UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 6, 2019

 

 

 

MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36030   20-5137161

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1540 Drew Avenue, Davis, CA 95618

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, and Zip Code)

 

(530) 750-2800

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

 

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.00001 par value   MBII   Nasdaq Capital Market

 

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

 

Emerging growth company [  ]

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [  ]

 

 

 

     
 

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Share Purchase Agreement

 

On August 7, 2019, Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a share purchase agreement (the “Share Purchase Agreement”) with Pro Farm Technologies OY, a Finnish limited company (“Pro Farm”), the current and certain future shareholders of Pro Farm (the “Shareholders”) and Matti Tiainen, as representative of the Shareholders, for the purchase of all the issued and outstanding equity interests in Pro Farm for approximately $2.7 million cash consideration to be paid at closing (the “Cash Consideration”), a total of approximately 12.7 million shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Common Stock”) to be paid at closing (the “Closing Stock Consideration”), and certain additional shares of Common Stock payable in connection with the achievement of certain milestones (the “Milestone Stock Consideration”), as described further below. Pro Farm is an agriculture technology company developing and producing seed treatments and fertilizers that aim to proactively support and enhance general plant physiology.

 

The Milestone Stock Consideration is payable each year from 2021 through 2024 based upon the achievement during the prior calendar year of specified milestones related to profit from a distributor, annual revenues, annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and maintenance of an allowable financing allowance. The total value of the potential Milestone Stock Consideration payable is subject to adjustment based on the parties confirmation after closing of cash and indebtedness of Pro Farm as of June 30, 2019, but is expected to total approximately $7.5 million. The specific number of shares to be issued to the Shareholders in respect of the Milestone Stock Consideration will be equal to the value of the Milestone Stock Consideration earned for the applicable year, divided by the greater of (1) the volume weighted average closing sale price of one share of Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market for the thirty (30) consecutive trading days ending on December 31 of such year, or (2) $1.25 per share.

 

In connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Share Purchase Agreement, the Company will pay approximately $3.5 million in respect of advisory fees and outstanding indebtedness of Pro Farm (including the payment of $1.4 million of indebtedness of Pro Farm held by Dwight Anderson, an affiliate of Ospraie Ag Science LLC (“Ospraie”), the Company’s largest shareholder).

 

The Share Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, indemnification and covenants by the Company, Pro Farm and the Shareholders. The closing of the transaction contemplated by the Share Purchase Agreement, including the delivery of the Cash Consideration and the Equity Consideration, is subject to customary conditions, as well as the completion of the issuance of certain shares of Pro Farm to the future shareholders party to the Share Purchase Agreement and the joinder of certain minority shareholders of Pro Farm to the Share Purchase Agreement, and is expected to occur during the third fiscal quarter of 2019.

 

Warrant Amendment and Plan of Reorganization Agreement

 

On August 6, 2019, the Company entered into a Warrant Amendment and Plan of Reorganization Agreement (the “Warrant Agreement”) with Ospraie, Ardsley Partners Renewable Energy Fund, L.P. and Ivan Saval (“Ardsley” and together with Ospraie, the “Investors”).

 

As previously disclosed, on February 5, 2018, the Company issued to the Investors warrants representing the right to acquire shares of Common Stock (the “Outstanding Warrants”) in connection with a private placement transection offered to certain accredited investors. Pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, the Company has agreed to extend the expiration date under the Outstanding Warrants from December 31, 2020 to December 31, 2021, and the Investors have agreed, upon request by the Company, and to the extent of the Company’s request, to exercise up to 36,600,000 of their respective Outstanding Warrants, in consideration for the delivery of (x) the shares subject to the Outstanding Warrants so exercised and (y) the delivery of new warrants (“New Warrants”) to purchase such additional number of shares of Common Stock equal to the amount of shares so exercised and delivered under the Outstanding Warrants (the “New Warrant Shares”). Accordingly, up to an maximum of 36,600,000 New Warrant Shares may be issued pursuant to the New Warrants, to the extent the Company exercises its rights to require the Investors’ exercise of the Outstanding Warrant exercise.

 

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Each New Warrant issued under the Warrant Agreement will have a term expiring on January 1, 2023, an exercise price of $1.75 per share, and will be first exercisable 180 days after issuance. The New Warrants will be exercisable in cash, provided that they may be exercised via net exercise if the Company does not have an registration statement registering the shares underlying the New Warrants effective as of June 30, 2020. In addition, the Company will redeem the New Warrants upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the New Warrants), and the New Warrants will be subject to weighted-average antidilution provisions, subject to a minimum exercise price of $1.26 per share.

 

In connection with the Warrant Agreement, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Investors pursuant to which the Company has agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission no later than March 31, 2020 covering the resale of the New Warrant Shares and to maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement until the date upon which the New Warrant Shares held by the Investors cease to be Registrable Securities (as that term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement).

 

The Share Purchase Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the form of New Warrant and the Registration Rights Agreement and are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.1, 4.1, 4.2 and 10.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing descriptions are qualified in their entirety by the terms contained therein.

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.

 

The information regarding the issuance of shares of Common Stock that comprise the Closing Stock Consideration and the Milestone Stock Consideration described in Item 1.01 of this Report is incorporated herein by reference. Such shares of Common Stock are being issued to the Shareholders in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance on Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act. Each of the Shareholders has represented that such person is not a “U.S. person” within the meaning of Rule 902 of Regulation S, as presently in effect, and that such Shareholder is not acquiring the Common Stock pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement for the account or benefit of any such U.S. person, and has agreed to resell such shares only in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the 1933 Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from registration.

 

The information regarding the issuance of the New Warrants in Item 1.01 of this Report is incorporated herein by reference. The New Warrants and the New Warrant Shares are being issued in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act. Each of the Investors is representing in connection with the transaction that such person is an accredited investor, has been provided with such information about the Company as has been requested by such person, and will acquire the securities of the Company without a view toward public sale or distribution, except pursuant to sales registered under, or exempted from, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On August 8, 2019, the Company issued press releases announcing its entry into the Share Purchase Agreement and the Warrant Agreement. Copies of the press releases are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2.

 

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Forward Looking Statements. This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this report regarding strategy, future operations and plans, including assumptions underlying such statements, are forward-looking statements, and should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any subsequent date. Examples of such statements include statements regarding the timing and potential completion of the proposed transaction and anticipated payments of cash and stock required in connection with the transactions. Such forward-looking statements are based on information available to the Company as of the date of this release and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, some beyond the Company’s control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements, including the failure to satisfy the closing conditions for the acquisition, the effects of industry, economic or political conditions outside of the Company’s control and adverse decisions by regulatory agencies and other relevant third parties. Additional information that could lead to material changes in the Company’s performance is contained in its filings with the SEC. The Company is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any responsibility to, update or alter forward-looking statements contained in this report, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

  Description
     
4.1  

Warrant Amendment and Plan of Reorganization Agreement, dated August 6, 2019, by and among Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., Ospraie AG Science LLC, Ardsley Partners Renewable Energy Fund, L.P. and Ivan Saval.

     
4.2   Form of Warrant issuable pursuant to the Warrant Agreement.
 

10.1*

 

  Share Purchase Agreement, dated August 7, 2019, by and among Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., Pro Farm Technologies OY, the Shareholders and Matti Tiainen as Shareholders’ Representative.
     
10.3   Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 6, 2019, by and between Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. and the investors named therein.
     
99.1   Press Release related to the Share Purchase Agreement, dated August 8, 2019.
     
99.2   Press Release related to the Warrant Agreement, dated August 8, 2019.

 

* Confidential portions of this exhibit have been omitted as permitted by applicable regulations.

 

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Signature

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.
   
Date: August 8, 2019 By: /s/ Linda V.Moore
  Name: Linda V. Moore
  Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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WARRANT AMENDMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION AGREEMENT

 

This Warrant Amendment and Plan of Reorganization Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into at 3:00 P.M., New York Time, on August 6, 2019, by and among Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), Ospraie Ag Science LLC (“ Ospraie ” or the “ Majority Investor ”) and Ardsley Partners Renewable Energy Fund, L.P. (“ Ardsley ”) and Ivan Saval (Mr. Saval, together with Ospraie and Ardsley, the “ Investors ” and each, an “ Investor ”). Defined terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS , the Company and the Investors are parties to that certain securities purchase agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), dated as of December 15, 2017, pursuant to which the Company sold to the Investors an aggregate of 36,600,0000 shares (the “ Shares ”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) and warrants the “ Outstanding Warrants ”) representing the right to acquire up to that number of shares of Common Stock (collectively, the “ Warrant Shares ”) set forth opposite such Investor’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Investors attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Schedule of Investors ”);

 

WHEREAS , the Outstanding Warrants are exercisable at each Investor’s election until December 31, 2020 (the “ Expiration Date ”) at a purchase price of $1.00 per share;

 

WHEREAS , the Company and the Investors desire to amend the Outstanding Warrants to (i) extend the Expiration Date to December 31, 2021 and (ii) to grant the Company the right to require each of the Investors to exercise up to all of their respective Outstanding Warrants, in the amounts set forth opposite such Investor’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Investors, prior to the Expiration Date in exchange for the delivery of Warrant Shares and new warrants (the “ New Warrants ”) to purchase shares of Common Stock (the “ New Warrant Shares ” and, together with the New Warrants, the “ Securities ”) in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B , with each New Warrant having a term expiring on January 1, 2023 and an exercise price of $1.75 per share;

 

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws; and

 

WHEREAS, the Parties intend for the amendments to the Outstanding Warrants contemplated pursuant to this Agreement to be treated as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and for this Agreement to constitute a “plan of reorganization” for purposes of Section 368 and the regulations thereunder.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises, and for the consideration herein set forth the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

  1. Call Right . Section 1 of the Outstanding Warrants is hereby amended to provide that, subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, (i) the Expiration Date is extended to December 31, 2021 and (ii) until the earlier of (a) the Expiration Date or (b) the date that the Investors no longer hold any of the Outstanding Warrants, the Investors hereby grant to the Company the right (the “ Call Right ”) to require the Investors, on a pro rata basis, to exercise the Outstanding Warrants on the following terms:

 

  (a) So long as closing price for the Common Stock on the Principal Market immediately prior to exercise of the Call Right is in excess of the Exercise Price (as defined in the Outstanding Warrants) then in effect, the Company may exercise the Call Right, from time to time, with respect to the Warrant Shares, with each Investor then required to exercise that number of shares equal to the percentage set forth opposite such Investor’s name in column (4) of the Schedule of Investors multiplied by the total number of Warrant Shares subject to the Company’s exercise of the Call Right. To exercise the Call Right pursuant to Section 1(a), the Company shall deliver to the Investors a written exercise notice (the “ Exercise Notice ”) that states (i) its election to exercise the Call Right, (ii) the total number of Warrant Shares under the Outstanding Warrants in respect of which the Call Right is being exercised (the “ Called Shares ”), (iii) the number of Warrant Shares each Investor must exercise with respect to the Outstanding Warrants, and (iv) the aggregate cash purchase price for each Investor’s Called Shares. The Investors shall be required to purchase the Called Shares within four (4) weeks of the delivery of the Exercise Notice.
     
  (b) Upon the Company’s receipt of the applicable purchase price for the Called Shares pursuant to Section 1(a), the Company shall deliver to the applicable Investor a New Warrant, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B , to purchase a number of New Warrant Shares equal to the number of Called Shares for such Investor, duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the Investor’s name.
     
  (c) Regardless of whether exercised pursuant to the Call Right or by action initiated by an Investor, the parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to agree upon an allocation of the purchase price between the Warrant Shares and New Warrants based on the relative fair market values thereof, taking into account the trading price of the Company’s stock on the date of exercise and using the Black-Scholes methodology for valuing the New Warrants. The parties shall follow any such agreed allocation consistently in all relevant tax reporting.

 

  2. Termination of Call Right . The Call Right under this Agreement and the amended Outstanding Warrants shall terminate and no longer be of any force or effect as to the Investors on the earlier of:

 

  (a) the Expiration Date; or
     
  (b) if there has been a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below) on the Company that has not been cured within thirty (30) days of the Investor’s delivery to the Company of written notice of such Material Adverse Effect, provided, however, that the Call Right shall in any event be suspended upon the occurrence of a Material Adverse Effect on the Company until such event has been cured.

 

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  3. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Company . The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Investors as follows as of the date hereof and the date of each exercise of the Call Right:

 

  (a) Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and each of its “ Subsidiaries ” (which for purposes of this Agreement means any entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns any of the capital stock or holds an equity or similar interest) are entities duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are formed, and have the requisite power and authorization to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As used in this Agreement, “ Material Adverse Effect ” means (i) any material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, liabilities, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, individually or taken as a whole, (ii) any material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated hereby, or (iii) any material adverse effect on the authority or ability of the Company to perform any of its obligations or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby on a timely basis, in each case, taking into account the current state of Insolvency (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) of the Company; provided , that any failure to meet any internal or public projections, sales targets, forecasts, estimates or guidance for any period shall not be considered when determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred (it being understood that the underlying circumstances, events or reasons giving rise to any such failure (to the extent not excluded by this definition) can be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred).
     
  (b) Authorization; Enforcement; Validity . The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the New Warrants and the Registration Rights Agreement, and each of the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “ Transaction Documents ”) and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the New Warrants and the reservation for issuance and the issuance of the New Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the New Warrants, have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”), and (other than the filing with the SEC of one or more Registration Statements (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement, any filings pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934 Act ”), and any other filings as may be required by any state securities agencies) no further filing, consent or authorization is required by the Company, its Board or its stockholders, other than the approval of the Principal Market regarding the listing of the New Warrant Shares (the “ Principal Market Approval ”) and the filing of any document that may be required by the Principal Market. This Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and constitute, and any New Warrants, when issued by the Company in accordance with this Agreement will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.

 

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  (c) Issuance of Securities . The issuance of the New Warrants are duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, shall be validly issued and free from all preemptive or similar rights (except for those which have been validly waived prior to the date hereof), taxes, liens and charges and other encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof. As of the date hereof, a number of shares of Common Stock shall have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance which equals or exceeds the maximum number of New Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the New Warrants (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the New Warrants set forth therein). Upon exercise of the New Warrants in accordance with the terms of the New Warrants, the New Warrant Shares when issued will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, taxes, liens, charges and other encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. Assuming the accuracy of each of the representations and warranties of the Investors set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement, the offer and issuance by the Company of the Securities is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act.
     
  (d) No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the New Warrants and reservation for issuance and issuance of the New Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof or the Company’s bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof, or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the articles of association or bylaws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) in any respect under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, except to the extent such conflict, default, termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including foreign, federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Principal Market and including all applicable foreign, federal, state laws, rules and regulations) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except to the extent such violation would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     
  (e) Consents . The Company is not required to obtain any consent from, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with (other than the filing with the SEC of one or more Registration Statements in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement, any filings pursuant to the 1934 Act and any other filings as may be required by any state securities agencies), any court, governmental agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the date hereof (or in the case of filings detailed above, will be made timely after the date hereof), and the Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which might prevent the Company from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company is not in violation of the listing requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock in the foreseeable future. Subject to receipt of the Principal Market Approval, the issuance by the Company of the Securities shall not have the effect of delisting or suspending the Common Stock from the Principal Market.

 

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  (f) Acknowledgment Regarding the Investors’ Purchase of Securities . The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Investor is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Company further acknowledges that each Investor is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given by the Investors or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to each Investor’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents that the Company’s decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.
     
  (g) No General Solicitation; Placement Agent’s Fees . Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commissions (other than for Persons engaged by the Investors or its investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay, and hold each of the Investors harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented attorney’s fees and out-of- pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such claim. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged any placement agent or other agent in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.
     
  (h) No Integrated Offering . None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their affiliates, nor any Person acting at the direction of any of the foregoing has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of the issuance of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act, whether through integration with prior offerings or otherwise, or cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings under circumstances that would require approval of stockholders of the Company for such prior offerings by virtue of such integration for purposes of any applicable stockholder approval rules, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of the Principal Market.

 

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  (i) SEC Documents; Financial Statements . Except as disclosed in its public filings, since November 10, 2015, the Company has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof or prior to the date hereof and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “ SEC Documents ”) and all exhibits included therein. As of their respective filing dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act applicable to the Company and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of their respective filing dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year- end audit adjustments).
     
  (j) Eligibility for Registration . The Company is eligible to register the New Warrant Shares for resale by the Investors using Form S-3 promulgated under the 1933 Act.
     
  (k) Disclosure . All disclosure provided to the Investors regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, excluding projections and similar forward-looking information, furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, does not contain, at the time such information was furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Any projections, forecasts, estimates, budgets and the forward-looking information delivered to the Investors were prepared by the Company in good faith upon assumptions believed by the Company to be reasonable at the time made. All of the written information furnished after the date hereof by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the Investors pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, taken as a whole, will not contain, at the time such information is furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. Each press release issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the twelve (12) months preceding the date of this Agreement did not at the time of release contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred or information exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their business, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or conditions (financial or otherwise), which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure at or before the date hereof or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the each of the Investors does not make nor have any of the Investors made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 4.

 

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  (l) Section 16 Matters . Prior to the date hereof, the Company and the Board of Directors of the Company has adopted resolutions causing to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act grant of the Call Right to the Company and the receipt of Warrant Shares and the exercise of the Outstanding Warrants and the issuance of the New Warrants due to the exercise of the Call Right by the Company and the issuance of New Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the New Warrants by each Investor that is a director or director by deputization, a true, complete and correct copy of which is attached as Exhibit D .

 

  4. Representations and Warranties of the Investors . Each of the Investors, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

  (a) No Public Sale or Distribution . Upon exercise of the Call Right, such Investor is acquiring the New Warrants, and upon exercise of the New Warrants (other than pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in the New Warrants)) will acquire the New Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the New Warrants, for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act ”); provided , however , that by making the representations herein, each of the Investors does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act. Such Investors is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such Investor does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Securities. As used herein, “ Person ” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and any governmental entity or any department or agency thereof.
     
  (b) Accredited Investor Status . Such Investor is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D and is knowledgeable, sophisticated and experienced in making, and is qualified to make, decisions with respect to investments in securities presenting an investment decision like that involved in the purchase of the securities, including investments in comparable companies, and has requested, received, reviewed and considered all information it deemed relevant in making an informed decision to enter this Agreement.
     
  (c) Reliance on Exemptions . Such Investor understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and each Investor’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of each of the Investors set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of each of the Investors to acquire the Securities.

 

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  (d) Information . Such Investor and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the securities that have been requested by each of the Investors. Such Investor and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by each Investor or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect each Investor’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein.
     
  (e) No Governmental Review . Such Investor understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.
     
  (f) Transfer or Resale . Such Investor understands that except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement: (i) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) each Investor shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, the form and substance of which shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration under the 1933 Act, or (C) each Investor provides the Company with reasonable assurance (including, if requested by the Company, a customary representation letter reasonably acceptable to the Company) that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act, as amended, (or a successor rule thereto) (“ Rule 144 ”); (ii) any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder.
     
  (g) Legends . Such Investor understands that the book-entry or other instruments representing the New Warrants and, until such time as the resale of the New Warrant Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the book-entry representing the New Warrant Shares, except as set forth below, shall bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such New Warrant Shares):

 

[ NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN ] [ THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN ] REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR ASSIGNED ONLY (I) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (II) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, INCLUDING RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT, IN EACH CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR BLUE SKY LAWS AND, IN CASE OF (II) OTHER THAN PURSUANT TO RULE 144, IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSACTION DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, AFTER THE DATE THAT IS 180 DAYS FROM ISSUANCE, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.

 

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The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of the Securities upon which it is stamped or issue to such holder by electronic delivery at the applicable balance account at The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”), if (i) such Securities are registered for resale under the 1933 Act (provided that the Company may require the holder to deliver a representation statement agreeing and acknowledging that such Securities will either be sold pursuant to the applicable prospectus or under Rule 144, that the holder will notify the Company of any other proposed transfer or disposition of the shares, that the holder will comply with any applicable provisions of Section 16 under the 1934 Act and Rule 144, and that the Company’s counsel may rely on such statements in issuing an opinion permitting the removal of applicable legends or the issuance of New Warrant Shares without legends), (ii) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer, such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel, the form and substance of which shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may be made without registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, or (iii) such holder provides the Company with reasonable assurance (including, if requested by the Company, a customary representation letter reasonably acceptable to the Company) that the Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144. The Company shall be responsible for the fees of its transfer agent and all DTC fees associated with such issuance. If the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to the holder of the Securities on or before the earlier of (x) two (2) Trading Days (as defined in the New Warrants) and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined below), in each case, after the occurrence of any of (i) through (iii) above (the initial date of such occurrence, the “ Legend Removal Date ”), a certificate without such legend to such holder or to issue such Securities to such holder by electronic delivery at the applicable balance account at DTC, and if on or after such Trading Day the holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the holder of such Securities that the holder anticipated receiving without legend from the Company (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall, within three (3) Trading Days after the holder’s request and in the holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the holder in an amount equal to the holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “ Buy-In Price ”), at which point the Company’s obligation to deliver such unlegended Securities shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the holder such unlegended Securities as provided above and pay cash to the holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Sale Price (as defined in the New Warrants) of the Common Stock on the applicable Legend Removal Date or on the date the Company makes the applicable cash payment, whichever is higher. The Company shall be responsible for the fees of its transfer agent and all DTC fees associated with such issuance. As used herein, “ Standard Settlement Period ” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Eligible Market (as defined in the New Warrants) with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the applicable date of determination.

 

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  (h) Organization; Authority . Such Investor is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
     
  (i) Validity; Enforcement . This Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Investor and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Investor enforceable against such Investor in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.
     
  (j) No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance by such Investor of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation by each Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Investor or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Investor is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Investor, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of each Investor to perform its obligations hereunder or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby on a timely basis.
     
  (k) Ownership . Such Investor is the lawful owner of the Outstanding Warrants representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares set forth opposite such Investor’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Investors and all rights and benefits incident to the ownership thereof, free and clear of any liens, claims or encumbrances.

 

  5. Miscellaneous Provisions .

 

  (a) Amendment; Modification. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived without the written agreement of each party hereto.
     
  (b) Waiver. The parties hereto may (i) extend the time for performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the other parties hereto contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto, and (iii) waive compliance with any of the agreements of the other parties hereto or satisfaction of any of the conditions to such party’s obligations contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party. The failure of a party hereto to assert any of its rights hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of such rights.

 

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  (c) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Original Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement and any New Warrants issued hereunder, contains the entire understanding between and among the parties and supersedes any prior understandings and agreements among them respecting the subject matter of this Agreement.
     
  (d) Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
     
  (e) Headings . The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.
     
  (f) Severability . If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

 

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  (g) Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party; provided that a facsimile or .pdf signature shall be considered due execution and shall be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an original, not a facsimile or .pdf signature.
     
  (h) Notices . Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon delivery, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); (iii) upon delivery, when sent by electronic mail ( provided that the sending party does not receive an automated rejection notice); or (iv) one Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses, facsimile numbers and e-mail addresses for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company:

 

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.

1540 Drew Avenue

Davis, CA 95618

Telephone: 530-302-8289

Facsimile: 530-302-0189

Attention: Linda V. Moore, General Counsel

E-mail: lmoore@marronebio.com

 

With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

 

Morrison & Foerster LLP

425 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: 415-258-6213

Facsimile: 415-276-7201

Attention: Alfredo B. D. Silva, Esq.

Email: ASilva@mofo.com

 

If to an Investor, to its address, facsimile number and e-mail address set forth on the Schedule of Investor, or to such other address, facsimile number and/or e-mail address and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine or e-mail containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHE REOF, the parties hereto have caused this Warrant Amendment and Plan of Reorganization Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

  MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ James Boyd
  Name: James Boyd
  Title: Managing Member
     
  OSPRAIE AG SCIENCE LLC
     
  By: /s/ Dwight Anderson
  Name: Dwight Anderson
  Title: Managing Member
     
  ARDSLEY PARTNERS RENEWABLE ENERGY FUND, L.P.
     
  By: /s/ Steve Napoli
  Name: Steve Napoli
  Title: Partner
     
  /s/ Ivan Saval
  Ivan Saval

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTORS

 

(1) Investor   (2) Investor Address and Facsimile Number   (3) Number of Warrant Shares   (4) Pro Rata Percentage of Draws  
Ospraie Ag Science LLC   c/o Ospraie Management LLC
437 Madison Avenue, 28th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Dwight Anderson
Telephone:
Email:
  30,666,667     83.78871 %
Ardsley Partners Renewable Energy Fund, L.P.   Ardsley Partners Renewable Energy Fund, L.P.
262 Harbor Drive, 4th Floor
Stamford, CT 06902
Attention: Steve Napoli
Facsimile:
Telephone:
Email:
  5,333,333     14.57195 %
Ivan Saval   Ivan Saval
Telephone:
Email:
 

 

600,000

    1.63934 %
Total       36,600,000     100 %

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF NEW WARRANT

 

 
 

 

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR ASSIGNED ONLY (I) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (II) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, INCLUDING RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT, IN EACH CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR BLUE SKY LAWS AND, IN CASE OF (II) OTHER THAN PURSUANT TO RULE 144, IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSACTION DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, AFTER THE DATE THAT IS 180 DAYS FROM ISSUANCE, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.

 

MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.

 

Warrant to Purchase Common Stock

 

Warrant No.: ____________

Number of shares of Common Stock: ________________________

Date of Issuance: August 6, 2019 (“ Issuance Date ”)

 

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, , the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the “ Holder ”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date, (as defined below), [ ____________ ] fully paid nonassessable shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided herein (the “ Warrant Shares ”). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this “ Warrant ”), shall have the meanings set forth in Section 16. This Warrant is one of the Warrants to purchase Common Stock (the “ Reorganization Warrants ”) issued pursuant to the Warrant Amendment and Plan of Reorganization Agreement (the “ Warrant Reorganization Agreement ”), dated August 6, 2019 (the “ Subscription Date ”), by and between the Company, the Lead Investor, Ardsley Partners Renewable Energy Fund, L.P. and Ivan Saval. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the definitions ascribed to such terms in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2017, by and among the Company and the investors referred to therein (the “ Securities Purchase Agreement ”).

 

 
 

 

1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

 

(a) Mechanics of Exercise . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder at any time or times on or after the date six months after the Issuance Date, in whole or in part, by delivery of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Exercise Notice ”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant. On or prior to the Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Share Delivery Date (as defined below), the Holder shall either (A) pay to the Company an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (the “ Aggregate Exercise Price ”) in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds or (B) if the provisions of Section 1(d) are applicable, by notifying the Company that this Warrant is being exercised pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)). For the avoidance of doubt, the portion of this Warrant corresponding to the number of shares referenced in an Exercise Notice shall be deemed exercised upon delivery by the Holder of such Exercise Notice to the Company. The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. On or before the first (1 st ) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile or electronic mail an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of the Exercise Notice to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”). On or before the earlier of (i) the second (2nd) Trading Day and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period, in each case, following the date on which the Holder delivers the Exercise Notice to the Company, so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless Exercise) on or prior to the Trading Day immediately preceding the earlier of clauses (i) and (ii) above (the “ Share Delivery Date ”) (provided that if the Aggregate Exercise Price has not been delivered by such date, the Share Delivery Date shall be one (1) Trading Day after the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless Exercise) is delivered), the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, instruct the Transfer Agent to issue in book-entry form on the books and records of the Transfer Agent, the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise. The Company shall be responsible for all fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent and all fees and expenses with respect to the issuance of Warrant Shares via DTC, if any. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares, as the case may be. If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Trading Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares issuable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional Warrant Shares are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of Warrant Shares to be issued shall be rounded to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any and all taxes which may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant. The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, except in the case where an exercise of this Warrant is validly made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (if permitted), the Company’s failure to deliver Warrant Shares to the Holder shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Warrant if the Company has not received the Aggregate Exercise Price pursuant to the requirements of this Section 1(a).

 

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(b) Exercise Price . For purposes of this Warrant, “ Exercise Price ” means $1.75 per share, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

(c) Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities . If the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Date either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled, in book-entry form on the books and records of the Transfer Agent, or if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC, for such number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant or (II) if the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) covering the resale of the Warrant Shares that are the subject of the Exercise Notice (the “ Unavailable Warrant Shares ”) is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Warrant Shares and the Company fails to promptly, but in no event later than as required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, (x) so notify the Holder and (y) deliver the Warrant Shares electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a “ Notice Failure ” and together with the event described in clause (I) above, an “ Exercise Failure ”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, (X) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Exercise Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the voiding of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice and (Y) if on or after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall, within three (3) Trading Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “ Buy-In Price ”), at which point the Company’s obligation to instruct the Transfer Agent to register such shares of Common Stock in book-entry form (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC for such shares of Common Stock shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to instruct the Transfer Agent to register such shares of Common Stock in book-entry form or credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC, as applicable, and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the applicable Exercise Date or on the date the Company makes such payment, whichever is higher. Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) upon the exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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(d) Cashless Exercise . Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if, beginning June 30, 2020, the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) covering the resale of the Unavailable Warrant Shares is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Warrant Shares, the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (a “ Cashless Exercise ”):

 

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)

D

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

  A= the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.
     
  B= the arithmetic average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date immediately preceding the date of the Exercise Notice.
     
  C= the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.
     
  D= the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the date of the Exercise Notice.

 

For purposes of Rule 144(d) promulgated under the 1933 Act, as in effect on the date hereof, the Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

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(e) Disputes . In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 12.

 

(f) Insufficient Authorized Shares . If at any time while this Warrant remains outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of all of this Warrant then outstanding (the “ Required Reserve Amount ” and the failure to have such sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock, an “ Authorized Share Failure ”), then the Company shall promptly take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for this Warrant then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such time of an Authorized Share Failure, the Company is able to obtain the written consent of a majority of the shares of its issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock to approve the increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, the Company may satisfy this obligation by obtaining such consent and submitting for filing with the SEC an Information Statement on Schedule 14C. In the event that upon any exercise of this Warrant, the Company does not have sufficient authorized shares to deliver in satisfaction of such exercise, then unless the Holder elects to void such attempted exercise, the Holder may require the Company to pay to the Holder within three (3) Trading Days of the applicable exercise, cash in an amount equal to the product of (i) the quotient determined by dividing (x) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company is unable to deliver pursuant to this Section 1(f), by (y) the total number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant) and (ii) the Black Scholes Value; provided, that (x) references to “the day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction” in the definition of “Black Scholes Value” shall instead refer to “the date the Holder exercises this Warrant and the Company cannot deliver the required number of Warrant Shares because of an Authorized Share Failure” and (y) clause (iii) of the definition of “Black Scholes Value” shall instead refer to “the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the highest Weighted Average Price during the period beginning on the date of the applicable date of exercise and the date that the Company makes the applicable cash payment.”

 

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2. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES . The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

 

(a) Adjustment Upon Issuance of Shares of Common Stock . If and whenever on or after the Subscription Date, the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (including the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold by the Company in connection with any Excluded Securities) for a consideration per share (the “ New Issuance Price ”) less than a price (the “ Applicable Price ”) equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale or deemed issuance or sale (the foregoing a “ Dilutive Issuance ”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the product of (A) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance and (B) the quotient determined by dividing (1) the sum of (I) the product derived by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance and the number of shares of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance plus (II) the consideration, if any, received by the Company upon such Dilutive Issuance, by (2) the product derived by multiplying (I) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance by (II) the number of shares of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding immediately after such Dilutive Issuance. For purposes of determining the adjusted Exercise Price under this Section 2(a), the following shall be applicable:

 

(i) Issuance of Options . If the Company in any manner grants or sells any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 2(a)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise of the Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option less any consideration paid or payable by the Company with respect to such one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

 

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(ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities . If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 2(a)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security less any consideration paid or payable by the Company with respect to such one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of such Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security. No further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities, and if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 2(a), no further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.

 

(iii) Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time, the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares, which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 2(a)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the Subscription Date are increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(a) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect or a decrease in the number of Warrant Shares.

 

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(iv) Calculation of Consideration Received . In case any Option is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising one integrated transaction, (x) the Options will be deemed to have been issued for the Option Value of such Options and (y) the other securities issued or sold in such integrated transaction shall be deemed to have been issued or sold for the difference of (I) the aggregate consideration received by the Company less any consideration paid or payable by the Company pursuant to the terms of such other securities of the Company, less (II) the Option Value. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration other than cash received therefor will be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company therefor. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of publicly traded securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company will be the Closing Sale Price of such publicly traded securities on the date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may be. The fair value of any consideration other than cash or publicly traded securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Required Holders. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “ Valuation Event ”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Business Days after the tenth (10 th ) day following the Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Required Holders. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.

 

(v) Record Date . If the Company takes a record of the holders of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be.

 

(vi) No Readjustments . For the avoidance of doubt, in the event the Exercise Price has been adjusted pursuant to this Section 2(a) and the Dilutive Issuance that triggered such adjustment does not occur, is not consummated, is unwound or is cancelled after the facts for any reason whatsoever, in no event shall the Exercise Price be readjusted to the Exercise Price that would have been in effect if such Dilutive Issuance had not occurred or been consummated.

 

(b) Voluntary Adjustment By Company . Subject to the applicable listing standards of the Principal Market, the Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, with the prior written consent of the Required Holders, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

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(c) Adjustment Upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock . If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this Section 2(c) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

 

(d) Other Events . If any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 2 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the Company’s Board of Directors shall in good faith determine and implement an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares (if applicable), as mutually determined by the Company’s Board of Directors and the Required Holders, so as to protect the rights of the Holder; provided that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(d) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2.

 

(e) Limitations . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall Section 2(a) or 2(b) cause the Exercise Price to be reduced below $1.26 per share (as such minimum price maybe adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and the like in a manner consistent with Sections 2(c) and 2(d)).

 

3. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS . If the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities (other than stock or securities in which an adjustment is being made pursuant to Section 2(c)), property, options, evidence of indebtedness or any other assets by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “ Distribution ”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall, upon the exercise of this Warrant, in whole or in part, be entitled to receive such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have received if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution. From the time of any Distribution until this Warrant is exercised or expires, the Company shall hold such Distribution for the benefit of the Holder and distribute such Distribution to the Holder on the applicable Share Delivery Date with respect to the portion of this Warrant being exercised.

 

4. PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS .

 

(a) Purchase Rights . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “ Purchase Rights ”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

 

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(b) Fundamental Transactions . The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements, if so requested by the Holder, to deliver to each holder of the Reorganization Warrants in exchange for such Reorganization Warrants a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant, including, without limitation, which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such adjustments to the number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the occurrence or consummation of such Fundamental Transaction). Upon the occurrence or consummation of any Fundamental Transaction, and it shall be a required condition to the occurrence or consummation of any Fundamental Transaction that, the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, shall succeed to, and the Company shall cause any Successor Entity or Successor Entities to jointly and severally succeed to, and be added to the term “Company” under this Warrant (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, each and every provision of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to each of the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally), and the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, may exercise every right and power of the Company prior thereto and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company prior thereto under this Warrant with the same effect as if the Company and such Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, had been named as the Company in this Warrant. Upon occurrence or consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, and it shall be a required condition to the occurrence or consummation of such Fundamental Transaction that, the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the occurrence or consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, as elected by the Holder solely at its option, shares of Common Stock or shares of capital stock of the Successor Entity and/or Successor Entities (the “ Successor Capital Stock ”) or, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock or Successor Capital Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction), such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights), which for purposes of clarification may continue to be shares of Common Stock, if any, that the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Fundamental Transaction, had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Holder may elect, at its sole option, by delivery of written notice to the Company to waive this Section 3(b) in writing to permit the Fundamental Transaction without redemption, similar repayment, “cash out” or assumption of this Warrant (as applicable) and (ii) if holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or other assets to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as the consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following a Corporate Event. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the occurrence or consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities, cash, assets or other property with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “ Corporate Event ”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to ensure that, and any applicable Successor Entity or Successor Entities shall ensure that, and it shall be a required condition to the occurrence or consummation of such Corporate Event that, the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the occurrence or consummation of the Corporate Event, shares of Common Stock or Successor Capital Stock or, if so elected by the Holder, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock or Successor Capital Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such Corporate Event (but not in lieu of such items still issuable under Sections 3 and 4(a), which shall continue to be receivable on the shares of Common Stock or on the such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property otherwise receivable with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock), such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights and any shares of Common Stock) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence or consummation of such Corporate Event or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Corporate Event, had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Event or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Corporate Event (without regard to any limitations on exercise of this Warrant). Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder. The provisions of this Section 4(b) shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events. Notwithstanding, anything herein to the contrary, if a Corporate Event occurs where the holders of shares of Common Stock receive cash and/or securities listed on an Eligible Market, this Warrant shall no longer be exercisable for shares of Common Stock or Successor Capital Stock (but such items issuable under Sections 4 and 4(a) shall continue to be receivable).

 

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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction other than one in which a Successor Entity that is a publicly traded corporation whose stock is quoted or listed for trading on an Eligible Market assumes this Warrant such that the Warrant shall be exercisable for the publicly traded Common Stock of such Successor Entity, at the request of the Holder delivered before the ninetieth (90 th ) day after the occurrence or consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, the Company (or the Successor Entity) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder, within five (5) Business Days after such request (or, if later, on the effective date of the Fundamental Transaction), cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of such Fundamental Transaction.

 

5. NONCIRCUMVENTION . The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all of the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (iii) shall, so long as any of the Reorganization Warrants are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the Reorganization Warrants, the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of the Reorganization Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise).

 

6. WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER . Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such Person is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders; provided , that the Company shall not be required to provide the Holder with such notices and other information to the extent such notices or other information is filed with the SEC pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system.

 

7. REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS .

 

(a) Transfer of Warrant . If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.

 

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(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant . Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.

 

(c) Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants . This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided , however , that no Reorganization Warrants for fractional Warrant Shares shall be given.

 

(d) Issuance of New Warrants . Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.

 

8. NOTICES . Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 5(h) of the Warrant Reorganization Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) promptly upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation; provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder. It is expressly understood and agreed that the time of exercise specified by the Holder in each Exercise Notice shall be definitive and may not be disputed or challenged by the Company.

 

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9. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER . Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant may be amended or waived and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Required Holders.

 

10. GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; JURY TRIAL . This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. The Company hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to the Company at the address set forth in Section 5(h) of the Warrant Reorganization Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

11. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS . This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and each other party to the Warrant Reorganization Agreement and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant.

 

12. DISPUTE RESOLUTION . In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile or electronic mail within two (2) Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three (3) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days submit via facsimile or electronic mail (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.

 

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13. REMEDIES, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF . The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

14. TRANSFER . This Warrant and the Warrant Shares may be offered for sale, sold, transferred, pledged or assigned without the consent of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by Section 4(f) of the Warrant Reorganization Agreement and Section 11 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

15. SEVERABILITY . If any provision of this Warrant is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Warrant so long as this Warrant as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

 

16. DISCLOSURE . Upon receipt or delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Warrant Reorganization Agreement), the Company shall within four (4) Business Days after any such receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, nonpublic information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to the Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holder shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

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17. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS . For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a) “ 1933 Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(b) “ 1934 Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(c) “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person.

 

(d) “ Approved Stock Plan ” means any employee benefit plan which has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to which the Company’s securities may be issued to any employee, officer, director or consultant for services provided to the Company.

 

(e) “ Black Scholes Value ” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, or, if the Fundamental Transaction is not publicly announced, the date the Fundamental Transaction is consummated, for pricing purposes and reflecting (i) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of this Warrant as of such date of request, (ii) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg as of the day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, or, if the Fundamental Transaction is not publicly announced, the date the Fundamental Transaction is consummated, (iii) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the (x) sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in the Fundamental Transaction or (y) if no cash or other consideration is being offered in the Fundamental Transaction, the highest Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the Trading Day prior to the execution of definitive documentation relating to the applicable Fundamental Transaction and ending on (A) the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of such Fundamental Transaction, if the applicable Fundamental Transaction is publicly announced or (B) the Trading Day immediately following the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction if the applicable Fundamental Transaction is not publicly announced, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) a 360 day annualization factor.

 

(f) “ Bloomberg ” means Bloomberg Financial Markets.

 

(g) “ Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

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(h) “ Closing Bid Price ” and “ Closing Sale Price ” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price, as the case may be, then the last bid price or the last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the OTC Link or “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink OTC Markets Inc.). If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 11. All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

 

(i) “ Common Stock ” means (i) the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, and (ii) any share capital into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.

 

(j) “ Common Stock Deemed Outstanding ” means, at any given time, the number of shares of Common Stock actually outstanding at such time, plus the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be outstanding pursuant to Sections 2(a)(i) and 2(a)(ii) hereof regardless of whether the Options or Convertible Securities are actually exercisable at such time, but excluding any shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company or issuable upon exercise of the Reorganization Warrants.

 

(k) “ Convertible Securities ” means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.

 

(l) “ Eligible Market ” means the Principal Market, the NYSE American LLC, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market or The New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

 

(m) “ Excluded Securities ” means any Common Stock issued or issuable: (i) in connection with any Approved Stock Plan, provided , that no more than 250,000 shares of Common Stock (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction occurring after the Subscription Date) in the aggregate issued to consultants (other than the Advisory Members (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement)) under all Approved Stock Plans shall be deemed Excluded Securities, except as agreed in writing by the Lead Investor, or if the Lead Investor or any of its Affiliates then no longer beneficially owns any shares, the Required Holders; (ii) upon exercise of the SPA Warrants and the Reorganization Warrants; provided , that the terms of such SPA Warrants or Reorganization Warrants are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Subscription Date, except in accordance with their terms; (iii) upon exercise of any Options or Convertible Securities which are outstanding on the day immediately preceding the Subscription Date; provided , that the terms of such Options or Convertible Securities are not amended, modified or changed to increase the number of such shares issuable thereunder or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities or to extend the term of such securities; or (iv) pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions (including issuances to vendors, customers or other commercial or strategic partners or potential commercial or strategic partners) or credit facilities approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company.

 

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(n) “ Expiration Date ” means January 1, 2023.

 

(o) “ Fundamental Transaction ” means (A) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through Subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Subject Entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject Entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby all such Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all the Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, (B) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through Subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the aggregate to be or become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding Common Stock, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock not held by all such Subject Entities as of the Subscription Date calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all such Subject Entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other stockholders of the Company to surrender their shares of Common Stock without approval of the stockholders of the Company or (C) directly or indirectly, including through Subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance of or the entering into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction.

 

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(p) “ Group ” means a “group” as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.

 

(q) “ Lead Investor ” means Ospraie Ag Science LLC.

 

(r) “ Option Value ” means the value of an Option based on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of (A) the Trading Day prior to the public announcement of the issuance of the applicable Option, if the issuance of such Option is publicly announced or (B) the Trading Day immediately following the issuance of the applicable Option if the issuance of such Option is not publicly announced, for pricing purposes and reflecting (i) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of the applicable Option as of the applicable date of determination, (ii) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg as of (A) the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Option if the issuance of such Option is publicly announced or (B) the Trading Day immediately following the issuance of the applicable Option if the issuance of such Option is not publicly announced, (iii) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the highest Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the Trading Day prior to the execution of definitive documentation relating to the issuance of the applicable Option and ending on (A) the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of such issuance, if the issuance of such Option is publicly announced or (B) the Trading Day immediately following the issuance of the applicable Option if the issuance of such Option is not publicly announced, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) a 360 day annualization factor.

 

(s) “ Options ” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

 

(t) “ Parent Entity ” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person, including such entity whose common stock or common shares or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market (or, if so elected by the Holder, any other market, exchange or quotation system), or, if there is more than one such Person or such entity, such Person or entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

 

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(u) “ Person ” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(v) “ Principal Market ” means The NASDAQ Capital Market.

 

(w) “ Registration Rights Agreement ” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the Subscription Date by and between the Company, the Lead Investor, Ardsley Partners Renewable Energy Fund, L.P. and Ivan Saval.

 

(x) “ Required Holders” means the holders of shares of Common Stock issued and issuable under all Warrants issuable pursuant to the Warrant Reorganization Agreement (without regard to any restriction or limitation on the exercise of the Warrants contained therein) and shall include the Lead Investor so long as the Lead Investor and/or any of its affiliates hold the Lead Investor Minimum Threshold.

 

(y) “ SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(z) “ Standard Settlement Period ” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Eligible Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the applicable Exercise Notice.

 

(aa) “ Subject Entity ” means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

 

(bb) “ Successor Entity ” means one or more Person or Persons (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Company or Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or one or more Person or Persons (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Company or the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

 

(cc) “ Trading Day ” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

  MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.
     
  By:  
  Name: Pamela G. Marrone
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.

 

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase _______________ shares of Common Stock (“ Warrant Shares ”) of Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), evidenced by the attached Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (the “ Warrant ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

 

1. Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as:

 

_______________ a “ Cash Exercise” with respect to _______________ Warrant Shares; and/or

 

_______________ a “Cashless Exercise” with respect to _______________ Warrant Shares.

 

2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $_______________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

 

3. Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder _______________ Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

 

Date: _______________, ______

 

   
Name of Registered Holder  

 

By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

 
 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs American Stock Transfer & Trust Company to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated ______________________________, ___________ from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

 

  MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.
     
  By:  
  Name:                    
  Title:  

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

BOARD RESOLUTIONS

 

 
 

 

 

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR ASSIGNED ONLY (I) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (II) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, INCLUDING RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT, IN EACH CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR BLUE SKY LAWS AND, IN CASE OF (II) OTHER THAN PURSUANT TO RULE 144, IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSACTION DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, AFTER THE DATE THAT IS 180 DAYS FROM ISSUANCE, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.

 

MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.

 

Warrant To Purchase Common Stock

 

Warrant No.:_________

Number of shares of Common Stock:________________

Date of Issuance: August 6, 2019 (“ Issuance Date ”)

 

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,______, the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date, (as defined below), [____] fully paid nonassessable shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided herein (the “Warrant Shares”). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this “Warrant”), shall have the meanings set forth in Section 16. This Warrant is one of the Warrants to purchase Common Stock (the “Reorganization Warrants”) issued pursuant to the Warrant Amendment and Plan of Reorganization Agreement (the “Warrant Reorganization Agreement”), dated August 6, 2019 (the “Subscription Date”), by and between the Company, the Lead Investor, Ardsley Partners Renewable Energy Fund, L.P. and Ivan Saval. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the definitions ascribed to such terms in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2017, by and among the Company and the investors referred to therein (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).

 

     
     

 

1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

 

(a) Mechanics of Exercise . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder at any time or times on or after the date six months after the Issuance Date, in whole or in part, by delivery of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Exercise Notice ”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant. On or prior to the Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Share Delivery Date (as defined below), the Holder shall either (A) pay to the Company an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (the “ Aggregate Exercise Price ”) in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds or (B) if the provisions of Section 1(d) are applicable, by notifying the Company that this Warrant is being exercised pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)). For the avoidance of doubt, the portion of this Warrant corresponding to the number of shares referenced in an Exercise Notice shall be deemed exercised upon delivery by the Holder of such Exercise Notice to the Company. The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. On or before the first (1 st ) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile or electronic mail an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of the Exercise Notice to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”). On or before the earlier of (i) the second (2nd) Trading Day and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period, in each case, following the date on which the Holder delivers the Exercise Notice to the Company, so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless Exercise) on or prior to the Trading Day immediately preceding the earlier of clauses (i) and (ii) above (the “ Share Delivery Date ”) (provided that if the Aggregate Exercise Price has not been delivered by such date, the Share Delivery Date shall be one (1) Trading Day after the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless Exercise) is delivered), the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, instruct the Transfer Agent to issue in book-entry form on the books and records of the Transfer Agent, the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise. The Company shall be responsible for all fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent and all fees and expenses with respect to the issuance of Warrant Shares via DTC, if any. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares, as the case may be. If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Trading Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares issuable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional Warrant Shares are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of Warrant Shares to be issued shall be rounded to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any and all taxes which may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant. The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, except in the case where an exercise of this Warrant is validly made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (if permitted), the Company’s failure to deliver Warrant Shares to the Holder shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Warrant if the Company has not received the Aggregate Exercise Price pursuant to the requirements of this Section 1(a).

 

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(b) Exercise Price . For purposes of this Warrant, “ Exercise Price ” means $1.75 per share, subject to adjustment as provided herein .

 

(c) Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities . If the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Date either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled, in book-entry form on the books and records of the Transfer Agent, or if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC, for such number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant or (II) if the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) covering the resale of the Warrant Shares that are the subject of the Exercise Notice (the “ Unavailable Warrant Shares ”) is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Warrant Shares and the Company fails to promptly, but in no event later than as required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, (x) so notify the Holder and (y) deliver the Warrant Shares electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a “ Notice Failure ” and together with the event described in clause (I) above, an “ Exercise Failure ”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, (X) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Exercise Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the voiding of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice and (Y) if on or after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall, within three (3) Trading Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “ Buy-In Price ”), at which point the Company’s obligation to instruct the Transfer Agent to register such shares of Common Stock in book-entry form (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC for such shares of Common Stock shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to instruct the Transfer Agent to register such shares of Common Stock in book-entry form or credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC, as applicable, and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the applicable Exercise Date or on the date the Company makes such payment, whichever is higher. Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) upon the exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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(d) Cashless Exercise . Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if, beginning June 30, 2020, the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) covering the resale of the Unavailable Warrant Shares is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Warrant Shares, the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (a “ Cashless Exercise ”):

 

  Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)  
    D  

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

  A= the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.
     
  B= the arithmetic average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date immediately preceding the date of the Exercise Notice.
     
  C= the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.
     
  D= the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the date of the Exercise Notice.

 

For purposes of Rule 144(d) promulgated under the 1933 Act, as in effect on the date hereof, the Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

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(e) Disputes . In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 12.

 

(f) Insufficient Authorized Shares . If at any time while this Warrant remains outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of all of this Warrant then outstanding (the “ Required Reserve Amount ” and the failure to have such sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock, an “ Authorized Share Failure ”), then the Company shall promptly take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for this Warrant then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such time of an Authorized Share Failure, the Company is able to obtain the written consent of a majority of the shares of its issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock to approve the increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, the Company may satisfy this obligation by obtaining such consent and submitting for filing with the SEC an Information Statement on Schedule 14C. In the event that upon any exercise of this Warrant, the Company does not have sufficient authorized shares to deliver in satisfaction of such exercise, then unless the Holder elects to void such attempted exercise, the Holder may require the Company to pay to the Holder within three (3) Trading Days of the applicable exercise, cash in an amount equal to the product of (i) the quotient determined by dividing (x) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company is unable to deliver pursuant to this Section 1(f), by (y) the total number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant) and (ii) the Black Scholes Value; provided, that (x) references to “the day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction” in the definition of “Black Scholes Value” shall instead refer to “the date the Holder exercises this Warrant and the Company cannot deliver the required number of Warrant Shares because of an Authorized Share Failure” and (y) clause (iii) of the definition of “Black Scholes Value” shall instead refer to “the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the highest Weighted Average Price during the period beginning on the date of the applicable date of exercise and the date that the Company makes the applicable cash payment.”

 

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2. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES . The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

 

(a) Adjustment Upon Issuance of Shares of Common Stock . If and whenever on or after the Subscription Date, the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (including the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold by the Company in connection with any Excluded Securities) for a consideration per share (the “ New Issuance Price ”) less than a price (the “ Applicable Price ”) equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale or deemed issuance or sale (the foregoing a “ Dilutive Issuance ”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the product of (A) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance and (B) the quotient determined by dividing (1) the sum of (I) the product derived by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance and the number of shares of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance plus (II) the consideration, if any, received by the Company upon such Dilutive Issuance, by (2) the product derived by multiplying (I) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance by (II) the number of shares of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding immediately after such Dilutive Issuance. For purposes of determining the adjusted Exercise Price under this Section 2(a), the following shall be applicable:

 

(i) Issuance of Options . If the Company in any manner grants or sells any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 2(a)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise of the Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option less any consideration paid or payable by the Company with respect to such one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

 

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(ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities . If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 2(a)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security less any consideration paid or payable by the Company with respect to such one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of such Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security. No further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities, and if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 2(a), no further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.

 

(iii) Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time, the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares, which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 2(a)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the Subscription Date are increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(a) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect or a decrease in the number of Warrant Shares.

 

(iv) Calculation of Consideration Received . In case any Option is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising one integrated transaction, (x) the Options will be deemed to have been issued for the Option Value of such Options and (y) the other securities issued or sold in such integrated transaction shall be deemed to have been issued or sold for the difference of (I) the aggregate consideration received by the Company less any consideration paid or payable by the Company pursuant to the terms of such other securities of the Company, less (II) the Option Value. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration other than cash received therefor will be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company therefor. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of publicly traded securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company will be the Closing Sale Price of such publicly traded securities on the date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may be. The fair value of any consideration other than cash or publicly traded securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Required Holders. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “ Valuation Event ”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Business Days after the tenth (10 th ) day following the Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Required Holders. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.

 

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(v) Record Date . If the Company takes a record of the holders of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be.

 

(vi) No Readjustments . For the avoidance of doubt, in the event the Exercise Price has been adjusted pursuant to this Section 2(a) and the Dilutive Issuance that triggered such adjustment does not occur, is not consummated, is unwound or is cancelled after the facts for any reason whatsoever, in no event shall the Exercise Price be readjusted to the Exercise Price that would have been in effect if such Dilutive Issuance had not occurred or been consummated.

 

(b) Voluntary Adjustment By Company . Subject to the applicable listing standards of the Principal Market, the Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, with the prior written consent of the Required Holders, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(c) Adjustment Upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock . If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this Section 2(c) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

 

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(d) Other Events . If any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 2 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the Company’s Board of Directors shall in good faith determine and implement an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares (if applicable), as mutually determined by the Company’s Board of Directors and the Required Holders, so as to protect the rights of the Holder; provided that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(d) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2.

 

(e) Limitations . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall Section 2(a) or 2(b) cause the Exercise Price to be reduced below $1.26 per share (as such minimum price maybe adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and the like in a manner consistent with Sections 2(c) and 2(d)).

 

3. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS . If the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities (other than stock or securities in which an adjustment is being made pursuant to Section 2(c)), property, options, evidence of indebtedness or any other assets by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “ Distribution ”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall, upon the exercise of this Warrant, in whole or in part, be entitled to receive such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have received if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution. From the time of any Distribution until this Warrant is exercised or expires, the Company shall hold such Distribution for the benefit of the Holder and distribute such Distribution to the Holder on the applicable Share Delivery Date with respect to the portion of this Warrant being exercised.

 

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4. PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS .

 

(a) Purchase Rights . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “ Purchase Rights ”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

 

(b) Fundamental Transactions . The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements, if so requested by the Holder, to deliver to each holder of the Reorganization Warrants in exchange for such Reorganization Warrants a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant, including, without limitation, which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such adjustments to the number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the occurrence or consummation of such Fundamental Transaction). Upon the occurrence or consummation of any Fundamental Transaction, and it shall be a required condition to the occurrence or consummation of any Fundamental Transaction that, the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, shall succeed to, and the Company shall cause any Successor Entity or Successor Entities to jointly and severally succeed to, and be added to the term “Company” under this Warrant (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, each and every provision of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to each of the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally), and the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, may exercise every right and power of the Company prior thereto and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company prior thereto under this Warrant with the same effect as if the Company and such Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, had been named as the Company in this Warrant. Upon occurrence or consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, and it shall be a required condition to the occurrence or consummation of such Fundamental Transaction that, the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the occurrence or consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, as elected by the Holder solely at its option, shares of Common Stock or shares of capital stock of the Successor Entity and/or Successor Entities (the “ Successor Capital Stock ”) or, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock or Successor Capital Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction), such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights), which for purposes of clarification may continue to be shares of Common Stock, if any, that the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Fundamental Transaction, had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Holder may elect, at its sole option, by delivery of written notice to the Company to waive this Section 3(b) in writing to permit the Fundamental Transaction without redemption, similar repayment, “cash out” or assumption of this Warrant (as applicable) and (ii) if holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or other assets to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as the consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following a Corporate Event. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the occurrence or consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities, cash, assets or other property with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “ Corporate Event ”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to ensure that, and any applicable Successor Entity or Successor Entities shall ensure that, and it shall be a required condition to the occurrence or consummation of such Corporate Event that, the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the occurrence or consummation of the Corporate Event, shares of Common Stock or Successor Capital Stock or, if so elected by the Holder, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock or Successor Capital Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such Corporate Event (but not in lieu of such items still issuable under Sections 3 and 4(a), which shall continue to be receivable on the shares of Common Stock or on the such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property otherwise receivable with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock), such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights and any shares of Common Stock) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence or consummation of such Corporate Event or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Corporate Event, had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Event or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Corporate Event (without regard to any limitations on exercise of this Warrant). Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder. The provisions of this Section 4(b) shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events. Notwithstanding, anything herein to the contrary, if a Corporate Event occurs where the holders of shares of Common Stock receive cash and/or securities listed on an Eligible Market, this Warrant shall no longer be exercisable for shares of Common Stock or Successor Capital Stock (but such items issuable under Sections 4 and 4(a) shall continue to be receivable).

 

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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction other than one in which a Successor Entity that is a publicly traded corporation whose stock is quoted or listed for trading on an Eligible Market assumes this Warrant such that the Warrant shall be exercisable for the publicly traded Common Stock of such Successor Entity, at the request of the Holder delivered before the ninetieth (90 th ) day after the occurrence or consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, the Company (or the Successor Entity) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder, within five (5) Business Days after such request (or, if later, on the effective date of the Fundamental Transaction), cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of such Fundamental Transaction.

 

5. NONCIRCUMVENTION . The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all of the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (iii) shall, so long as any of the Reorganization Warrants are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the Reorganization Warrants, the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of the Reorganization Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise).

 

6. WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER . Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such Person is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders; provided , that the Company shall not be required to provide the Holder with such notices and other information to the extent such notices or other information is filed with the SEC pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system.

 

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7. REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS .

 

(a) Transfer of Warrant . If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.

 

(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant . Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.

 

(c) Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants . This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided , however , that no Reorganization Warrants for fractional Warrant Shares shall be given.

 

(d) Issuance of New Warrants . Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.

 

8. NOTICES . Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 5(h) of the Warrant Reorganization Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) promptly upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation; provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder. It is expressly understood and agreed that the time of exercise specified by the Holder in each Exercise Notice shall be definitive and may not be disputed or challenged by the Company.

 

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9. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER . Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant may be amended or waived and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Required Holders.

 

10. GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; JURY TRIAL . This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. The Company hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to the Company at the address set forth in Section 5(h) of the Warrant Reorganization Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

11. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS . This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and each other party to the Warrant Reorganization Agreement and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant.

 

12. DISPUTE RESOLUTION . In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile or electronic mail within two (2) Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three (3) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days submit via facsimile or electronic mail (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.

 

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13. REMEDIES, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF . The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

14. TRANSFER . This Warrant and the Warrant Shares may be offered for sale, sold, transferred, pledged or assigned without the consent of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by Section 4(f) of the Warrant Reorganization Agreement and Section 11 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

15. SEVERABILITY . If any provision of this Warrant is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Warrant so long as this Warrant as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

 

16. DISCLOSURE . Upon receipt or delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Warrant Reorganization Agreement), the Company shall within four (4) Business Days after any such receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, nonpublic information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to the Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holder shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

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17. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS . For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a) “ 1933 Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(b) “ 1934 Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(c) “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person.

 

(d) “ Approved Stock Plan ” means any employee benefit plan which has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to which the Company’s securities may be issued to any employee, officer, director or consultant for services provided to the Company.

 

(e) “ Black Scholes Value ” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, or, if the Fundamental Transaction is not publicly announced, the date the Fundamental Transaction is consummated, for pricing purposes and reflecting (i) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of this Warrant as of such date of request, (ii) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg as of the day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, or, if the Fundamental Transaction is not publicly announced, the date the Fundamental Transaction is consummated, (iii) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the (x) sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in the Fundamental Transaction or (y) if no cash or other consideration is being offered in the Fundamental Transaction, the highest Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the Trading Day prior to the execution of definitive documentation relating to the applicable Fundamental Transaction and ending on (A) the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of such Fundamental Transaction, if the applicable Fundamental Transaction is publicly announced or (B) the Trading Day immediately following the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction if the applicable Fundamental Transaction is not publicly announced, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) a 360 day annualization factor.

 

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(f) “ Bloomberg ” means Bloomberg Financial Markets.

 

(g) “ Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(h) “ Closing Bid Price ” and “ Closing Sale Price ” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price, as the case may be, then the last bid price or the last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the OTC Link or “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink OTC Markets Inc.). If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 11. All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

 

(i) “ Common Stock ” means (i) the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, and (ii) any share capital into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.

 

(j) “ Common Stock Deemed Outstanding ” means, at any given time, the number of shares of Common Stock actually outstanding at such time, plus the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be outstanding pursuant to Sections 2(a)(i) and 2(a)(ii) hereof regardless of whether the Options or Convertible Securities are actually exercisable at such time, but excluding any shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company or issuable upon exercise of the Reorganization Warrants.

 

(k) “ Convertible Securities ” means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.

 

(l) “ Eligible Market ” means the Principal Market, the NYSE American LLC, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market or The New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

 

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(m) “ Excluded Securities ” means any Common Stock issued or issuable: (i) in connection with any Approved Stock Plan, provided , that no more than 250,000 shares of Common Stock (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction occurring after the Subscription Date) in the aggregate issued to consultants (other than the Advisory Members (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement)) under all Approved Stock Plans shall be deemed Excluded Securities, except as agreed in writing by the Lead Investor, or if the Lead Investor or any of its Affiliates then no longer beneficially owns any shares, the Required Holders; (ii) upon exercise of the SPA Warrants and the Reorganization Warrants; provided , that the terms of such SPA Warrants or Reorganization Warrants are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Subscription Date, except in accordance with their terms; (iii) upon exercise of any Options or Convertible Securities which are outstanding on the day immediately preceding the Subscription Date; provided , that the terms of such Options or Convertible Securities are not amended, modified or changed to increase the number of such shares issuable thereunder or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities or to extend the term of such securities; or (iv) pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions (including issuances to vendors, customers or other commercial or strategic partners or potential commercial or strategic partners) or credit facilities approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company.

 

(n) “ Expiration Date ” means January 1, 2023.

 

( o ) “Fundamental Transaction” means (A) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through Subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Subject Entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject Entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby all such Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all the Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, (B) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through Subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the aggregate to be or become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding Common Stock, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock not held by all such Subject Entities as of the Subscription Date calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all such Subject Entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other stockholders of the Company to surrender their shares of Common Stock without approval of the stockholders of the Company or (C) directly or indirectly, including through Subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance of or the entering into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction.

 

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(p) “ Group ” means a “group” as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.

 

(q) “ Lead Investor ” means Ospraie Ag Science LLC.

 

( r ) “Option Value” means the value of an Option based on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of (A) the Trading Day prior to the public announcement of the issuance of the applicable Option, if the issuance of such Option is publicly announced or (B) the Trading Day immediately following the issuance of the applicable Option if the issuance of such Option is not publicly announced, for pricing purposes and reflecting (i) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of the applicable Option as of the applicable date of determination, (ii) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg as of (A) the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Option if the issuance of such Option is publicly announced or (B) the Trading Day immediately following the issuance of the applicable Option if the issuance of such Option is not publicly announced, (iii) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the highest Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the Trading Day prior to the execution of definitive documentation relating to the issuance of the applicable Option and ending on (A) the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of such issuance, if the issuance of such Option is publicly announced or (B) the Trading Day immediately following the issuance of the applicable Option if the issuance of such Option is not publicly announced, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) a 360 day annualization factor.

 

(s) “ Options ” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

 

(t) “ Parent Entity ” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person, including such entity whose common stock or common shares or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market (or, if so elected by the Holder, any other market, exchange or quotation system), or, if there is more than one such Person or such entity, such Person or entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

 

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(u) “ Person ” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(v) “ Principal Market ” means The NASDAQ Capital Market.

 

( w ) “Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the Subscription Date by and between the Company, the Lead Investor, Ardsley Partners Renewable Energy Fund, L.P. and Ivan Saval.

 

(x) “ Required Holders” means the holders of shares of Common Stock issued and issuable under all Warrants issuable pursuant to the Warrant Reorganization Agreement (without regard to any restriction or limitation on the exercise of the Warrants contained therein) and shall include the Lead Investor so long as the Lead Investor and/or any of its affiliates hold the Lead Investor Minimum Threshold.

 

(y) “ SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(z) “ Standard Settlement Period ” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Eligible Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the applicable Exercise Notice.

 

(aa) “ Subject Entity ” means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

 

(bb) “ Successor Entity ” means one or more Person or Persons (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Company or Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or one or more Person or Persons (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Company or the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

 

(cc) “ Trading Day ” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

  MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.
   
  By:  
  Name: Pamela G. Marrone
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

     
     

 

EXHIBIT A

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.

 

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase __________shares of Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) of Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), evidenced by the attached Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (the “Warrant”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

 

1. Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as:

 

_________ a “ Cash Exercise ” with respect to _________Warrant Shares; and/or

 

_________ a “ Cashless Exercise ” with respect to ________Warrant Shares.

 

2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $__________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

 

3. Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder _________Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

 

Date: ___________________, _____________

 

 ______________________________

Name of Registered Holder

 

By:    
Name:      
Title:    

 

     
     

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs American Stock Transfer & Trust Company to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated ___________, ___________ from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

 

  MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.
   
  By:                    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

     
     

 

 

CERTAIN IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (I) NOT MATERIAL AND (II) WOULD BE COMPETITIVELY HARMFUL IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED. SUCH PORTIONS ARE MARKED AS INDICATED WITH BRACKETS (“[***]”) BELOW

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

BY AND AMONG

 

MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.,

 

PRO FARM TECHNOLOGIES OY,

 

THE CURRENT SHAREHOLDERS,

 

THE CONVERSION SHAREHOLDERS

 

AND

 

MATTI TIAINEN

 

AS SHAREHOLDERS’ REPRESENTATIVE

 

Dated as of August 7, 2019

 

     
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
   
Article I PURCHASE AND SALE of Company Shares 1
1.1 Purchase and Sale 1
1.2 Closing 1
1.3 Closing Payments 4
1.4 Schedules and Adjustments 4
1.5 Milestone Payments. 7
1.6 Transfer Taxes 8
Article II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES By THE COMPANY 9
2.1 Organization and Good Standing 9
2.2 Trade Register extract and Company Charter; Minute Books. 10
2.3 Capitalization. 10
2.4 Authority and Enforceability 11
2.5 No Conflict; Required Consents and Approvals 12
2.6 Compliance with Applicable Law; Permits 12
2.7 Financial Statements 13
2.8 Absence of Changes 13
2.9 No Undisclosed Liabilities 13
2.10 Litigation 14
2.11 Employee Benefits 14
2.12 Labor Matters 15
2.13 Real Property 17
2.14 Environmental Matters 17
2.15 Intellectual Property 17
2.16 Taxes 23
2.17 Material Contracts 26
2.18 Tangible Assets 28
2.19 Insurance 29
2.20 Anti-Corruption Laws 29
2.21 Product Warranties; Product Liability 30
2.22 Customers and Suppliers 30
2.23 Brokers 30
2.24 Bank Accounts; Powers of Attorney 30
2.25 Related Party Transactions 31

 

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2.26 Data Protection 31
2.27 Information Technology 32
2.28 International Trade Laws 32
2.29 Representations Complete 32
Article III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SHAREHOLDERS 32
3.1 Ownership of Company Securities 32
3.2 No Public Sale or Distribution 33
3.3 Non-U.S. Persons; Reliance on Exemptions 33
3.4 Information 33
3.5 Legends 33
3.6 No Governmental Review 34
3.7 Restricted Securities 34
3.8 Litigation 35
3.9 Authority 35
3.10 No Conflict 35
3.11 Brokers’ and Finders’ Fees 35
3.12 No Knowledge of Company Breaches 36
3.13 Representations Complete 36
Article IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER 36
4.1 Organization and Qualification 36
4.2 Issuance of Securities 36
4.3 Governmental Approvals and Consents 37
4.4 SEC Reports and Financial Statements 37
4.5 Purchaser Compliance with Legal Requirements 37
4.6 Shares Consideration 37
4.7 Absence of Certain Changes 38
4.8 Solvency 38
4.9 No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances 38
4.10 Absence of Litigation 38
4.11 Insurance 38
4.12 Title 38
4.13 Representations Complete 39
4.14 Capital Resources 39

 

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Article V CONDUCT PRIOR TO THE CLOSING 39
5.1 Affirmative Conduct of Business of the Company 39
5.2 Restrictions on Conduct of Business of the Company 40
5.3 Restrictions on Transfer 43
Article VI ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS 43
6.1 Notification of Certain Matters 43
6.2 Confidentiality 44
6.3 Principal Market Approval 44
6.4 Third Party Expenses 44
6.5 Lock-Up 44
6.6 Release 45
6.7 Options and RSUs 46
6.8 Tax Matters 46
6.9 Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation 46
6.10 Estonian Shares 46
6.11 Good Faith Performance 47
Article VII CONDITIONS TO CLOSING 47
7.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party 47
7.2 Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser 47
7.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Company and the Shareholders 49
Article VIII INDEMNIFICATION 50
8.1 Survival of Representations and Warranties 50
8.2 Indemnification 50
8.3 R&W Policy 53
8.4 Third party claims 53
8.5 Shareholders’ Representative 54
Article IX TERMINATION; EXCLUSIVITY; Extension; Waiver. 55
9.1 Termination 55
9.2 Effect of Termination 56
9.3 Exclusivity 56
9.4 Extension; Waiver 57
Article X GENERAL PROVISIONS 57
10.1 Notices 57
10.2 Interpretation 58
10.3 Entire Agreement; Assignment; Successors 59
10.4 Severability 59
10.5 Specific Performance and Other Remedies 59
10.6 Governing Law 59
10.7 Submission to Jurisdiction 59
10.8 Waiver of Jury Trial 60
10.9 No Third-Party Beneficiaries 60
10.10 Amendment and Modification 60
10.11 Attorneys’ Fees 60
10.12 Fees and Expenses 60
10.13 Waivers 60
10.14 No Presumption Against Drafting Party 60
10.15 Counterparts; Electronic Signature 60
ANNEX A DEFINED TERMS A- 1

 

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INDEX OF EXHIBITS

 

 

Annex   Description
     
Annex 0   Current Shareholders and Conversion Shareholders
Annex A   Defined Terms
Annex B   Key Individuals and Key Shareholders
Annex C   Option and RSU Recipients
Annex D   Third-Party Consents
Annex E   Milestone Payments
     
Exhibit   Description
     
Exhibit A   Form of Joinder
Exhibit B   Form of Option Award Agreement
Exhibit C   Form of RSU Award Agreement
Exhibit D   Form of Translink Representation Statement

 

Schedules

 

Schedule of Expenses

Signing Schedule

Distribution Schedule

Company Disclosure Schedules

Shareholder Disclosure Schedules

 

     
 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of August 7, 2019 by and among Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Purchaser ”), Pro Farm Technologies Oy, a Finnish limited company (the “ Company ”), certain of the current shareholders of the Company party hereto (the “ Current Shareholders ”), each of the anticipated future shareholders of the Company party hereto (the “ Conversion Shareholders ” and, together with the Current Shareholders, the “ Shareholders ”, in each case as set forth on Annex 0 ) and Matti Tiainen as representative of the Shareholders (the “ Shareholders’ Representative ”). All capitalized terms that are used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in Annex A .

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Current Shareholders own certain Company Shares issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, and the Conversion Shareholders shall hold additional Company Shares to be issued prior to the Closing (as defined herein) upon exercise of the Company Options outstanding as of date hereof and conversion of the Agrimax Convertible Loan (such exercise and conversion together referred to as the “ Conversion ”);

 

WHEREAS, the Shareholders desire to sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser desires to purchase from the Shareholders, all of the issued and outstanding Company Shares owned and, as applicable, to be owned by the Shareholders at Closing on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, Purchaser, the Company and the Shareholders desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements, as more fully set forth herein, in connection with the Transactions;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, covenants and other premises set forth herein, the mutual benefits to be gained by the performance thereof, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and accepted, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

Article I
PURCHASE AND SALE of Company Shares

 

1.1 Purchase and Sale. Upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the Shareholders hereby sells, transfers, conveys and delivers to Purchaser, and Purchaser hereby purchases from the Shareholders, all of the Shareholders’ right, title and interest in and to the Company Shares, in each case free and clear of all Liens and any other rights or claims of others, for the consideration set forth in, and to be paid in accordance with, Section 1.3.

 

1.2 Closing . Unless this Agreement is validly terminated pursuant to Section 9.1 , the closing of the Transactions (the “Closing”) shall occur at 5:00 p.m. local time at the offices of Hannes Snellman, Eteläesplanadi 20, 00130 Helsinki, Finland, on the date that is two (2) Business Days following the satisfaction or waiver (if permissible) of the conditions set forth in Article VII (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to satisfaction or waiver (if permissible) of those conditions), or through the electronic exchange of executed documents and other closing deliveries via e-mail or facsimile transmission, unless another time or place is mutually agreed upon in writing by Purchaser, the Shareholders and the Company; provided that, notwithstanding anything the satisfaction of the closing conditions in this Section 1.2 or Article VII , the Closing shall not occur before September 9, 2019. The date upon which the Closing actually occurs shall be referred to herein as the “ Closing Date.

 

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(a) Company Closing Deliverables . At or prior to the Closing, in addition to the other deliveries contemplated by Article VII , the Company shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered to Purchaser, all of the following:

 

(i) a statement from the board of directors of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying that attached thereto are correct and complete copies of each of the following: (i) the Trade Register extract, Certificate of Incorporation or Formation (or similar document), as applicable, of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries as in effect as of the Closing Date, (ii) the Company Charter, bylaws or operating agreement (or similar document), as applicable, of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries as in effect as of the Closing Date is attached thereto, (iii) a certificate from the Finnish register of bankruptcies and restructurings or Certificates of Good Standing (or similar document), as applicable, of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries from each jurisdiction in which the Company and each Subsidiary is qualified to do business, in each case, as of a date not more than five (5) days prior to the Closing Date, (iv) the resolutions of the board of directors of the Company approving the Transactions and all Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, including this Agreement, and (v) powers-of-attorney and requisite corporate approvals from each Shareholder regarding entry into the Transactions, this Agreement and other Transaction Documents, as applicable;

 

(ii) copy of the updated shareholder register of the Company certified by the then existing board of directors of the Company as of (i) immediately before and (ii) immediately after Closing;

 

(iii) copy of the Company’s register of ultimate beneficial owners as of immediately before the Closing;

 

(iv) a certification signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company in a form reasonably acceptable to Purchaser, certifying to the effect that the Company Shares are not “U.S. real property interests” within the meaning of section 897 of the Code (the “ FIRPTA Certificate ”);

 

(v) a duly executed resignation (in a form reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser) of Toni Murtoniemi as a director of the Company , effective at the Closing, confirming that Mr. Murtoniemi has no claims against the Company for director fees for the period prior to the Closing;

 

(vi) one or more joinder agreements, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Joinder Agreement ”), duly executed by any holder of Company Shares as of the date hereof and as of immediately prior to the Closing and that is not already a signatory to this agreement (each, a “ Joining Shareholder ”), upon execution of which each Joining Shareholder shall be deemed and be treated for all purposes as a Current Shareholder hereunder;

 

(vii) those third-party consents set forth on Annex D in the agreed form;

 

(viii) satisfactory evidence of exercise of (x) the Company Options held by TT Metals Oy (y) the waiver by Kalle Virta of the Company Options held by him and (z) the termination by the Company of the Company Options held by Kalle Virta;

 

(ix) an extract from the Finnish Trade Register confirming the registration of the shares issued to the Conversion Shareholders;

 

(x) payoff letters for each of the Closing Repayment Loans, executed by the payee thereof in the agreed form;

 

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(xi) the investor representation statement by Translink Corporate Finance Oy, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “ Translink Representation Statement ”), duly executed by Translink Corporate Finance Oy (“ Translink ”);

 

(xii) evidence of termination of shareholders agreement of the Company, dated September 1, 2017, by and among the parties thereto and the Pro Farm OÜ shareholders’ agreement by and among the Company, Pro Farm OÜ and Mr. Igor Taganov dated August 5, 2015, in each case except as to certain provisions regarding assignment of intellectual property and other customary clauses, effective as of the Closing, without any recourse to, or further liability or obligation on the part of, the Company, Pro Farm OÜ or Purchaser, pursuant to a form that is reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser;

 

(xiii) evidence of (x) the payment, no later than August 17, 2019, of the second instalment of purchase price to be paid by the Company after signing in respect of the acquisition of a total of twelve percent (12%) of the total share capital in each of NPO RET LLC, PSM-1 LLC and Lignohumate LLC respectively (the “ Russian Factory Shares ”);

 

(xiv) evidence of repayment by the Company of all outstanding amounts due to Fundu Platform Oy; and

 

(xv) a shareholders’ agreement, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, executed by the Company, Richard Edwin Gurney, and Pro Farm Technologies Comércio de Insumos Agrícolas do Brasil Ltda.

 

(b) Purchaser Closing Deliverables . At or prior to the Closing, in addition to the other deliveries contemplated by Article VII , Purchaser shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered to the Shareholders’ Representative, all of the following:

 

(i) a certificate of the Secretary of Purchaser, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying that (i) a correct and complete copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of Purchaser as in effect as of the Closing Date is attached thereto, (ii) a Certificate of Good Standing of Purchaser issued by the Secretary of State of Delaware as of a date not more than five (5) days prior to the Closing Date, are attached thereto, and (iii) a copy of the resolutions of Purchaser’s board of directors, authorizing Purchaser’s execution and delivery of this Agreement and performance of the Transactions, are attached thereto and that such resolutions were duly and validly adopted and are in full force and effect as of the Closing Date;

 

(ii) confirmation of the issuance of the Adjusted Closing Stock Consideration, in accordance with Section 1.3(a) , into book-entry positions in the stock ledger maintained by American Stock Transfer & Trust Co., LLC, as Purchaser’s transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”);

 

(iii) evidence of the Principal Market Approval (as defined herein);

 

(iv) a copy of the R&W Policy;

 

(v) [Intentionally omitted];

 

(vi) evidence of wire transfers of the cash payments, payment of Finnish transfer tax, and filing of the Finnish transfer tax notification to be made pursuant to Section 1.3 ; and

 

(vii) copy of unanimous shareholder resolutions of the Company to elect new members of the Board of Directors and auditor.

 

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(c) Closing Actions Simultaneous All actions, deliveries and payments to be taken and made pursuant to Sections 1.2(a) , 1.2(b) , and 1.3 shall be deemed to occur simultaneously and no action, delivery or payment, or the Closing, shall be deemed to have occurred or been made until all of the actions, deliveries and payments as set out in Sections 1.2(a) , 1.2(b) and 1.3 have been taken and made.

 

1.3 Closing Payments.

 

(a) Payment of Closing Consideration to Shareholders and Translink . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Purchaser shall pay for the Company Shares purchased hereunder, the Aggregate Closing Consideration for distribution to the Shareholders as set forth on the Distribution Schedule, which payment shall be satisfied by: (i) delivery of the Adjusted Cash Consideration via wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Shareholders’ Representative, or its designee, and (ii) book entries on the stock ledger maintained by the Transfer Agent of that number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock as is set forth opposite each Shareholder’s and Translink’s name on the Distribution Schedule under the column “Adjusted Closing Stock Consideration,” registered in the name of each respective Shareholder or Translink, as applicable.

 

(b) Payment of Designated Indebtedness. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Purchaser shall pay or cause to be paid on behalf of the Company, certain of the Indebtedness of the Company set forth on Section 1.3(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedules (the “ Closing Repayment Loans ”) to the payees thereof as listed on the Signing Schedule.

 

(c) [Reserved] .

 

(d) Payment of Agreed Third Party Expenses. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Purchaser will pay those Third Party Expenses incurred as of the date of this Agreement, in the amounts set out in the Signing Schedule to the payees thereof set forth in the Schedule of Expenses, plus those additional Third Party Expenses incurred after the date hereof and to be incurred as of the Closing, and as designated by the Shareholders’ Representative to Purchaser in writing not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing, provided that such notice shall include reasonable supporting documentation and calculations therefor, prepared in accordance with the relevant definitions herein, and the total Third Party Expenses shall not exceed $80,000 without Purchaser’s consent.

 

(e) Finnish Transfer Taxes . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Purchaser will pay the Finnish Transfer Taxes set out in the Signing Schedule to the Finnish tax authority and file the transfer tax notification to the Finnish tax authority, which amount the parties agree represents the amount of Finnish Transfer Taxes due at the Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Purchaser undertakes to pay to the Finnish tax authority, and file the transfer tax notification to the Finnish Tax authority within the statutory time periods with respect to, any additional Finnish Transfer Taxes due in connection with the issue of any Purchaser Shares to the Shareholders under this Agreement at any time after Closing when such payments and notifications become due for payment or filing (as appropriate).

 

1.4 Schedules and Adjustments.

 

(a) Schedules . Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Company is delivering to Purchaser each of the following:

 

(i) a schedule (the “ Schedule of Expenses ”) setting forth (A) all paid and unpaid Third Party Expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company as of the date of this Agreement, and (B) all Third Party Expenses anticipated to be incurred or payable by or on behalf of the Company after the date hereof (whether before or after the Closing).

 

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(ii) a schedule (the “ Signing Schedule ”), setting forth in reasonable detail (A) the Company’s good faith estimate of (x) Cash as at June 30, 2019 and, (y) Indebtedness as at June 30, 2019, and (z) based on the balance of the estimates concerning (x) and (y) the Net Debt of the Company as at June 30, 2019 (the “ Estimated Net Debt ”), (B) the aggregate amount of the Closing Repayment Loans, (D) the total amount of the Finnish Transfer Taxes, (E) the calculation of the Adjusted Cash Consideration, (F) the calculation of the Adjusted Closing Stock Consideration and (G) the Company’s good faith estimate of the Milestone Consideration Adjustment, in each case, along with reasonable supporting documentation and calculations therefor, prepared in accordance with the relevant definitions herein; and

 

(iii) a schedule (the “ Distribution Schedule ”) setting forth: (A) the name, address and, if known, email address of each Shareholder and Translink, (B) whether each such Shareholder is a current or former employee of the Company, (C) the number of Company Shares held by each such Shareholder (or, in respect of Conversion Shareholders, to be held by such Shareholder immediately prior to the Closing), (D) the original date of acquisition of each such Shareholder’s Company Shares, (E) the aggregate purchase price for such Shareholder’s Company Shares, (F) the amount of the Adjusted Cash Consideration to be allocated to each such Shareholder, (G) the number of shares of Adjusted Closing Stock Consideration to be issued to each such Shareholder or Translink at the Closing, and (I) the percentage of the Adjusted Milestone Consideration, if any, payable to each such Shareholder or Translink (each a “ Milestone Percentage ”). The Distribution Schedule shall include entries for the Conversion Shareholders and any Shareholders to become party to this Agreement by the execution of Joinder Agreements, and the Distribution Schedule may only be updated after the date of this Agreement with the consent of Purchaser and the Shareholders’ Representative.

 

(b) Consideration Adjustments.

 

(i) The “ Cash Consideration Adjustment ” shall mean the dollar amount equal to (A) the sum of (x) the total principal and accrued interest as of the date of this Agreement under the Indebtedness set forth on Section 1.4(b)(i)(A)(x) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (the “ Cash Adjustment Debt ”), plus (y) the total principal and accrued interest as of the date of this Agreement under the Indebtedness set forth on Section 1.4(b)(i)(A)(y) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (the “ Total Consideration Adjustment Debt ”), multiplied by the percentage equal to 4.0 divided by 31.8 (the “ Cash Percentage ”), plus (z) the Estimated Net Debt multiplied by the Cash Percentage, minus (B) the sum of (x) all cash the Company in good faith represents was in the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ bank accounts as of June 30, 2019, (y) any Cash received after June 30, 2019 and before the date of this Agreement from the exercise of Company options and (z) the amount of the Russian Factory Share Payment, less with all elements of the foregoing converted into U.S. dollars based on the rates quoted by Bloomberg on August 5, 2019, which sum the parties agree equals $1,254,346.

 

(ii) The “ Closing Stock Consideration Adjustment ” shall mean the dollar amount equal to the sum of (A) the Total Consideration Adjustment Debt, multiplied by the percentage equal to 18.5 divided by 31.8 (the “ Closing Stock Percentage ”), plus (B) the Estimated Net Debt multiplied by the Closing Stock Percentage, plus (C) twenty five percent (25%) of the estimated accounting and audit fees to be paid by Purchaser pursuant to Section 1.3(d) , as set forth in the Signing Schedule, multiplied by the percentage equal to 18.5 divided by 27.8, with all elements of the foregoing converted into U.S. dollars based on the rate quoted by Bloomberg on August 5, 2019, which sum the parties agree equals $687,689.

 

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(iii) The “ Milestone Consideration Adjustment ” shall mean the dollar amount equal to the sum of (A) the Total Consideration Adjustment Debt, multiplied by the percentage equal to 9.3 divided by 31.8, plus (X) the Final Net Debt, minus the amount of the adjustment described in Section 1.4(b)(i)(A)(y) and minus the amount of the adjustment described in in Section 1.4(b)(ii)(B) , plus (C) twenty five percent (25%) the total U.S. dollar amount of the Shared Third Party Expenses included in the Third Party Expenses, minus the amount of the adjustment described in Section 1.4(b)(ii)(C) , plus (D) one hundred thirty seven and a half percent (137.5%) the total U.S. dollar amount of principal and interest owed by the Company under the Anderson Loan Documents the date of this Agreement, plus (E) fifty percent (50%) of the Finnish Transfer Taxes as set forth on the Signing Schedule, plus (F) the amount, if positive, equal to the amount of the adjustment described in Section 1.4(b)(i)(B)(x) minus the Final Closing Cash, with all elements of the foregoing converted into U.S. dollars based on the rates quoted by Bloomberg on the date of the Closing.

 

(c) Confirmation of Net Debt and Milestone Consideration Adjustment .

 

(i) As promptly as possible, but in any event by September 30, 2019, Shareholders’ Representative shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser or its designee a schedule (the “ Closing Schedule ”) setting forth its good faith calculation of: (A) actual Cash at June 30, 2019, (B) actual Net Debt of the Company at June 30, 2019, and (C) based on the actual Cash and actual Net Debt at June 30, 2019, the final amount of the Milestone Consideration Adjustment.

 

(ii) If Purchaser desires to dispute the Closing Schedule, then within forty-five (45) days following the delivery by the Shareholders’ Representative of the Closing Schedule (the “ Dispute Notice Period ”), Purchaser shall deliver to the Shareholders’ Representative a written notice (for the purposes of this Section 1.4 , a “ Dispute Notice ”), which shall set forth in reasonable detail those items in the Closing Schedule that Purchaser disputes, along with reasonable supporting documentation and calculations therefor. If Purchaser does not deliver a Dispute Notice within the Dispute Notice Period, then the calculations of Cash and Net Debt (each as at 30 June 2019), and the resulting calculation of the Milestone Consideration Adjustment, shall be deemed to be accepted by Purchaser as final, and shall thereafter be referred to as the “ Final Closing Cash ,” the “ Final Net Debt” and the Milestone Consideration Adjustment.

 

(iii) If the Shareholders’ Representative disputes all or any portion of Purchaser’s proposed modification of the Closing Schedule or the calculations set forth thereon, then Shareholders’ Representative shall notify Purchaser in writing of such dispute setting forth in reasonable detail those items that Shareholders’ Representative disputes, and the Shareholders’ Representative and Purchaser shall negotiate in good faith to reach an agreement during the thirty (30)-day period immediately following the Shareholders’ Representative’s receipt of the Dispute Notice (and all such discussions related thereto shall, unless otherwise agreed by Purchaser and the Shareholders’ Representative, be governed by Rule 408 of the Federal Rules of Evidence).

 

(iv) If, within the thirty (30)-day negotiation period described in Section 1.4(c)(iii) Purchaser and the Shareholders’ Representative are unable to reach an agreement on the Closing Schedule and the calculations set forth thereon, then Purchaser and the Shareholders’ Representative shall promptly thereafter cause a recognized accounting firm reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser and the Shareholders’ Representative (an “ Accounting Arbitrator ”) to review the disputed items or amounts for purposes of calculating the Milestone Consideration Adjustment. The Accounting Arbitrator shall, under the terms of its engagement, have no more than thirty (30) days from the date of referral and no more than ten (10) Business Days from the final submission of information by Purchaser and the Shareholders’ Representative within which to render its written decision with respect to the disputed items (and only with respect to any unresolved disputed items set forth in the Dispute Notice), and the calculation of Final Closing Cash, Final Net Debt and the resulting Milestone Consideration Adjustment shall be based solely on the resolution of such disputed items by the Accounting Arbitrator. The Accounting Arbitrator shall review such submissions and base its determination solely on such submissions. In resolving any disputed item, the Accounting Arbitrator may not assign a value to any item greater than the greatest value for such item claimed by either party or less than the least value for such item claimed by either party. The decision of the Accounting Arbitrator shall be deemed final and binding upon the Parties and enforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction. Each of Purchaser and the Shareholders’ Representative shall bear that percentage of the fees, costs and expenses of the Accounting Arbitrator equal to the proportion (expressed as a percentage) of the dollar value of the disputed amount of the Milestone Consideration Adjustment determined in favor of the other party by the Accounting Arbitrator. For purposes of this Agreement, “ Final Cash ” means the Cash at June 30, 2019 as finally determined pursuant to this Section 1.4(c) and “ Final Net Debt ” means the Net Debt at June 30, 2019 as finally determined pursuant to this Section 1.4(c) .

 

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1.5 Milestone Payments.

 

(a) Following the Closing, the Shareholders shall be entitled to receive from Purchaser the Milestone Stock Consideration, to the extent each Milestone is achieved and the corresponding portion of the Adjusted Milestone Consideration becomes due and payable pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 1.5 and Annex E .

 

(b) On March 31 of each year, commencing in 2021 and through and including 2024, Purchaser shall deliver to the Shareholders’ Representative a notice (the “ Milestone Payment Notice ”), describing the percentage of each Milestone achieved within the prior calendar year, if any (without double counting achievement in prior years), and setting forth Purchaser’s good faith calculation of the amount, if any, payable in respect of the prior calendar year’s achievement, which shall equal (i) the percentage of the Distributor Milestone achieved in such calendar year multiplied by the Adjusted Distributor Milestone Consideration, plus (ii) the percentage of Annual Total Revenue Milestone achieved in such calendar year multiplied by the Adjusted Annual Total Revenue Milestone Consideration, plus (iii) the percentage of the Annual EBITDA Milestone achieved in such calendar year multiplied by the Adjusted Annual EBITDA Milestone Consideration, plus (iv) the percentage of the Debt and Equity Milestone achieved in such calendar year multiplied by the Adjusted Debt and Equity Milestone Consideration, minus (v) the aggregate amount of any liability of the Shareholders that relate to all Shareholders and not individual Shareholders under Section 8.2(a) , to the extent not previously reduced from any prior year’s Adjusted Milestone Consideration, and plus (vi) the Estonian Share Gain, if any, to the extent not previously added to any prior year’s Adjusted Milestone Consideration (the “ Adjusted Milestone Consideration ”). The Milestone Payment Notice shall also include a schedule (the “ Milestone Allocation Schedule ”) setting forth (A) the portion of the Adjusted Milestone Consideration allocable to each Shareholder and to Translink, which shall be equal to the Milestone Percentage for each Shareholder or Translink multiplied by the Adjusted Milestone Consideration, as further reduced for any individual Shareholder by the amount of any liability that relates to that individual Shareholders and not all Shareholders under Section 8.2(a) , to the extent not previously reduced from such Shareholder’s portion of the Adjusted Milestone Consideration in a prior year (each such portion, a “ Milestone Consideration Allocation ”), and (B) the number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock issuable to each Shareholder and to Translink, which shall be that whole number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock, rounded down to the nearest share, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the Milestone Consideration Allocation for such Shareholder or Translink by the applicable Milestone Share Price (the total shares of Purchaser Common Stock issuable pursuant to the foregoing calculation in connection with the achievement of the Milestones, the “ Milestone Stock Consideration ” and, together with the Adjusted Closing Stock Consideration, the “ Purchaser Shares ”).

 

(c) If the Shareholders’ Representative disputes Purchaser’s calculations as set forth in the Milestone Payment Notice or the Milestone Allocation Schedule, then the Shareholders’ Representative shall deliver to Purchaser, within five (5) Business Days following receipt of the Milestone Payment Notice, a written statement, which shall set forth in reasonable detail those items in the Milestone Payment Notice and Milestone Allocation Schedule that the Shareholders’ Representative disputes, along with reasonable supporting documentation therefor, which statement shall be a Dispute Notice for the purposes of this Section 1.5 . If the Shareholders’ Representative does not deliver such written statement within five (5) Business Days after receipt of the Milestone Payment Notice, then Purchaser’s calculations as provided in the Milestone Payment Notice and Milestone Allocation Schedule shall be deemed final and binding on Purchaser, the Shareholders’ Representative and the Shareholders.

 

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(d) If Purchaser disputes all or any portion of the Shareholders’ Representative’s proposed modification of the Milestone Payment Notice or the Milestone Allocation Schedule or the calculations set forth thereon, then Purchaser shall notify the Shareholders’ Representative in writing of such dispute setting forth in reasonable detail those items that Purchaser disputes, and the Shareholders’ Representative and Purchaser shall negotiate in good faith to reach an agreement during the thirty (30)-day period immediately following Purchaser’s receipt of the Dispute Notice (and all such discussions related thereto shall, unless otherwise agreed by Purchaser and the Shareholders’ Representative, be governed by Rule 408 of the Federal Rules of Evidence).

 

(e) If, within the thirty (30)-day negotiation period described in Section 1.5(d), Purchaser and the Shareholders’ Representative are unable to reach an agreement on the Milestone Payment Notice and the Milestone Allocation Schedule and the calculations set forth thereon, then Purchaser and the Shareholders’ Representative shall promptly thereafter cause an Accounting Arbitrator to review the disputed items or amounts for purposes of calculating Purchaser Common Stock payable to each Shareholder. The Accounting Arbitrator shall, under the terms of its engagement, have no more than thirty (30) days from the date of referral and no more than ten (10) Business Days from the final submission of information by Purchaser and the Shareholders’ Representative within which to render its written decision with respect to the disputed items (and only with respect to any unresolved disputed items set forth in the Dispute Notice), and the final Milestone Allocation Schedule and the calculation of Purchaser Common Stock payable to each Shareholder shall be based solely on the resolution of such disputed items by the Accounting Arbitrator. The Accounting Arbitrator shall review such submissions and base its determination solely on such submissions. In resolving any disputed item, the Accounting Arbitrator may not assign a value to any item greater than the greatest value for such item claimed by either party or less than the least value for such item claimed by either party. The decision of the Accounting Arbitrator shall be deemed final and binding upon the Parties and enforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction. Each of Purchaser and the Shareholders’ Representative shall bear that percentage of the fees, costs and expenses of the Accounting Arbitrator equal to the proportion (expressed as a percentage) of the dollar value of the disputed amounts determined in favor of the other party by the Accounting Arbitrator.

 

(f) The right of the Shareholders or Translink to receive any portion of the Adjusted Milestone Consideration (A) is solely a contractual right and is not a security for purposes of any federal or state securities laws (and shall confer upon the Shareholders only the rights of a general unsecured creditor under applicable state law), (B) will not be represented by any form of certificate or instrument, (C) does not give the Shareholders, Translink or any of their Affiliates any dividend rights, voting rights, liquidation rights, preemptive rights or other rights common to holders of a Person’s equity securities, (D) is not redeemable, and (E) may not be sold, assigned, pledged, gifted, conveyed, transferred or otherwise disposed of except by operation of law or with Purchaser’s prior written consent (and any transfer in violation of this Section 1.5 shall be null and void.

 

1.6 Transfer Taxes . All transfer, documentary, sales, use, registration, stamp and other Taxes and fees (including any penalties and interest thereon) incurred in connection with the Transactions effected by the Parties under this Agreement (including both the sale of the Company Shares and the issue by Purchaser of any amounts of the Purchaser Shares) (together, “Transfer Taxes”) shall be paid at the time such Transfer Taxes become due by Purchaser, with respect to all Finnish Transfer Taxes, and by the applicable Shareholders to which such Transfer Taxes relate, with respect to all other Transfer Taxes. Subject to Purchaser’s obligation to remit the payment for and file the related notification concerning the Finnish Transfer Taxes pursuant to Section 1.3(e), the Shareholders shall timely file all necessary Tax Returns and other documentation with respect to all such Transfer Taxes, and if required or advisable by applicable Legal Requirements, Purchaser shall be permitted to carry out or participate in the execution of any such Tax Returns and other documentation.

 

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Article II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES By THE COMPANY

 

Except as set forth in the corresponding sections or subsections of the disclosure schedule attached hereto (each section of which (i) qualifies the specifically identified Sections or subsections of this Agreement to which such disclosure schedule relates and shall be deemed to qualify, and be disclosed and incorporated in, each other Section and subsection of this Agreement solely to the extent its applicability to such other Section or subsection is reasonably apparent on its face to a reader who is unfamiliar with the Company and the contents underlying the Company Disclosure Schedules, and (ii) shall be deemed for all purposes to be part of the representations and warranties made hereunder) (the “ Company Disclosure Schedules ”), the Company and the Shareholders hereby, upon the execution of this Agreement and at the Closing, represent and warrant to Purchaser as follows:

 

2.1 Organization and Good Standing.

 

(a) The Company is a Finnish limited company, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its place of incorporation or formation and has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and as proposed to be conducted at the Closing Date. The Company is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign corporation to do business, and is in good standing (to the extent such concept or a comparable status is recognized), in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties and assets occupied, owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification or licensing necessary.

 

(b) A complete and correct list of all Subsidiaries of the Company and their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or formation, amount of authorized share capital, and record and beneficial owners of outstanding shares therein are set forth in Section 2.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules. Each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept or a comparable status is recognized) under the applicable Legal Requirements of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation and has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted at the Closing Date. Each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign corporation to do business, and is in good standing (to the extent such concept or a comparable status is recognized), in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties and assets occupied, owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification or licensing necessary. Except to the extent set forth in Section 2.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns, or has in the past owned, beneficially or otherwise, directly or indirectly owns any equity, partnership, membership or similar interest in, or any interest convertible into, exercisable for the purchase of or exchangeable for any such equity, partnership, membership or similar interest, or is under any current or prospective obligation to form or participate in, provide funds to, make any loan, capital contribution or other investment in or assume any Liability of, any Person.

 

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2.2 Trade Register extract and Company Charter; Minute Books.

 

(a) The Company has made available to Purchaser a complete and correct copy of the Trade Register extract, the Company Charter and the other certificates of incorporation and the bylaws, or equivalent organizational documents, each as amended to date, of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries. The Trade Register extract, the Company Charter and such other certificates of incorporation, bylaws or equivalent organizational documents are in full force and effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any of the provisions of its certificate of incorporation (including the Company Charter, in the case of the Company), bylaws or equivalent organizational documents

 

(b) The Company has made available to Purchaser complete and correct copies of the minutes and resolutions of the Company, and such minutes and resolutions are in the possession of the Company. The minute books of the Company and its Subsidiaries contain complete and correct copies of all minutes of meetings of and actions by the shareholders of the Company or its Subsidiaries, the board of directors (or equivalent governing bodies) of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, and all committees of such boards (or equivalent governing bodies) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and accurately reflect all corporate actions of the Company and its Subsidiaries which are required by applicable Legal Requirement, their respective certificates of incorporation or bylaws or other governing documents to be passed upon by the shareholders of the Company or its Subsidiaries, the board of directors (or equivalent governing bodies) of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, or any committee of such boards (or equivalent governing bodies) of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

2.3 Capitalization .

 

(a) At the Closing Date, the registered share capital of the Company is €390,129.16 and there are in total 39,012,916 Company Shares issued and outstanding.There are in total 36,858,782 Company Shares issued and outstanding on the date hereof. The Shareholders are legal owners of the Company Shares, which constitute all of the outstanding shares of the Company, are set forth in Section 2.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, indicating the number and series of Company Shares held by each Shareholder.

 

(b) Except for (x) the Options set forth in Section 2.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, (y) the Agrimax Convertible Loan, which in the aggregate shall convert into 1,391,833 Company Shares effective immediately prior to the Closing, and (z) the share capital set forth in Section 2.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules and Company Shares and share capital set forth in Section 2.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has issued or agreed to issue, or is obligated to issue, any: (i) share capital or other equity or ownership interest; (ii) option, warrant or interest convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for the purchase of Company Shares or other equity or ownership interests, or plan or program authorizing or contemplating any of the foregoing; (iii) share appreciation right, phantom shares, interest in the ownership or earnings of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other equity equivalent or equity-based or equity-linked award or right, or plan or program authorizing or contemplating any of the foregoing; or (iv) bond, debenture or other Indebtedness having the right to vote or convertible or exchangeable for securities having the right to vote. There are no outstanding obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or that relate to the holding, voting or disposition of or that restrict the transfer of, the issued or unissued shares or share capital or other equity or ownership interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(c) Each Company Share or other equity or ownership interest of the Company (including each Company Share to be issued upon Conversion) and each of its Subsidiaries: (i) is (or, in the case of Company Shares to be issued upon the Conversion, will be) duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and in the case of its Subsidiaries, each such share or other equity or ownership interest is owned by the Company or another Subsidiary of the Company, free and clear of all Liens and (ii) has been offered, sold and delivered by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements and any applicable contractual restrictions. There are no declared or accrued but unpaid dividends or other distributions with respect to any Company Shares or other security of the Company.

 

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(d) There are no shareholder agreements, investors rights agreements, voting agreements, voting trusts, right of first refusal and co-sale agreements, management rights agreements and all other similar agreements or Contracts to which either the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound relating to the transfer, voting or registration of any shares of capital stock or any other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and no shareholder or other security holder of the Company is party to such an agreement.

 

(e) The Company has made available to Purchaser complete and correct copies of the shareholder registers of each of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Such shareholder registers of each of the Company and its Subsidiaries accurately reflect all transactions in the shares and other equity interests of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

(f) The Company has not issued physical share certificates in respect of the Company Shares.

 

(g) The Company and its Subsidiaries and the transactions contemplated hereby are not, and by the passage of time will not be, subject to a right of notice, right of first negotiation, right of first offer or refusal, or any other similar right granted by the Company (or any of its Affiliates) to and in favor of a third party with respect to an Acquisition Proposal or a potential Acquisition Proposal or that could otherwise affect, threaten the compliance of any of the exclusivity obligations under Section 9.3 , or cause any delays in the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(h) Section 2.3(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a detailed list of each party to whom Indebtedness is owed by the Company and the outstanding amount of such Indebtedness as of the date hereof.

 

2.4 Authority and Enforceability. The Company has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby to which it is a party and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and any agreements contemplated hereby to which the Company is a party and the consummation of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company (including any approvals required under the Company Charter) and no further corporate or other action is required on the part of the Company or the Shareholders to authorize this Agreement or any agreements contemplated hereby to which the Company is a party or to consummate the Transactions. This Agreement and each of the agreements contemplated hereby to which the Company is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and thereto, constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, subject to (x) Legal Requirements of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, the relief of debtors and enforcement of creditors’ rights in general, and (y) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief, other equitable remedies and other general principles of equity (collectively, the “ Enforceability Limitations ”).

 

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2.5 No Conflict; Required Consents and Approvals.

 

(a) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and each of the other documents and agreements contemplated hereby to which the Company is or will become a party, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate the Company Charter or bylaws or equivalent organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) conflict with or violate any applicable Legal Requirements; or (iii) result in any material breach of, or constitute a material default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, could reasonably be expected to become a material default or material breach) under, require any consent of or notice to any Person pursuant to, or give to others any right of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of any Lien on any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, or otherwise adversely affect the rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under, or result in the loss of a material benefit under, any Contract or Company Permit.

 

(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of this Agreement and each of the documents and agreements contemplated hereby to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or will be a party, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby by the Company and its Subsidiaries do not, and the performance of this Agreement by the Company and its Subsidiaries will not, require any consent, approval, authorization license or permit (each, a “ Permit ”) of, or filing with or notification to, any counterparty to a Material Contract, any Governmental Entity for such performance or in order to prevent the termination of any right, privilege, license or qualification of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for those consents, approvals, authorizations, permits, filings or notifications listed in Section 2.5(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules.

 

2.6 Compliance with Applicable Law; Permits.

 

(a) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is and has at all times been in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements except where the failure to be so in compliance would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received, nor to the Knowledge of the Company is there any reasonable basis for, any notice, order, complaint or other communication from any Governmental Entity or any other Person that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any Liability under any applicable Legal Requirement or that it is not or has at any time not been in compliance with any applicable Legal Requirement. No investigation or review by any Governmental Entity regarding a violation of any applicable Legal Requirements with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has occurred, is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, and to the Knowledge of the Company there is no reasonable basis therefor.

 

(b) Each of Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in possession of all Permits necessary for the Company or its Subsidiaries to lawfully own, lease and operate its properties and to lawfully carry on its business as it is now being conducted and is proposed to be conducted at the Closing Date (the “ Company Permits ”), a complete and correct list of which is set forth in Section 2.6(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules. Each of Company and each of its Subsidiaries is and has at all times been in material compliance with all such Company Permits. No suspension, cancellation, modification, revocation or nonrenewal of any Company Permit has occurred, is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, and to the Knowledge of the Company there is no basis therefor. The Company and its Subsidiaries will continue to have the use and benefit of all Company Permits following consummation of the Transactions.

 

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2.7 Financial Statements.

 

(a) Section 2.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth complete and correct copies of (i) the unaudited (under Finnish GAAP) balance sheet and income statement of the Company as at fiscal year-end December 31, 2017 and the audited (under Finnish GAAP) balance sheet and income statement of the Company as at fiscal year-end December 31, 2018 (accompanied by the report thereon of BDO Oy, the independent auditor of the Company), together with all related notes and schedules thereto (the items in this clause (i), collectively the “ Company Financial Statements ”), (ii) the unaudited balance sheet and income statement of the Company as at March 31, 2019 (the “ Interim Balance Sheet Date ”) (the items in this clause (ii), collectively the “ Interim Company Financial Statements ”) and (iii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheets and the statements of income as at fiscal year-end December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2018 of the Company and its Subsidiaries, together with all related notes and schedules thereto (the items in this clause (iii), collectively the “ Consolidated Financial Statements ”), and (iv) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet and statements of income of the Company and its Subsidiaries income statement of the Company as at March 31, 2019 (the items in this clause (iv), collectively the “ Interim Consolidated Financial Statements ” and, together with the Company Financial Statements, the Interim Company Financial Statements and the Consolidated Financial Statements, the “ Financial Statements ”).

 

(b) Each of the Financial Statements (i) are complete and correct in all material respects and have been prepared in accordance with the books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) where such Financial Statements have been audited and subject to any qualification by the relevant auditor of such audited Financial Statements present a true and fair view of the Company’s financial position and have been prepared in accordance with Finnish generally accepted accounting principles (fi: hyvä kirjanpitotapa ), including but not limited to the Finnish Accounting Act (No. 30.12.1997/1336, as amended) (“ Finnish GAAP ”), with respect to the Company Financial Statements and the Interim Financial Statements, with respect to the Consolidated Financial Statements and Interim Consolidated Financial Statements, in each case as applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and (iii) fairly present the consolidated financial position and results of operations of the Company and, with respect to the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Interim Consolidated Financial Statements, its Subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and for the respective periods indicated therein, except as otherwise noted therein and subject, in the case of the Interim Company Financial Statements and Interim Consolidated Financial Statements, to normal and recurring year-end adjustments that will not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries. The statements of income contained in the Financial Statements do not contain any items of special or nonrecurring income or any other income not earned in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, except as expressly specified therein.

 

2.8 Absence of Changes . Since the Interim Balance Sheet Date (such balance sheet as of the Interim Balance Sheet Date the “ Balance Sheet ”), other than actions expressly required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement: (a) the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses only in the ordinary course and in a manner consistent with past practice; (b) there has not been any event, condition, circumstance, development, change or effect, having, or that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; (c) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has suffered any loss, damage, destruction or other casualty affecting any of its material properties or assets, whether or not covered by insurance; and (d) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action that, if taken after the date of this Agreement, would constitute a breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section 5.1 (Affirmative Conduct of Business of the Company) and Section 5.2 (Restrictions on Conduct of Business of the Company)

 

2.9 No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as and to the extent adequately accrued or reserved against in the Balance Sheet, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any Liability, except for any Liability (a) incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since the date of the Balance Sheet (b) for performance obligations under executory Contracts (other than as a result of a breach thereof) or (c) incurred by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and treated as a Third Party Expense.

 

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2.10 Litigation . No Action against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of the directors or officers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with regard to their actions as such, has occurred, is pending or to the Knowledge of the Company threatened, and to the Knowledge of the Company there is no basis for any such Action. No Action seeking to prevent, hinder, modify, delay or challenge the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the documents or agreements contemplated hereby has occurred, is pending or to the Knowledge of the Company threatened, and to the Knowledge of the Company there is no basis for any such Action. There is no outstanding order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of, or pending or to the Knowledge of the Company threatened investigation by, any Governmental Entity relating to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any of their respective properties or assets, any of their respective officers or directors, or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the documents or agreements contemplated hereby. There is no Action by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending, or which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has commenced preparations to initiate, against any other Person and to the Knowledge of the Company there is no basis for any such Action.

 

2.11 Employee Benefits.

 

(a) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries operates any Employee Plan other than stock options granted by the Company to Kalle Virta and TT Metals Oy owned by Toni Murtoniemi and a Sales Commission Plan concerning all employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries but in which none of Matti Tiainen, Toni Murtoniemi and Fredrik Engvall operate. For purposes of this Agreement, “ Employee Plan ” includes all compensatory arrangements, bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance (other than statutory medical insurances and pensions insurances required to be provided to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary in accordance with any Legal Requirement), supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements.

 

(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (either alone or in combination with any other event) will (i) result in any payment becoming due to any current or former employee, consultant, independent contractor or director of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

 

(c) The Company and each Subsidiary has materially complied and materially complies with all service and employment contracts, and with all relevant Legal Requirements and collective bargaining agreements applicable to employment, labour, working conditions or relationship between an employer and an employee. No claims, investigations or proceedings concerning breach of any such contracts, schemes, programs, Legal Requirements or collective bargaining agreements have been or are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary. No circumstances giving rise to any such breach, claims, investigations or proceedings have arisen.

 

(d) The Company and each Subsidiary has complied and complies with the Finnish Act on Commercial Representatives and Salesmen (No. 417/1992, as amended) and other equivalent or similar local laws, and has paid all compensations and payments payable thereunder, and has not terminated any contract with such commercial representative or salesman.

 

(e) The Company and each Subsidiary has paid all contributions required to be paid for pension liabilities (including liabilities for part-time, unemployment and disability retirement) under contracts, Legal Requirements or collective bargaining agreements and has covered by insurance or by making full reserves in the relevant accounts for all unpaid or uncovered current and future pension liabilities. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary will incur any pension liability in excess of the contributions paid, the payment terms of insurance policies and the reserves formed in the Financial Statements for its pension liabilities.

 

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(f) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has entered into any contract or arrangement with or for the benefit of any employee, or a consultant or other service provider, except for normal service or employment contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business or otherwise disclosed to Purchaser prior to the date hereof, or has given any guarantee, assets, property, Lien or letter of comfort to or incurred any other liability or indemnity for the benefit of any employee, or a consultant or other service provider.

 

2.12 Labor Matters.

 

(a) List of Employees, Consultants and Service Providers . Section 2.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules contains a list of the name of each employee, consultant, or other service provider of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, and such Person’s (i) work location, (ii) employing entity, (iii) whether such Person is an employee, or a consultant or other service provider, (iv) job title or position, (v) annualized base salary or regular hourly rate, as applicable (in the case of an employee) or other compensation details (in case of a consultant or other service provider), (vi) incentive or bonus arrangements, if any, (vii) taxable fringe benefits, if any, and (viii) date of hire or engagement; provided , that, to the extent applicable privacy or data protection Legal Requirements would prohibit the disclosure of certain personally identifiable information without the individual’s consent, Section 2.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules shall specify such legal prohibition and shall provide such information in de-identified form in compliance with applicable Legal Requirements. No such Person has terminated or has advised the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of such Person’s intention to terminate such Person’s relationship or status as an employee, consultant or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any reason, including because of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Company and its Subsidiaries have no plans or intentions as of the date hereof to terminate any such employee, consultant or other service provider. All employees, consultants, or other service providers of the Company and its Subsidiaries are lawfully entitled to work for the Company or the applicable Subsidiary of the Company without restriction or any visa, permit or consent being required. There are no profit-sharing, bonus schemes, incentive programs, severance pay, deferred compensation arrangements, holiday entitlements, pensions, retirement plans or other benefits or liabilities with respect to any employee, or a consultant or other service provider) in excess of those provided by relevant Laws or collective bargaining agreements, except as set out in Schedule 2.12(a) .

 

(b) Key Individuals . There are no Key Individuals other than those set out in Annex B. No Key Individual has been dismissed or has announced his/her termination of his/her service or employment in the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(c) Classification . Except for the respective Key Individuals performing services under the Consultancy Agreements, all individuals who are or were performing consulting or other services for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are or were correctly classified under all applicable Legal Requirements by the Company or such Subsidiary as either “independent contractors” (or comparable status in the case of a non-U.S. entity) or “employees” as the case may be. At the Closing Date, with respect to those individuals still performing consulting services for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date, such individuals will qualify for such classification. All individuals who are or were classified as “employees” of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are or were correctly classified under all applicable Legal Requirements by the Company or such Subsidiary, as exempt or non-exempt, as the case may be.

 

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(d) Compliance with Laws and Collective Bargaining Agreements . Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is and has at all times been in material compliance with all Labor and Employment Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any Liability under any Labor and Employment Laws and attributable to an event occurring or a state of facts existing prior to the date hereof, including but not limited to Liability which has been incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, but remains to be discharged, for breach of an employment contract with an employee or breach of any Labor and Employment Laws. There is no collective bargaining agreement or similar agreement currently applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than the Collective agreement for senior salaried employees in the Finnish chemical industries binding on the Company. Each of the Company and its Finnish Subsidiary is and has at all times been in all respects in compliance with such collective bargaining agreement.

 

(e) Claims . There are no Actions or other formal complaints of discrimination (including discrimination based upon sex, age, marital status, race, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or veteran status) pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration, the Workers Compensation Appeals Board, or any other Governmental Entity against the Company pertaining to any employee and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no basis therefor. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has terminated any employments on collective grounds or otherwise, nor is obliged to re-employ or re-engage any employee.

 

(f) Certain Loans . There are no outstanding loans or advances from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to employees or shareholders of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(g) Unions . There is no obligation to inform, consult or obtain consent whether in advance or otherwise of any labor union, workers council, labor organization or other employee representative body in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. There is no obligation to inform, consult or obtain consent whether in advance or otherwise of any labor union, workers council, labor organization or other employee representative body in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries are members of any employer’s organization and has no formal contact with any union or employee organization. Furthermore, the Company or its Subsidiaries have no formal employee representation, works council or similar in place.

 

(h) Disputes . (i) No labor strike, lock-out, industrial dispute, trade dispute or other dispute, slow down or stoppage against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has been involved in any negotiation regarding a claim with any labor union or other body representing employees or former employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has ever received any demand letters, civil rights charges, suits, drafts of suits, complaints or other communications related to claims made by any of its current or former employees or directors, consultants, or other service providers, whether or not before a Governmental Entity and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no basis therefor.

 

(i) Early Retirement No resolutions or applications have been made or may reasonably be expected to be made for early retirement (including part-time, unemployment or disability retirement) of any employee.

 

(j) Benefits for Past Service . There is no former employee, director or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries who is receiving or is scheduled to receive (or whose spouse or other dependent is receiving or is scheduled to receive) any benefits (whether from the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise) relating to such former employee’s employment or such former director’s or service provider’s service relationship with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except as is required under COBRA or by other applicable Legal Requirements.

 

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2.13 Real Property.

 

(a) Owned Real Property . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns, or has ever owned, any Real Property.

 

(b) Leased Real Property . Section 2.13(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a complete and correct list of all Leased Real Property (each, a “ Real Property Lease ”). The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have the valid right to occupy and use all Leased Real Property, in each case, free and clear of all Liens and adverse Governmental Orders. All rent and other sums and charges payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as tenant under the leases of Leased Real Property are current. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made any material alterations, additions or improvements to any Leased Real Property that are required to be removed (or of which any landlord or sub-landlord could require removal) at the termination of the applicable lease term. All of the Leased Real Property is adequately maintained and suitable in all material respects for the purpose of conducting the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries. No parcel of Leased Real Property is subject to any decree or order of a Governmental Entity to be sold or is being condemned, expropriated or otherwise taken by any Governmental Entity nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, has any such action been proposed. Each Real Property Lease will remain valid and biding in accordance with its terms following the Closing. The Company has made available to Purchaser complete and correct copies of Real Property Leases, including all modifications, amendment and supplements thereto.

 

2.14 Environmental Matters. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is and has at all times been in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has ever been subject to an investigation or review regarding a violation of any Environmental Law by any Governmental Entity, or received any notice, letter, complaint or other communication alleging that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any Liability under any Environmental Law or that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is not or has at any time not been in compliance with any Environmental Law and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no reasonable basis therefor. There are no past or present events, conditions, circumstances, activities, practices, incidents, actions, omissions or plans that constitute a violation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of, or are reasonably likely to prevent or interfere with the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ future compliance with, any Environmental Laws. None of the properties leased or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including soils and surface and ground waters) is contaminated with any Hazardous Substance.

 

2.15 Intellectual Property.

 

(a) Fundamental IP Representations.

 

(i) General

 

(1) Section 2.15(a)(i)(1) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth, for the Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights owned by or licensed to the Company and its Subsidiaries, in whole or in part, including jointly with others (and such schedule specifies whether such Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right is owned solely by, owned jointly by, or licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), a complete and correct list of all (A) Patents, indicating for each Patent the applicable owner, jurisdiction, registration number (or application number) and date issued (or date filed), (B) Trademarks, indicating for each Trademark that is registered or the subject of an application for registration the applicable owner, jurisdiction, registration number (or application number) and date issued (or date filed) and (C) Copyrights that are registered or the subject of an application for registration, indicating for each the applicable owner, jurisdiction, registration number (or application number) and date issued (or date filed) (collectively, “ Registered Intellectual Property ”). All necessary registration, maintenance and renewal fees with respect to all Registered Intellectual Property have been paid to date, and all necessary affidavits, responses, recordations, certificates, and other documents as of the date of this Agreement have been filed for the purposes of obtaining, maintaining, perfecting, preserving or renewing any of the Registered Intellectual Property. Except to the extent set out in Section 2.15(a)(i)(1) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, there are no actions that must be taken by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries within one hundred and twenty (120) days following the Closing, including the payment of any registration, maintenance or renewal fees, transfer of title fees or compensations, or the filing of any affidavits, responses, recordations, certificates or other documents, for the purposes of obtaining, maintaining, perfecting, preserving or renewing any of the Registered Intellectual Property. Each item of Registered Intellectual Property has been prosecuted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable rules, policies, and procedures of the applicable Governmental Entity.

 

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(2) All right, title and interest in and to any Intellectual Property relating to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries or their reasonably anticipated research and development that is or was created, developed, written, invented, conceived or discovered by the employees, consultants or contractors and that pursuant to law belong to the Company have been assigned pursuant to law to the Company without any limitations or encumbrances. There has been no disclosure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their respective current or former employees, consultants, contractors or advisors of its or their respective confidential information or its or their respective Intellectual Property that would compromise the status or protectibility of such Intellectual Property or the confidentiality of the confidential information. No present or former employee, officer, consultant, contractor, or advisor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any ownership, license or other right, title, or interest, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or to any Company Intellectual Property.

 

(3) All of the Registered Intellectual Property (other than applications for Patent or for Copyright or Trademark registration) are valid, subsisting and enforceable. The Company or one of its Subsidiaries is the owner of all right, title and interest in and to all Registered Intellectual Property (other than Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right that is identified in Section 2.15(a)(i)(1) of the Company Disclosure Schedules as licensed to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries from a third party) and all other Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights used or otherwise practiced or exploited by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Rights that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries uses under a valid and enforceable Inbound License Agreement) (collectively, the “ Owned Intellectual Property ”). All Owned Intellectual Property is free and clear of any and all Liens, covenants, conditions and restrictions or other adverse claims, rights or interests of any kind or nature and is freely transferable and assignable by the Company or its applicable Subsidiaries without payment of any kind to any Person. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice or claim, nor to the Knowledge of the Company any other notice or claim, challenging the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ complete and exclusive ownership of any Owned Intellectual Property or suggesting that any other Person has any claim of legal or beneficial ownership with respect thereto. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have received any written notice or claim, nor to the Knowledge of the Company any other notice or claim, challenging or questioning the validity or enforceability of any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right owned or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or indicating an intention on the part of any Person to bring a claim that any such Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right is invalid, is unenforceable or has been misused, and no Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right owned or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been challenged or threatened in any way.

 

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(ii) Patents.

 

(1) Each Patent of the Company and its Subsidiaries is and has been at all times in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements (including payment of correct filing, examination, and maintenance fees and proofs of working or use), other than any requirement that, if not satisfied, would not result in a revocation or lapse or affect the enforceability of such Patent.

 

(2) No Patent of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been or is now involved in any interference, reissue, reexamination or opposition proceeding in either the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any corresponding Governmental Entity elsewhere. No such action has been threatened. No Patent of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any compulsory license.

 

(3) There is no Patent or Copyright of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is based on an invention or work of any past or current director(s), employee(s), consultant(s), contractor(s) or advisor(s) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owes any compensation or remuneration to such director(s), employee(s), consultant(s), contractor(s) or advisor(s) in relation to such invention or work. The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied with all mandatory provisions under applicable legislation concerning payment of compensation to employees for employee inventions, and there are no inventions for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owes any compensation to its former or current employees. There is no Patent or other Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right on which any part of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relies, or of which any part of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is dependent, in each case as currently conducted and proposed to be conducted, which is held by a current or former director, employee, consultant, contractor, or advisor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any other Person.

 

(iii) Trade Secrets. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken all necessary and appropriate steps in accordance with all applicable Legal Requirements relating to trade secrets to protect their rights in their Trade Secrets. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken all necessary and appropriate steps to protect their rights in the Trade Secrets of third parties in accordance with the terms of any agreements or understandings relating to such third party Trade Secrets to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or which otherwise bind the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(iv) Intellectual Property Agreements.

 

(1) “Inbound License Agreement” means any agreement under which a third party grants, or agrees to grant, to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries any licenses or other rights in or to any Intellectual Property or any Intellectual Property Right. Section 2.15(a)(iv)(1) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a complete and correct list of all Inbound License Agreements, other than licenses to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of software that is commercially available on reasonable terms to any Person for a license fee, royalty or other consideration of no more than $1,000 per copy or user (each, a “ Non-Negotiated Software Contract ”).

 

(2) “Outbound License Agreement” means any agreement under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries grants, or agrees to grant, licenses or other rights in or to any Intellectual Property or any Intellectual Property Right. Section 2.15(a)(iv)(2) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a complete and correct list of all Outbound License Agreements, other than Contracts entered into with customers and resellers of the Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, indicating for each the effective date, title and the parties thereto. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has granted any sublicense to any third party under any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right.

 

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(3) There is no outstanding or threatened dispute or disagreement with respect to any Inbound License Agreement or any Outbound License Agreement. Complete and correct copies of all Inbound License Agreements that are required to be listed on Section 2.15(a)(iv)(1) of the Company Disclosure Schedules and all Outbound License Agreements that are required to be listed on Section 2.15(a)(iv)(2) of the Company Disclosure Schedules have been made available to Purchaser. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party to any Inbound License Agreement or Outbound License Agreement or Outbound License Agreement, as the case may be is in breach or default of such Inbound License Agreement. The Inbound License Agreements and Outbound License Agreements are in full force and effect and valid and enforceable in accordance with their terms.

 

(4) There is no Contract, judicial decree, arbitral award or other provision or requirement that obligates the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to grant licenses in the future with respect to any currently existing or future Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right.

 

(5) None of the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the other documents and agreements contemplated hereby, and the consummation of the Transactions, or any Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or is otherwise bound, will give rise under any circumstances to any license, transfer, assignment, grant of rights, restriction, Lien, covenant, obligation or transaction that relates in any way to any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right of Purchaser or any of its Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries), or to any obligation to license, transfer, assign, grant rights under, grant any Lien, incur any obligation (including any obligation to pay any royalties or other amounts) or enter into any other transaction that relates in any way to any such Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right.

 

(v) Sufficiency of Intellectual Property Assets . The Owned Intellectual Property and the Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights licensed to the Company and its Subsidiaries under the Inbound License Agreements constitute all the Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights used or otherwise practiced or exploited in the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and constitute all Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights necessary to operate such business at the Closing Date in substantially the same manner as such business has been operated by the Company and its Subsidiaries prior thereto.

 

(vi) No Infringement by the Company . The Company Products and all Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights used in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as it is now being conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted (by the Company and its Subsidiaries or by Purchaser and its Affiliates), do not infringe, violate, dilute or constitute the unauthorized use of, and have not infringed, violated, diluted or constituted the unauthorized use of, any rights owned or controlled by any third party, including any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right of any third party. Except as set forth in Section 2.15(a)(v) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, no Action has been initiated or pending, and no notice or other claim, dispute, assertion, allegation or action has been received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, alleging that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have engaged in any activity or conduct that infringes upon, violates, dilutes or constitutes the unauthorized use of, or has infringed upon, violated, diluted or constituted the unauthorized use of, the Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right of any third party, and there is no basis for any such Action.

 

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(vii) No Orders. No Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right that is owned by or licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any outstanding order, judgment, injunction, decree, or stipulation restricting the use or other practice or exploitation thereof by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, in the case of Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right licensed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to others, restricting the sale, transfer, assignment or licensing thereof by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person.

 

(viii) No Infringement by Third Parties. To the Knowledge of the Company, no third party is misappropriating, infringing, diluting or violating or has misappropriated, infringed, diluted or violated any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right owned by or licensed by or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. No Action has been initiated or pending, and no notice or other claim, dispute, assertion, allegation or action has been brought in writing or threatened against any third party by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries alleging that such third party has engaged in any activity or conduct that misappropriates, infringes, dilutes or violates any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right owned by or licensed by or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(ix) Assignment; Change of Control. Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will (i) give rise under any circumstances to any license, transfer, assignment, grant of rights, restriction, Lien, covenant, obligation or transaction that relates in any way to any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right of the Company and its Subsidiaries, or to any obligation to license, transfer, assign, grant rights under, grant any Liens, incur any obligation (including any obligation to pay any royalties or other amounts) or enter into any other transaction that relates in any way to any such Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right, (ii) result in the loss or impairment of, or give rise to any right of any third party to terminate, any of the rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to own or otherwise relating to any of their Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Rights, or rights under any Inbound License Agreement or Outbound License Agreement, or (iii) require the consent of any Governmental Entity or third party.

 

(x) Universities and SIGs.

 

(1) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made any contribution to any SIG or is bound by, or has agreed to be bound by, any Contract which purports to assign or license or potentially assign or license Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of any contribution or disclosure to or participation in any SIG.

 

(2) No SIG (A) owns or otherwise holds or has the right to obtain, any rights to any Owned Intellectual Property or any other Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right invented, developed, authored or registered by, for or in contemplation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) has imposed or purported to impose, or has the right, whether contingent or otherwise, to impose, any obligations or restrictions on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, following Closing, Purchaser), with respect to the use, practice, sale, licensing, and other exploitation or granting of any such Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right, or (C) is or may become entitled to, or has the right, whether contingent or otherwise, to receive any fees, royalties or other payments from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, following Closing, Purchaser), with respect to the use, practice, sale, licensing and other exploitation or granting of any rights in any such Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right.

 

a) The Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights invented, developed, authored or registered by each employee and consultant, of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries outside of his or her work with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, in connection with any past or current affiliation with any SIG) does not overlap in any way with any of the Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right he or she invented, developed, authored or registered for, on behalf of, or in contemplation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in a manner that such SIG owns or otherwise holds or has the right to obtain, any rights to any Owned Intellectual Property or any other Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right invented, developed, authored, or registered by, for or in contemplation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(b) Non-Fundamental Representations

 

(i) Trademarks.

 

(1) Each registered Trademark of the Company and its Subsidiaries is and has been at all times in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements (including payment of all registration, renewal and other fees and the timely post-registration filing of affidavits of use and renewal applications and timely filing of affidavits as required to cause such Trademarks to become incontestable) other than any requirement that, if not satisfied, would not result in a cancellation of the registration of such Trademark or otherwise affect the use, priority and enforceability of the Trademark in question, the defenses potentially available to any accused infringer thereof, or the remedies potentially available for infringement thereof.

 

(2) No registered Trademark of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been involved in any opposition or cancellation proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any corresponding non-U.S. trademark office, department, organization, authority or agency, and no such proceeding has been threatened.

 

(3) There has been no prior use by any third party of any Trademark used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that confers upon said third party rights that are superior or senior to the rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries in such Trademark, or which could threaten the validity of such Trademark.

 

(4) All Trademarks of the Company and its Subsidiaries registered in the United States, or any other location or jurisdiction have been in continuous use by the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries in all locations or jurisdictions of such registrations in the form appearing in, and in connection with the goods and services listed in, the registration certificates or renewal certificates, as the case may be, for such Trademarks.

 

(5) Section 2.15(b)(i)(5) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a complete and correct list of the common law or unregistered Trademarks of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries. With respect to the Trademarks on such schedule, the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries have used such Trademarks and the Company has made available documentation to Purchaser evidencing such use.

 

(ii) Copyrights.

 

(1) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action or failed to take any action (including a failure to disclose required information to the United States Copyright Office, or any corresponding Governmental Entity elsewhere, in connection with any registration of a registered copyright therewith), or used or enforced (or failed to use or enforce) any of its Copyrights, in each case in a manner that would result in the unenforceability of any Copyright of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(iii) Systems. The computer, information technology and data processing systems, facilities and services used by or for the Company and its Subsidiaries, including all Software, hardware, networks, communications facilities, platforms and related systems and services (collectively, “ Systems ”), are reasonably sufficient for the existing and currently anticipated future needs of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including as to capacity and scalability. All Systems are owned, licensed or rightfully possessed by, operated by and under the control of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

(iv) Government Contracts . None of the Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Rights or technology owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries was developed, delivered, or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under or in connection with any Contract with any Governmental Entity. Except for funding provided to the Company by Business Finland, all Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Right or technology owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries was developed at private expense, and no Governmental Entity has obtained, by contract or otherwise, rights in any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right or technology owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that will affect the commercial value thereof.

 

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(v) Universities and SIGs.

 

(1) Section 2.15(b)(v)(1) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a list of each standards-setting organization, university, college, or other educational institution, industry body, consortium, multi-national, bi-national or international Governmental Entity or governmental research center, other multi-party special interest group and any other collaborative or other group, including any of the foregoing that may be organized, funded, sponsored, formed or operated, in whole or part, by any Governmental Entity (each, a “ SIG ”), (A) in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is currently participating or with or for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is performing research or development, (B) in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has participated or with or for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has performed research or development in the past, or (C) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has applied for future participation in or performance of research or development with or for, and a listing and description of the membership agreements and other Contracts, bylaws, policies, rules and similar materials relating to such organizations, bodies and other activities, copies of all of which have been made available to Purchaser.

 

(2) No funding, facilities, personnel, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Right, research, equipment, or other resources of any SIG has been used in connection with the invention, development, authorship, or registration of any (A) Owned Intellectual Property, or (B) other Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right invented, developed, authored or registered by, for or in contemplation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(3) Without limiting the generality of Section 2.15(b)(v)(2) and Section 2.15(a)(x)(2) , except for funding provided to the Company by Business Finland, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is now, and has not been since the Company’s inception, subject to any terms, conditions, requirements or other criteria under any grant, incentive, subsidy, award, participation, exemption, status, cost sharing arrangement, reimbursement arrangement or other benefit, relief or privilege provided or made available by or on behalf of or under the authority of any governmental grant programs, or on behalf of or under the authority of any SIG, in each case, for the financing of research and development.

 

2.16 Taxes.

 

(a) The Company and its Subsidiaries have duly and timely filed all Tax Returns required to be filed under applicable Legal Requirements in any jurisdiction in which the Company or such Subsidiary is or has been subject to Tax, and such Tax Returns are true, complete and correct in all respects.

 

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(b) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) requested or received an extension of time to file any Tax Return (other than automatic extensions of time for filing any Tax Return that are allowable under applicable Legal Requirements or (ii) waived any statute of limitations in respect of Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency.

 

(c) The Company and its Subsidiaries have fully and timely paid all Taxes (whether or not shown on any Tax Return or any other Tax filings) required to be paid, and the Company has adequately provided in the Financial Statements and the Interim Financial Statements with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (without regard to any footnotes) for all Taxes accrued through the date of such Financial Statements and Interim Financial Statements that were not yet due and payable as of the date thereof. All Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries accrued following the end of the most recent period covered by the Financial Statements have arisen in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and the unpaid Taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries will not, as of the Closing Date, exceed that the reserve for Tax liabilities set forth on the face of the Financial Statements and Interim Financial Statements (rather than in any notes thereto), as adjusted for the passage of time through the Closing Date. All required estimated Tax payments sufficient to avoid any underpayment penalties have been made by or on behalf of the Company.

 

(d) The Company and its Subsidiaries have collected and remitted all applicable sales and use, value added and other indirect Taxes to the appropriate Taxing Authority in any jurisdiction, whether or not registered to collect Tax in such jurisdiction, or obtained any applicable sales or use, value added and other indirect Tax exemption certificates necessary to avoid such collection and remittance obligations.

 

(e) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has complied in all respects with all applicable Legal Requirements relating to the payment and withholding of Taxes, has withheld and paid to the appropriate Taxing Authority all Taxes required to be withheld and paid in connection with any amounts paid or owing to any Person, and has complied in all material respects with all information reporting and backup withholding provisions of applicable Legal Requirements.

 

(f) No item of income or (f) gain reported by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for financial accounting purposes in any period prior to the Closing Date will be required to be included in the taxable income of the Company or such Subsidiary in any period following the Closing Date, and no item of loss or deduction of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries required to be reported for financial accounting purposes in any period following the Closing Date was claimed as a deduction from taxable income in any period prior to the Closing Date. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has agreed to or will be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any (i) change in method of accounting for Tax purposes for a taxable period or portion thereof ending on or prior to the Closing Date made on or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) intercompany transactions or any excess loss account described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) entered into on or prior to the Closing Date; (iv) installment sale or option transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date; (v) prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing Date; or (vi) election under Section 108(i) of the Code made on or prior to the Closing Date (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Law). The transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not give rise to any Liability for Tax of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, with the exception of any Transfer Taxes for which either Purchaser or the Shareholders are liable hereunder.

 

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(g) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has even been (or has ever owned an interest in) (i) a “United States real property holding corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code, (ii) a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code, or (iii) a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

 

(h) There have been no audits, suits, proceedings, investigations, claims, examinations, or other administrative or judicial proceedings concerning any Tax Return or Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, none of the foregoing have been threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has received any written notice from any Taxing Authority that it intends to conduct such an Action. No issue has been raised by a Taxing Authority in any prior examination of the Company or its Subsidiaries which, by application of the same or similar principles, would reasonably be expected to result in a proposed material deficiency for any subsequent taxable period. There are no Liens for Taxes upon any of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has outstanding powers of attorney with respect to Taxes. The Company is not currently the beneficiary of any Tax exemption, Tax holiday or other Tax reduction or incentive agreement, arrangement or order with any Taxing Authority. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has requested, entered into, or been issued any private letter ruling, technical advice memoranda or similar ruling from any Taxing Authority.

 

(i) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has been a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or similar group for Tax purposes (other than a group the common parent of which was the Company) or (ii) is or could reasonably be expected to be liable for the Taxes of any Person under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Legal Requirements, or as a transferee or successor, by contract, by operation of law or otherwise. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any obligation under any Tax sharing, Tax allocation, Tax indemnity or similar agreement or arrangement (other than an agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business the principal purpose of which is not the sharing, allocation or indemnification of Taxes).

 

(j) The Company is not required to file U.S. federal income Tax Returns. Any Company Subsidiary that is subject to U.S. federal income taxation has disclosed on its U.S. federal income Tax Returns all positions taken therein that could give rise to substantial understatement of U.S. federal income tax within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code and has not engaged in any “reportable transactions” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b).

 

(k) There is currently no limitation on the utilization of net operating losses, capital losses, built-in losses, Tax credits or similar items of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(l) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has at all times been resident for Tax purposes in its place of organization and is not and has not at any time been treated as resident in any other jurisdiction for any Tax purpose (including any double taxation arrangement). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has been subject to Tax in any jurisdiction other than its place of organization by virtue of having a permanent establishment, a permanent representative or other place of business or taxable presence in the jurisdiction. No claim has been made by a Taxing Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not file a particular type of Tax Return or pay a particular type of Tax that the Company or such Subsidiary is required to file such Tax Return or may be required to pay such Tax in such jurisdiction. Section 2.16(l) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth the jurisdictions in which the Company and its Subsidiaries have filed income, sales, use or other material Tax Returns.

 

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(m) The Company has delivered to Purchaser true, complete and correct copies of (i) all governmental, federal, municipal, state and foreign income, franchise or similar Tax Returns, and all other material Tax Returns, of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries for all tax years issued since the inception of each of the Company and such Subsidiary, and (ii) any audit or examination report, ruling, closing agreement, technical advice memorandum, tax holiday or similar document issued since the inception of each of the Company and such Subsidiary (or otherwise with respect to any audit or proceeding in progress) relating to Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(n) All charges for goods or services made between the Company and its Subsidiaries, between the Company’s Subsidiaries, or between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and a Person that is otherwise under common “control” (within the meaning of Section 482 of the Code) with the Company or such Subsidiary, satisfy all transfer pricing requirements under applicable Legal Requirements and none of such charges is subject to adjustment under Section 482 of the Code or under any comparable provision of other applicable Legal Requirements. The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied with all information reporting and record keeping requirements under applicable Legal Requirements, including retention and maintenance of required records with respect thereto.

 

(o) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any joint venture, partnership, limited liability company, or other arrangement or Contract that would reasonably be expected to be treated as a partnership for any income or other Tax purposes. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been involved in a third-party transaction with any Person or Persons that purported or was intended to be a non-taxable transaction (either in whole or in part) and governed (either in whole or in part) by Section 332, Section 351, Section 355, Section 368, Section 721, Section 731 or Section 1031 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Legal Requirements).

 

(p) (1) The Company has held all the shares of US Subsidiary uninterruptedly for more than one year; (2) the Company has recorded US Subsidiary’s shares in its Tax Returns as a capital asset, and has not deducted in its Tax Returns the acquisition costs of the shares in US Subsidiary; and (3) US Subsidiary has never paid dividends to the Company.

 

2.17 Material Contracts .

 

(a) Section 2.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a complete and correct list (grouped according to the subsections below) of all Contracts of the following nature to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective properties or assets, is otherwise bound (including by way of surviving provisions of otherwise expired or terminated Contracts) (each Contract required to be listed in Section 2.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, “ Material Contract ” and collectively, the “ Material Contracts ”):

 

(i) (A) any Contract in respect of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ businesses evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for borrowed money or (B) the deferred purchase price of property (whether incurred, assumed, guaranteed or secured by any asset) in excess of $50,000;

 

(ii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has provided funds to or made any loan, capital contribution or other investment in, or assumed, guaranteed or agreed to act as a surety with respect to any Liability of, any Person;

 

(iii) any Contract for the issuance of any debt or equity security or other ownership interest, or the conversion of any obligation, instrument or security into debt or equity securities or other ownership interests of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or for the purchase of any debt or equity security or other ownership interest of any Person;

 

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(iv) any Contract that purports to limit, curtail or restrict the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to (A) compete in any way, including in any geographic area or line of business or with any Person, (B) make sales to or engage or participate with any Person in any manner, (C) use or enforce any Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (D) hire or solicit any Person in any manner;

 

(v) any Contract that grants the other party or any third Person, or otherwise constrains or subjects the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to (A) any exclusive marketing or other exclusive rights of any type or scope, (B) any “most favored nation” or similar status, (C) any type of special discount rights, or (D) any right of first refusal, first notice or first negotiation;

 

(vi) any Contract that requires a consent to or otherwise contains a provision relating to a “change of control,” or that would give rise to any acceleration or additional rights or obligations under such Contract or prohibit or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents;

 

(vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is the lessee or lessor of, or holds, uses, or makes available for use to any Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof), (A) any Real Property or (B) any tangible personal property;

 

(viii) any executory Contract for the sale or purchase of any tangible personal property in an amount in excess of $50,000;

 

(ix) Contract obligating the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to indemnify or hold harmless any Person for amounts that exceed the value of the amounts paid or payable under the Contract, other than Contracts entered into with customers and resellers of the Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(x) any Contract containing warranties or guaranties with respect to the performance of any Company Product, other than the Company’s standard warranty made available to Purchaser;

 

(xi) (A) other than the Inbound License Agreements set forth in Section 2.15(a)(iv)(1) and (B) the Outbound License Agreements set forth in Section 2.15(a)(iv)(2) , any Contract relating in whole or in part to, or that includes (1) any sale, assignment, hypothecation, transfer, license, option, covenant not to sue, release, immunity, or other grant of rights with respect to or under any Intellectual Property (other than (x) Non-Negotiated Software Contracts and (y) Contracts entered into with customers and resellers of the Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) or (2) any restriction on the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ right to use, practice or otherwise exploit any Owned Intellectual Property;

 

(xii) any Contract with any Related Party of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(xiii) (A) any Contract with an employee that is not terminable at will and (B) any Contract with a consultant or other service provider for services in excess of $50,000 on an annual basis;

 

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(xiv) any Contract that relates to a partnership, joint venture, joint marketing, joint development or similar arrangement with any other Person;

 

(xv) any Contract set forth or required to be set forth in Section 2.15(b)(v)(1) of the Company Disclosure Schedules;

 

(xvi) any Contract pursuant to which the Company has acquired or sold a business or entity, or substantially all of the assets of a business or entity, whether by way of merger, consolidation, purchase of shares, purchase of assets, license or otherwise;

 

(xvii) any Contract relating to settlement of any Action or administrative or judicial proceeding;

 

(xviii) any Government Contract;

 

(xix) any Contract with a Material Customer or a Material Supplier;

 

(xx) any Contract to indemnify officers, directors, employees or Shareholders;

 

(xxi) any Contract with any of the Company’s suppliers, customers or clients other than Contracts on the Company’s standard, unmodified form of supplier, customer or client agreement as made available to Purchaser; and

 

(xxii) any other Contract not disclosed pursuant to another subsection of this 2.17(a) , whether or not made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, that (A) involves a future or potential Liability or receivable, as the case may be, in excess of $50,000 on an annual basis or in excess of $100,000 over the current Contract term, (B) has a term greater than one (1) year and cannot be cancelled by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company without penalty or further payment and without more than thirty (30) Business Days’ notice or (C) is material to the business, operations, assets, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(b) The Company has made available complete and correct copies of the Material Contracts to Purchaser, including all modifications, amendments and supplements thereto. Each Material Contract constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject to any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Legal Requirements now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally or to general principles of equity), and is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. There is no breach or default under any Material Contract either by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, by any other party thereto, no event has occurred that with the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both would constitute a breach or default thereunder by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party. No party to any Material Contract has given to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, other notice of, or made a claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of, any breach or default thereunder.

 

2.18 Tangible Assets. The Company and its Subsidiaries own, and have good and valid title to all of their respective tangible properties and assets that are used or held for use in their respective businesses, including all of the assets reflected on the Balance Sheet or acquired in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since the date of the Balance Sheet (except for those assets sold or otherwise disposed of for fair value since the date of the Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), in each case free and clear of any Liens, except as reflected on the Balance Sheet and except for such imperfections of title, if any, that do not interfere with the present value of the subject property.

 

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2.19 Insurance . Section 2.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a complete and correct list of all insurance policies maintained by the Company and its Subsidiaries (the “ Insurance Policies ”). Each Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and is valid, outstanding and enforceable, and all premiums due thereon have been paid in full. None of the Insurance Policies will terminate or lapse (or be affected in any other adverse manner) by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has complied with the provisions of each Insurance Policy under which it is the insured party. No insurer under any Insurance Policy has canceled or generally disclaimed Liability under any such policy or indicated any intent to do so or not to renew any such policy. No claim currently is pending or threatened under any such policy, and all prior claims under the Insurance Policies have been filed in a timely fashion. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has established or operated under a formalized self-insurance program.

 

2.20 Anti-Corruption Laws .

 

(a) None of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, or authorized representatives, or to the Knowledge of the Company, any other Person acting on behalf of Company or its Subsidiaries (including, but not limited to consultants, distributors, resellers, and any other business intermediaries) has, directly or indirectly:

 

(i) directly or indirectly, taken any action which would cause them to be in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any rules or regulations thereunder, or any applicable anti-corruption or anti-bribery laws, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, judgments, Orders, decrees, injunctions and writs of any Governmental Entity of any jurisdiction (whether by virtue of jurisdiction or organization or conduct of business) (collectively the “ applicable Anti-Corruption Laws ”).

 

(ii) offered, paid, promised to pay, or authorized a payment, of any money or other thing of value (including any fee, gift, sample, travel expense or entertainment) or any commission payment, or any payment related to political activity, to any of the following Persons for the purpose of influencing any act or decision of such Person in his official capacity, inducing such Person to do or omit to do any act in violation of the lawful duty of such official, securing any improper advantage, or inducing such Person to use his influence with a foreign government or instrumentality thereof to affect or to influence any act or decision of such government or instrumentality, in order to assist the Company in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing the business to, any Person: (i) any Person who is an agent, representative, official, officer, director, or employee of any non-U.S. government or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof (including officers, directors, and employees of state-owned, operated or controlled entities) or of a public international organization; (ii) any Person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any such government, department, agency, instrumentality, or public international organization; (iii) any political party or official thereof; (iv) any candidate for political or political party office (such recipients in paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this subsection, collectively, “ Governmental Officials ”); or (v) any other individual or entity while knowing or having reason to believe that all or any portion of such money or thing of value would be offered, given, or promised, directly or indirectly, to any Governmental Official.

 

(iii) made any payments or transfers of value with the intent, or which have the purpose or effect, of engaging in commercial bribery or other unlawful means of obtaining business.

 

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(b) The books, records and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries have at all times accurately and fairly reflected, in reasonable detail, the transactions and dispositions of their respective funds and assets. There have never been any false or fictitious entries made in the books, records or accounts of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any illegal payment or secret or unrecorded fund, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has established or maintained a secret or unrecorded fund.

 

(c) There is no current, pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened charges, proceedings, investigations, audits, or complaints against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, or any other representative of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, with respect to any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.

 

2.21 Product Warranties; Product Liability .

 

(a) No warranties have been given with respect to any Company Product other than those for which complete and correct copies have been made available to Purchaser. There have not been any deviations from or modification to such warranties and guaranties. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any warranty claims, has any warranty claims pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, is threatened with any warranty claims under any Contract and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no basis for any such claim. Any representations, warranties, guarantees or public-facing statements made by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries regarding the compliance of any Company Product, or the sufficiency or fitness for use of any Company Product for compliance with, applicable Legal Requirements have been at all times true and correct.

 

(b) The Company has not received any written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, other notice of a claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries alleging a design or manufacturing defect in any Company Product, in each case, excluding any and all requests for product returns in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

 

2.22 Customers and Suppliers . Section 2.22 of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth complete and correct lists of (i) (A) the top ten (10) customers of the Company and its Subsidiaries during each of the past two (2) fiscal years of the Company and year-to-date for the current fiscal year of the Company (determined on the basis of revenue of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, attributable to each customer during each such period) (each, a “ Material Customer ”), and (B) a list of any significant customers lost since the Interim Balance Sheet Date, and (b) all suppliers of the Company and its Subsidiaries during each of the past two (2) fiscal years of the Company and year-to-date for the current fiscal year of the Company from which the approximate total purchases by the Company and its Subsidiaries was in excess of $100,000 during each such period (each a “ Material Supplier ”), showing the approximate total purchases by the Company and its Subsidiaries from each such supplier during such period. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notices of termination or written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, other notices of termination from any Material Customer or Material Supplier.

 

2.23 Brokers . No broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the Transactions or any of the other documents and agreements contemplated hereby based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

2.24 Bank Accounts; Powers of Attorney . Section 2.24 of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a complete and correct list showing (a) all banks in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries maintains a bank account or safe deposit box, together with, as to each such bank account, the account number, the names of all signatories thereof and the authorized powers of each such signatory and, with respect to each such safe deposit box, the number thereof and the names of all Persons having access thereto; and (b) the names of all Persons holding powers of attorney from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, complete and correct copies of which have been made available to Purchaser.

 

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2.25 Related Party Transactions .

 

(a) No Related Party of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries: (i) owns or has owned, directly or indirectly, any equity or other financial or voting interest in any competitor, service provider, supplier, licensor, lessor, distributor, independent contractor or customer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their business; (ii) owns or has owned, directly or indirectly, or has or has had any interest in any property (real or personal, tangible or intangible) that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries uses or has used in or pertaining to the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) has or has had any business dealings or a financial interest in any transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or involving any assets or property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than business dealings or transactions conducted in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice at prevailing market prices and on prevailing market terms; or (iv) is or has been employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(b) There are no Contracts by and between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Related Party of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, pursuant to which such Related Party provides or receives any information, assets, properties, support or other services to or from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(c) There are no outstanding notes payable to, accounts receivable from or advances by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is otherwise a debtor or creditor of, or has any Liability to, any Related Party of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Since the Interim Balance Sheet Date, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any Liability to, or entered into or agreed to enter into any transaction with or for the benefit of, any Related Party of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

 

2.26 Data Protection . Section 2.26 of the Company Disclosure Schedules identifies (i) each distinct electronic or other Database containing (in whole or in part) Personal Data maintained by or for the Company or its Subsidiaries at any time, the types of Personal Data in each such Database, the means by which such Personal Data was collected, any service provider (including any cloud service provider) that hosts or otherwise maintains each such Database on its systems, and the security measures and policies that have been adopted and maintained with respect to each such Database; and (ii) each public-facing Company Privacy Policy in effect at any time, identifying the period of time during which such Company Privacy Policy was in effect. No Person (including any Governmental Entity) has made any claim or commenced any Action with respect to loss, damage, or unauthorized access, use, modification, or other misuse of any such Company Data (and there is no reasonable basis for any such claim or Action). Neither the execution, delivery nor performance of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor the disclosure of any Company Data to Purchaser or its Affiliates thereafter will violate any Data Protection Requirements. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has at all times made all disclosures to, and obtained any necessary consents from, users, customers, employees, contractors, and other applicable Persons required by Data Protection Requirements and has filed any required registrations with the applicable data protection authority, if any.

 

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2.27 Information Technology . There has been no failure, breakdown or continued substandard performance of any Systems that has caused a disruption or interruption in or to the operation of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

2.28 International Trade Laws . Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is and has at all times been in compliance with all applicable International Trade Laws where it is located and where it conducts business. Without limiting the foregoing: (a) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has obtained all export licenses and other approvals required for its exports of products required by any International Trade Law and all such approvals and licenses are in full force and effect; (b) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with the terms of such applicable export licenses or other approvals; (c) there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened claims against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to such export licenses or other approvals; and (d) there are no actions, conditions or circumstances pertaining to the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ transactions that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any future Actions against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under applicable International Trade Laws.

 

2.29 Representations Complete . To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the representations or warranties of the Company in this Agreement or any statement made in any Schedule or certificate furnished by the Company as of the Closing pursuant to this Agreement contains any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits to state any fact reasonably necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which made, not misleading.

 

2.30 No Other Warranties . It is specifically stated and agreed that the Company has not made, and the Purchaser has not relied on, any other express or implied warranties regarding the Shareholders, the Company Shares, the Company or the Subsidiaries or their business other than those contained in this Section 2 (which excludes, for the sake of clarity, all other express or implied warranties, whether statutory or otherwise).

 

Article III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SHAREHOLDERS

 

Except as set forth in the corresponding sections or subsections of the disclosure schedules attached hereto (each section of which (i) qualifies the specifically identified Sections or subsections of this Agreement to which such disclosure schedule relates and shall be deemed to qualify, and be disclosed and incorporated in, each other Section and subsection of this Agreement solely to the extent its applicability to such other Section or subsection is reasonably apparent on its face to a reader who is unfamiliar with the Company and the contents underlying the Shareholder Disclosure Schedules, and (ii) shall be deemed for all purposes to be part of the representations and warranties made hereunder) (the “ Shareholder Disclosure Schedules ”), the Company hereby, upon the execution of this Agreement and at Closing, each Shareholder represents and warrants to Purchaser as follows:

 

3.1 Ownership of Company Securities . Each Shareholder is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Company Shares, Company Options or Convertible Loans designated as being owned by such Shareholder opposite his, her or its name in the relevant column for each of the date hereof and as at Closing Section 2.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (the “ Company Securities ”). The Company Securities owned by each Shareholder are not subject to any Liens or to any rights of first refusal of any kind, and no Shareholder has granted any rights to purchase such Company Shares to any other Person. Each Shareholder has the sole right to transfer the Company Securities owned or to be owned by it to Purchaser. Such Company Securities constitutes all of the Company Securities owned, beneficially or of record, by such Shareholder, and such Shareholder has no options, warrants or other rights to acquire or subscribe to Company Shares, other than the Convertible Loans or the Company Options included in the Company Securities, if applicable. At the Closing, in exchange for the consideration paid pursuant to Section 1.3 , Purchaser will receive good title to each Shareholder’s Company Shares, free and clear of all Liens. No Shareholder nor any prior registered, direct or beneficial holder of such Company Shares, if any, has previously granted or agreed to grant any ongoing power of attorney in respect of such Company Shares or entered into any voting trust, vote pooling or other agreement with respect to the right to vote, call meetings of shareholders or give consents or approvals of any kind as to such Company Shares. There are no outstanding loans from the Company to such Shareholder other than certain of the Closing Repayment Loans to be repaid at Closing.

 

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3.2 No Public Sale or Distribution . Each Shareholder is acquiring the Purchaser Shares for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act. Such Shareholder does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Purchaser Shares.

 

3.3 Non-U.S. Persons; Reliance on Exemptions . Each Shareholder (i) certifies that such Shareholder is not a “U.S. person” within the meaning of SEC Rule 902 of Regulation S, as presently in effect, and that such Shareholder is not acquiring the Purchaser Shares for the account or benefit of any such U.S. person, (ii) agrees to resell the Purchaser Shares only in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the 1933 Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from registration and agrees not to engage in hedging transactions with regard to such Purchaser Shares unless in compliance with the 1933 Act, (iii) agrees that any certificates or book-entry positions for any Purchaser Shares issued to such Shareholder shall contain a legend to the effect that transfer is prohibited except in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the 1933 Act or pursuant to an available exemption from registration and that hedging transactions involving such Purchaser Shares may not be conducted unless in compliance with the 1933 Act, (iv) agrees that Purchaser is hereby required to refuse to register any transfer of any Purchaser Shares issued to such Shareholder not made in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the 1933 Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from registration. Each Shareholder understands that the Purchaser Shares are being offered and sold in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States Legal Requirements and that Purchaser is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Shareholder’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Shareholder set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Shareholder to acquire the Purchaser Shares.

 

3.4 Information . Each Shareholder and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of Purchaser. Each Shareholder and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of Purchaser. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Shareholder or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Shareholder’s right to rely on Purchaser’s representations and warranties contained herein. Such Shareholder understands that its investment in the Purchaser Shares involves a high degree of risk and is able to bear such risk and to afford a complete loss of such investment. Such Shareholder has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Purchaser Shares.

 

3.5 Legends . Each Shareholder understands that the book-entry or other instruments representing the Purchaser Shares issued hereunder, until such time as the resale of Purchaser Shares issued hereunder have been registered under the 1933 Act, the book-entry representing the Purchaser Shares issued hereunder, except as set forth below, shall bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such Purchaser Shares):

 

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“THE TRANSFER OF THESE SECURITIES IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION S AS PROMULGATED BY THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION UNDER THE ACT, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT, OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION, AND HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES (INCLUDING ANY SWAP OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION THAT TRANSFERS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCE OF OWNERSHIP OF THESE SECURITIES, WHETHER ANY SUCH SWAP, AGREEMENT OR TRANSACTION IS TO BE SETTLED BY DELIVERY OF ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THESE SECURITIES OR ANY OTHER SECURITIES, IN CASH OR OTHERWISE), MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT.”

 

The legend set forth above shall be removed if (i) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer, the holder of such Purchaser Shares provides the Purchaser with an opinion of counsel, the form and substance of which shall be reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser, to the effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may be made without registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, (ii) such holder provides the Purchaser with reasonable assurance (including, if requested by the Purchaser, a customary representation letter reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser) that the Purchaser Shares can be sold, assigned or transferred without volume or manner of sale restriction pursuant to Rule 144 or (iii) the legend can be removed in accordance with the Act, the Regulations promulgated thereunder or applicable SEC interpretations thereof.

 

3.6 No Governmental Review . Each Shareholder understands that no United States Governmental Entity has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of Purchaser or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Purchaser Shares issuable hereunder, nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the Transactions

 

3.7 Restricted Securities . Each Shareholder understands that the Purchaser Shares it is receiving are characterized as “restricted securities” under the federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from Purchaser in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws and applicable regulations such securities may be resold without registration under the Act only in certain limited circumstances. In this connection, such Shareholder represents that it is familiar with SEC Rule 144, as presently in effect, and understands the resale limitations imposed thereby and by the 1933 Act. Such Shareholder understands that the Purchaser Shares have not been and will not be registered under the 1933 Act and have not been and will not be registered or qualified in any state in which they are offered, and thus such Shareholder will not be able to resell or otherwise transfer his, her or its Purchaser Shares unless they are registered under the 1933 Act and registered or qualified under applicable state securities laws, or an exemption from such registration or qualification is available. Without in any way limiting the representations set forth above, such Shareholder further agrees not to make any disposition of all or any portion of the Purchaser Shares prior to the date that is six (6) months from the date of issuance of such Purchaser Shares unless and until transferee has agreed in writing for the benefit of the Purchaser to be bound by this Section 3.7 and:

 

(a) There is then in effect a registration statement under the 1933 Act covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made in accordance with such registration statement; or

 

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(b) (i) Such Shareholder shall have notified Purchaser of the proposed disposition and shall have furnished Purchaser with a detailed statement of the circumstances surrounding the proposed disposition, and (ii) if reasonably requested by Purchaser, such Shareholder shall have furnished Purchaser with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser that such disposition will not require registration of such shares under the 1933 Act. It is agreed that Purchaser will not require opinions of counsel for transactions made pursuant to Rule 144 except in unusual circumstances.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) above, no such registration statement or opinion of counsel shall be necessary for a transfer that is permitted by Section 6.5(b) of this Agreement, if the transferee agrees in writing to be subject to the terms hereof to the same extent as if he, she or it were a Shareholder hereunder.

 

3.8 Litigation . There is no action, suit, claim or proceeding of any nature pending, or to the knowledge of such Shareholder, threatened, against such Shareholder, arising out of or relating to (i) such Shareholder’s legal ownership of Company Shares or rights to acquire Company Shares, (ii) such Shareholder’s capacity as a Shareholder, (iii) the Transactions, (iv) any contribution of assets (tangible and intangible) by such Shareholder (or any of its Affiliates) to the Company, or (v) any other agreement between such Shareholder (or any of its Affiliates) and the Company, nor to the knowledge of such Shareholder is there any reasonable basis therefor. There is no investigation or other proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of such Shareholder, threatened, against such Shareholder arising out of or relating to the matters noted in clauses (i) through (v) of the preceding sentence by or before any Governmental Entity, nor to the knowledge of such Shareholder is there any reasonable basis therefor. There is no action, suit, claim or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of such Shareholder, threatened, against such Shareholder with respect to which such Shareholder has a contractual right or a right to indemnification from the Company related to facts and circumstances existing prior to the Closing, nor, to the knowledge of such Shareholder, are there any facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to give rise to such an action, suit, claim or proceeding.

 

3.9 Authority . Such Shareholder, if it is an entity, has all requisite power and authority or, if such Shareholder is an individual, has capacity to enter into this Agreement and any Transaction Documents to which it or he or she, as the case may be, is a party and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and any other agreement contemplated hereby to which such Shareholder is a party and the consummation of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Shareholder, or if such Shareholder is an entity, has been consented to by the spouse (if any) of the Shareholder, and no further action is required on the part of such Shareholder to authorize the Agreement and any agreement contemplated hereby to which such Shareholder is a party and the Transactions. This Agreement and each of the agreements contemplated hereby to which such Shareholder is a party has been duly executed and delivered by such Shareholder, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and thereto, constitute the valid and binding obligations of such Shareholder, enforceable against each such party in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the Enforceability Limitations.

 

3.10 No Conflict . The execution and delivery by each Shareholder of this Agreement and any Related Agreement to which such Shareholder is a party and the consummation of the Transactions will not, (a) Conflict with (i) any provision of the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other charter or organizational documents of such Shareholder if such Shareholder is an entity, ((ii) any Legal Requirement order applicable to such Shareholder or such Shareholder’s properties or assets (whether tangible or intangible), or (b) require any consent, waiver, notice or approval from or on behalf of any Person.

 

3.11 Brokers’ and Finders’ Fees . No Shareholder has incurred, and will not incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for brokerage or finders’ fees or agents’ commissions, fees related to investment banking or similar advisory services or any similar charges in connection with the Agreement, any agreement contemplated hereby or any of the Transactions, nor will Purchaser or the Company incur, directly or indirectly, any such liability based on arrangements made by or on behalf of such Shareholder. Section 3.11 of the Shareholder Disclosure Schedules sets forth the principal terms and conditions of any agreement, written or oral, with respect to such fees.

 

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3.12 No Knowledge of Company Breaches . Each Shareholder owning in excess of five percent (5%) of the Company Shares has reviewed the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (as may be modified by the Shareholder Disclosure Schedules), and to the knowledge of such Shareholder, no such representation or warranty (as may be modified by the Shareholder Disclosure Schedules) contains, or will contain at the Closing, any misrepresentation or is, or will be at the Closing, inaccurate in any respect.

 

3.13 Representations Complete . None of the representations or warranties of the Company in this Agreement or any statement made in any Schedule or certificate furnished by the Company as of the Closing pursuant to this Agreement contains any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits to state any fact reasonably necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which made, not misleading.

 

Article IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER

 

Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

 

4.1 Organization and Qualification . Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of Delaware, and has the requisite power and authorization to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Purchaser is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Purchaser has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, and any other agreements contemplated hereby to which it is a party and to consummate the Transactions, and to issue the Purchaser Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby and the consummation by Purchaser of the Transactions, including, without limitation, the issuance of Purchaser Shares, have been duly authorized by Purchaser’s board of directors. This Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby to which Purchaser is a party, have been duly executed and delivered by Purchaser, and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of Purchaser, enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.

 

4.2 Issuance of Securities . The Purchaser Shares to be issued hereunder, and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby, shall be validly issued and free from all preemptive or similar rights (except for those which have been validly waived prior to the date hereof), taxes, liens and charges and other encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof and the Purchaser Shares shall be fully paid and nonassessable with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Purchaser Common Stock. Assuming the accuracy of each of the representations and warranties of each Shareholder set forth in Article III of this Agreement, the issuance by Purchaser of the Purchaser Shares is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act.

 

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4.3 Governmental Approvals and Consents . No consent, waiver, approval, Order or authorization of, or registration with, any Governmental Entity is required by or with respect to Purchaser in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and any other agreement contemplated hereby which Purchaser is a party or the consummation of the Transactions, except for obtaining the approval of The Nasdaq Capital Market (the “ Principal Market ”) regarding the listing of the Purchaser Shares (the “ Principal Market Approval ”).

 

4.4 SEC Reports and Financial Statements .

 

(a) A true and complete copy of each annual, quarterly and other report, registration statement, and definitive proxy statement filed by Purchaser with the SEC since January 31, 2017 and prior to the date hereof (the “ Purchaser SEC Documents ”) is available on the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov, other than portions in respect of which confidential treatment was granted by the SEC. As of their respective filing dates, the Purchaser SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934 Act ”), applicable to Purchaser and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the Purchaser SEC Documents, and none of the Purchaser SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(b) The financial statements of Purchaser included in the Purchaser SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, were prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto, except in the case of pro forma statements, or, in the case of unaudited financial statements, except as permitted under Form 10-Q under the 1934 Act) and fairly presented the consolidated financial position of Purchaser and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of Purchaser’s operations and cash flows for the periods indicated (subject to, in the case of unaudited statements, normal and recurring year-end audit adjustments)

 

4.5 Purchaser Compliance with Legal Requirements . Except as disclosed in Purchaser’s SEC Documents, Purchaser is and has been, since January 31, 2017, in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements, except where failure to be so in compliance would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Purchaser has not received, nor is there any reasonable basis for, any notice, order, complaint or other communication from any Governmental Entity or any other Person that Purchaser has any Liability under any applicable Legal Requirement or that it is not or has at any time not been in compliance with any applicable Legal Requirement. Except as disclosed in the Purchaser SEC Documents, since January 31, 2017, no investigation or review by any Governmental Entity regarding a violation of any applicable Legal Requirements with respect to Purchaser has occurred. To Purchaser’s knowledge, no such investigation or review is pending or threatened, nor is there is any reasonable basis therefor.

 

4.6 Shares Consideration.

 

(a) The Purchaser Shares have been duly authorized, and upon consummation of the Transactions and the issuance of such Purchaser Shares pursuant to and in accordance with the terms hereof, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(b) All shares of Purchaser Common Stock that may be issued upon the exercise of Purchaser Options to be issued by Purchaser in accordance with the terms of this Agreement will be, when issued in accordance with the terms thereof, legally and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

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4.7 Absence of Certain Changes . Except as disclosed in the Purchaser SEC Documents, since March 31, 2019, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that would reasonably be expected to have Material Adverse Effect, (ii) there have been no (A) sale of assets other than those in the ordinary course of business, (B) capital expenditures or (C) transactions, in each case individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $500,000, entered into by Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the financing transaction previously disclosed to the Company, (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by Purchaser on any class or series of its capital stock and (iv) Purchaser has not incurred any liability in excess of $500,000 other than in the ordinary course of business. Purchaser has not taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any law or statute relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, liquidation or winding up, nor does Purchaser have any knowledge or reason to believe that any of their respective creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so.

 

4.8 Solvency . Purchaser, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the Closing, will not be Insolvent. Purchaser has not been Insolvent at any time from March 31, 2019 to the date hereof. For purposes of this Section 4.8 , “ Insolvent ” means, with respect to any Person, (i) such Person is unable to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured, (ii) such Person intends to incur or believes that it will incur debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature or (iii) such Person has unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted, and “ Insolvency ” shall have the meaning correlative hereto.

 

4.9 No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances . No event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is contemplated to occur with respect to Purchaser or its business, properties, prospects, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by Purchaser under Legal Requirements relating to an issuance and sale by Purchaser of its Common Stock and which has not been publicly announced, other than the financing transaction previously disclosed to the Company.

 

4.10 Absence of Litigation . Except as disclosed in the Purchaser SEC Documents, there is no action, suit or proceeding, or, to Purchaser’s knowledge, inquiry or investigation before or by the Principal Market, any Governmental Entity pending or, to the knowledge of Purchaser, threatened against Purchaser or any of its officers or directors, whether of a civil or criminal nature or otherwise, in their capacities as such.

 

4.11 Insurance. Purchaser is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of Purchaser believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which Purchaser is engaged. Purchaser has not been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for and Purchaser has no reason to believe that it will be unable to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.12 Title. Purchaser has good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property that is material to the business of Purchaser (other than leased property of the Purchaser described in the following sentence) and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of Purchaser, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects, except such as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, except such as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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4.13 Representations Complete. None of the representations or warranties made by Purchaser in this Agreement, and none of the statements made in any exhibit, schedule or certificate furnished by Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement contains, or will contain at the Closing, any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit at the Closing to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

4.14 Capital Resources. Purchaser will have sufficient financing at the Closing to pay the Adjusted Cash Consideration, repayment of the Closing Repayment Loans and the Finnish Transfer Taxes to be paid by the Purchaser at Closing.

 

Article V
CONDUCT PRIOR TO THE CLOSING

 

5.1 Affirmative Conduct of Business of the Company. During the period from the date hereof and continuing until the earlier of (a) the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article IX ( Termination; Exclusivity; Extension; Waiver ) or (b) the Closing, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to:

 

(a) conduct the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries only in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ past practice and in compliance in all respects with all applicable Legal Requirements;

 

(b) (b) maintain its existence in good standing under applicable Legal Requirements;

 

(c) (i) pay in full all outstanding accounts payable when due (including outstanding invoices for services provided by third parties to the Company and its Subsidiaries) and pay all other Indebtedness when due, (ii) pay all of its Taxes when due, subject to good faith disputes over such Taxes, (iii) timely file all Tax Returns required to be filed in a manner consistent with past practice except as otherwise required by applicable Legal Requirements and pay the expenses of preparation for such Tax Returns, (iv) pay or perform its other obligations when due, (v) use commercially reasonable efforts collect accounts receivable when due and not extend credit outside of the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (vi) sell products and services consistent with past practices as to license, service and maintenance terms, and incentive programs, (vii) recognize revenue consistent with past practice and policies, (viii) except as required under this Agreement or otherwise requested by Purchaser, use commercially reasonable efforts to keep available the services of its present officers, employees and consultants, and (ix) prosecute and maintain all registrations and applications to register the Company Intellectual Property, including paying any related fees when due;

 

(d) ensure that each of its Contracts (other than with Purchaser) entered into after the date hereof will not require the procurement of any consent, waiver or novation or provide for any change in the obligations of any party in connection with, or terminate as a result of the consummation of, the Transactions, and shall give reasonable advance notice to Purchaser prior to allowing any Material Contract or right thereunder to lapse or terminate by its terms;

 

(e) maintain the Company’s current insurance coverage covering the reasonably anticipated risks of the Company’s business, and upon any damage, destruction or loss to any of the Company’s assets, apply any and all insurance proceeds received with respect thereto to the prompt repair, replacement and restoration thereof;

 

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(f) perform in all material respects their respective obligations under each Material Contract; and

 

(g) pay any accrued bonuses and other employee compensation payable after the date hereof and before the Closing in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

 

5.2 Restrictions on Conduct of Business of the Company. Without limiting the generality or effect of the provisions of Section 5.1 , during the period from the date hereof and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article IX ( Termination; Exclusivity; Extension; Waiver ) and the Closing, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly, do, propose to any third party to do (other than proposals to Purchaser for the purpose of seeking consent), cause or permit any of the following (except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement or as consented to in writing by Purchaser):

 

(a) amend or otherwise change the Company Charter or any of the Company’s other governing documents;

 

(b) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant or otherwise subject to any Lien, or authorize the issuance, sale, pledge, disposition or otherwise grant, any Company Shares or any share capital in any of its Subsidiaries, or any options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights of any kind to acquire any such shares of capital stock, or any other ownership interest, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except pursuant to the exercise of Company Options outstanding on the date of this Agreement, in accordance with their terms as existing on the date of this Agreement;

 

(c) transfer, lease, sell, pledge, license, dispose of or subject to any Lien any assets or properties of the Company or its Subsidiaries, except for sales and non-exclusive licenses of products or services in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(d) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash, shares, property or otherwise, with respect to any of its share capital (other than dividends or distributions made by a Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or another of its Subsidiaries);

 

(e) reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem, or purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its share capital or make any change to the Company’s capital structure;

 

(f) (i) acquire, directly or indirectly (including by merger, consolidation, or acquisition of shares or assets or any other business combination), any corporation, partnership, other business organization or any division thereof or any other business, or any equity interest in any Person; (ii) incur any Indebtedness, or assume, guarantee or endorse, or otherwise become responsible for (contingently or otherwise), the obligations of any Person; (iii) make any loans, advances or capital contributions, except for loans or advances for travel expenses and extended payment terms for customers, in each case subject to applicable Legal Requirements and only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (iv) make, authorize, or make any commitment with respect to any single capital expenditure that is, individually, in excess of $25,000 or is, together with other capital expenditures that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has made, authorized or made a commitment with respect to following the date of this Agreement, in excess of $50,000; or (v) make or direct to be made any capital investments in any Person, other than investments in any Subsidiary of the Company;

 

(g) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization;

 

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(h) (i) increase or accelerate the compensation payable or to become payable (including bonus grants and retention payments) to its current and former directors, officers or employees or other service providers, (ii) grant any severance or termination pay or retention payments or benefits to, or enter into, amend or terminate any employment, severance, retention, change in control, consulting or termination Contract with, any current or former director, officer or other employee or other service providers of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (iii) establish, adopt, enter into, amend or terminate any collective bargaining, bonus, profit-sharing, thrift, compensation, stock option, restricted stock, pension, retirement, deferred compensation, employment, termination, severance or other plan, Contract, trust, fund or policy for the benefit of any current or former director, officer or employee or other service providers, (iv) pay or make, or agree to pay or make, any accrual or other arrangement for, or take, or agree to take, any action to fund or secure payment of, any severance pension, indemnification, retirement allowance, or other benefit, (v) hire, elect or appoint any director, officer or key personnel of the Company, or (vi) terminate the employment, change the title, office or position, or materially reduce the responsibilities of any Key Individual or any other director, officer or key personnel of the Company;

 

(i) announce, implement or effect any reduction in labor force, lay-off, early retirement program, severance program or other program or effort concerning the termination of employment of employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries;

 

(j) enter into a new line of business;

 

(k) make or change any accounting treatment election, adopt or change any accounting period, adopt or change any accounting method, except in each case as required by changes in the applicable Legal Requirements as concurred with its independent auditors or at the recommendation of the auditors of the Company or the relevant Subsidiaries and after notice to Purchaser;

 

(l) make, change or revoke any Tax election or allow any Tax election previously made to expire, file any amended Tax Return, adopt or change any Tax accounting method or Tax accounting period, enter into, cancel or modify any agreement with a Taxing Authority, settle any Tax claim or assessment relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, surrender any right to claim a refund of Taxes, consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, destroy or dispose of any books and records with respect to Tax matters relating to periods beginning before the Closing and for which the statute of limitations is still open or under which a record retention agreement is in place with a Taxing Authority, or take any other similar action relating to the filing of any Tax Return or the payment of any Tax, if such other similar action would have the effect of increasing the Liability for Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any period ending after the Closing Date or decreasing any Tax attribute of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date;

 

(m) negotiate, settle, pay, discharge or satisfy any Action or Liability (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), including any litigation, arbitration or other Action, or give any discount, accommodation or other concession other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, in order to accelerate or induce the collection of any receivable;

  

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(n) enter into or amend any Contract that would constitute a Material Contract, amend or modify or consent to the termination of any Material Contract, or amend or modify, waive or consent to the termination of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ rights thereunder or waive, release, or consent to the termination of any claims or rights of material value to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided , however , that for all purposes of this Section 5.2(n) only, the definition of “Material Contract” shall not include Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; notwithstanding the foregoing, “Material Contract” shall include (and in no event shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries enter into or amend):

 

(i) any Contract pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiaries grants or provides or agrees to grant or provide to any other Person any assignment, hypothecation, transfer, license, option, covenant not to sue, release, immunity or other right with respect to or under any Intellectual Property (other than (A) non-exclusive licenses to Company Products granted to customers and distributors in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) non-exclusive and incidental licenses to feedback granted to suppliers in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice);

 

(ii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiaries establishes with any other Person a joint venture, strategic relationship, or partnership;

 

(iii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiaries agrees to create or develop any Intellectual Property, products, or services for any other Person;

 

(iv) any Contract that purports to limit, curtail or restrict the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Purchaser or any of its Affiliates to (A) compete in any way, including in any geographic area or line of business or with any Person, (B) make sales to or engage or participate with any Person in any manner, (C) use or enforce any Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (D) hire or solicit any Person in any manner;

 

(v) any Contract that grants the other party or any third Person, or otherwise constrains or subjects the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Purchaser or any of its Affiliates to, (A) any exclusive marketing or other exclusive rights of any type or scope, (B) any “most favored nation” or similar status, (C) any type of special discount rights, or (D) any right of first refusal, first notice, or first negotiation; or

 

(vi) any Contract that (A) requires a consent or otherwise containing a provision relating to a “change of control,” or that will give rise to any acceleration or additional rights or obligation sunder such Contract or prohibit or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents; or (B) restricts the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from assigning such Contract to any of the Company’s Affiliates, other than Contracts entered into with customers and resellers in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(o) enter into any agreement for the purchase, lease, sublease or license of Real Property, or any operating lease or any renewals thereof;

 

(p) terminate, cancel, amend or modify any Insurance Policy that is not promptly replaced by comparable insurance coverage;

 

(q) terminate, waive or cancel any right or registration of a right, of substantial value, including taking any action that would reasonably be expected to result in any loss, lapse, abandonment, invalidity or unenforceability of any Intellectual Property;

 

(r) enter into or amend or otherwise modify any Contract or arrangement with any director, officer or other Affiliate of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

 

(s) commence or settle any Action other than (i) for the routine collection of invoices consistent with past practice, (ii) in such cases where it in good faith determines that failure to commence suit would result in the material impairment of a valuable aspect of its business (provided that it consults with Purchaser prior to the filing of such an Action), or (iii) for a breach of this Agreement;

 

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(t) pay or become liable to pay any costs or expenses of any Shareholder or Optionholder arising out of or related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other documents or agreements contemplated hereby; or

 

(u) announce an intention, enter into any formal or informal Contract or otherwise make a commitment to take any of the actions described in clauses (a) through (u) of this Section 5.2 , or any action which would reasonably be expected to make any of the Company’s representations or warranties contained in this Agreement untrue or incorrect (such that the condition set forth in Section 7.2 ( Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser ) would not be satisfied) or prevent the Company from performing or cause the Company not to perform one or more covenants required hereunder to be performed by the Company (such that the condition set forth in Section 7.2 ( Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser ) would not be satisfied).

 

5.3 Restrictions on Transfer. Unless this Agreement is validly terminated pursuant to Section 9.1 , no Shareholder shall, directly or indirectly, other than with the prior written consent of Purchaser or expressly permitted under this Agreement:

 

(a) sell, gift, assign, transfer (including by merger, combination, testamentary disposition, interspousal disposition pursuant to a domestic relations proceeding, or otherwise by operation of law, unless such transfer cannot be avoided under applicable Legal Requirements), pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any of the Company Shares or Company Options owned by such Shareholder or any voting rights in respect thereof (each a “ Transfer ”), or enter into any Contract, with respect to any Transfer;

 

(b) deposit any of the Company Shares or Company Options owned by such Shareholder into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement or voting pool with respect to such Company Shares or Company Options or grant any proxy or power of attorney with respect to such Company Shares or Company Options or call meetings of shareholders of the Company or give consents or approvals of any kind in connection with such Company Shares or Company Options other than as expressly contemplated in this Agreement; or

 

(c) reduce such Shareholder’s beneficial ownership of, or interest in (by entering into hedging transactions or otherwise), the Company Shares or Company Options owned by such Shareholder.

 

Article VI
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

 

6.1 Notification of Certain Matters. The Company and each Shareholder, as the case may be, shall give prompt notice to Purchaser of: (a) the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event, the occurrence or non-occurrence of which is likely to cause any representation or warranty made by the Company or the Shareholders in this Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate at or prior to the Closing, and (b) any failure of the Company or any Shareholders to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder; provided , however , that the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 6.1 shall not (i) amend or supplement the Disclosure Schedule or otherwise affect, be deemed to modify, or deemed to prevent or cure the breach of, any representation or warranty, or covenant, contained herein, (ii) affect the conditions to the obligations of the parties to consummate the Transactions in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof, (iii) limit or otherwise affect any remedies available to Purchaser under this Agreement or (iv) constitute an acknowledgment or admission of a breach of this Agreement by any Party.

 

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6.2 Confidentiality. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that the information obtained in any investigation pursuant to this Section 6.2 or any information obtained pursuant to the notice requirements of Section 6.1 , or otherwise pursuant to the negotiation and execution of this Agreement, the other agreements contemplated here by or the effectuation of the Transaction, shall be governed by the terms of the Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement dated as of January 18, 2019 (the “ Confidential Disclosure Agreement ”), between the Company and Purchaser, and the Shareholders shall comply with the Confidential Disclosure Agreement as if they were the Company. In this regard, the Company and the Shareholders acknowledge that the Purchaser Common Stock is publicly traded and that any information about Purchaser obtained by the Company during the course of its due diligence could be considered to be material non-public information within the meaning of federal and state securities laws. Accordingly, the Company and the Shareholders agree not to engage in any discussions or correspondence with respect to, or transactions in, the Purchaser Common Stock in violation of any Legal Requirement. None of the Company, the Shareholders nor any of their respective representatives shall issue any statement or communication to any third party (other than its agents that are bound by confidentiality restrictions) regarding the subject matter or existence of this Agreement, any agreement contemplated hereby or the Transaction, including, if applicable, the termination of this Agreement or any agreement contemplated hereby and the reasons therefor, without the consent of Purchaser.

 

6.3 Principal Market Approval. From the date hereof until the earlier of (i) termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.1 or (b) Closing, Purchaser will use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly obtain and maintain in force for the necessary period the Principal Market Approval.

 

6.4 Third Party Expenses. Except as provided for in Section 1.3(d) , whether or not the Transactions are consummated, each party shall be responsible for its own costs and expenses incurred with respect to the negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the agreements contemplated hereby.

 

6.5 Lock-Up.

 

(a) Commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the applicable Lock-Up End Date, each Shareholder agrees that such Shareholder will not, and will cause any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) not to, (A) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of the Purchaser Shares issuable hereunder, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder with respect to any shares of Purchaser Common Stock issued hereunder and owned directly by such Shareholder (including holding as a custodian, (B) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any of such Purchaser Shares, whether any such transaction above is to be settled by delivery of shares of Purchaser Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, or (C) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing. The “ Lock-Up End Date ” with respect to each Shareholder listed on Annex B hereto (each, a “ Key Shareholder ”) shall be the date that is twelve (12) months after the Closing Date and with respect to each other Shareholder shall be the date that is six (6) months after the Closing Date as to twenty five percent (35%) of the Purchaser Shares issued to such Shareholder at the Closing at twelve (12) months after the Closing Date as to the remaining seventy five percent (65%) of the Purchaser Shares issued to such Shareholder at the Closing.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Shareholder may transfer the shares of Purchaser Common Stock received hereunder (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, (ii) to any affiliate of such Shareholder provided that such affiliate agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein or (iii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of such Shareholder or the immediate family of such Shareholder, provided that the trustee of the trust agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided further that, solely in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value. For purposes of this Section 6.5(b) , “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.

 

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(c) Each Shareholder agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Transfer Agent against the transfer of the Purchaser Shares except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions. Each Shareholder understands and agrees that this Section 6.5 is irrevocable and shall be binding upon such Shareholder’s heirs, legal representatives, successors, and assigns.

 

6.6 Release .

 

(a) As an inducement to Purchaser to enter into this Agreement and consummate the Transactions and for other good, valuable and sufficient consideration, each of the Shareholders, with the intention of binding himself, herself or itself and his or her heirs, executors, administrators and assigns (the “ Releasors ”), shall hereby as of the Closing release, acquit and forever discharge the Company, and each of their past and present Affiliates, Subsidiaries, and Representatives, and all Persons acting by, through, under, or in concert with such Persons (the “ Releasees ”), of and from any and all manner of action or actions, cause or causes of action, suits, arbitrations, demands, debts, contracts, agreements, promises, liability, damages, or Loss of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, fixed or contingent, direct, derivative, vicarious or otherwise, whether based in contract, tort, or other legal, statutory, or equitable theory of recovery, each as though fully set forth at length herein, arising out of or relating to the Releasor’s involvement with the Company whether as investor, employee or consultant (hereinafter, a “ Claim ”), which the Releasors now have or may hereafter have against the Releasees, or any of them (the “ Released Matters ”); provided , however , that nothing set forth in this Section 6.6 shall (i) affect the ability of any such Shareholder to bring a Claim under this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby, (ii) if any Releasor is an officer or employee of or consultant to the Company, release, acquit or discharge any rights to any entitlement, salary, bonus or employment benefits or consultancy fees earned or accrued by or for the benefit of such Releasor prior to the Closing in respect of services performed by such Releasor as an officer or employee of or consultant to the Company, (iii) if any Releasor is an officer, director or employee of or consultant to the Company, release, acquit or discharge any rights to any entitlement to indemnification, contribution or reimbursement of expenses afforded under the Company’s constituent documents or applicable law arising out of or relating to such Releasor’s service as an officer, director, employee or consultant; or (iv) affect the ability of any of the Shareholders to bring a Claim with respect to any ordinary course of employment rights or any Contracts with Purchaser, any Affiliates of Purchaser or the Company that remain in effect after the Closing. Each Shareholder represents and warrants to the Company and Purchaser that there has been no assignment or other transfer of any interest in any Claim arising out of or based upon any of the Released Matters which such Shareholder may have against any of the Releasees, and each Shareholder agrees to indemnify and hold the Releasees harmless from any liability, Claims or attorneys’ fees or expenses incurred as a result of any Person asserting any such assignment or transfer of any rights or Claims under any such assignment or transfer from such party.

 

(b) Each Shareholder represents and warrants to the Company and Purchaser that it has not filed, nor has as of the date hereof, any Claims arising out of or based upon any of the Released Matters against any of the Releasees. Each Shareholder agrees that if such Shareholder hereafter commences, joins in, or in any manner seeks relief through any suit arising out of, based upon, or relating to any of the Claims released hereunder, or in any manner asserts against the Releasees any of the Claims released hereunder, including, without limitation, through any motion to reconsider, reopen or appeal the dismissal of the suit or action, then such Shareholder will pay to the Releasees against whom such claim(s) is asserted all damages incurred by such Releasees in defending or otherwise responding to said Claim.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the release set forth in this Section 6.6 shall have no force and effect until payment of the Adjusted Closing Stock Consideration at the Closing.

 

6.7 Options and RSUs. Promptly following the Closing Date, Purchaser shall issue to the individuals listed on Annex C hereto (the “ Option and RSU Recipients ”) (a) options to purchase such number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock, as set forth opposite each such Option Recipient’s name on Annex C under the column headed “Options” at an exercise price per share equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of this Agreement, as quoted by the Principal Market, and (b) restricted stock units settleable for such number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock as set forth opposite each such Option Recipient’s name on Annex C under the column headed “RSUs,” in each case subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchaser Option Plan and the option or RSU award agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B or Exhibit C , as applicable.

 

6.8 Tax Matters. All amounts paid as an indemnity by one party to another under this Agreement will be treated as adjustments to the Aggregate Closing Consideration for all Tax purposes, unless as required by “determination” under Section 1313(a) of the Code.

 

6.9 Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation

 

(a) For a period of two (2) years from the Closing Date, the Shareholders shall not, and shall cause each of their respective Affiliates not to, engage in any capacity whatsoever (whether as owner, financier, consultant, adviser, employee, officer, director or otherwise), without the prior written consent of Purchaser, in any business or other undertaking competing with the business of the Company or its Subsidiary in Finland, Estonia, the United States, Uruguay, Brazil and Russia or elsewhere as conducted on the Closing Date (the obligations set forth in this Section 6.9(a) , the “ Non-Compete ”); provided, however, that nothing in this Section 6.9(a) shall preclude any Shareholder that (i) is not a Key Individual or an affiliate of a Key Individual and (ii) holds less than two percent (2%) of the Company’s capital stock as of the Closing Date from serving as a passive investor in less than five percent (5%) of the equity securities of a competing business or continuing to hold equity interests including options to acquire stock, shares, convertible loans or other similar instruments in or the granting of loans to any business or other undertaking competing with the business of the Company where such investments were made or loans were advanced by the relevant Shareholder prior to the date of this Agreement or (iii) in the case of Stolt Consulting AB and its Affiliates, from continuing those business activities carried on by each of Stolt Consulting and its Affiliates which they respectively carry on at the date hereof.

 

(b) For a period of two (2) years from the Closing Date, the Shareholders shall not, and shall cause each of their respective Affiliates not to, solicit for employment or service or employ or appoint any director, officer, manager or a person in an expert role, consultant or adviser to the Company or its Subsidiary. The foregoing notwithstanding, no Shareholder shall be precluded from accepting an application for employment from such person in response to a general bona fide recruitment advertisement (without any solicitation measures), or an unsolicited approach by such person (the obligations set forth in this Section 6.9(b) , the “ Non-Solicit ”).

 

6.10 Estonian Shares .

 

(a) In the event that at Closing the Company is not the legal owner of the shares in Pro Farm Oü which, at the date hereof are owned by the estate of Mr. Taganov (the “ Estonian Shares ”), the Shareholders shall use their respective reasonable efforts to procure the transfer ownership of the Estonian Shares to the Company.

 

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(b) The Shareholders agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company from and against any and all costs and expenses incurred by the Company from and after Closing in procuring the registration of the Estonian Shares, including, without limitation, any costs or expenses incurred with purchasing the Estonian Shares from any third party with a legitimate claim to the shares (including the cost of the payment for the Estonian Shares and any adverse tax impacts to the Company)If the Estonian Shares cannot be procured by December 31, 2020, Purchaser and the Shareholder’s Representative shall in good faith negotiate an amount representing a reasonable estimate of the loss to the Company as a result of the Company not being the registered owner of the Estonian Shares and of the amount which may be required to be paid to the holder of the Estonian Shares, if any, for the registration of the Estonian Shares (and shall submit any disputes to the Accounting Arbitrator in accordance with Section 1.5(e) ) (the “ Estonian Share Value ” and, together with the other the costs, expenses and losses pursuant to this Section 6.10(b) , the “ Estonian Share Loss ”).

 

(c) Any Estonian Share Loss shall be entirely satisfied by discounting the value of such Estonian Share from the aggregate Adjusted Milestone Consideration to be issued to the Shareholders pursuant to Section 1.5(b) , provided that to the extent the Estonian Shares are registered in the name of the Company prior to December 31, 2023, the value of the Estonian Shares so registered (the “ Estonian Share Gain ”) shall be added to the Adjusted Milestone Consideration to be issued to the Shareholders pursuant to Section 1.5(b) .

 

6.11 Good Faith Performance. Each Party agrees to act in good faith towards the other Parties to this Agreement in the fulfilment of any obligations, commitments and undertakings or in the exercise of any rights of such Party under this Agreement.

 

Article VII
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

 

7.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party. The respective obligations of the Company, the Shareholders and Purchaser to effect the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing, of the following conditions:

 

(a) Regulatory Approvals . All approvals of Governmental Entities required to be obtained prior to the Closing in connection with the Transactions shall have been obtained.

 

(b) No Legal Impediments . No Legal Requirement (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) shall be in effect which has the effect of making the Transactions illegal or otherwise prohibiting or preventing consummation of the Transactions.

 

(c) Principal Market Approval . Purchaser shall have received the Principal Market Approval and provided evidence thereof to the Company.

 

7.2 Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser. The obligations of Purchaser to effect the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by Purchaser:

 

(a) Company Obligations . (i) the Company shall have performed and satisfied in all material respects each of its obligations hereunder and under the other agreements contemplated hereby, required to be performed and satisfied by it on or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) each of the Fundamental Representations shall have been true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing with the same force and effect as if made as of the Closing (except that representations and warranties that are made as of a specified date shall be true and correct as of such specified date), (iii) each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein or in any other document or agreement contemplated hereby, other than those set forth in clause (ii) above shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement (except that representations and warranties that are made as of a specified date shall be true and correct as of such specified date), in each case, without regard to any qualification as to materiality included therein, and (iv) Purchaser shall have received a certificate signed by a duly authorized executive officer of the Company to the foregoing effect and to the effect that the conditions specified within this Section 7.2(a) have been satisfied.

 

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(b) Shareholder Obligations . (i) The Shareholders shall have performed and satisfied in all material respects each of their obligations hereunder and under the other agreements contemplated hereby, required to be performed and satisfied by the Shareholders on or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) each of the representations and warranties of the Shareholders set forth in Section 3.1 ( Ownership of Company Securities ), Section 3.9 ( Authority ), and Section 3.10 ( No Conflict ) shall have been true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing with the same force and effect as if made as of the Closing (except that representations and warranties that are made as of a specified date shall be true and correct as of such specified date), and (iii) each of the representations and warranties of the Shareholders contained herein or in any other document or agreement contemplated hereby, other than those set forth in clause (ii) above shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing with the same force and effect as if made as of the Closing (except that representations and warranties that are made as of a specified date shall be true and correct as of such specified date), in each case, without regard to any qualification as to materiality included therein.

 

(c) Notices . The Company shall have delivered to the applicable third parties and delivered to Purchaser (i) any and all notices required under the Contracts set forth in Section 2.17(a)(vi) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, in each case, in connection with or as a result of the Transactions.

 

(d) No Violation . No Legal Requirements shall have been enacted or exist that would prohibit consummation of the Transactions, the Closing or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other agreements contemplated hereby. No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Entity (i) preventing consummation of the Transactions, the Closing or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other agreements contemplated hereby (ii) limiting or restricting Purchaser’s ownership, conduct or operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries following the Closing shall be in effect. There shall be no pending or threatened any Action seeking any of the foregoing or any other injunction, restraint or prohibition in connection with the Transactions and the other agreements contemplated hereby.

 

(e) No Material Adverse Effect . Since the date hereof, no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred and be continuing as of the Closing.

 

(f) FIRPTA . The Company shall have delivered to Purchaser the FIRPTA Certificate.

 

(g) Key Individual Agreements . The employment agreements and the Managing Director Agreement to be entered into between the Company and each of the Key Individuals respectively, (including the employee and consultant confidential information and assignment of inventions agreements appended thereto) on or about the date of this Agreement shall be in full force and effect as of the Closing and shall not have been repudiated, and no Key Individual shall have terminated his employment with the Company.

 

(h) Ownership . The Shareholders, including any parties executing Joinder Agreements, shall own all of the outstanding Company Shares, and there shall be no other outstanding rights to acquire Company Shares, whether by virtue of any previously outstanding rights being exercised or validly terminated.

 

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(i) Other Transaction Documents . The Company and the Shareholders Representative shall have executed and delivered to Purchaser all of the documents and agreements set forth in Section 1.2(a) or otherwise contemplated hereby to which each is a party, and each such document shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been repudiated.

 

7.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Company and the Shareholders. The obligations of the Company and the Shareholders to consummate the Closing are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (to the extent legally permissible) of each of the following conditions any of which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by the Shareholders’ Representative:

 

(a) Representations and Warranties . Except as would not be reasonably be expected to prevent consummation of the Transactions, (i) Purchaser shall have performed and satisfied in all material respects each of its respective covenants and obligations hereunder and under the other documents and agreements contemplated hereby and required to be performed and satisfied by it on or prior to the Closing Date, (ii) each of the representations and warranties of Purchaser set forth in Section 4.1 ( Organization and Qualification ) shall have been true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing with the same force and effect as if made as of the Closing (except that representations and warranties that are made as of a specified date shall be true and correct as of such specified date) and (iii) each of the representations and warranties of Purchaser contained herein or in any other document or agreement contemplated hereby other than those set forth in clause (ii) above shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing with the same force and effect as if made as of the Closing (except that representations and warranties that are made as of a specified date shall be true and correct as of such specified date), in each case, without regard to any qualification as to materiality included therein.

 

(b) No Violation . No Legal Requirements shall have been enacted or exist that would prohibit consummation of the Transactions, the Closing or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other agreements contemplated hereby. No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Entity preventing consummation of the Transactions, the Closing or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other agreements contemplated hereby shall be in effect. There shall be no pending or threatened any Action seeking any of the foregoing or any other injunction, restraint or prohibition in connection with the Transactions, the Closing, or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(c) Other Transaction Documents . Purchaser shall have executed and delivered to the Company and the Shareholders’ Representative all of the documents and agreements set forth in Section 1.2(b) or otherwise contemplated hereby to which each is a party, and each such document shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been repudiated.

 

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Article VIII
INDEMNIFICATION

 

 

8.1 Survival of Representations and Warranties.

 

(a) All of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of Purchaser, the Company and the Shareholders set forth in this Agreement shall survive the closing and the consummation of the Transactions and continue in full force and effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein, no party shall be entitled to recover for any Loss (as defined below) arising from or relating to a breach of the representations and warranties set forth in Article II and Article III unless written notice thereof is delivered to the other parties on or prior to the Applicable Limitation Date. For purposes of this Agreement the term “ Applicable Limitation Date ” shall be the date that is thirty six (36) months after the Closing Date; provided, that the Applicable Limitation Date with respect to any Loss arising from or related to: (A) a breach of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.1 ( Organization and Good Standing ), Section 2.3 ( Capitalization ), Section 2.4 ( Authority and Enforceability ), Section 2.5 ( No Conflict; Required Consents and Approvals ), Section 2.11 ( Employee Benefits), Section 2.15(a) ( Intellectual Property Fundamental Representations ), Section 2.16 ( Taxes ), Section 2.23 ( Brokers ), Section 3.1 ( Ownership of Company Securities ), Section 3.9 ( Authority ) and Section 3.11 ( Brokers’ and Finders’ Fees ) (together, the “ Fundamental Representations ”) or (B) any breach of any representation or warranty by a Party which results from fraud or willful misconduct; the Applicable Limitation Date shall be the date that is ninety (90) days following expiration of the applicable statute of limitations with respect to such breach.

 

8.2 Indemnification.

 

(a) Subject to the limitations set out in Sections 8.2(d) and 8.2(e), the Shareholders shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless Purchaser and its directors, managers, officers, employees, Affiliates (including, after the Closing, the Company and its Subsidiaries), successors and permitted assigns (collectively, as the case may be, the “ Purchaser Indemnitees ”), against any Loss, Liability, damage, penalty, fine, Tax, cost or expense, including reasonable legal expenses and costs associated therewith, whether or not arising out of a third party claim, which they may suffer, sustain or become subject to as a result of, without duplication:

 

(i) the breach by the Company or any Shareholder of (A) any of the Fundamental Representations or (B) any covenant or agreement made by the Company or any Shareholder contained in this Agreement;

 

(ii) any Indemnified Taxes;

 

(iii) fraud or willful misconduct by or on behalf of any Shareholder, or by or on behalf of the Company ( provided that if such fraud or willful misconduct is by or on behalf of the Company, liability for such losses shall be borne by the Shareholders pro rata based on the total consideration allocable to such Shareholders pursuant to this Agreement);

 

(iv) (A) the consulting service fee payments based on the consulting relationship made and/or entered into under the Consultancy Agreements, (B) any claim that an employee has been misclassified as an independent contractor under an employment or service relationship or otherwise, including any claims related to failure to withhold income taxes or to pay required pension and social contributions, (C) the Company Options issued to TT Metals Oy or the exercise thereof, or (D) any amounts, including any amount of any transaction bonus, paid or to be paid to the employees or consultants of the Company or its Subsidiaries arising out of or relating to the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions thereunder, and any Taxes, withholdings, pension contributions, social security payments or other payments related thereto;

 

(v) any breach of Section 2.20 ( Anti-Corruption Laws ), solely to the extent such breaches relate to Russia, Uruguay or Brazil; and

 

(vi) the Estonian Share Loss.

 

Any knowledge of Purchaser based on due diligence investigations, any statement in the Company Disclosure Schedules or the Shareholder Disclosure Schedules or otherwise does not limit the Purchaser Indemnitees right to special indemnity under this Section 8.2 and the limitations set out in Sections 8.2(d) and 8.2(e) do not apply hereto.

 

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(b) Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Shareholders against any Losses, Liability, damage, penalty, fine, Tax, cost or expense, including reasonable legal expenses and costs associated therewith, which he, she or it may suffer, sustain or become subject to as the result of (i) a breach by Purchaser of any representation or warranty set forth in Article IV , or (ii) the breach by Purchaser of any covenant or agreement made by Purchaser contained in this Agreement or any document delivered by or on behalf of Purchaser at or prior to the Closing.

 

(c) For the purposes of Section 8.2(a) and Section 8.2(b) , in determining whether there has been a breach of any representation or warranty, and in calculating the amount of any Loss with respect to any such breach, all qualifications in such representation or warranty referencing the terms “material,” “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or other terms of similar import or effect shall be disregarded, other than with respect to (i) Section 2.7(a) and Section 2.7(a) (first sentence), and (ii) any defined term containing any such term in its title (e.g. “Material Contract”).

 

(d) If any Loss arises from or relates to breach of a Fundamental Representation, the Purchaser Indemnitees shall be entitled to recover from each Shareholder severally and not jointly for any Losses in excess of ten million US dollars ($10,000,000). Any such Losses, as well as any Losses in respect of Section 8.2(a) (iv),(v), (vi) and (vii) shall be entirely satisfied by discounting the value of such Losses from the aggregate Adjusted Milestone Consideration to be issued to the Shareholders pursuant to Section 1.5(b) (and for the avoidance of doubt, no Shareholder shall be required to make any payment in cash to any Purchaser Indemnitee in satisfaction of any such Losses, and no Purchaser Indemnitee, including no Purchaser Indemnitee that is not Purchaser, shall be entitled to any other consideration from the Shareholders, notwithstanding that only Purchaser is the direct beneficiary of the reduction in Adjusted Milestone Consideration).

 

(e) Any Person making a claim for indemnification under this Article VIII (an “ Indemnified Party ”) must give the indemnifying Party (the “ Indemnifying Party ”) written notice of such claim describing such claim and the nature and amount of the Loss, to the extent that the nature and amount thereof are determinable at such time (a “ Claim Notice ”) within forty-five (45) days after the Indemnified Party receives notice from a third party with respect to any matter which may give rise to a claim for indemnification against the Indemnifying Party (a “ Third Party Claim ”) or otherwise discovers the Liability, obligation or facts giving rise to such claim for indemnification; provided, that the failure to notify or delay in notifying the Indemnifying Party will not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Section 8.2 , except to the extent such claim is materially prejudiced as a result thereof; and provided further, that any claim to be made against Purchaser on behalf of any Shareholder must be made by the Shareholders’ Representative, and in such case Purchaser shall be entitled to only give notices to, and to exclusively negotiate with, the Shareholders’ Representative in respect of such claim. Within thirty (30) days after receipt of a Claim Notice with respect to a Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party may, with the consent of the Indemnified Party in its sole discretion, assume the defense of such matter; provided, that (i) the Indemnifying Party shall retain counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party, (ii) the Indemnified Party may participate in the defense of such claim, at its own expense, with co-counsel of its choice to the extent that the Indemnified Party believes, in its sole discretion, that such matter shall affect its ongoing business and (iii) the Indemnifying Party may not consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to the matter or enter into any settlement with respect to the matter which does not include a provision whereby the plaintiff or claimant in the matter releases the Indemnified Party from all Liability and obligations with respect thereto. Otherwise, the Indemnified Party may defend against the matter in any manner that it reasonably may deem appropriate provided that the Indemnified Party may not consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to the matter or enter into any settlement with respect to the matter without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The Indemnified Party shall cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in all matters arising under this Section 8.2 .

 

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(f) In addition to the above, the following limitations and qualifications shall apply:

 

(i) no liability for any Shareholder shall arise if and to the extent that any Claim occurs as a result of: (i) any change in accounting policies after the Closing Date; (ii) any legislation not in force at Closing, or which takes effect retroactively; and (iii) any increase in the tax rate or any change in the practice of any relevant tax authorities after Closing;

 

(ii) no liability shall arise for any consequential, indirect or special damages (including for the avoidance of doubt loss of profit);

 

(iii) any loss which is contingent shall not constitute a Loss and no Claim shall be made in relation to such loss, unless and until such contingent loss becomes an actual loss;

 

(iv) any Loss shall be computed on a USD-for-USD basis without regard to any price earnings multiple, discount rates/yields or any other valuation mechanism employed by Purchaser in calculating the total aggregate amount of the Aggregate Closing Consideration and the Purchaser Shares;

 

(v) no Loss would have occurred but for anything done or omitted to be done pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise at the written request or with written approval of Purchaser or its Affiliate or representative; and

 

(vi) Purchaser shall use its reasonable efforts to mitigate any Loss.

 

(g) For the avoidance of doubt, Purchaser is not entitled to recover more than once in respect of the same Loss (whether based on the same or different representation or warranty or other provision of this Agreement or any other agreement entered into in connection with this Agreement).

 

(h) All indemnification payments made by the Shareholders pursuant to this Section 8.2 will be deemed to be adjustments to the Aggregate Closing Consideration.

 

(i) For purposes of calculating the amount of Loss incurred by an Indemnified Party for purposes of this Agreement, such amount shall be reduced by (i) the amount of any insurance proceeds actually paid to such Indemnified Party in respect of such Loss (other than proceeds from the R&W Policy), net of any deductible amounts, the Indemnified Party’s reasonable estimate of any increase in premiums related thereto and any costs associated with obtaining such insurance proceeds, and (ii) the amount of any indemnification, contribution, and other similar payment proceeds actually covered by such Indemnified Party in respect of such Loss net of any costs associated with obtaining such proceeds.

 

(j) Other than (i) in the case of fraud or willful misconduct, by signing this Agreement or (ii) to enforce rights of the Company or Purchaser under any written agreements with an employee or consultant of the Company, Purchaser waives any right to raise any claim against any employee or consultant of the Company in connection with this Agreement or the pre-signing disclosure process relating to this Agreement.

 

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(k) Each of the Parties acknowledges and agrees that the indemnification provisions set forth in this Section 8.2 shall be the exclusive remedy of the Parties with respect to any breaches of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement, it being agreed that nothing herein shall limit or impair any Party’s right to obtain specific performance or other injunctive relief with respect to any such breach of any such representation, warranty, covenant or agreement.

 

(l) Purchaser and the Shareholders acknowledge and agree that any claim or right of Purchaser under any legislation anywhere in world which would otherwise permit Purchaser to reject the Company Shares or annul or otherwise rescind this Agreement or render the Transactions void ab initio (including for the avoidance of doubt a purchaser’s rights under the Finnish Sale of Goods Act (355/1987)) and any rights or remedies available to a purchaser thereunder shall be expressly excluded and irrevocably waived by Purchaser.

 

8.3 R&W Policy.

 

(a) The Parties acknowledge that Purchaser has obtained the R&W Policy from the Insurer to protect Purchaser against Losses incurred by Purchaser as a result of any breach by the Company or the Shareholders of certain representations and warranties set forth in Article II and Article III . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 8.3 , from and after the Closing any Loss that Purchaser may suffer, sustain or become subject to, as a result of a breach by the Company or any Shareholder of any of the representations or warranties set forth in Article II or Article III ( whether or not arising out of a third party claim) shall be satisfied from the R&W Policy, provided that with respect to Losses resulting from (a breach by the Company or any Shareholder of a Fundamental Representation, such Losses shall be satisfied first from the R&W Policy, but shall be recoverable in excess of the R&W Policy as provided in Section 8.2(d) , and (ii) in the case of fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct this Section 8.3 shall not apply.

 

(b) Neither any Shareholder nor the Company or any Subsidiary shall have any obligation to pay any part of the insurance premium payable in respect of the R&W Policy or to contribute to any amount of retention or deductible payable by Purchaser under the R&W Policy.

 

(c) Purchaser further acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of Section 8.2 and this Section 8.3 shall apply regardless of whether:

 

(i) Purchaser obtains at or following the Closing maintains the R&W Policy;

 

(ii) the R&W Policy is revoked, cancelled or modified in any manner after issuance; or

 

(iii) Purchaser makes any claim under the R&W Policy and such claim is denied by the Insurer.

 

8.4 Third party claims. Upon receipt of notice by Purchaser of any Third Party Claim, Purchaser shall, in order to maintain the right to bring a claim against any Shareholder under Section 8.2(d) and receive any compensation from such Shareholder:

 

(a) as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 90 days after becoming aware of such Third Party Claim, provide written notice thereof to the Shareholders’ Representative; provided that failure to give such notice shall not affect the right to indemnification provided hereunder except to the extent the interests of the applicable Indemnitors shall have been materially prejudiced as a result of such failure;

 

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(b) at the cost of the Shareholders, take any commercially reasonable action requested by the Shareholders’ Representative in connection with defending such Third Party Claim, provided , however, that Purchaser may exercise its sole discretion in rejecting requests to make its senior executives available;

 

(c) not settle, compromise or discharge such Third Party Claim without obtaining the prior written consent of the Shareholders’ Representative, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed,; and

 

(d) at the cost of the Shareholders, give the Shareholders or the Shareholders’ duly authorized representatives, access to the personnel of Purchaser and to any relevant premises, accounts, documents and records during normal business hours, to enable the Shareholders, or the Shareholders’ duly authorized representatives, to examine such claim, premises, accounts, documents and records and to take copies or photocopies thereof solely for the purpose of analyzing the merits of such Third Party Claim.

 

8.5 Shareholders’ Representative.

 

(a) The Shareholders hereby appoint the Shareholders’ Representative as their agent and attorney-in-fact, as their sole representative for and on behalf of the Shareholders and to receive and distribute cash payments, to give and receive notices and communications, and otherwise in satisfaction of indemnification claims by any Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article VIII , to object to such payments, to agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of, and demand arbitration and comply with orders of courts and awards of arbitrators with respect to, any indemnification claim hereunder or any dispute between any Indemnified Party and any Indemnifying Party, in each case relating to this Agreement or the Transactions, and to take all other actions that are either (i) necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Shareholders’ Representative for the accomplishment of the foregoing or (ii) specifically mandated by the terms of this Agreement. The Shareholders’ Representative may not be removed other than with the consent of a majority of the Shareholders. No bond shall be required of the Shareholders’ Representative, and the Shareholders’ Representative shall not receive any compensation for its services. Other than in connection with any claim pursued by an Indemnified Party directly against a Shareholder, notices or communications to or from the Shareholders’ Representative shall constitute notice to or from the Shareholders.

 

(b) A decision, act, consent or instruction of the Shareholders’ Representative, including an amendment, extension or waiver of any provision of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.4 ( Extension; Waiver ) and Section 10.10 (Amendment and Modification ) and shall constitute a decision of the Shareholders and shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the Shareholders, and Purchaser may rely upon any such decision, act, consent or instruction of the Shareholders’ Representative as being the decision, act, consent or instruction of the Shareholders. Purchaser is hereby relieved from any liability to any person for any acts done by it in accordance with such decision, act, consent or instruction of the Shareholders’ Representative.

 

(c) The Shareholders’ Representative shall distribute or cause to be distributed, in each case in accordance with the Distribution Schedule: (i) to each Shareholder the portion of the Adjusted Cash Consideration payable to such Shareholder in respect of such Shareholder’s Company Shares, pursuant the Distribution Schedule; and (ii) any other monies that may be distributed to the Shareholders after the Closing on account of their Company Shares.

 

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(d) The Shareholders’ Representative may rely and act upon any statement, report or opinion prepared by or any advice received from the auditors, counsel or other professional advisors of the Shareholders’ Representative. Absent fraud or willful misconduct, the Shareholders’ Representative shall not be responsible or held liable, in each case to any Shareholders for any loss or damage resulting from so relying or from acting in accordance with this Agreement as the Shareholders’ Representative. Each Shareholder agrees (i) to jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless the Shareholders’ Representative and its officers, directors and security holders from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses on a full indemnity basis) and liabilities (collectively, such losses, claims, damages, costs, expenses and liabilities being the “ Indemnified Liabilities ”) to which Shareholders’ Representative may become subject, insofar as such Indemnified Liabilities (or actions, suits, or proceedings, including any inquiry or investigation or claim, in respect thereof) arise out of, in any way relate to, or result from its acting as Shareholders’ Representative hereunder and (ii) to reimburse the Shareholders’ Representative and its officers, directors and security holders upon demand for all legal or other expenses, if any, incurred in connection with its acting as Shareholders’ Representative, other than in the case of fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct, provided that the Shareholders’ Representative has acted in compliance with this Agreement.

 

Article IX
TERMINATION; EXCLUSIVITY; Extension; Waiver.

 

9.1 Termination. Except as provided in Section 9.2 , at any time prior to the Closing, this Agreement may be terminated and the Transactions abandoned:

 

(a) by mutual written agreement of Purchaser and the Company;

 

(b) by either Purchaser or the Company if the Closing shall not have occurred by the forty-five (45) days after the date of this Agreement or such other date that Purchaser and the Company may agree upon in writing (the “ Termination Date ”) provided , however , that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(b) shall not be available to the Company if a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement by the Company has resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur before the Termination Date; and provided further , that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(b) shall not be available to Purchaser if the breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement by Purchaser has resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur before the Termination Date;

 

(c) by either Purchaser or the Company, if any Legal Requirement preventing the Closing or the consummation of the Transactions shall have become final and nonappealable;

 

(d) by Purchaser, if (i) the Company shall have breached any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein and such breach shall not have been cured within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of written notice of such breach ( provided , however , that no such cure period shall be available or applicable to any such breach which by its nature cannot be cured or if such breach was intentional) and if not cured within such ten (10) day period and at or prior to the Closing, such breach would result in the failure of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.2 ( Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser ) to be satisfied, or (ii) the Company shall have breached Section 9.3 ( Exclusivity ); or

 

(e) by the Company, if Purchaser shall have breached any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein and such breach shall not have been cured within ten (10) days after receipt by Purchaser of written notice of such breach ( provided , however , that no such cure period shall be available or applicable to any such breach which by its nature cannot be cured or if such breach was intentional) and if not cured within such ten (10) day period and at or prior to the Closing, such breach would result in the failure of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.3 ( Conditions to Obligations of the Company and the Shareholders ) to be satisfied.

 

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The party seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.1 (other than Section 9.1(a) ) shall give written notice of such termination to the other party.

 

9.2 Effect of Termination.

 

(a) In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 9.1 , this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no Liability or obligation on the part of Purchaser, the Company or the Shareholders, or their respective officers, directors, shareholders, Affiliates or representatives except as provided in this Section 9.2 , if applicable; provided , however , that that (a) the provisions of this Section 9.2 , Sections 6.2 ( Confidentiality ), Section 6.4 ( Third Party Expenses ) and Article X ( General Provisions ) and the Confidential Disclosure Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and survive any termination of this Agreement and (b) nothing herein shall relieve any party hereto from Liability in connection with any breach of such party’s representations, warranties or covenants contained herein.

 

(b) If this Agreement is terminated by Purchaser pursuant to Section 9.1(d)(ii) and the Company and/or the Shareholders consummate an Alternative Transaction, then the Company shall promptly reimburse Purchaser upon request for all out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses (including all attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, and investment bankers’ and advisors’ fees) that have been incurred or paid by or on behalf of Purchaser or Purchaser’s Affiliates in connection with the preparation, negotiation and performance of this Agreement and the due diligence investigation conducted with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

9.3 Exclusivity.

 

(a) From and after the date hereof until the Closing or termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1 ( Termination ) neither the Company nor the Shareholders’ Representative will, nor will it authorize or permit any of its respective representatives or shareholders to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, facilitate, support or induce the making, submission or announcement of any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into, participate in, maintain or continue any communications (except solely to provide written notice as to the existence of these provisions) or negotiations regarding, or deliver or make available to any Person any non-public information with respect to, or take any other action regarding, any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) agree to, accept, approve, endorse or recommend (or publicly propose or announce any intention or desire to agree to, accept, approve, endorse or recommend) any Acquisition Proposal, (iv) enter into any letter of intent or any other Contract contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Proposal, or (v) submit any Acquisition Proposal (other than to the extent contemplated by this Agreement or the Transactions) to the vote of any Shareholder. The Company and the Shareholders’ Representative will immediately cease and cause to be terminated any and all existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Persons conducted prior to or on the date hereof with respect to any Acquisition Proposal. If any Shareholder or the Shareholders’ Representative, whether in his, her or its capacity as such or in any other capacity, takes any action that the Company or the Shareholders’ Representative is obligated pursuant to this Section 9.3 to cause such Shareholder not to take, then the Company or the Shareholders’ Representative shall be deemed for all purposes of this Agreement to have breached this Section 9.3 .

 

(b) The Company or the Shareholders’ Representative, as the case may be, shall immediately notify Purchaser orally and in writing after receipt by the Company or the Shareholders’ Representative (or, to the Knowledge of the Company or the knowledge of the Shareholders’ Representative, by any of its respective representatives or shareholders), of (i) any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) any other notice that any Person is considering making an Acquisition Proposal, or (iv) any request for nonpublic information relating to the Company or for access to any of the properties, books or records of the Company by any Person other than Purchaser not in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or that the Company or the Shareholders’ Representative reasonably believes could not be reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal.

 

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9.4 Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Closing, Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Company and the Shareholders, on the other hand, may, to the extent permitted under any applicable Legal Requirements, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations of the other party hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to such party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto, and (c) waive compliance with any of the covenants, agreements or conditions for the benefit of such party contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party. For purposes of this Section 9.4 , the Shareholders agree that any extension or waiver signed by the Shareholders’ Representative shall be binding upon and effective against all Shareholders whether or not they have signed such extension or waiver.

 

Article X
GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

10.1 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, (b) if by facsimile, upon electronic confirmation of receipt by facsimile or, if not transmitted on a Business Day, the first Business Day following transmission, provided that a copy of such notice or other communication is promptly mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, following the transmission of such facsimile, and sent by email, with the subject line “Project Pecan Notice”, (c) on the first (1 st ) Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered utilizing a next-day service by a nationally recognized next-day courier (or in the case of any recipients sending or receiving notices outside of the United States, then on the second (2 nd ) Business Day following the date of dispatch) or (d) on the earlier of confirmed receipt or the fifth (5 th ) Business Day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered to the addresses set forth below:

 

(a) if to Purchaser, (or to the Company after the Closing) :

 

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.
1540 Drew Avenue
Davis, CA 95618
Telephone: 530-302-8289
Facsimile: 530-302-0189
Attention: Linda V. Moore, General Counsel

 

E-mail: lmoore@marronebio.com

 

with a copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):

 

Morrison & Foerster LLP

425 Market Street

San Francisco, California 94105

Attention: Alfredo Silva

 

Email: ASilva@mofo.com

 

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(b) if to the Company (prior to Closing):

 

Pro Farm Technologies Oy

Vantaankoskentie 14 A,

01670, Vantaa
Attention: Matti Tiainen, CEO

 

Email: matti.tiainen@profarm.org

 

with a copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):

 

HPP Attorneys Limited

Bulevardi 1A,

00100, Helsinki
Attention: Andrew Cotton, Partner

 

Email: Andrew.cotton@hpp.fi

 

with a copy to the Shareholders’ Representative (which copy shall not constitute notice):

 

Matti Tiainen

Vantaankoskentie 14 A,

01670, Vantaa
 

Email: matti.tiainen@profarm.org

 

(c) if to the Shareholders’ Representative:

 

Matti Tiainen

Vantaankoskentie 14 A,

01670, Vantaa

 

Email: matti.tiainen@profarm.org

 

10.2 Interpretation. The descriptive headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All references in this Agreement to Articles, Sections, Subsections, Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules are references to Articles, Sections, Subsections, Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules, respectively, in and to this Agreement, unless otherwise specified. All words used in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require. The word “or” is not exclusive. The words “include” or “including” mean “include, without limitation” or “including, without limitation,” as the case may be, and the language following “include” or “including” shall not be deemed to set forth an exhaustive list. The words “ made available ” or words of similar import mean that, on or before 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on the third (3 rd ) Business Day immediately preceding the date of this Agreement, the Company has posted complete and correct copies of such materials to the virtual data room managed by the Company, and Purchaser and its representatives shall have been granted access to such virtual data room and such materials prior to such time. Any capitalized terms used in any Annex, Exhibit or Schedule but not otherwise defined therein shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement. All Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth herein.

 

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10.3 Entire Agreement; Assignment; Successors. This Agreement and the other documents and agreements contemplated hereby (a) constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided , however , that the Confidential Disclosure Agreement shall not be superseded by this Agreement and shall remain in effect in accordance with its terms, subject to the provisions of Section 6.2 ( Confidentiality ) herein; and (b) may not be assigned by operation of law or otherwise; provided , however , that Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any Affiliate. Any purported assignment of this Agreement in contravention of this Section 10.3 shall be null and void and of no force or effect. Subject to the preceding sentences of this Section 10.3 this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties and their respective successors and assigns. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any of the other documents or agreements contemplated hereby, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

10.4 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Legal Requirements, so long as the economic or legal substance of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible, in a mutually acceptable manner, in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

 

10.5 Specific Performance and Other Remedies. Each party to this Agreement acknowledges and agrees that the other parties hereto would be irreparably damaged in the event that any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their specific terms or otherwise are breached. Therefore, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, each party to this Agreement hereby agrees that the other parties hereto shall be entitled to obtain an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement or specific performance by any other party under this Agreement without the necessity of proving the inadequacy of money damages as a remedy, and each party hereto hereby agrees to waive the defense (and not to interpose as a defense or in opposition) in any such suit that the other parties hereto have an adequate remedy at law, and hereby agrees to waive any requirement to secure or post any bond in connection with obtaining such relief. The equitable remedies described in this Section 10.5 shall be in addition to, any other remedies available to the parties under this Agreement.

 

10.6 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be deemed to be made and in all respects shall be interpreted, construed and governed by and in accordance with the applicable Legal Requirements of the State of Delaware without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof.

 

10.7 Submission to Jurisdiction. Except as otherwise provided in Section 1.4(c) , the parties hereby irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware and the federal courts of the United States of America located in the State of Delaware solely in respect of the interpretation and enforcement of the provisions of this Agreement, and in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and hereby waive, and agree not to assert, as a defense in any Action for the interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement or of any such other document, that it is not subject thereto or that such Action may not be brought or is not maintainable in said courts or that the venue thereof may not be appropriate or that this Agreement or any such other document may not be enforced in or by such courts. The parties hereby consent to and grant any such court jurisdiction over the Person of such parties and over the subject matter of such dispute and agree that mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such Action in the manner provided in Section 10.1 ( Notices ) as permitted by applicable Legal Requirements, shall be valid and sufficient service thereof.

 

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10.8 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, AND IN RESPECT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY. Each of the parties hereto (a) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce that foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it and the other parties hereto have been induced to enter into this Agreement and the documents referred to in this Agreement, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section 10.8 .

 

10.9 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except for the provisions set forth in Article VIII ( Indemnification ) and for Translink’s rights to receive Purchaser Shares pursuant to Section 1.3(a) and Section 1.5 , this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto and its successors and permitted assigns and nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable rights, benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

10.10 Amendment and Modification. This Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented by the parties at any time; provided that this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented in any manner, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, except by an instrument in writing specifically designated as an amendment hereto, signed by each of the parties.

 

10.11 Attorneys’ Fees. Except as otherwise provided herein, in the event an Action is brought against a party hereto relating to this Agreement or to enforce or interpret any provision of this Agreement, the prevailing party, or in the event that there is no prevailing party, then the substantially prevailing party, shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and disbursements (in addition to any other relief to which the prevailing party may be entitled).

 

10.12 Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with or related to this Agreement and the other documents and agreements contemplated hereby, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be paid by the party incurring such fees or expenses, whether or not such transactions are consummated. For the avoidance of doubt, the costs of obtaining the R&W Policy (including any premiums, commissions, taxes and other charges, fees or expenses of the underwriter(s) thereof) shall be borne by Purchaser.

 

10.13 Waivers. No failure or delay of a party in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, or any course of conduct, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies which they would otherwise have hereunder. Any agreement on the part of any party to any such waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument executed and delivered by such party, and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.

 

10.14 No Presumption Against Drafting Party. The parties agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any applicable Legal Requirements or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the party drafting such agreement or document.

 

10.15 Counterparts; Electronic Signature. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile or electronic (.pdf) signature and a facsimile or electronic (.pdf) signature shall constitute an original for all purposes.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Purchaser, the Company, the Shareholders and the Shareholders’ Representative have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

  MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ James B. Boyd
  Name: James B. Boyd
  Title: President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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PRO FARM TECHNOLOGIES OY

   
  By: /s/ Fredrik Engvall               
  Name: Fredrik Engvall
  Title: Sole Board member
     
  Address: Vantaankoskentie 14 A, 01670 Vantaa,
Finland

 

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  AGRIMAX VENTURES PTE LTD
     
  By: /s/ Andrew Cotton
  Name: Andrew Cotton
  Title: Attorney-at-Law, by proxy
     
  Address: 22 North Canal Road, #02-00,
Singapore 048834

 

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  TT METALS OY
     
  By: /s/ Andrew Cotton
  Name: Andrew Cotton
  Title: Attorney-at-Law, by proxy
     
  Address: Jarintie 4B, 01840 Klaukkala, Finland

 

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STOLT CONSULTING AB

   
  By: /s/ Andrew Cotton
  Name: Andrew Cotton
  Title: Attorney-at-Law, by proxy
     
  Address: BOX 1093, 26222 Ängelhom, Sweden

 

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  MIKAELS OÜ
     
  By: /s/ Richard Relander
  Name: Rikard Relander
  Title: Director
     
  Address: Viru Väljak 2, 10111 Tallinn, Estonia

 

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  GRANNEFELT FINANCE OY
     
  By: /s/ Eva Grannenfelt
  Name: Eeva Grannenfelt
  Title: Managing Partner
     
  Address: Salomonkatu 17 A, 3. krs, 00100
Helsinki, Finland

 

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  MATFRED HOLDING OÜ
     
  By: /s/ Matti Tiainen
  Name: Matti Tiainen
  Title: Director
     
  Address: Pärnu mnt 10, 10148 Tallinn, Estonia

 

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  KJ-CAPITAL OY
     
  By: /s/ Jens Kyllönen
  Name: Jens Kyllönen
  Title: Director                   
     
  Address: Lönnrotinkatu 3 A 14, 00120 Helsinki,
Finland

 

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  LUCROSUM CAPITAL OY
     
  By: /s/ Esko Lahtinen
  Name: Esko Lahtinen
  Title: Director
     
  Address: Suezinkatu 7 b 35, 00220 Helsinki,
Finland

 

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  ANITA PALDANIUS
     
  By: /s/ Andrew Cotton
  Name: Andrew Cotton
  Title: Attorney-at-Law, by proxy
     
  Address: Eerikinkatu 15-17 c 39, 00100 Helsinki,
Finland

 

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  MIKKO RINTA-JOUPPI
     
  By: /s/ Andrew Cotton
  Name: Andrew Cotton
  Title: Attorney-at-Law, by proxy
     
  Address: Lönnrotinkatu 28 B 28, 00180 Helsinki,
Finland

 

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  JN CAPITAL OY
     
  By: /s/ Jussi Nevalinna
  Name: Jussi Nevanlinna
  Title: Director
     
  Address: Neitsytpolku 1 b A 12, 00140 Helsinki,
Finland

 

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  KORPI CAPITAL OY
     
  By: /s/ Andrew Cotton
  Name: Andrew Cotton
  Title: Attorney-at-Law, by proxy
     
  Address: Pieni Roobertinkatu 13 b 26, 00130
Helsinki, Finland

 

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  WILHELM VON FRECKELL
     
  By: /s/ Andrew Cotton
  Name: Andrew Cotton
  Title: Attorney-at-Law, by proxy
     
  Address: Södra Heikelvägen 8B, 02700
Grankulla, Finland

 

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  MAATILA VUORINEN OY
     
  By: /s/ Andrew Cotton
  Name: Andrew Cotton
  Title: Attorney-at-Law, by proxy
     
  Address: Paimelantie 575, 17120 Paimela,
Finland

 

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  AENGSALV OY
     
  By: /s/ Fredrik Engvall
  Name: Fredrik Engvall
  Title: Director
     
  Address: Mechelininkatu 15 B 34, 00100
Helsinki, Finland

 

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  PERTTU JALKANEN
     
  By: /s/ Andrew Cotton
  Name: Andrew Cotton
  Title: Attorney-at-Law, by proxy
     
  Address: Carrer Llull 133M5, 08005 Barcelona,
Spain

 

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  SHAREHOLDERS’ REPRESENTATIVE
     
  By: /s/ Matti Tiainen                                
      MATTI TIAINEN

 

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ANNEX 0

CURRENT SHAREHOLDERS AND CONVERSION SHAREHOLDERS

 

Current Shareholders:

 

  TT Metals Oy
  Stolt Consulting AB
  Mikaels Oü Rekisterinumero
  Grannefelt Finance Oy
  Matfred Holding Oü
  KJ-Capital Oy
  Lucrosum Capital Oy
  Anita Paldanius
  Mikko Rinta-Jouppi
  JN Capital Oy
  Korpi Capital Oy
  Wilhelm von Frenckell
  Maatila Vuorinen Oy
  Aengsalv Oy
  Perttu Jalkanen

 

Conversion Shareholders:

 

  TT Metals Oy
  Richard Gurney
  Agrimax Ventures

 

Shareholders to execute Joinder:

 

  Estate of Igor Taganov (or heirs)

 

     

 

 

ANNEX A

DEFINED TERMS

 

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

 

Acquisition Proposal ” means, with respect to the Company, any agreement, offer, proposal or bona fide indication of interest (other than this Agreement or any other offer, proposal or indication of interest by Purchaser), or any public announcement of intention to enter into any such agreement or of (or intention to make) any offer, proposal or bona fide indication of interest, relating to, or involving: (i) any acquisition or purchase from the Company, or from any Shareholders, by any Person or Group of more than a fifteen percent (15%) interest in the total outstanding voting securities of the Company or any merger, consolidation, business combination or similar transaction involving the Company; (ii) any sale, lease, mortgage, pledge, exchange, transfer, license (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), acquisition, or disposition of more than fifteen percent (15%) of the assets of the Company in any single transaction or series of related transactions; or (iii) any liquidation, dissolution, recapitalization or other significant corporate reorganization of the Company, or any extraordinary dividend, whether of cash or other property (any such transaction, an “ Alternative Transaction ”).

 

Action ” means an action, audit, charge, claim, complaint, demand, grievance, hearing, inquiry, investigation, litigation, mediation, proceeding, subpoena or suit, whether civil, criminal, administrative, judicial or investigative, whether formal or informal, whether public or private, commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any Governmental Entity or private arbitrator or mediator.

 

Adjusted Annual EBITDA Milestone Consideration ” means the Annual EBITDA Milestone Consideration, minus the percentage equal to 2.0 divided by 9.3 multiplied by the Milestone Consideration Adjustment.

 

Adjusted Annual Total Revenue Milestone Consideration ” means the Annual Total Revenue Milestone Consideration, minus the percentage equal to 3.0 divided by 9.3 multiplied by the Milestone Consideration Adjustment.

 

Adjusted Cash Consideration ” means the Initial Cash Consideration minus the Cash Consideration Adjustment, which the parties agree equals $2,745,654.

 

Adjusted Closing Stock Consideration ” means a total number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock equal to (A) (i) the Initial Closing Stock Consideration minus the Closing Stock Consideration Adjustment, divided by (ii) $1.3952, rounded to the nearest share, minus (B) the number of restricted stock units listed on Annex C , which the parties agree equals 12,766,851 shares of Purchaser Common Stock.

 

Adjusted [***] Milestone Consideration ” means the [***] Milestone Consideration, minus the percentage equal to 3.0 divided by 9.3 multiplied by the Milestone Consideration Adjustment.

 

Adjusted Debt and Equity Milestone Consideration ” means the Debt and Equity Milestone Consideration, minus the percentage equal to 1.3 divided by 9.3 multiplied by the Milestone Consideration Adjustment.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the first-mentioned Person. For the purposes of this definition, “ control, ” including the terms “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with, ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, as general partner or managing member, by Contract or otherwise, including the ownership, directly or indirectly, of securities having the power to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar body governing the affairs of such Person.

 

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Aggregate Closing Consideration ” means the Adjusted Cash Consideration plus the Adjusted Closing Stock Consideration.

 

Agrimax Convertible Loan ” means the convertible loan held by Agrimax Ventures PTY.

 

Anderson Loan Documents ” means the Loan Agreement and the Security Agreement, each dated April 8, 2019 and by and between Mr. Dwight Anderson and the Company.

 

Annual EBITDA Milestone Consideration ” means $2,000,000.

 

Annual Total Revenue Milestone Consideration ” means $3,000,000.

 

Business Day ” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks are open for business in both San Francisco, California and Helsinki, Finland between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. local time.

 

Cash ” means the aggregate amount of all unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries.

 

COBRA ” means Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Company Charter ” means the Articles of Association of the Company as per August 6, 2019.

 

Company Data ” means any Personal Data or other data maintained by or for the Company or its Subsidiaries, including but not limited to any data maintained or processed by Company or its Subsidiaries on behalf of their customers.

 

Company Intellectual Property ” means any and all Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights that are used, held for use or practiced by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including any Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights incorporated into or otherwise used, held for use or practiced in connection with (or planned to be incorporated into or otherwise used, held for use or practiced in connection with) any Company Products.

 

Company Option ” means each option, warrant or other right to purchase Company Shares outstanding as of the date of this Agreement.

 

Company Products ” means any and all products or services manufactured, designed, offered, licensed, provided, sold, distributed or otherwise exploited by or for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any and all products or services under design or development (or already designed or developed) by or for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, together with any related documentation, materials, or information.

 

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Company Shares ” means all the issued and outstanding shares of the Company as at the date of this Agreement.

 

“Consultancy Agreements” means the consultancy agreements between the Company and TT Metals Oy dated August 1, 2017, the Company and Dandy Group Oy dated September 1, 2017, and the Company and Aengsalv Oy dated September 1, 2017.

 

Contract ” means any contract, agreement, instrument, option, lease, license, sales and purchase order, warranty, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, obligation, commitment, binding application, arrangement or understanding, whether written or oral, express or implied, in each case as amended and supplemented from time to time.

 

Convertible Loans ” means the convertible loan held by Cork Agriculture and the Agrimax Convertible Loan.

 

Data Protection Requirements ” means all applicable Legal Requirements, relating to privacy, data protection and data security, including with respect to the collection, storage, transmission, transfer (including cross-border transfers), disclosure and use of Personal Data (including Personal Data of employees, contractors, and third parties).

 

Debt and Equity Milestone Consideration ” means $1,300,000.

 

Distributor ” means [***]. 

 

Distributor Milestone Consideration ” means $3,000,000.

 

Environmental Law ” means any applicable Legal Requirements relating to (i) releases or threatened releases of Hazardous Substances or materials containing Hazardous Substances; (ii) the manufacture, handling, transport, use, treatment, storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances or materials containing Hazardous Substances; or (iii) pollution or protection of the environment, health, safety or natural resources.

 

Governmental Entity ” means any federal, national, supranational, state, provincial, local or similar government, governmental, regulatory, administrative or quasi-governmental authority, branch, office agency, commission or other body, or any court, tribunal, or arbitral or judicial body (including any grand jury), whether domestic or foreign.

 

Group ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act, as amended, the rules and regulations thereunder and related case law.

 

Hazardous Substances ” means (i) those substances defined in or regulated under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Atomic Energy Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Clean Air Act, and their state counterparts, as each may be amended from time to time, and all regulations thereunder; (ii) petroleum and petroleum products, including crude oil and any fractions thereof; (iii) natural gas, synthetic gas, and any mixtures thereof; (iv) polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos and radon; (v) any other pollutant or contaminant; and (vi) any substance, material or waste regulated by any Governmental Entity pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

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Indebtedness ” means the sum of the following, whether or not contingent or due and payable: (i) indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for borrowed money, including convertible debt; (ii) obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments; (iii) obligations of the Company in respect of letters of credit, notes, bonds, debentures, derivatives or other similar instruments (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof); (iv) obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or services, which purchase price is due more than three (3) months after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery thereof and title thereto or the completion of such services, including deposits in transit and the cash used to purchase the shares in the Russian factory (the “ Russian Factory Share Payment ”); (v) capitalized lease obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vi) indebtedness of third parties which is either guaranteed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or secured by any Lien on the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including, for example, any factoring arrangements); (vii) any accounts payable of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are more than 30 days overdue; (viii) any non-recurring provisions; (ix) any contingent liabilities; (x) any salary accruals relating to Brazilian operations; (xi) Third Party Expenses other than the Shared Third Party Expenses; (xii) any acceleration, termination fees, pre-payment fees, balloons or similar payments on any of the foregoing; (xiii) all accrued interest on any of the foregoing; and (xiv) in the nature of a guarantee of any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “ Indebtedness ” shall not include (A) the Convertible Loans or (B) accounts payable, accruals, and other liabilities not yet due that do not represent indebtedness and are incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, if less than 30 days overdue.

 

Indemnified Taxes ” means (a) Taxes for which the Company or any Subsidiary is liable for any Pre-Closing Tax Period, (b) Taxes of any Person for which the Company or any Subsidiary is liable by reason of a transaction, event or status occurring or existing on or prior to the Closing Date, including as a result of such other Person failing to discharge its primary liability for Taxes and (c) Taxes resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any Transfer Taxes for which the Indemnifying Party is liable pursuant to Section 1.3 . For purposes of the foregoing, in the case of a Straddle Period, the amount of Taxes of the Company or a subsidiary that are allocable to the portion of a Straddle Period ending on and including the Closing Date shall be determined by assuming that the Straddle Period consisted of two taxable years or periods, one of which ended at the close of the Closing Date and the other of which began at the beginning of the day following the Closing Date and (i) Taxes based on, or computed with respect to, net income or earnings, gross income or earnings, capital or net worth, or any other Taxes resulting from or imposed on, sales, receipts, uses, transfers or assignments of property or other assets, payments or accruals to other Persons (including wages) or any other similar transaction or transactions of the Company for the Straddle Period shall be allocated between such two taxable years or periods on a “closing of the books basis” by assuming that the books of the Company were closed at the close of the Closing Date and (ii) in the case of all other Taxes, such Taxes shall be apportioned between such two taxable years or periods on a daily basis.

 

Initial Closing Stock Consideration ” means Eighteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($18,500,000).

 

Initial Closing Cash Consideration ” means Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000).

 

Intellectual Property ” means any and all (i) technology, formulae, algorithms, procedures, processes, methods, techniques, know-how, ideas, creations, inventions, discoveries, and improvements (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice); (ii) technical, engineering, manufacturing, product, marketing, servicing, financial, supplier, personnel, and other information and materials; (iii) customer lists, customer contact and registration information, customer correspondence, and customer purchasing histories; (iv) specifications, designs, models, devices, prototypes, schematics, and development tools; (v) Software, websites, content, images, graphics, text, photographs, artwork, audiovisual works, sound recordings, graphs, drawings, reports, analyses, writings, and other works of authorship and copyrightable subject matter (collectively, “ Works of Authorship ”); (vi) databases and other compilations and collections of data or information (collectively, “ Databases ”); (viii) trademarks, service marks, logos, and design marks, trade dress, trade names, fictitious and other business names, and brand names, together with all goodwill associated with any of the foregoing (collectively, “ Trademarks ”); (viii) domain names, uniform resource locators and other names and locators associated with the Internet (collectively, “ Domain Names ”); (ix) information and materials not generally known to the public, including trade secrets and other confidential and proprietary information (“ Trade Secrets ”); and (x) tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing, in any form or media whether or not specifically listed herein.

 

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Intellectual Property Rights ” means any and all rights, which may exist or be created under the laws of any jurisdiction in the world (whether statutory, common law or otherwise), relating to, arising from, or associated with Intellectual Property, including: (i) patents and patent applications, utility models and applications for utility models, inventor’s certificates, and invention disclosure statements (collectively, “ Patents ”); (ii) copyrights and all other rights associated with respect to Works of Authorship and all registrations thereof and applications therefor (including moral and economic rights, however denominated) (including rights to modify the works and transfer the rights) (collectively, “ Copyrights ”); (iii) other rights with respect to Software, including registrations thereof and applications therefor; (iv) industrial design rights and registrations thereof and applications therefor; (v) rights with respect to Trademarks, and all registrations thereof and applications therefor; (vi) rights with respect to Domain Names, including registrations thereof and applications therefor; (vii) rights with respect to Trade Secrets, including rights to limit the use or disclosure thereof by any Person; (viii) rights with respect to Databases, including registrations thereof and applications therefor; (ix) publicity and privacy rights, including all rights with respect to use of a Person’s name, signature, likeness, image, photograph, voice, identity, personality, and biographical and personal information and materials; and (x) any rights equivalent or similar to any of the foregoing.

 

International Trade Laws ” means any law, regulations, order, permit or other decision or requirement having the force or effect of law and as amended from time to time, of any Governmental Entity, concerning the importation, exportation, reexportation or transfer of products (including hardware, software, technology and services), the terms and conduct of international transactions, including without limitation all applicable export control, sanctions, and customs Laws in any jurisdiction in which the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business.

 

IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

Key Individuals ” means any director, officer or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary having a key position or management responsibility at the Company or any Subsidiary, each of which is listed on Annex B .

 

Knowledge of the Company ” or any similar phrase means, with respect to any fact or matter, the actual knowledge of the officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the individuals set forth on Annex B , and the knowledge such individuals would be expected to have after reasonable inquiry of the relevant matter.

 

Labor and Employment Laws ” means all applicable Legal Requirements regarding labor and employment, including those related to terms and conditions of employment, wages and hours, leaves of absence, collective bargaining, equal opportunity, occupational health and safety, workers’ compensation, immigration, individual and collective consultation, notice of termination and redundancy and the payment of social security and other Taxes, in each case.

 

Leased Real Property ” means all Real Property leased, subleased or licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries otherwise has a right or option to use or occupy.

 

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Legal Requirement ” means any applicable Finnish, Estonian, European Union, United States or other federal, state, local or other statute, law, treaty, ordinance, regulation, ruling, directive, rule, code, executive order, injunction, judgment, decree, writ, order or other requirement, including any successor provisions thereof, of any Governmental Entity.

 

Liability ” means, with respect to any Person, any debt, duty, liability or obligation of such Person of any kind, character or description, whether known or unknown, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, asserted or unasserted, accrued or unaccrued, disclosed or undisclosed, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, joint or several, due or to become due, vested or unvested, executory, determined, determinable or otherwise and whether or not the same is required to be accrued on the financial statements of such Person.

 

Lien ” means any encumbrance, charge, claim, limitation, condition, equitable interest, mortgage, lien, option (including any right to acquire, right of pre-emption or conversion), pledge, hypothecation, security interest, title retention, easement, encroachment, exclusive license, right of first refusal or negotiation, adverse claim or restriction of any kind, including any restriction on or transfer or other assignment, as security or otherwise, of or relating to use, quiet enjoyment, voting, transfer, receipt of income or exercise of any other attribute of ownership, or any agreement to create any of the foregoing; provided , however , that the term “ Lien ” shall not include (i) statutory liens for Taxes that are not yet delinquent (and for which there are adequate accruals on the Financial Statements and Interim Financial Statements) and (ii) statutory or common law liens in favor of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen, to secure claims for labor, materials or supplies.

 

Loss ” or “ Losses ” means any and all deficiencies, judgments, settlements, Actions, assessments, Liabilities, losses, damages, Taxes, interest, fines, penalties, costs, expenses (including legal, accounting and other costs and expenses of professionals) incurred in connection with investigating, defending, settling or otherwise satisfying any of the foregoing or matters arising out of or relating to the foregoing, and in seeking indemnification therefor.

 

Managing Director Agreement ” means the managing director agreement to be entered into by and between the Company and Matti Tiainen on or about the date hereof.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” with respect to any Person means any change, claim, event, violation, inaccuracy, circumstance or effect (each, an “ Effect ”) that, individually or taken together with all other Effects, and regardless of whether such Effect constitutes an inaccuracy in the representations or warranties made by, or a breach of the covenants, agreements or obligations of, such Person herein, (i) is, or would reasonably be likely to be or become, materially adverse in relation to the near-term or longer-term condition (financial or otherwise), assets (including intangible assets), Liabilities, business, prospects, capitalization, employees, operations or results of operations of such Person and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except to the extent that any such Effect directly results from: (A) changes in general economic conditions or in the capital or financial markets, including changes in interest or exchange rates (provided that such changes do not affect such Person disproportionately as compared to such Person’s competitors), (B) changes affecting the industry generally in which such Person operates (provided that such changes do not affect such Person disproportionately as compared to such Person’s competitors), (C) changes in applicable Legal Requirements, US GAAP or any authoritative interpretation thereof (provided that such changes do not affect such Person disproportionately as compared to such Person’s competitors), or (D) any action expressly permitted or expressly required by this Agreement, or (ii) adversely affects, or would reasonably be likely to adversely affect, such Person’s ability to perform or comply with the covenants, agreements or obligations of such Person herein or to consummate the Transactions in accordance with this Agreement or applicable Legal Requirements.

 

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Milestones ” means the Distributor Milestone, the Annual Total Revenue Milestone, the Debt and Equity Milestone, and the Annual EBITDA Milestone.

 

Milestone Share Price ” means the greater of (1) the volume weighted average closing sale price of one share of Purchaser Common Stock as reported on the Principal Market for the thirty (30) consecutive trading days ending on December 31 of the calendar year with respect to which the Adjusted Milestone Consideration is due, or (2) $1.25 per share (as adjusted as appropriate to reflect any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, reorganizations, reclassifications or similar events).

 

Net Debt ” means all Indebtedness as at June 30, 2019, other than the Third Party Expenses, which shall be in the amounts set out in the Schedule of Expenses, as to paid and unpaid Third Party Expenses as of the date of this Agreement, plus any additional Third Party Expenses actually incurred whether before or after the date of this Agreement that are not reflected on the Schedule of Expenses, and excluding the Cash Adjustment Debt, the Total Consideration Adjustment Debt and any debt under the Anderson Loan Documents.

 

Order ” means any order, judgment, injunction, ruling, edict, or other decree, whether temporary, preliminary or permanent, enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered by any Governmental Entity.

 

Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other legal entity including any Governmental Entity.

 

Personal Data ” means information related to an identified or identifiable natural person (such as name, street address, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, financial account number, social security number, customer or account number, government-issued identifiers, online identifiers and any other data used or intended to be used to directly or indirectly identify, contact or precisely locate a person).

 

Pre-Closing Tax Period ” means (a) any taxable period ending on or before the Closing Date and (b) the portion of any Straddle Period that ends on the Closing Date.

 

Purchaser Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Purchaser.

 

Purchaser Option Plan ” means Purchaser’s 2013 Stock Incentive Plan as in effect immediately prior to the Closing.

 

R&W Policy ” means that certain the representations and warranties insurance policy purchased by Purchaser and bound as of the date hereof pursuant to the Binder Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between Purchaser, as named insured, and Liberty Surplus Insurance Corporation.

 

Real Property ” means all land, together with all buildings, structures, improvements and fixtures located thereon, including all electrical, mechanical, plumbing and other building systems, fire protection, security and surveillance systems, telecommunications, computer, wiring, and cable installations, utility installations, water distribution systems, and landscaping, together with all easements and other rights and interests appurtenant thereto (including air, oil, gas, mineral, and water rights).

 

Related Party ” with respect to any specified Person, means: (i) any Affiliate of such specified Person, or any director, executive officer, general partner or managing member of such Affiliate; (ii) any Person who serves as a director, executive officer, partner, member or in a similar capacity of such specified Person; (iii) any Immediate Family member of a Person described in clause (ii); or (iv) any other Person who holds, individually or together with any Affiliate of such other Person and any member(s) of such Person’s Immediate Family, more than 5% of the outstanding equity or ownership interests of such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “ Immediate Family ,” with respect to any specified Person, means such Person’s spouse, Purchasers, children and siblings, including adoptive relationships and relationships through marriage, or any other relative of such Person that shares such Person’s home.

 

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SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Shared Third Party Expenses ” means all Third Party Expenses relating to accounting matters.

 

Software ” means any and all (1) computer programs, including any and all software implementations of algorithms, heuristics, models and methodologies, whether in source code or object code, (2) testing, validation, verification and quality assurance materials, (3) Databases, conversions, interpreters, and compilations, including any and all data and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise, (4) descriptions, schematics, flow charts and other work product used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing, (5) all documentation, including user manuals, web materials and architectural and design specifications and training materials, relating to any of the foregoing, (6) software development processes, practices, methods and policies recorded in permanent form, relating to any of the foregoing, and (7) performance metrics, sightings, bug and feature lists, build, release and change control manifests recorded in permanent form, relating to any of the foregoing.

 

Straddle Period ” means any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing Date.

 

Subsidiary ” of the Company, Purchaser or any other Person means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, registered local office, association, trust, unincorporated association or other legal entity of which the Company, Purchaser or any such other Person, as the case may be (either alone or through or together with any other Subsidiary), (i) owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the share capital or other equity interests that are generally entitled to vote for the election of the board of directors or other governing body of such corporation or other legal entity, or (ii) has the contractual or other power to designate a majority of the board of directors or other governing body (and, where the context permits, includes any predecessor of such an entity).

 

Tax ” means (i) any direct or indirect federal, state, local, municipal, U.S. or non-U.S. net income, gross income, capital gains, gross receipts, profits, capital, estimated, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, registration, transfer, franchise, profits, license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property (real or personal), production, unclaimed property, escheat, windfall profits, customs, duties or other taxes, contributions, rates, levies (including social security), fees, assessments or charges of any kind whatsoever, whether disputed or not, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts with respect thereto, (ii) any Liability for payment of amounts described in clause (i) whether as a result of transferee Liability, of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or similar group for any period, or otherwise through operation of law, and (iii) any Liability for the payment of amounts described in clauses (i) or (ii) as a result of any Tax sharing, Tax indemnity or Tax allocation agreement or any other express or implied agreement to indemnify any other Person.

 

Tax Return ” means any return, election, form, certificate, declaration, notice, report, statement, information return or statement or other document (including any schedules thereto and including any amendment thereof) filed or required to be filed with respect to Taxes, including any amendments thereof, and including any schedules and attachments thereto.

 

Taxing Authority ” means any Governmental Entity having authority with respect to Taxes.

 

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Third Party Claim ” means any claim in writing made by a third party (including any authorities) against Purchaser or the Company that may result in a Shareholder being required to compensate Purchaser in accordance with Section 8.2(d) .

 

Third Party Expenses ” means all fees and expenses incurred by the Company, its Subsidiaries or any Shareholder (to the extent borne by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including (i) all legal, Tax, accounting, financial advisory, investment banking, consulting fees and expenses and other like fees and expenses of third parties incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries (including on behalf of a Shareholder) in connection with the negotiation, documentation and effectuation of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (ii) all fees and expenses paid or payable in respect of third party waivers and consents or Contract amendments and terminations required to effect the Closing as contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) the employer portion of any payroll and withholding Taxes payable in connection with payments made in respect of Company Options, (iv) all compensatory payments (together with all Taxes, including the employer portion of any payroll and withholding Taxes, and/or other costs paid or payable in connection with such payments) made by, or obligation for payment by, the Company solely or partially as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby or a termination of employment or engagement that occurs on or prior to the Closing, pursuant to any Contract or applicable Legal Requirement or otherwise, including, bonus, separation, severance, redundancy, termination or similar-type benefits contemplated by this Agreement or the documents and agreements contemplated hereby, to any current or former or retired employee, director, consultant or independent contractor of the Company or the beneficiary or dependent of such Person, and (v) any retention bonus payment entitlement provided by Purchaser or an Affiliate of Purchaser (together with all Taxes, including the employer portion of any payroll and withholding Taxes, and/or other costs paid or payable in connection with such payments). For the avoidance of doubt, Third Party Expenses shall not include any Indebtedness.

 

Transaction Documents ” means collectively the Managing Director Agreement and the employment agreements entered into with the other Key Individuals (including the employee and consultant confidential information and assignment of inventions agreements appended thereto, respectively), and the other documents and agreements contemplated hereby.

 

Transactions ” means the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the agreements, documents, certificates and instruments being delivered pursuant to this Agreement.

 

US GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles for financial reporting in the United States in effect from time to time.

 

US Subsidiary ” means Pro Farm Inc.

 

Terms not defined in this Annex A have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the following Sections of the Agreement:

 

Term   Section
1934 Act   Section 4.4(a)
Accounting Arbitrator   Section 1.4(c)(iv)
Actual Net Debt   Section 1.4(c)(i)
Agreement   Preamble
Annual EBITDA Milestone   Annex E

 

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Term   Section
Annual EBITDA Milestone Stock Consideration   Section 1.5(b)
Annual Total Revenue Milestone   Annex E
Annual Total Revenue Milestone Stock Consideration   Section 1.3(g)(ii)
Adjusted Milestone Consideration   Section 1.5(b)
applicable Anti-Corruption Laws   Section 2.20(a)(ii)
Applicable Limitation Date   Section 8.1(a)
Balance Sheet   Section 2.7(a)
Cap   Section 8.2(d)
Cash Adjustment Debt   Section
Cash Consideration Adjustment   Section 1.4(b)(i)
Claim   Section 6.6
Claim Notice   Section 8.2(e)
Closing   Section 1.2
Closing Date   Section 1.2
Closing Repayment Loans   Section 1.3(b)
Closing Schedule   Section 1.4(c)(i)
Company   Preamble
Company Disclosure Schedules   Article II
Company Permits   Section 2.6(b)
Company Securities   Section 3.1
Confidential Disclosure Agreement   Section 6.2
Conversion Shareholders   Recitals
Debt and Equity Milestone   Annex E
Debt and Equity Milestone Stock Consideration   Section 1.3(g)(ii)
Dispute Notice   Section 1.4(c)(ii)
Dispute Notice Period   Section 1.4(c)(ii)
Distribution Schedule   Section 1.4(a)(iii)
Distributor Milestone   Annex E
Distributor Milestone Stock Consideration   Section 1.5(b)
Employee Plan   Section 2.11(a)
Enforceability Limitations   Section 2.4
Equity Injection   Section 1.3(c)
Estimated Net Debt   Section 1.4(a)(i)
Estonian Share Loss   Section 6.10(b)
Estonian Share Value   Section 6.10(b)
Estonian Shares   Section 6.10(a)
Final Cash   Section 1.4(c)(iv)
Final Closing Cash   Section 1.4(c)(ii)
Final Indebtedness   Section 1.4(c)(ii)
Final Net Debt   Section 1.4(c)(ii)
Financial Statements   Section 2.7(a)
Finnish GAAP   Section 2.7(b)
FIRPTA Certificate   Section 1.2(a)(ii)
Fundamental Representations   Section 8.1(a)
Governmental Officials   Section 2.20(a)(ii)
immediate family   Section 6.5(b)
Inbound License Agreement   Section 2.15(a)(iv)(1)
include   Section 10.2

 

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Term   Section
including   Section 10.2
Indemnified Liabilities   Section 8.5(d)
Indemnified Party   Section 8.2(e)
Indemnifying Party   Section 8.2(e)
Independent Auditor’s Resolution   Section 1.5(d)
Insolvency   Section 4.8
Insolvent   Section 4.8
Insurance Policies   Section 2.19
Interim Balance Sheet Date   Section 2.7(a)
Interim Financial Statements   Section 2.7(a)
Joinder Agreement   Section 1.2(a)(vi)
Joining Shareholder   Section 1.2(a)(vi)
Key Individual   Recitals
Key Shareholder   Section 6.5(a)
Lock-Up End Date   Section 6.5(a)
made available   Section 10.2
Material Contract(s)   Section 2.17(a)
Material Customer   Section 2.22
Material Supplier   Section 2.22
Milestone Allocation Schedule   Section 1.5(b)
Milestone Consideration Allocation   Section 1.5(b)
Milestone Consideration Adjustment   Section 1.4(b)(iii)
Milestone Payment Notice   Section 1.5(b)
Milestone Percentage   Section 1.4(a)(iii)
Non-Compete   Section 6.9(a)
Non-Negotiated Software Contract   Section 2.15(a)(iv)(1)
Non-Solicit   Section 6.9(b)
Optionholders   Preamble
Option and RSU Recipients   Section 6.7
Outbound License Agreement   Section 2.15(a)(iv)(2)
Owned Intellectual Property   Section 2.15(a)(i)(3)
Permit   Section 2.5(b)
Principal Market   Section 4.3
Principal Market Approval   Section 4.3
Purchaser   Preamble
Purchaser Disclosure Schedules   Article IV
Purchaser Indemnitees   Section 8.2(a)
Purchaser Options   Section 6.7
Purchaser SEC Documents   Section 4.4(a)
Purchaser Shares   Section 1.5(b)
Real Property Lease   Section 2.13(b)
Registered Intellectual Property   Section 2.15(a)(i)(1)
Released Matters   Section 6.6(a)
Releasees   Section 6.6(a)
Releasors   Section 6.6(a)
Shareholder Disclosure Schedules   Article III
Shareholders   Preamble
Shareholders’ Representative   Preamble
SIG   Section 2.15(a)(x)

 

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Term   Section
Signing Schedule   Section 1.4(a)(i)
Schedule of Expenses   Section 1.4(a)(i)
Systems   Section 2.15(b)(iii)
Termination Date   Section 9.1(b)
Third Party Claim   Section 8.2(e)
Total Consideration Adjustment   Section 1.4(b)
Transfer   Section 5.3(a)
Transfer Agent   Section 1.2(b)(ii)
Transfer Taxes   Section 1.3(e)
Translink Representation Statement   Exhibit D
Translink Milestone Stock   Section 1.5(f)
     

 

  -A- 12 -  

 

 

Annex B

Key Individuals and Key shareholders

 

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Annex C

Option and RSU Recipients

 

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Annex d

third-party consents

 

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Annex E

Milestone Payments

 

  1. Distributor Milestone . The “ Distributor Milestone ” means that the Company and its Subsidiaries (which, for all purposes of this Annex D, shall include any Subsidiaries of the Company as of the date of this Agreement that remain under common ownership and control with Purchaser or the Company) have achieved an aggregate gross profit from Distributor, including any Distributor group companies and their affiliates, of [***] from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2023.

 

  a. For purposes of this Clause 1 , “gross profit” means, [***].
     
  b. In the year, if any, in which the cumulative gross profit from Distributor during the period set forth above has reached [***], 100% of the Distributor Milestone shall be deemed to have been achieved for the purposes of Section 1.5(b) of the Agreement. In any other year, the percentage of the Distributor Milestone achieved shall be deemed to be zero (0%) for the purposes of Section 1.5(b) of the Agreement.

 

   

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  2. Annual Total Revenue Milestone . The “ Annual Total Revenue Milestone ” means that the Company and its Subsidiaries achieve aggregate revenue, other than revenue received from Distributor or any Distributor group companies and their affiliates, of [***] from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2023.

 

  a. For purposes of this Clause 2 , “revenue” means, [***]

 

  b. The percentage of the Annual Total Revenue Milestone achieved for the 2020 calendar year shall equal 25% times the following percentage: (x) if greater than 50%, the revenue for such year, calculated pursuant to Clause 2(b) above, divided by [***]; or (y) if such percentage is less than 50%, zero (0%).
     
  c. The percentage of the Annual Total Revenue Milestone achieved for the 2021 calendar year shall equal 25% times the following percentage: (x) if greater than 50%, the revenue for such year, calculated pursuant to Clause 2(b) above, divided by [***] ; or (y) if such percentage is less than 50%, zero (0%).
     
  d. The percentage of the Annual Total Revenue Milestone achieved for the 2022 calendar year shall equal 25% times the following percentage: (x) if greater than 50%, the revenue for such year, calculated pursuant to Clause 2(b) above, divided by [***]; or (y) if such percentage is less than 50%, zero (0%).
     
  e. The percentage of the Annual Total Revenue Milestone achieved for the 2023 calendar year shall be higher of the two: 1) equal 25% times the following percentage: (x) if greater than 50%, the revenue for such year, calculated pursuant to Clause 2(b) above, divided by [***]; or (y) if such percentage is less than 50%, zero (0%), or 2) the following percentage: (x) if greater than 50%, the sum of all revenue for 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, divided by [***], minus each of the percentages resulting from Clause 2(b) , Clause 2(c) and Clause 2(d) above; or (y) if such percentage is less than 50%, zero (0%).

 

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  f. Further notwithstanding the foregoing, the total percentages of Annual Total Revenue Milestone achievement may not exceed 100%, and the percentage of actual Annual Total Revenue Milestone Achievement in any calendar year shall be reduced accordingly for the purposes of Section 1.5(b) of the Agreement.

 

   

[***]

     
  3. Annual EBITDA Milestone. The “ Annual EBITDA Milestone ” means if the Company and its subsidiaries earn aggregate annual EBITDA of [***] from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2023.

 

  a. For purposes of this Clause 3 , “EBITDA” means [***] .
     
  b. The percentage of the Annual EBITDA Milestone achieved for the 2020 calendar year shall equal 25% times the following percentage: (x) if greater than 50%, the revenue for such year, calculated pursuant to Clause 3(b) above, divided by [***]; or (y) if such percentage is less than 50%, zero (0%).
     
  c. The percentage of the Annual EBITDA Milestone achieved for the 2021 calendar year shall equal 25% times the following percentage: (x) if greater than 50%, the revenue for such year, calculated pursuant to Clause 3(b) above, divided by [***]; or (y) if such percentage is less than 50%, zero (0%).
     
  d. The percentage of the Annual EBITDA Milestone achieved for the 2022 calendar year shall equal 25% times the following percentage: (x) if greater than 50%, the revenue for such year, calculated pursuant to Clause 3(b) above, divided by [***]; or (y) if such percentage is less than 50%, zero (0%).
     
  e. The percentage of the Annual EBITDA Milestone achieved for the 2023 calendar year shall be higher of the two: 1) equal 25% times the following percentage: (x) if greater than 50%, the revenue for such year, calculated pursuant to Clause 3(b) above, divided by [***]; or (y) if such percentage is less than 50%, zero (0%), or 2) the following percentage: (x) if greater than 50%, the sum of all revenue for 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, divided by [***], minus each of the percentages resulting from Clause 3(b) , Clause 3(c) and Clause 3(d) above; or (y) if such percentage is less than 50%, zero (0%).
     
  f. Further notwithstanding the foregoing, the total percentages of Annual EBITDA Milestone achievement may not exceed 100%, and the percentage of actual Annual EBITDA Milestone Achievement in any calendar year shall be reduced accordingly for the purposes of Section 1.5(b) of the Agreement.

 

   

[***]

     
  4. Debt and Equity Milestone . The “ Debt and Equity Milestone ” means that the Company and its Subsidiaries shall have raised no more than an aggregate [***] debt [***] or equity financing during the period from the Closing to December 31, 2023.

 

  a. For the purpose of this Clause 4 , [***] debt shall mean [***].
     
  b. In any event, the percentage of the Debt and Equity Milestone achieved shall be zero (0%) for each of 2020, 2021 and 2022 for the purposes of Section 1.5(b) of the Agreement.

 

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  c. If the Company and its Subsidiaries have not raised more than an aggregate of [***] long-term interest-bearing debt or equity financing during the period from the Closing to 31 December 2023, 100% of the Debt and Equity Milestone shall be deemed to have been achieved for the 2023 calendar year for the purposes of Section 1.5(b) of the Agreement.
     
  d. If the Company and its Subsidiaries have raised an aggregate of more than [***] but less than [***] long-term interest-bearing debt or equity financing during the period from the Closing to December 31, 2023, the percentage of the Debt and Equity Milestone achieved for the 2023 calendar year for the purposes of Section 1.5(b) of the Agreement shall be equal to 100% minus (i) two (2) times the incremental amount raised divided by (ii) [***].
     
  e. If the Company and its Subsidiaries have raised an aggregate of [***] or more in long-term interest-bearing debt or equity financing during the period from the Closing to December 31, 2023, the percentage of the Debt and Equity Milestone achieved for the 2023 calendar year for the purposes of Section 1.5(b) of the Agreement shall be equal to zero (0%).

 

   

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  5. Determination Methodologies. In determining whether each Milestone has been achieved:

 

  a. Determination of whether each Milestone has been achieved is independent of the determination of whether the other Milestones have been achieved.
     
  b.

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  c.

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  d.

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  e.

[***].

 

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EXHIBIT A

JOINDER TO SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AS A SHAREHOLDER

 

The undersigned hereby agrees to become a party to and bound by that certain Share Purchase Agreement (the “ Share Purchase Agreement ”), dated as of August 7, 2019, by and among Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Pro Farm Technologies Oy, a Finnish limited company, each of the shareholders of the Company party thereto, certain future shareholders of the Company party thereto, and Matti Tiainen as representative of the Shareholders, and agrees to become a “Shareholder” for purposes of the Share Purchase Agreement, and to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Share Purchase Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent as the Shareholders who were originally parties to the Share Purchase Agreement. This Joinder to Share Purchase Agreement as a Shareholder shall take effect and shall become an integral part of the Share Purchase Agreement immediately upon its execution and delivery to the Company.

 

The terms used but not defined in this Joinder to Share Purchase Agreement as a Shareholder have the meanings set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this JOINDER TO SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AS A SHAREHOLDER has been duly executed by or on behalf of the undersigned as of the date below written.

 

[Name of Shareholder]
     
By:                 
Name:    
Its:    
Date:    

 

  -Exh. A- 1 -  

 

 

EXHIBIT B

FORM OF OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT

 

-Exh. B- 1 -
 

 

EXHIBIT C

FORM OF RSU AWARD AGREEMENT

 

-Exh. C- 1 -
 

 

EXHIBIT D

TRANSLINK REPRESENTATION STATEMENT

 

This representation statement is being delivered in connection with a right to receive certain shares (the “Securities”) of Common Stock of Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to that certain Share Purchase Agreement (the “Share Purchase Agreement”), dated as of August 7, 2019, by and among the Company, Pro Farm Technologies Oy, a Finnish limited company, each of the shareholders of the Company party thereto, certain future shareholders of the Company party thereto, and Matti Tiainen as representative of the Shareholders. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement. In consideration for the right to receive the Securities, Translink Corporate Finance Oy (“Translink”) agrees and represents for the benefit of the Company as follows:

 

1) Translink represents that it is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Finland (Business ID: 1535364-2) and has the requisite power and authority to make the representations and agreements set forth in this representation statement.

 

2) Translink is acquiring the Securities for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). Translink does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Securities.

 

3) Translink (i) certifies that Translink is not a “U.S. person” within the meaning of SEC Rule 902 of Regulation S, as presently in effect, and that Translink is not acquiring the Securities for the account or benefit of any such U.S. person, (ii) agrees to resell the Securities only in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the 1933 Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from registration and agrees not to engage in hedging transactions with regard to such Securities unless in compliance with the 1933 Act, (iii) agrees that any certificates or book-entry positions for any Securities issued to Translink shall contain a legend to the effect that transfer is prohibited except in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the 1933 Act or pursuant to an available exemption from registration and that hedging transactions involving such Securities may not be conducted unless in compliance with the 1933 Act, (iv) agrees that the Company is hereby required to refuse to register any transfer of any Securities issued to Translink not made in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the 1933 Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from registration. Translink understands that the Securities are being offered and sold in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States Legal Requirements and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and Translink’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of Translink set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of Translink to acquire the Securities.

 

4) Translink is aware of the Company’s business affairs and financial condition and has acquired sufficient information about the Company to reach an informed and knowledgeable decision to acquire the Securities.

 

5) Translink understands that the book-entry or other instruments representing the Securities issued hereunder, until such time as the resale of Securities issued hereunder have been registered under the 1933 Act, the book-entry representing the Securities issued hereunder, except as set forth below, shall bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such Securities):

 

“THE TRANSFER OF THESE SECURITIES IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION S AS PROMULGATED BY THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION UNDER THE ACT, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT, OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION, AND HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES (INCLUDING ANY SWAP OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION THAT TRANSFERS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCE OF OWNERSHIP OF THESE SECURITIES, WHETHER ANY SUCH SWAP, AGREEMENT OR TRANSACTION IS TO BE SETTLED BY DELIVERY OF ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THESE SECURITIES OR ANY OTHER SECURITIES, IN CASH OR OTHERWISE), MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT.”

 

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The legend set forth above shall be removed if (i) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer, the holder of such Securities provides the Company with an opinion of counsel, the form and substance of which shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may be made without registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, or (ii) such holder provides the Company with reasonable assurance (including, if requested by the Company, a customary representation letter reasonably acceptable to the Company) that the Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred without volume or manner of sale restriction pursuant to Rule 144.

 

6) Translink understands that no United States Governmental Entity has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Company or the fairness or suitability of holding the Securities issuable pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreements, nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the transactions contemplated by the Share Purchase Agreement or this representation statement.

 

7) Translink understands that the Securities it is receiving are characterized as “restricted securities” under the federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws and applicable regulations such securities may be resold without registration under the Act only in certain limited circumstances. In this connection, Translink represents that it is familiar with SEC Rule 144, as presently in effect, and understands the resale limitations imposed thereby and by the 1933 Act. Translink understands that the Securities have not been and will not be registered under the 1933 Act and have not been and will not be registered or qualified in any state in which they are offered, and thus Translink will not be able to resell or otherwise transfer its Securities unless they are registered under the 1933 Act and registered or qualified under applicable state securities laws, or an exemption from such registration or qualification is available. Without in any way limiting the representations set forth above, Translink further agrees not to make any disposition of all or any portion of the Securities prior to the date that is six (6) months from the date of issuance of such Securities unless and until transferee has agreed in writing for the benefit of the Company to be bound by this Section 7 and:

 

  a) There is then in effect a registration statement under the 1933 Act covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made in accordance with such registration statement; or
     
  b) (i) Translink shall have notified the Company of the proposed disposition and shall have furnished the Company with a detailed statement of the circumstances surrounding the proposed disposition, and (ii) if reasonably requested by the Company, Translink shall have furnished the Company with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company that such disposition will not require registration of such shares under the 1933 Act. It is agreed that the Company will not require opinions of counsel for transactions made pursuant to Rule 144 except in unusual circumstances.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) above, no such registration statement or opinion of counsel shall be necessary for a transfer that is permitted by Section 6.5(b) of the Share Purchase Agreement, mutatis mutandis, if the transferee agrees in writing to be subject to the terms hereof to the same extent as if he, she or it were Translink hereunder.

 

-Exh. D- 2 -
 

 

8) Commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the applicable Lock-Up End Date, each Shareholder agrees that such Shareholder will not, and will cause any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) not to, (A) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities issuable hereunder, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder with respect to the Securities, (B) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any of the Securities, whether any such transaction above is to be settled by delivery of shares of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, or (C) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing. The “ Lock-Up End Date ” with respect to 99,465 of the Securities issued at the Closing Date shall be the date that is twelve (12) months after the Closing Date and with respect to the remainder of the Securities shall be the date that is six (6) months after the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Translink may transfer the Securities (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein or (ii) to any affiliate of Translink provided that such affiliate agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, provided that any such transfer pursuant to clause (i) shall not involve a disposition for value. Translink understands and agrees that this Section 8 is irrevocable and shall be binding upon such Translinks legal representatives, successors, and assigns.

 

9) Translink agrees and acknowledges that the provisions of Article X of the Share Purchase Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this representation statement.

 

TRANSLINK CORPORATE FINANCE OY  
     
By:    
Name: Jari Lauriala  
Its: CEO, Board Member  
Date:    

 

-Exh. D- 3 -
 

 

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of August 6, 2019, by and among Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with headquarters located at 1540 Drew Avenue, Davis, CA 95618 (the “ Company ”), and the Investors (as hereinafter defined).

 

WHEREAS :

 

A. Pursuant to the Warrant Amendment and Plan of Reorganization Agreement by and among the Company, Ospraie Ag LLC (“ Ospraie ”) and Ardsley Partners Renewable Energy Fund, L.P. (“ Ardsley ”) and Ivan Saval (Mr. Saval, together with Ospraie and Ardsley, the “ Investors ” and each, an “ Investor ”) dated as of the date hereof (the “ Warrant Reorganization Agreement ”), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Warrant Reorganization Agreement, to issue and sell to each Investor warrants (the “ Warrants ”), which will be exercisable to purchase shares of Common Stock (as exercised, collectively, the “ Warrant Shares ”) in accordance with the terms of the Warrants.

 

B. In connection with transactions described above, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the “ 1933 Act ”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Investors hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions.

 

  A. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant Reorganization Agreement (or, if not defined herein or in the Warrant Reorganization Agreement, the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2017, by and among the Company and the Investors). As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a) “ Additional Effective Date ” means the date the Additional Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC.

 

(b) “ Additional Effectiveness Deadline ” means the date which is the earlier of (x) (i) the date which is one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the earlier of the Additional Filing Date and the Additional Filing Deadline and (y) the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that such Additional Registration Statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review; provided, however, that if the Additional Effectiveness Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the SEC is closed for business, the Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the SEC is open for business.

 

(c) “ Additional Filing Date ” means the date on which the Additional Registration Statement is filed with the SEC.

 

(d) “ Additional Filing Deadline ” means if Cutback Shares are required to be included in any Additional Registration Statement, the later of (i) the date sixty (60) days after the date substantially all of the Registrable Securities registered under the immediately preceding Registration Statement are sold and (ii) the date six (6) months from the Initial Effective Date or the most recent Additional Effective Date, as applicable.

 

(e) “ Additional Registrable Securities ” means, (i) any Cutback Shares not previously included on a Registration Statement, and (ii) any capital stock of the Company issued or issuable with respect to the Warrants, the Warrant Shares or the Cutback Shares, as applicable, as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise, without regard to any limitations on exercise of the Warrants; provided, that any such Additional Registrable Securities shall cease to be Additional Registrable Securities to the extent: (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Additional Registrable Securities has become effective under the 1933 Act and such Additional Registrable Securities have been disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement; (ii) such Additional Registrable Securities are able to be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without regard to the volume and manner of sale limitations contained thereunder and without the requirement of the Company to comply with Rule 144(c)(1); (iii) such Additional Registrable Securities shall have been otherwise transferred and no longer bear a legend restricting transfer under the 1933 Act, and may be resold without registration under the 1933 Act; or (iv) such Additional Registrable Securities cease to be outstanding.

 

     

 

 

(f) “ Additional Registration Statement ” means a registration statement or registration statements of the Company filed under the 1933 Act covering the resale of any Additional Registrable Securities.

 

(g) “ Additional Required Registration Amount ” means any Cutback Shares not previously included on a Registration Statement, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants.

 

(h) “ Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(i) “ Cutback Shares ” means any of the Initial Required Registration Amount or the Additional Required Registration Amount of Registrable Securities not included in any Registration Statements previously declared effective hereunder as a result of a limitation on the maximum number of shares of Common Stock of the Company permitted to be registered by the staff of the SEC pursuant to Rule 415. The number of Cutback Shares shall be allocated pro rata among the Investors with each Investor entitled to elect the portion of its Warrant Shares that are to be considered Cutback Shares.

 

(j) “ effective ” and “ effectiveness ” refer to a Registration Statement that has been declared effective by the SEC and is available for the resale of the Registrable Securities required to be covered thereby.

 

(k) “ Effective Date ” means the Initial Effective Date and the Additional Effective Date, as applicable.

 

(l) “ Effectiveness Deadline ” means the Initial Effectiveness Deadline and the Additional Effectiveness Deadline, as applicable.

 

(m) “ Eligible Market ” means the Principal Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the NYSE American LLC, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market.

 

(n) “ Filing Deadline ” means the Initial Filing Deadline and the Additional Filing Deadline, as applicable.

 

(o) “ Initial Effective Date ” means the date that the Initial Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC.

 

(p) “ Initial Effectiveness Deadline ” means June 30, 2020; provided, however, that that if the Initial Effectiveness Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the SEC is closed for business, the Initial Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the SEC is open for business.

 

(q) “ Initial Filing Date ” means the date on which the Initial Registration Statement is filed with the SEC.

 

(r) “ Initial Filing Deadline ” means March 31, 2020.

 

(s) “ Initial Registrable Securities ” means the Warrant Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and (iii) any capital stock of the Company issued or issuable with respect to the Common Shares, the Warrant Shares or the Warrants, in each case as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants; provided, that any such Initial Registrable Securities shall cease to be Initial Registrable Securities to the extent: (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Initial Registrable Securities has become effective under the 1933 Act and such Initial Registrable Securities have been disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement; (ii) such Initial Registrable Securities are able to be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without regard to the volume and manner of sale limitations contained thereunder and without the requirement of the Company to comply with Rule 144(c)(1); (iii) such Initial Registrable Securities shall have been otherwise transferred and no longer bear a legend restricting transfer under the 1933 Act, and may be resold without registration under the 1933 Act; or (iv) such Initial Registrable Securities cease to be outstanding.

 

(t) “ Initial Registration Statement ” means a registration statement or registration statements of the Company filed under the 1933 Act covering the resale of the Initial Registrable Securities.

 

(u) “ Initial Required Registration Amount ” means the sum of (i) the number of Common Shares issued and

 

(i) the maximum number of Warrant Shares issued and issuable pursuant to the Warrants, each as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable date of determination, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants.

 

(v) “ Investors ” means the investors listed on the Schedule of Investors attached hereto and any other holder of Registrable Securities that is a party to this Agreement or that succeeds to the rights hereunder in accordance with Section 9.

 

(w) “ Lead Investor ” means Ospraie Ag Science LLC.

 

     

 

 

(x) “ Person ” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(y) “ Principal Market ” means The NASDAQ Capital Market.

 

(z) “ register ,” “ registered ,” and “ registration ” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing one or more Registration Statements (as defined below) in compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to Rule 415, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the SEC.

 

(aa) “ Registrable Securities ” means the Initial Registrable Securities and the Additional Registrable Securities; provided, that any such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities to the extent: (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable Securities has become effective under the 1933 Act and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement; (ii) such Registrable Securities are able to be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without regard to the volume and manner of sale limitations contained thereunder and without the Company’s requirement to comply with Rule 144(c)(1); (iii) such Registrable Securities shall have been otherwise transferred and no longer bear a legend restricting transfer under the 1933 Act, and may be resold without registration under the 1933 Act; or (iv) such Registrable Securities cease to be outstanding.

 

(bb) “ Registration Statement ” means the Initial Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statement, as applicable.

 

(cc) “ Required Holders ” means the holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities and shall include the Lead Investor so long as the Lead Investor or any of its Affiliates together maintain the Lead Investor Minimum Threshold (as defined in the Warrants).”

 

(dd) “ Required Registration Amount ” means either the Initial Required Registration Amount or the Additional Required Registration Amount, as applicable.

 

(ee) “ Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 (or any successor thereto) promulgated under the 1933 Act.

 

(ff) “ Rule 415 ” means Rule 415 promulgated under the 1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis.

 

(gg) “ SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(hh) “ Trading Day ” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time).

 

2. Registration .

 

(a) Initial Mandatory Registration. The Company shall prepare, and, in no event later than the Initial Filing Deadline, file with the SEC the Initial Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the resale of all of the Initial Registrable Securities. In the event that Form S-3 is unavailable for such a registration, the Company shall use such other form as is available for such a registration on another appropriate form that the Company is then eligible to use, subject to the provisions of Section 2(e). The Initial Registration Statement prepared pursuant hereto shall register for resale at least the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Initial Required Registration Amount determined as of the date the Initial Registration Statement is initially filed with the SEC. The Initial Registration Statement shall contain the “Plan of Distribution” and “ Selling Stockholders” sections in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Initial Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC no later than the Initial Effectiveness Deadline. By 9:30 a.m. New York time on the second Business Day following the Initial Effective Date, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Initial Registration Statement.

 

(b) Additional Mandatory Registrations . The Company shall prepare, and, as soon as practicable but in no event later than the Additional Filing Deadline, file with the SEC an Additional Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the resale of all of the Additional Registrable Securities not previously registered on an Additional Registration Statement hereunder. To the extent the staff of the SEC does not permit the Additional Required Registration Amount to be registered on an Additional Registration Statement, the Company shall file Additional Registration Statements successively trying to register on each such Additional Registration Statement the maximum number of remaining Additional Registrable Securities until the Additional Required Registration Amount has been registered with the SEC.

 

     

 

 

In the event that Form S-3 is unavailable for such a registration, the Company shall use such other form as is available for such a registration on another appropriate form that the Company is then eligible to use, subject to the provisions of Section 2(e). Each Additional Registration Statement prepared pursuant hereto shall register for resale at least that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Additional Required Registration Amount determined as of the date such Additional Registration Statement is initially filed with the SEC. Each Additional Registration Statement shall contain the “Plan of Distribution” and “Selling Stockholders” sections in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have each Additional Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the Additional Effectiveness Deadline. By 9:30 a.m. New York time on the second Business Day following the Additional Effective Date, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Additional Registration Statement.

 

(c) Allocation of Registrable Securities. The initial number of Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement and any increase or decrease in the number of Registrable Securities included therein shall be allocated pro rata among the Investors based on the number of Registrable Securities held by each Investor at the time the Registration Statement covering such initial number of Registrable Securities or increase or decrease thereof is declared effective by the SEC. In no event shall the Company include any securities other than Registrable Securities on any Registration Statement without the prior written consent of the Required Holders.

 

(d) Investors’ Counsel. Subject to Section 5 hereof, the Required Holders shall have the right to select one legal counsel for the Investors to review any registration pursuant to this Section 2 (“ Investors’ Counsel ”), which shall be Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP or such other counsel as thereafter designated by the Required Holders. The Company and Investors’ Counsel shall reasonably cooperate with each other in performing the Company’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

(e) Ineligibility for Form S-3. In the event that Form S-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) use such other form as is available for such a registration on another appropriate form that the Company is then eligible to use and (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 as soon as practicable after the Company becomes eligible to use such form, provided that the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the SEC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall take all actions necessary to maintain its eligibility to register the Registrable Securities for resale by the Investors on Form S-3.

 

3. Related Obligations. At such time as the Company is obligated to file a Registration Statement with the SEC pursuant to Section 2(a), 2(b) or 2(e), the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof and, pursuant thereto, the Company shall have the following obligations:

 

(a) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep each Registration Statement effective pursuant to Rule 415 as long as the securities covered thereby are Registrable Securities (the “ Registration Period ”). The Company shall ensure that each Registration Statement (including any amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein) shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of prospectuses, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made) not misleading. The term “reasonable best efforts” shall mean, among other things, that the Company shall submit to the SEC, within two (2) Business Days after the later of the date that (i) the Company learns that no review of a particular Registration Statement will be made by the staff of the SEC or that the staff has no further comments on a particular Registration Statement, as the case may be, and (ii) the approval of Investors’ Counsel pursuant to Section 3(c) (which approval is immediately sought), a request for acceleration of effectiveness of such Registration Statement to a time and date not later than two (2) Business Days after the submission of such request. The Company shall respond in writing to comments made by the SEC in respect of a Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than fifteen (15) days after the receipt of comments by or notice from the SEC that an amendment is required in order for a Registration Statement to be declared effective.

 

(b) The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement, which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the 1933 Act, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period, and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934 Act ”), the Company shall have incorporated such report by reference into such Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC on the same day on which the 1934 Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such Registration Statement.

 

     

 

 

(c) The Company shall (A) permit Investors’ Counsel to review and comment upon (i) a Registration Statement at least four (4) Business Days prior to its filing with the SEC and (ii) all amendments and supplements to all Registration Statements (except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and any similar or successor reports) within a reasonable number of days prior to their filing with the SEC, and (B) not file any Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto (except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and any similar or successor reports) in a form to which Investors’ Counsel reasonably objects. The Company shall not submit a request for acceleration of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto without the prior approval of Investors’ Counsel, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company shall furnish to Investors’ Counsel, without charge, (i) copies of any correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC to the Company or its representatives relating to any Registration Statement, (ii) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, one copy of any Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by an Investor, and all exhibits and (iii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, one copy of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto. The Company shall reasonably cooperate with Investors’ Counsel in performing the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Section 3.

 

(d) The Company shall furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in any Registration Statement, without charge, (i) if requested by an Investor, promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, at least one copy of such Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, such number of copies of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto as such Investor may reasonably request and (iii) such other documents, including copies of any preliminary or final prospectus, as such Investor may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor.

 

(e) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) register and qualify, unless an exemption from registration and qualification applies, the resale by Investors of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under such other securities or “blue sky” laws of all applicable jurisdictions in the United States, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(e), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify Investors’ Counsel and each Investor of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

(f) The Company shall notify Investors’ Counsel and each Investor in writing of the happening of any event but in any event on the same Trading Day as such event, as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, as a result of which the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (provided that in no event shall notice contain any material, nonpublic information, unless an Investor gives its prior written consent thereto), and, subject to Section 3(r), promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission, and deliver such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to Investors’ Counsel and each Investor as Investors’ Counsel or such Investor may reasonably request. The Company shall also promptly notify Investors’ Counsel and each Investor in writing (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to Investors’ Counsel and each Investor by facsimile or email on the same day of such effectiveness and by overnight mail), (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related prospectus or related information and (iii) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate. By 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the second Business Day following the date any post-effective amendment has become effective, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Registration Statement.

 

     

 

 

(g) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction and, if such an order or suspension is issued, use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest possible moment and to notify Investors’ Counsel and each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being sold of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

(h) If any Investor is required under applicable securities laws to be described in the Registration Statement as an underwriter or an Investor reasonably believes (based on the advice of Investors’ Counsel) that it could reasonably be deemed to be an underwriter of Registrable Securities, at the reasonable request of such Investor, the Company shall furnish to such Investor, on the date of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and thereafter from time to time on such dates as an Investor may reasonably request (i) a letter, dated such date, from the Company’s independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to such Investor, and (ii) an opinion, dated as of such date, of counsel representing the Company for purposes of such Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily given in an underwritten public offering, addressed to such Investor.

 

(i) If any Investor is required under applicable securities laws to be described in the Registration Statement as an underwriter or an Investor reasonably believes (based on the advice of Investors’ Counsel) that it could reasonably be deemed to be an underwriter of Registrable Securities, the Company shall make available for inspection by (i) such Investor and (ii) Investors’ Counsel and (iii) one firm of accountants or other agents retained by the Investors (collectively, the “ Inspectors ”), all pertinent financial and other records, and pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “ Records ”), as shall be reasonably deemed necessary by each Inspector, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information which any Inspector may reasonably request; provided, however, that each Inspector shall agree to hold in strict confidence and shall not make any disclosure (except to an Investor) or use of any Record or other information which the Company determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination the Inspectors are so notified, unless (a) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a material misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement or is otherwise required under the 1933 Act, (b) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a final, non-appealable subpoena or order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction, or (c) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement. Each Investor agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed confidential. Nothing herein (or in any other confidentiality agreement between the Company and any Investor) shall be deemed to limit the Investors’ ability to sell Registrable Securities in a manner which is otherwise consistent with applicable laws and regulations.

 

(j) The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of information concerning an Investor provided to the Company unless (i) disclosure of such information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (iii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other final, non-appealable order from a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such information has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement. The Company agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning an Investor is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt written notice to such Investor and allow such Investor, at the Investor’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such information.

 

(k) The Company shall promptly use its reasonable best efforts to either (i) cause all of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange or (ii) secure the inclusion for quotation of all of the Registrable Securities on the Principal Market or another Eligible Market that is then the principal trading market on which the Common Stock is listed. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the authorization for quotation of the Common Stock on the Principal Market or any other Eligible Market. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Warrant Reorganization Agreement) shall take any action which would be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on the Principal Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation under this Section 3(k).

 

     

 

 

(l) The Company shall cooperate with the Investors who hold Registrable Securities being offered and, to the extent applicable, facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legend) representing the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to a Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in such denominations or amounts, as the case may be, as the Investors may reasonably request and registered in such names as the Investors may request.

 

(m) If requested by an Investor, the Company shall as soon as practicable (i) incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as an Investor reasonably requests to be included therein relating to the sale and distribution of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being offered or sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering (to the extent such information relates to information relating to such Investor); and (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment.

 

(n) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.

 

(o) The Company shall make generally available to its security holders as soon as practical, but not later than ninety (90) days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with, and in the manner provided by, the provisions of Rule 158 under the 1933 Act) covering a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company’s fiscal quarter next following the applicable Effective Date of a Registration Statement.

 

(p) The Company shall otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC in connection with any registration hereunder.

 

(q) Within two (2) Business Days after a Registration Statement which covers Registrable Securities is declared effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities confirmation that such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

(r) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, at any time after the Effective Date, the Company may delay the disclosure of material, non-public information concerning the Company the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company and its counsel, in the best interest of the Company and, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, otherwise required (a “ Grace Period ”); provided, that the Company shall promptly (i) notify the Investors in writing of the existence of material, non- public information giving rise to a Grace Period (provided that in each notice the Company will not disclose the content of such material, non-public information to the Investors) and the date on which the Grace Period will begin, and (ii) notify the Investors in writing of the date on which the Grace Period ends; and, provided further, that no Grace Period shall exceed twenty (20) consecutive days and during any three hundred sixty five (365) day period such Grace Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of sixty (60) days and the first day of any Grace Period must be at least five (5) Trading Days after the last day of any prior Grace Period (each, an “ Allowable Grace Period ”). For purposes of determining the length of a Grace Period above, the Grace Period shall begin on and include the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (i) and shall end on and include the later of the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (ii) and the date referred to in such notice. The provisions of Section 3(g) hereof shall not be applicable during the period of any Allowable Grace Period. Upon expiration of the Grace Period, the Company shall again be bound by the first sentence of Section 3(f) with respect to the information giving rise thereto unless such material, non-public information is no longer applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Reorganization Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale, prior to the Investor’s receipt of the notice of a Grace Period and for which the Investor has not yet settled.

 

(s) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary or affiliate thereof shall identify any Investor as an underwriter in any public disclosure or filing with the SEC, the Principal Market or any Eligible Market and any Investor being deemed an underwriter by the SEC; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Company from including the disclosure found in the “Plan of Distribution” section attached hereto as Exhibit B in the Registration Statement.

 

     

 

 

(t) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Required Holders, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that conflict with or impair the registration rights granted to the Investors in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

 

4. Obligations of the Investors.

 

(a) At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated Filing Date of a Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor in writing of the information the Company requires from each such Investor if such Investor elects to have any of such Investor’s Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to complete any registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities of a particular Investor that such Investor shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it as shall be reasonably required to effect and maintain the effectiveness of the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request.

 

(b) Each Investor, by such Investor’s acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of any Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of such Investor’s election to exclude all of such Investor’s Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

 

(c) Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of Section 3(f), such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until such Investor’s receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus as contemplated by Section 3(g) or the first sentence of Section 3(f) or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Reorganization Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Investor’s receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of Section 3(f) and for which the Investor has not yet settled.

 

(d) Each Investor covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act as applicable to it or an exemption therefrom in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

5. Expenses of Registration. All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement shall be paid by the Company, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers fees, fees and expenses of the Company’s independent auditors, and fees and expenses of counsel for the Company shall be paid by the Company. The Company shall also be responsible for the reasonable fees and disbursements of Investors’ Counsel in connection with registration, filing or qualification pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement, which amount shall be limited to $15,000 for each such registration, filing or qualification; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to reimburse the Investors’ for fees and disbursements of Investors’ Counsel in accordance with the foregoing with respect to more than three (3) such registrations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any offerings pursuant to a Registration Statement filed in accordance with this Agreement, each Investor shall pay (i) any underwriting fees, discounts or commissions attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities by such Investor, (ii) any fees and expenses of brokers, advisors, accountants or counsel to such Investor (other than as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence) and (iii) any applicable transfer or similar taxes.

 

     

 

 

6. Indemnification. In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement under this Agreement:

 

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Investor, the directors, officers, partners, members, employees, agents, representatives of, and each Person, if any, who controls any Investor within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an “ Indemnified Person ”), against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, amounts paid in settlement or expenses, joint or several (collectively, “ Claims ”), incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an indemnified party is or may be a party thereto (“ Indemnified Damages ”), to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are offered (“ Blue Sky Filing ”), or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus if used prior to the effective date of such Registration Statement, or contained in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading, (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or (iv) any violation of this Agreement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) being, collectively, “ Violations ”). Subject to Section 6(c), the Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Persons, promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (i) shall not apply to a Claim by an Indemnified Person arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person or by counsel to such Indemnified Person for such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto if such prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(d); and (ii) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9.

 

(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which an Investor is participating, each such Investor shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, each of its directors and officers who signs the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an “ Indemnified Party ”), against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Investor or by counsel to such Investor expressly for use in connection with such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, further, however, that the Investor shall be liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Investor as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9.

 

(c) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel selected by the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party and reasonably acceptable to the indemnifying party, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for all such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party, as applicable, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party, as the case may be, and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. In the case of an Indemnified Person, legal counsel referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall be selected by the Investors holding at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement to which the Claim relates. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall reasonably cooperate with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or Claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which relates to such action or Claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person fully apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent, provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as a term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of an unconditional release from all liability in respect to such Claim or litigation and such settlement shall not include any admission as to fault on the part of the Indemnified Party. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action as a result of such failure or delay.

 

     

 

 

(d) The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified Damages are incurred.

 

(e) The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person against the indemnifying party or others, and (ii) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law.

 

7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any Losses, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Losses in such proportion as appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and indemnified party, on the other hand, which relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such indemnified party or indemnifying party, and such parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or mitigate the damage in respect of or prevent the untrue statement or omission giving rise to such indemnification obligation; provided, however, that: (i) no Person involved in the sale of Registrable Securities which Person is guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to contribution from any Person involved in such sale of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the amount of net proceeds received by such seller from the sale of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.

 

8. Reports Under the 1934 Act. With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144, the Company agrees that it will: (i) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144; (ii) without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (i), file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the reasonable request of any Investor, make publicly available such necessary information for so long as necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144); and (iii) take all such actions necessary to maintain its eligibility to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144. Upon the request of an Investor, the Company will deliver to such Investor a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements. The Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would no longer require or otherwise permit such termination.

 

9. Assignment of Registration Rights. The rights of any Investor under this Agreement may be assigned by such Investor to any transferee of all or any portion of such Investor’s Registrable Securities; provided, that: (i) the Investor agrees in writing with the transferee or assignee to assign such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such assignment; (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of (a) the name and address of such transferee or assignee, and (b) the Registrable Securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned; (iii) immediately following such transfer or assignment the further disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under the 1933 Act or applicable state securities laws; (iv) at or before the time the Company receives the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this sentence, the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company, to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein; and (v) such transfer shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Warrant Reorganization Agreement.

 

10. Amendment of Registration Rights. Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10 shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the Registrable Securities. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration (other than the reimbursement of legal fees) also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.

 

     

 

 

11. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) This Agreement shall be effective as of the date hereof. This Agreement shall automatically terminate as to any Investor, at such time when such Investor ceases to hold any Registrable Securities. This Agreement shall terminate automatically, and the Company shall have no further obligations hereunder, at such time when no Investor holds Registrable Securities.

 

(b) If the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or more Persons with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received from such record owner of such Registrable Securities.

 

(c) Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon delivery, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); (iii) upon delivery, when sent by electronic mail (provided that the sending party does not receive an automated rejection notice); or (iv) one Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company:

 

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.
1540 Drew Avenue
Davis, CA 95618  
Telephone: 530-302-8289  
Facsimile: 530-302-0189  
Attention: Linda V. Moore, General Counsel  
E-mail: lmoore@marronebio.com  

 

With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

 

Morrison & Foerster LLP
425 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Telephone: 415-258-6213  
Facsimile: 415-276-7201  
Attention: Alfredo B. D. Silva, Esq.  
Email: ASilva@mofo.com  

 

If to the Transfer Agent:

 

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC
6201 15th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11219  
Telephone: 718-921-8337  
Facsimile: 718-765-8795  
Attention: Craig Colosso, Relationship Manager  
E-mail: ccolosso@amstock.com  

 

If to an Investor, to its address, facsimile number and/or email address set forth on the Schedule of Investors attached hereto, with copies to such Investor’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Investors, or to such other address, facsimile number and/or email address to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine or e-mail transmission containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number or e-mail address and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by a courier or overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

     

 

 

(d) Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof.

 

(e) All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

(f) If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

 

(g) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein. This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments referenced herein and therein supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

(h) Subject to the requirements of Section 9, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto.

 

(i) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

(j) This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party hereto by facsimile transmission or electronic mail of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.

 

(k) Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(l) All consents and other determinations required to be made by the Investors pursuant to this Agreement shall be made, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, by the Required Holders, determined as if all of the Warrants held by Investors then outstanding have been exercised for Registrable Securities without regard to any limitations on exercise of the Warrants.

 

(m) The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

     

 

 

(n) This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

 

(o) The obligations of each Investor hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no provision of this Agreement is intended to confer any obligations on any Investor vis-à-vis any other Investor. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated herein.

 

* * * * * *

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

     

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Investor and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  COMPANY:
   
  MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.
   
  By: /s/ James Boyd
  Name: James Boyd
  Title: President and Chief Financial Officer

 

     

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Investor and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  INVESTORS:
   
  OSPRAIE AG SCIENCE LLC
   
  By: /s/ Dwight Anderson
  Name:  Dwight Anderson
  Title: Managing Member

 

     

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Investor and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  INVESTORS:
   
  ARDSLEY PARTNERS RENEWABLE ENERGY FUND, L.P.
   
  By: /s/ Steve Napoli
  Name: Steve Napoli
  Title: Partner

 

     

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Investor and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  INVESTORS:
   
  /s/ Ivan Saval
  Ivan Saval

 

     

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTORS

 

Investor   Investor Address and Facsimile Number
     
Ospraie Ag Science LLC  

c/o Ospraie Management LLC

437 Madison Avenue, 28th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Attention: Dwight Anderson

Telephone:

Email:

     
Ardsley Partners Renewable Energy Fund, L.P.  

Ardsley Partners Renewable Energy Fund, L.P.

262 Harbor Drive, 4th Floor

Stamford, CT 06902

Attention: Steve Napoli

Facsimile:

Telephone:

Email:

     
Ivan Saval  

Ivan Saval 3

Telephone:

Email:

 

     

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC 6201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11219

Telephone: 718-921-8337

Facsimile: 718-765-8795

Attention: Craig Colosso, Relationship Manager E-mail: ccolosso@amstock.com

 

Re: Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.

 

 Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

[We are][I am] counsel to Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and have represented the Company in connection with that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of [ ], 2019 (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), entered into by and among the Company and the persons named therein (collectively, the “ Holders ”) pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to register the resale of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act ”). In connection with the Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, on                        , 20           , the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-                                       ) (the “ Registration Statement ”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) relating to the Registrable Securities which names each of the Holders as a selling stockholder thereunder.

 

In connection with the foregoing, [we][I] advise you that a member of the SEC’s staff has advised [us][me] by telephone that the SEC has entered an order declaring the Registration Statement effective under the 1933 Act at [ ENTER TIME OF EFFECTIVENESS ] on [ ENTER DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS ] and to [our][my] knowledge, based on a review of the Stop Orders page of the SEC’s website, there has not been issued any stop order suspending its effectiveness nor have there been any proceedings for that purpose instituted nor are any such proceedings pending before or threatened by, the SEC and the Registrable Securities are available for resale under the 1933 Act pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

This letter shall serve as our standing instruction to you that the shares of Common Stock are freely transferable by the Holders pursuant to the Registration Statement. You need not require further letters from us to effect any future legend-free issuance or reissuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holders as contemplated by the Company’s Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions dated         , 20    .

 

    Very truly yours,
     
    [ISSUER’S COUNSEL]
     
    By: _____________________________________
CC: [ LIST NAMES OF HOLDERS ]    

 

     

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

 

The common stock being offered by the selling stockholders are those previously issued to the selling stockholders, and those issuable to the selling stockholders, upon exercise of the warrants. For additional information regarding the issuances of those shares of common stock and warrants, see “Private Placement of Warrants” above. We are registering the shares of common stock in order to permit the selling stockholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time. Except for the ownership of the shares of common stock and the warrants, the selling stockholders have not had any material relationship with us within the past three years.

 

The table below lists the selling stockholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership of the shares of common stock by each of the selling stockholders. The second column lists the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by each selling stockholder, based on its ownership of the shares of common stock and warrants, as of                , 20       , assuming exercise of the warrants held by the selling stockholders on that date, without regard to any limitations on exercises.

 

The third column lists the shares of common stock being offered by this prospectus by the selling stockholders.

 

In accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement with the selling stockholders, this prospectus generally covers the resale of at least the sum of (i) the maximum number of shares of common stock issued and (ii) the maximum number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the related warrants, determined as if the outstanding warrants were exercised in full as of the trading day immediately preceding the date this registration statement was initially filed with the SEC, each as of the trading day immediately preceding the applicable date of determination and all subject to adjustment as provided in the registration right agreement, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the warrants. The fourth column assumes the sale of all of the shares offered by the selling stockholders pursuant to this prospectus.

 

Name of Selling

Stockholder

  Number of shares of
Common Stock Owned
Prior to Offering
 

Maximum Number of

shares

of Common Stock to be

Sold

Pursuant to this

Prospectus

 

Number of shares of
Common Stock Owned

After Offering

             
Ospraie Ag Science LLC            
             
Ardsley Partners Renewable Energy Fund, L.P.            
             
Ivan Saval            

 

     

 

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We are registering the shares of common stock previously issued and upon exercise of the warrants to permit the resale of these shares of common stock by the holders thereof and holders of the shares of common stock warrants from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling stockholders of the shares of common stock. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the shares of common stock.

 

The selling stockholders may sell all or a portion of the shares of common stock beneficially owned by them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the shares of common stock are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling stockholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. The shares of common stock may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions,

 

  on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale;
  in the over-the-counter market;
  in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the- counter market;
  through the writing of options, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise;
  ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
  block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
  purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
  an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
  privately negotiated transactions;
  short sales;
  sales pursuant to Rule 144;
  broker-dealers may agree with the selling security holders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
  a combination of any such methods of sale; and
  any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

If the selling stockholders effect such transactions by selling shares of common stock to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling stockholders or commissions from purchasers of the shares of common stock for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal (which discounts, concessions or commissions as to particular underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may be in excess of those customary in the types of transactions involved). In connection with sales of the shares of common stock or otherwise, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the shares of common stock in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The selling stockholders may also sell shares of common stock short and deliver shares of common stock covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales. The selling stockholders may also loan or pledge shares of common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such shares.

 

The selling stockholders may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the warrants or shares of common stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stock from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, amending, if necessary, the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus. The selling stockholders also may transfer and donate the shares of common stock in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.

 

The selling stockholders and any broker-dealer participating in the distribution of the shares of common stock may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any commission paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. At the time a particular offering of the shares of common stock is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed which will set forth the aggregate amount of shares of common stock being offered and the terms of the offering, including the name or names of any broker-dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions and other terms constituting compensation from the selling stockholders and any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to broker-dealers.

 

     

 

 

Under the securities laws of some states, the shares of common stock may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the shares of common stock may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.

 

There can be no assurance that any selling stockholder will sell any or all of the shares of common stock registered pursuant to the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

The selling stockholders and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares of common stock by the selling stockholders and any other participating person. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the shares of common stock to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of common stock. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the shares of common stock and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of common stock.

 

We will pay all expenses of the registration of the shares of common stock pursuant to the registration rights agreement, estimated to be $              in total, including, without limitation, Securities and Exchange Commission filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws; provided, however, that a selling stockholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any. We will indemnify the selling stockholders against liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the registration rights agreements, or the selling stockholders will be entitled to contribution. We may be indemnified by the selling stockholders against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling stockholder specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related registration rights agreement, or we may be entitled to contribution.

 

Once sold under the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, the shares of common stock will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our affiliates.

 

     

 

 

 

Marrone Bio announces transformative acquisition of Pro Farm Technologies in the $4.6 billion seed- and soil-treatment market

 

Pro Farm products expected to substantially accelerate growth trajectory

 

DAVIS, Calif. – August 8, 2019 -- Marrone Bio Innovations Inc . (NASDAQ: MBII), an international leader in sustainable bioprotection and plant health solutions, announced today that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Pro Farm Technologies OY, which will increase Marrone Bio’s market share and global platform in the $4.6 billion seed- and soil-treatment market.

 

With the acquisition of Pro Farm, Marrone Bio will add proprietary nutrient and biostimulant technology and products for seed and foliar treatments to its portfolio. This transaction also will give the company a significant opportunity to leverage an expanded global distribution network for all of MBI’s products. Marrone Bio expects to benefit from partial-year sales in 2019 as a result of the transaction. With historical gross margins significantly higher than Marrone Bio’s current product portfolio average, the Pro Farm acquisition is expected to be accretive to net income and cash flow from operations in 2020.

 

“This acquisition is an example of the kind of transformative investments that we seek to grow Marrone Bio from a product, crop and geographic perspective, and to do so in a way that can immediately accelerate our revenue growth and margin expansion,” said Marrone Bio Chairman of the Board Bob Woods. “We believe acquisitions like Pro Farm will allow us to cost-effectively expand our global scale, and significantly escalate our growth trajectory.”

 

Marrone Bio Chief Executive Officer Dr. Pam Marrone added, “Today’s announcement is a critical step in our strategic objective to build a platform company that leverages our scientific, manufacturing and commercial expertise through new agricultural solutions. We believe we have the technology, talent and financial support to achieve our goal of creating a biological ag inputs company of major scope and scale.”

 

The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2019, subject to satisfaction of customary conditions. Pro Farm is being acquired for an agreed enterprise value of $31.8 million, including a combination of $6.2 million cash and 12.7 million shares of Marrone Bio stock to be paid to Pro Farm’s equity holders, debt holders and advisors upon the closing of the transaction, as well as the opportunity for potential payment of a total of up to $7.5 million of additional shares of stock deliverable from 2021 through 2024 based on the achievement of agreed commercial milestones.

 

Marrone Bio announced separately today that it has established a $36.6 million financing facility through a right to call the exercise of certain existing warrants. Any resulting cash raised is anticipated to be sufficient to fund the current operating plan to a breakeven level, as well as fund near-term strategic alternatives such as the Pro Farm acquisition.

 

 
 

 

Pro Farm Background

 

Pro Farm, based in Finland, expands Marrone Bio’s international presence with a portfolio of products with a new mode of action to stimulate plant growth and improve plant health, resulting in improved yields and crop quality.

 

The Pro Farm manufacturing process begins with lignin – the key structural material found in wood and bark. The lignin is extracted as a byproduct from the pulp and paper industry, which Pro Farm converts into a purified derivative called lignosulfonate. The lignosulfonate is then combined in proprietary and patent-protected formulations that are highly concentrated and bio-available. The resulting plant stimulants encourage earlier plant establishment, more robust plant emergence, and overall improved plant health.

 

Pro Farm’s proven technology is used in seed and foliar treatments in the major row and specialty crops of corn, cereals, sunflowers, oilseed rape (canola), sugar beets and vegetables, with other crops in development. It has distribution agreements servicing most of the major global agricultural production areas, with particular strength in Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and expansion under way in Latin America, North America, Africa and Asia.

 

Marrone Bio intends to retain Pro Farm’s key employees, and Pro Farm’s partial ownership of its manufacturing facility will transfer with the acquisition.

 

Industry Background

 

The 2018 global seed treatment market is valued at $4.6-$4.9 billion (Mordor Intelligence and Adroit Market Research), growing at an estimated CAGR of 9.8 percent to 11.3 percent. Europe is 33.2 percent of the global seed treatment, valued at approximately $1.6 billion.

 

Conference Call and Webcast

 

Management will host an investor conference call today, August 8, 2019, at 1:30 p.m. PDT (4:30 p.m. EDT) to discuss Marrone Bio Innovations’ second quarter and first half 2019 financial results, as well as the announced Pro Farm acquisition and warrant financing transaction, among other corporate updates. The call will conclude with a Q&A from participants. To participate, please use the following information:

 

Q2 2019 Conference Call and Webcast

Date: Thursday, August 8, 2019

Time: 1:30 p.m. Pacific time (4:30 p.m. Eastern time)

U.S. Dial-in: 1-888-220-8451

International Dial-in: 1-323-794-2588

Conference ID: 7511917

Webcast: http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=135553

 

     
 

 

Please dial in at least 10 minutes before the start of the call to ensure timely participation.

 

A playback of the call will be available through September 8, 2019. To listen, call 1-844-512-2921 within the United States or 1-412-317-6671 when calling internationally. Please use the replay pin number 7511917. A webcast will also be available for 30 days on the IR section of the Marrone Bio Innovations website or by clicking here: MBII Q2 2019 Webcast .

 

About Marrone Bio Innovations

 

Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. (NASDAQ: MBII) is a growth-oriented company leading the movement to more a sustainable world through the discovery, development and sale of innovative biological products for crop protection, plant health and waterway systems treatment that help customers operate more sustainably while increasing their return on investment. MBI has screened over 18,000 microorganisms and 350 plant extracts, leveraging its in-depth knowledge of plant and soil microbiomes enhanced by advanced molecular technologies and natural product chemistry to rapidly develop seven product lines. Supported by a robust portfolio of over 400 issued and pending patents, MBI’s currently available commercial products are Regalia ® , Stargus ® , Grandevo ® , Venerate ® , Majestene ® , Haven ® and Amplitude ® , Zelto ® and Zequanox ® , with a breakthrough bioherbicide and biofumigant in the Company’s product pipeline.

 

Learn more about Marrone Bio Innovations at www.marronebio.com. We also use our investor relations website, https://investors.marronebio.com, as well as our corporate Twitter account, @Marronebio, as means of disclosing material non-public information, and encourage our investors and others to monitor and review the information we make public in these locations. Follow us on social media: Twitter , LinkedIn and Instagram .

 

Marrone Bio Innovations Forward Looking Statements

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release regarding strategy, future operations and plans, including assumptions underlying such statements, are forward-looking statements, and should not be relied upon as representing MBI’s views as of any subsequent date. Examples of such statements include statements regarding the Pro Farm acquisition, including the timing and potential completion of such an acquisition, the anticipated payments of cash and stock required in connection with the transaction, and the benefits to the Company of the transaction, the Company’s anticipated use of its warrant facility, the benefits of the transaction, and the potential benefits of the Company’s products and the products being acquired in the acquisition. Such forward-looking statements are based on information available to the Company as of the date of this release and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, some beyond the Company’s control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements, including consumer, regulatory and other factors affecting demand for the Company’s products, any difficulty in marketing MBI’s products in global markets, competition in the market for pest management products, lack of understanding of bio-based pest management products by customers and growers, adverse decisions by regulatory agencies and other relevant third parties, and any difficulty in integrating the acquired business. Additional information that could lead to material changes in MBI’s performance is contained in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. MBI is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any responsibility to, update or alter forward-looking statements contained in this release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

Marrone Bio Innovations Contacts:

Pam Marrone, CEO and Founder

Jim Boyd, President and CFO

Telephone: +1 (530) 750-2800

Email: Info@marronebio.com

 

MBII Investor Relations

Greg Falesnik, Managing Director

MZ Group – MZ North America

Main: 949-385-6449

MBII@mzgroup.us

www.mzgroup.us

 

     
 

 

 

Marrone Bio announces financing facility to fund future operations and strategic acquisitions

 

DAVIS, Calif. – August 8, 2019 -- Marrone Bio Innovations Inc . (NASDAQ: MBII), an international leader in sustainable bioprotection and plant health solutions, announced today that it has established a $36.6 million financing facility with existing investors Ospraie Ag Science LLC, Ardsley Partners Renewable Energy Fund, L.P., and Ivan Saval through a right for Marrone Bio to call the exercise of the investors’ outstanding warrants at $1.00 per share. New warrants to purchase shares at a higher exercise price of $1.75 will be issued on a one-for-one basis along with every called share under the outstanding warrants.

 

The company expects to draw upon the facility only as needed, and may draw on the facility at any time the company’s stock trades above $1.00 per share. The company has issued an initial $10 million drawdown, which is scheduled to complete by early September 2019. In addition to using a portion of the drawn funds for the acquisition of Pro Farm Technologies OY, also announced today, any resulting cash raised is anticipated to be sufficient to fund the current operating plan to a breakeven level, as well as fund near-term strategic alternatives.

 

Marrone Bio believes its entry into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Pro Farm Technologies will drive substantial growth by expanding its global platform in the $4.6 billion seed- and soil-treatment markets. Pro Farm is being acquired through a combination of cash and Marrone Bio stock, and is expected to be accretive to net income and cash flow from operations in 2020.

 

“The establishment of this financing facility demonstrates the support of our largest investors to grow Marrone Bio as a leading biologicals platform company in the agricultural industry,” said Marrone Bio Chairman of the Board Bob Woods. “With the ability to call the exercise of existing warrants at its election, the Company is assured of the funds it needs to make strategic moves for the foreseeable future through a cost-effective vehicle.”

 

“Our participation in the warrant exercise facility strongly signals our belief in the growth potential of Marrone Bio in the burgeoning biostimulant market,” said Dwight Anderson, Founder of Ospraie Management LLC, an affiliate of the largest shareholder of Marrone Bio. “There are immediate opportunities to create a more powerful global commercial platform with greater long-term strategic alternatives. We think it is critical for Marrone Bio to participate in such opportunities, and thus our support for ensuring the Company has the ability to fund and fuel that growth.”

 

     
 

 

Conference Call and Webcast

 

Management will host an investor conference call today, August 8, 2019, at 1:30 p.m. PDT (4:30 p.m. EDT) to discuss Marrone Bio Innovations’ second quarter and first half 2019 financial results, as well as the announced Pro Farm acquisition and warrant financing transaction, among other corporate updates. The call will conclude with a Q&A from participants. To participate, please use the following information:

 

Q2 2019 Conference Call and Webcast

Date: Thursday, August 8, 2019

Time: 1:30 p.m. Pacific time (4:30 p.m. Eastern time)

U.S. Dial-in: 1-888-220-8451

International Dial-in: 1-323-794-2588

Conference ID: 7511917

Webcast: http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=135553

 

Please dial in at least 10 minutes before the start of the call to ensure timely participation.

 

A playback of the call will be available through September 8, 2019. To listen, call 1-844-512-2921 within the United States or 1-412-317-6671 when calling internationally. Please use the replay pin number 7511917. A webcast will also be available for 30 days on the IR section of the Marrone Bio Innovations website or by clicking here: MBII Q2 2019 Webcast.

 

About Marrone Bio Innovations

 

Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. (NASDAQ: MBII) is a growth-oriented company leading the movement to more a sustainable world through the discovery, development and sale of innovative biological products for crop protection, plant health and waterway systems treatment that help customers operate more sustainably while increasing their return on investment. MBI has screened over 18,000 microorganisms and 350 plant extracts, leveraging its in-depth knowledge of plant and soil microbiomes enhanced by advanced molecular technologies and natural product chemistry to rapidly develop seven product lines. Supported by a robust portfolio of over 400 issued and pending patents, MBI’s currently available commercial products are Regalia ® , Stargus ® , Grandevo ® , Venerate ® , Majestene ® , Haven ® and Amplitude ® , Zelto ® and Zequanox ® , with a breakthrough bioherbicide and biofumigant in the Company’s product pipeline.

 

Learn more about Marrone Bio Innovations at www.marronebio.com . We also use our investor relations website, https://investors.marronebio.com, as well as our corporate Twitter account, @Marronebio, as means of disclosing material non-public information, and encourage our investors and others to monitor and review the information we make public in these locations. Follow us on social media: Twitter , LinkedIn and Instagram .

 

     
 

 

Marrone Bio Innovations Forward Looking Statements

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release regarding strategy, future operations and plans, including assumptions underlying such statements, are forward-looking statements, and should not be relied upon as representing MBI’s views as of any subsequent date. Examples of such statements include statements regarding the Company’s use of its warrant financing facility, the completion of the initial drawdown of the facility, the benefits of the facility to fuel growth, the Company’s anticipated cash needs, the Company’s acquisition of Pro Farm Technologies Oy, including the potential benefits of the acquisition, and the potential benefits of the Company’s products. Such forward-looking statements are based on information available to the Company as of the date of this release and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, some beyond the Company’s control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements, including consumer, regulatory and other factors affecting demand for the Company’s products, any difficulty in marketing MBI’s products in global markets, competition in the market for pest management products, lack of understanding of bio-based pest management products by customers and growers, adverse decisions by regulatory agencies and other relevant third parties, satisfaction of the closing conditions for the Pro Farm acquisition and any difficulty in integrating the acquired business. Additional information that could lead to material changes in MBI’s performance is contained in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. MBI is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any responsibility to, update or alter forward-looking statements contained in this release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

Marrone Bio Innovations Contacts:

Pam Marrone, CEO and Founder

Jim Boyd, President and CFO

Telephone: +1 (530) 750-2800

Email: Info@marronebio.com

 

MBII Investor Relations

Greg Falesnik, Managing Director

MZ Group – MZ North America

Main: 949-385-6449

MBII@mzgroup.us

www.mzgroup.us