2N 4BQ
United Kingdom
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7785 9355
Email: [***]
marked for the attention of [***]
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with a copy to:
Homburger AG
Prime Tower
Hardstrasse 205
8005 Zurich
Switzerland
Fax: [***]
Email: [***]
marked for the attention of [***]
to the Holder, to:
Kreos Capital VI (Expert Fund) LP
c/o Kreos Capital
25 28 Old Burlington Street
London W1S 3AN
England
Facsimile: [***]
Email: [***]
marked for the attention of [***] or to such other address or marked for the attention of such other person as the Holder, from time to time, notifies in writing to the other parties
with a copy to:
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
5 Fleet Place
London EC4M 7RD
United Kingdom
Fax: [***]
Email: [***]
marked for the attention of [***]
19.2 | The date of service of any such notice shall be: |
19.2.1 | the date such notice is personally delivered if delivered on a Business Day during normal working hours or the next succeeding Business Day if it is personally delivered on a day other than a Business Day or is personally delivered after normal working hours; |
19.2.2 | [***] Business Days after the date of mailing if sent by certified or registered mail; |
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19.2.3 | [***] Business Day after the date of delivery to the overnight courier if sent by overnight courier; or |
19.2.4 | the [***] succeeding Business Day after transmission by facsimile or email. |
20 | CONFIDENTIALITY |
20.1 | The Holder shall keep confidential any information received by it in its capacity as Holder which is of a confidential nature except: |
20.1.1 | as required by law or any applicable regulations; |
20.1.2 | to the extent the information is in the public domain through no default of the Holder; |
20.1.3 | the Holder may share information received under the terms of this Agreement with any Member of the same Group; and any Member of the same Group may share any information which it may have about the Company or any member of its group with the Holder; |
20.1.4 | the Holder may communicate information contained in this Agreement, or received from the Company hereunder, to its investors and may also include such information in its reporting to its investors; and |
20.1.5 | the Holder will be entitled to divulge such information to any proposed transferee of Warrants on the same terms as to confidentiality. |
21 | PROVISIONS SEVERABLE AND PARTIAL INVALIDITY |
21.1 | If at any time any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect: |
21.1.1 | the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions under such law; or |
21.1.2 | the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the laws of any other jurisdiction. |
22 | COSTS AND EXPENSES |
22.1 | [***] shall promptly pay to [***] on [***] in connection with: |
22.1.1 | the negotiation, execution, preparation and perfection of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby including the sale of the Warrant Shares; |
22.1.2 | any amendment or supplement to this Agreement, or any proposal for such an amendment to be made; |
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22.1.3 | any consent or waiver by [***] concerned under or in connection with this Agreement or any request for such a consent or waiver; and |
22.1.4 | any step taken by [***] with a view to the protection, exercise or enforcement of any right or interest created by this Agreement or for any similar purpose. |
23 | GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION |
23.1 | The provisions of this Agreement are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the substantive laws of Switzerland, without giving regard to its conflict of law principles. |
23.2 | The parties irrevocably agree that the competent court of the City of Basel, Canton of Basel-Stadt, Switzerland is to have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement and that accordingly any suit, action or proceedings arising there from or in connection therewith may be brought in such courts. |
[Signature page to follow at the end of the document]
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SCHEDULE 1
FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION NOTICE
[***]
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SCHEDULE 2
SHARE CAPITAL TABLE
[***]
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SCHEDULE 3
WARRANT CERTIFICATE
[***]
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[signature page]
KREOS CAPITAL VI (EXPERT FUND) LP | ||
By: | /s/ Mark Collins | |
Its: Director | ||
By: | /s/ Tim Ridgway | |
Its: Director | ||
VECTIVBIO HOLDING AG | ||
By: | /s/ Claudia dAugusta | |
Its: Chief Financial Officer | ||
By: | /s/ Luca Santarelli | |
Its: Member of the Board |
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Exhibit 5.1
VectivBio Holding AG Aeschenvorstadt 36
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Homburger AG Prime Tower Hardstrasse 201 CH-8005 Zurich
homburger.ch |
November 10, 2022
VectivBio Holding AG Registration Statement on Form F-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special Swiss counsel to VectivBio Holding AG, a stock corporation incorporated under the laws of Switzerland (the Company), in connection with the filing of (i) a registration statement on Form F-3 (the Registration Statement), including the prospectus (the Prospectus), to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on the date hereof for the purpose of registering under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), up to 681,151 ordinary shares of the Company, each with a nominal value of CHF 0.05 (the Offered Shares), issuable in connection with a loan facility originally entered into on March 26, 2022 (the Original Loan), as amended on October 12, 2022 (the Amended Loan), providing up to a total of the EUR equivalent of USD 75 million divided into a term loan line, to be drawn down in multiple tranches, in an aggregate amount of up to the EUR equivalent of USD 56.25 million and a convertible loan line, to be drawn down in multiple tranches, in an aggregate amount of up to the EUR equivalent of USD 18.75 million (the Convertible Loan), comprising (i) 324,190 ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of a warrant that was issued to the sole shareholder of the lender of the Original Loan, which warrant remains outstanding under the Amended Loan, and (ii) up to 356,961 ordinary shares that are issuable upon conversion of USD 2.5 million of the Convertible Loan, which amount the Company drew down in October 2022.
As such counsel, we have been requested to give our opinion as to certain legal matters of Swiss law.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Documents (as defined below).
I. | Basis of Opinion |
This opinion is confined to and given on the basis of the laws of Switzerland in force at the date hereof. Such laws and the interpretation thereof are subject to change. This opinion is also confined to the matters stated herein and is not to be read as extending, by implication or otherwise, to any document referred to in the Documents (other than as listed below) or any other matter.
For purposes of this opinion we have not conducted any due diligence or similar investigation as to factual circumstances, which are or may be referred to in the Documents, and we express no opinion as to the accuracy of representations and warranties of facts set out in the Documents or the factual background assumed therein.
For purposes of this opinion, we have only reviewed originals or copies of the following documents we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion (collectively the Documents):
(i) | an electronic copy of the Registration Statement, including the Prospectus; |
(ii) | an electronic copy of the articles of association (Statuten) of the Company dated October 17, 2022, the form of which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement (the Articles of Association); and |
(iii) | an electronic copy of an extract from the commercial register of the Canton of Basel-Stadt dated November 9, 2022 (the Register Extract). |
No documents other than the Documents have been reviewed by us in connection with this opinion. Accordingly, we shall limit our opinion to the Documents and their legal implications under Swiss law.
In this opinion, Swiss legal concepts are expressed in English terms and not in their original language. These concepts may not be identical to the concepts described by the same English terms as they exist under the laws of other jurisdictions.
II. | Assumptions |
In rendering the opinion below, we have assumed the following:
(a) | all documents produced to us as originals are authentic and complete, and all documents produced to us as copies (including, without limitation, electronic copies) conform to the original; |
(b) | all documents produced to us as originals and the originals of all documents produced to us as copies were duly executed and certified, as applicable, by the individuals purported to have executed or certified, as the case may be, such documents; |
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(c) | all documents produced to us in draft form will be executed in the form of the draft submitted to us; |
(d) | to the extent relevant for purposes of this opinion, any and all information contained in the Documents is and will be true, complete and accurate at all relevant times; |
(e) | no laws (other than those of Switzerland) affect any of the conclusions stated in this opinion; |
(f) | the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Articles of Association and the Register Extract are unchanged and correct, complete and up-to-date and in full force and effect as of the date hereof and no changes have been made which should have been or should be reflected in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Articles of Association or the Register Extract, as the case may be, as of the date hereof; |
(g)(i) | the number of Offered Shares will not exceed the number of registered shares that may be issued under the Articles of Association (as may be amended from time to time) and (ii) the issuance of and payment for the Offered Shares will be made in accordance with the Articles of Association (as may be amended from time to time), the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and Swiss law; |
(h) | prior to the delivery of any Offered Shares, the board of directors of the Company shall have duly authorized the issuance of such Offered Shares in accordance with the Articles of Association (as may be amended from time to time), such authorization shall not have been amended and rescinded, and all necessary corporate actions of the Company to approve the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares shall have been performed in accordance with the Articles of Association (as may be amended from time to time); |
(i) | the Company has not entered and will not enter into any transaction which could be construed as repayment of share capital (Einlagenrückgewähr) and has not undertaken and will not undertake an acquisition in kind (Sacheinlage) or intended acquisition in kind (Sachübernahme) without complying with the formal procedure set forth in article 628 of the Swiss Code of Obligations; and |
(j) | all authorizations, approvals, consents, licenses, exemptions, other than as required by mandatory Swiss law applicable to the Company or the Articles of Association, and other requirements for the filing of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or for any other activities carried on in view of, or in connection with, the performance of the obligations expressed to be undertaken by the Company in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus have been duly obtained or fulfilled in due time and are and will remain in full force and effect, and any related conditions to which the parties thereto are subject have been satisfied. |
III. | Opinion |
Based on the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set out below, we are of the opinion that the Offered Shares, if and when issued and paid for pursuant to the Articles of Association, the underlying contractual arrangements and Swiss law, will be validly issued, fully paid as to their nominal value and non-assessable.
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IV. | Qualifications |
The above opinions are subject to the following qualifications:
(a) | The lawyers of our firm are members of the Zurich bar and do not hold themselves out to be experts in any laws other than the laws of Switzerland. Accordingly, we are opining herein as to Swiss law only, based on our independent professional judgement, and we express no opinion with respect to the applicability or the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction to or on the matters covered herein. |
(b) | The exercise of voting rights and rights related thereto with respect to any Offered Shares is only permissible after registration in the Companys share register as a shareholder with voting rights in accordance with the provisions of, and subject to the limitations provided in, the Articles of Association. |
(c) | We express no opinion as to whether the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are accurate, true, correct, complete or not misleading. In particular, and without limitation to the foregoing, we express no opinion on whether the Registration Statement and the Prospectus provide sufficient information for investors to reach an informed assessment of the Company, any companies within the Companys consolidation perimeter and the Offered Shares. |
(d) | We express no opinion as to regulatory matters or as to any commercial, accounting, calculating, auditing, tax, or other non-legal matter. |
We have issued this opinion as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to advise you of any changes in fact or in law that are made or brought to our attention hereafter.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent to the reference to our name under the caption Legal Matters in the Prospectus. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.
This opinion is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of Switzerland.
Sincerely yours |
/s/ Homburger AG |
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Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption Experts in Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form F-3) and related Prospectus of VectivBio Holding AG for the registration of ordinary shares and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated April 6, 2022, with respect to the consolidated and carve-out financial statements of VectivBio Holding AG included in its Annual Report (Form 20-F) for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young AG
Basel, Switzerland
November 10, 2022