UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 10, 2019

 

ONCOSEC MEDICAL INCORPORATED

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Nevada   000-54318   98-0573252

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

3565 General Atomics Court, Suite 100

San Diego, California 92121

 

24 North Main Street

Pennington, NJ 08534-2218

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(855) 662-6732

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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:

 

[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.
   
[X] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.
   
[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2b under the Exchange Act.
   
[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share   ONCS   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 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). [  ]

 

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.

 

Overview

 

On October 10, 2019, OncoSec Medical Incorporated (the “Company”) announced that it entered into a strategic transaction (the “Transaction”) with Grand Decade Developments Limited, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings Limited, a company formed under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“CGP”), and its affiliate, Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Sirtex”). Pursuant to stock purchase agreements (as more fully described below) entered into between the parties pursuant to the Transaction, the Company will receive a $30 million equity investment from CGP and its affiliate Sirtex at $2.50 per share, which is approximately a 25% premium to the average share price over the last 20 trading days as of October 9, 2019. Upon closing of the Transaction, CGP and Sirtex together will hold approximately 53% of the Company’s outstanding common stock and will be entitled to three of nine seats on the Company’s Board of Directors. The closing of the stock purchase is subject to stockholder approval and other customary closing conditions (the “Closing”).

 

Whether or not Closing occurs, but subject to certain conditions on effectiveness described below, the Company (1) will grant CGP and its affiliates an exclusive license to develop, manufacture, commercialize, or otherwise exploit current and future products, including TAVO™ and the Company’s new Visceral Lesion Applicator (“VLA”), in Greater China and 35 other Asian countries (the “Territory”) for which CGP will pay the Company up to 20% royalties on the net sales of such products in the Territory and (2) will engage Sirtex to support and assist the Company with pre-marketing activities for TAVO and VLA in exchange for low single-digit royalties on TAVO and VLA net sales outside the Territory.

 

Purchase Agreements

 

On October 10, 2019, the Company entered into Stock Purchase Agreements (the “Purchase Agreements”) with each of CGP and Sirtex pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue to CGP and Sirtex 10,000,000 shares and 2,000,000 shares, respectively, of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $2.50 per share, which is approximately a 25% premium to the average share price over the last 20 trading days as of October 9, 2019. The Purchase Agreements may be terminated if the Closing does not occur on or before March 31, 2020, or earlier as described further in the Purchase Agreements.

 

In addition, pursuant to the Purchase Agreements, beginning on the date of the Closing and ending on the first anniversary thereof (the “Option Period”), the Company granted to CGP an option to make an offer to acquire the remaining outstanding common stock of the Company at a purchase price per share equal to the greater of (a) $4.50 or (b) 110% of the last closing stock price for the common stock on the date prior to CGP delivering written notice to the Company of its intent to exercise such option along with a proposal on all other material terms. The Purchase Agreements contain customary representations and warranties as well as certain operating covenants applicable to the Company until the Closing. Additionally, the shares are subject to a lock-up provision restricting the sale or disposition of the shares for a period of six-months following the Closing and a standstill provision prohibiting certain actions by CGP and Sirtex during the Option Period. In addition, upon the Closing, the Stockholders Agreements and Registration Rights Agreements between the Company and each of CGP and Sirtex will become effective (all described further below).

 

The description of the Purchase Agreements is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Purchase Agreements, copies of which are being filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Current Report”) and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

 
 

 

License Agreement

 

Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreements, the Company and CGP entered into a License Agreement (the “License Agreement”), which will become effective upon the earlier of (a) the Closing and (b) the termination of the applicable Purchase Agreement by the Company (other than due to CGP’s material breach). Pursuant to the License Agreement, the Company, among other things, granted CGP and its affiliates an exclusive, sublicensable, royalty-bearing license to develop, manufacture, commercialize, or otherwise exploit the Company’s current and future products, including TAVO™ and the Company’s new Visceral Lesion Applicator (“VLA”), in the following territories: China Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam (the “Territory”). Under the terms of the License Agreement, CGP will pay the Company up to 20% royalties on the net sales (as defined in the License Agreement) of such products in the Territory during the applicable Royalty Term (as defined in the License Agreement).

 

The description of the License Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the License Agreement, a partially redacted copy of which is being filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Services Agreement

 

In addition, the Company and Sirtex entered into a Services Agreement (the “Services Agreement”) which will become effective upon the earlier of (a) the Closing and (b) the termination of the applicable Purchase Agreement by the Company (other than due to Sirtex’s material breach). Pursuant to the Services Agreement, the Company agreed, among other things, to pay Sirtex low single-digit royalties on the Net Sales (as defined in the Services Agreement) of all Products (defined as TAVO and VLA products and their accompanying generators, and any products (including, for clarity, combination products) incorporating or including such products and their accompanying generators), in all countries other than those in the Territory. In exchange for the royalty fee, Sirtex will provide the Company with certain services for these products, including key opinion leader management and engagement services, voice of customer (VOC) services, development of a go to market strategy, and pricing, reimbursement and market access services.

 

The description of the Services Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Services Agreement, a partially redacted copy of which is being filed as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Stockholder Agreements

 

Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreements, the Company, CGP, and Sirtex entered into Stockholders Agreements (the “Stockholders Agreements”), to be effective upon the Closing, pursuant to which, among other things, CGP and Sirtex will have the option to nominate a combined total of three (3) members to the Board of Directors, initially at the Closing, and thereafter at every annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company in which directors are generally elected, including at every adjournment or postponement thereof. CGP will also have the option to nominate two (2) independent directors to the Company’s Board of Directors if any independent director currently serving on the Board of Directors ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason, provided that the independent director nominee shall be satisfactory to a majority of the independent directors of the Company. If either CGP or Sirtex beneficially owns less than 40% of the shares acquired pursuant to the Purchase Agreements, either (as applicable) shall have the right to nominate members to the Board of Directors in proportion with their ownership of the issued and outstanding common stock.

 

In addition, CGP and Sirtex will have certain rights of participation in future financings as well as a right of first refusal related to future potential transactions. The Stockholders Agreements implement a 70% supermajority approval by the Board of Directors for certain actions, as well as stockholder consent rights for CGP, all of which are conditioned upon CGP and Sirtex maintaining certain ownership thresholds.

 

The description of the Stockholders Agreements is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Form of Stockholders Agreements, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.5 and 10.6 to this Current Report and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

 
 

 

Registration Rights Agreements

 

Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreements, the Company, CGP, and Sirtex agreed to enter, upon closing, Registration Rights Agreements (the “Registration Rights Agreements”), pursuant to which, among other things, CGP and Sirtex will each have the right to deliver to the Company a written notice requiring the Company to prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), a registration statement with respect to resales of shares of some or all the common stock of the Company held by CGP and Sirtex.

 

The description of the Registration Rights Agreements is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Form of Registration Rights Agreements, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 to this Current Report and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On October 10, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had entered into the Transaction with CGP and Sirtex (the “Press Release”). A copy of the Press Release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

 

Exhibit

Number

  Description
     
4.1   Form of Registration Rights Agreement, by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Grand Decade Developments Limited.
     
4.2   Form of Registration Rights Agreement, by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc.
     
10.1   Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2019, by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Grand Decade Developments Limited.
     
10.2   Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2019, by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc.
     
10.3+   License Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2019, by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Grand Decade Developments Limited.
     
10.4+   Services Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2019, by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc.
     
10.5   Stockholder Agreement, by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Grand Decade Developments Limited.
     
10.6   Stockholder Agreement, by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc.
     
99.1   Press Release, dated October 10, 2019.

 

+ Certain confidential portions of this exhibit were omitted because the identified confidential provisions (i) are not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.

 

 
 

 

Additional Information and Where to Find It

 

This communication is being made in respect of the proposed transaction involving OncoSec Medical Incorporated (the “Company”), Grand Decade Developments Limited, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings Limited, and Sirtex Medical US Holding. In connection with the proposed transaction, the Company intends to file relevant materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including a proxy statement. Promptly after filing its definitive proxy statement with the SEC, the Company will mail the definitive proxy statement and a proxy card to each stockholder of the Company entitled to vote at the special meeting relating to the proposed transaction. This communication is not a substitute for the proxy statement or any other document that the Company may file with the SEC or send to its stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, COMPANY STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION THAT THE COMPANY WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY AND THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. The Company’s stockholders may obtain free copies of the proxy statement (when it becomes available) and other relevant documents filed with the SEC by the Company at the SEC’s web site (http://www.sec.gov). Free copies of the proxy statement, when available, and other filings made by the Company with the SEC also may be obtained from the Investor Relations section of the Company’s web site (www.oncosec.com) or by directing a request to the Company, Attn: Investor Relations, 24 North Main Street, Pennington, NJ 08534-2218.

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  ONCOSEC MEDICAL INCORPORATED
  (Registrant)
     
Date: October 10, 2019 By: /s/ Daniel J. O’Connor
  Name: Daniel J. O’Connor
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

 

 
 

 

 

Exhibit B

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (as it may be amended or modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of [●], 2019 by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and Grand Decade Developments Limited, a British Virgin Islands limited company and a wholly owned subsidiary of China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings Limited (“Buyer”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company and Buyer entered into that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2019 (the “SPA”); and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the execution and delivery of the SPA and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, the Company has agreed to grant Buyer certain registration rights as set forth below.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Definitions

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the SPA.

 

Agent” means the principal placement agent in an agented placement of Registrable Securities.

 

Automatic Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.

 

Prospectus” means the prospectus or prospectuses included in any Registration Statement (including any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) and any prospectus subject to completion and a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the 1933 Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to the prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such prospectus or prospectuses.

 

Registrable Securities” means the Common Stock, any other shares of Common Stock issued or issuable with respect thereto (whether by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in exchange for or upon conversion of such shares or otherwise) and any Securities into which the Common Stock may be converted or exchanged pursuant to any merger, consolidation, sale of all or any part of its assets, corporate conversion, reorganization or similar transaction of the Company (it being understood that, for purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person has the right to then acquire or obtain from the Company any Registrable Securities, whether or not such acquisition has actually been effected), held or beneficially owned by Buyer (whether now held or beneficially owned or hereafter acquired, and including any such Securities received by Buyer upon the conversion or exchange of, or pursuant to such a transaction with respect to, other Securities held by Buyer). As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities on the earliest to occur of: (a) the date on which a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable Securities shall have become effective under the 1933 Act and such Registrable Securities shall have been sold, transferred or disposed of pursuant to such effective Registration Statement; and (b) the date on which such Registrable Securities shall have ceased to be outstanding.

 

     

 

 

Registration Statement” means any registration statement filed by the Company with the SEC in compliance with the 1933 Act for a public offering and sale of the Common Stock or other securities of the Company, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all materials incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement.

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 of the 1933 Act.

 

Securities” means capital stock, limited partnership interests, limited liability company interests, beneficial interests, warrants, options, notes, bonds, debentures and other securities, equity interests, ownership interests and similar obligations of every kind and nature of any Person.

 

Shelf Registration Statement” means a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or another appropriate form for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the 1933 Act.

 

Transfer” means and includes the act of selling, giving, transferring, creating a trust (voting or otherwise), assigning or otherwise disposing of (other than pledging, hypothecating or otherwise transferring as security or any transfer upon any merger or consolidation) (and correlative words shall have correlative meanings); provided, however, that any transfer or other disposition upon foreclosure or other exercise of remedies of a secured creditor after an event of default under or with respect to a pledge, hypothecation or other transfer as security shall constitute a Transfer.

 

Underwriters’ Representative” means the managing underwriter, or in the case of a co-managed underwriting, the managing underwriter designated as the Underwriters’ Representative by the co-managers.

 

WKSI” shall mean a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.

 

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Section 2. Registration Rights

 

(a) Shelf Registrations. The Company shall use its best efforts to remain qualified to register the offer and sale of its securities under the 1933 Act pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement. At any time and from time to time on or after the Closing Date, Buyer shall have the right to request an unlimited number of registrations under the 1933 Act of all or any portion of its Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement by delivering to the Company a written notice (a “Shelf Registration Notice”) requesting that the Company prepare and file with the SEC a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to resales of some or all of Buyer’s Registrable Securities. As promptly as practicable after receiving a Shelf Registration Notice, but in no event more than 30 days following receipt of such notice, the Company shall file with the SEC a Shelf Registration Statement covering all Registrable Securities requested to be included and, unless such Shelf Registration Statement shall become automatically effective, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to become or be declared effective by the SEC for all of the Registrable Securities covered thereby as soon as practicable thereafter, but in no event later than 60 days after the filing of such Shelf Registration Statement. To the extent the Company is a WKSI at the time that any Shelf Registration Statement is to be filed, the Company shall file an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement that covers such Registrable Securities. The Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement (or a successor Registration Statement filed with respect to the Registrable Securities) continuously effective (including by filing a new Shelf Registration Statement if the initial Shelf Registration Statement expires) in order to permit the Prospectus forming a part thereof to be lawfully delivered and the Shelf Registration Statement useable for resale of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended methods of disposition set forth therein, so long as there are any Registrable Securities outstanding (the “Shelf Effectiveness Period”).

 

(b) Takedown Offerings. At any time during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, Buyer may deliver to the Company a written notice (a “Shelf Takedown Notice”) requiring the Company to facilitate a “takedown” of Registrable Securities off of a Shelf Registration Statement by Buyer (a “Shelf Offering”). As promptly as practicable after receiving a Shelf Takedown Notice, but in no event more than 20 days following receipt of such notice, the Company shall facilitate such a “takedown” by amending or supplementing the Prospectus related to the Shelf Registration Statement as may be requested by Buyer and taking other actions contemplated by Section 3.1 that may be applicable to such Shelf Offering.

 

(c) Non-Shelf Demand Registration. At any time and from time to time, if the Company has not effected or is not diligently pursuing a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) or 2(b) (including within the time frames specified therein), or the Company is not eligible to file a Shelf Registration Statement (of which ineligibility the Company shall promptly notify Buyer) or the Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) shall cease to be effective, Buyer may deliver to the Company a written notice (a “Non-Shelf Demand Registration Notice”) informing the Company that Buyer requires the Company to register for resale some or all of such Buyer’s Registrable Securities (a “Non-Shelf Demand Registration”). Upon receipt of the Non-Shelf Demand Registration Notice, the Company will file with the SEC as promptly as practicable after receiving the Non-Shelf Demand Registration Notice, but in no event more than 45 days following receipt of such notice, a Registration Statement covering all requested Registrable Securities (the “Non-Shelf Demand Registration Statement”), and the Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Non-Shelf Demand Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable following the filing thereof, but in no event later than 60 days after the filing of such Non-Shelf Demand Registration Statement. The Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to keep any Non-Shelf Demand Registration Statement continuously effective (including the preparation and filing of any amendments and supplements necessary for that purpose) for a period of not less than one year (“Minimum Effective Period”).

 

(d) All offers and sales by Buyer under a Non-Shelf Demand Registration Statement shall be completed during the Minimum Effective Period. Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that such Non-Shelf Demand Registration Statement is no longer effective, Buyer will not offer or sell the Registrable Securities under the existing Non-Shelf Demand Registration Statement but may deliver a new Non-Shelf Demand Registration Notice pursuant to Section 2(c) and require the Company to file a new Non-Shelf Demand Registration Statement.

 

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(e) Piggyback Registration Rights.

 

(i) Whenever the Company proposes to register the offer and sale of any shares of its Common Stock under the 1933 Act (other than a registration (i) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 (or other registration solely relating to an offering or sale to employees or directors of the Company pursuant to any employee stock plan or other employee benefit arrangement in existence as of the date hereof) or (ii) in connection with any dividend or distribution reinvestment or similar plan), whether for its own account or for the account of one or more stockholders of the Company (other than Buyer pursuant to this Agreement and Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc., but only to the extent such registration is effectuated pursuant to the registration rights agreement dated as of the date hereof between Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc. and the Company) (a “Piggyback Registration”), the Company shall give prompt written notice (in any event at least 15 days prior to the filing of a Registration Statement) to Buyer of its intention to effect such a registration, and such notice shall offer Buyer the opportunity to be included in such registration by notifying the Company in writing within 10 days. Subject to the provisions of this Section 2(e), the Company shall include in such registration all Registrable Securities requested by Buyer to be included therein. If any Piggyback Registration pursuant to which Buyer has registered the offer and sale of Registrable Securities is conducted using a Shelf Registration Statement (a “Piggyback Shelf Registration Statement”), Buyer shall have the right, but not the obligation, to be notified of and to participate in any offering under such Piggyback Shelf Registration Statement (a “Piggyback Shelf Takedown”).

 

(ii) If any Piggyback Registration or Piggyback Shelf Takedown involves an underwritten offering, Buyer has elected to include Registrable Securities in such Piggyback Registration or Piggyback Shelf Takedown, and the managing underwriter of such offering advises the Company and Buyer in writing that, in its reasonable and good faith opinion, the number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be included in such registration or takedown exceeds the number of shares of Common Stock that can be sold in such offering and/or that the number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be included in any such registration or takedown would materially and adversely affect the price for such shares of Common Stock, the Company shall include in such registration or takedown: (i) first, the Registrable Securities requested to be included therein by Buyer; (ii) second, the shares of Common Stock that the Company proposes to sell; and (iii) third, the shares of Common Stock requested to be included therein by other stockholders of the Company, if any, allocated among such stockholders in such manner as they may agree.

 

(iii) Buyer may elect to withdraw its request for inclusion of Registrable Securities in any Piggyback Registration or Piggyback Shelf Takedown by giving written notice to the Company of such request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the pricing of an underwritten offering, as applicable.

 

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(f) Underwritten Offerings. Except for Piggyback Registrations, if any registration or offering pursuant to this Section 2 involves an underwritten offering (whether on a “firm,” “best efforts” or “all reasonable efforts” basis or otherwise) or an agented offering, Buyer shall have the right to select the underwriter or underwriters and manager or managers to administer such underwritten offering or the placement agent or agents for such agented offering. If any Piggyback Registration is initiated as a primary underwritten offering on behalf of the Company, the Company shall have the right to select the underwriter or underwriters and manager or managers to administer such underwritten offering; provided, that such selection shall be subject to the consent of Buyer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. In all cases, Buyer shall have the right to select its counsel in connection with any registration or offering.

 

(g) Inclusion of Additional Securities. Except as expressly provided in Section 2(e), none of the Company, any stockholder or any security holder of the Company (other than Buyer) may include securities in any offering requested under Section 2 of this Agreement.

 

Section 3. Additional Obligations of the Company and Buyer

 

3.1 Obligations of the Company. When the Company is required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities or facilitate or effect any offering pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect and facilitate such registration or offering in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall at the earliest practicable date (and as applicable):

 

(a) use its reasonable best efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities within a reasonable time after the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC under all applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as Buyer may reasonably request in writing, (ii) keep each such registration or qualification effective during the period such Registration Statement is required to remain effective pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) cooperate with Buyer and the underwriters or Agents, if any, and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) or other applicable regulatory authorities, and (iv) to do any and all other similar acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable Buyer to consummate the disposition of the Registrable Securities in each such jurisdiction; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction as a foreign corporation or to register as a broker or dealer in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify or register but for this Agreement, (B) take any action that would cause it to become subject to general taxation in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be subject to such taxation or (C) take any action that would subject it to the general service of process in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be subject to such process;

 

(b) promptly notify Buyer of the receipt, and provide copies to Buyer, of any comments or other correspondence from staff of the SEC with respect to any Registration Statement, and promptly respond to such comments (subject to Section 3.1(m)) and provide copies of such responses to Buyer;

 

(c) as promptly as practicable, prepare and file with the SEC, if necessary, such amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document as may be necessary to cause or maintain the effectiveness of such Registration Statement for so long as such Registration Statement is required to be kept effective and to comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act and the rules thereunder with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement and the instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company;

 

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(d) in the event that any Registrable Securities included in a Registration Statement subject to, or required by, this Agreement remain unsold at the end of the period during which the Company is obligated to maintain the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement for the purpose of removing such securities from registered status;

 

(d) furnish, without charge, to Buyer such number of copies of the Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits and any documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein), and the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus) in conformity with the requirements of the 1933 Act as Buyer or any underwriter or Agent may reasonably request for use in and in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by Buyer;

 

(e) if a disposition of Registrable Securities takes the form of an underwritten or agented offering, any “bought deal” or block trade, promptly enter into customary agreements (including, in the case of an underwritten offering, underwriting agreements in customary form, and including provisions with respect to indemnification and contribution in customary form) and promptly take all other customary actions at such times as customarily occur in similar registered offerings in order to facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities and in connection therewith, including:

 

(i) make such representations and warranties to Buyer and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers in similar underwritten offerings;

 

(ii) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to Buyer and the Underwriters’ Representative or Agent, if any) addressed to Buyer and the underwriters, if any, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in sales of securities or underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by Buyer and the lead managing underwriter, and the Company shall furnish to Buyer a signed counterpart of any such legal opinion;

 

(iii) obtain “comfort” letters and updates thereof from the Company’s independent certified public accountants addressed to Buyer, if permissible, and the underwriters, if any, which letters shall be customary in form and shall cover matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters to underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, and the Company shall furnish to Buyer a signed counterpart of any such comfort letter; and

 

(iv) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain executed lock-up agreements from the officers and directors of the Company and from the holders of more than 5% of the Company’s equity securities (including those who are, or whose associated persons are, bound by the Company’s insider trading policy), if requested by the underwriters for such time periods as the underwriters may request;

 

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(f) promptly notify Buyer: (i) when any Registration Statement, any pre-effective amendment, the Prospectus or any prospectus supplement related thereto or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed, and, with respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation or threat of any proceedings for that purpose, and (iii) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose;

 

(g) use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification under state securities or “blue sky” laws, and, if any such order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification under state securities or “blue sky” laws is issued, shall promptly use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment (and shall provide Buyer with prompt notice thereof);

 

(h) after the filing of a Registration Statement and thereafter until the expiration of the period during which the Company is required to maintain the effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement as set forth in this Agreement, promptly notify Buyer: (i) of the existence of any fact of which the Company is aware or the happening of any event which has resulted in (A) the Registration Statement, as then in effect, containing an untrue statement of a material fact or omitting to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make any statements therein not misleading, (B) the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement containing an untrue statement of a material fact or omitting to state a material fact necessary to make any statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (C) the representations and warranties of or relating to the Company contained in any agreement for the sale of any Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement ceasing to be true and correct in any material respect and (ii) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement would be appropriate or required or that there exist circumstances not yet disclosed to the public which make further sales under such Registration Statement inadvisable pending such disclosure and post-effective amendment; and, if the notification relates to any event described in either of clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 3.1(h), the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the Prospectus and furnish to Buyer a reasonable number of copies of such post-effective amendment or supplement or file any other required document so that (x) such Registration Statement 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 not misleading and (y) such Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(i) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed, and to maintain the listing of such Registrable Securities, on the national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed and cause to be satisfied all requirements and conditions of such securities exchange to the listing or quoting of such securities, including registering the applicable class of Registrable Securities under the 1934 Act, if appropriate, and using its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration to become effective pursuant to the rules of the SEC in accordance with the terms hereof;

 

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(j) if requested by Buyer in connection with the offering of Registrable Securities, incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information concerning Buyer or the intended method of distribution as Buyer reasonably requests to be included therein and is reasonably necessary to permit the sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement, including information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other material terms of the offering;

 

(k) otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make available to its stockholders, as soon as practicable but no later than 30 days following the end of the 12-month period beginning with the first day of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of each Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and Rule 158 thereunder;

 

(l) make the Company’s executive officers available for customary presentations to investors to discuss the affairs of the Company at times that may be mutually and reasonably agreed upon (including senior management participation in due diligence calls with the underwriters (or Agent) and their counsel and, in the case of any marketed underwritten offering, participation in any road show or other marketing activity as reasonably requested by the lead managing underwriters for such offering), and provide Buyer, the underwriters and their respective counsel, accountants and other advisors reasonable access to its books and records and other pertinent corporate documents and properties as shall be requested in order to conduct a due diligence investigation within the meaning of the 1933 Act with respect to any applicable Registration Statement;

 

(m) in connection with the preparation and filing of any Registration Statement, Prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto, and any other written communications with the SEC with respect thereto, (i) give Buyer, the underwriters or Agent (if applicable) and their respective counsels the opportunity to review and provide comments on such Registration Statement, each Prospectus included therein or filed with the SEC, each amendment thereof or supplement thereto, and any other written communications with the SEC with respect thereto, (ii) fairly and in good faith consider such comments in any such documents prior to the filing thereof as the counsel to Buyer, underwriters or Agent may reasonably request and not file or submit to the SEC any document to which Buyer reasonably objects in writing, and (iii) make available such of the Company’s representatives as shall be reasonably requested by Buyer or any Agent underwriter for discussion of such documents;

 

(n) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement from and after a date not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

 

(o) cooperate with Buyer to facilitate the timely delivery, preparation and delivery of certificates (or evidence of direct registration), with requisite CUSIP numbers, representing Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to such Registration Statement or Rule 144 free of any restrictive legends and representing such number of shares of Common Stock and registered in such names as Buyer may reasonably request a reasonable period of time prior to sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement or Rule 144; provided, that the Company may satisfy its obligations hereunder without issuing physical stock certificates through the use of The Depository Trust Company’s Direct Registration System;

 

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(p) to the extent the Company is a WKSI during the period in which this Agreement is in effect, use its best efforts to take such actions as under its control to remain a WKSI and not become an “ineligible issuer” (as defined under Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) during the period when any Registration Statement remains in effect;

 

(q) if Buyer, in its sole and exclusive judgment, determines that it might be deemed to be an underwriter or a “controlling person” (within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act and Section 20 of the 1934 Act) of the Company, permit Buyer to participate in the preparation of any applicable Registration Statement and insert therein language, furnished to the Company in writing, which in the reasonable judgment of Buyer and its counsel should be included;

 

(r) take no direct or indirect action prohibited by Regulation M under the 1934 Act; provided, that, to the extent that any prohibition is applicable to the Company, the Company will take all reasonable action to make any such prohibition inapplicable; and

 

(s) take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities as contemplated hereby.

 

Section 4. Indemnification; Contribution

 

4.1 Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Buyer, its officers, directors, managers, members, partners, employees, agents, advisors, representatives, stockholders and Affiliates, each underwriter, broker or any other Person acting on behalf of Buyer, and each Person, if any, who controls any of the foregoing Persons within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, as follows:

 

(a) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage, action, cost, judgment and expense whatsoever (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of attorneys and other professionals), joint or several, as incurred, to which any of the foregoing Persons may become subject under the 1933 Act or otherwise, arising out of or based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus, preliminary Prospectus, free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act), any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, (ii) any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a Prospectus, preliminary Prospectus or free writing prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or (iii) any other violation or alleged violation by the Company (or any of its Affiliates) of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, or any state securities law, relating to a Registration Statement, Prospectus, preliminary Prospectus, free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto filed in accordance with this Agreement;

 

(b) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage, action, cost, judgment and expense whatsoever (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of attorneys and other professionals), as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; and

 

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(c) against any and all cost or expense whatsoever, as incurred (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of attorneys and other professionals), incurred in investigating, preparing, defending against or participating in (as a witness or otherwise) any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any third party or governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, in each case whether or not a party, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under Sections 4.1(a) or 4.1(b) above;

 

provided, however, that the indemnity provided pursuant to this Section 4.1 does not apply to Buyer with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage, action, cost, judgment or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in good faith reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by Buyer expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or a Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), to the extent incorporated therein.

 

4.2 Indemnification by Buyer. Buyer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, and each of its directors and officers who signed a Registration Statement, and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, solely with respect to information provided by Buyer referred to in the proviso to this Section 4.2, against any loss, liability, claim, damage, action, cost, judgment and expense whatsoever resulting from any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or Prospectus pursuant to which the Registrable Securities of Buyer were registered (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading; provided, however, that the indemnity provided pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall only apply with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage, action, cost judgment or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in good faith reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by Buyer expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), to the extent incorporated therein. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.2, Buyer and any permitted assignee shall not be required to indemnify the Company, its officers, directors or control persons with respect to any amount in excess of the amount of the total net proceeds (after deducting underwriting fees, commissions or discounts and other offering expenses) actually received by Buyer or such permitted assignee, as the case may be, from sales of the Registrable Securities of Buyer under the Registration Statement or Prospectus, as applicable, that is the subject of the indemnification claim.

 

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4.3 Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. An indemnified party hereunder shall give reasonably prompt notice to the indemnifying party of any action or proceeding commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify the indemnifying party (i) shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under the indemnity agreement provided in Section 4.1 or 4.2 above, unless and only to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and the lack of notice by the indemnified party results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses, and (ii) shall not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided under Section 4.1 or 4.2 above and the contribution obligation provided in Section 4.4 below. If the indemnifying party so elects within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, the indemnifying party may assume the defense of such action or proceeding at such indemnifying party’s own expense with counsel chosen by the indemnifying party and approved by the indemnified party, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that the indemnifying party will not settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any such action or proceeding without the written consent of the indemnified party unless such settlement, compromise or consent secures the unconditional release of the indemnified party and does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party; and provided further, that if the indemnified party reasonably determines that a conflict of interest exists where it is advisable for the indemnified party to be represented by separate counsel or that, upon advice of counsel, there may be legal defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party (or in the situation where the indemnifying party fails to take reasonable steps necessary to defend diligently the action or proceeding within 20 Business Days after receiving notice from the indemnified party that the indemnified party believes the indemnifying party has failed to do so) or if such claim or litigation involves or could have an effect upon matters beyond the scope of the indemnity provided hereunder, or if such action seeks an injunction or equitable relief against any indemnified party or involves actual or alleged criminal activity, then the indemnifying party shall not be entitled to assume such defense and the indemnified party shall be entitled to separate counsel at the indemnifying party’s expense, it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action, claim or proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related actions, claims or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one additional firm of attorneys (together with appropriate local counsel) at any time for all such indemnified parties. If the indemnifying party is not entitled to assume the defense of such action or proceeding as a result of the second proviso to the preceding sentence, the indemnifying party’s counsel shall be entitled to conduct the indemnifying party’s defense and counsel for the indemnified party shall be entitled to conduct the defense of the indemnified party, it being understood that both such counsel will cooperate with each other to conduct the defense of such action or proceeding as efficiently as possible. If the indemnifying party is not so entitled to assume the defense of such action or does not assume such defense, the indemnifying party will not be liable for any settlement effected without the written consent of the indemnifying party, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. If an indemnifying party is entitled to assume, and assumes, the defense of such action or proceeding in accordance with this paragraph, the indemnifying party shall not be liable for any fees and expenses of counsel for the indemnified party incurred thereafter in connection with such action or proceeding.

 

4.4 Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 above is for any reason held to be unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction to any indemnified party, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages, actions, costs, judgments and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnity agreement incurred by the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages, actions, costs, judgments or expenses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or the indemnified party (and, with respect to Buyer, only written information expressly provided for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), to the extent incorporated therein), and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action.

 

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The parties hereto agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.4, Buyer and any permitted assignee shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount that it would have been obligated to pay by way of indemnification if the indemnification provided for under Section 4.2 had been available under the circumstances (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not exceed the total net proceeds (after deducting underwriting fees, commissions or discounts and other offering expenses) actually received by Buyer or such permitted assignee, as the case may be, from sales of the Registrable Securities of Buyer under the Registration Statement or Prospectus, as applicable, that is the subject of the contribution claim).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any indemnifying party who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 4.4, each of Buyer’s officers, directors, managers, members, partners, employees, agents, advisors, representatives, stockholders and Affiliates, each underwriter, broker or any other Person acting on behalf of Buyer, and each Person, if any, who controls any of the foregoing Persons within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, shall have the same rights to contribution as Buyer, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed a Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.

 

In addition, no Person shall be obligated to contribute hereunder for any amounts in payment for any settlement of any action or claim, effected without such Person’s written consent.

 

4.5 Survival. The indemnification and contribution provisions in this Section 4 shall be a continuing right and shall survive the registration and sale of any securities by any Person entitled to indemnification or contribution, as applicable hereunder, and the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

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Section 5. Registration Expenses

 

The Company shall pay all expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement and in connection with the registration and disposition of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, (i) all expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing and distribution of any Registration Statement and Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto; (ii) registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, any fees relating to filings required to be made with, or the listing of any Registrable Securities on, any securities exchange or over-the-counter trading market on which the Registrable Securities are listed or quoted); (iii) all fees and expenses of complying with securities or “blue sky” laws (including fees and disbursements of legal counsel for Buyer in connection with “blue sky” qualifications of the securities and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions); (iv) all FINRA fees and fees of any applicable stock exchange; (v) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and fees and expenses for the independent certified public accountants retained by the Company (including the expenses or costs associated with the delivery of any opinions or comfort letters and expenses of any audits incident to or required by any registration); (vi) all internal expenses of the Company (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties and the expense of any annual audits); (vii) the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Company in connection with the preparation of any Registration Statement; (viii) the fees, expenses and disbursements of legal counsel representing Buyer in connection with the registration, offering or sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to, or the interpretation or enforcement of, this Agreement; (ix) underwriting expenses (other than fees, commissions or discounts); and (x) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses. Buyer shall be responsible for the payment of any underwriting discounts and selling commissions, fees and disbursements of Buyer’s advisors (other than fees, expenses and disbursements of legal counsel to Buyer), and any stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale or disposition of the Registrable Securities by Buyer pursuant to this Agreement. In addition, in an underwritten offering in which selling stockholders and the Company participate, all selling stockholders and the Company shall bear underwriting discounts and selling commissions, pro rata, in proportion to the respective amount of shares each sells in such offering.

 

Section 6. Rule 144 Compliance

 

The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to file as and when applicable, on a timely basis, all reports required to be filed by it under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act. The Company shall make and keep current public information available, as specified in paragraph (c) of Rule 144 (or any successor rule) promulgated under the 1933 Act, at all times after the Closing Date. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take such further action as may be required from time to time to enable Buyer to Transfer Registrable Securities without registration under the 1933 Act under the exemptions provided by Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration. Upon the request of Buyer, the Company will promptly deliver to Buyer a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements and, if not, the specifics thereof, as well as any such other information as may be reasonably requested to allow Buyer to sell its Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144. In connection with any Transfer of Registrable Securities by Buyer pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act, the Company shall cooperate with Buyer to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any 1933 Act legend, and enable certificates for such Registrable Securities to be for such number of shares and registered in such names as Buyer may reasonably request at least five Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities hereunder or, if practicable, and at the request of Buyer, have such Registrable Securities delivered electronically via deposit/withdrawal at custodian (“DWAC”) through The Depository Trust Company.

 

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Section 7. Miscellaneous

 

7.1 Additional Agreements: Certain Transactions.

 

(a) In the event that any Common Stock or other Securities are issued in respect of, or in exchange for, or in substitution of the Registrable Securities by reason of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation, spin-off, partial or complete liquidation, share dividend, split-up, sale of assets, distribution to stockholders or combination of the shares or any other similar change in the Company’s capital structure, the Company agrees that appropriate adjustments shall be made to this Agreement to ensure that Buyer has, immediately after consummation of such transaction, substantially the same, and in any event no less favorable in the aggregate, rights from the Company or another issuer of Securities, as applicable, as it has immediately prior to the consummation of such issuance in respect of the Registrable Securities under this Agreement.

 

(b) In the event that the Company elects to effect a registered offering of equity securities of any subsidiary or parent of the Company (collectively, “Alternative Entities”) rather than the equity securities of the Company, whether as a result of a reorganization of the Company or otherwise, Buyer and the Company shall cause the applicable Alternative Entity to enter into an agreement with Buyer that provides Buyer with registration rights with respect to the equity securities of such Alternative Entity that are substantially the same as, and in any event no less favorable in the aggregate to, the registration rights provided to Buyer in this Agreement.

 

(c) The Company shall not enter into any agreement, take any action or permit any change to occur with respect to the Company’s Securities that is inconsistent with, or that violates or subordinates the rights granted to Buyer under this Agreement, and no such agreement is currently in effect. The Company shall not grant any registration rights to third parties that are more favorable than, or inconsistent with, the rights granted hereunder.

 

(d) Each of the parties to this Agreement shall execute and deliver such additional documents, instruments, conveyances and assurances and take such further actions as may be required to carry out the provisions hereof and to give effect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

7.2 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, oral and written, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

7.3 Transaction Costs. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the SPA, each of the parties hereto shall pay their respective fees and expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

7.4 Modifications. Any amendment or modification to this Agreement, including this undertaking itself, shall only be valid if effected by an instrument or instruments in writing and shall be effective against each of the parties hereto that has signed such instrument or instruments. The parties agree that they jointly negotiated and prepared this Agreement and that this Agreement will not be construed against any party on the grounds that such party prepared or drafted the same.

 

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7.5 Notices. All notices, consents, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing (which shall include communications by e-mail) and shall be delivered and deemed given if: (a) in person (on the Business Day of such delivery as evidenced by the receipt of the personal delivery service), (b) by certified or registered mail return receipt requested (one Business Day after being mailed), or (c) by e-mail (on the date of transmission):

 

If to the Company:

 

OncoSec Medical Incorporated

24 North Main Street

Pennington, NJ 08534-2218

Attn: Daniel J. O’Connor

Email: docconor@oncosec.com

 

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

 

Alston & Bird LLP

90 Park Avenue, 12th Floor

New York, NY 10016

Attn: Matthew W. Mamak

Email: matthew.mamak@alston.com

 

If to Buyer:

 

Grand Decade Developments Limited

Unit 3302, The Center, 99 Queen’s Road Central

Hong Kong

Attn: Zhou Chao

Email: zhouchao@chinagrandinc.com

 

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

 

Covington & Burlington LLP

The New York Times Building, 620 Eighth Avenue

New York, 10018-1405

Attn: Jack S. Bodner
  Stephen A. Infante
Email: jbodner@cov.com
  sinfante@cov.com

 

or to such other address as the Parties may designate in writing to the other in accordance with this Section 7.5. Any Party may change the address to which notices are to be sent by giving written notice of such change of address to the other parties in the manner above provided for giving notice.

 

7.6 Public Announcements. Except as required by Applicable Law or by the requirements of any stock exchange on which the securities of a party hereto or any of its Affiliates are listed, no party to this Agreement will make, or cause to be made, any press release or public announcement in respect of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise communicate with any news media with respect to the foregoing without prior notification to the other parties, and the parties to this Agreement will consult with each other and cooperate as to the form, timing and contents of any such press release, public announcement or disclosure.

 

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7.7 Partial Invalidity. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under Applicable Law, but in case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision or provisions had never been contained herein unless the deletion of such provision or provisions would result in such a material change as to cause completion of the transactions contemplated hereby to be unreasonable. To the extent the deemed deletion of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or provisions is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Parties shall endeavor in good faith to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as practicable to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

7.8 Assignment. No party hereto may assign, in whole or in part, or delegate all or any part of its rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party. Any assignment or delegation made without such consent will be void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer shall be entitled to (a) assign its rights under this Agreement to any of its Affiliates and to any purchaser or transferee of Registrable Securities (whereupon such Affiliate, purchaser or transferee shall have the benefits of this Agreement as if such Affiliate, purchaser or transferee had originally been a party hereto), and (b) assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (in whole or in part) as collateral security in a financing transaction.

 

7.9 Governing Law. Except to the extent that mandatory principles of Applicable Law require the application of the NRS, this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of New York.

 

7.10 Specific Performance. Each party acknowledges and agrees that the other party would be irreparably damaged if the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their terms and that any breach of this Agreement and the non-consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by either party could not be adequately compensated in all cases by monetary damages alone. Accordingly, in addition to any remedy to which such other party may be entitled under Section 7.11, provisional measures and injunctive relief necessary to protect the possibility of each party to seek specific performance from the other from the tribunal referred to in Section 7.11 can be sought from any court of competent jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto (i) agrees that it shall not oppose the granting of any such relief and (ii) hereby irrevocably waives any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with any such relief (it is understood that clause (i) of this sentence is not intended to, and shall not, preclude any party hereto from litigating on the merits the substantive claim to which such remedy relates).

 

7.11 Submission to Jurisdiction. The Parties agree that any Action seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (whether brought by any party or any of its Affiliates or against any party or any of its Affiliates) shall be brought in the state or federal courts, as applicable, in New York county in the State of New York, and each of the Parties irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such Action and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any objection that you may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such Action in any such court or that any such Action brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such Action may be served on any Party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 7.5 shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.

 

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7.12 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

 

7.13 Waiver. The rights and remedies of the Parties to this Agreement are cumulative and not alternative. Neither the failure nor any delay by any Party in exercising any right, power, or privilege under this Agreement will operate as a waiver of such right, power, or privilege, and no single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege will preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power, privilege. To the maximum extent permitted by Applicable Law, (a) no claim or right arising out of this Agreement can be discharged by one Party, in whole or in part, by a waiver or renunciation of the claim or right unless in writing signed by the other Party; (b) no waiver that may be given by a Party will be applicable except in the specific instance for which it is given; and (c) no notice to or demand on one Party will be deemed to be a waiver of any obligation of such Party or of the right of the Party giving such notice or demand to take further action without notice or demand as provided in this Agreement.

 

7.14 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same Agreement, and shall become effective when one counterpart has been signed by each Party and delivered to the other Party hereto.

 

7.15 Rights Cumulative. All rights and remedies of each of the parties under this Agreement will be cumulative, and the exercise of one or more rights or remedies will not preclude the exercise of any other right or remedy available under this Agreement or Applicable Law.

 

7.16 Headings and Gender; Construction; Interpretation.

 

(a) The captions and section headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, do not form a part of this Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All references in this Agreement to “Section” or “Article” shall be deemed to be references to a Section or Article of this Agreement unless indicated otherwise.

 

(b) Words used herein, regardless of the number and gender specifically used, shall be deemed and construed to include any other number, singular or plural, and any other gender, masculine, feminine, or neuter, as the context requires. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed followed by the words “without limitation.”

 

(c) Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be construed or resolved against Buyer or the Company, whether under any rule of construction or otherwise. No Party to this Agreement shall be considered the draftsman. On the contrary, this Agreement has been reviewed, negotiated and accepted by all Parties and their attorneys and shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words so as fairly to accomplish the purposes and intentions of all the Parties.

 

7.17 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever, under or by reason of this Agreement; provided, however, the parties hereto hereby acknowledge that the Persons set forth in Section 4 are express third-party beneficiaries of the obligations of the parties hereto set forth in Section 4.

 

7.18 Survival. This Section 7 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be duly executed on its behalf as of the date first herein above set forth.

 

  COMPANY:
   
  ONCOSEC MEDICAL INCORPORATED
     
  By:                   
  Name:  
  Title  
     
  BUYER:
   
  Grand Decade Developments Limited
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

     

 

 

 

Exhibit B

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (as it may be amended or modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of [●], 2019 by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company and Buyer entered into that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2019 (the “SPA”); and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the execution and delivery of the SPA and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, the Company has agreed to grant Buyer certain registration rights as set forth below.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Definitions

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the SPA.

 

Agent” means the principal placement agent in an agented placement of Registrable Securities.

 

Automatic Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.

 

Prospectus” means the prospectus or prospectuses included in any Registration Statement (including any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) and any prospectus subject to completion and a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the 1933 Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to the prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such prospectus or prospectuses.

 

Registrable Securities” means the Common Stock, any other shares of Common Stock issued or issuable with respect thereto (whether by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in exchange for or upon conversion of such shares or otherwise) and any Securities into which the Common Stock may be converted or exchanged pursuant to any merger, consolidation, sale of all or any part of its assets, corporate conversion, reorganization or similar transaction of the Company (it being understood that, for purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person has the right to then acquire or obtain from the Company any Registrable Securities, whether or not such acquisition has actually been effected), held or beneficially owned by Buyer (whether now held or beneficially owned or hereafter acquired, and including any such Securities received by Buyer upon the conversion or exchange of, or pursuant to such a transaction with respect to, other Securities held by Buyer). As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities on the earliest to occur of: (a) the date on which a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable Securities shall have become effective under the 1933 Act and such Registrable Securities shall have been sold, transferred or disposed of pursuant to such effective Registration Statement; and (b) the date on which such Registrable Securities shall have ceased to be outstanding.

 

     

 

 

Registration Statement” means any registration statement filed by the Company with the SEC in compliance with the 1933 Act for a public offering and sale of the Common Stock or other securities of the Company, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all materials incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement.

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 of the 1933 Act.

 

Securities” means capital stock, limited partnership interests, limited liability company interests, beneficial interests, warrants, options, notes, bonds, debentures and other securities, equity interests, ownership interests and similar obligations of every kind and nature of any Person.

 

Shelf Registration Statement” means a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or another appropriate form for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the 1933 Act.

 

Transfer” means and includes the act of selling, giving, transferring, creating a trust (voting or otherwise), assigning or otherwise disposing of (other than pledging, hypothecating or otherwise transferring as security or any transfer upon any merger or consolidation) (and correlative words shall have correlative meanings); provided, however, that any transfer or other disposition upon foreclosure or other exercise of remedies of a secured creditor after an event of default under or with respect to a pledge, hypothecation or other transfer as security shall constitute a Transfer.

 

Underwriters’ Representative” means the managing underwriter, or in the case of a co-managed underwriting, the managing underwriter designated as the Underwriters’ Representative by the co-managers.

 

WKSI” shall mean a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.

 

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Section 2. Registration Rights

 

(a) Shelf Registrations. The Company shall use its best efforts to remain qualified to register the offer and sale of its securities under the 1933 Act pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement. At any time and from time to time on or after the Closing Date, Buyer shall have the right to request an unlimited number of registrations under the 1933 Act of all or any portion of its Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement by delivering to the Company a written notice (a “Shelf Registration Notice”) requesting that the Company prepare and file with the SEC a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to resales of some or all of Buyer’s Registrable Securities. As promptly as practicable after receiving a Shelf Registration Notice, but in no event more than 30 days following receipt of such notice, the Company shall file with the SEC a Shelf Registration Statement covering all Registrable Securities requested to be included and, unless such Shelf Registration Statement shall become automatically effective, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to become or be declared effective by the SEC for all of the Registrable Securities covered thereby as soon as practicable thereafter, but in no event later than 60 days after the filing of such Shelf Registration Statement. To the extent the Company is a WKSI at the time that any Shelf Registration Statement is to be filed, the Company shall file an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement that covers such Registrable Securities. The Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement (or a successor Registration Statement filed with respect to the Registrable Securities) continuously effective (including by filing a new Shelf Registration Statement if the initial Shelf Registration Statement expires) in order to permit the Prospectus forming a part thereof to be lawfully delivered and the Shelf Registration Statement useable for resale of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended methods of disposition set forth therein, so long as there are any Registrable Securities outstanding (the “Shelf Effectiveness Period”).

 

(b) Takedown Offerings. At any time during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, Buyer may deliver to the Company a written notice (a “Shelf Takedown Notice”) requiring the Company to facilitate a “takedown” of Registrable Securities off of a Shelf Registration Statement by Buyer (a “Shelf Offering”). As promptly as practicable after receiving a Shelf Takedown Notice, but in no event more than 20 days following receipt of such notice, the Company shall facilitate such a “takedown” by amending or supplementing the Prospectus related to the Shelf Registration Statement as may be requested by Buyer and taking other actions contemplated by Section 3.1 that may be applicable to such Shelf Offering.

 

(c) Non-Shelf Demand Registration. At any time and from time to time, if the Company has not effected or is not diligently pursuing a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) or 2(b) (including within the time frames specified therein), or the Company is not eligible to file a Shelf Registration Statement (of which ineligibility the Company shall promptly notify Buyer) or the Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) shall cease to be effective, Buyer may deliver to the Company a written notice (a “Non-Shelf Demand Registration Notice”) informing the Company that Buyer requires the Company to register for resale some or all of such Buyer’s Registrable Securities (a “Non-Shelf Demand Registration”). Upon receipt of the Non-Shelf Demand Registration Notice, the Company will file with the SEC as promptly as practicable after receiving the Non-Shelf Demand Registration Notice, but in no event more than 45 days following receipt of such notice, a Registration Statement covering all requested Registrable Securities (the “Non-Shelf Demand Registration Statement”), and the Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Non-Shelf Demand Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable following the filing thereof, but in no event later than 60 days after the filing of such Non-Shelf Demand Registration Statement. The Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to keep any Non-Shelf Demand Registration Statement continuously effective (including the preparation and filing of any amendments and supplements necessary for that purpose) for a period of not less than one year (“Minimum Effective Period”).

 

(d) All offers and sales by Buyer under a Non-Shelf Demand Registration Statement shall be completed during the Minimum Effective Period. Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that such Non-Shelf Demand Registration Statement is no longer effective, Buyer will not offer or sell the Registrable Securities under the existing Non-Shelf Demand Registration Statement but may deliver a new Non-Shelf Demand Registration Notice pursuant to Section 2(c) and require the Company to file a new Non-Shelf Demand Registration Statement.

 

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(e) Piggyback Registration Rights.

 

(i) Whenever the Company proposes to register the offer and sale of any shares of its Common Stock under the 1933 Act (other than a registration (i) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 (or other registration solely relating to an offering or sale to employees or directors of the Company pursuant to any employee stock plan or other employee benefit arrangement in existence as of the date hereof) or (ii) in connection with any dividend or distribution reinvestment or similar plan), whether for its own account or for the account of one or more stockholders of the Company (other than Buyer pursuant to this Agreement and Grand Decade Developments Limited, but only to the extent such registration is effectuated pursuant to the registration rights agreement dated as of the date hereof between Grand Decade Developments Limited and the Company) (a “Piggyback Registration”), the Company shall give prompt written notice (in any event at least 15 days prior to the filing of a Registration Statement) to Buyer of its intention to effect such a registration, and such notice shall offer Buyer the opportunity to be included in such registration by notifying the Company in writing within 10 days. Subject to the provisions of this Section 2(e), the Company shall include in such registration all Registrable Securities requested by Buyer to be included therein. If any Piggyback Registration pursuant to which Buyer has registered the offer and sale of Registrable Securities is conducted using a Shelf Registration Statement (a “Piggyback Shelf Registration Statement”), Buyer shall have the right, but not the obligation, to be notified of and to participate in any offering under such Piggyback Shelf Registration Statement (a “Piggyback Shelf Takedown”).

 

(ii) If any Piggyback Registration or Piggyback Shelf Takedown involves an underwritten offering, Buyer has elected to include Registrable Securities in such Piggyback Registration or Piggyback Shelf Takedown, and the managing underwriter of such offering advises the Company and Buyer in writing that, in its reasonable and good faith opinion, the number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be included in such registration or takedown exceeds the number of shares of Common Stock that can be sold in such offering and/or that the number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be included in any such registration or takedown would materially and adversely affect the price for such shares of Common Stock, the Company shall include in such registration or takedown: (i) first, the Registrable Securities requested to be included therein by Buyer; (ii) second, the shares of Common Stock that the Company proposes to sell; and (iii) third, the shares of Common Stock requested to be included therein by other stockholders of the Company, if any, allocated among such stockholders in such manner as they may agree.

 

(iii) Buyer may elect to withdraw its request for inclusion of Registrable Securities in any Piggyback Registration or Piggyback Shelf Takedown by giving written notice to the Company of such request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the pricing of an underwritten offering, as applicable.

 

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(f) Underwritten Offerings. Except for Piggyback Registrations, if any registration or offering pursuant to this Section 2 involves an underwritten offering (whether on a “firm,” “best efforts” or “all reasonable efforts” basis or otherwise) or an agented offering, Buyer shall have the right to select the underwriter or underwriters and manager or managers to administer such underwritten offering or the placement agent or agents for such agented offering. If any Piggyback Registration is initiated as a primary underwritten offering on behalf of the Company, the Company shall have the right to select the underwriter or underwriters and manager or managers to administer such underwritten offering; provided, that such selection shall be subject to the consent of Buyer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. In all cases, Buyer shall have the right to select its counsel in connection with any registration or offering.

 

(g) Inclusion of Additional Securities. Except as expressly provided in Section 2(e), none of the Company, any stockholder or any security holder of the Company (other than Buyer) may include securities in any offering requested under Section 2 of this Agreement.

 

Section 3. Additional Obligations of the Company and Buyer

 

3.1 Obligations of the Company. When the Company is required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities or facilitate or effect any offering pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect and facilitate such registration or offering in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall at the earliest practicable date (and as applicable):

 

(a) use its reasonable best efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities within a reasonable time after the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC under all applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as Buyer may reasonably request in writing, (ii) keep each such registration or qualification effective during the period such Registration Statement is required to remain effective pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) cooperate with Buyer and the underwriters or Agents, if any, and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) or other applicable regulatory authorities, and (iv) to do any and all other similar acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable Buyer to consummate the disposition of the Registrable Securities in each such jurisdiction; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction as a foreign corporation or to register as a broker or dealer in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify or register but for this Agreement, (B) take any action that would cause it to become subject to general taxation in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be subject to such taxation or (C) take any action that would subject it to the general service of process in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be subject to such process;

 

(b) promptly notify Buyer of the receipt, and provide copies to Buyer, of any comments or other correspondence from staff of the SEC with respect to any Registration Statement, and promptly respond to such comments (subject to Section 3.1(m)) and provide copies of such responses to Buyer;

 

(c) as promptly as practicable, prepare and file with the SEC, if necessary, such amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document as may be necessary to cause or maintain the effectiveness of such Registration Statement for so long as such Registration Statement is required to be kept effective and to comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act and the rules thereunder with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement and the instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company;

 

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(d) in the event that any Registrable Securities included in a Registration Statement subject to, or required by, this Agreement remain unsold at the end of the period during which the Company is obligated to maintain the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement for the purpose of removing such securities from registered status;

 

(d) furnish, without charge, to Buyer such number of copies of the Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits and any documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein), and the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus) in conformity with the requirements of the 1933 Act as Buyer or any underwriter or Agent may reasonably request for use in and in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by Buyer;

 

(e) if a disposition of Registrable Securities takes the form of an underwritten or agented offering, any “bought deal” or block trade, promptly enter into customary agreements (including, in the case of an underwritten offering, underwriting agreements in customary form, and including provisions with respect to indemnification and contribution in customary form) and promptly take all other customary actions at such times as customarily occur in similar registered offerings in order to facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities and in connection therewith, including:

 

(i) make such representations and warranties to Buyer and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers in similar underwritten offerings;

 

(ii) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to Buyer and the Underwriters’ Representative or Agent, if any) addressed to Buyer and the underwriters, if any, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in sales of securities or underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by Buyer and the lead managing underwriter, and the Company shall furnish to Buyer a signed counterpart of any such legal opinion;

 

(iii) obtain “comfort” letters and updates thereof from the Company’s independent certified public accountants addressed to Buyer, if permissible, and the underwriters, if any, which letters shall be customary in form and shall cover matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters to underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, and the Company shall furnish to Buyer a signed counterpart of any such comfort letter; and

 

(iv) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain executed lock-up agreements from the officers and directors of the Company and from the holders of more than 5% of the Company’s equity securities (including those who are, or whose associated persons are, bound by the Company’s insider trading policy), if requested by the underwriters for such time periods as the underwriters may request;

 

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(f) promptly notify Buyer: (i) when any Registration Statement, any pre-effective amendment, the Prospectus or any prospectus supplement related thereto or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed, and, with respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation or threat of any proceedings for that purpose, and (iii) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose;

 

(g) use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification under state securities or “blue sky” laws, and, if any such order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification under state securities or “blue sky” laws is issued, shall promptly use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment (and shall provide Buyer with prompt notice thereof);

 

(h) after the filing of a Registration Statement and thereafter until the expiration of the period during which the Company is required to maintain the effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement as set forth in this Agreement, promptly notify Buyer: (i) of the existence of any fact of which the Company is aware or the happening of any event which has resulted in (A) the Registration Statement, as then in effect, containing an untrue statement of a material fact or omitting to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make any statements therein not misleading, (B) the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement containing an untrue statement of a material fact or omitting to state a material fact necessary to make any statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (C) the representations and warranties of or relating to the Company contained in any agreement for the sale of any Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement ceasing to be true and correct in any material respect and (ii) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement would be appropriate or required or that there exist circumstances not yet disclosed to the public which make further sales under such Registration Statement inadvisable pending such disclosure and post-effective amendment; and, if the notification relates to any event described in either of clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 3.1(h), the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the Prospectus and furnish to Buyer a reasonable number of copies of such post-effective amendment or supplement or file any other required document so that (x) such Registration Statement 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 not misleading and (y) such Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(i) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed, and to maintain the listing of such Registrable Securities, on the national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed and cause to be satisfied all requirements and conditions of such securities exchange to the listing or quoting of such securities, including registering the applicable class of Registrable Securities under the 1934 Act, if appropriate, and using its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration to become effective pursuant to the rules of the SEC in accordance with the terms hereof;

 

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(j) if requested by Buyer in connection with the offering of Registrable Securities, incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information concerning Buyer or the intended method of distribution as Buyer reasonably requests to be included therein and is reasonably necessary to permit the sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement, including information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other material terms of the offering;

 

(k) otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make available to its stockholders, as soon as practicable but no later than 30 days following the end of the 12-month period beginning with the first day of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of each Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and Rule 158 thereunder;

 

(l) make the Company’s executive officers available for customary presentations to investors to discuss the affairs of the Company at times that may be mutually and reasonably agreed upon (including senior management participation in due diligence calls with the underwriters (or Agent) and their counsel and, in the case of any marketed underwritten offering, participation in any road show or other marketing activity as reasonably requested by the lead managing underwriters for such offering), and provide Buyer, the underwriters and their respective counsel, accountants and other advisors reasonable access to its books and records and other pertinent corporate documents and properties as shall be requested in order to conduct a due diligence investigation within the meaning of the 1933 Act with respect to any applicable Registration Statement;

 

(m) in connection with the preparation and filing of any Registration Statement, Prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto, and any other written communications with the SEC with respect thereto, (i) give Buyer, the underwriters or Agent (if applicable) and their respective counsels the opportunity to review and provide comments on such Registration Statement, each Prospectus included therein or filed with the SEC, each amendment thereof or supplement thereto, and any other written communications with the SEC with respect thereto, (ii) fairly and in good faith consider such comments in any such documents prior to the filing thereof as the counsel to Buyer, underwriters or Agent may reasonably request and not file or submit to the SEC any document to which Buyer reasonably objects in writing, and (iii) make available such of the Company’s representatives as shall be reasonably requested by Buyer or any Agent underwriter for discussion of such documents;

 

(n) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement from and after a date not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

 

(o) cooperate with Buyer to facilitate the timely delivery, preparation and delivery of certificates (or evidence of direct registration), with requisite CUSIP numbers, representing Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to such Registration Statement or Rule 144 free of any restrictive legends and representing such number of shares of Common Stock and registered in such names as Buyer may reasonably request a reasonable period of time prior to sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement or Rule 144; provided, that the Company may satisfy its obligations hereunder without issuing physical stock certificates through the use of The Depository Trust Company’s Direct Registration System;

 

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(p) to the extent the Company is a WKSI during the period in which this Agreement is in effect, use its best efforts to take such actions as under its control to remain a WKSI and not become an “ineligible issuer” (as defined under Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) during the period when any Registration Statement remains in effect;

 

(q) if Buyer, in its sole and exclusive judgment, determines that it might be deemed to be an underwriter or a “controlling person” (within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act and Section 20 of the 1934 Act) of the Company, permit Buyer to participate in the preparation of any applicable Registration Statement and insert therein language, furnished to the Company in writing, which in the reasonable judgment of Buyer and its counsel should be included;

 

(r) take no direct or indirect action prohibited by Regulation M under the 1934 Act; provided, that, to the extent that any prohibition is applicable to the Company, the Company will take all reasonable action to make any such prohibition inapplicable; and

 

(s) take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities as contemplated hereby.

 

Section 4. Indemnification; Contribution

 

4.1 Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Buyer, its officers, directors, managers, members, partners, employees, agents, advisors, representatives, stockholders and Affiliates, each underwriter, broker or any other Person acting on behalf of Buyer, and each Person, if any, who controls any of the foregoing Persons within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, as follows:

 

(a) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage, action, cost, judgment and expense whatsoever (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of attorneys and other professionals), joint or several, as incurred, to which any of the foregoing Persons may become subject under the 1933 Act or otherwise, arising out of or based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus, preliminary Prospectus, free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act), any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, (ii) any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a Prospectus, preliminary Prospectus or free writing prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or (iii) any other violation or alleged violation by the Company (or any of its Affiliates) of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, or any state securities law, relating to a Registration Statement, Prospectus, preliminary Prospectus, free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto filed in accordance with this Agreement;

 

(b) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage, action, cost, judgment and expense whatsoever (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of attorneys and other professionals), as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; and

 

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(c) against any and all cost or expense whatsoever, as incurred (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of attorneys and other professionals), incurred in investigating, preparing, defending against or participating in (as a witness or otherwise) any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any third party or governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, in each case whether or not a party, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under Sections 4.1(a) or 4.1(b) above;

 

provided, however, that the indemnity provided pursuant to this Section 4.1 does not apply to Buyer with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage, action, cost, judgment or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in good faith reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by Buyer expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or a Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), to the extent incorporated therein.

 

4.2 Indemnification by Buyer. Buyer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, and each of its directors and officers who signed a Registration Statement, and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, solely with respect to information provided by Buyer referred to in the proviso to this Section 4.2, against any loss, liability, claim, damage, action, cost, judgment and expense whatsoever resulting from any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or Prospectus pursuant to which the Registrable Securities of Buyer were registered (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading; provided, however, that the indemnity provided pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall only apply with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage, action, cost judgment or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in good faith reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by Buyer expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), to the extent incorporated therein. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.2, Buyer and any permitted assignee shall not be required to indemnify the Company, its officers, directors or control persons with respect to any amount in excess of the amount of the total net proceeds (after deducting underwriting fees, commissions or discounts and other offering expenses) actually received by Buyer or such permitted assignee, as the case may be, from sales of the Registrable Securities of Buyer under the Registration Statement or Prospectus, as applicable, that is the subject of the indemnification claim.

 

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4.3 Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. An indemnified party hereunder shall give reasonably prompt notice to the indemnifying party of any action or proceeding commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify the indemnifying party (i) shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under the indemnity agreement provided in Section 4.1 or 4.2 above, unless and only to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and the lack of notice by the indemnified party results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses, and (ii) shall not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided under Section 4.1 or 4.2 above and the contribution obligation provided in Section 4.4 below. If the indemnifying party so elects within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, the indemnifying party may assume the defense of such action or proceeding at such indemnifying party’s own expense with counsel chosen by the indemnifying party and approved by the indemnified party, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that the indemnifying party will not settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any such action or proceeding without the written consent of the indemnified party unless such settlement, compromise or consent secures the unconditional release of the indemnified party and does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party; and provided further, that if the indemnified party reasonably determines that a conflict of interest exists where it is advisable for the indemnified party to be represented by separate counsel or that, upon advice of counsel, there may be legal defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party (or in the situation where the indemnifying party fails to take reasonable steps necessary to defend diligently the action or proceeding within 20 Business Days after receiving notice from the indemnified party that the indemnified party believes the indemnifying party has failed to do so) or if such claim or litigation involves or could have an effect upon matters beyond the scope of the indemnity provided hereunder, or if such action seeks an injunction or equitable relief against any indemnified party or involves actual or alleged criminal activity, then the indemnifying party shall not be entitled to assume such defense and the indemnified party shall be entitled to separate counsel at the indemnifying party’s expense, it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action, claim or proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related actions, claims or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one additional firm of attorneys (together with appropriate local counsel) at any time for all such indemnified parties. If the indemnifying party is not entitled to assume the defense of such action or proceeding as a result of the second proviso to the preceding sentence, the indemnifying party’s counsel shall be entitled to conduct the indemnifying party’s defense and counsel for the indemnified party shall be entitled to conduct the defense of the indemnified party, it being understood that both such counsel will cooperate with each other to conduct the defense of such action or proceeding as efficiently as possible. If the indemnifying party is not so entitled to assume the defense of such action or does not assume such defense, the indemnifying party will not be liable for any settlement effected without the written consent of the indemnifying party, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. If an indemnifying party is entitled to assume, and assumes, the defense of such action or proceeding in accordance with this paragraph, the indemnifying party shall not be liable for any fees and expenses of counsel for the indemnified party incurred thereafter in connection with such action or proceeding.

 

4.4 Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 above is for any reason held to be unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction to any indemnified party, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages, actions, costs, judgments and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnity agreement incurred by the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages, actions, costs, judgments or expenses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or the indemnified party (and, with respect to Buyer, only written information expressly provided for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), to the extent incorporated therein), and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action.

 

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The parties hereto agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.4, Buyer and any permitted assignee shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount that it would have been obligated to pay by way of indemnification if the indemnification provided for under Section 4.2 had been available under the circumstances (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not exceed the total net proceeds (after deducting underwriting fees, commissions or discounts and other offering expenses) actually received by Buyer or such permitted assignee, as the case may be, from sales of the Registrable Securities of Buyer under the Registration Statement or Prospectus, as applicable, that is the subject of the contribution claim).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any indemnifying party who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 4.4, each of Buyer’s officers, directors, managers, members, partners, employees, agents, advisors, representatives, stockholders and Affiliates, each underwriter, broker or any other Person acting on behalf of Buyer, and each Person, if any, who controls any of the foregoing Persons within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, shall have the same rights to contribution as Buyer, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed a Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.

 

In addition, no Person shall be obligated to contribute hereunder for any amounts in payment for any settlement of any action or claim, effected without such Person’s written consent.

 

4.5 Survival. The indemnification and contribution provisions in this Section 4 shall be a continuing right and shall survive the registration and sale of any securities by any Person entitled to indemnification or contribution, as applicable hereunder, and the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

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Section 5. Registration Expenses

 

The Company shall pay all expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement and in connection with the registration and disposition of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, (i) all expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing and distribution of any Registration Statement and Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto; (ii) registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, any fees relating to filings required to be made with, or the listing of any Registrable Securities on, any securities exchange or over-the-counter trading market on which the Registrable Securities are listed or quoted); (iii) all fees and expenses of complying with securities or “blue sky” laws (including fees and disbursements of legal counsel for Buyer in connection with “blue sky” qualifications of the securities and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions); (iv) all FINRA fees and fees of any applicable stock exchange; (v) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and fees and expenses for the independent certified public accountants retained by the Company (including the expenses or costs associated with the delivery of any opinions or comfort letters and expenses of any audits incident to or required by any registration); (vi) all internal expenses of the Company (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties and the expense of any annual audits); (vii) the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Company in connection with the preparation of any Registration Statement; (viii) the fees, expenses and disbursements of legal counsel representing Buyer in connection with the registration, offering or sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to, or the interpretation or enforcement of, this Agreement; (ix) underwriting expenses (other than fees, commissions or discounts); and (x) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses. Buyer shall be responsible for the payment of any underwriting discounts and selling commissions, fees and disbursements of Buyer’s advisors (other than fees, expenses and disbursements of legal counsel to Buyer), and any stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale or disposition of the Registrable Securities by Buyer pursuant to this Agreement. In addition, in an underwritten offering in which selling stockholders and the Company participate, all selling stockholders and the Company shall bear underwriting discounts and selling commissions, pro rata, in proportion to the respective amount of shares each sells in such offering.

 

Section 6. Rule 144 Compliance

 

The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to file as and when applicable, on a timely basis, all reports required to be filed by it under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act. The Company shall make and keep current public information available, as specified in paragraph (c) of Rule 144 (or any successor rule) promulgated under the 1933 Act, at all times after the Closing Date. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take such further action as may be required from time to time to enable Buyer to Transfer Registrable Securities without registration under the 1933 Act under the exemptions provided by Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration. Upon the request of Buyer, the Company will promptly deliver to Buyer a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements and, if not, the specifics thereof, as well as any such other information as may be reasonably requested to allow Buyer to sell its Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144. In connection with any Transfer of Registrable Securities by Buyer pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act, the Company shall cooperate with Buyer to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any 1933 Act legend, and enable certificates for such Registrable Securities to be for such number of shares and registered in such names as Buyer may reasonably request at least five Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities hereunder or, if practicable, and at the request of Buyer, have such Registrable Securities delivered electronically via deposit/withdrawal at custodian (“DWAC”) through The Depository Trust Company.

 

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Section 7. Miscellaneous

 

7.1 Additional Agreements: Certain Transactions.

 

(a) In the event that any Common Stock or other Securities are issued in respect of, or in exchange for, or in substitution of the Registrable Securities by reason of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation, spin-off, partial or complete liquidation, share dividend, split-up, sale of assets, distribution to stockholders or combination of the shares or any other similar change in the Company’s capital structure, the Company agrees that appropriate adjustments shall be made to this Agreement to ensure that Buyer has, immediately after consummation of such transaction, substantially the same, and in any event no less favorable in the aggregate, rights from the Company or another issuer of Securities, as applicable, as it has immediately prior to the consummation of such issuance in respect of the Registrable Securities under this Agreement.

 

(b) In the event that the Company elects to effect a registered offering of equity securities of any subsidiary or parent of the Company (collectively, “Alternative Entities”) rather than the equity securities of the Company, whether as a result of a reorganization of the Company or otherwise, Buyer and the Company shall cause the applicable Alternative Entity to enter into an agreement with Buyer that provides Buyer with registration rights with respect to the equity securities of such Alternative Entity that are substantially the same as, and in any event no less favorable in the aggregate to, the registration rights provided to Buyer in this Agreement.

 

(c) The Company shall not enter into any agreement, take any action or permit any change to occur with respect to the Company’s Securities that is inconsistent with, or that violates or subordinates the rights granted to Buyer under this Agreement, and no such agreement is currently in effect. The Company shall not grant any registration rights to third parties that are more favorable than, or inconsistent with, the rights granted hereunder.

 

(d) Each of the parties to this Agreement shall execute and deliver such additional documents, instruments, conveyances and assurances and take such further actions as may be required to carry out the provisions hereof and to give effect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

7.2 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, oral and written, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

7.3 Transaction Costs. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the SPA, each of the parties hereto shall pay their respective fees and expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

7.4 Modifications. Any amendment or modification to this Agreement, including this undertaking itself, shall only be valid if effected by an instrument or instruments in writing and shall be effective against each of the parties hereto that has signed such instrument or instruments. The parties agree that they jointly negotiated and prepared this Agreement and that this Agreement will not be construed against any party on the grounds that such party prepared or drafted the same.

 

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7.5 Notices. All notices, consents, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing (which shall include communications by e-mail) and shall be delivered and deemed given if: (a) in person (on the Business Day of such delivery as evidenced by the receipt of the personal delivery service), (b) by certified or registered mail return receipt requested (one Business Day after being mailed), or (c) by e-mail (on the date of transmission):

 

If to the Company:

 

OncoSec Medical Incorporated

24 North Main Street

Pennington, NJ 08534-2218

Attn: Daniel J. O’Connor

Email: docconor@oncosec.com

 

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

 

Alston & Bird LLP

90 Park Avenue, 12th Floor

New York, NY 10016

Attn: Matthew W. Mamak

Email: matthew.mamak@alston.com

 

If to Buyer:

 

Grand Decade Developments Limited

Unit 3302, The Center, 99 Queen’s Road Central

Hong Kong

Attn: Zhou Chao

Email: zhouchao@chinagrandinc.com

 

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

 

Covington & Burlington LLP

The New York Times Building, 620 Eighth Avenue

New York, 10018-1405

Attn: Jack S. Bodner
  Stephen A. Infante
Email: jbodner@cov.com
  sinfante@cov.com

 

or to such other address as the Parties may designate in writing to the other in accordance with this Section 7.5. Any Party may change the address to which notices are to be sent by giving written notice of such change of address to the other parties in the manner above provided for giving notice.

 

7.6 Public Announcements. Except as required by Applicable Law or by the requirements of any stock exchange on which the securities of a party hereto or any of its Affiliates are listed, no party to this Agreement will make, or cause to be made, any press release or public announcement in respect of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise communicate with any news media with respect to the foregoing without prior notification to the other parties, and the parties to this Agreement will consult with each other and cooperate as to the form, timing and contents of any such press release, public announcement or disclosure.

 

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7.7 Partial Invalidity. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under Applicable Law, but in case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision or provisions had never been contained herein unless the deletion of such provision or provisions would result in such a material change as to cause completion of the transactions contemplated hereby to be unreasonable. To the extent the deemed deletion of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or provisions is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Parties shall endeavor in good faith to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as practicable to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

7.8 Assignment. No party hereto may assign, in whole or in part, or delegate all or any part of its rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party. Any assignment or delegation made without such consent will be void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer shall be entitled to (a) assign its rights under this Agreement to any of its Affiliates and to any purchaser or transferee of Registrable Securities (whereupon such Affiliate, purchaser or transferee shall have the benefits of this Agreement as if such Affiliate, purchaser or transferee had originally been a party hereto), and (b) assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (in whole or in part) as collateral security in a financing transaction.

 

7.9 Governing Law. Except to the extent that mandatory principles of Applicable Law require the application of the NRS, this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of New York.

 

7.10 Specific Performance. Each party acknowledges and agrees that the other party would be irreparably damaged if the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their terms and that any breach of this Agreement and the non-consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by either party could not be adequately compensated in all cases by monetary damages alone. Accordingly, in addition to any remedy to which such other party may be entitled under Section 7.11, provisional measures and injunctive relief necessary to protect the possibility of each party to seek specific performance from the other from the tribunal referred to in Section 7.11 can be sought from any court of competent jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto (i) agrees that it shall not oppose the granting of any such relief and (ii) hereby irrevocably waives any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with any such relief (it is understood that clause (i) of this sentence is not intended to, and shall not, preclude any party hereto from litigating on the merits the substantive claim to which such remedy relates).

 

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7.11 Submission to Jurisdiction. The Parties agree that any Action seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (whether brought by any party or any of its Affiliates or against any party or any of its Affiliates) shall be brought in the state or federal courts, as applicable, in New York county in the State of New York, and each of the Parties irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such Action and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any objection that you may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such Action in any such court or that any such Action brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such Action may be served on any Party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 7.5 shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.

 

7.12 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

 

7.13 Waiver. The rights and remedies of the Parties to this Agreement are cumulative and not alternative. Neither the failure nor any delay by any Party in exercising any right, power, or privilege under this Agreement will operate as a waiver of such right, power, or privilege, and no single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege will preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power, privilege. To the maximum extent permitted by Applicable Law, (a) no claim or right arising out of this Agreement can be discharged by one Party, in whole or in part, by a waiver or renunciation of the claim or right unless in writing signed by the other Party; (b) no waiver that may be given by a Party will be applicable except in the specific instance for which it is given; and (c) no notice to or demand on one Party will be deemed to be a waiver of any obligation of such Party or of the right of the Party giving such notice or demand to take further action without notice or demand as provided in this Agreement.

 

7.14 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same Agreement, and shall become effective when one counterpart has been signed by each Party and delivered to the other Party hereto.

 

7.15 Rights Cumulative. All rights and remedies of each of the parties under this Agreement will be cumulative, and the exercise of one or more rights or remedies will not preclude the exercise of any other right or remedy available under this Agreement or Applicable Law.

 

7.16 Headings and Gender; Construction; Interpretation.

 

(a) The captions and section headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, do not form a part of this Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All references in this Agreement to “Section” or “Article” shall be deemed to be references to a Section or Article of this Agreement unless indicated otherwise.

 

(b) Words used herein, regardless of the number and gender specifically used, shall be deemed and construed to include any other number, singular or plural, and any other gender, masculine, feminine, or neuter, as the context requires. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed followed by the words “without limitation.”

 

(c) Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be construed or resolved against Buyer or the Company, whether under any rule of construction or otherwise. No Party to this Agreement shall be considered the draftsman. On the contrary, this Agreement has been reviewed, negotiated and accepted by all Parties and their attorneys and shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words so as fairly to accomplish the purposes and intentions of all the Parties.

 

7.17 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever, under or by reason of this Agreement; provided, however, the parties hereto hereby acknowledge that the Persons set forth in Section 4 are express third-party beneficiaries of the obligations of the parties hereto set forth in Section 4.

 

7.18 Survival. This Section 7 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be duly executed on its behalf as of the date first herein above set forth.

 

  COMPANY:
   
  ONCOSEC MEDICAL INCORPORATED
     
  By:                   
  Name:  
  Title  
     
  BUYER:
   
 

SIRTEX MEDICAL US HOLDINGS, INC.

     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

     

 

 

 

Execution Version

 

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

Grand Decade Developments Limited

 

“Purchaser”

 

and

 

OncoSec Medical Incorporated

 

“Issuer”

 

Dated as of October 10, 2019

 

     
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE 1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE SHARES 1
   
  1.1 Purchase and Sale of the Shares. 1
  1.2 Purchase Price. 2
  1.3 Payment of Purchase Price. 2
  1.4 Anti-Dilution. 2
  1.5 Purchaser Option. 2
       
ARTICLE 2. PROCEDURE FOR CLOSING 3
 
  2.1 Time and Place of Closing. 3
  2.2 Transactions at the Closing. 3
       
ARTICLE 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ISSUER 3
   
  3.1 Corporate Existence and Power. 3
  3.2 Corporate Authorization. 4
  3.3 Governmental Authorization. 4
  3.4 Non-contravention. 5
  3.5 Capitalization. 5
  3.6 Subsidiaries. 7
  3.7 SEC Filings and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. 8
  3.8 Financial Statements. 10
  3.9 Disclosure Documents. 10
  3.10 Absence of Certain Changes. 10
  3.11 No Undisclosed Liabilities. 11
  3.12 Compliance with Laws, Permits and Court Orders. 11
  3.13 Litigation. 12
  3.14 Properties. 12
  3.15 Intellectual Property. 13
  3.16 IT Systems; Privacy and Data Security. 17
  3.17 Taxes. 19
  3.18 Employee Benefit Plans; Labor Matters. 21
  3.19 Material Contracts. 25
  3.20 Finders’ Fees. 27
  3.21 Opinion of Financial Advisor. 28
  3.22 Antitakeover Statutes. 28
  3.23 Regulatory Matters. 28
  3.24 Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. Pilot Program. 31
  3.25 Transactions with Affiliates. 32
  3.26 Insurance. 32
  3.27 Shares. 32

 

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  3.28 No Disqualification Events. 32
  3.29 Listing and Maintenance Requirements. 33
  3.30 No Registration. 33
  3.31 Disclosure. 33
       
ARTICLE 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER 33
 
  4.1 Authority. 33
  4.2 Brokers and Finders. 34
  4.3 Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock. 34
  4.4 Availability of Funds. 34
  4.5 Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. 34
  4.6 Investment Risk; Disclosure of Information Acknowledgement of Risk. 35
       
ARTICLE 5. COVENANTS OF ISSUER 35
   
  5.1 Access and Information. 35
  5.2 Conduct of Business Prior to Closing. 35
  5.3 Issuer Stockholder Meeting. 39
  5.4 Nasdaq Listing. 40
  5.5 Exclusivity. 40
  5.6 Takeover Statutes. 41
  5.7 Interim Communications by Issuer. 41
  5.8 Lock-Up. 41
  5.9 Standstill. 41
  5.10 Anti-Dilution. 43
  5.11 Director Resignation. 44
       
ARTICLE 6. MUTUAL COVENANTS 44
   
  6.1 Notice of Certain Events. 44
  6.2 CFIUS. 45
  6.3 Further Mutual Covenants. 45
  6.4 Commercially Reasonable Efforts. 45
  6.5 Listing. 46
       
ARTICLE 7. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER 46
   
  7.1 Representations and Warranties. 46
  7.2 Compliance by Issuer. 46
  7.3 No Injunction; Litigation. 46
  7.4 Consents; Authorizations; Approval of Legal Matters. 46
  7.5 No Material Adverse Change. 47

 

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  7.6 Closing Precedent Transactions. 47
  7.7 Simultaneous Closing. 47
  7.8 Issuer Approvals. 47
       
ARTICLE 8. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF ISSUER 47
   
  8.1 Certificate Regarding Representations and Warranties. 47
  8.2 Compliance by Purchaser. 48
  8.3 No Injunction, Litigation. 48
  8.4 Consents; Authorizations; Approval of Legal Matters. 48
  8.5 Issuer Stockholder Approval. 48
       
ARTICLE 9. CONFIDENTIALITY; PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 48
   
  9.1 Confidentiality. 48
  9.2 Public Announcements. 49
       
ARTICLE 10. TERMINATION 49
   
  10.1 Termination. 49
       
ARTICLE 11. GENERAL PROVISIONS 50
   
  11.1 Definitions. 50
  11.2 Fees and Expenses. 63
  11.3 Notices. 63
  11.4 Assignment. 64
  11.5 No Benefit to Others. 64
  11.6 Headings and Gender; Construction; Interpretation. 65
  11.7 Counterparts. 65
  11.8 Integration of Agreement. 65
  11.9 Amendments. 66
  11.10 Waiver. 66
  11.11 Time of Essence. 66
  11.12 Governing Law. 66
  11.13 Jurisdiction. 64
  11.14 Waiver of Jury Trial. 64
  11.15 Partial Invalidity. 64
  11.16 Survival. 64
  11.17 Specific Enforcement. 64

 

EXHIBIT A STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT A-1
   
EXHIBIT B REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT B-1
   
EXHIBIT C LICENSE AGREEMENT C-1
   
EXHIBIT D AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION D-1
   
EXHIBIT E AMENDMENT TO BYLAWS E-1
   
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES S-1

 

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STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of October 10, 2019 by and between Grand Decade Developments Limited, a British Virgin Islands limited company and a wholly owned subsidiary of China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings Limited, (“Purchaser”), and OncoSec Medical Incorporated, a Nevada corporation (“Issuer”). Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 11.1.

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, Issuer desires to sell and Purchaser desires to purchase shares of Issuer’s common shares, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock” or the “Shares,” and each, a “Share”), for the consideration and on the terms set forth in this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Purchaser’s willingness to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Sale, Purchaser and Issuer have entered into a Stockholder Agreement in substantially the same form as Exhibit A hereto (the “Stockholder Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Purchaser’s willingness to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Sale, Purchaser and Issuer will enter into a Registration Rights Agreement in substantially the same form as Exhibit B hereto (the “Registration Rights Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Purchaser’s willingness to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Sale, Purchaser and Issuer have entered into a License Agreement in substantially the same form as Exhibit C hereto (the “License Agreement”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE SHARES

 

1.1 Purchase and Sale of the Shares.

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Issuer shall sell, and Purchaser shall purchase 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Purchased Shares”); and Issuer shall transfer and convey, and Purchaser shall purchase, the Purchased Shares free and clear of any and all Liens (other than those imposed by the Articles of Incorporation and federal and state securities Laws) (the “Sale”).

 

     
 

 

1.2 Purchase Price.

 

The purchase price per Share for the Purchased Shares shall be $2.50 (the “Purchase Price”).

 

1.3 Payment of Purchase Price.

 

On the Closing Date and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE 7 and ARTICLE 8 below, Purchaser shall pay or deliver to Issuer, with respect to the Purchased Shares, $25,000,000 in cash. Purchaser shall, at the time of the transfer of funds, request evidence of such transfer from its bank for the purpose of assisting Issuer in confirming receipt of the transfer and Issuer shall deliver the Purchased Shares to the Purchaser in accordance with Section 2.2.

 

1.4 Anti-Dilution.

 

If, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the outstanding Common Stock shall have been changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or securities as a result of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other substantially similar transaction (a “Recapitalization”), a proportionate adjustment shall be made to the number of Purchased Shares, and to the Purchase Price for the Purchased Shares so as to maintain Purchaser’s intended ownership of Issuer pursuant to this Agreement without giving effect to such Recapitalization.

 

1.5 Purchaser Option.

 

(a) Notwithstanding Section 5.9, in consideration of the agreements and obligations of the Parties contained herein, beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the first anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Option Period”), Issuer hereby grants Purchaser an irrevocable and exclusive option (the “Purchase Option”), but not the obligation, exercisable in Purchaser’s sole discretion (and which may be exercised through one or more of Purchaser’s Affiliates), to offer to acquire the remaining outstanding Common Stock at a purchase price per Share equal to the greater of (a) $4.50 or (b) 110% of the last closing stock price for the Common Stock prior to the date of the Option Notice (as defined below).

 

(b) Purchaser may exercise the Purchase Option (in its sole discretion) at any time during the Option Period by delivery of a written notice (the “Option Notice”) to Issuer stating the Purchaser’s intent to so exercise the Purchase Option, including the material terms of such proposed transaction.

 

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ARTICLE 2. PROCEDURE FOR CLOSING

 

2.1 Time and Place of Closing.

 

Subject to the provisions of ARTICLE 10, the consummation of the Sale (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Alston & Bird LLP, 90 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10016 as soon as possible, but in any event no later than ten Business Days after the date the conditions set forth in ARTICLE 7 and ARTICLE 8 (other than conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permissible, waiver of those conditions at the Closing) have been satisfied or, to the extent permissible, waived by the Party entitled to the benefit of such conditions, or at such other place or time as the Parties may mutually agree. The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “Closing Date.”

 

2.2 Transactions at the Closing.

 

At the Closing, each of the following shall be delivered:

 

(a) Issuer shall deliver to Purchaser the Purchased Shares issuable at the Closing in book-entry form (via Direct Registration System, “DRS”) and to the extent not previously delivered, the items required to be delivered by Issuer set forth in ARTICLE 7 and a legal opinion of counsel to Issuer reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser and its counsel. Issuer shall cause its transfer agent to provide a DRS statement reflecting the issuance and registration of the Purchased Shares in the name of Purchaser at the Closing. The documents and certificates to be delivered hereunder by or on behalf of Issuer at the Closing shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser and its counsel.

 

(b) Purchaser shall deliver to Issuer (i) the Purchase Price as provided in Section 1.3 and (ii) the items set forth in ARTICLE 8 subject to the last sentence of Section 1.3. The documents and certificates to be delivered hereunder by or on behalf of Purchaser at the Closing shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Issuer and its counsel.

 

ARTICLE 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ISSUER

 

Issuer hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser on the date hereof and on the Closing Date (except for any representations and warranties that are expressly stated to have been made as of a specified date, which shall have been true and correct as of such specified date) that:

 

3.1 Corporate Existence and Power.

 

Issuer is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada and has all corporate powers and all Permits required to carry on its business as now conducted. Issuer is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except for those jurisdictions where failure to be so qualified have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Issuer Material Adverse Effect. Issuer has delivered or made available to Purchaser a true, correct and complete copy of the Articles of Incorporation (including any certificates of designation), Bylaws or like organizational documents, each as in effect (collectively, the “Charter Documents”), of Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries. Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any of the provisions of its Charter Documents. Issuer has made available to Purchaser true, correct and complete copies of the minutes (or, in the case of minutes that have not yet been finalized, a brief summary of the meeting) of all meetings of stockholders, the Board and each committee of the Board and of the board of directors or equivalent governing body, as the case may be, and committees thereof and equity holders of each of the Subsidiaries of Issuer for the three year period ending on the date hereof; provided, however, that Issuer shall be permitted to redact any minutes of the meetings that discuss any alternative transactions considered by the Board.

 

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3.2 Corporate Authorization.

 

(a) The execution, delivery and performance by Issuer of this Agreement and the consummation by Issuer of the transactions contemplated hereby are within Issuer’s corporate powers and, except for Issuer Stockholder Approval (as defined below), have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Issuer. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares (the “Issuer Stockholder Approval”) is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of Issuer necessary to approve this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including in connection with the Articles Amendment and the Bylaws Amendment and any necessary approvals under Nasdaq rules. Issuer has duly executed and delivered this Agreement and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by Purchaser, this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Issuer enforceable against Issuer in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity).

 

(b) At a meeting duly called and held, the Board affirmatively (i) determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of Issuer and its stockholders, (ii) approved and adopted this Agreement, the Articles Amendment and the Bylaws Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby in accordance with the requirements of the NRS and Nasdaq rules, and (iii) resolved to recommend the approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Articles Amendment and the Bylaws Amendment, by the stockholders of Issuer (such recommendation, the “Issuer Board Recommendation”).

 

3.3 Governmental Authorization.

 

The execution, delivery and performance by Issuer of this Agreement and the consummation by Issuer of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement requires no action by or in respect of, Permit from or filing by or with, any Governmental Authority other than compliance with any applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other applicable U.S. state or federal securities Laws and the rules and requirements of Nasdaq.

 

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3.4 Non-contravention.

 

The execution, delivery and performance by Issuer of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) contravene, conflict with or result in any violation or breach of any provision of the Charter Documents of Issuer or the comparable organizational documents of any Subsidiary of Issuer, (ii) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 3.3, contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any provision of any Applicable Law by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, including Nasdaq rules, (iii) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 3.3, require any Consent or other action by any Person under, constitute a breach or default, or an event that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a breach or default, under, or cause or permit the termination, cancellation, acceleration or other change of any right or obligation or the loss of any benefit to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is entitled under any provision of any Contract binding on Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or any Permit affecting, or relating in any way to, the assets or business of Issuer and its Subsidiaries or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

3.5 Capitalization.

 

Issuer amended its Articles of Incorporation, effective as of 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 20, 2019, by filing a certificate of change (pursuant to NRS 78.209) with the Nevada Secretary of State to effect a 1-for-10 reverse split of Issuer’s authorized and outstanding common stock. All applicable share and per share amounts reflected in this Agreement have been adjusted to reflect the reverse stock split, unless otherwise specified. In addition the share amounts below reflect Issuer’s financing completed on May 22, 2019.

 

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(a) The authorized capital stock of Issuer consists solely of (i) 26,000,000 shares of Common Stock. As of October 9, 2019, there were outstanding (A) 10,669,022 shares of Common Stock (of which zero shares represent unvested Issuer Restricted Shares), (B) 1,140,029 shares of Common Stock reserved under the Employee Plans, of which there were outstanding 894,605 shares of Common Stock subject to issuance upon exercise of outstanding Issuer Stock Options (which have a weighted average exercise price of $12.48 and 662,119 of which are currently exercisable), (C) 3,631,953 shares of Common Stock subject to issuance upon exercise of outstanding Issuer Warrants (which have a weighted average exercise price of $7.40 and 3,631,953 of which are currently exercisable), (D) 77,664 shares of Common Stock subject to issuance upon settlement of Issuer RSUs, and (E) 37,608 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the ESPP.. All outstanding shares of capital stock of Issuer have been, and all shares that may be issued pursuant to any Employee Plan or Issuer Security will be, when issued in accordance with the respective terms thereof and in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. Section 3.5(a) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule contains a true, correct and complete list, as of October 9, 2019, of each outstanding Issuer Stock Award, including the holder, type of award (including, for an Issuer Stock Option, whether such award is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code), date of grant, exercise price, expiration date, vesting schedule (including whether vesting accelerates on specified “change in control” transactions), any early exercise or other special terms and the number of Shares subject thereto. Each Issuer Stock Award has been granted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable securities laws or exemptions therefrom and all requirements set forth in the applicable Employee Plan and applicable award agreements. The exercise price of each Issuer Stock Option is not less than the fair market value (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) of a Share on the date of grant of such Issuer Stock Option, and no Issuer Stock Option provides for a deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. No shares of Common Stock have been treated by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries as issued pursuant to the exercise of an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code. At all times, the ESPP has qualified as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Code, and all options to purchase shares under the ESPP (now outstanding or previously exercised or forfeited) have satisfied Applicable Law, including the requirements of Section 423 of the Code. $12,500 is the maximum dollar amount that could be contributed in the aggregate to the ESPP for the Final Offering Period.

 

(b) There are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of Issuer having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which stockholders of Issuer may vote. Except as set forth in this Section 3.5 resulting from the exercise of Issuer Stock Options outstanding on such date in accordance with the terms thereof on such date, the exercise of Issuer Warrants outstanding on such date in accordance with the terms thereof on such date, the issuance of Shares pursuant to the vesting of Issuer RSUs outstanding on such date in accordance with the terms thereof on such date and the purchase of Shares pursuant to the ESPP in accordance with its terms as in effect on such date, there are no issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding (i) shares of capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership interests in, Issuer, (ii) securities of Issuer convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares of capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership interests in, Issuer, (iii) warrants, calls, options or other rights to acquire from Issuer, or other obligations of Issuer to issue, any capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership interests in, or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership interests in, Issuer or (iv) restricted shares, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance units, contingent value rights, “phantom” stock or similar securities or rights that are derivative of, or provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any capital stock or voting securities of, or ownership interests in, Issuer (the items in clauses (i) through (iv), including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Shares, being referred to collectively as the “Issuer Securities”). There are no outstanding obligations of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the Issuer Securities. Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Contract with respect to the voting, registration or transfer of any Issuer Securities.

 

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(c) Except as set forth in this Section 3.5, none of the Shares or any Issuer Securities are owned by any Subsidiary of Issuer.

 

3.6 Subsidiaries.

 

(a) Each Subsidiary of Issuer has been duly incorporated, is validly existing and (where applicable) in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, has all organizational powers and all Permits required to carry on its business in the places and in the manner as now conducted except for those Permits the absence of which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Issuer Material Adverse Effect. Each Subsidiary of Issuer is identified in Section 3.6 of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule.

 

(b) All of the outstanding shares, capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership interests in, each Subsidiary of Issuer have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (with respect to each Subsidiary that is a corporation) and free of preemptive rights and are owned beneficially and legally, and solely, by Issuer, directly or indirectly, free and clear of any Lien and free of any other limitation or restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such share, capital stock or other voting securities or ownership interests). There are no issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding (i) shares or other securities of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares, capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership or economic interests in, any Subsidiary of Issuer, (ii) warrants, calls, options or other rights to acquire from Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, or other obligations of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, any shares, capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership interests in, or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, any shares, capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership or economic interests in, any Subsidiary of Issuer or (iii) restricted shares, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance units, contingent value rights, “phantom” stock or similar securities or rights that are derivative of, or provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any share, capital stock or other voting security of, or ownership interest in, any Subsidiary of Issuer (the items in clauses (i) through (iii) being referred to collectively as the “Issuer Subsidiary Securities”). There are no outstanding obligations of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the Issuer Subsidiary Securities. Except for the shares, capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership interests in, its Subsidiaries, Issuer does not own, directly or indirectly, any shares, capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership interests in, any Person. All dividends or distributions declared, made or paid by the Subsidiaries of Issuer have been declared, made or paid in accordance with the applicable Subsidiary’s constitutional documents, all Applicable Law and any agreements or arrangements made with any Third Party regulating the payment of dividends and distributions. No shares, capital stock or other voting securities of the Subsidiaries of Issuer have been issued and no transfer of any such shares has been registered (where applicable), except in accordance with all Applicable Laws and the constitutional documents of the relevant Subsidiary of Issuer, and all transfers have been duly stamped (where applicable).

 

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3.7 SEC Filings and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

(a) Other than as reflected in the relevant document, Issuer has timely filed with or furnished to the SEC, and made available to Purchaser, all reports, schedules, forms, statements, prospectuses, registration statements and other documents required to be filed with or furnished to the SEC by Issuer (collectively, together with any exhibits and schedules thereto and other information incorporated therein, the “Issuer SEC Documents”). Issuer has made available to Purchaser true, correct and complete copies of all material correspondence between the SEC, on the one hand, and Issuer and any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, including all comment letters from the staff of the SEC relating to Issuer SEC Documents containing unresolved comments and all written responses of Issuer thereto. To Issuer’s Knowledge, as of the date hereof, no Issuer SEC Document is the subject of ongoing review, comment or investigation by the SEC. No Subsidiary of Issuer is, or at any time has been, required to file any reports, schedules, forms, statements or other documents with the SEC.

 

(b) As of its filing date (and as of the date of any amendment), each Issuer SEC Document complied, and each Issuer SEC Document filed subsequent to the date hereof will comply, as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as the case may be.

 

(c) As of its filing date (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date hereof, on the date of such filing), each Issuer SEC Document filed did not, and each Issuer SEC Document filed subsequent to the date hereof will not, contain 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.

 

(d) Each Issuer SEC Document that is a registration statement, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, filed pursuant to the 1933 Act, as of the date such registration statement or amendment became effective, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

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(e) Issuer and its Subsidiaries have established and maintain disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting (as such terms are defined in Rule 13a-15 under the 1934 Act) as required by Rule 13a-15 under the 1934 Act. Such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that all material information relating to Issuer, including its consolidated Subsidiaries, is made known to Issuer’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by others within those entities, particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the 1934 Act are being prepared. Such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting Issuer’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer to material information required to be included in Issuer’s periodic and current reports required under the 1934 Act. For purposes of this Agreement, “principal executive officer” and “principal financial officer” shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

(f) Issuer and its Subsidiaries have established and maintain a system of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the 1934 Act) sufficient to provide assurance regarding the reliability of Issuer’s financial reporting and the preparation of Issuer financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Issuer has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation of internal controls prior to the date hereof, to Issuer’s auditors and audit committee (i) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls that are reasonably likely to adversely affect Issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a role in internal controls. Issuer has made available to Purchaser a summary of any such disclosure made by management to Issuer’s auditors and audit committee for the three year period ending on the date hereof.

 

(g) Section 3.7(g) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule describes, and Issuer has made available to Purchaser copies of the documentation creating or governing, all securitization transactions and other off-balance sheet arrangements (as defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K) that existed or were effected by Issuer or its Subsidiaries during the three year period ending on the date hereof.

 

(h) Issuer has complied with and is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable listing and corporate governance rules, regulations and requirements of Nasdaq, and is in compliance in all material respects with all rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC and with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There are no outstanding loans or other extensions of credit made by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to any executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the 1934 Act) or director of Issuer.

 

(i) Each of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of Issuer (or each former principal executive officer and principal financial officer of Issuer, as applicable) has made all certifications required by Rule 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the 1934 Act and Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and any related rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and Nasdaq, and the statements contained in any such certifications are true, correct and complete as of their respective dates.

 

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(j) There are no Contracts between Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any other Person (other than Issuer and its Subsidiaries), on the other hand, that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K.

 

3.8 Financial Statements.

 

The audited consolidated financial statements and unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of Issuer included or incorporated by reference in Issuer SEC Documents (i) as of their respective dates of filing with the SEC complied as to form in all material respects with the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, (ii) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of Issuer and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments in the case of any unaudited interim financial statements which are not material in the aggregate) and (iii) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis (except as may be expressly indicated in the notes thereto). The Books and Records of Issuer and its Subsidiaries have been, and are being, maintained in all material respects in accordance with GAAP.

 

3.9 Disclosure Documents.

 

(a) At the time the proxy statement to be filed with the SEC in connection with the Sale (the “Issuer Proxy Statement”) or any amendment or supplement thereto is first mailed to stockholders of Issuer, at the time such stockholders vote on approval of this Agreement and at the Closing, the Issuer Proxy Statement, as supplemented or amended, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 3.9, Issuer makes no representation with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference in the Issuer Proxy Statement based on information supplied by or on behalf of Purchaser for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.

 

3.10 Absence of Certain Changes.

 

(a) Since the Issuer Balance Sheet Date, the business of Issuer and its Subsidiaries has been conducted in the Ordinary Course of Business consistent with past practices and there has not been any event, occurrence, development or state of circumstances or facts that has had or would be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Issuer Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b) From the Issuer Balance Sheet Date until the date hereof, there has not been any action taken by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries that, if taken during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Closing without Purchaser’s consent, would constitute a breach of Section 5.2.

 

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3.11 No Undisclosed Liabilities.

 

There are no Liabilities of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries of any kind whatsoever, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, known, unknown, determined, determinable or otherwise, and there is no existing condition, situation or set of circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result in such a Liability, other than: (i) Liabilities disclosed and reserved for in the Issuer Interim Balance Sheet or in the notes thereto, (ii) Liabilities arising out of or in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and (iii) Liabilities (including Liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business since the Issuer Balance Sheet Date) that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Issuer Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.12 Compliance with Laws, Permits and Court Orders.

 

(a) Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries is, and in the three year period ending on the date hereof has been, in material compliance with all Applicable Laws. Issuer is not currently being threatened, and in the three year period ending on the date hereof, Issuer has not been threatened, in each case to be charged with or has been given notice of, and to the Knowledge of Issuer is not under investigation with respect to, any violation of any Applicable Law. There is no Order of any arbitrator or Governmental Authority outstanding against Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(b) None of Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective directors, officers, consultants, agents or other Persons acting for or on their behalf, has taken any action that would result in a violation by such Person of (i) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (15 U.S.C. §§ 78m(b), 78dd-1, 78dd-2, 78ff) (the “FCPA”), the Bribery Act of 2010 of the United Kingdom (the “UK Bribery Act”) or any other anti-corruption or anti-bribery Applicable Law, (ii) any economic sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of State, Her Majesty’s Treasury or any applicable prohibited party list maintained by any U.S. government agency, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury (collectively, “Sanctions”) and (iii) any applicable export controls laws. Issuer has conducted its businesses in compliance with the FCPA (and any state or foreign equivalents), the UK Bribery Act, any other anti-corruption Applicable Law (including the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b), the federal False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.), and any state or foreign equivalents), Sanctions and applicable export controls laws, and Issuer has instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to cause each such Person to comply with all such Applicable Law.

 

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(c) None of Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, officers, consultants, agents or other Persons acting for or on their behalf, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by Persons that are: (i) the subject of any Sanctions or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or region that is the subject of Sanctions.

 

(d) Issuer and its Subsidiaries hold all material Permits necessary or advisable to conduct their respective businesses in the places and in such manner in which such businesses are currently being conducted. (i) Such Permits are valid and in full force and effect and are not subject to any pending or threatened Action by any Governmental Authority to suspend, cancel, modify, terminate or revoke any such Permit, (ii) Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and requirements of such Permits, (iii) neither Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is in material default under, and no condition exists that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a material default under or would reasonably be expected to result in any suspension, cancellation, modification, termination or revocation of, any such Permit and (iv) none of the Permits shall be terminated or impaired or become terminable, in whole or in part, as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

3.13 Litigation.

 

There is no Action pending against, or, to the Knowledge of Issuer, threatened against or affecting, Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries, any present or former officer, director or employee of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person for whom Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may be liable or any of their respective properties before (or, in the case of threatened Actions, would be before) or by any Governmental Authority or arbitrator.

 

3.14 Properties.

 

(a) Issuer and its Subsidiaries have good title to, or good and valid leasehold interests in, all property and assets reflected on the Issuer Balance Sheet or acquired after the Issuer Balance Sheet Date, except as have been disposed of since the Issuer Balance Sheet Date in the Ordinary Course of Business and in compliance with this Agreement, in each case free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens). The properties and assets owned or leased by Issuer and its Subsidiaries constitute all of the properties and assets necessary for, and used or useful in, the conduct of their respective businesses in the places and in such manner in which such businesses are currently being conducted. Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries owns or has ever owned any interest in real property.

 

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(b) (i) Each lease, sublease, license or other use or occupancy agreement (each, a “Lease”) under which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries leases, subleases, licenses or otherwise uses or occupies any real property (whether as lessor or lessee) is valid and in full force and effect and (ii) neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor to Issuer’s Knowledge any other party to a Lease, has violated any provision of, or taken or failed to take any act which, with or without notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute a breach or default under the provisions of such Lease, except for those breaches or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, are not and would not reasonably be expected to be material to Issuer and its Subsidiaries, and neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice that it has breached, violated or defaulted under any Lease. Section 3.14(b) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and complete list of all Leases to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, including all amendments, extensions, renewals and guarantees with respect thereto, in each case identifying the tenant or lessee and the landlord or lessor under each such Lease and the address of the real property associated with such Lease (such property, together with all rights, title and interest of Issuer or any Subsidiary in and to leasehold improvements relating thereto, including security deposits, reserves or prepaid rents paid in connection therewith, collectively, the “Leased Real Property”). Issuer has made available to Purchaser (in each case, together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, waivers or other changes thereto) true, correct and complete copies of all Leases. The performance by Issuer of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in the termination of, or in any increase of any material amounts payable under, any Lease or any material rights under any Lease or will require the Consent from any party to any such Lease other than Issuer. With respect to any Leased Real Property, Issuer and any of its Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession of the Leased Real Property.

 

3.15 Intellectual Property.

 

(a) Section 3.15(a) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and complete list of all Issuer Intellectual Property Rights specifying as to each such item, as applicable (i) the record and legal owner (or the co-owners) thereof, and, as applicable, all inventors thereof, (ii) the jurisdiction (foreign and domestic) in which such item is issued, granted, or registered or in which any application for issuance, grant or registration has been filed and, in the case of domain names and social media tags, handles and other identifiers, the registrant and registrar and the social media platform and account holder, respectively, (iii) the respective issuance, grant, registration, filing or application number of such item, (iv) the dates of filing, application, issuance, grant and registration of such item and (v) in the case of each of such item that is a Licensed Intellectual Property Right, whether the applicable Licensed Intellectual Property Right is exclusively or non-exclusively licensed or sublicensed to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, and the applicable Contract pursuant to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries receives its rights to such Licensed Intellectual Property Right.

 

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(b) Issuer and its Subsidiaries (i) are the sole and exclusive owners of all Owned Intellectual Property Rights and hold all right, title and interest in and to all Owned Intellectual Property Rights and (ii) have a valid and enforceable license to the Licensed Intellectual Property Rights, in each case (clauses (i) and (ii)), free and clear of any Lien. Issuer and its Subsidiaries have taken all commercially reasonable steps to protect, preserve and maintain their rights, title and interests in and to Issuer Intellectual Property Rights. The Owned Intellectual Property Rights constitute all of the Intellectual Property Rights necessary to, or used or held for use in, the conduct of the business of Issuer and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted and as proposed by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to be conducted in Issuer SEC Documents. There exist no material restrictions on the disclosure, use, license or transfer of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not (i) alter, encumber, impair or extinguish any of Issuer’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ rights in, to or under any Issuer Intellectual Property Right or the validity, enforceability, right to practice or use, registration, right to register, license, assign or transfer, ownership, priority, duration, scope or effectiveness of any of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights, (ii) trigger termination of any licensed rights in, or any additional payment obligations with respect to, any of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights, (iii) impair the right of Purchaser to develop, use, sell, license or dispose of, or to bring any Action for the infringement of, any Issuer Intellectual Property Right or (iv) through the operation of any Contracts to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or otherwise bound, encumber any of the Intellectual Property Rights owned by or licensed to Purchaser.

 

(c) Documentation evidencing the complete chains of title with respect to all Issuer Intellectual Property Rights have been timely and properly recorded with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office or their foreign equivalents, as applicable. Issuer possesses full and reliable documentation evidencing complete and accurate chains of title for each of the Issuer Intellectual Property Rights that is a Patent.

 

(d) To the Knowledge of Issuer, no funding, facilities or personnel of any Governmental Authority or any university, college, research institute or other educational institution has been or is being used in any respect to create, in whole or in part, any Issuer Intellectual Property Rights, except for any such funding or use of facilities or personnel that does not result in such Governmental Authority or educational institution obtaining ownership of, or use rights to, such Issuer Intellectual Property Rights, and does not require or otherwise obligate Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to grant or offer to any such Governmental Authority or educational institution any license or other right to such Issuer Intellectual Property Rights or except as set forth in Section 3.15(d) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule. To the Knowledge of Issuer, no current or former employee or Independent Contractor of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries who contributed to the creation or development of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights has performed services for a Governmental Authority or any university, college, research institute or other educational institution related to Issuer’s business as presently conducted during a period of time during which such employee or Independent Contractor was also performing services for Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries. As it relates to any Issuer Intellectual Property Rights in which the U.S. government has rights, Issuer has taken all necessary steps to comply with the Bayh-Dole Act (35 U.S.C. §§ 200 -212) and any regulations related thereto, including making all necessary disclosures to the relevant funding agencies and complying with the domestic manufacturing requirement as set forth in 35 U.S.C. § 204.

 

(e) The conduct of the business of Issuer, including the Exploitation of any Products, as such business (i) has been, and is currently, conducted and (ii) proposed to be conducted in Issuer SEC Documents, in each case (clauses (i)-(ii)), did not, does not and will not, infringe upon, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property Right (or any right therein, thereto or thereunder) of any Third Party.

 

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(f) No rights or licenses to intellectual property that are not included in Issuer Intellectual Property Rights are required for Purchaser to Exploit the Products or to conduct the business of Issuer, as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted in Issuer SEC Documents.

 

(g) There is no Action pending, or concluded, against, or, to the Knowledge of Issuer, threatened against or affecting, Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, or affecting the conduct of the respective businesses of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (including the research, development, manufacture, marketing, promotion, offering for sale, sale or other commercialization, shipment, import, export, distribution or the seeking of regulatory approval, as applicable, of any Products) (i) based upon, or challenging or seeking to deny or restrict, any right of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries in any of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights, (ii) alleging that any of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights are invalid or unenforceable, or seeks to deny or restrict the legality, scope, duration, priority, right to practice or use, right to register, registration or ownership of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights, (iii) alleging that the use of any of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights or any services provided, processes used or products manufactured, used, imported, offered for sale or sold by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries do or may conflict with, misappropriate, infringe, contribute to the infringement of, or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property Right of any Person or (iv) alleging that Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries have infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property Right of any Person. To the Knowledge of Issuer, there are no facts or circumstances that could give rise to any such Action based upon or alleging any of the foregoing in clauses (i)-(iv). Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has received from any Person any offer to license any Intellectual Property Rights of such Person in connection with any actual or threatened claim of infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any such Intellectual Property Rights.

 

(h) All Issuer Intellectual Property Rights are valid, enforceable and in full force and effect, and all Issuer Intellectual Property Rights that are the subject of an application for issuance, grant or registration are valid and subsisting. None of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights has been adjudged invalid or unenforceable in whole or part by a court or administrative agency, or in the case of pending Patent applications included in Issuer Intellectual Property Rights, have been the subject of a final and unappealable finding of unpatentability. All issued Patents, registered Trademarks, registered Copyrights and applications for any of the foregoing included in Issuer Intellectual Property Rights were applied for, registered and filed in compliance with Applicable Law, and all filings, payments and other actions required to be made or taken to maintain the application, prosecution or registration of such Issuer Intellectual Property Rights in full force and effect have been fully and timely made by the applicable deadline.

 

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(i) No Issuer Intellectual Property Rights that are material to the Exploitation of any Product have been abandoned, cancelled, forfeited, relinquished, allowed to lapse or rejected by any action or failure to take action by Issuer or its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of Issuer, by any of its or their licensors or sublicensors.

 

(j) None of Issuer or its Subsidiaries, or, to the Knowledge of Issuer, any licensor of any Licensed Intellectual Property Right, in each case, has received any written opinions from counsel with respect to the validity, invalidity, enforceability, unenforceability, non-infringement or infringement of any of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights, or with respect to the infringement or misappropriation of any Patent or other Intellectual Property of any Third Party in connection with the Exploitation of any Products.

 

(k) To the Knowledge of Issuer, no Person has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Owned Intellectual Property Right.

 

(l) Except for those licenses and parties identified in Section 3.15(l) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule, none of Issuer or its Subsidiaries has granted any licenses, sublicenses, options, interests or other rights (including covenants not to sue and immunities from suit) in or with respect to Issuer Intellectual Property Rights to any Third Parties.

 

(m) Issuer and its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable actions in accordance with current industry practice to protect, preserve and maintain the confidentiality and security of all Issuer Intellectual Property Rights, the value of which to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is contingent upon maintaining the confidentiality thereof (including any Trade Secrets owned, used or held for use by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries), and no such Intellectual Property Rights have been disclosed other than, on a need-to-know basis, to employees, representatives and agents of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, all of whom are bound by written confidentiality agreements that protect such Intellectual Property Rights. Issuer and its Subsidiaries have used commercially reasonable efforts to prevent disclosure of such Intellectual Property Rights to any Person who has not executed such written confidentiality agreement and, to the Knowledge of Issuer, there has been no disclosure of any such Intellectual Property to any employee or other Person who has not executed a binding and enforceable confidentiality agreement. True, correct and complete copies of the forms of agreements referred to in the foregoing clause have been made available to Purchaser prior to the date hereof, and to the Knowledge of Issuer, no breach of any such agreement by the other party thereto has occurred or been threatened.

 

(n) Any Issuer Intellectual Property Rights that are Trade Secrets have been accurately documented in a manner such that someone reasonably skilled in DNA-based or immuno- therapeutics or electroporation drug delivery devices, or the manufacturing or engineering of such therapeutics or devices, could review such documentation and understand how to practice or use such Trade Secrets to develop and manufacture the Products or otherwise Exploit the Products.

 

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(o) To the extent that any Issuer Intellectual Property Right has been developed or created by a Third Party (including any current or former officer, director, employee or Independent Contractor of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) for Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, has a written agreement with such Third Party with respect thereto pursuant to which such Person has agreed to hold all of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights in confidence, and Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries thereby either (i) has obtained ownership of and is the exclusive owner of, or (ii) has obtained a valid and unrestricted right to exploit, sufficient for the conduct of its business as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted in Issuer SEC Documents, such Intellectual Property Right. True, correct and complete copies of the forms of agreements referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) have been made available to Purchaser prior to the date hereof. To the Knowledge of Issuer, no breach of any such agreement by the other party thereto has occurred or been threatened. No current or former employee of, or Independent Contractor to, Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries owns any right, title, or interest in or to any Issuer Intellectual Property Right relating to any Product that was created or developed by such employee or Independent Contractor during his or her employment or other engagement with Issuer or such Subsidiary.

 

3.16 IT Systems; Privacy and Data Security.

 

(a) To the Knowledge of Issuer, Issuer and each Issuer Subsidiary complies and, during the three year period ending on the date hereof, has complied in all material respects with all Privacy and Information Security Requirements. Neither Issuer nor any Issuer Subsidiary has received notice of any complaint, investigation, or other inquiry from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction within the three year period ending on the date hereof regarding any actual or possible violation of, or failure to comply with, any Privacy and Information Security Requirement by Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary. There is not currently pending and there has not been within the three year period ending on the date hereof any Action against Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary alleging any violation of, or failure to comply with, any Privacy and Information Security Requirement.

 

(b) Issuer and each Issuer Subsidiary currently provides, and within the three year period ending on the date hereof Issuer and each Issuer Subsidiary has provided, notice designed to be reasonable and accurate of Issuer and Issuer Subsidiaries’ privacy practices in accordance with Applicable Law. Issuer has provided to Purchaser copies of all of the current privacy notices on its websites, and any other privacy notices, disclosures or public representations with respect to Issuer and Issuer Subsidiaries (collectively, “Privacy Notices”) in effect within the three year period ending on the date hereof.

 

(c) To the Knowledge of Issuer, no Person has, or is reasonably suspected to have, gained unauthorized access to or caused a security breach leading to the loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability of IT Assets or Personal Information in a manner that is unlawful or violates contractual agreements.

 

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(d) Issuer and each Issuer Subsidiary has made reasonable efforts to provide all requisite notices and obtain all required Consents (it being understood that such notices and Consents were designed to satisfy the Applicable Law in force at the time of their drafting), and to satisfy all other requirements (including, as applicable, notification to privacy or data protection authorities), necessary for Processing by Issuer and each Issuer Subsidiary of Personal Information in connection with the conduct of the business of Issuer as currently conducted and, subject to Issuer’s Privacy Notices, the business of Issuer contemplated to be conducted in Issuer SEC Documents and in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. To the Knowledge of Issuer, the transactions to be consummated hereunder as of the Closing will not cause or constitute a material breach or violation of any Applicable Law or any Privacy Notice.

 

(e) Issuer and each Issuer Subsidiary has implemented and maintained organizational, administrative, physical and technical safeguards reasonably designed (but in no event less than commercially reasonable practices in the industry in which Issuer and each Issuer Subsidiary operates) to (i) secure IT Assets, and any Personal Information and other confidential information thereon, from unauthorized access, acquisition, interruption, alteration, modification, use or other processing, or any other compromise of confidentiality, integrity, or security; (ii) defend IT Assets against denial of service attacks, distributed denial of service attacks, hacking attempts and like attacks and activities by any other Person; and (iii) ensure the continued, uninterrupted and error-free operation of IT Assets, including employing commercially reasonable security, maintenance, disaster recovery, redundancy, backup, archiving and virus or malicious device scanning/protection measures. Issuer has provided to Purchaser true, correct and complete copies of all such written procedures currently in effect. Each employee of Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary has received training regarding information security that is relevant to each such employee’s role and responsibility within Issuer or Issuer Subsidiary and each such employee’s access to Personal Information. The IT Assets are designed to be adequate for, and to operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with, the operation of the business of Issuer.

 

(f) To the Knowledge of Issuer, Issuer and each Issuer Subsidiary has contractually obligated all Data Processors to contractual terms relating to the collection, use, and storage of IT Assets, or Personal Information or other confidential information thereon.

 

(g) To the Knowledge of Issuer, the IT Assets have had no material errors or defects that have not been reasonably mitigated and contain no code designed to disrupt, disable, harm, distort or otherwise impede in any manner the legitimate operation of such IT Assets (including what are sometimes referred to as “viruses”, “worms”, “time bombs” or “back doors”) that has not been removed or reasonably mitigated. Neither Issuer nor any Issuer Subsidiary has experienced any material disruption to, or material interruption in, the conduct of the business of Issuer attributable to a defect, bug, breakdown, unauthorized access, introduction of a virus or other malicious programming, or other failure or deficiency on the part of any IT Assets.

 

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(h) Neither Issuer nor any Issuer Subsidiary, is a covered entity, as that term is defined in HIPAA.

 

(i) Neither Issuer nor any Issuer Subsidiary is required to enter into a business associate agreement under 45 C.F.R. § 164.502(e)(2).

 

(j) To Issuer’s Knowledge, there has been no security incident or breach, as those terms are defined in HIPAA, including any loss or unauthorized access, use or disclosure, of protected health information (that is subject to, and as defined by, HIPAA) held by Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary, that would constitute a breach for which notification to individuals, the media, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is required under 45 C.F.R. Part 164, Subpart D.

 

(k) There are no pending Actions arising from or relating to Issuer’s or Issuer Subsidiaries’ compliance with HIPAA; nor, to Issuer’s Knowledge, are there any facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis for any such Action.

 

3.17 Taxes.

 

(a) All income Tax Returns and material other Tax Returns that are required to be filed by or on behalf of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries have been duly and timely filed with the appropriate Taxing Authority (after giving effect to any valid extensions of time in which to make such filings). All Tax Returns filed with respect to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries are true, complete, and correct in all material respects. All Taxes payable by or on behalf of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries have been fully and timely paid (whether or not shown on any Tax Return), and, where payment is not yet due, Issuer has established in accordance with GAAP an adequate accrual for all material Taxes through the end of the last period for which Issuer and its Subsidiaries ordinarily record items on their respective books.

 

(b) Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries has complied with all Applicable Laws relating to the payment and withholding of Taxes and has duly and timely reported, withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority all amounts required to be reported, withheld or paid over with respect to any payment to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, shareholder, vendor or other Person.

 

(c) All income and franchise Tax Returns of Issuer and its Subsidiaries through the Tax year ended July 31, 2015 have been examined and closed by the relevant Taxing Authority or are Tax Returns with respect to which the applicable period of assessment under Applicable Laws, after giving effect to extensions or waivers, has expired.

 

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(d) There is no dispute, claim, or Action now pending, or threatened in writing, against or with respect to Issuer or its Subsidiaries in respect of any material amount of Tax or material Tax Return.

 

(e) No deficiency of Taxes in respect of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries has been asserted in writing by any Taxing Authority that has not otherwise been resolved.

 

(f) There is not in force any extension or waiver of the statute of limitations with respect to the time to assess Taxes of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(g) Within the past three years, neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries distributed stock of another Person, or had its stock distributed by another Person, in a transaction intended to be governed in whole or in part by Section 355 or Section 361 of the Code or any corresponding provision of state, local or foreign Applicable Laws.

 

(h) Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into, or been party to, any “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Section 6707A(c)(1) of the Code or any corresponding provision of state, local or foreign Applicable Laws.

 

(i) Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has received or applied for a private letter ruling from the IRS (or any comparable ruling from any other Taxing Authority) or entered into a closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Applicable Laws).

 

(j) Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any joint venture, partnership or other arrangement that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal, state, local or foreign income tax purposes.

 

(k) Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has ever been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code.

 

(l) Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries have duly kept and properly maintained all material records for all taxable years still open for audit that such Person is required to keep for Tax purposes under any Applicable Laws, and such records have been made available for inspection at the premises of Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries, as applicable. Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable transfer pricing laws and regulations (including Section 482 of the Code and the U.S. Treasury Regulations thereunder, and any similar provision of state, local, or foreign Tax Law), including maintenance of contemporaneous documentation. All intercompany agreements have been and are on arm’s length terms.

 

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(m) Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is or has been a member of an “affiliated group” within the meaning of Section 1504 of the Code or of any other similar affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group under state, local or foreign Applicable Laws; other than such a group all of the members of which are Issuer or one or more Subsidiaries; (ii) has any Liability for Taxes of any Person (other than Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) under U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Applicable Laws) or as transferee or successor; or (iii) has any Liability or potential Liability to another Person under any Tax Sharing Agreement (other than in the Ordinary Course of Business where such provision is ancillary to the agreement).

 

(n) Section 3.17(n) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule contains a true, correct and complete list of all jurisdictions (foreign and domestic) in which Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries currently files Tax Returns. No claim has been made in writing by any Taxing Authority in a jurisdiction in which Issuer or its Subsidiaries do not file Tax Returns to the effect that Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be subject to taxation by, or required to file any Tax Return in, such jurisdiction.

 

(o) No Subsidiary of Issuer is or has ever been a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1297(a) of the Code with respect to any shareholder of such Subsidiary or a foreign corporation described in Section 7874(b) of the Code. Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has made an election under Section 965(h) of the Code to pay the net tax Liability under Section 965 in installments.

 

3.18 Employee Benefit Plans; Labor Matters.

 

(a) Section 3.18(a) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule lists each Employee Plan and separately indicates the sponsor(s) of each Employee Plan. For each Employee Plan, Issuer has furnished to Purchaser a copy of such plan (or a description, if such plan is not written) and all amendments thereto and written interpretations thereof, including a copy of (if applicable) (i) Material Contracts related to such Employee Plan including trust agreements, insurance Contracts, and administrative service agreements and (ii) each summary plan description and summary of material modifications. No Employee Plan is subject to any laws other than those of the U.S. or any state, country or municipality in the U.S. No Employee Plan is sponsored or maintained by a Third Party provider such as a professional employer organization.

 

(b) Issuer has made available to Purchaser a list of each (i) Employment Agreement (other than at-will offer letters with no severance or change in control benefits or guaranteed term or payments), (ii) Consulting Agreement pursuant to which an Independent Contractor is entitled to receive (or is reasonably expected to be entitled to receive) more than $50,000 during any 12-month period and (iii) restrictive covenant Contract and indemnification Contract entered into with any Employees or Independent Contractor, in each case as in effect as of the date of this Agreement. A copy of each such Employment Agreement, Consulting Agreement or other Contract, as the case may be, together with any amendments thereto, has previously been made available to Purchaser. A copy of each agreement or Contract between any professional employer organization or other staffing organization, on the one hand, and Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, has been made available to Purchaser. Each current and former Employee and Independent Contractor has executed a nondisclosure and assignment-of-rights agreement for the benefit of Issuer, vesting all rights in work product created by such Employee or Independent Contractor during such individual’s affiliation with Issuer, and a copy of each such agreement has previously been made available to Purchaser. To Issuer’s Knowledge, no current Employee or Independent Contractor is a party to, or is otherwise bound in any way by, any Contract that in any way may restrict the performance of such Employee’s or Independent Contractor’s duties to Issuer or its Subsidiaries.

 

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(c) Each Service Provider treated or classified by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries as a non-employee has been properly treated or classified as such for all purposes, and no such individual shall have a valid claim against Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries for eligibility to participate in or benefits under any Employee Plan if such individual is later reclassified as (or determined to be) an employee of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries. All Employees are employed in the U.S., and all of the terms and conditions of their employment are governed exclusively by the Applicable Law of the U.S. and not the Applicable Law of any other jurisdiction. Issuer and its Subsidiaries have completed a Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) for each Employee, and each such Form I-9 has since been updated as required by Applicable Law and, to Issuer’s Knowledge, is true, correct and complete in all material respects.

 

(d) Neither Issuer nor any of its ERISA Affiliates sponsors, maintains, administers or contributes to (or has any obligation to contribute to), or has in the past sponsored, maintained, administered or contributed to (or had any obligation to contribute to), or has any Liability with respect to, (i) a “defined benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA or Section 414(j) of the Code); (ii) a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Sections 4001(a)(3) or 3(37)(A) of ERISA); (iii) a plan subject to Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code; (iv) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA); (v) a “multiple employer plan” (as defined in 29 C.F.R. § 4001.2) or a plan subject to Section 413(c) of the Code; or (vi) any plan, program or arrangement that provides for post-retirement or other post-employment health or other welfare benefits (other than health care continuation coverage as required by Section 4980B of the Code or similar Applicable Law for which the covered individual pays the full cost of coverage) or that provides health or other welfare benefits (except for flexible spending accounts) on a less-than-fully insured basis. No Employee Plan is or has ever been, or currently funds or has ever been funded by, a “voluntary employees’ beneficiary association” within the meaning of Section 501(c)(9) of the Code or other funding arrangement for the provision of welfare benefits.

 

(e) Each Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and received a favorable determination letter from the IRS to the effect that such Employee Plan satisfies the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code (or, if such plan uses an IRS pre-approved plan document, such plan document has received a favorable opinion from the IRS that the form meets the tax qualification requirements and Issuer is entitled to rely on such favorable opinion), and there are no facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification.

 

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(f) Each Employee Plan has been maintained, funded and administered in compliance with its terms and with all Applicable Law, including ERISA and the Code. No Action (other than routine claims for benefits) is pending against or involves or, to Issuer’s Knowledge, is threatened against or threatens to involve, any Employee Plan or any fiduciary thereof before any arbitrator or any Governmental Authority, including the IRS and the U.S. Department of Labor, and, to Issuer’s Knowledge, there are no facts that reasonably would be expected to give rise to any such Action.

 

(g) All assets of any Employee Plan consist of cash or actively traded securities, and no asset of any Employee Plan consists of employer securities (within the meaning of Section 407(d)(1) of ERISA).

 

(h) All returns, reports and disclosure statements required to be made under Applicable Law with respect to all Employee Plans have been timely filed or delivered. Neither Issuer nor any of its ERISA Affiliates nor any of their directors, officers, employees or agents, nor any fiduciary, trustee or administrator of any Employee Plan or trust created under any Employee Plan, has engaged in or been a party to any non-exempt “prohibited transaction” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code and Section 406 of ERISA, and to Issuer’s Knowledge, no non-exempt “prohibited transaction,” within the meaning of section 406 of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Employee Plan. Neither Issuer nor any Subsidiary of Issuer, has or could reasonably be expected to have any Liability for Taxes under Sections 4975 through 4980 or Sections 4980B through 4980I of the Code or other excise Taxes or penalties with respect to any Employee Plan. No fiduciary (within the meaning of Section 3(21) of ERISA, has breached his, her, or its fiduciary duty with respect to an Employee Plan or otherwise has any Liability in connection with any acts taken (or failed to be taken) with respect to the administration or investment of the assets of any Employee Plan that could reasonably result in material Liability to Issuer or any Employee Plan.

 

(i) There has been no amendment to, written interpretation of or announcement (whether or not written) by Issuer or any of its Affiliates relating to, or change in employee participation or coverage under, any Employee Plan that would materially increase the expense of maintaining such plan above the level of expense incurred in respect thereof for the fiscal year ended on the Issuer Balance Sheet Date, and none of Issuer or any of its Affiliates has a formal plan, commitment or proposal, whether legally binding or not, or has made a commitment to employees to make such an amendment, interpretation, announcement, or change or to create any additional employee benefit plan, program, or arrangement. Issuer may terminate or amend any Employee Plan, at any time in its sole discretion, without incurring any Liability other than with respect to benefits that have already accrued under a retirement plan.

 

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(j) For each Employee Plan, all contributions, premiums and payments that have become due through the date hereof have been made within the time periods prescribed by the terms of such plan and Applicable Law, and all contributions, premiums and payments for any period ending on or before the Closing Date that have not yet become due are properly accrued to the extent required to be accrued under applicable accounting principles and have been properly reflected on the Issuer Balance Sheet or disclosed in the notes thereto.

 

(k) Except as set forth on Section 3.18(k) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule, neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (either alone or together with any other event) (i) entitle any current or former Service Provider to any payment or benefit or acceleration of any payment or benefit, including any bonus, retention, severance, retirement or job security payment or benefit, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting or trigger any payment or funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation or benefits under, or increase the amount payable or trigger any other obligation under, any Employee Plan or (iii) limit or restrict the right of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or, after the Closing, Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, to merge, amend or terminate any Employee Plan.

 

(l) No Employee Plan or other compensation or benefit arrangement, individually or collectively, provides for the payment of any amount to a Service Provider (including any payment resulting from the execution of this Agreement or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (either alone or together with any other event)) that would not be deductible under Section 162(m) or Section 280G of the Code. Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to gross-up, indemnify or otherwise reimburse any current or former Service Provider for any Tax incurred by such Service Provider, including under Section 409A or Section 4999 of the Code.

 

(m) Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is currently negotiating in connection with entering into, or has, at any time, been a party to or had any obligations under, any Collective Bargaining Agreement. To Issuer’s Knowledge, there is no, and there never has been any, organizational campaign, petition or other unionization activity pending or threatened, seeking recognition of a collective bargaining unit relating to any Employee.

 

(n) Issuer and its Subsidiaries are, and have been for the three year period ending on the date hereof, in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws relating to labor and employment and the engagement of non-employee service providers, including (i) all contractual commitments, (ii) all Applicable Laws relating to labor management relations, wages, hours, overtime, employee classification, equal opportunity, discrimination, sexual harassment, disability accommodation, protected leave, civil rights, affirmative action, work authorization, immigration, safety and health, information privacy and security, wage payment, the payment and withholding of Taxes and workers compensation and (iii) the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and any comparable foreign, state or local law. Issuer and its Subsidiaries have, or will have no later than the Closing Date, paid all outstanding compensation of Employees and all fees or other compensation of the Independent Contractors due to be paid through the Closing Date, except that in the event the Closing Date occurs in the middle of a pay period, any outstanding compensation of Employees and all fees or other compensation of the Independent Contractors due to be paid at the end of such pay period will be paid in due course as of the end of such pay period.

 

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(o) Each Employee Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code has a plan document that satisfies the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and has been operated in material compliance with the terms of such plan document and the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, in each case such that no Tax is or has been due or payable under Section 409A of the Code with respect to amounts deferred or payable under such Employee Plan.

 

(p) To Issuer’s Knowledge, (a) no allegations of sexual harassment have been made against any Employee, and (b) neither Issuer nor any of its Affiliates have entered into any settlement agreements related to allegations of sexual harassment or misconduct by an Employee.

 

3.19 Material Contracts.

 

(a) Except as set forth in Section 3.19 of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule or filed in Issuer’s periodic reports filed with the SEC and publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the date hereof, neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by:

 

(i) any Contract (A) relating to the employment of, or the performance of services by, any director, employee or consultant, (B) the terms of which obligate or may in the future obligate Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to make any severance, termination or similar payment to any current or former employee, (C) pursuant to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may be obligated to make any bonus or similar payment to any current or former employee or director or (D) that is a Collective Bargaining Agreement;

 

(ii) any Contract relating to any partnership, joint venture, strategic alliance, collaboration, material research and development project or other similar arrangement;

 

(iii) any Contract (excluding licenses for commercial off the shelf computer software that are generally available on nondiscriminatory pricing terms) pursuant to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (A) obtains the right to use, or a covenant not to be sued under, any Intellectual Property Right or (B) grants the right to use, or a covenant not to be sued under, any Intellectual Property Right;

 

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(iv) any Contract with any Governmental Authority;

 

(v) any Contract with sole-source or single-source suppliers of material tangible products or services or pursuant to which either Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries has agreed to purchase a minimum quantity of goods relating to any product or product candidate or has agreed to purchase goods relating to any product or product candidate exclusively from a certain party;

 

(vi) any Contract (A) that relates to the research, development, distribution, marketing, supply, license, collaboration, co-promotion or manufacturing of any Product or (B) that otherwise provides for the purchase or sale of products or services by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $100,000;

 

(vii) any stockholders, investors rights, registration rights, tax receivables or similar or related Contract or arrangement;

 

(viii) any Contract containing “most favored nation” or similar preferential pricing provisions, any exclusive dealing arrangement or any arrangement that grants any right of first refusal, first offer, first negotiation or similar preferential right;

 

(ix) any Contract (A) that obligates Issuer (together with its Subsidiaries) to make aggregate payments in excess of (x) $100,000 in the current or any future calendar year or (y) $250,000 in the aggregate, (B) related to an acquisition or divestiture that contains continuing representations, covenants, indemnities or other obligations (including “earn out” or other contingent payment obligations) or (C) pursuant to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing obligations or interests involving the payment of royalties or other amounts calculated based upon the revenues or income of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or any other material contingent payment obligations, in each case that is not terminable by Issuer or its Subsidiaries without penalty without more than 60 days’ notice;

 

(x) any Lease, except as identified on Section 3.14(b) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule;

 

(xi) any Contract that provides for indemnification of any current or former officer, director or employee;

 

(xii) any Contract for the disposition of all or any significant portion of the assets or business of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or for the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of a material portion of the assets or business of any other Person (whether by merger, sale of stock or assets or otherwise);

 

(xiii) any Contract relating to indebtedness for borrowed money, any guarantees thereof or the granting of Liens over the property or assets of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

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(xiv) any Contract relating to any loan or other extension of credit made by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(xv) any Contract containing any provision or covenant limiting in any material respect the ability of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to (A) sell any products or services of or to any other Person or in any geographic region, (B) engage in any line of business or (C) compete with or to obtain products or services from any Person, or limiting the ability of any Person to provide products or services to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(xvi) any Contract requiring Issuer, or any successor thereto or acquirer thereof, to make any payment whether severance or otherwise to another Person related to, in connection with, or as a result of a change of control of Issuer (a “Change of Control Payment”) or that gives a Third Party a right to receive or elect to receive a Change of Control Payment; or

 

(xvii) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) or any other Contract that is material to Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (all Contracts of the type described in this Section 3.19(a) being referred to herein as “Material Contracts”).

 

(b) Issuer has made available to Purchaser prior to the date hereof a true, correct and complete copy of each Material Contract. (i) Each of the Material Contracts is valid, binding and in full force and effect and (ii) neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to Issuer’s Knowledge, any other party to a Material Contract, has breached or violated in any material respect any provision of, or taken or failed to take any act which, with or without notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute a breach or a default under the provisions of such Material Contract, and neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice that it has breached, violated or defaulted in any material respect under any Material Contract.

 

3.20 Finders’ Fees.

 

Except for Torreya Partners LLC and The Sage Group, there are no investment bankers, brokers, finders or other intermediaries that have been retained by or are authorized to act on behalf of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries who might be entitled to any broker’s, finder’s or similar fee or commission from Issuer or any of its Affiliates in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Issuer has made available to Purchaser prior to the date hereof a true, correct and complete copy of all agreements pursuant to which Torreya Partners LLC and The Sage Group are entitled to any fees, expenses or indemnification in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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3.21 Opinion of Financial Advisor.

 

Issuer has received the opinion of Torreya Partners LLC (the “Financial Advisor”), to the effect that, as of the date of this Agreement, the Purchase Price is fair to Issuer from a financial point of view, and such opinion has not been withdrawn, revoked or modified. Issuer will make available a true, correct and complete copy of the written opinion of Torreya Partners LLC to Purchaser solely for informational purposes on the date hereof following execution of this Agreement.

 

3.22 Antitakeover Statutes.

 

No “fair price”, “moratorium”, “control share acquisition”, “business combination” or other similar antitakeover statute or regulation enacted under U.S. state or federal laws is applicable to Issuer, the Shares, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by or relating to any of the foregoing. The action of the Board in approving this Agreement and transactions contemplated by or relating to any of the foregoing is sufficient to render inapplicable thereto any such antitakeover statute or regulation and to result in Purchaser not being considered an “interested stockholder” for purposes of NRS 78.3787. As of the date of this Agreement, neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any stockholder rights agreement, rights plan, “poison pill” or other similar agreement or plan, except as set forth on Section 3.22 of the Issuer Disclosure Schedules.

 

3.23 Regulatory Matters.

 

(a) All activities of Issuer and its Subsidiaries that are subject to the jurisdiction of the FDA or any comparable Governmental Authority, or subject to Health Care Laws, have been conducted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable requirements under all such Health Care Laws.

 

(b) Neither Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries nor, to Issuer’s Knowledge, any Third Party, has received notice or other communication alleging a possible material violation by Issuer or its Subsidiaries of any Health Care Law.

 

(c) There are no Actions pending or, to Issuer’s Knowledge, threatened, with respect to an actual or alleged violation by Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries, or to Issuer’s Knowledge, any Third Party, of any Health Care Law applicable to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(d) To Issuer’s Knowledge, there is no information, condition, event, occurrence or circumstance that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect, in any material respect, the acceptance, obtaining or maintaining of any Product Registration for any of the Products.

 

(e) Issuer owns all Product Registrations with respect to the Products, and each of such Product Registrations is in full force and effect. All of the Products are being, and at all times have been, Exploited in compliance with the requirements for the applicable Product Registrations.

 

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(f) Issuer has made available to Purchaser true, correct and complete copies of (A) all material filings with the FDA or equivalent Governmental Authority relating to any of the Products, (B) all material correspondence and communications with the FDA or equivalent Governmental Authority relating to any of the Products and (C) all material data, information, results, analyses, trial protocols, publications, and reports relating to the safety and efficacy of the Products.

 

(g) Issuer has made available to Purchaser its current plan for development of all Products, including Issuer’s current plan for obtaining Product Registrations necessary to ultimately commercialize the Products.

 

(h) All applications, notifications, submissions, information, claims, reports and statistics and other data, utilized as the basis for, or submitted in connection with, any Product Registration for any Product, when submitted to the FDA or such other applicable Governmental Authority were true, correct and complete in all material respects as of the date of submission and any necessary or required updates, changes, corrections or modification to such applications, submissions, information and data have been submitted to the FDA or such other applicable Governmental Authority. None of the filings made by or on behalf of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries with the FDA or an equivalent Governmental Authority relating to any of the Products contained any untrue statement of a material fact or fraudulent statement or omitted any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

(i) Neither Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any officer, director, employee or, to Issuer’s Knowledge, agent of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Third Party, (A) has committed any act, or made a statement, or failed to make a statement, that could reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA or any other Governmental Authority to invoke FDA’s policy respecting “Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities” set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191 (September 10, 1991) or any similar policy with respect to Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors or employees; (B) has been charged with or convicted of any criminal offense relating to the delivery of an item or service under Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE or any similar government health care program (collectively, “Federal Health Care Programs”); (C) has been subject to, or convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct that would reasonably be expected to result in, debarment, exclusion, or suspension from participation in any Federal Health Care Program, or otherwise under Section 306 of the FDCA or any similar Applicable Law, and no Action is pending or, to Issuer’s Knowledge, threatened, relating to such debarment or conviction of Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries, or any such other Person; (D) has had a civil monetary penalty assessed against it, him or her under Section 1128A of the Social Security Act, codified at Title 42, Chapter 7, of the U.S. Code; or (E) to Issuer’s Knowledge, is the target or subject of any current or potential investigation relating to any Federal Health Care Program-related offense.

 

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(j) Except as provided in Section 3.23(j) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule, neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to Issuer’s Knowledge, any Third Party, has received, and there is no threat of, any warning letter or untitled letter, report of inspectional observations, including FDA Form 483, establishment inspection reports, notices of violation, enforcement notices or other documents from any Governmental Authority or any Review Board alleging a lack of material compliance by Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries, or any such Third Party with any Applicable Law or Product Registration in connection with the Products.

 

(k) No Product has been recalled, withdrawn, suspended or discontinued (whether voluntarily or otherwise) and no proceedings (whether completed or pending) seeking the recall, withdrawal, suspension, discontinuation, or seizure of any such Product are pending, or to Issuer’s Knowledge, threatened, against Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, nor have any such proceedings been pending at any time.

 

(l) Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to Issuer’s Knowledge, any Third Party, has received any notice or other correspondence that a Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over any Product has commenced or, to Issuer’s Knowledge, threatened to commence proceedings to (i) withdraw or otherwise suspend, revoke or materially amend any Product Registration or (ii) enjoin the Exploitation of any Product, and, to Issuer’s Knowledge, no event has occurred that would reasonably be expected to give any Governmental Authority any right to take any such action. Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has been requested by any Governmental Authority to voluntarily withdraw a Product Registration or to discontinue Exploiting a Product.

 

(m) All preclinical and clinical studies conducted or sponsored by or on behalf of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries are being and have been conducted in compliance in all material respects with the applicable protocols, procedures and controls, and applicable Health Care Laws. Except as set forth in Section 3.23(m) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule, no clinical trial conducted or sponsored by or on behalf of Issuer has been terminated or suspended by the FDA or any other applicable Governmental Authority or any Review Board, and neither the FDA nor any other applicable Governmental Authority has commenced or, to Issuer’s Knowledge, threatened to initiate, any action to place a clinical hold order on, or otherwise terminate, delay, suspend, materially modify, or materially restrict, any previous, proposed or ongoing clinical trial conducted or proposed to be conducted by or on behalf of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or other communication from FDA or any other applicable Governmental Authority or any Review Board with respect to any previous or ongoing pre-clinical or clinical studies requiring the termination, suspension, or material modification of such studies. With respect to any clinical trial conducted by or on behalf of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any Product in connection with or as the basis for any submission to the FDA or other comparable Governmental Authority of any regulatory approval or application therefor, (i) such clinical trials have been properly registered to the extent required under all applicable Health Care Laws, including on clinicaltrials.gov if required, and (ii) the results of all such clinical trials have been disclosed to the extent required under all applicable Health Care Laws, in each case including Section 402 of the PHSA and the implementing regulations codified in 42 CFR Part 11. To Issuer’s Knowledge, none of the clinical investigators involved in the Exploitation of the Products by or on behalf of Issuer or its Subsidiaries has been or is disqualified, restricted or otherwise sanctioned by FDA, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or any other applicable Governmental Authority.

 

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(n) There is not and has not been, and to Issuer’s Knowledge there is no threat of, any return or defect of any Product proposed to be used during a clinical investigation, nor has Issuer issued any replacements, safety alerts or any other notice to an investigator or Governmental Authority asserting potential lack of safety or regulatory compliance with respect to any Product, and to Issuer’s Knowledge, there are no facts that would be reasonably likely to result in the foregoing or a termination or suspension of developing and testing of any such Products.

 

(o) Section 3.23(o) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and complete listing of all Products currently or previously Exploited by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(p) Section 3.23(p) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and complete listing of all previous, current, and planned preclinical and clinical trials for any Product by or on behalf of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(q) Section 3.23(q) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule sets forth (i) each Third Party contract research organization or other provider of services engaged by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to perform clinical studies and trials on any Product and (ii) each Third Party manufacturer of any Product and each supplier that is under Contract with Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to supply material components and products incorporated into any Product. To Issuer’s Knowledge, each such Third Party (i) has complied and is complying in all material respects with all applicable Health Care Laws, and any other Applicable Laws; and (ii) has all approvals necessary to conduct its business and perform its obligations to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries and all such approvals are in full force and effect.

 

3.24 Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. Pilot Program.

 

Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries produces, designs, tests, manufactures, fabricates, or develops one or more “critical technologies,” as defined in Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. § 4565).

 

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3.25 Transactions with Affiliates.

 

No (a) present or former officer or director of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of 5% or more of any class of securities of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or (c) Affiliate or “associate” or any member of the “immediate family” (as such terms are respectively defined in Rules 12b-2 and 16a-1 of the 1934 Act) of any Person described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b) (each of the foregoing, a “Related Party”) is a party to any actual or proposed transaction, agreement, commitment, arrangement, understanding or Contract with Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or has engaged in any transaction with Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries during the three year period ending on the date hereof except as set forth on Section 3.25 of the Issuer Disclosure Schedules.

 

3.26 Insurance.

 

Issuer has delivered or otherwise made available to Purchaser prior to the date hereof a copy of all material insurance policies and all material self-insurance programs and arrangements relating to the business, assets and operations of Issuer and its Subsidiaries. All such insurance policies are in full force and effect, all premiums thereon have been timely paid or, if not yet due, accrued. There is no material claim pending under Issuer’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ insurance policies or fidelity bonds as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriters of such policies or bonds. Issuer and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with the terms of such policies and bonds, and Issuer maintains the types and amounts of insurance coverage that are reasonably customary for companies in similar lines of business as Issuer and its Subsidiaries. Issuer has no Knowledge of any threatened termination of, or material premium increase with respect to, any of such policies or bonds.

 

3.27 Shares.

 

The Purchased Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the consideration therefor specified herein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

3.28 No Disqualification Events.

 

None of Issuer, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of Issuer participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of Issuer’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) connected with Issuer in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person” and, together, “Issuer Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the 1933 Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). Issuer has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event.

 

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3.29 Listing and Maintenance Requirements.

 

The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the 1934 Act, and the Issuer has taken no action designed to, or which to its Knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the 1934 Act nor has Issuer received any notification that the SEC is contemplating terminating such registration. Issuer has not, in the twelve (12) months preceding the date hereof, received notice from Nasdaq to the effect that Issuer is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of Nasdaq. Issuer is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares hereunder do not contravene the rules and regulations of Nasdaq. The Common Stock is currently eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company and Issuer is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company in connection with such electronic transfer.

 

3.30 No Registration.

 

Assuming the accuracy of Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth herein, no registration under the 1933 Act is required for the offer and sale of the Purchased Shares by Issuer to Purchaser as contemplated hereby.

 

3.31 Disclosure.

 

Except for the issuance of the Purchased Shares and other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to the Knowledge of Issuer, no event, Liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to Issuer or its business, properties, operations, assets or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by Issuer under applicable securities Laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least four (4) Business Days prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

ARTICLE 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER

 

Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to Issuer as follows and on the Closing Date (except for any representations and warranties that are expressly stated to have been made as of a specified date prior to the date of this Agreement, which shall have been true and correct as of such specified date) that:

 

4.1 Authority.

 

The Purchaser is a corporation organized and existing under the Laws of the British Virgin Islands with full power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and performance by Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by such agreements have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Purchaser. This Agreement has been duly executed by Purchaser, and when delivered by Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other Laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by Laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by Applicable Law.

 

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4.2 Brokers and Finders.

 

Neither Purchaser nor any related person of Purchaser has incurred any Liability to any party for any brokerage fees, agent’s commissions, or finder’s fees in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

4.3 Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock.

 

As of the date hereof, neither Purchaser nor any Affiliate is the beneficial owner of (i) any Common Stock or (ii) any securities or other instruments representing the right to acquire Common Stock.

 

4.4 Availability of Funds.

 

Purchaser has, or will have at the Effective Time, sufficient cash, available lines of credit or other sources of immediately available funds to enable it to consummate the Sale pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and to pay all related fees and expenses of Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.

 

4.5 Certain Transactions and Confidentiality.

 

Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, Purchaser has not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with Purchaser, executed any purchases or sales, including short sales and pledges, of the securities of Issuer during the period commencing as of the time that Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from Issuer or any other Person representing Issuer setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Other than to Purchaser’s representatives, including, without limitation, its officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors, agents and Affiliates bound by a duty of confidentiality to Purchaser, Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).

 

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4.6 Investment Risk; Disclosure of Information Acknowledgement of Risk.

 

Purchaser acknowledges and understands that its investment in the Purchased Shares involves a significant degree of risk, including, without limitation, (i) Issuer remains an early stage business with limited operating history and requires substantial funds in addition to the proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares; (ii) an investment in Issuer is speculative, and only purchasers who can afford the loss of their entire investment should consider investing in Issuer and the Purchased Shares; (iii) Purchaser may not be able to liquidate its investment; (iv) transferability of the Purchased Shares is limited; and (v) Purchaser could suffer the loss of its entire investment. Purchaser has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice from sources other than Issuer as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Purchased Shares. Purchaser has had an opportunity to receive all information related to Issuer and the Purchased Shares requested by it and to ask questions of and receive answers from Issuer regarding Issuer, its business and the terms and conditions of the offering of the Purchased Shares. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigation conducted by Purchaser shall modify, amend or affect Purchaser’s right to rely on Issuer’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 5. COVENANTS OF ISSUER

 

Issuer covenants and agrees with Purchaser as follows:

 

5.1 Access and Information.

 

From the date hereof until the Closing and subject to Applicable Law, Issuer shall (i) give to Purchaser and its Representatives reasonable access to the offices, properties, assets, Books and Records of Issuer and its Subsidiaries, (ii) furnish to Purchaser and its Representatives such financial and operating data and other information as such Persons may reasonably request and (iii) instruct the Representatives of Issuer and its Subsidiaries to cooperate with Purchaser in its investigation of Issuer and its Subsidiaries. Any investigation pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business of Issuer and its Subsidiaries. No information or knowledge obtained in any investigation pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty made by Issuer hereunder.

 

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5.2 Conduct of Business Prior to Closing.

 

During the period from the date hereof until the Closing, Issuer shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, conduct its business in the Ordinary Course of Business and in material compliance with Applicable Law and all Material Contracts. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Issuer shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, (a) timely file all Tax Returns with a due date on or prior to the Closing Date in a manner consistent with past practice, and (b) use its reasonable best efforts to (i) preserve intact its present business organization (including preserving all assets in good repair and condition), (ii) maintain in effect all of its foreign, federal, state and local Permits, (iii) keep available the services of its directors, officers, employees and Service Providers consistent with Issuer’s Ordinary Course of Business, (iv) continue the ongoing clinical trials in a diligent manner, and (v) maintain the goodwill and existing relationships with its customers, lenders, suppliers and others having significant business relationships with it. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement or as set forth in the applicable subsection of Section 5.2 of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule, during the period from the date hereof until the Closing, Issuer shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to:

 

(a) amend its Charter Documents (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise);

 

(b) (i) split, combine, subdivide or reclassify any shares of its capital stock (including the Shares), (ii) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its capital stock, except for dividends payable to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire, or offer to redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire, any Issuer Securities or any Issuer Subsidiary Securities;

 

(c) (i) issue, pledge, dispose of, transfer, encumber, grant, sell or otherwise deliver, or authorize the issuance, pledge, disposal of, transfer, encumbrance, grant, sale or other delivery of, any Issuer Securities or Issuer Subsidiary Securities, other than the issuance of (A) any Shares upon the exercise of Issuer Stock Options or Issuer Warrants or purchase rights under the ESPP, in each case that are outstanding on the date hereof in accordance with their respective terms on the date hereof and in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, (B) any Shares upon the vesting of any Issuer RSUs or Issuer Restricted Shares, in each case, that are outstanding on the date hereof in accordance with their respective terms on the date hereof and (C) any Issuer Subsidiary Securities to Issuer or any other wholly-owned Subsidiary of Issuer, or (ii) amend any term of any Issuer Security or any Issuer Subsidiary Security (in each case, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise);

 

(d) incur any capital expenditures or any Liabilities in respect thereof, except for those contemplated by Section 5.2(d) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule;

 

(e) acquire (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise), directly or indirectly, any assets, securities, properties, interests or businesses, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business of Issuer and its Subsidiaries in a manner that is consistent with past practice;

 

(f) merge or consolidate Issuer or any Subsidiary of Issuer with any Person or adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of Issuer or any Subsidiary;

 

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(g) sell, assign, lease, license or otherwise transfer, abandon, dispose of or permit to lapse, or create or incur any Lien (other than Permitted Liens incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business) on, any of Issuer’s or its Subsidiaries’ assets (including any Intellectual Property Rights owned by or licensed to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries), securities, properties, interests or businesses, other than (except in the case of any Intellectual Property Rights owned by or licensed to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(h) (i) extend, grant, amend, waive, cancel, abandon, allow to lapse or modify any rights in or to the Owned Intellectual Property Rights in a manner that is adverse to Issuer or its Subsidiaries, (ii) fail to diligently prosecute any material Patent application owned by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or the Licensed Intellectual Property Rights for which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries controls the prosecution thereof as of the date of this Agreement or (iii) divulge, furnish or make accessible any Owned Intellectual Property Rights that constitute Trade Secrets, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business to any Third Party that is subject to an enforceable written agreement to maintain the confidentiality of such Trade Secrets;

 

(i) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person;

 

(j) create, incur, assume, suffer to exist or otherwise become liable with respect to any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantees thereof, or issue or sell any debt securities or options, warrants, calls or other rights to acquire any debt securities of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(k) except with the prior written consent of Purchaser (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (i) renew, enter into, amend or modify in any material respect or terminate any Material Contract or any Contract that would constitute a Material Contract if it were in effect on the date of this Agreement (except the expiration or automatic renewal of any Material Contract in accordance with its terms) or (ii) waive, release or assign any material rights, claims or benefits of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries thereunder;

 

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(l) (i) with respect to any current or former Service Provider, (A) grant or increase any compensation, bonus, severance, retention, change in control, termination pay, welfare or other benefits to (or amend any existing severance pay or termination arrangement), (B) grant any equity or equity-based awards to, or amend or discretionarily accelerate the vesting or payment of any such awards held by, any current or former Service Provider or other person or (C) enter into, establish, adopt, amend or terminate any Employment Agreement, Consulting Agreement, or any other employment, consulting services, severance, retention, change in control, termination pay, retirement, deferred compensation or other similar agreement or arrangement, (ii) establish, adopt, enter into, amend (except as required by Applicable Law), or become obligated to contribute to any Employee Plan or Collective Bargaining Agreement, other than routine amendments to Employee Plans that do not result in materially increased costs, (iii) recognize any new union, works council or similar employee representative with respect to any current or former Service Provider, (iv) establish, adopt or enter into any plan, agreement or arrangement, or otherwise commit, to gross up or indemnify, or otherwise reimburse any current or former Service Provider for any Tax incurred by such Service Provider, including under Section 409A or Section 4999 of the Code, (v) take any action to fund or in any other way secure the payment of compensation or benefits under any employee plan, agreement, Contract or arrangement or Employee Plan, (vi) make any material determination under any Employee Plan that is inconsistent with Issuer’s Ordinary Course of Business, or (vii) hire or engage the services of any individual as a Service Provider or terminate the service of any Service Provider (or induce or attempt to induce any Service Provider to terminate his or her service) other than for cause;

 

(m) change Issuer’s methods, principles, practices or policies of accounting, in each case except as required by concurrent changes in GAAP or in Regulation S-X, as agreed to by its independent public accountants;

 

(n) commence, compromise, settle, or offer or propose to settle, (i) any Action, (ii) any stockholder Action or dispute against Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers or directors or (iii) any Action or dispute that relates to the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

(o) make or change any Tax election, change any Tax accounting period, adopt or change any method of Tax accounting, amend any Tax Returns or file claims for material Tax refunds, file any Tax Returns that are due after the Closing Date, enter into any closing agreement with respect to Taxes, settle any Tax claim, audit or assessment, surrender any right to claim a Tax refund, offset or other reduction in Tax Liability, or Consent to any extension or waiver of the statute of limitations period applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes;

 

(p) terminate or modify in any material respect, or fail to exercise renewal rights with respect to, any insurance policy;

 

(q) assign, transfer, lease, cancel, fail to renew or fail to extend any Permit;

 

(r) forgive any loans to directors, officers, employees or any of their respective Affiliates;

 

(s) amend or modify the letter of engagement of the Financial Advisor or engage other advisors or consultants in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

(t) pre-pay any long-term indebtedness for borrowed money;

 

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(u) pay or discharge any claims, Liens or Liabilities which are not reserved for or reflected in the Issuer Balance Sheet;

 

(v) implement any plant closing, relocation or layoff of employees that could implicate the WARN Act or any similar Applicable Law;

 

(w) enter into or amend any Contract, or take any other action, that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the Sale; or

 

(x) agree, resolve or commit to do any of the foregoing.

 

5.3 Issuer Stockholder Meeting.

 

(a) As promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within five Business Days after the date hereof), Issuer shall prepare (and shall give Purchaser a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on) and file the Issuer Proxy Statement with the SEC. Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Issuer Proxy Statement to be cleared by the SEC as soon as practicable after the date hereof and to be mailed to its stockholders as promptly as practicable thereafter. Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Issuer Proxy Statement, and any amendments or supplements thereto, comply in all material respects with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC under the 1934 Act and comply in all respects with all applicable requirements under the NRS (including NRS 92A.300 through 92A.500, inclusive) and the Charter Documents. Issuer and Purchaser shall cooperate with one another (i) in connection with the preparation of the Issuer Proxy Statement and (ii) in determining whether any action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required, or any actions, Consents or waivers are required to be obtained from parties to any material Contracts or in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, Issuer and Purchaser shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to take such actions or make any such filings and furnish information required in connection therewith or with the Issuer Proxy Statement, and timely seek to obtain such actions, Consents or waivers from parties under such material Contracts.

 

(b) Issuer shall cause a meeting of its stockholders (the “Issuer Stockholder Meeting”) to be duly called and held as promptly as reasonably practicable after the SEC or its staff advises that it has no further comments on the Issuer Proxy Statement or that Issuer may commence mailing the Issuer Proxy Statement for the purpose of voting on the approval of this Agreement and shall comply with all Applicable Law with respect to such meeting and the solicitation of proxies in connection therewith. Issuer shall cause the Issuer Proxy Statement to comply in all respects with the applicable provisions of the NRS and the Charter Documents, and to be mailed to the stockholders of Issuer as of the record date established for Issuer Stockholders Meeting as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter. Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit from Issuer’s stockholders proxies in favor of the approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and the Articles Amendment, and shall take all other action necessary or advisable to secure Issuer Stockholder Approval.

 

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(c) Any adjournment, delay or postponement of Issuer Stockholder Meeting shall require the prior written consent of Purchaser; provided that Issuer shall be permitted to adjourn, delay or postpone Issuer Stockholder Meeting (i) with the consent of Purchaser (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) for the absence of a quorum or (ii) after consultation with Purchaser, solely to the extent necessary to ensure that any legally required supplement or amendment to the Issuer Proxy Statement is provided to the stockholders of Issuer with adequate time to review. Purchaser may require Issuer to adjourn, delay or postpone Issuer Stockholder Meeting for up to five days or as otherwise agreed by the parties (but prior to the date that is two Business Days prior to the End Time) to solicit additional proxies necessary to obtain Issuer Stockholder Approval. Once Issuer has established a record date for Issuer Stockholder Meeting, Issuer shall not change such record date or establish a different record date for Issuer Stockholders Meeting without the prior written consent of Purchaser, unless required to do so by Applicable Law or Issuer’s organizational documents. Without the prior written consent of Purchaser, the approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and the Articles Amendment and the Bylaws Amendment shall be the only matters (other than matters of procedure and matters required by Applicable Law to be voted on by Issuer’s stockholders in connection with the approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and the Articles Amendment and the Bylaws Amendment) that Issuer shall propose to be acted on by the stockholders of Issuer at Issuer Stockholder Meeting.

 

5.4 Nasdaq Listing.

 

Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Purchased Shares to be approved for listing on Nasdaq prior to the Closing.

 

5.5 Exclusivity.

 

Issuer shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and their Representatives to, (i) cease immediately and cause to be terminated any and all existing activities, discussions or negotiations, if any, with any Third Party and its Representatives conducted on or prior to the date hereof with respect to any Competing Proposal and (ii) not engage in any discussions or enter into any agreements or share any information with any Third Party relating to a Competing Proposal. Until the earlier of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to ARTICLE 10, from and after the date hereof, Issuer shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable, and in any event within two (2) Business Days of receipt by Issuer or any of its Representatives of any Competing Proposal or any inquiry that could reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Proposal, deliver to Purchaser a written notice setting forth: (A) the identity of the Person making such Competing Proposal or inquiry and (B) the material terms and conditions of such Competing Proposal or an unredacted copy of any documents in connection with such Competing Proposal. Issuer shall keep Purchaser reasonably informed of any amendment or modification of any such Competing Proposal on a prompt basis, and in any event within two (2) Business Days.

 

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5.6 Takeover Statutes.

 

Issuer and the Board shall (a) take all actions necessary so that no “control share acquisition,” “fair price,” “moratorium,” “business combination” or other antitakeover or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and so that Purchaser will not be considered an “interested stockholder” for purposes of NRS 78.3787, and (b) if any such antitakeover or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to grant such approvals and take all actions necessary so that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated herein and otherwise to take all such other actions as are reasonably necessary to eliminate or minimize the effects of any such statute or regulation on the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

5.7 Interim Communications by Issuer.

 

Prior to making any communications generally disseminated to the employees, customers, lenders, suppliers or other Persons having material business relationships with Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Issuer shall provide Purchaser with prior notice of the intended communication, Purchaser shall have the right to review such communication and provide comments, which Issuer shall consider in good faith to provide a mutually agreeable communication.

 

5.8 Lock-Up.

 

Except as may be required by Law or a Governmental Authority, without the prior written consent of Issuer, Purchaser will not sell or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Shares acquired under the Agreement for a period of six (6) months following the time when the shares are issued hereunder (such time period, the “Lock-Up Period”). However, this Section 5.8 shall not prohibit sales or other dispositions in connection with any merger, share exchange, consolidation, tender offer or other similar corporate transaction

 

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5.9 Standstill.

 

From the period beginning on the date hereof until the expiration of the Option Period, or earlier termination of this Agreement, other than to the extent contemplated or permitted by this Agreement or upon Issuer’s written consent or request, Purchaser shall not, and shall cause each of its controlled Affiliates not to:

 

(a) acquire, offer or propose to acquire, or agree to acquire directly or indirectly, whether by purchase, tender or exchange offer, through the acquisition of control of another Person, by joining a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the 1934 Act), any Common Stock in excess of one percent of the outstanding Common Stock;

 

(b) effect or seek, offer or propose (whether publicly or otherwise) or enter into an agreement to effect, or cause or participate in or in any way knowingly assist any other Person to effect or seek, offer or propose (whether publicly or otherwise) to effect or participate in, any tender or exchange offer, merger or other business combination involving Issuer or any recapitalization, restructuring, liquidation, dissolution or other extraordinary transaction with respect to Issuer;

 

(c) (i) make, engage or in any way participate in, directly or indirectly, any “solicitation” (as such term is used in the proxy rules of the SEC) of proxies or consents with respect to the Common Stock (whether or not relating to the election or removal of directors), (ii) seek to advise, encourage or influence any Person with respect to the voting of any Common Stock in opposition to the recommendation of the Board with respect to any matter, (iii) initiate, propose or otherwise “solicit” (as such term is defined in Rule 14a-1(l) under the 1934 Act, or, if amended, as amended and in effect at the time in question) Issuer’s stockholders for the approval of any stockholder proposal, regardless of its purpose and whether made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 or Rule 14a-4 under the 1934 Act or otherwise, (iv) knowingly induce or attempt to induce any other Person to initiate any such stockholder proposal, or (v) otherwise communicate or seek to communicate with Issuer’s stockholders or others pursuant to Rule 14a-1(l)(2)(iv) under the 1934 Act;

 

(d) call or seek to call, directly or indirectly, any special meeting of stockholders of Issuer for purposes of approving any transaction other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, or seek, request, or take any action to obtain or retain, directly or indirectly, any list of holders of the Common Stock or other securities of Issuer other than for the aforementioned purpose;

 

(e) form, join or in any way participate in any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the 1934 Act) with respect to the Common Stock, other than a “group” that includes Issuer’s stockholders and their Affiliates with respect to actions specifically required or permitted by this Agreement;

 

(f) deposit any Common Stock in any voting trust or subject any Common Stock to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting of the Common Stock;

 

(g) seek, alone or in concert with others, election or appointment to, or representation on, or nominate or propose the nomination of any candidate to, the Board or seek any change in the composition of the Board or management of Issuer, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors, to remove any director or to fill any vacancies on the Board, in each case other than as expressly required or permitted by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement; or

 

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(h) knowingly initiate, solicit, assist, facilitate, finance, or encourage or otherwise participate in the taking of any of the foregoing actions by any other Person or enter into any discussions, negotiations, arrangements or understandings with any other Person with respect to any of the foregoing actions.

 

This Section 5.9 shall automatically terminate and be of no force or effect at such time that (i) a Competing Proposal (as defined below) shall have been publicly proposed by Issuer (and not publicly withdrawn), or a “group” (as defined under the 1934 Act) or any Person unaffiliated with Purchaser shall have publicly made (and not publicly withdrawn) a bona fide proposal with respect to a Competing Proposal, (ii) Issuer shall have entered into an agreement in principle or definitive agreement providing for any Competing Proposal, (iii) Issuer or any Person discloses (by press release, the filing of a report on Schedule 13D, the making of a tender or exchange offer or otherwise) that it is in discussions or negotiations with either Purchaser, any shareholder or any “group” (as defined under the 1934 Act) or Person unaffiliated with Purchaser with respect to a Competing Proposal, (iv) a “group” (as defined under the 1934 Act) or Person unaffiliated with Purchaser (A) solicits proxies to effect a change in the majority of the Board or (B) Beneficially Owns (as defined in the Stockholder Agreement) 20% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, or (v) Issuer commences or publicly announces an intention to commence a sales process, a review of strategic alternatives or a similar process indicating its openness to consideration of a Competing Proposal or shall have engaged an investment bank for the purpose, in whole or in part, of soliciting interest of one or more Third Parties in a Competing Proposal. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Section 5.9 shall not restrict in any way the directors appointed by Purchaser to the Board from satisfying their fiduciary duties.

 

5.10 Anti-Dilution.

 

Upon the exercise of any Company option or warrant in existence at the time of this Agreement or granted on or after the date hereof and prior to the Closing, Issuer shall provide Purchaser written notice of such exercise or issuance, as applicable, including the material terms of such exercise or issuance, as applicable, within five (5) Business Days of such exercise or issuance. Within 60 days of Purchaser receiving such notice, Purchaser shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase additional shares of Common Stock at a purchase price equal to the same exercise price or purchase price paid by each such option holders or warrant holder, up to an amount of shares required for Purchaser to Beneficially Own 53% of the outstanding Common Stock. Issuer covenants to use its reasonable best efforts to maintain a sufficient number of authorized share of Common Stock in order to allow for issuances pursuant to this Section 5.10 and, if at any time there are insufficient authorized shares notwithstanding the foregoing covenant, Issuer shall take all actions necessary to increase the number of authorized Common Stock to comply with this Section 5.10, including holding a meeting of stockholders as promptly as practicable.

 

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5.11 Director Resignation.

 

Immediately prior to the Closing, the Company shall cause one member of the existing Board of Directors to resign.

 

ARTICLE 6. MUTUAL COVENANTS

 

6.1 Notice of Certain Events.

 

Each of Issuer and Purchaser shall promptly notify the other of:

 

(a) any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the Consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(b) any notice or other communication from any Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(c) any Actions commenced or, to such Party’s knowledge, threatened against, relating to or involving or otherwise affecting such Party or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, (i) that, if pending on the date of this Agreement, would have been required to have been disclosed pursuant to any Section of this Agreement or (ii) that relate to this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

(d) any inaccuracy in any material respect of any representation or warranty contained in this Agreement at any time during the term hereof;

 

(e) any failure of such Party to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder; and

 

(f) any event, condition, fact or circumstance that has a materially adverse impact on the likelihood that all of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE 7 or ARTICLE 8 will be satisfied prior to the End Time, or that causes or is reasonably likely to cause an Issuer Material Adverse Effect.

 

In no event shall (i) the delivery of any notice by a Party pursuant to this Section 6.1 limit or otherwise affect the respective rights, remedies, obligations, representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the Parties or the conditions to the obligations of the Parties under this Agreement or (ii) disclosure by Issuer or Purchaser be deemed to amend or supplement the Issuer Disclosure Schedule or constitute an exception to any representation or warranty of the disclosing Party.

 

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6.2 CFIUS.

 

Purchaser and Issuer shall jointly file an informal communication (“Informal Notice”) to CFIUS with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby within five (5) Business Days of the date hereof in order to apprise CFIUS of and generally describe such transactions and the business of Issuer and its Subsidiaries and further explain that no formal notification or declaration is required under the Defense Production Act, as amended (“DPA”), and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder (“Treasury Regulations”). Purchaser shall take the lead in preparing the Informal Notice and Issuer shall provide all necessary information for Issuer and its Subsidiaries relating to the Informal Notice. In the event that CFIUS requests that the Parties file a declaration notification with respect to the contemplated transactions pursuant to the DPA and Treasury Regulations, Purchaser and Issuer shall file such declaration or notification (“Notification”) within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of the request. Purchaser shall take the lead in preparing the Notification and Issuer shall provide all necessary information for Issuer and its Subsidiaries. The Parties shall each, to their fullest ability, provide CFIUS with any additional or supplemental information requested by CFIUS or its member agencies or departments during the CFIUS review process (“Additional Filings”), act in good faith and reasonably cooperate with each other in connection with any such Additional Filings (including to provide copies of any such Additional Filings to outside counsel for the non-filing Party in draft form in advance of its submission to CFIUS), and keep the other Party informed of any material communication received by such Party from, or given by such Party to, CFIUS or its member departments and agencies related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

6.3 Further Mutual Covenants.

 

Purchaser and Issuer shall each take such actions contemplated by this Agreement, and, subject to Purchaser’s and Issuer’s, as applicable, right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to ARTICLE 10, do all things necessary (to the extent commercially reasonable) to effect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Purchaser and Issuer shall each refrain from knowingly taking or failing to take any action which would render any of the representations or warranties contained in ARTICLE 3 or ARTICLE 4, as applicable, of this Agreement inaccurate in any material respect as of the Closing Date. Each Party shall promptly notify the other Party of any Litigation that is instituted or threatened against such Party to restrain, prohibit, or otherwise challenge the legality of any transaction contemplated by this Agreement.

 

6.4 Commercially Reasonable Efforts.

 

Issuer and Purchaser will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the conditions in ARTICLE 7 and ARTICLE 8 to be satisfied.

 

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6.5 Listing.

 

Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Purchased Shares to be approved for listing on Nasdaq immediately following the Lock-Up Period.

 

ARTICLE 7. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER

 

The obligation of Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, all or any of which may be waived in writing, in whole or in part, by Purchaser:

 

7.1 Representations and Warranties.

 

The representations and warranties of Issuer contained in ARTICLE 3 shall be true and correct in all material respects both when made and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date) (provided for purposes of this Section 7.1 all “Material Adverse Effect” qualifications and other materiality qualifications limiting the scope of the representations and warranties of Issuer contained in this Agreement will be disregarded). Purchaser will have received a certificate to such effect signed by an officer of Issuer, as of the Closing Date, executed by Issuer, to such effect.

 

7.2 Compliance by Issuer.

 

Issuer shall have duly performed in all material respects all of the covenants, agreements, and conditions contained in this Agreement to be performed by Issuer on or prior to the Closing Date (as applicable) and Purchaser shall have received a certificate dated the Closing Date, executed by an authorized officer of Issuer to such effect. Purchaser shall have received from Issuer such certificates or other evidence, dated as of the Closing Date, as Purchaser or its counsel shall reasonably request to evidence the performance of all covenants and the fulfillment by Issuer, or such other satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date, of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

7.3 No Injunction; Litigation.

 

No Litigation, regulation, or legislation shall be pending or overtly threatened by a Third Party which seeks to enjoin, restrain, or prohibit Purchaser in respect of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

7.4 Consents; Authorizations; Approval of Legal Matters.

 

All authorizations, Orders, or Consents of any Governmental Authority or Nasdaq, if any, required to consummate the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares to Purchaser shall have been obtained. Purchaser shall have received a certificate dated as of the relevant Closing Date, executed by Issuer to the foregoing effect, and Purchaser shall be reasonably satisfied with the terms, conditions, and restrictions of and obligations under each such authorization, Order, or Consent.

 

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7.5 No Material Adverse Change.

 

There shall not have occurred any change or development that would constitute an Issuer Material Adverse Effect, and Purchaser shall have received a certificate dated as of the Closing Date, executed by a duly authorized officer of Issuer to such effect.

 

7.6 Closing Precedent Transactions.

 

The transactions contemplated by Section 2.2 shall have occurred and the Registration Rights Agreement shall be fully executed and effective.

 

7.7 Simultaneous Closing.

 

The Closing shall occur simultaneously with the Closing (as defined in the Sirtex SPA) of the Stock Purchase Agreement by and between Issuer and Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc. (“Sirtex”), dated as of the date hereof (the “Sirtex SPA”).

 

7.8 Issuer Approvals.

 

Issuer shall have obtained Issuer Stockholder Approval for this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including in connection with the Articles Amendment, to increase the number of authorized Common Stock from 26,000,000 to 30,000,000 and other related matters, and any necessary approvals under Nasdaq rules. Issuer shall have filed the Articles Amendment and such amendment shall be effective. The Bylaws Amendment shall have been approved and adopted by the Board.

 

ARTICLE 8. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF ISSUER

 

The obligation of Issuer to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction, on or before the relevant Closing Date (as applicable) hereunder, of each of the following conditions, all or any of which may be waived, in whole or in part, by Issuer.

 

8.1 Certificate Regarding Representations and Warranties.

 

The representations and warranties of Purchaser contained in ARTICLE 4 shall be true and correct in all material respects both when made and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date) (provided for purposes of this Section 8.1 all material adverse effect qualifications and other materiality qualifications limiting the scope of the representations and warranties of Purchaser contained in this Agreement will be disregarded), and Issuer shall have received a certificate dated as of the Closing Date, executed by Purchaser, to such effect.

 

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8.2 Compliance by Purchaser.

 

Purchaser shall have duly performed in all material respects all of the covenants, agreements, and conditions contained in this Agreement to be performed by Purchaser on or before the Closing Date, and Issuer shall have received a certificate dated as of the Closing Date, executed by Purchaser, to such effect. Issuer shall have received from Purchaser all applicable closing deliveries, and such certificates or other evidence, duly executed by Purchaser, dated as of the Closing Date, as Issuer or its counsel shall reasonably request to evidence the performance of all covenants and the fulfillment by Purchaser, or such other satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date, of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including Purchaser’s executed counterpart to the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

8.3 No Injunction, Litigation.

 

No Litigation, regulation, or legislation shall be pending or overtly threatened by a Third Party which seeks to enjoin, restrain, or prohibit Issuer, in respect of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

8.4 Consents; Authorizations; Approval of Legal Matters.

 

All authorizations, Orders, or Consents of any Governmental Authority required to consummate the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares to Purchaser shall have been obtained. Issuer shall have received a certificate dated as of the Closing Date, executed by Purchaser to the foregoing effect, and Issuer shall be reasonably satisfied with the terms, conditions, and restrictions of and obligations under each such authorization, Order, or Consent.

 

8.5 Issuer Stockholder Approval.

 

Issuer shall have obtained Issuer Stockholder Approval for this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including in connection with the Articles Amendment and any necessary approvals under Nasdaq rules.

 

ARTICLE 9. CONFIDENTIALITY; PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

9.1 Confidentiality.

 

The Information is disclosed to Purchaser solely for Purchaser’s use in completing its analysis incidental to this Agreement, and Purchaser agrees that its use of the Information will be governed by the terms and conditions of the Confidentiality Agreement, as amended on the date hereof.

 

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9.2 Public Announcements.

 

The initial press release concerning this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be a joint press release of Issuer, Purchaser and Sirtex to be reasonably agreed upon by Issuer and Purchaser. Following such initial press release, Purchaser and Issuer shall consult with each other before issuing any additional press release, making any other public statement or scheduling any press conference, conference call or meeting with investors or analysts with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (unless such press release or public statement contains, or the statements made during such press conference, conference call or meeting as they relate to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby include, in any case, only information that has been previously disclosed in the initial press release or other statements consented to in writing by Purchaser) and, except as may be required by Applicable Law or any listing agreement with or rule of any national securities exchange or association; provided, however, that the restrictions set forth in this Section 9.2 shall not apply to any release or public statement in connection with any dispute between the Parties regarding this Agreement, the Sale or the other transactions contemplated hereby.

 

ARTICLE 10. TERMINATION

 

10.1 Termination.

 

(a) The obligation of Issuer to sell, and Purchaser to purchase, the Purchased Shares on the Closing Date may be terminated:

 

(i) by the mutual consent of Purchaser and Issuer;

 

(ii) by either Party if the Closing shall not have occurred on or before March 31, 2020 (the “End Time”); provided that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.1(a)(ii) shall not be available to any Party whose breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or provision of this Agreement has caused or resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur by the End Time;

 

(iii) by Purchaser if (i) any condition in ARTICLE 7 becomes impossible to perform or satisfy (other than as a result of a material breach or default by Purchaser in the performance of its obligations hereunder) and the performance of such condition has not been waived by Purchaser in writing at or prior to the Closing Date or (ii) the Issuer materially breaches any of its covenants or agreements contained herein and such breach is not cured (if capable of being cured) within ten (10) days after written notice of such breach; or

 

(iv) by Issuer if (i) any condition in ARTICLE 8 becomes impossible to perform or satisfy (other than as a result of a material breach or default by Issuer in the performance of its obligations hereunder) and the performance of such condition has not been waived by Issuer in writing at or prior to the Closing Date or (ii) Purchaser materially breaches any of its covenants or agreements contained herein and such breach is not cured (if capable of being cured) within ten (10) days after written notice of such breach.

 

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(b) Upon termination, this Agreement shall be terminated in its entirety and each provision of this Agreement shall have no further force and effect, except for ARTICLE 9 and Section 11.2, each of which shall survive; provided that no such termination shall relieve any party from any liability or damages resulting from a willful and material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement or fraud, in which case the non-breaching party shall be entitled to all rights and remedies available at law or in equity; provided further that in the event of a termination of this Agreement related to a material breach of this Agreement by Issuer, Issuer shall pay to Purchaser (by wire transfer of immediately available funds), promptly (but in no event more than three (3) Business Days) following such termination, a termination fee in the amount of $1,200,000.

 

ARTICLE 11. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

11.1 Definitions.

 

(a) The terms set forth below shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the referenced sections:

 

Term   Page   Term   Page
Additional Filings   45   Financial Advisor   28
Agreement   1   Informal Notice   45
Change of Control Payment   27   Issuer   1
Charter Documents   3   Issuer Board Recommendation   4
Closing   3   Issuer Covered Person   33
Closing Date   3   Issuer Covered Persons   33
Common Stock   1   Issuer Proxy Statement   10
Disqualification Event   32   Issuer SEC Documents   8
DPA   45   Issuer Securities   7
DRS   3   Issuer Stockholder Approval   4
End Time   49   Issuer Stockholder Meeting   40
FCPA   11   Issuer Subsidiary Securities   7
Federal Health Care Programs   29   Lease   12
Leased Real Property   13   Purchaser   1
Lock-Up Period   41   Recapitalization   2
Material Adverse Effect   46   Registration Rights Agreement   1
Material Contracts   27   Related Party   32
Notification   45   Sale   1
Option Notice   2   Sanctions   11
Option Period   2   Share   1
Personal Information   61   Shares   1
Privacy and Information Security Requirements   61   Sirtex   47
Privacy Notices   17   Sirtex SPA   47
Purchase Option   2   Stockholder Agreement   1
Purchase Price   2   Treasury Regulations   45
Purchased Shares   1   UK Bribery Act   11

 

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(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, the capitalized terms set forth below shall have the following meanings:

 

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

 

(ii) 1934 Act” means the Securities Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(iii) Action” means any action, suit, investigation, examination, audit (including Tax audit), litigation, arbitration, mediation, demand, charge, complaint, claim (including any cross-claim or counterclaim), enforcement action or proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate proceeding).

 

(iv) Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.

 

(v) Ancillary Agreements” means the Stockholder Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the License Agreement.

 

(vi) Applicable Law” means, with respect to any Person, any transnational, domestic or foreign, federal, state, local or provincial Law (statutory, common or otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, Order, Permit, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by a Governmental Authority that is binding on or applicable to such Person.

 

(vii) Articles Amendment” means an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation in substantially the same form as Exhibit D hereto.

 

(viii) Articles of Incorporation” means the Articles of Incorporation of Issuer, as amended.

 

(ix) Board” shall mean Issuer’s board of directors.

 

(x) Books and Records” means all existing data, databases, books, records, correspondence, business plans and projections, tenant and vendor lists, files, papers, and, to the extent permitted under Applicable Law, copies of historical personnel, payroll and medical records of each of the Employees in the possession of Issuer, including employment applications, employment agreements, confidentiality and non-compete agreements, corrective action reports, disciplinary reports, notices of transfer, notices of rate changes, other similar documents, and any summaries of such documents regularly prepared by Issuer; all reported medical claims made for each Employee; and all manuals and printed instructions of Issuer.

 

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(xi) Business Day” means a day, other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York or the People’s Republic of China (including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) are authorized or required by Applicable Law to close.

 

(xii) Bylaws” means the Bylaws of Issuer, as amended.

 

(xiii) Bylaws Amendment” means an amendment to the Bylaws in substantially the same form as Exhibit E hereto.

 

(xiv) CFIUS” means the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.

 

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

 

(xvi) Collective Bargaining Agreement” means any written or oral agreement, memorandum of understanding or other contractual obligation between Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries and any labor organization or other authorized employee representative representing Service Providers, including any collective bargaining, works council or similar agreement.

 

(xvii) Competing Proposal” means, other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any Third Party offer, proposal or inquiry relating to, or any Third Party indication of interest in, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, (i) any acquisition or purchase, direct or indirect, of assets representing 15% or more of the consolidated assets of Issuer and its Subsidiaries or 15% or more of any class of equity or voting securities of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 15% or more of the consolidated assets of Issuer, (ii) any tender offer (including a self-tender offer) or exchange offer that, if consummated, would result in any Third Party’s Beneficially Owning (as defined in the Stockholder Agreement) 15% or more of any class of equity or voting securities of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 15% or more of the consolidated assets of Issuer and its Subsidiaries, (iii) a merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, sale of substantially all of the assets, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or other similar transaction involving Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 15% or more of the consolidated assets of Issuer, (iv) any acquisition or exclusive license of any Product or Owned Intellectual Property Rights or (v) any other transaction the consummation of which would reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with, prevent or materially delay the Sale, or that would reasonably be expected to dilute materially the benefits to Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(xviii) Confidentiality Agreement” means that certain Mutual Confidential Disclosure Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2019, by and between China Grand Enterprise Ltd and Issuer.

 

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(xix) Consent” means any consent, approval or authorization.

 

(xx) Consulting Agreement” means each consulting, Service Provider, change in control or other agreement or Contract between Issuer or a Subsidiary of Issuer and any Independent Contractor.

 

(xxi) Contract” means, with respect to any Person, any legally binding contract, agreement, lease, sublease, license, sublicense commitment, sale or purchase order, indenture, note, bond, loan, mortgage, deed of trust, concession, franchise, Permit, instrument or other arrangement, commitment or undertaking, including any exhibits, annexes, appendices or attachments thereto, whether written or oral, to which such Person is a party or by which such Person or such Person’s properties or assets are bound.

 

(xxii) Data Processors” means any Third Party Service Providers, software developers, outsources, or others to which Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary engages and allows access to Personal Information or IT Assets that hold Personal Information.

 

(xxiii) Drug Applicationshall mean a New Drug Application or a Biologic License Application, as those terms are defined in the FDCA and PHSA and the FDA regulations promulgated thereunder, for any FDA Related Product, as appropriate, in each case of Issuer or any of its Affiliates.

 

(xxiv) Employee Plan” means any (i) “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, (ii) compensation, employment, consulting, Independent Contractor, severance, termination protection, change in control, transaction bonus, retention or similar plan, agreement, arrangement, program or policy or (iii) other plan, agreement, arrangement, program or policy providing for compensation, bonuses, profit-sharing, equity or equity-based compensation or other forms of incentive or deferred compensation, vacation benefits, insurance (including any self-insured arrangement), medical, dental, vision, prescription or fringe benefits, life insurance, relocation or expatriate benefits, perquisites, disability or sick leave benefits, employee assistance program, supplemental unemployment benefits or post-employment or retirement benefits (including compensation, pension, health, medical or insurance benefits), in each case (x) whether or not written, (y) that is sponsored, maintained, administered, contributed to, required to be contributed to or entered into by Issuer or any of its ERISA Affiliates for the current or future benefit of any current or former Service Provider or (z) for which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective ERISA Affiliates have or could have any current or future Liability.

 

(xxv) Employees” means all employees of Issuer.

 

(xxvi) Employment Agreementmeans each management, employment, severance, consulting, bonus, retention, relocation, repatriation, expatriation, change in control or similar agreement or offer letter between Issuer or a Subsidiary of Issuer and any current or former Employee.

 

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(xxvii) ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

(xxviii) ERISA Affiliate” of any entity means any other entity that, together with such first entity, is (or at any relevant time was or will be) treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

 

(xxix) ESPP” means Issuer’s 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

(xxx) Exploit” (and related terms such as “Exploitation” or “Exploited”) means to manufacture, have manufactured, produce, fill, finish, package, label, import, export, use, have used, sell, offer for sale, have sold, research, develop (including seeking, obtaining or maintaining Product Registrations), test, prescribe, administer, commercialize, register, store, hold or keep (whether for disposal or otherwise), transport, ship, distribute, promote, market, price, supply or otherwise dispose of, or to license or otherwise permit any Person to conduct any of the foregoing.

 

(xxxi) FDA means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and any successor agency thereto.

 

(xxxii) FDCA means the U.S. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, together with any rule or regulation lawfully issued or promulgated by the FDA.

 

(xxxiii) FDA Regulated Productshall mean and includes any of Issuer’s approved products, product candidates, or any components thereof that are subject to the FDCA and other Laws administered by the FDA.

 

(xxxiv) Final Offering Period” means the offering or purchase period under the ESPP that is in effect on the date hereof.

 

(xxxv) GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as employed in the U.S., applied consistently with prior periods and with Issuer’s historical practices and methods, provided that standards of materiality applicable to Issuer shall be employed without regard to standards of materiality used by Issuer in prior periods, and provided further, that Issuer’s historical practices and methods shall not be consistently applied to the extent they are not in accordance with GAAP.

 

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(xxxvi) Governmental Authority” means any: (A) nation, state, commonwealth, province, territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature; (B) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other government; (C) governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental division, department, agency, commission, instrumentality, official, ministry, fund, foundation, center, organization, unit, body or entity and any court or other tribunal); or (D) entity to whom a Governmental Authority has assigned or delegated any authority or oversight responsibilities, including any notified body licensed, authorized or approved to assess and certify the conformity of a medical device with the requirements of the EU Medical Devices Directive 93/42/EEC, the EU Medical Devices Regulation (EU) 2017/745, and applicable harmonized standards.

 

(xxxvii) Health Care Laws” means (i) the FDCA and the regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) the PHSA, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, (iii) all federal and state fraud and abuse laws, including the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)), the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.), the administrative False Claims Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), the Anti-Inducement Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a(a)(5)), the exclusion laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), and the regulations promulgated pursuant to such statutes, (iv) HIPAA, the regulations promulgated thereunder and comparable state laws, (v) the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.), (vi) Titles XVIII (42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq.) and XIX (42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq.) of the Social Security Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, (vii) FDA’s regulations in Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, (viii) the Public Health Regulations in Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, (ix) all Applicable Laws administered by the FDA and other Governmental Authorities, including those governing or relating to good laboratory practices, good clinical practices, recordkeeping, the manufacture, import, export, testing, development, approval, processing, reporting, packaging, labeling, storage, marketing, sale, offer for sale, distribution and use of any compounds or products manufactured by or on behalf of Issuer, including adverse drug reaction reporting requirements, informed Consent requirements and Review Boards (as those terms are defined by the FDA), all applicable requirements related to clinical trials and the protection of human subjects, applicable regulations at 21 C.F.R. Parts 50, 54, 56, 58, 312, 314, 600, 601 and the FDA’s current Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations at 21 C.F.R. Parts 210 and 211 for products that are or will be sold in the U.S., and the respective counterparts thereof promulgated by Governmental Authorities in countries outside the U.S. and (x) any and all other applicable federal, state, local, foreign, supranational health care laws, rules and regulations, ordinances, and Orders, each of clauses (i) through (x) as may be amended from time to time.

 

(xxxviii) HIPAA” means, collectively, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, enacted as Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, and their implementing regulations, including but not limited to, the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information at 45 C.F.R. Part 160 and Part 164, Subparts A and E, the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information at 45 C.F.R. Part 160 and Part 164, Subparts A and C, and the Notification of Breach of Unsecured Protected Health Information requirements at 45 C.F.R. Part 160 and Part 164, Subpart D.

 

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(xxxix) Independent Contractor” means any independent contractor, director, consultant or other non-employee Service Provider of Issuer or a Subsidiary of Issuer (including any temporary or leased employee retained through a staffing or leasing agency that is not an employee of Issuer or a Subsidiary of Issuer).

 

(xl) Information” means information or documentation owned by Issuer which information may include, but is not necessarily limited to, financial data, business plans, personnel information (to the extent permitted under Applicable Law), drawings, samples, devices, trade secrets, technical information, results of research and other data in either oral or written form; provided, however, that “Information” does not include information which (A) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by Purchaser or its representatives in violation of the Confidentiality Agreement, (B) was lawfully within Purchaser’s possession prior to its being furnished to Purchaser by or on behalf of Issuer, provided further that the source of such information was not known by Purchaser to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with or other contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality to Issuer or any other Person with respect to such information, or (C) is developed by Purchaser after initial disclosure by Issuer.

 

(xli) Intellectual Property Rights” means any and all (i) trademarks, service marks, trade names, business marks, brand names, certification marks, trade dress, logos, corporate names, trade styles, domain names and other indications of origin, the goodwill associated with the foregoing and registrations in any jurisdiction of, and applications in any jurisdiction to register, the foregoing, including any extension, modification or renewal of any such registration or application (“Trademarks”), (ii) national and multinational statutory invention registrations, patents and patent applications issued or applied for in any jurisdiction including pursuant to international treaties, including all certificates of invention, provisionals, nonprovisionals, applications made pursuant to the Patent Cooperation Treaty, substitutions, divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, requests for continued examination, reissues, renewals, extensions, supplementary protection certificates, reexaminations, patents of addition, utility models, inventors’ certificates and the equivalents of any of the foregoing in any jurisdiction, all inventions disclosed in each such registration, patent or patent application and any rights resulting from oppositions, inter partes review, post-grant review or other post-grant proceedings in any jurisdiction (“Patents”), (iii) all rights and priorities afforded under any Applicable Law with respect to any of the foregoing Trademarks and Patents, including without limitation earlier-filed applications from which benefit or priority rights are derived, and all extensions, restorations, and renewals of any of the foregoing, (iv) Trade Secrets, information, data, specifications, processes, methods, knowledge, experience, formulae, skills, techniques, schematics, drawings, blue prints, utility models, designs, technology, software, inventions (whether or not patentable), discoveries, ideas and improvements, including formulation, composition, device and manufacturing information, processes and synthetic pathways, assays, engineering and other manuals and drawings, standard operating procedures, flow diagrams, regulatory, chemical, pharmacological, toxicological, pharmaceutical, physical and analytical, safety, quality assurance, quality control and clinical data, technical information, research records and similar data and information, (v) writings and other works (including literary, pictorial and graphic works), whether copyrightable or not, in any jurisdiction (domestic and foreign), and any and all copyright rights, whether registered or not, and registrations or applications for registration of copyrights in any jurisdiction (domestic and foreign), and any renewals or extensions thereof (“Copyrights”), (vi) moral rights, data and database rights, design rights, industrial property rights, publicity rights and privacy rights, (vii) all forms and types of computer software (including source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing), (viii) any other intellectual property or proprietary rights, (ix) all rights under or relating to any of the foregoing granted under any Contract and (x) rights to bring an action for infringement, dilution, misappropriation or other impairment or violation of rights and to receive damages, proceeds or any other legal or equitable protections and remedies with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

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(xlii) IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America.

 

(xliii) Issuer 10-K” means Issuer’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2018.

 

(xliv) Issuer 10-Q” means Issuer’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2019.

 

(xlv) Issuer Balance Sheet” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of Issuer as of the Issuer Balance Sheet Date set forth in the Issuer 10-K.

 

(xlvi) Issuer Balance Sheet Date” means July 31, 2018.

 

(xlvii) Issuer Disclosure Schedule” means the disclosure schedule dated the date hereof related to this Agreement that has been provided by Issuer to Purchaser.

 

(xlviii) Issuer Intellectual Property Rights” means all the Owned Intellectual Property Rights and Licensed Intellectual Property Rights.

 

(xlix) Issuer Interim Balance Sheet” means the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Issuer as of April 30, 2019 as set forth in the Issuer 10-Q.

 

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(l) Issuer Material Adverse Effect” means (i) any event, circumstance, change, occurrence, development, condition or effect that has or would be expected to result in a material adverse change in, or material adverse effect on, (A) the condition (financial or otherwise), business, assets, Liabilities or results of operations of Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, excluding any such effect to the extent resulting from (1) changes in general economic conditions in the U.S., (2) changes or conditions generally affecting the industry in which Issuer and its Subsidiaries operate, (3) acts of war, sabotage or terrorism involving the U.S. or (4) the announcement of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except, in the case of clauses (1), (2) and (3), to the extent not having a disproportionate effect on Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other participants in the industry in which Issuer and its Subsidiaries operate, (B) Issuer’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on or before the End Time or (ii) any material adverse determination by, or a material delay of a determination by, the FDA or any other Governmental Authority or any Review Board, or any indication that any such entity or Review Board will make any material adverse determination or materially delay making any determination, with respect to the safety or efficacy as shown in pre-clinical or clinical testing, approvability, labeling, contents of package insert, prescribing information, risk management profile, pre-approval inspection matters or requirements relating to the results of any pre-clinical or clinical testing, post-market requirements or commitments, in each case, related to any of the Products.

 

(li) Issuer Restricted Shares” means each restricted Share granted or issued pursuant to any Employee Plan that is outstanding immediately prior to the Closing.

 

(lii) Issuer RSUs” means each restricted stock unit granted or issued pursuant to any Employee Plan that is outstanding immediately prior to the Closing.

 

(liii) Issuer Stock Awards” means, collectively, the Issuer Restricted Shares, Issuer RSUs, Issuer Stock Options and Issuer Warrants.

 

(liv) Issuer Stock Options” means each option (or portion thereof) to acquire Shares that is outstanding immediately prior to the Closing.

 

(lv) Issuer Warrants” means each warrant (or portion thereof) to acquire Shares granted or issued that is outstanding immediately prior to the Closing.

 

(lvi) IT Assets” means computers, computer software, firmware, middleware, servers, workstations, routers, hubs, switches, data communications lines and all other information technology equipment, and all associated documentation owned by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or licensed or leased by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(lvii) Knowledge” means, with respect to Issuer, the actual knowledge of each individual listed in Section 11.1(b) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule, together with the knowledge such persons would or should reasonably be expected to have, in each case, after making a reasonable inquiry of the individuals who report to them regarding the matters in question.

 

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(lviii) Law” means any code, directive, law (including common law), ordinance, regulation, reporting or licensing requirement, rule, or statute, including those promulgated, interpreted, or enforced by any Governmental Authority.

 

(lix) Liability” means any direct or indirect, primary or secondary, liability, indebtedness, obligation, penalty, cost or expense (including costs of investigation, collection and defense), claim, deficiency, guaranty or endorsement of or by any Person (other than endorsements of notes, bills, checks, and drafts presented for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business) of any type, secured or unsecured whether accrued, absolute or contingent, direct or indirect, liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, known or unknown or otherwise.

 

(lx) License” means any license, franchise, notice, permit, easement, right, certificate, authorization, or approval to which any Person is a party or that is or may be binding on any Person or its securities, property or business.

 

(lxi) Licensed Intellectual Property Rights” means all Intellectual Property Rights owned by a Third Party and licensed or sublicensed to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or for which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries has obtained a covenant not to be sued.

 

(lxii) Lien” means, with respect to any property or asset, any mortgage, lien, license, pledge, charge, security interest, encumbrance or other adverse claim of any kind in respect of such property or asset. For purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to own, subject to a Lien, any property or asset that it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such property or asset.

 

(lxiii) Litigation” means any suit, action, administrative or other audit (other than regular audits of financial statements by outside auditors), proceeding, arbitration, cause of action, charge, claim, complaint, compliance review, criminal prosecution, grievance inquiry, hearing, inspection, investigation (governmental or otherwise), before any Governmental Authority.

 

(lxiv) Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.

 

(lxv) NRS” means the Nevada Revised Statutes.

 

(lxvi) Order” means any decree, injunction, judgment, order, ruling, writ, quasi-judicial decision or award or administrative decision or award of any federal, state, local, foreign or other court, arbitrator, mediator, tribunal, administrative agency or Governmental Authority to which any Person is a party or that is or may be binding on any Person or its securities, assets or business.

 

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(lxvii) Ordinary Course of Business” means the following: an action taken by a Person will be deemed to have been taken in the Ordinary Course of Business only if that action: (A) is consistent in nature, scope and magnitude with the past practices of such Person and is taken in the ordinary course of the normal, day-to-day operations of such Person; and (B) does not require authorization by the shareholders of such Person (or by any Person or group of Persons exercising similar authority).

 

(lxviii) Owned Intellectual Property Rights” means all Intellectual Property Rights owned or purported to be owned (solely or jointly with others) by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(lxix) Party” means any party hereto and “Parties” means all parties hereto.

 

(lxx) Permit” means each grant, license, franchise, permit, easement, variance, exception, exemption, waiver, Consent, certificate, registration, accreditation, approval, authorization, concession, decree, confirmation, qualification or other similar authorization of any Governmental Authority.

 

(lxxi) Permitted Liens” means (i) Liens for Taxes not yet due or delinquent or the validity or amount of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, provided no notice of any such Lien has been filed or recorded under the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, (ii) materialmen’s, mechanics’, carriers’, workers’, warehousemen’s, repairers’ and similar Liens arising in the Ordinary Course of Business, securing obligations as to which there is no default and which are not yet due and payable, or the validity or amount of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings which have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property subject thereto and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (iii) Liens to secure payment of workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, social security or other social security legislation (other than Liens imposed by ERISA), and (iv) with respect to real property, any nonmonetary Lien or other requirement or restriction arising under any zoning, entitlement, building, conservation restriction and other land use and environmental Applicable Law, but only if the same are not being violated by the current use of such real property or the operation of the business of Issuer and its Subsidiaries.

 

(lxxii) Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or a Governmental Authority.

 

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(lxxiii) Personal Information” means any information in the possession or control of Issuer that, alone or in combination with other information in the possession or control of Issuer, allows the identification of an individual, including name, street address, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number or customer or account number, IP address, and any persistent device identifier, or any information that is otherwise considered personal information, personal data, protected health information, or personally identifiable information under Applicable Law.

 

(lxxiv) PHSA means the U.S. Public Health Service Act, as amended, together with any rule or regulation lawfully issued or promulgated thereunder.

 

(lxxv) Privacy and Information Security Requirements” means (a) all Applicable Laws relating to the Processing of Personal Information, which may include, without limitation, HIPAA and any Applicable Laws relating to data security, breach notification, direct marketing, e-mails, text messages, telemarketing, online behavioral advertising, or data localization, (b) all provisions of Contracts to which Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary is a party or is otherwise bound that by their express terms govern the Processing of Personal Information, including without limitation obligations of the Payment Card Industry - Data Security Standards that are applicable to Issuer that govern the Processing of Personal Information; and (c) policies and notices of Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary relating to the Processing of Personal Information.

 

(lxxvi) Process” or “Processing” means the collection, use, storage, processing, recording, distribution, transfer, import, export, protection (including security measures), disposal or disclosure or other activity regarding data (whether electronically or in any other form or medium).

 

(lxxvii) Product means all “drugs” and “devices” (as those terms are defined in the FDCA) and all “biological products” (as that term is defined in the PHSA), that have been or are being Exploited by or on behalf of Issuer.

 

(lxxviii) Product Registration” means any investigational new drug application (IND), New Drug Application (NDA), abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA), Biologics License Application (BLA), investigational device exemption (IDE), Premarket Notification (510k), Premarket Application (PMA), De Novo application, similar regulatory application or registration necessary to Exploit a Product in the relevant territory, including any supplements and amendments thereto.

 

(lxxix) Regulation S-K” means Regulation S-K promulgated under the 1933 Act.

 

(lxxx) Regulation S-X” means Regulation S-X promulgated under the 1934 Act.

 

(lxxxi) Review Board means all institutional review boards, privacy boards, data safety monitoring boards or ethics committees responsible for review, oversight, and/or approval of any clinical trial involving any Product.

 

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(lxxxii) Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

(lxxxiii) SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(lxxxiv) Service Provider” means any director, officer, employee or individual Independent Contractor of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (including any Employee).

 

(lxxxv) Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which (i) such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner or holds a majority of the voting interests of a partnership or (ii) securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other Persons performing similar functions (or, if there are no such ownership interests having ordinary voting power, 50% or more of the equity interests of which) are at any time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person.

 

(lxxxvi) Tax” means any federal, state, county, local, or foreign tax, charge, fee, levy, impost, duty, tariff or other assessment or charges of whatever kind, including taxes or other charges based upon, measured by, or otherwise related to income, diverted profits, minimum, base erosion anti-abuse minimum, gross receipts, excise, employment, sales, use, transfer, recording, License, payroll, franchise, severance, documentary, stamp, occupation, windfall profits, environmental, federal highway use, commercial rent, customs duty, capital stock, paid-up capital, profits, withholding, U.S. Social Security, single business and unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, escheatment, unclaimed property, registration, ad valorem, value added, goods and services, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated taxes, including any interest, penalties, and additions imposed thereon or with respect thereto or as a result of a failure to timely, correctly or completely file any Tax Return, and including Liability for the taxes of any other Person under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign Law) as a transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise.

 

(lxxxvii) Tax Return” means any return (including any informational return) report, statement, schedule, notice, form or other document or information filed with or submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted to any Taxing Authority, including any statements, schedules attachments or amendments with respect thereto.

 

(lxxxviii) Tax Sharing Agreement” means any agreement or arrangement (whether or not written), entered into prior to the Closing, binding Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries and providing for the allocation, apportionment, sharing or assignment of any Tax Liability or benefit, or the transfer or assignment of income, revenues, receipts or gains for the purpose of determining any Person’s Tax Liability.

 

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(lxxxix) Taxing Authority” means the IRS and any other federal, state, local or foreign Governmental Authority responsible for the assessment, collection or administration of any Tax.

 

(xc) “Third Party” means any Person, including as defined in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act, other than a Party.

 

(xci) “Trade Secrets” means trade secrets and all confidential know-how and confidential information and rights in any jurisdiction (domestic and foreign), including confidential recipes, ideas, formulae, formulations, compositions, reactions, pathways, syntheses, tools, products, mechanisms, functions, components, specifications, techniques, systems, data, results, methods, processes, manufacturing, schematics, prototypes, models, designs, customer lists and supplier lists.

 

(xciii) “U.S.” means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, including Puerto Rico.

 

11.2 Fees and Expenses.

 

Except as otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this Agreement, regardless of whether the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated, Issuer and Purchaser each shall pay their respective fees and expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except that Issuer shall reimburse the reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred by Purchaser in an amount not to exceed $300,000 in the aggregate.

 

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11.3 Notices.

 

All notices, consents, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing (which shall include communications by e-mail) and shall be delivered and deemed given if: (a) in person (on the Business Day of such delivery as evidenced by the receipt of the personal delivery service), (b) by certified or registered mail return receipt requested (one Business Day after being mailed), or (c) by e-mail (on the date of transmission):

 

If to Issuer:

 

OncoSec Medical Incorporated

24 North Main Street

Pennington, NJ 08534-2218

 

Attention: Daniel J. O’Connor

Telephone: (858) 230-8770

Email: docconor@oncosec.com

 

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

 

  Alston & Bird LLP
  90 Park Avenue
  New York, NY 10016
  Attention: Matthew W. Mamak
  James H. Sullivan
  Telephone: (212) 210-1256
    (212) 210-9522
  E-mail: matthew.mamak@alston.com
    james.sullivan@alston.com

 

If to Purchaser:

 

  Grand Decade Developments Limited
  Unit 3302, The Center, 99 Queen’s Road Central
  Hong Kong
  Attn: Zhou Chao
  Telephone: (852) 2866-3718
  Email: zhouchao@chinagrandinc.com

 

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

 

  Covington & Burling LLP
  The New York Times Building
  620 Eighth Avenue
  New York, New York 10018
  Attention: Jack S. Bodner
    Stephen A. Infante
  Facsimile No.: 646-441-9079
    646-441-9039
  E-mail: jbodner@cov.com
    sinfante@cov.com

 

or to such other address as the Parties may designate in writing to the other in accordance with this Section 11.3. Any Party may change the address to which notices are to be sent by giving written notice of such change of address to the other parties in the manner above provided for giving notice.

 

11.4 Assignment.

 

Any assignment under this Agreement by Issuer shall be void, invalid and of no effect without the written consent of Purchaser, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, including that Purchaser may assign its rights under this Agreement in whole or in part to any Person in accordance with Section 1.1(c) and as so long as the assignee(s) agree to be bound in writing by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Purchaser may assign its rights to an Affiliate at any time and from time to time without the consent of Issuer. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall prohibit the sale or assignment of the Purchased Shares to any person, subject to Section 5.4, in compliance with applicable securities laws.

 

11.5 No Benefit to Others.

 

The representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements contained in this Agreement are for the sole benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns, and they shall not be construed as conferring any Third Party beneficiary or any other rights on any other Persons.

 

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11.6 Headings and Gender; Construction; Interpretation.

 

(a) The table of contents and the captions and section headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, do not form a part of this Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All references in this Agreement to “Section” or “Article” shall be deemed to be references to a Section or Article of this Agreement unless indicated otherwise.

 

(b) Words used herein, regardless of the number and gender specifically used, shall be deemed and construed to include any other number, singular or plural, and any other gender, masculine, feminine, or neuter, as the context requires. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed followed by the words “without limitation.”

 

(c) Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be construed or resolved against Purchaser or Issuer, whether under any rule of construction or otherwise. No Party to this Agreement shall be considered the draftsman. On the contrary, this Agreement has been reviewed, negotiated and accepted by all Parties and their attorneys and shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words so as fairly to accomplish the purposes and intentions of all the Parties.

 

11.7 Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same Agreement, and shall become effective when one counterpart has been signed by each Party and delivered to the other Party hereto.

 

11.8 Integration of Agreement.

 

(a) This Agreement and the exhibits and the other agreements contemplated by this Agreement, including the Confidentiality Agreement, constitute the entire agreement between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, oral and written, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, including that certain Confidential Non-binding Indicative Term Sheet between the Parties dated September 5, 2019.

 

(b) Neither this Agreement, nor any provision hereof, may be changed, waived, discharged, supplemented, or terminated orally, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the Party against which the enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. The failure or delay of any Party at any time or times to require performance of any provision of this Agreement shall in no manner affect its right to enforce that provision. No single or partial waiver by any Party of any condition of this Agreement, or the breach of any term of this Agreement or the inaccuracy or warranty of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances shall be construed or deemed to be a further or continuing waiver of any such condition, breach or inaccuracy or a waiver of any other condition, breach or inaccuracy.

 

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11.9 Amendments.

 

Any provision of this Agreement may be amended prior to the Closing if, but only if, such amendment is in writing and is signed by each Party.

 

11.10 Waiver.

 

The rights and remedies of the Parties to this Agreement are cumulative and not alternative. Neither the failure nor any delay by any Party in exercising any right, power, or privilege under this Agreement will operate as a waiver of such right, power, or privilege, and no single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege will preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power, privilege. To the maximum extent permitted by Applicable Law, (a) no claim or right arising out of this Agreement can be discharged by one Party, in whole or in part, by a waiver or renunciation of the claim or right unless in writing signed by the other Party; (b) no waiver that may be given by a Party will be applicable except in the specific instance for which it is given; and (c) no notice to or demand on one Party will be deemed to be a waiver of any obligation of such Party or of the right of the Party giving such notice or demand to take further action without notice or demand as provided in this Agreement.

 

11.11 Time of Essence.

 

Time is of the essence in this Agreement.

 

11.12 Governing Law.

 

Except to the extent that mandatory principles of Applicable Law require the application of the NRS, this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of New York.

 

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11.13 Jurisdiction.

 

The Parties agree that any Action seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (whether brought by any party or any of its Affiliates or against any party or any of its Affiliates) shall be brought in the state or federal courts, as applicable, in New York county in the State of New York, and each of the Parties irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such Action and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any objection that you may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such Action in any such court or that any such Action brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such Action may be served on any Party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 11.3 shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.

 

11.14 Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

 

11.15 Partial Invalidity.

 

Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under Applicable Law, but in case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision or provisions had never been contained herein unless the deletion of such provision or provisions would result in such a material change as to cause completion of the transactions contemplated hereby to be unreasonable. To the extent the deemed deletion of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or provisions is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Parties shall endeavor in good faith to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as practicable to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

11.16 Survival.

 

The representations and warranties of each party in the Agreement shall survive any investigation made by any Party and the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby and any termination of this Agreement subsequent to the Closing Date. The covenants and agreements of each party made herein shall survive in accordance with their terms.

 

11.17 Specific Enforcement.

 

Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that the other party would be irreparably damaged if the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their terms and that any breach of this Agreement and the non-consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by either party could not be adequately compensated in all cases by monetary damages alone. Accordingly, in addition to any remedy to which such other party may be entitled under Section 11.13, provisional measures and injunctive relief necessary to protect the possibility of each party to seek specific performance from the other from the tribunal referred to in Section 11.13 can be sought from any court of competent jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto (i) agrees that it shall not oppose the granting of any such relief and (ii) hereby irrevocably waives any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with any such relief (it is understood that clause (i) of this sentence is not intended to, and shall not, preclude any party hereto from litigating on the merits the substantive claim to which such remedy relates).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  oncosec medical incorporated
     
  By: /s/ Daniel J. O’Connor
  Name: Daniel J. O’Connor
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and President
     
  GRAND DECADE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
     
  By: /s/ Zhou Chao
  Name: Zhou Chao
  Title: Authorized Representative

 

[Signature Page to GDD SPA]

 

     
 

 

 

Execution Version

 

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc.

 

“Purchaser”

 

and

 

OncoSec Medical Incorporated

 

“Issuer”

 

Dated as of October 10, 2019

 

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE 1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE SHARES 1
       
  1.1 Purchase and Sale of the Shares. 1
  1.2 Purchase Price. 2
  1.3 Payment of Purchase Price. 2
  1.4 Anti-Dilution. 2
       
ARTICLE 2. PROCEDURE FOR CLOSING 2
       
  2.1 Time and Place of Closing. 2
  2.2 Transactions at the Closing. 2
       
ARTICLE 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ISSUER 3
       
  3.1 Corporate Existence and Power. 3
  3.2 Corporate Authorization. 4
  3.3 Governmental Authorization. 4
  3.4 Non-contravention. 4
  3.5 Capitalization. 5
  3.6 Subsidiaries. 6
  3.7 SEC Filings and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. 7
  3.8 Financial Statements. 9
  3.9 Disclosure Documents. 10
  3.10 Absence of Certain Changes. 10
  3.11 No Undisclosed Liabilities. 10
  3.12 Compliance with Laws, Permits and Court Orders. 11
  3.13 Litigation. 12
  3.14 Properties. 12
  3.15 Intellectual Property. 13
  3.16 IT Systems; Privacy and Data Security. 17
  3.17 Taxes. 19
  3.18 Employee Benefit Plans; Labor Matters. 21
  3.19 Material Contracts. 25
  3.20 Finders’ Fees. 27
  3.21 Opinion of Financial Advisor. 27
  3.22 Antitakeover Statutes. 27
  3.23 Regulatory Matters. 28
  3.24 Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. Pilot Program. 31
  3.25 Transactions with Affiliates. 31
  3.26 Insurance. 32
  3.27 Shares. 32
  3.28 No Disqualification Events. 32
  3.29 Listing and Maintenance Requirements. 32
  3.30 No Registration. 33
  3.31 Disclosure. 33

 

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ARTICLE 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER 33
       
  4.1 Authority. 33
  4.2 Brokers and Finders. 34
  4.3 Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock. 34
  4.4 Availability of Funds. 34
  4.5 Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. 34
  4.6 Investment Risk; Disclosure of Information Acknowledgement of Risk. 34
       
ARTICLE 5. COVENANTS OF ISSUER 35
       
  5.1 Access and Information. 35
  5.2 Conduct of Business Prior to Closing. 35
  5.3 Issuer Stockholder Meeting. 39
  5.4 Nasdaq Listing. 40
  5.5 Exclusivity. 40
  5.6 Takeover Statutes. 40
  5.7 Interim Communications by Issuer. 41
  5.8 Lock-Up. 41
  5.9 Standstill. 41
  5.10 Anti-Dilution. 43
  5.11 Director Resignation. 43
       
ARTICLE 6. MUTUAL COVENANTS 44
       
  6.1 Notice of Certain Events. 44
  6.2 CFIUS. 44
  6.3 Further Mutual Covenants. 45
  6.4 Commercially Reasonable Efforts. 45
  6.5 Listing. 45
       
ARTICLE 7. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER 46
       
  7.1 Representations and Warranties. 46
  7.2 Compliance by Issuer. 46
  7.3 No Injunction; Litigation. 46
  7.4 Consents; Authorizations; Approval of Legal Matters. 46
  7.5 No Material Adverse Change. 46
  7.6 Closing Precedent Transactions. 46
  7.7 Simultaneous Closing. 47
  7.8 Issuer Approvals. 47

 

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ARTICLE 8. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF ISSUER 47
       
  8.1 Certificate Regarding Representations and Warranties. 47
  8.2 Compliance by Purchaser. 47
  8.3 No Injunction, Litigation. 48
  8.4 Consents; Authorizations; Approval of Legal Matters. 48
  8.5 Issuer Stockholder Approval. 48
       
ARTICLE 9. CONFIDENTIALITY; PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 48
       
  9.1 Confidentiality. 48
  9.2 Public Announcements. 48
       
ARTICLE 10. TERMINATION 49
       
  10.1 Termination. 49
       
ARTICLE 11. GENERAL PROVISIONS 50
       
  11.1 Definitions. 50
  11.2 Fees and Expenses. 63
  11.3 Notices. 63
  11.4 Assignment. 65
  11.5 No Benefit to Others. 65
  11.6 Headings and Gender; Construction; Interpretation. 66
  11.7 Counterparts. 66
  11.8 Integration of Agreement. 66
  11.9 Amendments. 67
  11.10 Waiver. 67
  11.11 Time of Essence. 67
  11.12 Governing Law. 67
  11.13 Jurisdiction. 68
  11.14 Waiver of Jury Trial. 68
  11.15 Partial Invalidity. 68
  11.16 Survival. 68
  11.17 Specific Enforcement. 68
       
EXHIBIT A STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT A-1
EXHIBIT B REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT B-1
EXHIBIT C SERVICES AGREEMENT C-1
EXHIBIT D AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION D-1
EXHIBIT E AMENDMENT TO BYLAWS E-1
   
SCHEDULES S-1

 

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STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of October 10, 2019 by and between Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”), and OncoSec Medical Incorporated, a Nevada corporation (“Issuer”). Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 11.1.

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, Issuer desires to sell and Purchaser desires to purchase shares of Issuer’s common shares, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock” or the “Shares,” and each, a “Share”), for the consideration and on the terms set forth in this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Purchaser’s willingness to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Sale, Purchaser and Issuer have entered into a Stockholder Agreement in substantially the same form as Exhibit A hereto (the “Stockholder Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Purchaser’s willingness to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Sale, Purchaser and Issuer will enter into a Registration Rights Agreement in substantially the same form as Exhibit B hereto (the “Registration Rights Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Purchaser’s willingness to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Sale, Purchaser and Issuer have entered into a Services Agreement in substantially the same form as Exhibit C hereto (the “Services Agreement”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE SHARES

 

1.1 Purchase and Sale of the Shares.

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Issuer shall sell, and Purchaser shall purchase 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Purchased Shares”); and Issuer shall transfer and convey, and Purchaser shall purchase, the Purchased Shares free and clear of any and all Liens (other than those imposed by the Articles of Incorporation and federal and state securities Laws) (the “Sale”).

 

     

 

 

1.2 Purchase Price.

 

The purchase price per Share for the Purchased Shares shall be $2.50 (the “Purchase Price”).

 

1.3 Payment of Purchase Price.

 

On the Closing Date and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE 7 and ARTICLE 8 below, Purchaser shall pay or deliver to Issuer, with respect to the Purchased Shares, $5,000,000 in cash. Purchaser shall, at the time of the transfer of funds, request evidence of such transfer from its bank for the purpose of assisting Issuer in confirming receipt of the transfer and Issuer shall deliver the Purchased Shares to the Purchaser in accordance with Section 2.2.

 

1.4 Anti-Dilution.

 

If, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the outstanding Common Stock shall have been changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or securities as a result of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other substantially similar transaction (a “Recapitalization”), a proportionate adjustment shall be made to the number of Purchased Shares, and to the Purchase Price for the Purchased Shares so as to maintain Purchaser’s intended ownership of Issuer pursuant to this Agreement without giving effect to such Recapitalization.

 

ARTICLE 2. PROCEDURE FOR CLOSING

 

2.1 Time and Place of Closing.

 

Subject to the provisions of ARTICLE 10, the consummation of the Sale (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Alston & Bird LLP, 90 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10016 as soon as possible, but in any event no later than ten Business Days after the date the conditions set forth in ARTICLE 7 and ARTICLE 8 (other than conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permissible, waiver of those conditions at the Closing) have been satisfied or, to the extent permissible, waived by the Party entitled to the benefit of such conditions, or at such other place or time as the Parties may mutually agree. The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “Closing Date.”

 

2.2 Transactions at the Closing.

 

At the Closing, each of the following shall be delivered:

 

(a) Issuer shall deliver to Purchaser the Purchased Shares issuable at the Closing in book-entry form (via Direct Registration System, “DRS”) and to the extent not previously delivered, the items required to be delivered by Issuer set forth in ARTICLE 7 and a legal opinion of counsel to Issuer reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser and its counsel. Issuer shall cause its transfer agent to provide a DRS statement reflecting the issuance and registration of the Purchased Shares in the name of Purchaser at the Closing. The documents and certificates to be delivered hereunder by or on behalf of Issuer at the Closing shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser and its counsel.

 

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(b) Purchaser shall deliver to Issuer (i) the Purchase Price as provided in Section 1.3 and (ii) the items set forth in ARTICLE 8 subject to the last sentence of Section 1.3. The documents and certificates to be delivered hereunder by or on behalf of Purchaser at the Closing shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Issuer and its counsel.

 

ARTICLE 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ISSUER

 

Issuer hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser on the date hereof and on the Closing Date (except for any representations and warranties that are expressly stated to have been made as of a specified date, which shall have been true and correct as of such specified date) that:

 

3.1 Corporate Existence and Power.

 

Issuer is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada and has all corporate powers and all Permits required to carry on its business as now conducted. Issuer is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except for those jurisdictions where failure to be so qualified have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Issuer Material Adverse Effect. Issuer has delivered or made available to Purchaser a true, correct and complete copy of the Articles of Incorporation (including any certificates of designation), Bylaws or like organizational documents, each as in effect (collectively, the “Charter Documents”), of Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries. Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any of the provisions of its Charter Documents. Issuer has made available to Purchaser true, correct and complete copies of the minutes (or, in the case of minutes that have not yet been finalized, a brief summary of the meeting) of all meetings of stockholders, the Board and each committee of the Board and of the board of directors or equivalent governing body, as the case may be, and committees thereof and equity holders of each of the Subsidiaries of Issuer for the three year period ending on the date hereof; provided, however, that Issuer shall be permitted to redact any minutes of the meetings that discuss any alternative transactions considered by the Board.

 

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3.2 Corporate Authorization.

 

(a) The execution, delivery and performance by Issuer of this Agreement and the consummation by Issuer of the transactions contemplated hereby are within Issuer’s corporate powers and, except for Issuer Stockholder Approval (as defined below), have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Issuer. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares (the “Issuer Stockholder Approval”) is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of Issuer necessary to approve this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including in connection with the Articles Amendment and the Bylaws Amendment and any necessary approvals under Nasdaq rules. Issuer has duly executed and delivered this Agreement and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by Purchaser, this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Issuer enforceable against Issuer in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity).

 

(b) At a meeting duly called and held, the Board affirmatively (i) determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of Issuer and its stockholders, (ii) approved and adopted this Agreement, the Articles Amendment and the Bylaws Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby in accordance with the requirements of the NRS and Nasdaq rules, and (iii) resolved to recommend the approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Articles Amendment and the Bylaws Amendment, by the stockholders of Issuer (such recommendation, the “Issuer Board Recommendation”).

 

3.3 Governmental Authorization.

 

The execution, delivery and performance by Issuer of this Agreement and the consummation by Issuer of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement requires no action by or in respect of, Permit from or filing by or with, any Governmental Authority other than compliance with any applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other applicable U.S. state or federal securities Laws and the rules and requirements of Nasdaq.

 

3.4 Non-contravention.

 

The execution, delivery and performance by Issuer of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) contravene, conflict with or result in any violation or breach of any provision of the Charter Documents of Issuer or the comparable organizational documents of any Subsidiary of Issuer, (ii) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 3.3, contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any provision of any Applicable Law by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, including Nasdaq rules, (iii) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 3.3, require any Consent or other action by any Person under, constitute a breach or default, or an event that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a breach or default, under, or cause or permit the termination, cancellation, acceleration or other change of any right or obligation or the loss of any benefit to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is entitled under any provision of any Contract binding on Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or any Permit affecting, or relating in any way to, the assets or business of Issuer and its Subsidiaries or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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3.5 Capitalization.

 

Issuer amended its Articles of Incorporation, effective as of 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 20, 2019, by filing a certificate of change (pursuant to NRS 78.209) with the Nevada Secretary of State to effect a 1-for-10 reverse split of Issuer’s authorized and outstanding common stock. All applicable share and per share amounts reflected in this Agreement have been adjusted to reflect the reverse stock split, unless otherwise specified. In addition the share amounts below reflect Issuer’s financing completed on May 22, 2019.

 

(a) The authorized capital stock of Issuer consists solely of (i) 26,000,000 shares of Common Stock. As of October 9, 2019, there were outstanding (A) 10,669,022 shares of Common Stock (of which zero shares represent unvested Issuer Restricted Shares), (B) 1,140,029 shares of Common Stock reserved under the Employee Plans, of which there were outstanding 894,605 shares of Common Stock subject to issuance upon exercise of outstanding Issuer Stock Options (which have a weighted average exercise price of $12.48 and 662,119 of which are currently exercisable), (C) 3,631,953 shares of Common Stock subject to issuance upon exercise of outstanding Issuer Warrants (which have a weighted average exercise price of $7.40 and 3,631,953 of which are currently exercisable), (D) 77,664 shares of Common Stock subject to issuance upon settlement of Issuer RSUs, and (E) 37,608 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the ESPP. All outstanding shares of capital stock of Issuer have been, and all shares that may be issued pursuant to any Employee Plan or Issuer Security will be, when issued in accordance with the respective terms thereof and in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. Section 3.5(a) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule contains a true, correct and complete list, as of October 9, 2019, of each outstanding Issuer Stock Award, including the holder, type of award (including, for an Issuer Stock Option, whether such award is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code), date of grant, exercise price, expiration date, vesting schedule (including whether vesting accelerates on specified “change in control” transactions), any early exercise or other special terms and the number of Shares subject thereto. Each Issuer Stock Award has been granted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable securities laws or exemptions therefrom and all requirements set forth in the applicable Employee Plan and applicable award agreements. The exercise price of each Issuer Stock Option is not less than the fair market value (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) of a Share on the date of grant of such Issuer Stock Option, and no Issuer Stock Option provides for a deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. No shares of Common Stock have been treated by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries as issued pursuant to the exercise of an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code. At all times, the ESPP has qualified as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Code, and all options to purchase shares under the ESPP (now outstanding or previously exercised or forfeited) have satisfied Applicable Law, including the requirements of Section 423 of the Code. $12,500 is the maximum dollar amount that could be contributed in the aggregate to the ESPP for the Final Offering Period.

 

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(b) There are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of Issuer having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which stockholders of Issuer may vote. Except as set forth in this Section 3.5 resulting from the exercise of Issuer Stock Options outstanding on such date in accordance with the terms thereof on such date, the exercise of Issuer Warrants outstanding on such date in accordance with the terms thereof on such date, the issuance of Shares pursuant to the vesting of Issuer RSUs outstanding on such date in accordance with the terms thereof on such date and the purchase of Shares pursuant to the ESPP in accordance with its terms as in effect on such date, there are no issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding (i) shares of capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership interests in, Issuer, (ii) securities of Issuer convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares of capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership interests in, Issuer, (iii) warrants, calls, options or other rights to acquire from Issuer, or other obligations of Issuer to issue, any capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership interests in, or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership interests in, Issuer or (iv) restricted shares, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance units, contingent value rights, “phantom” stock or similar securities or rights that are derivative of, or provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any capital stock or voting securities of, or ownership interests in, Issuer (the items in clauses (i) through (iv), including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Shares, being referred to collectively as the “Issuer Securities”). There are no outstanding obligations of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the Issuer Securities. Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Contract with respect to the voting, registration or transfer of any Issuer Securities.

 

(c) Except as set forth in this Section 3.5, none of the Shares or any Issuer Securities are owned by any Subsidiary of Issuer.

 

3.6 Subsidiaries.

 

(a) Each Subsidiary of Issuer has been duly incorporated, is validly existing and (where applicable) in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, has all organizational powers and all Permits required to carry on its business in the places and in the manner as now conducted except for those Permits the absence of which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Issuer Material Adverse Effect. Each Subsidiary of Issuer is identified in Section 3.6 of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule.

 

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(b) All of the outstanding shares, capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership interests in, each Subsidiary of Issuer have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (with respect to each Subsidiary that is a corporation) and free of preemptive rights and are owned beneficially and legally, and solely, by Issuer, directly or indirectly, free and clear of any Lien and free of any other limitation or restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such share, capital stock or other voting securities or ownership interests). There are no issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding (i) shares or other securities of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares, capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership or economic interests in, any Subsidiary of Issuer, (ii) warrants, calls, options or other rights to acquire from Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, or other obligations of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, any shares, capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership interests in, or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, any shares, capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership or economic interests in, any Subsidiary of Issuer or (iii) restricted shares, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance units, contingent value rights, “phantom” stock or similar securities or rights that are derivative of, or provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any share, capital stock or other voting security of, or ownership interest in, any Subsidiary of Issuer (the items in clauses (i) through (iii) being referred to collectively as the “Issuer Subsidiary Securities”). There are no outstanding obligations of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the Issuer Subsidiary Securities. Except for the shares, capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership interests in, its Subsidiaries, Issuer does not own, directly or indirectly, any shares, capital stock or other voting securities of, or ownership interests in, any Person. All dividends or distributions declared, made or paid by the Subsidiaries of Issuer have been declared, made or paid in accordance with the applicable Subsidiary’s constitutional documents, all Applicable Law and any agreements or arrangements made with any Third Party regulating the payment of dividends and distributions. No shares, capital stock or other voting securities of the Subsidiaries of Issuer have been issued and no transfer of any such shares has been registered (where applicable), except in accordance with all Applicable Laws and the constitutional documents of the relevant Subsidiary of Issuer, and all transfers have been duly stamped (where applicable).

 

3.7 SEC Filings and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

(a) Other than as reflected in the relevant document, Issuer has timely filed with or furnished to the SEC, and made available to Purchaser, all reports, schedules, forms, statements, prospectuses, registration statements and other documents required to be filed with or furnished to the SEC by Issuer (collectively, together with any exhibits and schedules thereto and other information incorporated therein, the “Issuer SEC Documents”). Issuer has made available to Purchaser true, correct and complete copies of all material correspondence between the SEC, on the one hand, and Issuer and any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, including all comment letters from the staff of the SEC relating to Issuer SEC Documents containing unresolved comments and all written responses of Issuer thereto. To Issuer’s Knowledge, as of the date hereof, no Issuer SEC Document is the subject of ongoing review, comment or investigation by the SEC. No Subsidiary of Issuer is, or at any time has been, required to file any reports, schedules, forms, statements or other documents with the SEC.

 

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(b) As of its filing date (and as of the date of any amendment), each Issuer SEC Document complied, and each Issuer SEC Document filed subsequent to the date hereof will comply, as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as the case may be.

 

(c) As of its filing date (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date hereof, on the date of such filing), each Issuer SEC Document filed did not, and each Issuer SEC Document filed subsequent to the date hereof will not, contain 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.

 

(d) Each Issuer SEC Document that is a registration statement, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, filed pursuant to the 1933 Act, as of the date such registration statement or amendment became effective, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

(e) Issuer and its Subsidiaries have established and maintain disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting (as such terms are defined in Rule 13a-15 under the 1934 Act) as required by Rule 13a-15 under the 1934 Act. Such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that all material information relating to Issuer, including its consolidated Subsidiaries, is made known to Issuer’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by others within those entities, particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the 1934 Act are being prepared. Such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting Issuer’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer to material information required to be included in Issuer’s periodic and current reports required under the 1934 Act. For purposes of this Agreement, “principal executive officer” and “principal financial officer” shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

(f) Issuer and its Subsidiaries have established and maintain a system of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the 1934 Act) sufficient to provide assurance regarding the reliability of Issuer’s financial reporting and the preparation of Issuer financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Issuer has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation of internal controls prior to the date hereof, to Issuer’s auditors and audit committee (i) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls that are reasonably likely to adversely affect Issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a role in internal controls. Issuer has made available to Purchaser a summary of any such disclosure made by management to Issuer’s auditors and audit committee for the three year period ending on the date hereof.

 

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(g) Section 3.7(g) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule describes, and Issuer has made available to Purchaser copies of the documentation creating or governing, all securitization transactions and other off-balance sheet arrangements (as defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K) that existed or were effected by Issuer or its Subsidiaries during the three year period ending on the date hereof.

 

(h) Issuer has complied with and is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable listing and corporate governance rules, regulations and requirements of Nasdaq, and is in compliance in all material respects with all rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC and with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There are no outstanding loans or other extensions of credit made by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to any executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the 1934 Act) or director of Issuer.

 

(i) Each of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of Issuer (or each former principal executive officer and principal financial officer of Issuer, as applicable) has made all certifications required by Rule 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the 1934 Act and Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and any related rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and Nasdaq, and the statements contained in any such certifications are true, correct and complete as of their respective dates.

 

(j) There are no Contracts between Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any other Person (other than Issuer and its Subsidiaries), on the other hand, that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K.

 

3.8 Financial Statements.

 

The audited consolidated financial statements and unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of Issuer included or incorporated by reference in Issuer SEC Documents (i) as of their respective dates of filing with the SEC complied as to form in all material respects with the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, (ii) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of Issuer and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments in the case of any unaudited interim financial statements which are not material in the aggregate) and (iii) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis (except as may be expressly indicated in the notes thereto). The Books and Records of Issuer and its Subsidiaries have been, and are being, maintained in all material respects in accordance with GAAP.

 

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3.9 Disclosure Documents.

 

(a) At the time the proxy statement to be filed with the SEC in connection with the Sale (the “Issuer Proxy Statement”) or any amendment or supplement thereto is first mailed to stockholders of Issuer, at the time such stockholders vote on approval of this Agreement and at the Closing, the Issuer Proxy Statement, as supplemented or amended, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 3.9, Issuer makes no representation with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference in the Issuer Proxy Statement based on information supplied by or on behalf of Purchaser for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.

 

3.10 Absence of Certain Changes.

 

(a) Since the Issuer Balance Sheet Date, the business of Issuer and its Subsidiaries has been conducted in the Ordinary Course of Business consistent with past practices and there has not been any event, occurrence, development or state of circumstances or facts that has had or would be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Issuer Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b) From the Issuer Balance Sheet Date until the date hereof, there has not been any action taken by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries that, if taken during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Closing without Purchaser’s consent, would constitute a breach of Section 5.2.

 

3.11 No Undisclosed Liabilities.

 

There are no Liabilities of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries of any kind whatsoever, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, known, unknown, determined, determinable or otherwise, and there is no existing condition, situation or set of circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result in such a Liability, other than: (i) Liabilities disclosed and reserved for in the Issuer Interim Balance Sheet or in the notes thereto, (ii) Liabilities arising out of or in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and (iii) Liabilities (including Liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business since the Issuer Balance Sheet Date) that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Issuer Material Adverse Effect.

 

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3.12 Compliance with Laws, Permits and Court Orders.

 

(a) Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries is, and in the three year period ending on the date hereof has been, in material compliance with all Applicable Laws. Issuer is not currently being threatened, and in the three year period ending on the date hereof, Issuer has not been threatened, in each case to be charged with or has been given notice of, and to the Knowledge of Issuer is not under investigation with respect to, any violation of any Applicable Law. There is no Order of any arbitrator or Governmental Authority outstanding against Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(b) None of Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective directors, officers, consultants, agents or other Persons acting for or on their behalf, has taken any action that would result in a violation by such Person of (i) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (15 U.S.C. §§ 78m(b), 78dd-1, 78dd-2, 78ff) (the “FCPA”), the Bribery Act of 2010 of the United Kingdom (the “UK Bribery Act”) or any other anti-corruption or anti-bribery Applicable Law, (ii) any economic sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of State, Her Majesty’s Treasury or any applicable prohibited party list maintained by any U.S. government agency, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury (collectively, “Sanctions”) and (iii) any applicable export controls laws. Issuer has conducted its businesses in compliance with the FCPA (and any state or foreign equivalents), the UK Bribery Act, any other anti-corruption Applicable Law (including the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b), the federal False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.), and any state or foreign equivalents), Sanctions and applicable export controls laws, and Issuer has instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to cause each such Person to comply with all such Applicable Law.

 

(c) None of Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, officers, consultants, agents or other Persons acting for or on their behalf, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by Persons that are: (i) the subject of any Sanctions or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or region that is the subject of Sanctions.

 

(d) Issuer and its Subsidiaries hold all material Permits necessary or advisable to conduct their respective businesses in the places and in such manner in which such businesses are currently being conducted. (i) Such Permits are valid and in full force and effect and are not subject to any pending or threatened Action by any Governmental Authority to suspend, cancel, modify, terminate or revoke any such Permit, (ii) Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and requirements of such Permits, (iii) neither Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is in material default under, and no condition exists that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a material default under or would reasonably be expected to result in any suspension, cancellation, modification, termination or revocation of, any such Permit and (iv) none of the Permits shall be terminated or impaired or become terminable, in whole or in part, as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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3.13 Litigation.

 

There is no Action pending against, or, to the Knowledge of Issuer, threatened against or affecting, Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries, any present or former officer, director or employee of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person for whom Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may be liable or any of their respective properties before (or, in the case of threatened Actions, would be before) or by any Governmental Authority or arbitrator.

 

3.14 Properties.

 

(a) Issuer and its Subsidiaries have good title to, or good and valid leasehold interests in, all property and assets reflected on the Issuer Balance Sheet or acquired after the Issuer Balance Sheet Date, except as have been disposed of since the Issuer Balance Sheet Date in the Ordinary Course of Business and in compliance with this Agreement, in each case free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens). The properties and assets owned or leased by Issuer and its Subsidiaries constitute all of the properties and assets necessary for, and used or useful in, the conduct of their respective businesses in the places and in such manner in which such businesses are currently being conducted. Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries owns or has ever owned any interest in real property.

 

(b) (i) Each lease, sublease, license or other use or occupancy agreement (each, a “Lease”) under which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries leases, subleases, licenses or otherwise uses or occupies any real property (whether as lessor or lessee) is valid and in full force and effect and (ii) neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor to Issuer’s Knowledge any other party to a Lease, has violated any provision of, or taken or failed to take any act which, with or without notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute a breach or default under the provisions of such Lease, except for those breaches or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, are not and would not reasonably be expected to be material to Issuer and its Subsidiaries, and neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice that it has breached, violated or defaulted under any Lease. Section 3.14(b) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and complete list of all Leases to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, including all amendments, extensions, renewals and guarantees with respect thereto, in each case identifying the tenant or lessee and the landlord or lessor under each such Lease and the address of the real property associated with such Lease (such property, together with all rights, title and interest of Issuer or any Subsidiary in and to leasehold improvements relating thereto, including security deposits, reserves or prepaid rents paid in connection therewith, collectively, the “Leased Real Property”). Issuer has made available to Purchaser (in each case, together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, waivers or other changes thereto) true, correct and complete copies of all Leases. The performance by Issuer of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in the termination of, or in any increase of any material amounts payable under, any Lease or any material rights under any Lease or will require the Consent from any party to any such Lease other than Issuer. With respect to any Leased Real Property, Issuer and any of its Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession of the Leased Real Property.

 

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3.15 Intellectual Property.

 

(a) Section 3.15(a) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and complete list of all Issuer Intellectual Property Rights specifying as to each such item, as applicable (i) the record and legal owner (or the co-owners) thereof, and, as applicable, all inventors thereof, (ii) the jurisdiction (foreign and domestic) in which such item is issued, granted, or registered or in which any application for issuance, grant or registration has been filed and, in the case of domain names and social media tags, handles and other identifiers, the registrant and registrar and the social media platform and account holder, respectively, (iii) the respective issuance, grant, registration, filing or application number of such item, (iv) the dates of filing, application, issuance, grant and registration of such item and (v) in the case of each of such item that is a Licensed Intellectual Property Right, whether the applicable Licensed Intellectual Property Right is exclusively or non-exclusively licensed or sublicensed to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, and the applicable Contract pursuant to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries receives its rights to such Licensed Intellectual Property Right.

 

(b) Issuer and its Subsidiaries (i) are the sole and exclusive owners of all Owned Intellectual Property Rights and hold all right, title and interest in and to all Owned Intellectual Property Rights and (ii) have a valid and enforceable license to the Licensed Intellectual Property Rights, in each case (clauses (i) and (ii)), free and clear of any Lien. Issuer and its Subsidiaries have taken all commercially reasonable steps to protect, preserve and maintain their rights, title and interests in and to Issuer Intellectual Property Rights. The Owned Intellectual Property Rights constitute all of the Intellectual Property Rights necessary to, or used or held for use in, the conduct of the business of Issuer and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted and as proposed by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to be conducted in Issuer SEC Documents. There exist no material restrictions on the disclosure, use, license or transfer of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not (i) alter, encumber, impair or extinguish any of Issuer’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ rights in, to or under any Issuer Intellectual Property Right or the validity, enforceability, right to practice or use, registration, right to register, license, assign or transfer, ownership, priority, duration, scope or effectiveness of any of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights, (ii) trigger termination of any licensed rights in, or any additional payment obligations with respect to, any of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights, (iii) impair the right of Purchaser to develop, use, sell, license or dispose of, or to bring any Action for the infringement of, any Issuer Intellectual Property Right or (iv) through the operation of any Contracts to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or otherwise bound, encumber any of the Intellectual Property Rights owned by or licensed to Purchaser.

 

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(c) Documentation evidencing the complete chains of title with respect to all Issuer Intellectual Property Rights have been timely and properly recorded with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office or their foreign equivalents, as applicable. Issuer possesses full and reliable documentation evidencing complete and accurate chains of title for each of the Issuer Intellectual Property Rights that is a Patent.

 

(d) To the Knowledge of Issuer, no funding, facilities or personnel of any Governmental Authority or any university, college, research institute or other educational institution has been or is being used in any respect to create, in whole or in part, any Issuer Intellectual Property Rights, except for any such funding or use of facilities or personnel that does not result in such Governmental Authority or educational institution obtaining ownership of, or use rights to, such Issuer Intellectual Property Rights, and does not require or otherwise obligate Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to grant or offer to any such Governmental Authority or educational institution any license or other right to such Issuer Intellectual Property Rights or except as set forth in Section 3.15(d) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule. To the Knowledge of Issuer, no current or former employee or Independent Contractor of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries who contributed to the creation or development of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights has performed services for a Governmental Authority or any university, college, research institute or other educational institution related to Issuer’s business as presently conducted during a period of time during which such employee or Independent Contractor was also performing services for Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries. As it relates to any Issuer Intellectual Property Rights in which the U.S. government has rights, Issuer has taken all necessary steps to comply with the Bayh-Dole Act (35 U.S.C. §§ 200 -212) and any regulations related thereto, including making all necessary disclosures to the relevant funding agencies and complying with the domestic manufacturing requirement as set forth in 35 U.S.C. § 204.

 

(e) The conduct of the business of Issuer, including the Exploitation of any Products, as such business (i) has been, and is currently, conducted and (ii) proposed to be conducted in Issuer SEC Documents, in each case (clauses (i)-(ii)), did not, does not and will not, infringe upon, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property Right (or any right therein, thereto or thereunder) of any Third Party.

 

(f) No rights or licenses to intellectual property that are not included in Issuer Intellectual Property Rights are required for Purchaser to Exploit the Products or to conduct the business of Issuer, as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted in Issuer SEC Documents.

 

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(g) There is no Action pending, or concluded, against, or, to the Knowledge of Issuer, threatened against or affecting, Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, or affecting the conduct of the respective businesses of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (including the research, development, manufacture, marketing, promotion, offering for sale, sale or other commercialization, shipment, import, export, distribution or the seeking of regulatory approval, as applicable, of any Products) (i) based upon, or challenging or seeking to deny or restrict, any right of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries in any of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights, (ii) alleging that any of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights are invalid or unenforceable, or seeks to deny or restrict the legality, scope, duration, priority, right to practice or use, right to register, registration or ownership of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights, (iii) alleging that the use of any of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights or any services provided, processes used or products manufactured, used, imported, offered for sale or sold by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries do or may conflict with, misappropriate, infringe, contribute to the infringement of, or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property Right of any Person or (iv) alleging that Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries have infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property Right of any Person. To the Knowledge of Issuer, there are no facts or circumstances that could give rise to any such Action based upon or alleging any of the foregoing in clauses (i)-(iv). Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has received from any Person any offer to license any Intellectual Property Rights of such Person in connection with any actual or threatened claim of infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any such Intellectual Property Rights.

 

(h) All Issuer Intellectual Property Rights are valid, enforceable and in full force and effect, and all Issuer Intellectual Property Rights that are the subject of an application for issuance, grant or registration are valid and subsisting. None of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights has been adjudged invalid or unenforceable in whole or part by a court or administrative agency, or in the case of pending Patent applications included in Issuer Intellectual Property Rights, have been the subject of a final and unappealable finding of unpatentability. All issued Patents, registered Trademarks, registered Copyrights and applications for any of the foregoing included in Issuer Intellectual Property Rights were applied for, registered and filed in compliance with Applicable Law, and all filings, payments and other actions required to be made or taken to maintain the application, prosecution or registration of such Issuer Intellectual Property Rights in full force and effect have been fully and timely made by the applicable deadline.

 

(i) No Issuer Intellectual Property Rights that are material to the Exploitation of any Product have been abandoned, cancelled, forfeited, relinquished, allowed to lapse or rejected by any action or failure to take action by Issuer or its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of Issuer, by any of its or their licensors or sublicensors.

 

(j) None of Issuer or its Subsidiaries, or, to the Knowledge of Issuer, any licensor of any Licensed Intellectual Property Right, in each case, has received any written opinions from counsel with respect to the validity, invalidity, enforceability, unenforceability, non-infringement or infringement of any of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights, or with respect to the infringement or misappropriation of any Patent or other Intellectual Property of any Third Party in connection with the Exploitation of any Products.

 

(k) To the Knowledge of Issuer, no Person has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Owned Intellectual Property Right.

 

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(l) Except for those licenses and parties identified in Section 3.15(l) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule, none of Issuer or its Subsidiaries has granted any licenses, sublicenses, options, interests or other rights (including covenants not to sue and immunities from suit) in or with respect to Issuer Intellectual Property Rights to any Third Parties.

 

(m) Issuer and its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable actions in accordance with current industry practice to protect, preserve and maintain the confidentiality and security of all Issuer Intellectual Property Rights, the value of which to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is contingent upon maintaining the confidentiality thereof (including any Trade Secrets owned, used or held for use by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries), and no such Intellectual Property Rights have been disclosed other than, on a need-to-know basis, to employees, representatives and agents of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, all of whom are bound by written confidentiality agreements that protect such Intellectual Property Rights. Issuer and its Subsidiaries have used commercially reasonable efforts to prevent disclosure of such Intellectual Property Rights to any Person who has not executed such written confidentiality agreement and, to the Knowledge of Issuer, there has been no disclosure of any such Intellectual Property to any employee or other Person who has not executed a binding and enforceable confidentiality agreement. True, correct and complete copies of the forms of agreements referred to in the foregoing clause have been made available to Purchaser prior to the date hereof, and to the Knowledge of Issuer, no breach of any such agreement by the other party thereto has occurred or been threatened.

 

(n) Any Issuer Intellectual Property Rights that are Trade Secrets have been accurately documented in a manner such that someone reasonably skilled in DNA-based or immuno- therapeutics or electroporation drug delivery devices, or the manufacturing or engineering of such therapeutics or devices, could review such documentation and understand how to practice or use such Trade Secrets to develop and manufacture the Products or otherwise Exploit the Products.

 

(o) To the extent that any Issuer Intellectual Property Right has been developed or created by a Third Party (including any current or former officer, director, employee or Independent Contractor of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) for Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, has a written agreement with such Third Party with respect thereto pursuant to which such Person has agreed to hold all of Issuer Intellectual Property Rights in confidence, and Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries thereby either (i) has obtained ownership of and is the exclusive owner of, or (ii) has obtained a valid and unrestricted right to exploit, sufficient for the conduct of its business as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted in Issuer SEC Documents, such Intellectual Property Right. True, correct and complete copies of the forms of agreements referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) have been made available to Purchaser prior to the date hereof. To the Knowledge of Issuer, no breach of any such agreement by the other party thereto has occurred or been threatened. No current or former employee of, or Independent Contractor to, Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries owns any right, title, or interest in or to any Issuer Intellectual Property Right relating to any Product that was created or developed by such employee or Independent Contractor during his or her employment or other engagement with Issuer or such Subsidiary.

 

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3.16 IT Systems; Privacy and Data Security.

 

(a) To the Knowledge of Issuer, Issuer and each Issuer Subsidiary complies and, during the three year period ending on the date hereof, has complied in all material respects with all Privacy and Information Security Requirements. Neither Issuer nor any Issuer Subsidiary has received notice of any complaint, investigation, or other inquiry from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction within the three year period ending on the date hereof regarding any actual or possible violation of, or failure to comply with, any Privacy and Information Security Requirement by Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary. There is not currently pending and there has not been within the three year period ending on the date hereof any Action against Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary alleging any violation of, or failure to comply with, any Privacy and Information Security Requirement.

 

(b) Issuer and each Issuer Subsidiary currently provides, and within the three year period ending on the date hereof Issuer and each Issuer Subsidiary has provided, notice designed to be reasonable and accurate of Issuer and Issuer Subsidiaries’ privacy practices in accordance with Applicable Law. Issuer has provided to Purchaser copies of all of the current privacy notices on its websites, and any other privacy notices, disclosures or public representations with respect to Issuer and Issuer Subsidiaries (collectively, “Privacy Notices”) in effect within the three year period ending on the date hereof.

 

(c) To the Knowledge of Issuer, no Person has, or is reasonably suspected to have, gained unauthorized access to or caused a security breach leading to the loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability of IT Assets or Personal Information in a manner that is unlawful or violates contractual agreements.

 

(d) Issuer and each Issuer Subsidiary has made reasonable efforts to provide all requisite notices and obtain all required Consents (it being understood that such notices and Consents were designed to satisfy the Applicable Law in force at the time of their drafting), and to satisfy all other requirements (including, as applicable, notification to privacy or data protection authorities), necessary for Processing by Issuer and each Issuer Subsidiary of Personal Information in connection with the conduct of the business of Issuer as currently conducted and, subject to Issuer’s Privacy Notices, the business of Issuer contemplated to be conducted in Issuer SEC Documents and in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. To the Knowledge of Issuer, the transactions to be consummated hereunder as of the Closing will not cause or constitute a material breach or violation of any Applicable Law or any Privacy Notice.

 

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(e) Issuer and each Issuer Subsidiary has implemented and maintained organizational, administrative, physical and technical safeguards reasonably designed (but in no event less than commercially reasonable practices in the industry in which Issuer and each Issuer Subsidiary operates) to (i) secure IT Assets, and any Personal Information and other confidential information thereon, from unauthorized access, acquisition, interruption, alteration, modification, use or other processing, or any other compromise of confidentiality, integrity, or security; (ii) defend IT Assets against denial of service attacks, distributed denial of service attacks, hacking attempts and like attacks and activities by any other Person; and (iii) ensure the continued, uninterrupted and error-free operation of IT Assets, including employing commercially reasonable security, maintenance, disaster recovery, redundancy, backup, archiving and virus or malicious device scanning/protection measures. Issuer has provided to Purchaser true, correct and complete copies of all such written procedures currently in effect. Each employee of Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary has received training regarding information security that is relevant to each such employee’s role and responsibility within Issuer or Issuer Subsidiary and each such employee’s access to Personal Information. The IT Assets are designed to be adequate for, and to operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with, the operation of the business of Issuer.

 

(f) To the Knowledge of Issuer, Issuer and each Issuer Subsidiary has contractually obligated all Data Processors to contractual terms relating to the collection, use, and storage of IT Assets, or Personal Information or other confidential information thereon.

 

(g) To the Knowledge of Issuer, the IT Assets have had no material errors or defects that have not been reasonably mitigated and contain no code designed to disrupt, disable, harm, distort or otherwise impede in any manner the legitimate operation of such IT Assets (including what are sometimes referred to as “viruses”, “worms”, “time bombs” or “back doors”) that has not been removed or reasonably mitigated. Neither Issuer nor any Issuer Subsidiary has experienced any material disruption to, or material interruption in, the conduct of the business of Issuer attributable to a defect, bug, breakdown, unauthorized access, introduction of a virus or other malicious programming, or other failure or deficiency on the part of any IT Assets.

 

(h) Neither Issuer nor any Issuer Subsidiary, is a covered entity, as that term is defined in HIPAA.

 

(i) Neither Issuer nor any Issuer Subsidiary is required to enter into a business associate agreement under 45 C.F.R. § 164.502(e)(2).

 

(j) To Issuer’s Knowledge, there has been no security incident or breach, as those terms are defined in HIPAA, including any loss or unauthorized access, use or disclosure, of protected health information (that is subject to, and as defined by, HIPAA) held by Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary, that would constitute a breach for which notification to individuals, the media, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is required under 45 C.F.R. Part 164, Subpart D.

 

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(k) There are no pending Actions arising from or relating to Issuer’s or Issuer Subsidiaries’ compliance with HIPAA; nor, to Issuer’s Knowledge, are there any facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis for any such Action.

 

3.17 Taxes.

 

(a) All income Tax Returns and material other Tax Returns that are required to be filed by or on behalf of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries have been duly and timely filed with the appropriate Taxing Authority (after giving effect to any valid extensions of time in which to make such filings). All Tax Returns filed with respect to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries are true, complete, and correct in all material respects. All Taxes payable by or on behalf of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries have been fully and timely paid (whether or not shown on any Tax Return), and, where payment is not yet due, Issuer has established in accordance with GAAP an adequate accrual for all material Taxes through the end of the last period for which Issuer and its Subsidiaries ordinarily record items on their respective books.

 

(b) Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries has complied with all Applicable Laws relating to the payment and withholding of Taxes and has duly and timely reported, withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority all amounts required to be reported, withheld or paid over with respect to any payment to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, shareholder, vendor or other Person.

 

(c) All income and franchise Tax Returns of Issuer and its Subsidiaries through the Tax year ended July 31, 2015 have been examined and closed by the relevant Taxing Authority or are Tax Returns with respect to which the applicable period of assessment under Applicable Laws, after giving effect to extensions or waivers, has expired.

 

(d) There is no dispute, claim, or Action now pending, or threatened in writing, against or with respect to Issuer or its Subsidiaries in respect of any material amount of Tax or material Tax Return.

 

(e) No deficiency of Taxes in respect of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries has been asserted in writing by any Taxing Authority that has not otherwise been resolved.

 

(f) There is not in force any extension or waiver of the statute of limitations with respect to the time to assess Taxes of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(g) Within the past three years, neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries distributed stock of another Person, or had its stock distributed by another Person, in a transaction intended to be governed in whole or in part by Section 355 or Section 361 of the Code or any corresponding provision of state, local or foreign Applicable Laws.

 

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(h) Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into, or been party to, any “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Section 6707A(c)(1) of the Code or any corresponding provision of state, local or foreign Applicable Laws.

 

(i) Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has received or applied for a private letter ruling from the IRS (or any comparable ruling from any other Taxing Authority) or entered into a closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Applicable Laws).

 

(j) Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any joint venture, partnership or other arrangement that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal, state, local or foreign income tax purposes.

 

(k) Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has ever been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code.

 

(l) Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries have duly kept and properly maintained all material records for all taxable years still open for audit that such Person is required to keep for Tax purposes under any Applicable Laws, and such records have been made available for inspection at the premises of Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries, as applicable. Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable transfer pricing laws and regulations (including Section 482 of the Code and the U.S. Treasury Regulations thereunder, and any similar provision of state, local, or foreign Tax Law), including maintenance of contemporaneous documentation. All intercompany agreements have been and are on arm’s length terms.

 

(m) Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is or has been a member of an “affiliated group” within the meaning of Section 1504 of the Code or of any other similar affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group under state, local or foreign Applicable Laws; other than such a group all of the members of which are Issuer or one or more Subsidiaries; (ii) has any Liability for Taxes of any Person (other than Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) under U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Applicable Laws) or as transferee or successor; or (iii) has any Liability or potential Liability to another Person under any Tax Sharing Agreement (other than in the Ordinary Course of Business where such provision is ancillary to the agreement).

 

(n) Section 3.17(n) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule contains a true, correct and complete list of all jurisdictions (foreign and domestic) in which Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries currently files Tax Returns. No claim has been made in writing by any Taxing Authority in a jurisdiction in which Issuer or its Subsidiaries do not file Tax Returns to the effect that Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be subject to taxation by, or required to file any Tax Return in, such jurisdiction.

 

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(o) No Subsidiary of Issuer is or has ever been a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1297(a) of the Code with respect to any shareholder of such Subsidiary or a foreign corporation described in Section 7874(b) of the Code. Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has made an election under Section 965(h) of the Code to pay the net tax Liability under Section 965 in installments.

 

3.18 Employee Benefit Plans; Labor Matters.

 

(a) Section 3.18(a) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule lists each Employee Plan and separately indicates the sponsor(s) of each Employee Plan. For each Employee Plan, Issuer has furnished to Purchaser a copy of such plan (or a description, if such plan is not written) and all amendments thereto and written interpretations thereof, including a copy of (if applicable) (i) Material Contracts related to such Employee Plan including trust agreements, insurance Contracts, and administrative service agreements and (ii) each summary plan description and summary of material modifications. No Employee Plan is subject to any laws other than those of the U.S. or any state, country or municipality in the U.S. No Employee Plan is sponsored or maintained by a Third Party provider such as a professional employer organization.

 

(b) Issuer has made available to Purchaser a list of each (i) Employment Agreement (other than at-will offer letters with no severance or change in control benefits or guaranteed term or payments), (ii) Consulting Agreement pursuant to which an Independent Contractor is entitled to receive (or is reasonably expected to be entitled to receive) more than $50,000 during any 12-month period and (iii) restrictive covenant Contract and indemnification Contract entered into with any Employees or Independent Contractor, in each case as in effect as of the date of this Agreement. A copy of each such Employment Agreement, Consulting Agreement or other Contract, as the case may be, together with any amendments thereto, has previously been made available to Purchaser. A copy of each agreement or Contract between any professional employer organization or other staffing organization, on the one hand, and Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, has been made available to Purchaser. Each current and former Employee and Independent Contractor has executed a nondisclosure and assignment-of-rights agreement for the benefit of Issuer, vesting all rights in work product created by such Employee or Independent Contractor during such individual’s affiliation with Issuer, and a copy of each such agreement has previously been made available to Purchaser. To Issuer’s Knowledge, no current Employee or Independent Contractor is a party to, or is otherwise bound in any way by, any Contract that in any way may restrict the performance of such Employee’s or Independent Contractor’s duties to Issuer or its Subsidiaries.

 

(c) Each Service Provider treated or classified by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries as a non-employee has been properly treated or classified as such for all purposes, and no such individual shall have a valid claim against Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries for eligibility to participate in or benefits under any Employee Plan if such individual is later reclassified as (or determined to be) an employee of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries. All Employees are employed in the U.S., and all of the terms and conditions of their employment are governed exclusively by the Applicable Law of the U.S. and not the Applicable Law of any other jurisdiction. Issuer and its Subsidiaries have completed a Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) for each Employee, and each such Form I-9 has since been updated as required by Applicable Law and, to Issuer’s Knowledge, is true, correct and complete in all material respects.

 

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(d) Neither Issuer nor any of its ERISA Affiliates sponsors, maintains, administers or contributes to (or has any obligation to contribute to), or has in the past sponsored, maintained, administered or contributed to (or had any obligation to contribute to), or has any Liability with respect to, (i) a “defined benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA or Section 414(j) of the Code); (ii) a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Sections 4001(a)(3) or 3(37)(A) of ERISA); (iii) a plan subject to Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code; (iv) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA); (v) a “multiple employer plan” (as defined in 29 C.F.R. § 4001.2) or a plan subject to Section 413(c) of the Code; or (vi) any plan, program or arrangement that provides for post-retirement or other post-employment health or other welfare benefits (other than health care continuation coverage as required by Section 4980B of the Code or similar Applicable Law for which the covered individual pays the full cost of coverage) or that provides health or other welfare benefits (except for flexible spending accounts) on a less-than-fully insured basis. No Employee Plan is or has ever been, or currently funds or has ever been funded by, a “voluntary employees’ beneficiary association” within the meaning of Section 501(c)(9) of the Code or other funding arrangement for the provision of welfare benefits.

 

(e) Each Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and received a favorable determination letter from the IRS to the effect that such Employee Plan satisfies the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code (or, if such plan uses an IRS pre-approved plan document, such plan document has received a favorable opinion from the IRS that the form meets the tax qualification requirements and Issuer is entitled to rely on such favorable opinion), and there are no facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification.

 

(f) Each Employee Plan has been maintained, funded and administered in compliance with its terms and with all Applicable Law, including ERISA and the Code. No Action (other than routine claims for benefits) is pending against or involves or, to Issuer’s Knowledge, is threatened against or threatens to involve, any Employee Plan or any fiduciary thereof before any arbitrator or any Governmental Authority, including the IRS and the U.S. Department of Labor, and, to Issuer’s Knowledge, there are no facts that reasonably would be expected to give rise to any such Action.

 

(g) All assets of any Employee Plan consist of cash or actively traded securities, and no asset of any Employee Plan consists of employer securities (within the meaning of Section 407(d)(1) of ERISA).

 

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(h) All returns, reports and disclosure statements required to be made under Applicable Law with respect to all Employee Plans have been timely filed or delivered. Neither Issuer nor any of its ERISA Affiliates nor any of their directors, officers, employees or agents, nor any fiduciary, trustee or administrator of any Employee Plan or trust created under any Employee Plan, has engaged in or been a party to any non-exempt “prohibited transaction” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code and Section 406 of ERISA, and to Issuer’s Knowledge, no non-exempt “prohibited transaction,” within the meaning of section 406 of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Employee Plan. Neither Issuer nor any Subsidiary of Issuer, has or could reasonably be expected to have any Liability for Taxes under Sections 4975 through 4980 or Sections 4980B through 4980I of the Code or other excise Taxes or penalties with respect to any Employee Plan. No fiduciary (within the meaning of Section 3(21) of ERISA, has breached his, her, or its fiduciary duty with respect to an Employee Plan or otherwise has any Liability in connection with any acts taken (or failed to be taken) with respect to the administration or investment of the assets of any Employee Plan that could reasonably result in material Liability to Issuer or any Employee Plan.

 

(i) There has been no amendment to, written interpretation of or announcement (whether or not written) by Issuer or any of its Affiliates relating to, or change in employee participation or coverage under, any Employee Plan that would materially increase the expense of maintaining such plan above the level of expense incurred in respect thereof for the fiscal year ended on the Issuer Balance Sheet Date, and none of Issuer or any of its Affiliates has a formal plan, commitment or proposal, whether legally binding or not, or has made a commitment to employees to make such an amendment, interpretation, announcement, or change or to create any additional employee benefit plan, program, or arrangement. Issuer may terminate or amend any Employee Plan, at any time in its sole discretion, without incurring any Liability other than with respect to benefits that have already accrued under a retirement plan.

 

(j) For each Employee Plan, all contributions, premiums and payments that have become due through the date hereof have been made within the time periods prescribed by the terms of such plan and Applicable Law, and all contributions, premiums and payments for any period ending on or before the Closing Date that have not yet become due are properly accrued to the extent required to be accrued under applicable accounting principles and have been properly reflected on the Issuer Balance Sheet or disclosed in the notes thereto.

 

(k) Except as set forth on Section 3.18(k) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule, neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (either alone or together with any other event) (i) entitle any current or former Service Provider to any payment or benefit or acceleration of any payment or benefit, including any bonus, retention, severance, retirement or job security payment or benefit, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting or trigger any payment or funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation or benefits under, or increase the amount payable or trigger any other obligation under, any Employee Plan or (iii) limit or restrict the right of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or, after the Closing, Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, to merge, amend or terminate any Employee Plan.

 

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(l) No Employee Plan or other compensation or benefit arrangement, individually or collectively, provides for the payment of any amount to a Service Provider (including any payment resulting from the execution of this Agreement or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (either alone or together with any other event)) that would not be deductible under Section 162(m) or Section 280G of the Code. Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to gross-up, indemnify or otherwise reimburse any current or former Service Provider for any Tax incurred by such Service Provider, including under Section 409A or Section 4999 of the Code.

 

(m) Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is currently negotiating in connection with entering into, or has, at any time, been a party to or had any obligations under, any Collective Bargaining Agreement. To Issuer’s Knowledge, there is no, and there never has been any, organizational campaign, petition or other unionization activity pending or threatened, seeking recognition of a collective bargaining unit relating to any Employee.

 

(n) Issuer and its Subsidiaries are, and have been for the three year period ending on the date hereof, in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws relating to labor and employment and the engagement of non-employee service providers, including (i) all contractual commitments, (ii) all Applicable Laws relating to labor management relations, wages, hours, overtime, employee classification, equal opportunity, discrimination, sexual harassment, disability accommodation, protected leave, civil rights, affirmative action, work authorization, immigration, safety and health, information privacy and security, wage payment, the payment and withholding of Taxes and workers compensation and (iii) the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and any comparable foreign, state or local law. Issuer and its Subsidiaries have, or will have no later than the Closing Date, paid all outstanding compensation of Employees and all fees or other compensation of the Independent Contractors due to be paid through the Closing Date, except that in the event the Closing Date occurs in the middle of a pay period, any outstanding compensation of Employees and all fees or other compensation of the Independent Contractors due to be paid at the end of such pay period will be paid in due course as of the end of such pay period.

 

(o) Each Employee Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code has a plan document that satisfies the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and has been operated in material compliance with the terms of such plan document and the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, in each case such that no Tax is or has been due or payable under Section 409A of the Code with respect to amounts deferred or payable under such Employee Plan.

 

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(p) To Issuer’s Knowledge, (a) no allegations of sexual harassment have been made against any Employee, and (b) neither Issuer nor any of its Affiliates have entered into any settlement agreements related to allegations of sexual harassment or misconduct by an Employee.

 

3.19 Material Contracts.

 

(a) Except as set forth in Section 3.19 of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule or filed in Issuer’s periodic reports filed with the SEC and publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the date hereof, neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by:

 

(i) any Contract (A) relating to the employment of, or the performance of services by, any director, employee or consultant, (B) the terms of which obligate or may in the future obligate Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to make any severance, termination or similar payment to any current or former employee, (C) pursuant to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may be obligated to make any bonus or similar payment to any current or former employee or director or (D) that is a Collective Bargaining Agreement;

 

(ii) any Contract relating to any partnership, joint venture, strategic alliance, collaboration, material research and development project or other similar arrangement;

 

(iii) any Contract (excluding licenses for commercial off the shelf computer software that are generally available on nondiscriminatory pricing terms) pursuant to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (A) obtains the right to use, or a covenant not to be sued under, any Intellectual Property Right or (B) grants the right to use, or a covenant not to be sued under, any Intellectual Property Right;

 

(iv) any Contract with any Governmental Authority;

 

(v) any Contract with sole-source or single-source suppliers of material tangible products or services or pursuant to which either Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries has agreed to purchase a minimum quantity of goods relating to any product or product candidate or has agreed to purchase goods relating to any product or product candidate exclusively from a certain party;

 

(vi) any Contract (A) that relates to the research, development, distribution, marketing, supply, license, collaboration, co-promotion or manufacturing of any Product or (B) that otherwise provides for the purchase or sale of products or services by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $100,000;

 

(vii) any stockholders, investors rights, registration rights, tax receivables or similar or related Contract or arrangement;

 

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(viii) any Contract containing “most favored nation” or similar preferential pricing provisions, any exclusive dealing arrangement or any arrangement that grants any right of first refusal, first offer, first negotiation or similar preferential right;

 

(ix) any Contract (A) that obligates Issuer (together with its Subsidiaries) to make aggregate payments in excess of (x) $100,000 in the current or any future calendar year or (y) $250,000 in the aggregate, (B) related to an acquisition or divestiture that contains continuing representations, covenants, indemnities or other obligations (including “earn out” or other contingent payment obligations) or (C) pursuant to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing obligations or interests involving the payment of royalties or other amounts calculated based upon the revenues or income of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or any other material contingent payment obligations, in each case that is not terminable by Issuer or its Subsidiaries without penalty without more than 60 days’ notice;

 

(x) any Lease, except as identified on Section 3.14(b) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule;

 

(xi) any Contract that provides for indemnification of any current or former officer, director or employee;

 

(xii) any Contract for the disposition of all or any significant portion of the assets or business of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or for the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of a material portion of the assets or business of any other Person (whether by merger, sale of stock or assets or otherwise);

 

(xiii) any Contract relating to indebtedness for borrowed money, any guarantees thereof or the granting of Liens over the property or assets of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(xiv) any Contract relating to any loan or other extension of credit made by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(xv) any Contract containing any provision or covenant limiting in any material respect the ability of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to (A) sell any products or services of or to any other Person or in any geographic region, (B) engage in any line of business or (C) compete with or to obtain products or services from any Person, or limiting the ability of any Person to provide products or services to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(xvi) any Contract requiring Issuer, or any successor thereto or acquirer thereof, to make any payment whether severance or otherwise to another Person related to, in connection with, or as a result of a change of control of Issuer (a “Change of Control Payment”) or that gives a Third Party a right to receive or elect to receive a Change of Control Payment; or

 

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(xvii) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) or any other Contract that is material to Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (all Contracts of the type described in this Section 3.19(a) being referred to herein as “Material Contracts”).

 

(b) Issuer has made available to Purchaser prior to the date hereof a true, correct and complete copy of each Material Contract. (i) Each of the Material Contracts is valid, binding and in full force and effect and (ii) neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to Issuer’s Knowledge, any other party to a Material Contract, has breached or violated in any material respect any provision of, or taken or failed to take any act which, with or without notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute a breach or a default under the provisions of such Material Contract, and neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice that it has breached, violated or defaulted in any material respect under any Material Contract.

 

3.20 Finders’ Fees.

 

Except for Torreya Partners LLC and The Sage Group, there are no investment bankers, brokers, finders or other intermediaries that have been retained by or are authorized to act on behalf of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries who might be entitled to any broker’s, finder’s or similar fee or commission from Issuer or any of its Affiliates in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Issuer has made available to Purchaser prior to the date hereof a true, correct and complete copy of all agreements pursuant to which Torreya Partners LLC and The Sage Group are entitled to any fees, expenses or indemnification in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

3.21 Opinion of Financial Advisor.

 

Issuer has received the opinion of Torreya Partners LLC (the “Financial Advisor”), to the effect that, as of the date of this Agreement, the Purchase Price is fair to Issuer from a financial point of view, and such opinion has not been withdrawn, revoked or modified. Issuer will make available a true, correct and complete copy of the written opinion of Torreya Partners LLC to Purchaser solely for informational purposes on the date hereof following execution of this Agreement.

 

3.22 Antitakeover Statutes.

 

No “fair price”, “moratorium”, “control share acquisition”, “business combination” or other similar antitakeover statute or regulation enacted under U.S. state or federal laws is applicable to Issuer, the Shares, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by or relating to any of the foregoing. The action of the Board in approving this Agreement and transactions contemplated by or relating to any of the foregoing is sufficient to render inapplicable thereto any such antitakeover statute or regulation and to result in Purchaser not being considered an “interested stockholder” for purposes of NRS 78.3787. As of the date of this Agreement, neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any stockholder rights agreement, rights plan, “poison pill” or other similar agreement or plan, except as set forth on Section 3.22 of the Issuer Disclosure Schedules.

 

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3.23 Regulatory Matters.

 

(a) All activities of Issuer and its Subsidiaries that are subject to the jurisdiction of the FDA or any comparable Governmental Authority, or subject to Health Care Laws, have been conducted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable requirements under all such Health Care Laws.

 

(b) Neither Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries nor, to Issuer’s Knowledge, any Third Party, has received notice or other communication alleging a possible material violation by Issuer or its Subsidiaries of any Health Care Law.

 

(c) There are no Actions pending or, to Issuer’s Knowledge, threatened, with respect to an actual or alleged violation by Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries, or to Issuer’s Knowledge, any Third Party, of any Health Care Law applicable to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(d) To Issuer’s Knowledge, there is no information, condition, event, occurrence or circumstance that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect, in any material respect, the acceptance, obtaining or maintaining of any Product Registration for any of the Products.

 

(e) Issuer owns all Product Registrations with respect to the Products, and each of such Product Registrations is in full force and effect. All of the Products are being, and at all times have been, Exploited in compliance with the requirements for the applicable Product Registrations.

 

(f) Issuer has made available to Purchaser true, correct and complete copies of (A) all material filings with the FDA or equivalent Governmental Authority relating to any of the Products, (B) all material correspondence and communications with the FDA or equivalent Governmental Authority relating to any of the Products and (C) all material data, information, results, analyses, trial protocols, publications, and reports relating to the safety and efficacy of the Products.

 

(g) Issuer has made available to Purchaser its current plan for development of all Products, including Issuer’s current plan for obtaining Product Registrations necessary to ultimately commercialize the Products.

 

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(h) All applications, notifications, submissions, information, claims, reports and statistics and other data, utilized as the basis for, or submitted in connection with, any Product Registration for any Product, when submitted to the FDA or such other applicable Governmental Authority were true, correct and complete in all material respects as of the date of submission and any necessary or required updates, changes, corrections or modification to such applications, submissions, information and data have been submitted to the FDA or such other applicable Governmental Authority. None of the filings made by or on behalf of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries with the FDA or an equivalent Governmental Authority relating to any of the Products contained any untrue statement of a material fact or fraudulent statement or omitted any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

(i) Neither Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any officer, director, employee or, to Issuer’s Knowledge, agent of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Third Party, (A) has committed any act, or made a statement, or failed to make a statement, that could reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA or any other Governmental Authority to invoke FDA’s policy respecting “Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities” set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191 (September 10, 1991) or any similar policy with respect to Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors or employees; (B) has been charged with or convicted of any criminal offense relating to the delivery of an item or service under Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE or any similar government health care program (collectively, “Federal Health Care Programs”); (C) has been subject to, or convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct that would reasonably be expected to result in, debarment, exclusion, or suspension from participation in any Federal Health Care Program, or otherwise under Section 306 of the FDCA or any similar Applicable Law, and no Action is pending or, to Issuer’s Knowledge, threatened, relating to such debarment or conviction of Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries, or any such other Person; (D) has had a civil monetary penalty assessed against it, him or her under Section 1128A of the Social Security Act, codified at Title 42, Chapter 7, of the U.S. Code; or (E) to Issuer’s Knowledge, is the target or subject of any current or potential investigation relating to any Federal Health Care Program-related offense.

 

(j) Except as provided in Section 3.23(j) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule, neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to Issuer’s Knowledge, any Third Party, has received, and there is no threat of, any warning letter or untitled letter, report of inspectional observations, including FDA Form 483, establishment inspection reports, notices of violation, enforcement notices or other documents from any Governmental Authority or any Review Board alleging a lack of material compliance by Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries, or any such Third Party with any Applicable Law or Product Registration in connection with the Products.

 

(k) No Product has been recalled, withdrawn, suspended or discontinued (whether voluntarily or otherwise) and no proceedings (whether completed or pending) seeking the recall, withdrawal, suspension, discontinuation, or seizure of any such Product are pending, or to Issuer’s Knowledge, threatened, against Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, nor have any such proceedings been pending at any time.

 

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(l) Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to Issuer’s Knowledge, any Third Party, has received any notice or other correspondence that a Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over any Product has commenced or, to Issuer’s Knowledge, threatened to commence proceedings to (i) withdraw or otherwise suspend, revoke or materially amend any Product Registration or (ii) enjoin the Exploitation of any Product, and, to Issuer’s Knowledge, no event has occurred that would reasonably be expected to give any Governmental Authority any right to take any such action. Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has been requested by any Governmental Authority to voluntarily withdraw a Product Registration or to discontinue Exploiting a Product.

 

(m) All preclinical and clinical studies conducted or sponsored by or on behalf of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries are being and have been conducted in compliance in all material respects with the applicable protocols, procedures and controls, and applicable Health Care Laws. Except as set forth in Section 3.23(m) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule, no clinical trial conducted or sponsored by or on behalf of Issuer has been terminated or suspended by the FDA or any other applicable Governmental Authority or any Review Board, and neither the FDA nor any other applicable Governmental Authority has commenced or, to Issuer’s Knowledge, threatened to initiate, any action to place a clinical hold order on, or otherwise terminate, delay, suspend, materially modify, or materially restrict, any previous, proposed or ongoing clinical trial conducted or proposed to be conducted by or on behalf of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or other communication from FDA or any other applicable Governmental Authority or any Review Board with respect to any previous or ongoing pre-clinical or clinical studies requiring the termination, suspension, or material modification of such studies. With respect to any clinical trial conducted by or on behalf of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any Product in connection with or as the basis for any submission to the FDA or other comparable Governmental Authority of any regulatory approval or application therefor, (i) such clinical trials have been properly registered to the extent required under all applicable Health Care Laws, including on clinicaltrials.gov if required, and (ii) the results of all such clinical trials have been disclosed to the extent required under all applicable Health Care Laws, in each case including Section 402 of the PHSA and the implementing regulations codified in 42 CFR Part 11. To Issuer’s Knowledge, none of the clinical investigators involved in the Exploitation of the Products by or on behalf of Issuer or its Subsidiaries has been or is disqualified, restricted or otherwise sanctioned by FDA, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or any other applicable Governmental Authority.

 

(n) There is not and has not been, and to Issuer’s Knowledge there is no threat of, any return or defect of any Product proposed to be used during a clinical investigation, nor has Issuer issued any replacements, safety alerts or any other notice to an investigator or Governmental Authority asserting potential lack of safety or regulatory compliance with respect to any Product, and to Issuer’s Knowledge, there are no facts that would be reasonably likely to result in the foregoing or a termination or suspension of developing and testing of any such Products.

 

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(o) Section 3.23(o) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and complete listing of all Products currently or previously Exploited by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(p) Section 3.23(p) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and complete listing of all previous, current, and planned preclinical and clinical trials for any Product by or on behalf of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(q) Section 3.23(q) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule sets forth (i) each Third Party contract research organization or other provider of services engaged by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to perform clinical studies and trials on any Product and (ii) each Third Party manufacturer of any Product and each supplier that is under Contract with Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to supply material components and products incorporated into any Product. To Issuer’s Knowledge, each such Third Party (i) has complied and is complying in all material respects with all applicable Health Care Laws, and any other Applicable Laws; and (ii) has all approvals necessary to conduct its business and perform its obligations to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries and all such approvals are in full force and effect.

 

3.24 Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. Pilot Program.

 

Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries produces, designs, tests, manufactures, fabricates, or develops one or more “critical technologies,” as defined in Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. § 4565).

 

3.25 Transactions with Affiliates.

 

No (a) present or former officer or director of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of 5% or more of any class of securities of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or (c) Affiliate or “associate” or any member of the “immediate family” (as such terms are respectively defined in Rules 12b-2 and 16a-1 of the 1934 Act) of any Person described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b) (each of the foregoing, a “Related Party”) is a party to any actual or proposed transaction, agreement, commitment, arrangement, understanding or Contract with Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or has engaged in any transaction with Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries during the three year period ending on the date hereof except as set forth on Section 3.25 of the Issuer Disclosure Schedules.

 

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3.26 Insurance.

 

Issuer has delivered or otherwise made available to Purchaser prior to the date hereof a copy of all material insurance policies and all material self-insurance programs and arrangements relating to the business, assets and operations of Issuer and its Subsidiaries. All such insurance policies are in full force and effect, all premiums thereon have been timely paid or, if not yet due, accrued. There is no material claim pending under Issuer’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ insurance policies or fidelity bonds as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriters of such policies or bonds. Issuer and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with the terms of such policies and bonds, and Issuer maintains the types and amounts of insurance coverage that are reasonably customary for companies in similar lines of business as Issuer and its Subsidiaries. Issuer has no Knowledge of any threatened termination of, or material premium increase with respect to, any of such policies or bonds.

 

3.27 Shares.

 

The Purchased Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the consideration therefor specified herein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

3.28 No Disqualification Events.

 

None of Issuer, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of Issuer participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of Issuer’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) connected with Issuer in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person” and, together, “Issuer Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the 1933 Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). Issuer has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event.

 

3.29 Listing and Maintenance Requirements.

 

The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the 1934 Act, and the Issuer has taken no action designed to, or which to its Knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the 1934 Act nor has Issuer received any notification that the SEC is contemplating terminating such registration. Issuer has not, in the twelve (12) months preceding the date hereof, received notice from Nasdaq to the effect that Issuer is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of Nasdaq. Issuer is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares hereunder do not contravene the rules and regulations of Nasdaq. The Common Stock is currently eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company and Issuer is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company in connection with such electronic transfer.

 

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3.30 No Registration.

 

Assuming the accuracy of Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth herein, no registration under the 1933 Act is required for the offer and sale of the Purchased Shares by Issuer to Purchaser as contemplated hereby.

 

3.31 Disclosure.

 

Except for the issuance of the Purchased Shares and other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to the Knowledge of Issuer, no event, Liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to Issuer or its business, properties, operations, assets or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by Issuer under applicable securities Laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least four (4) Business Days prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

ARTICLE 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER

 

Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to Issuer as follows and on the Closing Date (except for any representations and warranties that are expressly stated to have been made as of a specified date prior to the date of this Agreement, which shall have been true and correct as of such specified date) that:

 

4.1 Authority.

 

The Purchaser is a corporation organized and existing under the Laws of Delaware with full power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and performance by Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by such agreements have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Purchaser. This Agreement has been duly executed by Purchaser, and when delivered by Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other Laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by Laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by Applicable Law.

 

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4.2 Brokers and Finders.

 

Neither Purchaser nor any related person of Purchaser has incurred any Liability to any party for any brokerage fees, agent’s commissions, or finder’s fees in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

4.3 Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock.

 

As of the date hereof, neither Purchaser nor any Affiliate is the beneficial owner of (i) any Common Stock or (ii) any securities or other instruments representing the right to acquire Common Stock.

 

4.4 Availability of Funds.

 

Purchaser has, or will have at the Effective Time, sufficient cash, available lines of credit or other sources of immediately available funds to enable it to consummate the Sale pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and to pay all related fees and expenses of Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.

 

4.5 Certain Transactions and Confidentiality.

 

Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, Purchaser has not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with Purchaser, executed any purchases or sales, including short sales and pledges, of the securities of Issuer during the period commencing as of the time that Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from Issuer or any other Person representing Issuer setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Other than to Purchaser’s representatives, including, without limitation, its officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors, agents and Affiliates bound by a duty of confidentiality to Purchaser, Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).

 

4.6 Investment Risk; Disclosure of Information Acknowledgement of Risk.

 

Purchaser acknowledges and understands that its investment in the Purchased Shares involves a significant degree of risk, including, without limitation, (i) Issuer remains an early stage business with limited operating history and requires substantial funds in addition to the proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares; (ii) an investment in Issuer is speculative, and only purchasers who can afford the loss of their entire investment should consider investing in Issuer and the Purchased Shares; (iii) Purchaser may not be able to liquidate its investment; (iv) transferability of the Purchased Shares is limited; and (v) Purchaser could suffer the loss of its entire investment. Purchaser has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice from sources other than Issuer as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Purchased Shares. Purchaser has had an opportunity to receive all information related to Issuer and the Purchased Shares requested by it and to ask questions of and receive answers from Issuer regarding Issuer, its business and the terms and conditions of the offering of the Purchased Shares. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigation conducted by Purchaser shall modify, amend or affect Purchaser’s right to rely on Issuer’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE 5. COVENANTS OF ISSUER

 

Issuer covenants and agrees with Purchaser as follows:

 

5.1 Access and Information.

 

From the date hereof until the Closing and subject to Applicable Law, Issuer shall (i) give to Purchaser and its Representatives reasonable access to the offices, properties, assets, Books and Records of Issuer and its Subsidiaries, (ii) furnish to Purchaser and its Representatives such financial and operating data and other information as such Persons may reasonably request and (iii) instruct the Representatives of Issuer and its Subsidiaries to cooperate with Purchaser in its investigation of Issuer and its Subsidiaries. Any investigation pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business of Issuer and its Subsidiaries. No information or knowledge obtained in any investigation pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty made by Issuer hereunder.

 

5.2 Conduct of Business Prior to Closing.

 

During the period from the date hereof until the Closing, Issuer shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, conduct its business in the Ordinary Course of Business and in material compliance with Applicable Law and all Material Contracts. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Issuer shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, (a) timely file all Tax Returns with a due date on or prior to the Closing Date in a manner consistent with past practice, and (b) use its reasonable best efforts to (i) preserve intact its present business organization (including preserving all assets in good repair and condition), (ii) maintain in effect all of its foreign, federal, state and local Permits, (iii) keep available the services of its directors, officers, employees and Service Providers consistent with Issuer’s Ordinary Course of Business, (iv) continue the ongoing clinical trials in a diligent manner, and (v) maintain the goodwill and existing relationships with its customers, lenders, suppliers and others having significant business relationships with it. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement or as set forth in the applicable subsection of Section 5.2 of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule, during the period from the date hereof until the Closing, Issuer shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to:

 

(a) amend its Charter Documents (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise);

 

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(b) (i) split, combine, subdivide or reclassify any shares of its capital stock (including the Shares), (ii) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its capital stock, except for dividends payable to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire, or offer to redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire, any Issuer Securities or any Issuer Subsidiary Securities;

 

(c) (i) issue, pledge, dispose of, transfer, encumber, grant, sell or otherwise deliver, or authorize the issuance, pledge, disposal of, transfer, encumbrance, grant, sale or other delivery of, any Issuer Securities or Issuer Subsidiary Securities, other than the issuance of (A) any Shares upon the exercise of Issuer Stock Options or Issuer Warrants or purchase rights under the ESPP, in each case that are outstanding on the date hereof in accordance with their respective terms on the date hereof and in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, (B) any Shares upon the vesting of any Issuer RSUs or Issuer Restricted Shares, in each case, that are outstanding on the date hereof in accordance with their respective terms on the date hereof and (C) any Issuer Subsidiary Securities to Issuer or any other wholly-owned Subsidiary of Issuer, or (ii) amend any term of any Issuer Security or any Issuer Subsidiary Security (in each case, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise);

 

(d) incur any capital expenditures or any Liabilities in respect thereof, except for those contemplated by Section 5.2(d) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule;

 

(e) acquire (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise), directly or indirectly, any assets, securities, properties, interests or businesses, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business of Issuer and its Subsidiaries in a manner that is consistent with past practice;

 

(f) merge or consolidate Issuer or any Subsidiary of Issuer with any Person or adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of Issuer or any Subsidiary;

 

(g) sell, assign, lease, license or otherwise transfer, abandon, dispose of or permit to lapse, or create or incur any Lien (other than Permitted Liens incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business) on, any of Issuer’s or its Subsidiaries’ assets (including any Intellectual Property Rights owned by or licensed to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries), securities, properties, interests or businesses, other than (except in the case of any Intellectual Property Rights owned by or licensed to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(h) (i) extend, grant, amend, waive, cancel, abandon, allow to lapse or modify any rights in or to the Owned Intellectual Property Rights in a manner that is adverse to Issuer or its Subsidiaries, (ii) fail to diligently prosecute any material Patent application owned by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or the Licensed Intellectual Property Rights for which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries controls the prosecution thereof as of the date of this Agreement or (iii) divulge, furnish or make accessible any Owned Intellectual Property Rights that constitute Trade Secrets, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business to any Third Party that is subject to an enforceable written agreement to maintain the confidentiality of such Trade Secrets;

 

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(i) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person;

 

(j) create, incur, assume, suffer to exist or otherwise become liable with respect to any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantees thereof, or issue or sell any debt securities or options, warrants, calls or other rights to acquire any debt securities of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(k) except with the prior written consent of Purchaser (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (i) renew, enter into, amend or modify in any material respect or terminate any Material Contract or any Contract that would constitute a Material Contract if it were in effect on the date of this Agreement (except the expiration or automatic renewal of any Material Contract in accordance with its terms) or (ii) waive, release or assign any material rights, claims or benefits of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries thereunder;

 

(l) (i) with respect to any current or former Service Provider, (A) grant or increase any compensation, bonus, severance, retention, change in control, termination pay, welfare or other benefits to (or amend any existing severance pay or termination arrangement), (B) grant any equity or equity-based awards to, or amend or discretionarily accelerate the vesting or payment of any such awards held by, any current or former Service Provider or other person or (C) enter into, establish, adopt, amend or terminate any Employment Agreement, Consulting Agreement, or any other employment, consulting services, severance, retention, change in control, termination pay, retirement, deferred compensation or other similar agreement or arrangement, (ii) establish, adopt, enter into, amend (except as required by Applicable Law), or become obligated to contribute to any Employee Plan or Collective Bargaining Agreement, other than routine amendments to Employee Plans that do not result in materially increased costs, (iii) recognize any new union, works council or similar employee representative with respect to any current or former Service Provider, (iv) establish, adopt or enter into any plan, agreement or arrangement, or otherwise commit, to gross up or indemnify, or otherwise reimburse any current or former Service Provider for any Tax incurred by such Service Provider, including under Section 409A or Section 4999 of the Code, (v) take any action to fund or in any other way secure the payment of compensation or benefits under any employee plan, agreement, Contract or arrangement or Employee Plan, (vi) make any material determination under any Employee Plan that is inconsistent with Issuer’s Ordinary Course of Business, or (vii) hire or engage the services of any individual as a Service Provider or terminate the service of any Service Provider (or induce or attempt to induce any Service Provider to terminate his or her service) other than for cause;

 

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(m) change Issuer’s methods, principles, practices or policies of accounting, in each case except as required by concurrent changes in GAAP or in Regulation S-X, as agreed to by its independent public accountants;

 

(n) commence, compromise, settle, or offer or propose to settle, (i) any Action, (ii) any stockholder Action or dispute against Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers or directors or (iii) any Action or dispute that relates to the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

(o) make or change any Tax election, change any Tax accounting period, adopt or change any method of Tax accounting, amend any Tax Returns or file claims for material Tax refunds, file any Tax Returns that are due after the Closing Date, enter into any closing agreement with respect to Taxes, settle any Tax claim, audit or assessment, surrender any right to claim a Tax refund, offset or other reduction in Tax Liability, or Consent to any extension or waiver of the statute of limitations period applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes;

 

(p) terminate or modify in any material respect, or fail to exercise renewal rights with respect to, any insurance policy;

 

(q) assign, transfer, lease, cancel, fail to renew or fail to extend any Permit;

 

(r) forgive any loans to directors, officers, employees or any of their respective Affiliates;

 

(s) amend or modify the letter of engagement of the Financial Advisor or engage other advisors or consultants in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

(t) pre-pay any long-term indebtedness for borrowed money;

 

(u) pay or discharge any claims, Liens or Liabilities which are not reserved for or reflected in the Issuer Balance Sheet;

 

(v) implement any plant closing, relocation or layoff of employees that could implicate the WARN Act or any similar Applicable Law;

 

(w) enter into or amend any Contract, or take any other action, that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the Sale; or

 

(x) agree, resolve or commit to do any of the foregoing.

 

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5.3 Issuer Stockholder Meeting.

 

(a) As promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within five Business Days after the date hereof), Issuer shall prepare (and shall give Purchaser a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on) and file the Issuer Proxy Statement with the SEC. Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Issuer Proxy Statement to be cleared by the SEC as soon as practicable after the date hereof and to be mailed to its stockholders as promptly as practicable thereafter. Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Issuer Proxy Statement, and any amendments or supplements thereto, comply in all material respects with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC under the 1934 Act and comply in all respects with all applicable requirements under the NRS (including NRS 92A.300 through 92A.500, inclusive) and the Charter Documents. Issuer and Purchaser shall cooperate with one another (i) in connection with the preparation of the Issuer Proxy Statement and (ii) in determining whether any action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required, or any actions, Consents or waivers are required to be obtained from parties to any material Contracts or in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, Issuer and Purchaser shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to take such actions or make any such filings and furnish information required in connection therewith or with the Issuer Proxy Statement, and timely seek to obtain such actions, Consents or waivers from parties under such material Contracts.

 

(b) Issuer shall cause a meeting of its stockholders (the “Issuer Stockholder Meeting”) to be duly called and held as promptly as reasonably practicable after the SEC or its staff advises that it has no further comments on the Issuer Proxy Statement or that Issuer may commence mailing the Issuer Proxy Statement for the purpose of voting on the approval of this Agreement and shall comply with all Applicable Law with respect to such meeting and the solicitation of proxies in connection therewith. Issuer shall cause the Issuer Proxy Statement to comply in all respects with the applicable provisions of the NRS and the Charter Documents, and to be mailed to the stockholders of Issuer as of the record date established for Issuer Stockholders Meeting as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter. Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit from Issuer’s stockholders proxies in favor of the approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and the Articles Amendment, and shall take all other action necessary or advisable to secure Issuer Stockholder Approval.

 

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(c) Any adjournment, delay or postponement of Issuer Stockholder Meeting shall require the prior written consent of Purchaser; provided that Issuer shall be permitted to adjourn, delay or postpone Issuer Stockholder Meeting (i) with the consent of Purchaser (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) for the absence of a quorum or (ii) after consultation with Purchaser, solely to the extent necessary to ensure that any legally required supplement or amendment to the Issuer Proxy Statement is provided to the stockholders of Issuer with adequate time to review. Purchaser may require Issuer to adjourn, delay or postpone Issuer Stockholder Meeting for up to five days or as otherwise agreed by the parties (but prior to the date that is two Business Days prior to the End Time) to solicit additional proxies necessary to obtain Issuer Stockholder Approval. Once Issuer has established a record date for Issuer Stockholder Meeting, Issuer shall not change such record date or establish a different record date for Issuer Stockholders Meeting without the prior written consent of Purchaser, unless required to do so by Applicable Law or Issuer’s organizational documents. Without the prior written consent of Purchaser, the approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and the Articles Amendment and the Bylaws Amendment shall be the only matters (other than matters of procedure and matters required by Applicable Law to be voted on by Issuer’s stockholders in connection with the approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and the Articles Amendment and the Bylaws Amendment) that Issuer shall propose to be acted on by the stockholders of Issuer at Issuer Stockholder Meeting.

 

5.4 Nasdaq Listing.

 

Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Purchased Shares to be approved for listing on Nasdaq prior to the Closing.

 

5.5 Exclusivity.

 

Issuer shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and their Representatives to, (i) cease immediately and cause to be terminated any and all existing activities, discussions or negotiations, if any, with any Third Party and its Representatives conducted on or prior to the date hereof with respect to any Competing Proposal and (ii) not engage in any discussions or enter into any agreements or share any information with any Third Party relating to a Competing Proposal. Until the earlier of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to ARTICLE 10, from and after the date hereof, Issuer shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable, and in any event within two (2) Business Days of receipt by Issuer or any of its Representatives of any Competing Proposal or any inquiry that could reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Proposal, deliver to Purchaser a written notice setting forth: (A) the identity of the Person making such Competing Proposal or inquiry and (B) the material terms and conditions of such Competing Proposal or an unredacted copy of any documents in connection with such Competing Proposal. Issuer shall keep Purchaser reasonably informed of any amendment or modification of any such Competing Proposal on a prompt basis, and in any event within two (2) Business Days.

 

5.6 Takeover Statutes.

 

Issuer and the Board shall (a) take all actions necessary so that no “control share acquisition,” “fair price,” “moratorium,” “business combination” or other antitakeover or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and so that Purchaser will not be considered an “interested stockholder” for purposes of NRS 78.3787, and (b) if any such antitakeover or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to grant such approvals and take all actions necessary so that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated herein and otherwise to take all such other actions as are reasonably necessary to eliminate or minimize the effects of any such statute or regulation on the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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5.7 Interim Communications by Issuer.

 

Prior to making any communications generally disseminated to the employees, customers, lenders, suppliers or other Persons having material business relationships with Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Issuer shall provide Purchaser with prior notice of the intended communication, Purchaser shall have the right to review such communication and provide comments, which Issuer shall consider in good faith to provide a mutually agreeable communication.

 

5.8 Lock-Up.

 

Except as may be required by Law or a Governmental Authority, without the prior written consent of Issuer, Purchaser will not sell or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Shares acquired under the Agreement for a period of six (6) months following the time when the shares are issued hereunder (such time period, the “Lock-Up Period”). However, this Section 5.8 shall not prohibit sales or other dispositions in connection with any merger, share exchange, consolidation, tender offer or other similar corporate transaction

 

5.9 Standstill.

 

From the period beginning on the date hereof until the expiration of the Option Period, or earlier termination of this Agreement, other than to the extent contemplated or permitted by this Agreement or upon Issuer’s written consent or request, Purchaser shall not, and shall cause each of its controlled Affiliates not to:

 

(a) acquire, offer or propose to acquire, or agree to acquire directly or indirectly, whether by purchase, tender or exchange offer, through the acquisition of control of another Person, by joining a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the 1934 Act), any Common Stock in excess of one percent of the outstanding Common Stock;

 

(b) effect or seek, offer or propose (whether publicly or otherwise) or enter into an agreement to effect, or cause or participate in or in any way knowingly assist any other Person to effect or seek, offer or propose (whether publicly or otherwise) to effect or participate in, any tender or exchange offer, merger or other business combination involving Issuer or any recapitalization, restructuring, liquidation, dissolution or other extraordinary transaction with respect to Issuer;

 

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(c) (i) make, engage or in any way participate in, directly or indirectly, any “solicitation” (as such term is used in the proxy rules of the SEC) of proxies or consents with respect to the Common Stock (whether or not relating to the election or removal of directors), (ii) seek to advise, encourage or influence any Person with respect to the voting of any Common Stock in opposition to the recommendation of the Board with respect to any matter, (iii) initiate, propose or otherwise “solicit” (as such term is defined in Rule 14a-1(l) under the 1934 Act, or, if amended, as amended and in effect at the time in question) Issuer’s stockholders for the approval of any stockholder proposal, regardless of its purpose and whether made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 or Rule 14a-4 under the 1934 Act or otherwise, (iv) knowingly induce or attempt to induce any other Person to initiate any such stockholder proposal, or (v) otherwise communicate or seek to communicate with Issuer’s stockholders or others pursuant to Rule 14a-1(l)(2)(iv) under the 1934 Act;

 

(d) call or seek to call, directly or indirectly, any special meeting of stockholders of Issuer for purposes of approving any transaction other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, or seek, request, or take any action to obtain or retain, directly or indirectly, any list of holders of the Common Stock or other securities of Issuer other than for the aforementioned purpose;

 

(e) form, join or in any way participate in any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the 1934 Act) with respect to the Common Stock, other than a “group” that includes Issuer’s stockholders and their Affiliates with respect to actions specifically required or permitted by this Agreement;

 

(f) deposit any Common Stock in any voting trust or subject any Common Stock to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting of the Common Stock;

 

(g) seek, alone or in concert with others, election or appointment to, or representation on, or nominate or propose the nomination of any candidate to, the Board or seek any change in the composition of the Board or management of Issuer, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors, to remove any director or to fill any vacancies on the Board, in each case other than as expressly required or permitted by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement; or

 

(h) knowingly initiate, solicit, assist, facilitate, finance, or encourage or otherwise participate in the taking of any of the foregoing actions by any other Person or enter into any discussions, negotiations, arrangements or understandings with any other Person with respect to any of the foregoing actions.

 

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This Section 5.9 shall automatically terminate and be of no force or effect at such time that (i) a Competing Proposal (as defined below) shall have been publicly proposed by Issuer (and not publicly withdrawn), or a “group” (as defined under the 1934 Act) or any Person unaffiliated with Purchaser shall have publicly made (and not publicly withdrawn) a bona fide proposal with respect to a Competing Proposal, (ii) Issuer shall have entered into an agreement in principle or definitive agreement providing for any Competing Proposal, (iii) Issuer or any Person discloses (by press release, the filing of a report on Schedule 13D, the making of a tender or exchange offer or otherwise) that it is in discussions or negotiations with either Purchaser, any shareholder or any “group” (as defined under the 1934 Act) or Person unaffiliated with Purchaser with respect to a Competing Proposal, (iv) a “group” (as defined under the 1934 Act) or Person unaffiliated with Purchaser (A) solicits proxies to effect a change in the majority of the Board or (B) Beneficially Owns (as defined in the Stockholder Agreement) 20% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, or (v) Issuer commences or publicly announces an intention to commence a sales process, a review of strategic alternatives or a similar process indicating its openness to consideration of a Competing Proposal or shall have engaged an investment bank for the purpose, in whole or in part, of soliciting interest of one or more Third Parties in a Competing Proposal. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Section 5.9 shall not restrict in any way the directors appointed by Purchaser to the Board from satisfying their fiduciary duties.

 

5.10 Anti-Dilution.

 

Upon the exercise of any Company option or warrant in existence at the time of this Agreement or granted on or after the date hereof and prior to the Closing, Issuer shall provide Purchaser written notice of such exercise or issuance, as applicable, including the material terms of such exercise or issuance, as applicable, within five (5) Business Days of such exercise or issuance. Within 60 days of Purchaser receiving such notice, Purchaser shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase additional shares of Common Stock at a purchase price equal to the same exercise price or purchase price paid by each such option holders or warrant holder, up to an amount of shares required for Purchaser to Beneficially Own 53% of the outstanding Common Stock. Issuer covenants to use its reasonable best efforts to maintain a sufficient number of authorized share of Common Stock in order to allow for issuances pursuant to this Section 5.10 and, if at any time there are insufficient authorized shares notwithstanding the foregoing covenant, Issuer shall take all actions necessary to increase the number of authorized Common Stock to comply with this Section 5.10, including holding a meeting of stockholders as promptly as practicable.

 

5.11 Director Resignation.

 

Immediately prior to the Closing, the Company shall cause one member of the existing Board of Directors to resign.

 

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ARTICLE 6. MUTUAL COVENANTS

 

6.1 Notice of Certain Events.

 

Each of Issuer and Purchaser shall promptly notify the other of:

 

(a) any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the Consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(b) any notice or other communication from any Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(c) any Actions commenced or, to such Party’s knowledge, threatened against, relating to or involving or otherwise affecting such Party or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, (i) that, if pending on the date of this Agreement, would have been required to have been disclosed pursuant to any Section of this Agreement or (ii) that relate to this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

(d) any inaccuracy in any material respect of any representation or warranty contained in this Agreement at any time during the term hereof;

 

(e) any failure of such Party to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder; and

 

(f) any event, condition, fact or circumstance that has a materially adverse impact on the likelihood that all of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE 7 or ARTICLE 8 will be satisfied prior to the End Time, or that causes or is reasonably likely to cause an Issuer Material Adverse Effect.

 

In no event shall (i) the delivery of any notice by a Party pursuant to this Section 6.1 limit or otherwise affect the respective rights, remedies, obligations, representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the Parties or the conditions to the obligations of the Parties under this Agreement or (ii) disclosure by Issuer or Purchaser be deemed to amend or supplement the Issuer Disclosure Schedule or constitute an exception to any representation or warranty of the disclosing Party.

 

6.2 CFIUS.

 

Purchaser and Issuer shall jointly file an informal communication (“Informal Notice”) to CFIUS with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby within five (5) Business Days of the date hereof in order to apprise CFIUS of and generally describe such transactions and the business of Issuer and its Subsidiaries and further explain that no formal notification or declaration is required under the Defense Production Act, as amended (“DPA”), and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder (“Treasury Regulations”). Purchaser shall take the lead in preparing the Informal Notice and Issuer shall provide all necessary information for Issuer and its Subsidiaries relating to the Informal Notice. In the event that CFIUS requests that the Parties file a declaration notification with respect to the contemplated transactions pursuant to the DPA and Treasury Regulations, Purchaser and Issuer shall file such declaration or notification (“Notification”) within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of the request. Purchaser shall take the lead in preparing the Notification and Issuer shall provide all necessary information for Issuer and its Subsidiaries. The Parties shall each, to their fullest ability, provide CFIUS with any additional or supplemental information requested by CFIUS or its member agencies or departments during the CFIUS review process (“Additional Filings”), act in good faith and reasonably cooperate with each other in connection with any such Additional Filings (including to provide copies of any such Additional Filings to outside counsel for the non-filing Party in draft form in advance of its submission to CFIUS), and keep the other Party informed of any material communication received by such Party from, or given by such Party to, CFIUS or its member departments and agencies related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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6.3 Further Mutual Covenants.

 

Purchaser and Issuer shall each take such actions contemplated by this Agreement, and, subject to Purchaser’s and Issuer’s, as applicable, right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to ARTICLE 10, do all things necessary (to the extent commercially reasonable) to effect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Purchaser and Issuer shall each refrain from knowingly taking or failing to take any action which would render any of the representations or warranties contained in ARTICLE 3 or ARTICLE 4, as applicable, of this Agreement inaccurate in any material respect as of the Closing Date. Each Party shall promptly notify the other Party of any Litigation that is instituted or threatened against such Party to restrain, prohibit, or otherwise challenge the legality of any transaction contemplated by this Agreement.

 

6.4 Commercially Reasonable Efforts.

 

Issuer and Purchaser will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the conditions in ARTICLE 7 and ARTICLE 8 to be satisfied.

 

6.5 Listing.

 

Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Purchased Shares to be approved for listing on Nasdaq immediately following the Lock-Up Period.

 

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ARTICLE 7. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER

 

The obligation of Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, all or any of which may be waived in writing, in whole or in part, by Purchaser:

 

7.1 Representations and Warranties.

 

The representations and warranties of Issuer contained in ARTICLE 3 shall be true and correct in all material respects both when made and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date) (provided for purposes of this Section 7.1 all “Material Adverse Effect” qualifications and other materiality qualifications limiting the scope of the representations and warranties of Issuer contained in this Agreement will be disregarded). Purchaser will have received a certificate to such effect signed by an officer of Issuer, as of the Closing Date, executed by Issuer, to such effect.

 

7.2 Compliance by Issuer.

 

Issuer shall have duly performed in all material respects all of the covenants, agreements, and conditions contained in this Agreement to be performed by Issuer on or prior to the Closing Date (as applicable) and Purchaser shall have received a certificate dated the Closing Date, executed by an authorized officer of Issuer to such effect. Purchaser shall have received from Issuer such certificates or other evidence, dated as of the Closing Date, as Purchaser or its counsel shall reasonably request to evidence the performance of all covenants and the fulfillment by Issuer, or such other satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date, of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

7.3 No Injunction; Litigation.

 

No Litigation, regulation, or legislation shall be pending or overtly threatened by a Third Party which seeks to enjoin, restrain, or prohibit Purchaser in respect of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

7.4 Consents; Authorizations; Approval of Legal Matters.

 

All authorizations, Orders, or Consents of any Governmental Authority or Nasdaq, if any, required to consummate the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares to Purchaser shall have been obtained. Purchaser shall have received a certificate dated as of the relevant Closing Date, executed by Issuer to the foregoing effect, and Purchaser shall be reasonably satisfied with the terms, conditions, and restrictions of and obligations under each such authorization, Order, or Consent.

 

7.5 No Material Adverse Change.

 

There shall not have occurred any change or development that would constitute an Issuer Material Adverse Effect, and Purchaser shall have received a certificate dated as of the Closing Date, executed by a duly authorized officer of Issuer to such effect.

 

7.6 Closing Precedent Transactions.

 

The transactions contemplated by Section 2.2 shall have occurred and the Registration Rights Agreement shall be fully executed and effective.

 

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7.7 Simultaneous Closing.

 

The Closing shall occur simultaneously with the Closing (as defined in the Sirtex SPA) of the Stock Purchase Agreement by and between Issuer and Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc. (“Sirtex”), dated as of the date hereof (the “Sirtex SPA”).

 

7.8 Issuer Approvals.

 

Issuer shall have obtained Issuer Stockholder Approval for this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including in connection with the Articles Amendment, to increase the number of authorized Common Stock from 26,000,000 to 30,000,000 and other related matters, and any necessary approvals under Nasdaq rules. Issuer shall have filed the Articles Amendment and such amendment shall be effective. The Bylaws Amendment shall have been approved and adopted by the Board.

 

ARTICLE 8. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF ISSUER

 

The obligation of Issuer to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction, on or before the relevant Closing Date (as applicable) hereunder, of each of the following conditions, all or any of which may be waived, in whole or in part, by Issuer.

 

8.1 Certificate Regarding Representations and Warranties.

 

The representations and warranties of Purchaser contained in ARTICLE 4 shall be true and correct in all material respects both when made and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date) (provided for purposes of this Section 8.1 all material adverse effect qualifications and other materiality qualifications limiting the scope of the representations and warranties of Purchaser contained in this Agreement will be disregarded), and Issuer shall have received a certificate dated as of the Closing Date, executed by Purchaser, to such effect.

 

8.2 Compliance by Purchaser.

 

Purchaser shall have duly performed in all material respects all of the covenants, agreements, and conditions contained in this Agreement to be performed by Purchaser on or before the Closing Date, and Issuer shall have received a certificate dated as of the Closing Date, executed by Purchaser, to such effect. Issuer shall have received from Purchaser all applicable closing deliveries, and such certificates or other evidence, duly executed by Purchaser, dated as of the Closing Date, as Issuer or its counsel shall reasonably request to evidence the performance of all covenants and the fulfillment by Purchaser, or such other satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date, of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including Purchaser’s executed counterpart to the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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8.3 No Injunction, Litigation.

 

No Litigation, regulation, or legislation shall be pending or overtly threatened by a Third Party which seeks to enjoin, restrain, or prohibit Issuer, in respect of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

8.4 Consents; Authorizations; Approval of Legal Matters.

 

All authorizations, Orders, or Consents of any Governmental Authority required to consummate the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares to Purchaser shall have been obtained. Issuer shall have received a certificate dated as of the Closing Date, executed by Purchaser to the foregoing effect, and Issuer shall be reasonably satisfied with the terms, conditions, and restrictions of and obligations under each such authorization, Order, or Consent.

 

8.5 Issuer Stockholder Approval.

 

Issuer shall have obtained Issuer Stockholder Approval for this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including in connection with the Articles Amendment and any necessary approvals under Nasdaq rules.

 

ARTICLE 9. CONFIDENTIALITY; PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

9.1 Confidentiality.

 

The Information is disclosed to Purchaser solely for Purchaser’s use in completing its analysis incidental to this Agreement, and Purchaser agrees that its use of the Information will be governed by the terms and conditions of the Confidentiality Agreement, as amended on the date hereof.

 

9.2 Public Announcements.

 

The initial press release concerning this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be a joint press release of Issuer, Purchaser and Sirtex to be reasonably agreed upon by Issuer and Purchaser. Following such initial press release, Purchaser and Issuer shall consult with each other before issuing any additional press release, making any other public statement or scheduling any press conference, conference call or meeting with investors or analysts with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (unless such press release or public statement contains, or the statements made during such press conference, conference call or meeting as they relate to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby include, in any case, only information that has been previously disclosed in the initial press release or other statements consented to in writing by Purchaser) and, except as may be required by Applicable Law or any listing agreement with or rule of any national securities exchange or association; provided, however, that the restrictions set forth in this Section 9.2 shall not apply to any release or public statement in connection with any dispute between the Parties regarding this Agreement, the Sale or the other transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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ARTICLE 10. TERMINATION

 

10.1 Termination.

 

(a) The obligation of Issuer to sell, and Purchaser to purchase, the Purchased Shares on the Closing Date may be terminated:

 

(i) by the mutual consent of Purchaser and Issuer;

 

(ii) by either Party if the Closing shall not have occurred on or before March 31, 2020 (the “End Time”); provided that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.1(a)(ii) shall not be available to any Party whose breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or provision of this Agreement has caused or resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur by the End Time;

 

(iii) by Purchaser if (i) any condition in ARTICLE 7 becomes impossible to perform or satisfy (other than as a result of a material breach or default by Purchaser in the performance of its obligations hereunder) and the performance of such condition has not been waived by Purchaser in writing at or prior to the Closing Date or (ii) the Issuer materially breaches any of its covenants or agreements contained herein and such breach is not cured (if capable of being cured) within ten (10) days after written notice of such breach; or

 

(iv) by Issuer if (i) any condition in ARTICLE 8 becomes impossible to perform or satisfy (other than as a result of a material breach or default by Issuer in the performance of its obligations hereunder) and the performance of such condition has not been waived by Issuer in writing at or prior to the Closing Date or (ii) Purchaser materially breaches any of its covenants or agreements contained herein and such breach is not cured (if capable of being cured) within ten (10) days after written notice of such breach.

 

(b) Upon termination, this Agreement shall be terminated in its entirety and each provision of this Agreement shall have no further force and effect, except for ARTICLE 9 and Section 11.2, each of which shall survive; provided that no such termination shall relieve any party from any liability or damages resulting from a willful and material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement or fraud, in which case the non-breaching party shall be entitled to all rights and remedies available at law or in equity.

 

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ARTICLE 11. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

11.1 Definitions.

 

(a) The terms set forth below shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the referenced sections:

 

Term   Page   Term   Page
             
Additional Filings   44   Lease   12
Agreement   1   Leased Real Property   13
Change of Control Payment   26   Lock-Up Period   41
Charter Documents   3   Material Adverse Effect   46
Closing   2   Material Contracts   27
Closing Date   2   Notification   44
Common Stock   1   Personal Information   60
Disqualification Event   32   Privacy and Information Security Requirements   61
DPA   45   Privacy Notices   17
DRS   3   Purchase Price   2
End Time   49   Purchased Shares   1
FCPA   11   Purchaser   1
Federal Health Care Programs   29   Recapitalization   2
Financial Advisor   28   Registration Rights Agreement   1
Informal Notice   45   Related Party   31
Issuer   1   Sale   1
Issuer Board Recommendation   4   Sanctions   11
Issuer Covered Person   32   Services Agreement   1
Issuer Covered Persons   32   Share   1
Issuer Proxy Statement   10   Shares   1
Issuer SEC Documents   7   Sirtex   47
Issuer Securities   6   Sirtex SPA   47
Issuer Stockholder Approval   4   Stockholder Agreement   1
Issuer Stockholder Meeting   39   Treasury Regulations   44
Issuer Subsidiary Securities   7   UK Bribery Act   11

 

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(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, the capitalized terms set forth below shall have the following meanings:

 

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

 

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

 

(iii) “Action” means any action, suit, investigation, examination, audit (including Tax audit), litigation, arbitration, mediation, demand, charge, complaint, claim (including any cross-claim or counterclaim), enforcement action or proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate proceeding).

 

(iv) “Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.

 

(v) “Ancillary Agreements” means the Stockholder Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Services Agreement.

 

(vi) “Applicable Law” means, with respect to any Person, any transnational, domestic or foreign, federal, state, local or provincial Law (statutory, common or otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, Order, Permit, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by a Governmental Authority that is binding on or applicable to such Person.

 

(vii) “Articles Amendment” means an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation in substantially the same form as Exhibit D hereto.

 

(viii) “Articles of Incorporation” means the Articles of Incorporation of Issuer, as amended.

 

(ix) “Board” shall mean Issuer’s board of directors.

 

(x) “Books and Records” means all existing data, databases, books, records, correspondence, business plans and projections, tenant and vendor lists, files, papers, and, to the extent permitted under Applicable Law, copies of historical personnel, payroll and medical records of each of the Employees in the possession of Issuer, including employment applications, employment agreements, confidentiality and non-compete agreements, corrective action reports, disciplinary reports, notices of transfer, notices of rate changes, other similar documents, and any summaries of such documents regularly prepared by Issuer; all reported medical claims made for each Employee; and all manuals and printed instructions of Issuer.

 

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(xi) “Business Day” means a day, other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York or the People’s Republic of China (including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) are authorized or required by Applicable Law to close.

 

(xii) “Bylaws” means the Bylaws of Issuer, as amended.

 

(xiii) “Bylaws Amendment” means an amendment to the Bylaws in substantially the same form as Exhibit E hereto.

 

(xiv) “CFIUS” means the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.

 

(xv) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

(xvi) “Collective Bargaining Agreement” means any written or oral agreement, memorandum of understanding or other contractual obligation between Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries and any labor organization or other authorized employee representative representing Service Providers, including any collective bargaining, works council or similar agreement.

 

(xvii) “Competing Proposal” means, other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any Third Party offer, proposal or inquiry relating to, or any Third Party indication of interest in, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, (i) any acquisition or purchase, direct or indirect, of assets representing 15% or more of the consolidated assets of Issuer and its Subsidiaries or 15% or more of any class of equity or voting securities of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 15% or more of the consolidated assets of Issuer, (ii) any tender offer (including a self-tender offer) or exchange offer that, if consummated, would result in any Third Party’s Beneficially Owning (as defined in the Stockholder Agreement) 15% or more of any class of equity or voting securities of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 15% or more of the consolidated assets of Issuer and its Subsidiaries, (iii) a merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, sale of substantially all of the assets, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or other similar transaction involving Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 15% or more of the consolidated assets of Issuer, (iv) any acquisition or exclusive license of any Product or Owned Intellectual Property Rights or (v) any other transaction the consummation of which would reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with, prevent or materially delay the Sale, or that would reasonably be expected to dilute materially the benefits to Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(xviii) “Confidentiality Agreement” means that certain Mutual Confidential Disclosure Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2019, by and between China Grand Enterprise Ltd and Issuer.

 

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(xix) “Consent” means any consent, approval or authorization.

 

(xx) “Consulting Agreement” means each consulting, Service Provider, change in control or other agreement or Contract between Issuer or a Subsidiary of Issuer and any Independent Contractor.

 

(xxi) “Contract” means, with respect to any Person, any legally binding contract, agreement, lease, sublease, license, sublicense commitment, sale or purchase order, indenture, note, bond, loan, mortgage, deed of trust, concession, franchise, Permit, instrument or other arrangement, commitment or undertaking, including any exhibits, annexes, appendices or attachments thereto, whether written or oral, to which such Person is a party or by which such Person or such Person’s properties or assets are bound.

 

(xxii) “Data Processors” means any Third Party Service Providers, software developers, outsources, or others to which Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary engages and allows access to Personal Information or IT Assets that hold Personal Information.

 

(xxiii) Drug Applicationshall mean a New Drug Application or a Biologic License Application, as those terms are defined in the FDCA and PHSA and the FDA regulations promulgated thereunder, for any FDA Related Product, as appropriate, in each case of Issuer or any of its Affiliates.

 

(xxiv) “Employee Plan” means any (i) “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, (ii) compensation, employment, consulting, Independent Contractor, severance, termination protection, change in control, transaction bonus, retention or similar plan, agreement, arrangement, program or policy or (iii) other plan, agreement, arrangement, program or policy providing for compensation, bonuses, profit-sharing, equity or equity-based compensation or other forms of incentive or deferred compensation, vacation benefits, insurance (including any self-insured arrangement), medical, dental, vision, prescription or fringe benefits, life insurance, relocation or expatriate benefits, perquisites, disability or sick leave benefits, employee assistance program, supplemental unemployment benefits or post-employment or retirement benefits (including compensation, pension, health, medical or insurance benefits), in each case (x) whether or not written, (y) that is sponsored, maintained, administered, contributed to, required to be contributed to or entered into by Issuer or any of its ERISA Affiliates for the current or future benefit of any current or former Service Provider or (z) for which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective ERISA Affiliates have or could have any current or future Liability.

 

(xxv) “Employees” means all employees of Issuer.

 

(xxvi) Employment Agreement means each management, employment, severance, consulting, bonus, retention, relocation, repatriation, expatriation, change in control or similar agreement or offer letter between Issuer or a Subsidiary of Issuer and any current or former Employee.

 

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(xxvii) “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

(xxviii) “ERISA Affiliate” of any entity means any other entity that, together with such first entity, is (or at any relevant time was or will be) treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

 

(xxix) “ESPP” means Issuer’s 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

(xxx) “Exploit” (and related terms such as “Exploitation” or “Exploited”) means to manufacture, have manufactured, produce, fill, finish, package, label, import, export, use, have used, sell, offer for sale, have sold, research, develop (including seeking, obtaining or maintaining Product Registrations), test, prescribe, administer, commercialize, register, store, hold or keep (whether for disposal or otherwise), transport, ship, distribute, promote, market, price, supply or otherwise dispose of, or to license or otherwise permit any Person to conduct any of the foregoing.

 

(xxxi) FDA means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and any successor agency thereto.

 

(xxxii) FDCA means the U.S. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, together with any rule or regulation lawfully issued or promulgated by the FDA.

 

(xxxiii) FDA Regulated Product shall mean and includes any of Issuer’s approved products, product candidates, or any components thereof that are subject to the FDCA and other Laws administered by the FDA.

 

(xxxiv) “Final Offering Period” means the offering or purchase period under the ESPP that is in effect on the date hereof.

 

(xxxv) “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as employed in the U.S., applied consistently with prior periods and with Issuer’s historical practices and methods, provided that standards of materiality applicable to Issuer shall be employed without regard to standards of materiality used by Issuer in prior periods, and provided further, that Issuer’s historical practices and methods shall not be consistently applied to the extent they are not in accordance with GAAP.

 

(xxxvi) “Governmental Authority” means any: (A) nation, state, commonwealth, province, territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature; (B) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other government; (C) governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental division, department, agency, commission, instrumentality, official, ministry, fund, foundation, center, organization, unit, body or entity and any court or other tribunal); or (D) entity to whom a Governmental Authority has assigned or delegated any authority or oversight responsibilities, including any notified body licensed, authorized or approved to assess and certify the conformity of a medical device with the requirements of the EU Medical Devices Directive 93/42/EEC, the EU Medical Devices Regulation (EU) 2017/745, and applicable harmonized standards.

 

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(xxxvii) “Health Care Laws” means (i) the FDCA and the regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) the PHSA, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, (iii) all federal and state fraud and abuse laws, including the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)), the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.), the administrative False Claims Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), the Anti-Inducement Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a(a)(5)), the exclusion laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), and the regulations promulgated pursuant to such statutes, (iv) HIPAA, the regulations promulgated thereunder and comparable state laws, (v) the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.), (vi) Titles XVIII (42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq.) and XIX (42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq.) of the Social Security Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, (vii) FDA’s regulations in Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, (viii) the Public Health Regulations in Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, (ix) all Applicable Laws administered by the FDA and other Governmental Authorities, including those governing or relating to good laboratory practices, good clinical practices, recordkeeping, the manufacture, import, export, testing, development, approval, processing, reporting, packaging, labeling, storage, marketing, sale, offer for sale, distribution and use of any compounds or products manufactured by or on behalf of Issuer, including adverse drug reaction reporting requirements, informed Consent requirements and Review Boards (as those terms are defined by the FDA), all applicable requirements related to clinical trials and the protection of human subjects, applicable regulations at 21 C.F.R. Parts 50, 54, 56, 58, 312, 314, 600, 601 and the FDA’s current Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations at 21 C.F.R. Parts 210 and 211 for products that are or will be sold in the U.S., and the respective counterparts thereof promulgated by Governmental Authorities in countries outside the U.S. and (x) any and all other applicable federal, state, local, foreign, supranational health care laws, rules and regulations, ordinances, and Orders, each of clauses (i) through (x) as may be amended from time to time.

 

(xxxviii) “HIPAA” means, collectively, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, enacted as Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, and their implementing regulations, including but not limited to, the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information at 45 C.F.R. Part 160 and Part 164, Subparts A and E, the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information at 45 C.F.R. Part 160 and Part 164, Subparts A and C, and the Notification of Breach of Unsecured Protected Health Information requirements at 45 C.F.R. Part 160 and Part 164, Subpart D.

 

(xxxix) “Independent Contractor” means any independent contractor, director, consultant or other non-employee Service Provider of Issuer or a Subsidiary of Issuer (including any temporary or leased employee retained through a staffing or leasing agency that is not an employee of Issuer or a Subsidiary of Issuer).

 

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(xl) “Information” means information or documentation owned by Issuer which information may include, but is not necessarily limited to, financial data, business plans, personnel information (to the extent permitted under Applicable Law), drawings, samples, devices, trade secrets, technical information, results of research and other data in either oral or written form; provided, however, that “Information” does not include information which (A) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by Purchaser or its representatives in violation of the Confidentiality Agreement, (B) was lawfully within Purchaser’s possession prior to its being furnished to Purchaser by or on behalf of Issuer, provided further that the source of such information was not known by Purchaser to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with or other contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality to Issuer or any other Person with respect to such information, or (C) is developed by Purchaser after initial disclosure by Issuer.

 

(xli) “Intellectual Property Rights” means any and all (i) trademarks, service marks, trade names, business marks, brand names, certification marks, trade dress, logos, corporate names, trade styles, domain names and other indications of origin, the goodwill associated with the foregoing and registrations in any jurisdiction of, and applications in any jurisdiction to register, the foregoing, including any extension, modification or renewal of any such registration or application (“Trademarks”), (ii) national and multinational statutory invention registrations, patents and patent applications issued or applied for in any jurisdiction including pursuant to international treaties, including all certificates of invention, provisionals, nonprovisionals, applications made pursuant to the Patent Cooperation Treaty, substitutions, divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, requests for continued examination, reissues, renewals, extensions, supplementary protection certificates, reexaminations, patents of addition, utility models, inventors’ certificates and the equivalents of any of the foregoing in any jurisdiction, all inventions disclosed in each such registration, patent or patent application and any rights resulting from oppositions, inter partes review, post-grant review or other post-grant proceedings in any jurisdiction (“Patents”), (iii) all rights and priorities afforded under any Applicable Law with respect to any of the foregoing Trademarks and Patents, including without limitation earlier-filed applications from which benefit or priority rights are derived, and all extensions, restorations, and renewals of any of the foregoing, (iv) Trade Secrets, information, data, specifications, processes, methods, knowledge, experience, formulae, skills, techniques, schematics, drawings, blue prints, utility models, designs, technology, software, inventions (whether or not patentable), discoveries, ideas and improvements, including formulation, composition, device and manufacturing information, processes and synthetic pathways, assays, engineering and other manuals and drawings, standard operating procedures, flow diagrams, regulatory, chemical, pharmacological, toxicological, pharmaceutical, physical and analytical, safety, quality assurance, quality control and clinical data, technical information, research records and similar data and information, (v) writings and other works (including literary, pictorial and graphic works), whether copyrightable or not, in any jurisdiction (domestic and foreign), and any and all copyright rights, whether registered or not, and registrations or applications for registration of copyrights in any jurisdiction (domestic and foreign), and any renewals or extensions thereof (“Copyrights”), (vi) moral rights, data and database rights, design rights, industrial property rights, publicity rights and privacy rights, (vii) all forms and types of computer software (including source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing), (viii) any other intellectual property or proprietary rights, (ix) all rights under or relating to any of the foregoing granted under any Contract and (x) rights to bring an action for infringement, dilution, misappropriation or other impairment or violation of rights and to receive damages, proceeds or any other legal or equitable protections and remedies with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

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(xlii) “IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America.

 

(xliii) “Issuer 10-K” means Issuer’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2018.

 

(xliv) “Issuer 10-Q” means Issuer’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2019.

 

(xlv) “Issuer Balance Sheet” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of Issuer as of the Issuer Balance Sheet Date set forth in the Issuer 10-K.

 

(xlvi) “Issuer Balance Sheet Date” means July 31, 2018.

 

(xlvii) “Issuer Disclosure Schedule” means the disclosure schedule dated the date hereof related to this Agreement that has been provided by Issuer to Purchaser.

 

(xlviii) “Issuer Intellectual Property Rights” means all the Owned Intellectual Property Rights and Licensed Intellectual Property Rights.

 

(xlix) “Issuer Interim Balance Sheet” means the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Issuer as of April 30, 2019 as set forth in the Issuer 10-Q.

 

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(l) “Issuer Material Adverse Effect” means (i) any event, circumstance, change, occurrence, development, condition or effect that has or would be expected to result in a material adverse change in, or material adverse effect on, (A) the condition (financial or otherwise), business, assets, Liabilities or results of operations of Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, excluding any such effect to the extent resulting from (1) changes in general economic conditions in the U.S., (2) changes or conditions generally affecting the industry in which Issuer and its Subsidiaries operate, (3) acts of war, sabotage or terrorism involving the U.S. or (4) the announcement of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except, in the case of clauses (1), (2) and (3), to the extent not having a disproportionate effect on Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other participants in the industry in which Issuer and its Subsidiaries operate, (B) Issuer’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on or before the End Time or (ii) any material adverse determination by, or a material delay of a determination by, the FDA or any other Governmental Authority or any Review Board, or any indication that any such entity or Review Board will make any material adverse determination or materially delay making any determination, with respect to the safety or efficacy as shown in pre-clinical or clinical testing, approvability, labeling, contents of package insert, prescribing information, risk management profile, pre-approval inspection matters or requirements relating to the results of any pre-clinical or clinical testing, post-market requirements or commitments, in each case, related to any of the Products.

 

(li) “Issuer Restricted Shares” means each restricted Share granted or issued pursuant to any Employee Plan that is outstanding immediately prior to the Closing.

 

(lii) “Issuer RSUs” means each restricted stock unit granted or issued pursuant to any Employee Plan that is outstanding immediately prior to the Closing.

 

(liii) “Issuer Stock Awards” means, collectively, the Issuer Restricted Shares, Issuer RSUs, Issuer Stock Options and Issuer Warrants.

 

(liv) “Issuer Stock Options” means each option (or portion thereof) to acquire Shares that is outstanding immediately prior to the Closing.

 

(lv) “Issuer Warrants” means each warrant (or portion thereof) to acquire Shares granted or issued that is outstanding immediately prior to the Closing.

 

(lvi) “IT Assets” means computers, computer software, firmware, middleware, servers, workstations, routers, hubs, switches, data communications lines and all other information technology equipment, and all associated documentation owned by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or licensed or leased by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(lvii) “Knowledge” means, with respect to Issuer, the actual knowledge of each individual listed in Section 11.1(b) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule, together with the knowledge such persons would or should reasonably be expected to have, in each case, after making a reasonable inquiry of the individuals who report to them regarding the matters in question.

 

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(lviii) “Law” means any code, directive, law (including common law), ordinance, regulation, reporting or licensing requirement, rule, or statute, including those promulgated, interpreted, or enforced by any Governmental Authority.

 

(lix) “Liability” means any direct or indirect, primary or secondary, liability, indebtedness, obligation, penalty, cost or expense (including costs of investigation, collection and defense), claim, deficiency, guaranty or endorsement of or by any Person (other than endorsements of notes, bills, checks, and drafts presented for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business) of any type, secured or unsecured whether accrued, absolute or contingent, direct or indirect, liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, known or unknown or otherwise.

 

(lx) “License” means any license, franchise, notice, permit, easement, right, certificate, authorization, or approval to which any Person is a party or that is or may be binding on any Person or its securities, property or business.

 

(lxi) “Licensed Intellectual Property Rights” means all Intellectual Property Rights owned by a Third Party and licensed or sublicensed to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or for which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries has obtained a covenant not to be sued.

 

(lxii) “Lien” means, with respect to any property or asset, any mortgage, lien, license, pledge, charge, security interest, encumbrance or other adverse claim of any kind in respect of such property or asset. For purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to own, subject to a Lien, any property or asset that it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such property or asset.

 

(lxiii) “Litigation” means any suit, action, administrative or other audit (other than regular audits of financial statements by outside auditors), proceeding, arbitration, cause of action, charge, claim, complaint, compliance review, criminal prosecution, grievance inquiry, hearing, inspection, investigation (governmental or otherwise), before any Governmental Authority.

 

(lxiv) “Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.

 

(lxv) “NRS” means the Nevada Revised Statutes.

 

(lxvi) “Order” means any decree, injunction, judgment, order, ruling, writ, quasi-judicial decision or award or administrative decision or award of any federal, state, local, foreign or other court, arbitrator, mediator, tribunal, administrative agency or Governmental Authority to which any Person is a party or that is or may be binding on any Person or its securities, assets or business.

 

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(lxvii) “Ordinary Course of Business” means the following: an action taken by a Person will be deemed to have been taken in the Ordinary Course of Business only if that action: (A) is consistent in nature, scope and magnitude with the past practices of such Person and is taken in the ordinary course of the normal, day-to-day operations of such Person; and (B) does not require authorization by the shareholders of such Person (or by any Person or group of Persons exercising similar authority).

 

(lxviii) “Owned Intellectual Property Rights” means all Intellectual Property Rights owned or purported to be owned (solely or jointly with others) by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(lxix) “Party” means any party hereto and “Parties” means all parties hereto.

 

(lxx) “Permit” means each grant, license, franchise, permit, easement, variance, exception, exemption, waiver, Consent, certificate, registration, accreditation, approval, authorization, concession, decree, confirmation, qualification or other similar authorization of any Governmental Authority.

 

(lxxi) “Permitted Liens” means (i) Liens for Taxes not yet due or delinquent or the validity or amount of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, provided no notice of any such Lien has been filed or recorded under the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, (ii) materialmen’s, mechanics’, carriers’, workers’, warehousemen’s, repairers’ and similar Liens arising in the Ordinary Course of Business, securing obligations as to which there is no default and which are not yet due and payable, or the validity or amount of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings which have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property subject thereto and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (iii) Liens to secure payment of workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, social security or other social security legislation (other than Liens imposed by ERISA), and (iv) with respect to real property, any nonmonetary Lien or other requirement or restriction arising under any zoning, entitlement, building, conservation restriction and other land use and environmental Applicable Law, but only if the same are not being violated by the current use of such real property or the operation of the business of Issuer and its Subsidiaries.

 

(lxxii) “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or a Governmental Authority.

 

(lxxiii) “Personal Information” means any information in the possession or control of Issuer that, alone or in combination with other information in the possession or control of Issuer, allows the identification of an individual, including name, street address, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number or customer or account number, IP address, and any persistent device identifier, or any information that is otherwise considered personal information, personal data, protected health information, or personally identifiable information under Applicable Law.

 

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(lxxiv) PHSA means the U.S. Public Health Service Act, as amended, together with any rule or regulation lawfully issued or promulgated thereunder.

 

(lxxv) “Privacy and Information Security Requirements” means (a) all Applicable Laws relating to the Processing of Personal Information, which may include, without limitation, HIPAA and any Applicable Laws relating to data security, breach notification, direct marketing, e-mails, text messages, telemarketing, online behavioral advertising, or data localization, (b) all provisions of Contracts to which Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary is a party or is otherwise bound that by their express terms govern the Processing of Personal Information, including without limitation obligations of the Payment Card Industry - Data Security Standards that are applicable to Issuer that govern the Processing of Personal Information; and (c) policies and notices of Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary relating to the Processing of Personal Information.

 

(lxxvi) “Process” or “Processing” means the collection, use, storage, processing, recording, distribution, transfer, import, export, protection (including security measures), disposal or disclosure or other activity regarding data (whether electronically or in any other form or medium).

 

(lxxvii) Product means all “drugs” and “devices” (as those terms are defined in the FDCA) and all “biological products” (as that term is defined in the PHSA), that have been or are being Exploited by or on behalf of Issuer.

 

(lxxviii) “Product Registration” means any investigational new drug application (IND), New Drug Application (NDA), abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA), Biologics License Application (BLA), investigational device exemption (IDE), Premarket Notification (510k), Premarket Application (PMA), De Novo application, similar regulatory application or registration necessary to Exploit a Product in the relevant territory, including any supplements and amendments thereto.

 

(lxxix) “Regulation S-K” means Regulation S-K promulgated under the 1933 Act.

 

(lxxx) “Regulation S-X” means Regulation S-X promulgated under the 1934 Act.

 

(lxxxi) Review Board means all institutional review boards, privacy boards, data safety monitoring boards or ethics committees responsible for review, oversight, and/or approval of any clinical trial involving any Product.

 

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(lxxxii) “Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

(lxxxiii) “SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(lxxxiv) “Service Provider” means any director, officer, employee or individual Independent Contractor of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (including any Employee).

 

(lxxxv) “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which (i) such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner or holds a majority of the voting interests of a partnership or (ii) securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other Persons performing similar functions (or, if there are no such ownership interests having ordinary voting power, 50% or more of the equity interests of which) are at any time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person.

 

(lxxxvi) “Tax” means any federal, state, county, local, or foreign tax, charge, fee, levy, impost, duty, tariff or other assessment or charges of whatever kind, including taxes or other charges based upon, measured by, or otherwise related to income, diverted profits, minimum, base erosion anti-abuse minimum, gross receipts, excise, employment, sales, use, transfer, recording, License, payroll, franchise, severance, documentary, stamp, occupation, windfall profits, environmental, federal highway use, commercial rent, customs duty, capital stock, paid-up capital, profits, withholding, U.S. Social Security, single business and unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, escheatment, unclaimed property, registration, ad valorem, value added, goods and services, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated taxes, including any interest, penalties, and additions imposed thereon or with respect thereto or as a result of a failure to timely, correctly or completely file any Tax Return, and including Liability for the taxes of any other Person under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign Law) as a transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise.

 

(lxxxvii) “Tax Return” means any return (including any informational return) report, statement, schedule, notice, form or other document or information filed with or submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted to any Taxing Authority, including any statements, schedules attachments or amendments with respect thereto.

 

(lxxxviii) “Tax Sharing Agreement” means any agreement or arrangement (whether or not written), entered into prior to the Closing, binding Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries and providing for the allocation, apportionment, sharing or assignment of any Tax Liability or benefit, or the transfer or assignment of income, revenues, receipts or gains for the purpose of determining any Person’s Tax Liability.

 

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(lxxxix) “Taxing Authority” means the IRS and any other federal, state, local or foreign Governmental Authority responsible for the assessment, collection or administration of any Tax.

 

(xc) “Third Party” means any Person, including as defined in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act, other than a Party.

 

(xci) “Trade Secrets” means trade secrets and all confidential know-how and confidential information and rights in any jurisdiction (domestic and foreign), including confidential recipes, ideas, formulae, formulations, compositions, reactions, pathways, syntheses, tools, products, mechanisms, functions, components, specifications, techniques, systems, data, results, methods, processes, manufacturing, schematics, prototypes, models, designs, customer lists and supplier lists.

 

(xciii) “U.S.” means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, including Puerto Rico.

 

11.2 Fees and Expenses.

 

Except as otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this Agreement, regardless of whether the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated, Issuer and Purchaser each shall pay their respective fees and expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except that Issuer shall reimburse the reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred by Purchaser in an amount not to exceed $300,000 in the aggregate.

 

11.3 Notices.

 

All notices, consents, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing (which shall include communications by e-mail) and shall be delivered and deemed given if: (a) in person (on the Business Day of such delivery as evidenced by the receipt of the personal delivery service), (b) by certified or registered mail return receipt requested (one Business Day after being mailed), or (c) by e-mail (on the date of transmission):

 

If to Issuer:

 

OncoSec Medical Incorporated

24 North Main Street

Pennington, NJ 08534-2218

 

Attention: Daniel J. O’Connor

Telephone: (858) 230-8770

Email: docconor@oncosec.com

 

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

 

Alston & Bird LLP

90 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10016

 

  Attention: Matthew W. Mamak
    James H. Sullivan
     
  Telephone: (212) 210-1256
    (212) 210-9522
     
  E-mail: matthew.mamak@alston.com
    james.sullivan@alston.com

 

If to Purchaser:

 

Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc.

300 Unicorn Park Drive

Woburn, MA 01801

Attn: Kevin P. Smith

 

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

 

Covington & Burling LLP

The New York Times Building

620 Eighth Avenue

New York, New York 10018

 

  Attention: Jack S. Bodner
    Stephen A. Infante
     
  Facsimile No.: 646-441-9079
    646-441-9039
     
  E-mail: jbodner@cov.com
    sinfante@cov.com

 

or to such other address as the Parties may designate in writing to the other in accordance with this Section 11.3. Any Party may change the address to which notices are to be sent by giving written notice of such change of address to the other parties in the manner above provided for giving notice.

 

11.4 Assignment.

 

Any assignment under this Agreement by Issuer shall be void, invalid and of no effect without the written consent of Purchaser, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, including that Purchaser may assign its rights under this Agreement in whole or in part to any Person in accordance with Section 1.1(c) and as so long as the assignee(s) agree to be bound in writing by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Purchaser may assign its rights to an Affiliate at any time and from time to time without the consent of Issuer. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall prohibit the sale or assignment of the Purchased Shares to any person, subject to Section 5.4, in compliance with applicable securities laws.

 

11.5 No Benefit to Others.

 

The representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements contained in this Agreement are for the sole benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns, and they shall not be construed as conferring any Third Party beneficiary or any other rights on any other Persons.

 

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11.6 Headings and Gender; Construction; Interpretation.

 

(a) The table of contents and the captions and section headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, do not form a part of this Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All references in this Agreement to “Section” or “Article” shall be deemed to be references to a Section or Article of this Agreement unless indicated otherwise.

 

(b) Words used herein, regardless of the number and gender specifically used, shall be deemed and construed to include any other number, singular or plural, and any other gender, masculine, feminine, or neuter, as the context requires. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed followed by the words “without limitation.”

 

(c) Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be construed or resolved against Purchaser or Issuer, whether under any rule of construction or otherwise. No Party to this Agreement shall be considered the draftsman. On the contrary, this Agreement has been reviewed, negotiated and accepted by all Parties and their attorneys and shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words so as fairly to accomplish the purposes and intentions of all the Parties.

 

11.7 Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same Agreement, and shall become effective when one counterpart has been signed by each Party and delivered to the other Party hereto.

 

11.8 Integration of Agreement.

 

(a) This Agreement and the exhibits and the other agreements contemplated by this Agreement, including the Confidentiality Agreement, constitute the entire agreement between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, oral and written, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, including that certain Confidential Non-binding Indicative Term Sheet between the Parties dated September 5, 2019.

 

(b) Neither this Agreement, nor any provision hereof, may be changed, waived, discharged, supplemented, or terminated orally, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the Party against which the enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. The failure or delay of any Party at any time or times to require performance of any provision of this Agreement shall in no manner affect its right to enforce that provision. No single or partial waiver by any Party of any condition of this Agreement, or the breach of any term of this Agreement or the inaccuracy or warranty of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances shall be construed or deemed to be a further or continuing waiver of any such condition, breach or inaccuracy or a waiver of any other condition, breach or inaccuracy.

 

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11.9 Amendments.

 

Any provision of this Agreement may be amended prior to the Closing if, but only if, such amendment is in writing and is signed by each Party.

 

11.10 Waiver.

 

The rights and remedies of the Parties to this Agreement are cumulative and not alternative. Neither the failure nor any delay by any Party in exercising any right, power, or privilege under this Agreement will operate as a waiver of such right, power, or privilege, and no single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege will preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power, privilege. To the maximum extent permitted by Applicable Law, (a) no claim or right arising out of this Agreement can be discharged by one Party, in whole or in part, by a waiver or renunciation of the claim or right unless in writing signed by the other Party; (b) no waiver that may be given by a Party will be applicable except in the specific instance for which it is given; and (c) no notice to or demand on one Party will be deemed to be a waiver of any obligation of such Party or of the right of the Party giving such notice or demand to take further action without notice or demand as provided in this Agreement.

 

11.11 Time of Essence.

 

Time is of the essence in this Agreement.

 

11.12 Governing Law.

 

Except to the extent that mandatory principles of Applicable Law require the application of the NRS, this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of New York.

 

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11.13 Jurisdiction.

 

The Parties agree that any Action seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (whether brought by any party or any of its Affiliates or against any party or any of its Affiliates) shall be brought in the state or federal courts, as applicable, in New York county in the State of New York, and each of the Parties irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such Action and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any objection that you may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such Action in any such court or that any such Action brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such Action may be served on any Party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 11.3 shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.

 

11.14 Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

 

11.15 Partial Invalidity.

 

Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under Applicable Law, but in case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision or provisions had never been contained herein unless the deletion of such provision or provisions would result in such a material change as to cause completion of the transactions contemplated hereby to be unreasonable. To the extent the deemed deletion of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or provisions is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Parties shall endeavor in good faith to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as practicable to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

11.16 Survival.

 

The representations and warranties of each party in the Agreement shall survive any investigation made by any Party and the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby and any termination of this Agreement subsequent to the Closing Date. The covenants and agreements of each party made herein shall survive in accordance with their terms.

 

11.17 Specific Enforcement.

 

Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that the other party would be irreparably damaged if the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their terms and that any breach of this Agreement and the non-consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by either party could not be adequately compensated in all cases by monetary damages alone. Accordingly, in addition to any remedy to which such other party may be entitled under Section 11.13, provisional measures and injunctive relief necessary to protect the possibility of each party to seek specific performance from the other from the tribunal referred to in Section 11.13 can be sought from any court of competent jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto (i) agrees that it shall not oppose the granting of any such relief and (ii) hereby irrevocably waives any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with any such relief (it is understood that clause (i) of this sentence is not intended to, and shall not, preclude any party hereto from litigating on the merits the substantive claim to which such remedy relates).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  oncosec medical incorporated
                               
  By: /s/ Daniel J. O’Connor
  Name: Daniel J. O’Connor
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and President
     
  SIRTEX MEDICAL US HOLDINGS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Kevin R. Smith
  Name: Kevin R. Smith
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Sirtex SPA]

 

 
 

 

Execution Version

 

Certain identified information has been excluded from the document because it is both (i) not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.

 

LICENSE AGREEMENT

 

THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”), dated as of October 10, 2019, is made by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated, a Nevada corporation (“Licensor”), and Grand Decade Developments Limited, a British Virgin Islands limited company and a wholly owned subsidiary of China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings Limited (“Licensee”). Licensor and Licensee may be referred to herein individually as a “Party”, or collectively as the “Parties”.

 

  A. Licensor develops device/drug combination therapies (the “Business”).
     
  B. The Parties are entering the Stock Purchase Agreement (as defined below), pursuant to which Licensee will obtain partial ownership of Licensor.
     
  C. Licensor owns or controls an evolving intellectual property portfolio related and applicable to the Business.
     
  D. Licensee desires to secure from Licensor and Licensor desires to grant to Licensee pursuant to the terms set forth in this Agreement certain rights to such intellectual property owned or controlled by Licensor.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual premises set forth above and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1. DEFINITIONS

 

Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1 and capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Stock Purchase Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, such meanings shall, to the extent used herein, survive any termination or expiration of the Stock Purchase Agreement.

 

1.1 “Abandoned Licensor Patent” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a).

 

1.2 “Administrator” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.5(b)(i).

 

1.3 “Adverse Ruling” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

 

1.4 “Affiliate” means any company, partnership, joint venture or other entity, which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a respective named Party. Control shall mean the possession of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock or the power to control the management and policies of the controlled entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

 

1.5 “Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

1.6 “Arbitrators” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.5(b)(i).

 

 
 

 

1.7 “Audit” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.13.

 

1.8 “Breaching Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

 

1.9 “Business” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

1.10 “Calendar Half” means the respective periods of six consecutive calendar months as follows: January 1 to June 30 or July 1 to December 31, except that the first Calendar Half of the Term shall commence on the Effective Date and end on the day immediately prior to the first to occur of January 1 or July 1 after the Effective Date, and the last Calendar Half of the Term shall end on the last day of the Term.

 

1.11 “Calendar Year” means the respective periods of twelve consecutive calendar months ending on December 31, except that (a) the first Calendar Year under this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and end on the first December 31 to occur after the Effective Date and (b) the last Calendar Year under this Agreement shall commence on the last January 1 to occur prior to the end of the Term and end at the end of the Term.

 

1.12 “CFIUS Requirements” means Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, including amendments made by the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 and the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (codified at 50 U.S.C. § 4565), and the regulations promulgated by CFIUS thereunder, codified at 31 C.F.R. Parts 800 and 801, et seq.

 

1.13 “China Mainland” means the territory of the PRC, excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

 

1.14 “Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.5(b)(i).

 

1.15 “Combination Product” means a healthcare product that includes one (1) or more Licensed Products sold in combination with one (1) or more other products or services sold together as separate units in a single package or sold in separate packages for a single price.

 

1.16 “Commercialization” or “Commercialize” means any and all activities related to obtaining pricing and reimbursement approvals for any Licensed Product, or marketing, promoting, distributing, importing, exporting, offering for sale or selling a Licensed Product.

 

1.17 “Confidential Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

 

1.18 “Development” or “Develop” means all activities related to obtaining Regulatory Approval of a Licensed Product and all non-clinical and clinical research, discovery and development activities, stability testing, process development, compound property optimization, formulation development, delivery system development, quality assurance and quality control development, statistical analysis, clinical pharmacology, clinical studies (including pre- and post-approval studies and investigator sponsored clinical studies), regulatory affairs, and Regulatory Approval and clinical study regulatory activities (excluding regulatory activities directed to obtaining pricing and reimbursement approvals).

 

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1.19 “Development Costs” means reasonable development costs directly incurred by Licensee or its Affiliates to Develop the Licensed Products in or for the Territory. Development Costs will be tracked by Licensee or its Affiliates in accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting principles and, when applicable, based on, or valued as if based on, bona fide arms’ length transactions. For the avoidance of doubt, the Development Costs include the Required Study Costs. In all cases (but subject to the inclusion of the Required Study Costs in the Development Costs), the Development Costs, with respect to each Licensed Product in a Region, shall not include any costs incurred after the date on which Regulatory Approval is obtained for sale of such Licensed Product in such Region.

 

1.20 “Distributor” means a Third Party appointed by Licensee or its Affiliate or Sublicensee to market and sell the Licensed Products in circumstances where such Third Party purchases its requirements of Licensed Products from Licensor or its Affiliate or Sublicensee and does not otherwise pay any royalty based on net sales to Licensor or its Affiliates or Sublicensee.

 

1.21 “Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.

 

1.22 “Existing Upstream Agreements” means those Contracts listed on Section 3.15(a) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule, excluding (subject to Section 2.2) [ * ].

 

1.23 “Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Laws” means all Law regulating the export, reexport, transfer, disclosure or provision of products, software, services and technology to, and other export and international trade control activities involving, non-U.S. countries or non-U.S. Persons, and includes the Export Control Reform Act of 2018, the Export Administration Regulations, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Arms Export Control Act, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, the Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations, and any other export controls and sanctions laws and regulations administered by an agency of the U.S. government; export and import laws and regulations administered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Foreign Trade Regulations, Executive Orders of the President regarding restrictions on trade with designated countries, governments and Persons, regulations, orders and restrictions administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control and any other economic sanctions or retaliatory sanctions laws and regulations administered by an agency of the U.S. government; the antiboycott regulations administered by the United States Department of Commerce; the antiboycott provisions administered by the United States Department of the Treasury; legislation and regulations implementing the North American Free Trade Agreement or the Chemical Weapons Convention, and restrictions on holding foreign currency and repatriating funds.

 

1.24 “Fapiao” means those official invoices of the PRC that are registered at the applicable local tax bureau and that are used as a final proof-of-purchase of a good or service.

 

1.25 “Indemnification Claim Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(a).

 

1.26 “Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(a).

 

1.27 “Infringement Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(a).

 

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1.28 “Joint Development Committee” or “JDC” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).

 

1.29 “Joint Inventions” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(b).

 

1.30 “Joint Patents” means all Patents Covering any Joint Inventions.

 

1.31 “Know-How” means conceptions, ideas, innovations, discoveries, inventions, processes, materials, machines, formulae, equipment, improvements, enhancements, modifications, technological developments, know-how, show-how, methods, techniques, systems, designs, production systems and plans, software, documentation, clinical, technical, scientific, and medical information, regulatory information, data, programs and information and works of authorship, whether or not patentable, copyrightable, or susceptible to any other form of legal protection.

 

1.32 “Late Payment Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9.

 

1.33 “Licensed IP” means all Intellectual Property Rights (a) owned or purported to be owned (solely or jointly with others) at any time by Licensor or any of its Affiliates or (b) owned by a Third Party and licensed or sublicensed at any time to Licensor or any of its Affiliates or for which Licensor or any of its Affiliates has obtained a covenant not to be sued, in each case ((a) and (b)) excluding (subject to Section 2.2) the [ * ] Patents and Know-How. For the avoidance of doubt, as of the Effective Date, the Licensed IP includes, without limitation, all Intellectual Property Rights listed on Section 3.15(a) of the Issuer Disclosure Schedule other than the [ * ] Patents and Know-How.

 

1.34 “Licensed Patents” means all Patents in the Licensed IP.

 

1.35 “Licensed Products” means all “drugs” and “devices” (as those terms are defined in the FDCA) and all “biological products” (as that term is defined in the PHSA), that have been or are being Developed, Manufactured, or Commercialized, or otherwise Exploited at any time by or on behalf of Licensor, including, without limitation, the TAVO and Visceral Lesion Applicator (VLA) products and their accompanying generators, and any improvements thereto, whether made by or on behalf of Licensee or Licensor.

 

1.36 “Licensed Technology” means all Know-How in the Licensed IP.

 

1.37 “Licensee” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

1.38 “Licensee Marks” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).

 

1.39 “Licensee Patents” means all Patents covering any Licensee Sole Inventions.

 

1.40 “Licensee Regulatory Data” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(a).

 

1.41 “Licensee Sole Inventions” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(a).

 

1.42 “Licensor” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

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1.43 “Licensor Know-How” means all Know-How in the Licensed IP, other than Joint Inventions.

 

1.44 “Licensor Marks” means trademarks owned or controlled by Licensor or its Affiliates and any associated logos, graphic designs or trade dress.

 

1.45 “Licensor Patents” means all Patents in the Licensed IP, other than the Joint Patents.

 

1.46 “Licensor Regulatory Data” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(a).

 

1.47 “Licensor Sole Inventions” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(a).

 

1.48 “Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

 

1.49 “Manufacture” or “Manufacturing” means all activities related to producing, making, having made, manufacturing, processing, filling, finishing, packaging, labeling, quality assurance testing and release, shipping or storage of a Licensed Product, or any intermediate thereof, including process development, process qualification and validation, scale-up, non-clinical, clinical and commercial manufacturing and analytic development, product characterization, stability testing, quality assurance, and quality control.

 

1.50 “Manufacturing Processes” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6(b).

 

1.51 “Manufacturing Technology Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6(b).

 

1.52 “Material Breach” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

 

1.53 “Material Breach Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

 

1.54 “Net Sales” means,

 

(a) with respect to Sublicensing Revenues, [ * ],

 

(b) with respect to all sales of Licensed Products in China Mainland, [ * ] percent ([ * ]%) of the gross amounts billed or invoiced, as indicated on the sample Fapiao (发票) on Schedule 3.8, by Licensee and its Affiliates to any Third Party that is not a Sublicensee; provided that (i) such gross amounts shall be calculated in accordance with the standard internal policies and procedures of Licensee or its Affiliates (as applicable) and China generally accepted accounting principles, (ii) such gross amounts shall not include any applicable taxes (including any VAT), and (iii) any consideration actually paid or payable by Licensee or its Affiliates for the procurement of any generator that is included in the applicable Licensed Product shall be deducted from such gross amounts, or

 

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(c) with respect to any other sales of Licensed Products in the Territory, the total amount billed or invoiced on all sales of such Licensed Products by Licensee or its Affiliates to any Third Party that is not a Sublicensee, less the following deductions:

 

(i) trade, cash and quantity discounts;

 

(ii) price reductions or rebates, retroactive or otherwise, imposed by, negotiated with or otherwise paid to Governmental Authorities;

 

(iii) taxes on sales (such as sales, value added, or use taxes) to the extent added to the sale price and set forth separately as such in the total amount invoiced;

 

(iv) amounts repaid or credited by reason of rejections, defects, return goods allowance, recalls or returns, or because of retroactive price reductions, including rebates or wholesaler charge backs;

 

(v) the portion of administrative fees paid during the relevant time period to group purchasing organizations or pharmaceutical benefit managers relating to the applicable Licensed Product;

 

(vi) any consideration actually paid or payable by Licensee or its Affiliates for the procurement of any generator that is included in the applicable Licensed Product;

 

(vii) any invoiced amounts which are not collected by Licensee or its Affiliates, including bad debts;

 

(viii) freight, insurance, and other transportation charges to the extent added to the sale price and set forth separately as such in the total amount invoiced, as well as any fees for services provided by wholesalers and warehousing chains related to the distribution of the applicable Licensed Product;

 

(ix) [ * ]; and

 

(x) any other similar and customary deductions that are consistent with generally accepted accounting principles applicable for the applicable jurisdiction.

 

The following provisions apply to clauses (b) and (c), above:

 

Net Sales shall not include transfers or dispositions for charitable, promotional, pre-clinical, clinical, regulatory, or governmental purposes. For clarity, Net sales shall not include sales between or among Licensee, its Affiliates, or Sublicensees.

 

Subject to the above, Net Sales shall be calculated in accordance with the standard internal policies and procedures of Licensee or its Affiliates, which must be in accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting principles in the applicable jurisdiction.

 

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In the event that Licensed Product(s) are sold as part of a Combination Product, the Net Sales for such Combination Product in a country shall be calculated as follows:

 

(X) If Licensee or its Affiliate separately sells such Licensed Product(s) in such country and also separately sells the other product(s) or service(s) included in such Combination Product in such country, the Net Sales attributable to such Combination Product shall be calculated by multiplying actual Net Sales of such Combination Product by the fraction A/(A+B) where: A is Licensee’s or its Affiliate’s, as applicable, average wholesale acquisition cost for such Licensed Product(s) sold separately in such country during the two (2) most recently completed Calendar Halves during which such Licensed Product(s) were sold in such country and B is Licensee’s or its Affiliate’s average wholesale acquisition cost for the other product(s) and service(s) included in the Combination Product sold separately in such country during the two (2) most recently completed Calendar Halves during which such product(s) and service(s) were sold in such country.

 

(Y) Otherwise, the Net Sales attributable to such Combination Product shall be determined by Licensee in good faith based on the relative market value of such Licensed Product(s) and the other product(s) and service(s) included in such Combination Product in such country.

 

1.55 “NMPA” means the National Medical Products Administration of PRC, and local counterparts thereto, including its Center for Drug Evaluation, and the provincial-level drug regulatory authorities and other lower level drug regulatory authorities, and any successor agency or authority thereto having substantially the same function.

 

1.56 “Non-Breaching Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

 

1.57 “Party” and “Parties” have the meanings set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

1.58 “Payment Records” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.12.

 

1.59 “PRC” means the People’s Republic of China.

 

1.60 “Regulatory Approval” means, with respect to a country or region, any and all approvals, licenses, registrations, or authorizations of any Regulatory Authority required to commercially distribute, sell, or market a Licensed Product in such country or region, including, where applicable, (i) pricing or reimbursement approvals, (ii) pre- and post-approval marketing authorizations (including any prerequisite Manufacturing approval or authorization related thereto), and (iii) approval of Licensed Product labeling.

 

1.61 “Regulatory Authority” means any governmental authority, including the NMPA or the equivalent regulatory body in a region other than China Mainland, with responsibility for granting licenses or approvals necessary for the marketing and sale of biopharmaceutical or medical device products in a country or region.

 

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1.62 “Regulatory Documentation” means all (i) applications, registrations, licenses authorizations, and approvals (including regulatory approvals); (ii) correspondence and reports submitted to or received from Regulatory Authorities (including minutes and official contact reports relating to any communications with any Regulatory Authority) and all supporting documents with respect thereto, including all regulatory drug lists, advertising and promotion documents, safety information including adverse event files, and complaint files; and (iii) clinical data and data contained or relied upon in any of the foregoing, in each case (i), (ii), and (iii) relating to any Licensed Product.

 

1.63 “Related Manufacturing Costs” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 4.5.

 

1.64 “Remedial Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(j).

 

1.65 “Required Study” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(e).

 

1.66 “Required Study Costs” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(e).

 

1.67 “Required Study Notification” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(e).

 

1.68 “Royalties” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

 

1.69 “Royalty Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

 

1.70 “Satisfactory Quality” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6(b).

 

1.71 “Sole Inventions” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(a).

 

1.72 “Stock Purchase Agreement” means that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between Licensor and Licensee.

 

1.73 “Sublicensee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.

 

1.74 “Sublicenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.

 

1.75 “Sublicensing Revenue” means, with respect to any Licensed Product for any period, [ * ].

 

1.76 “Supplied Product” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 4.5.

 

1.77 “Supplier” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 4.5.

 

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1.78 “Terminated Region” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

 

1.79 “Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.

 

1.80 “Territory” means the following territories: China Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam (each respectively a “Region”), provided that the Territory shall exclude the Terminated Regions, if any.

 

1.81 “Third Party” means any entity other than the Parties and their Affiliates.

 

1.82 “Third Party Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

 

1.83 “Third Party License” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.

 

1.84 “Third Party Payments” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.

 

1.85 “Upstream Agreements” means (a) the Existing Upstream Agreements and (b) any other Contract under which Licensor or its Affiliates have, as of the Effective Date or at any time during the Term, licensed or otherwise obtained rights from any Third Party, excluding (subject to Section 2.2) [ * ].

 

1.86 “Upstream Licensors” means the counterparties of Licensor under the Upstream Agreements.

 

1.87 “[ * ] Agreement” means that certain [ * ].

 

1.88 “[ * ] Patents and Know-How” means the [ * ].

 

1.89 “Valid Claim” means a claim of an unexpired issued or granted Licensed Patent, as long as the claim has not been admitted by Licensor or otherwise caused to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue, disclaimer, or otherwise, or held invalid or unenforceable by a tribunal or governmental agency of competent jurisdiction from whose judgment no appeal is allowed or timely taken.

 

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2. GRANT OF LICENSE; SUBLICENSING; DISTRIBUTION

 

2.1 Grant.

 

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Licensor hereby, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, grants to Licensee and its Affiliates an exclusive, royalty-bearing license in or for the Territory, (sublicensable including through multiple tiers), under the Licensed IP to Develop, Manufacture, or Commercialize, or otherwise Exploit Licensed Products, either alone or as part of Combination Products or combination therapies, in any and all fields in or for the Territory.

 

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Licensor hereby, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, grants to Licensee and its Affiliates an exclusive right of reference in or for the Territory (including the right to grant further rights of reference through multiple tiers) under the Product Registrations, the Regulatory Documentation, and the Licensor Regulatory Data to Develop, Manufacture, or Commercialize, or otherwise Exploit Licensed Products, either alone or as part of Combination Products or combination therapies, in any and all fields in or for the Territory.

 

2.2 [ * ] Agreement. Without limiting Section 7.2(g), the Parties acknowledge that the [ * ] Patents and Know-How are neither necessary nor reasonably useful for the Development, Manufacturing, or Commercialization, or other Exploitation of any Licensed Product in or for the Territory [ * ].

 

2.3 Reservation of Rights. All worldwide rights of Licensor in and to the Licensed IP that are not expressly granted to Licensee by this Agreement are reserved to Licensor. No rights are granted under this Agreement by implication, estoppel or statute. By way of example and not limitation, Licensor retains the rights to make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale and import Licensed Products anywhere outside of the Territory.

 

2.4 Bankruptcy and Insolvency. All rights and licenses granted under or pursuant to any section of this Agreement, including the licenses and rights of reference granted under this Section 2 to Licensed IP, Product Registrations, Regulatory Documentation, and Licensor Regulatory Data, are and will otherwise be deemed to be for purposes of Section 365(n) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any analogous provisions in any other country or jurisdiction, licenses of rights to “intellectual property” as defined in Section 101 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The Parties agree that Licensee, as licensee of such rights under this Agreement, will retain and may fully exercise all of its rights and elections under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any analogous provisions in any other country or jurisdiction. The Parties further agree that, in the event of the commencement of a bankruptcy proceeding by or against Licensor or its Affiliates under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any analogous provisions in any other country or jurisdiction, Licensee will be entitled to a complete duplicate of (or complete access to, as Licensee deems appropriate) such intellectual property and all embodiments of such intellectual property, which, if not already in Licensee’s possession, will be promptly delivered to it upon Licensee’s written request thereof. Any agreements supplemental hereto will be deemed to be “agreements supplementary to” this Agreement for purposes of Section 365(n) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any analogous provisions in any other country or jurisdiction.

 

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2.5 Sublicenses. Licensee and its Affiliates shall have the right to grant sublicenses (or further rights of reference), through multiple tiers, under the licenses and rights of reference granted to Licensee and its Affiliates in Section 2.1, to Third Parties (such Third Parties, the “Sublicensees”); provided that (i) any such sublicenses or further rights of reference (the “Sublicenses”) shall be consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (ii) Licensee shall remain responsible for the Sublicensees’ compliance with the applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement, and (iii) Licensee or its applicable Affiliate shall notify Licensor of each Sublicense within thirty (30) days after the execution of such Sublicense. For the avoidance of doubt, Sublicensees shall not include Distributors, and Sublicenses shall not include any distribution agreements entered into with such Distributors.

 

2.6 Distributorships. Licensee shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to appoint its Affiliates, and Licensee and its Affiliates shall have the right to appoint any other Persons, to act as Distributors of the Licensed Products in any or all countries of the Territory.

 

2.7 Illicit Sales. Licensor agrees that it and its Affiliates will not grant any rights or permissions to any licensees, sublicensees or distributors to directly or indirectly Commercialize Licensed Products in the Territory. Licensor agrees to (a) include such restriction in all (sub)licenses granted by Licensor or its Affiliates, and (b) to require all (sub)licensees to include such restrictions in their (sub)licenses and distribution agreements. Upon notice from Licensee of any unauthorized Commercialization of Licensed Products in the Territory, Licensor agrees to cooperate with Licensee to determine the source of such violation and take reasonable corrective action including, if necessary, the enforcement of termination rights concerning the applicable licensee, sublicensee or distributor.

 

3. PAYMENTS AND ROYALTIES

 

3.1 Royalties. Subject to the remainder of this Section 3, Licensee shall pay to Licensor a twenty percent (20%) royalty on Net Sales of Licensed Products in the Territory during the applicable Royalty Term (such royalties, the “Royalties”). The “Royalty Term” shall commence, on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and Region-by-Region basis, upon the first commercial sale of the applicable Licensed Product in the applicable Region and shall continue until the later of (a) the [ * ] anniversary of such first commercial sale or (b) the expiration of the last Valid Claim that covers the sale of such Licensed Product in such Region.

 

3.2 Crediting of Development Costs. Licensee may credit [ * ] percent ([ * ]%) of any Development Costs incurred by it or its Affiliates against any payments owed to Licensor hereunder; provided, however, that such credits shall not reduce the Royalties payable to Licensor hereunder in respect of any Licensed Product for a Calendar Half to less than [ * ] percent ([ * ]%) of the Royalties that would otherwise be payable for such Licensed Product for such Calendar Half pursuant to this Section 3. In the event that any Development Costs are not fully credited by Licensee in any Calendar Half, the remaining balance shall be carried forward to subsequent Calendar Halves until exhausted. The Parties agree that Licensor shall have a right to examine and audit the Development Costs to verify such amounts in accordance with the audit provisions set forth in Section 3.13.

 

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3.3 Crediting of Third Party Payments. If (a) Licensee reasonably determines that it or its Affiliates cannot fully exercise the rights granted to them under this Agreement without infringing or misappropriating any Intellectual Property Rights of a Third Party, (b) Licensee or its Affiliate or any Sublicensee obtains a license to such Intellectual Property Rights from a Third Party (a “Third Party License”), and (c) Licensee, its Affiliate or any Sublicensee pays a royalty or other payment under such license with respect to any Licensed Product (such payments, “Third Party Payments”), then [ * ] percent ([ * ]%) of any Third Party Payments paid under such Third Party License by Licensee, its Affiliates or Sublicensees may be credited against any payments owed to Licensor hereunder with respect to such Licensed Product; provided, however, that such credits shall not reduce the Royalties payable to Licensor hereunder in respect of such Licensed Product for a Calendar Half to less than [ * ] percent ([ * ]%) of the Royalties that would otherwise be payable for such Licensed Product for such Calendar Half pursuant to this Section 3. In the event that any Third Party Payments are not fully credited by Licensee in any Calendar Half, the remaining balance shall be carried forward to subsequent Calendar Halves until exhausted.

 

3.4 Payment Reduction for Lack of Valid Claim. If, with respect to a Licensed Product, a Region, and a Calendar Half, there is not a Valid Claim covering the sale of such Licensed Product in such Region at all times during such Calendar Half, then the payments due to Licensor hereunder in respect of such Licensed Product, Region, and Calendar Half shall be reduced by [ * ] percent ([ * ]%).

 

3.5 Payment Reduction for Compulsory License. In the event that a Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction requires Licensee or its Affiliate or Sublicensee to grant a compulsory license to a Third Party permitting such Third Party to make and sell a Licensed Product in a Region, then the payments to be paid to Licensor hereunder in respect of such Licensed Product in such Region shall be reduced by [ * ] percent ([ * ]%) during the time period when such compulsory license is in effect.

 

3.6 Minimum Royalty. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, during the Royalty Term for a Licensed Product and a Region in the Territory, under no circumstances will the Royalties payable to Licensor hereunder in respect of such Licensed Product and such Region for a Calendar Half be less than [ * ] percent ([ * ]%) of Net Sales of such Licensed Product for such Region for such Calendar Half, provided that such percentage shall be pro-rated if such Royalty Term ends in such Calendar Half.

 

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3.7 Reporting. Licensee shall submit to Licensor within [ * ] days after the end of each Calendar Half, an accurate, complete, itemized report setting forth for such year (together with cumulative year over year sales) at least the following information:

 

(a) the quantity of Net Sales for the applicable Calendar Half on a Region-by-Region basis;

 

(b) the amount of Royalty due thereon, or, if no Royalties are due to Licensor for any reporting period, a statement that no Royalties are due;

 

(c) the type, amount and payee of all Development Costs credited against any payments owed to Licensor hereunder with respect to such Calendar Half, and any accrued Development Costs which have not yet been so credited; and

 

(d) the amount and payee of all Third Party Payments credited against any payments owed to Licensor hereunder with respect to such Calendar Half, and any accrued Third Party Payments which have not yet been so credited.

 

3.8 Payments; Payment Method; Currency Conversion. Together with the Calendar Half-by-Calendar Half report described above, Licensee shall pay in full all Royalties due for the applicable Calendar Half. For the avoidance of doubt, an example of the Fapiao-related Royalty calculation is provided in Schedule 3.8. For the further avoidance of doubt, Licensor shall be solely responsible for payment of any and all amounts due to any Upstream Licensor. All payments to be made hereunder shall be made in U.S. Dollars in immediately available funds via either a bank wire transfer, an ACH (automated clearing house) mechanism, or any other means of electronic funds transfer, at Licensee’s election, to a bank account specified by Licensor in a notice at least [ * ] Business Days before the applicable payment is due. For the purposes of determining the amount of any payments due hereunder for the relevant Calendar Half, the amount of Net Sales in any foreign currency shall be converted into U.S. Dollars in accordance with the prevailing rates of exchange for the relevant month for converting such first currency into such other currency used by Licensee’s internal accounting systems.

 

3.9 Interest on Late Payments. If a Party shall fail to make a timely payment pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the other Party shall provide written notice of such failure to the non-paying Party (a “Late Payment Notice”), and interest shall accrue on the past due amount starting on the date of the Late Payment Notice at the thirty (30) day U.S. Dollar London Interbank Offered Rate effective for the date that payment was due (as published in the Wall Street Journal), computed for the actual number of days after the date of the Late Payment Notice that the payment was past due. For avoidance of doubt, any late payment arising from such payment being blocked or delayed by reason of applicable Law (or application thereof by any Governmental Authority) in any jurisdiction in the Territory (including in connection with foreign exchange control) shall not be subject to this Section 3.9.

 

3.10 Taxes. All payments required to be paid to Licensor pursuant to this Agreement shall be made without deduction or withholding for taxes, except for withholding taxes, value-added taxes and government surcharges attached to the value-added taxes required to be deducted or withheld by Licensee or its Affiliates under applicable Law on amounts payable to Licensor hereunder; provided, however, that Licensee or its Affiliates shall provide Licensor with a receipt in respect of any taxes deducted or withheld and remitted to the applicable Governmental Authority. [ * ]. Licensor alone shall be responsible for paying any and all taxes (other than withholding taxes, value-added taxes and all government surcharges attached to the value-added taxes deducted and withheld on Licensor’s behalf by Licensee or its Affiliates in accordance with this Section 3.10) levied on account of, or measured in whole or in part by reference to, any payments Licensor receives. Without limiting the foregoing, the Parties agree to reasonably cooperate with one another in availing themselves of the benefit of any tax treaty to minimize any applicable withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder to the extent permitted under applicable law.

 

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3.11 Blocked Payments. Licensee or its Affiliates shall take all actions required by applicable Laws for the purpose of transferring, or having transferred on its behalf, Royalties or any other payments due to Licensor pursuant to this Agreement, including filing or registration of this Agreement with the competent Governmental Authority and obtaining any required approval, permit or license for the payment transfer from the competent Governmental Authority. If by reason of applicable Laws (or the application thereof by any Governmental Authority) in any Region in the Territory, it becomes impossible or illegal for Licensee or its Affiliates to transfer, or have transferred on its behalf Royalties or other payments to Licensor, Licensee shall promptly notify Licensor of the conditions preventing such transfer. To the extent any payments to Licensor cannot be transferred pursuant to the preceding sentence, such amounts shall be deposited in local currency in the relevant Region to the credit of Licensor in a recognized banking institution designated by Licensor or, if none is designated by Licensor within a period of [ * ] days upon Licensee’s notification to Licensor of the conditions preventing the transfer, in a recognized banking institution selected by Licensee or its Affiliate, as the case may be, and identified in a notice given to Licensor. If so deposited in a foreign country or region, Licensee shall provide, or cause its Affiliate to provide, reasonable cooperation to Licensor so as to allow Licensor to assume control over such deposit as promptly as practicable.

 

3.12 Books and Records. Licensee shall keep, and shall require its Affiliates and Sublicensee(s) to keep, complete, accurate records (together with supporting documentation) of Net Sales, Development Costs, and Third Party Payments under this Agreement, reasonably appropriate to determine the amount of Royalties and other payments due to Licensor hereunder (collectively “Payment Records”). Payment Records shall be retained for at least five (5) years following the end of the reporting period to which they relate.

 

3.13 Audit. Licensor shall have the right, once annually at its own cost and expense, to have an independent, certified public accounting firm, selected by Licensor and approved by Licensee in its reasonable discretion, review Payment Records in the location(s) where such records are maintained upon reasonable notice to Licensee (which shall be no less than twenty (20) days’ prior notice) and during regular business hours and under obligations of strict confidence, for the sole purpose of verifying the basis and accuracy of payments made under this Section 3 within the lesser of (a) the twenty-four (24) month period preceding the date of the request for review or (b) the period after Licensor’s most recent audit conducted under this Section 3.13 (or any other applicable section of this Agreement) (an “Audit”). The report of such Audit shall be limited to a certificate stating whether any report made or payment submitted by Licensee during such period is accurate or inaccurate and the actual amounts of Net Sales of Licensed Products, Development Costs, Third Party Payments, and payments and Royalties due, for such period. Licensee shall receive a copy of each such report concurrently with receipt by Licensor. Should such inspection lead to the discovery of a discrepancy to Licensor’s detriment, and only to the extent that Licensee agrees with and accepts such conclusion under the Audit, Licensee shall pay within thirty (30) Business Days after its receipt from the accounting firm of the certificate, the amount of the discrepancy plus interest calculated in accordance with Section 3.9. If Licensee does not agree with the conclusion of such report, the matter shall be referred to arbitration in accordance with Section 11.5(b). Licensor shall pay the full cost of the Audit unless the underpayment discovered by the Audit is greater than [ * ] percent ([ * ]%) of the amount due for the applicable period covered by the Audit. Any overpayment by Licensee revealed by an Audit shall be fully creditable against future payments to be made to Licensor hereunder.

 

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4. DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION; JDC; REGULATORY; SUPPLY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

 

4.1 Licensee Diligence. At all times during the Term, Licensee shall, directly or through its Affiliates or Sublicensees, exercise commercially reasonable efforts to Develop and Commercialize a Licensed Product in China Mainland. Within ninety (90) days after the end of each Calendar Year during the Term, Licensee will deliver to Licensor a high-level written report on Licensee’s progress regarding such Development and Commercialization during such Calendar Year.

 

4.2 Joint Development Committee.

 

(a) General Provisions. Within sixty (60) days after the Effective Date, the Parties shall establish a joint development committee (the “Joint Development Committee” or “JDC”) which shall consist of two (2) representatives from each of the Parties, each with the requisite experience and seniority to enable such individuals to make decisions on behalf of the Parties with respect to the issues falling within the jurisdiction of the JDC. From time to time, each Party may substitute one or more of its representatives to the JDC on written notice to the other Party. The chairpersonship shall alternate on an annual basis between a representative selected by Licensee and a representative selected by Licensor, with Licensee’s representative serving as chairperson in the first year. The JDC shall: (i) provide a forum for the discussion of the Parties’ Development activities under this Agreement; (ii) attempt to resolve any dispute relating to the Development of any Licensed Products within the JDC on an informal basis; and (iii) perform such other functions as expressly set forth in this Agreement or allocated to it by the Parties’ written agreement.

 

(b) Meetings and Minutes. The JDC shall meet quarterly or any shorter period of time as otherwise agreed to by the Parties. The Parties may conduct meetings by means of teleconference, videoconference or other similar communications equipment, or meet in person at a location designated by Licensee or Licensor, provided that if one Party designated a location for an in-person meeting, the location for the next in-person meeting shall be designated by the other Party. The location for the first in-person meeting shall be designated by Licensee. Meetings of the JDC shall be effective only if at least one (1) representative of each Party is participating. The chairperson of the JDC shall be responsible for calling meetings on no less than fifteen (15) Business Days’ notice unless exigent circumstances require shorter notice. Each Party shall make all proposals for agenda items at least five (5) Business Days in advance of the applicable meeting and shall provide all appropriate information with respect to such proposed items at least two (2) Business Days in advance of the applicable meeting; provided that under exigent circumstances requiring input by the JDC, a Party may provide its agenda items to the other Party within a shorter period of time in advance of the meeting or may propose that there not be a specific agenda for a particular meeting, so long as the other Party consents to such later addition of such agenda items or the absence of a specific agenda for such meeting (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The chairperson of the JDC shall prepare and circulate for review and approval of the Parties minutes of each meeting within thirty (30) days after the meeting. The Parties shall agree on the minutes of each meeting promptly, but in no event later than the next meeting of the JDC.

 

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(c) Procedural Rules. The JDC shall have the right to adopt such standing rules as shall be necessary for its work, to the extent that such rules are not inconsistent with this Agreement. A quorum of the JDC shall exist whenever there is present at a meeting at least one (1) representative appointed by each Party. Representatives of the Parties on the JDC may attend a meeting either in person or by telephone, video conference or similar means in which each participant can hear what is said by, and be heard by, the other participants. Representation by proxy shall be allowed. Subject to Sections 4.2(d) and 4.2(e), the JDC shall take action by consensus of the representatives present at a meeting at which a quorum exists, with each Party having a single vote irrespective of the number of representatives of such Party in attendance, or by a written resolution signed by at least one (1) representative appointed by each Party. Other employees or consultants of a Party who are not representatives of the Parties on the JDC may attend meetings of the JDC; provided, however, that such attendees (i) shall not vote or otherwise participate in the decision-making process of the JDC and (ii) are bound by obligations of confidentiality and non-disclosure at least as protective of the other Party as those set forth in Section 9.

 

(d) Limitations on Authority. Without limitation to the foregoing, the Parties hereby agree that matters explicitly reserved to the consent, approval or other decision-making authority of one or both Parties, as expressly provided in this Agreement, are outside the jurisdiction and authority of the JDC, including (i) amendment, modification or waiver of compliance with this Agreement, (which may only be amended or modified as provided in Section 11.7 or compliance with which may only be waived as provided in Section 11.3); (ii) such other matters as are reserved to the consent, approval, agreement or other decision-making authority of either or both Parties in this Agreement that are not required by this Agreement to be considered by the JDC prior to the exercise of such consent, approval or other decision-making authority; and (iii) any determination as to whether a Party is in breach of this Agreement.

 

(e) Final Decisionmaking Authority. Licensee shall have final decision-making authority on the JDC with respect to any matter under the jurisdiction of the JDC that relates to Development, Manufacturing, or Commercialization, or other Exploitation of any Licensed Product in or for the Territory or that otherwise relates to the Territory, without resort to any dispute resolution mechanism; provided, however, that any corresponding decision that relates to patient or product safety and would have a material adverse impact on the Development, Manufacturing, or Commercialization, or other Exploitation of the Licensed Products outside the Territory shall require a consensus of the JDC, provided further that, if such consensus is not achieved within ten (10) Business Days after the JDC initially considers such corresponding decision, then either Party shall have the right to invoke the dispute resolution process set forth in Section 11.5(a). Licensor shall have final decision-making authority on the JDC with respect to any other matters under the jurisdiction of the JDC, without resort to any dispute resolution mechanism. Neither Party shall exercise its final decision-making authority to (1) require acts or omissions by or on behalf of the other Party in violation of applicable Law or (2) materially increase the other Party’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

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4.3 Licensed Product Branding.

 

(a) Licensee will have the right to brand the Licensed Products in the Territory using trademarks, logos, and trade names as deemed appropriate for the Licensed Product in Licensee’s sole discretion (the “Licensee Marks”). Licensee will own all rights in the Licensee Marks and will register and maintain the Licensee Marks in the Territory as it determines to be reasonably necessary, at Licensee’s cost and expense.

 

(b) To the extent that Licensee elects to use a Licensor Mark in connection with the Commercialization of a Licensed Product, the Parties agree to cooperate in good faith in the determination of the placement, size, typeface and color of such Licensor Mark. Any use of a Licensor Mark must be reviewed in advance and approved by Licensor, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, so long as such use is consistent with the mode and manner used by Licensor in displaying Licensor Marks on its own products. Licensor shall have the right to inspect and audit, from time to time, any Licensed Products Commercialized by Licensee using a Licensor Mark, and all packaging, product inserts and marketing materials therefor, in order to monitor and ensure the quality of all products and services being marketed with or bearing any Licensor Mark.

 

(c) Licensee shall not use the Licensor Marks other than as permitted hereunder. Licensee shall not incorporate any of the Licensor Marks in Licensee’s corporate or any business name in any manner whatsoever. Licensee shall not use any of the Licensor Marks as a stand-alone, second-level domain (for example, www.[].cn) nor as part of any social media identifier (by way of example and not limitation, a Twitter ID or Twitter screenname, any hashtag or any social media handle). Licensee shall not adopt, register or attempt to register any trademark which is the same as or confusingly similar to a Licensor Mark. Licensee shall not use any of the Licensor Marks in any manner that would constitute an endorsement of any product or services other than the Licensed Product(s). Licensee shall not make or authorize any Commercialization, direct or indirect, of any of the Licensor Marks outside the Territory and will not knowingly sell the Licensed Product(s) to Persons who intend or are likely to resell them in conjunction with any of the Licensor Marks in any country outside the Territory. Licensee agrees that in using the Licensor Marks, it will in no way represent that it has any rights, title, or interest in or to the Licensor Marks other than those rights expressly granted under the terms of this Agreement.

 

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4.4 Regulatory.

 

(a) Regulatory Data. To the extent required by Licensee to obtain or maintain any Regulatory Approval in or for the Territory and to the extent otherwise reasonably requested by Licensee in connection therewith, Licensor shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, provide to Licensee copies of or access to all non-clinical data and clinical data, IND packages and other information, results, and analyses that are generated at any time, that pertain to any Development or Commercialization activities in respect of any Licensed Product, and that are controlled by Licensor or any of its Affiliates or its or their licensees or sublicensees or can be obtained by them with reasonable effort (collectively, “Licensor Regulatory Data”). All Licensor Regulatory Data in existence as of the Effective Date will be provided to Licensee within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date. To the extent required by Licensor to obtain or maintain any regulatory approval outside the Territory and to the extent otherwise reasonably requested by Licensor in connection therewith, Licensee shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, provide to Licensor copies of or access to all non-clinical data and clinical data, IND packages and other information, results, and analyses that are generated at any time, that pertain to any Development or Commercialization activities in respect of any Licensed Product, and that are controlled by Licensee or any of its Affiliates or its or their licensees or sublicensees or can be obtained by them with reasonable effort (collectively, “Licensee Regulatory Data”), provided that, if applicable, the Licensee Regulatory Data may be redacted of any regulatory data or other information if obtaining permission to export or otherwise remove such data or information from Mainland China would, in Licensee’s reasonable opinion, be unreasonably costly. Without limiting the foregoing, each Party shall, in a timely and responsive manner consistent with the requirements of applicable Regulatory Authorities, provide to the other Party, in such form and format as may be mutually agreed, (x) copies of all correspondence to or from any Regulatory Authority that relates to the Licensed Products, and (y) all Regulatory Documentation then in such Party’s possession or later received by it, its Affiliates or its or their licensees or sublicensees, provided that, if applicable, any such correspondence or Regulatory Documentation to be provided by Licensee may be redacted of any regulatory data or other information if obtaining permission to export or otherwise remove such data or information from Mainland China would, in Licensee’s reasonable opinion, be unreasonably costly. Each Party agrees to respond to all requests from Regulatory Authorities in respect of the Licensed Products by the required deadline, or if there is no required deadline, then within fifteen (15) days or within such other timeframe as may be mutually agreed with the other Party. For the avoidance of doubt, all information and documentation provided by a Party to the other Party pursuant to this Section 4.4(a) shall be treated by such other Party as such Party’s Confidential Information.

 

(b) Licensee Responsibility and Ownership; Licensor Cooperation. Licensee shall be responsible, at Licensee’s own cost and expense, for preparing, submitting and maintaining regulatory filings and other submissions, and obtaining Regulatory Approvals in or for the Territory, in its name in each case, and for conducting communications with the Regulatory Authorities, for the Licensed Products in or for the Territory. All corresponding Regulatory Documentation and Regulatory Approvals shall be owned by, and shall be the sole property and held in the name of, Licensee or its designee. Licensor will work collaboratively with Licensee, at Licensee’s expense (but subject to credit as provided in Section 3.2) and upon the request of Licensee, to provide reasonable support to Licensee in connection with regulatory filings required to obtain and maintain Regulatory Approvals in or for the Territory and to Commercialize the Licensed Products, which support may include providing devices and materials for clinical trial purposes, attending meetings with Regulatory Authorities, conducting additional studies and research, assisting and requiring its manufacturers to comply with Regulatory Authority on-site inspections, and providing expert assistance and input in the Regulatory Documentation and Regulatory Approval process. Licensor shall, upon Licensee’s request, cooperate and work in good faith with Licensee to plan future global registration studies in such a manner so as to facilitate the registration of the Licensed Products in or for the Territory.

 

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(c) Communications and Filings with Regulatory Authorities. To the extent permitted under applicable Law, each Party shall provide the other Party with copies of material submissions to or communications with a Regulatory Authority (in the original language) relating to any Licensed Product a reasonable amount of time prior to the anticipated date for the submission or communication to allow the other Party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on submission or communication, and in such event each Party shall consider all comments and proposed revisions from the other Party in good faith in connection with effecting such submission or communication, provided that if such Regulatory Authority is the NMPA, then such copies may be redacted of any regulatory data or other information if obtaining permission to export or otherwise remove such data or information from Mainland China would, in Licensee’s reasonable opinion, be unreasonably costly. In the event that an exigent action prevents a Party from allowing the other Party the time set forth above, the such first Party shall make all efforts to provide the other Party with as much time as possible to review and comment as the timeline permits. Each Party shall consult with the other Party regarding, and keep the other Party informed of, the status of the preparation of all material submissions and communications it has with the applicable Regulatory Authorities relating to each Licensed Product in their respective territories.

 

(d) No Harmful Actions. If either Party believes that the other Party is taking or intends to take any action with respect to a Licensed Product that could have a material adverse impact upon the Regulatory Approval of any Licensed Product in or for the Territory (if such Party is Licensee) or outside the Territory (if such Party is Licensor), then such Party shall have the right to bring the matter to the attention of the other Party and the Parties shall discuss in good faith to resolve such concern. Without limiting the foregoing, unless the Parties otherwise agree: (i) Licensee shall not communicate with any Regulatory Authority having jurisdiction only outside the Territory with respect to a Licensed Product, unless so ordered by such Regulatory Authority, in which case Licensee shall immediately notify Licensor of such order; (ii) Licensee shall not submit any regulatory filings or seek Regulatory Approvals for any Licensed Product outside the Territory (unless such regulatory filings or Regulatory Approvals are also for the Territory); (iii) Licensor shall not communicate with any Regulatory Authority having jurisdiction only in or for the Territory with respect to a Licensed Product, unless so ordered by such Regulatory Authority, in which case Licensor shall immediately notify Licensee of such order, and (iv) Licensor shall not submit any regulatory filings or seek Regulatory Approvals for any Licensed Products in or for the Territory. Licensor shall provide Licensee with any information that reasonably could have an adverse effect on the Development or Commercialization of the Licensed Products in or for the Territory, prior to making such information public.

 

(e) Required Studies. At any time during the Term, if any Regulatory Authority requires additional clinical studies in connection with obtaining or maintaining Regulatory Approval for any Licensed Product in or for the Territory (each a “Required Study”), then Licensee shall notify Licensor of the need for and scope of such Required Study together with an estimated budget and timing for performing the Required Study (“Required Study Notification”). Licensor shall, in a timely and responsive manner consistent with the requirements of applicable Regulatory Authorities, provide Licensee with any comments or questions concerning the Required Study. Licensee shall have the right to proceed with the Required Study as outlined in the Required Study Notification and shall account for all internal and Third Party costs directly related to the performance of the Required Study, which costs shall be accounted for in accordance with Licensee’s accounting practices, standards and procedures (“Required Study Costs”). Licensee shall pay for all Required Study Costs at the time necessary for completion of the Required Study.

 

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(f) Licensor Initiated Modifications. Licensee’s prior written consent shall be required for any material modifications to Licensed Products or components thereof, or to the Manufacturing processes (including the Manufacturing Processes), packaging, labeling, or package inserts for the foregoing, as applicable, that may be initiated by Licensor or its Affiliates or Third Party contractors and that may reasonably have an impact on Licensee’s performance or rights under this Agreement or on Licensee’s ability to maintain any Regulatory Approval in or for the Territory.

 

(g) Registrations and Recordals. Licensor shall, at its own expense, promptly provide Licensee with all necessary assistance and documents required for all government approvals, registrations and recordals required or advisable under any applicable Laws in the Territory to enable the Parties to exercise, enforce and enjoy all of the rights and obligations contained hereunder, including any approval, registration or recordal required under the PRC technology import and export laws and the PRC patent laws. Each Party shall be responsible for its own legal and other external costs in connection with any such filing, registration or notification. In furtherance of the obligations set forth in this Section 4.4(g), the Parties shall execute no later than three (3) months after the Effective Date a short form agreement for recordal with the State Intellectual Property Office of China that is in customary form, is consistent with the terms of this Agreement, and is as required by applicable Law.

 

(h) Pharmacovigilance and Post-Market Surveillance Agreement; Global Safety Database. Following the Effective Date and no later than sixty (60) days prior to the enrollment of the first patient in any clinical trial for any Licensed Product by Licensee or any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees in or for the Territory, the Parties shall enter into a separate written pharmacovigilance agreement providing details related to managing and reporting adverse events, adverse drug experiences and similar events or experiences in respect of the Licensed Products (including those of such events or experiences as occur during clinical studies) and other safety and reporting practices and procedures in respect of the Licensed Products in compliance with all applicable Law. Licensor shall establish, hold and maintain the global safety database for the Licensed Products. Each Party shall provide the other Party with information in such Party’s possession or control as necessary for such other Party to comply with its pharmacovigilance or other post-market regulatory responsibilities in respect of the Licensed Products, including, as applicable, any adverse events, adverse drug experiences or similar events or experiences (including those events or experiences that are required to be reported to the FDA under 21 C.F.R. 312.32 or 314.80 or to foreign Regulatory Authorities under corresponding applicable Law outside the United States) from pre-clinical or clinical laboratory, animal toxicology and pharmacology studies, clinical studies, and commercial experiences with the Licensed Products, in each case, in the form reasonably requested by such other Party, subject to Section 9, where applicable.

 

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(i) Notification of Threatened Action. Each Party shall immediately notify the other Party of any information it receives regarding any threatened or pending action, inspection or communication by any Regulatory Authority, which may materially affect the safety or efficacy claims of any Licensed Product or the continued marketing of any Licensed Product in any country. Upon receipt of such information, the Parties shall consult with each other in an effort to arrive at a mutually acceptable procedure for taking appropriate action. Without limiting the foregoing, in respect of any inspection of any facility of Licensor or its Affiliates or Third Party contractors in which any Licensed Product is or has been Manufactured, Licensor shall notify Licensee promptly (and in any event, within a maximum of twenty-four (24) hours) upon learning of such inspection, and, without limiting Section 4.4(c), shall promptly (and in any event, within a maximum of forty-eight (48) hours) supply Licensee with a copy of any correspondence, notice, or other documentation received or prepared by Licensor or its Affiliates or Third Party contractors that relates to such inspection, including any Form 483, inspection report (e.g., EIR), or warning letter. Licensor shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, and shall use best efforts to cause its Third Party contractors to, permit Licensee to send representatives to any such facility to participate in any portion of such inspection.

 

(j) Remedial Actions. Each Party shall notify the other immediately, and promptly confirm such notice in writing, if it obtains information indicating that any Licensed Product may be subject to any recall, corrective action or other regulatory action by any Governmental Authority (a “Remedial Action”). The Parties shall assist each other in gathering and evaluating such information as is necessary to determine the necessity of conducting a Remedial Action. Licensee shall have sole discretion, except as required by applicable Law, with respect to any matters relating to any Remedial Action in or for the Territory, including the decision to commence such Remedial Action and the control over such Remedial Action, and Licensor shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, cooperate fully with Licensee’s reasonable requests in respect of such matters. Unless otherwise provided in any applicable supply agreement between the Parties or their Affiliates, and subject to Section 8.2, the costs and expenses of any Remedial Action in or for the Territory shall be borne solely by Licensee, and the costs and expenses of any Remedial Action outside the Territory shall be borne solely by Licensor. Each Party shall maintain, and shall ensure that its Affiliates and sublicensees shall maintain, adequate records to permit the Parties to trace the manufacture, distribution and use of the Licensed Product in their respective territories.

 

4.5 Licensed Product Supply. On Licensee’s request in respect of a Licensed Product or component thereof, Licensor agrees to negotiate in good faith to enter into a separate mutually agreed supply agreement for such Licensed Product or component with Licensee generally consistent with the terms set forth in the supply agreement term sheet attached hereto as Schedule 4.5. Without limiting the foregoing, Licensor agrees that Licensee may enter into contracts directly with Licensor’s Third Party manufacturers of the Licensed Products or components thereof, and, upon Licensee’s request and at Licensee’s direction, Licensor will use best efforts to assist Licensee in executing such contracts.

 

4.6 Technology Transfer.

 

(a) Promptly following the Effective Date, and with the objective of completing such transition within the six (6) month period immediately following the Effective Date (and in any case as quickly as possible), Licensor shall, at its cost, use best efforts to provide Licensee assistance in transitioning the Licensed Technology (except for the Manufacturing Processes) to Licensee. Licensor shall use best efforts to cooperate during the Term with Licensee’s requests in connection with such transfer. Such assistance shall include providing Licensee with reasonable amounts of consultation regarding the so transferred Licensed Technology.

 

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(b) Promptly following the Effective Date, Licensor shall use best efforts to (i) commence, and cause its Third Party manufacturers to commence, a full transfer to Licensee of all Licensed Technology relating to the then-current processes for the Manufacture of the Licensed Products, including bench-scale production and pilot scale production (the “Manufacturing Processes”), and (ii) provide assistance to, and cause its Third Party manufacturers to assist, Licensee in support of the implementation of the Manufacturing Processes to achieve quality for the then-current Licensed Products that is reasonably satisfactory to Licensee and that is sufficient to meet all applicable regulatory requirements in the Territory (the “Satisfactory Quality”) (such transfer and implementation, the “Manufacturing Technology Transfer”). During the Term, Licensor shall use best efforts to provide, and to cause its Third Party manufacturers to provide, such assistance in connection with the Manufacturing Technology Transfer as may be requested by Licensee.

 

(c) Licensor shall be responsible for all full-time equivalent (FTE) costs for its employees, and for all costs and expenses of Third Party manufacturer assistance provided in the US arising from or in connection with the Manufacturing Technology Transfer. Licensee shall be responsible for the reasonable costs and expenses of accommodations for Licensor’s employees in the Territory, and of travel between the US and the Territory, incurred in furtherance of the Manufacturing Technology Transfer, and Licensee shall be responsible for all costs and expenses of Licensee employees or any Third Party manufacturer employees for purposes of implementing the Manufacturing Technology Transfer in the Territory, but only, in the case of Licensor’s employees and Third Party manufacturer employees, to the extent that such individuals are requested by Licensee to travel to the Territory to provide assistance.

 

(d) If the Manufacturing Technology Transfer for a Licensed Product is not successfully completed within a time period that is reasonably satisfactory to Licensee, then Licensee, at its sole expense, shall be permitted to send its personnel to Licensor’s or its Third Party manufacturers’ facilities to manufacture such Licensed Product at a quality that is at least as good as the applicable Satisfactory Quality.

 

(e) If Licensor makes any invention, discovery, or improvement related to the Manufacturing of a Licensed Product or component thereof, then Licensor shall promptly disclose such invention, discovery, or improvement to Licensee, and shall, at Licensee’s request, transfer to Licensee the technology with respect to such invention, discovery, or improvement in substantially the same manner as provided in this Section 4.6.

 

5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

5.1 Ownership of Inventions.

 

(a) Sole Inventions. Each Party shall exclusively own all inventions made solely by or on behalf of such Party or its Affiliates in connection with this Agreement (“Sole Inventions”). Sole Inventions made solely by or on behalf of Licensee or its Affiliates are referred to herein as “Licensee Sole Inventions”. Sole Inventions made solely by or on behalf of Licensor or its Affiliates are referred to herein as “Licensor Sole Inventions”.

 

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(b) Joint Inventions. The Parties shall jointly own all inventions made in connection with this Agreement jointly by employees, agents or consultants of Licensee or its Affiliates, on the one hand, and employees, agents or consultants of Licensor or its Affiliates, on the other hand, on the basis of each Party having an undivided interest in the whole (“Joint Inventions”).

 

(c) Inventorship. For purposes of determining whether an invention is a Licensee Sole Invention, a Licensor Sole Invention, or a Joint Invention, questions of inventorship shall be resolved in accordance with the applicable patent Laws in the jurisdiction where the invention is conceived and reduced to practice, provided that for any invention the conception or reduction to practice of which occurred in more than one jurisdiction, questions of inventorship shall be resolved in accordance with U.S. patent Laws.

 

5.2 Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents.

 

(a) Prosecution of Licensor Patents. Licensor shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to obtain, prosecute and maintain the Licensor Patents outside the Territory. Licensee shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to obtain, prosecute and maintain the Licensor Patents in the Territory. Licensor and Licensee shall cooperate in connection with the continued prosecution and maintenance by the applicable Party of the Licensor Patents, provided that the prosecuting Party shall have final decision making authority with respect to any and all Licensor Patents that such Party is then prosecuting. Each Party will bear its own out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred to obtain, prosecute and maintain the Licensor Patents. If Licensor files a new patent application anywhere in the world from which a Licensor Patent in the Territory could claim priority, then within sixty (60) days of such filing, Licensor shall notify Licensee and provide Licensee with a copy of such filings. Licensor shall notify Licensee at least ninety (90) days prior to the earliest deadline for entering into national phase with respect to any Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) application included in the Licensor Patents. No later than thirty (30) days prior to the earliest deadline to enter into the national phase, Licensee shall provide Licensor with a list of Regions within the Territory in which Licensee would like Licensor to file. Licensor shall file international patent applications, or designate for national filing and file, in such Regions as may be requested by Licensee. Licensee shall pay all costs and expenses associated with the filing and prosecution of such applications in such Regions. Each Party shall keep the other Party fully informed of all steps taken by or on behalf of such Party with regard to the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of each Licensor Patent, including by providing the other Party with a copy of all material communications to and from any patent authority regarding such Licensor Patent, and by providing the other Party drafts of any filings or responses to be made to such patent authority sufficiently in advance of submitting such filings or responses so as to allow for a reasonable opportunity for the other Party to review and comment thereon. Each Party shall consider all such comments of the other Party and shall use reasonable efforts to incorporate such comments. Neither Party shall abandon any Licensor Patent that it is then prosecuting without at least ninety (90) days’ prior notice to the other Party. If the prosecuting Party decides to abandon any Licensor Patent that it is then prosecuting (an “Abandoned Licensor Patent”), then the other Party shall, at its sole expense, have the option to continue to prosecute and maintain the Abandoned Licensor Patent in such other Party’s own name by providing a written notice to such prosecuting Party. In such event, such prosecuting Party shall promptly provide such other Party with the appropriate documents to continue to prosecute or maintain such Abandoned Licensor Patent in such other Party’s name. If such other Party is Licensee, then Licensor shall and hereby does assign such Abandoned Licensor Patent to Licensee, and such Abandoned Licensor Patent shall be deemed to be a Licensee Patent for all purposes hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Licensor’s obligations and Licensee’s rights pursuant to this Section 5.2(a) are in all cases subject to Licensor’s obligations under the Existing Upstream Agreements.

 

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(b) Prosecution of Licensee Patents and Joint Patents. Licensee has the sole right, but not the responsibility, to obtain, prosecute and maintain the Licensee Patents and Joint Patents worldwide at its sole cost and expense.

 

5.3 Third Party Infringement.

 

(a) Notice. Each Party shall promptly report in writing to the other Party during the Term any known or suspected (i) infringement of any of the Licensor Patents or Joint Patents, or (ii) unauthorized use or misappropriation of any of the Licensor Know-How or Joint Inventions, in the case of either clause (i) or clause (ii), that could reasonably be expected to impact the (A) Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization, or other Exploitation of any Licensed Product in or for the Territory by or on behalf of Licensee or its Affiliates, or (B) scope of the rights licensed to Licensee under Section 2.1 (an “Infringement Claim”), of which such Party becomes aware, and shall provide the other Party with all available evidence supporting such Infringement Claim.

 

(b) Enforcement Rights. Licensee shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to initiate a suit, or take other appropriate action that it believes is reasonably required to protect (i.e., prevent or abate actual or threatened infringement or misappropriation of) or otherwise enforce the Licensor Patents, Licensor Know-How, Joint Patents, or Joint Inventions with respect to an Infringement Claim. Any such suit by Licensee shall be brought either in the name of Licensor or its Affiliate, the name of Licensee or its Affiliate, or jointly by Licensee, Licensor and their respective Affiliates, as may be required by the law of the forum. For this purpose, Licensor shall execute such legal papers and cooperate in the prosecution of such suit as may be reasonably requested by Licensee; provided that Licensee shall promptly reimburse all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) actually incurred by Licensor in connection with such cooperation. For clarity, as between Licensor and Licensee, (i) Licensor shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to protect Licensor Patents or Licensor Know-How against any suspected misappropriation or infringement that does not constitute an Infringement Claim and (ii) the Parties shall jointly determine by mutual agreement whether and how to protect Joint Patents or Joint Inventions against any suspected misappropriation or infringement that does not constitute an Infringement Claim, and the provisions of this Section 5 shall not apply with respect thereto.

 

(c) Conduct of Certain Actions; Costs. Licensee shall have the sole and exclusive right to select counsel for, and otherwise control, any suit initiated by it pursuant to Section 5.3(b) and will pay its own costs and expenses in connection with such suit.

 

(d) Recoveries. Any damages, settlements, accounts of profits, or other financial compensation recovered from a Third Party by the Party that assumes control over enforcing any Infringement Claim shall be allocated first to reimburse each Party’s out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with such enforcement and then [ * ].

 

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5.4 Patent Invalidity Claim. Each of the Parties shall promptly notify the other in the event of any legal or administrative action by any Third Party against a Licensor Patent or a Joint Patent in the Territory of which it becomes aware, including any nullity, revocation, reexamination or compulsory license proceeding. Licensee shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to defend against any such action involving a Licensor Patent in its own name, and the costs of any such defense shall be at Licensee’s expense. Licensee shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to defend against any such action involving a Joint Patent in its own name, and the costs of any such defense shall be at Licensee’s expense. Licensor, upon request of Licensee, agrees to join in any such action and to cooperate reasonably with Licensee; provided that Licensee shall promptly reimburse all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) actually incurred by Licensor in connection with such cooperation. If Licensee does not defend against any such action involving a Licensor Patent, then Licensor shall have the right, but not the obligation, to defend such action and any such defense shall be at Licensor’s expense. Licensee, upon request of Licensor, agrees to join in any such action and to cooperate reasonably with Licensor, provided that Licensor shall promptly reimburse all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) actually incurred by Licensee in connection with such cooperation.

 

5.5 Claimed Infringement. Each of the Parties shall promptly notify the other in the event a Party becomes aware that the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization, or other Exploitation of any Licensed Product in or for the Territory infringes or misappropriates the Intellectual Property Rights of any Third Party, and shall promptly provide the other Party with any notice it receives or has received from a Third Party related to such suspected infringement or misappropriation. Licensee shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to defend and control the defense of any such claim, suit, or proceeding at its own expense (but subject to credit as provided in Section 3.3), using counsel of its own choice. Licensor may participate in any such claim, suit, or proceeding with counsel of its choice at its own expense. Without limitation of the foregoing, if Licensee finds it necessary or desirable to join Licensor as a party to any such action, Licensor shall execute all papers and perform such acts as shall be reasonably required; provided that Licensee shall promptly reimburse all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) actually incurred by Licensor in connection with such joinder. Each Party shall keep the other Party reasonably informed of all material developments in connection with any such claim, suit, or proceeding. Any recoveries by Licensee in connection with defending any Third Party infringement claim under this Section 5.5 shall be allocated first to reimburse each Party’s out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with such defense (except to the extent that the applicable costs and expenses were previously reimbursed by Licensee to Licensor pursuant to this Section 5.5) and then [ * ].

 

5.6 Patent Term Extensions. Licensee shall have the exclusive right (but not the obligation) to seek patent term extensions or supplemental patent protection, if available, including supplementary protection certificates, in any Region in the Territory in relation to the Licensed Products at Licensee’s expense. Upon Licensee’s request, Licensor and Licensee shall cooperate in connection with all such activities, and Licensee, its agents and attorneys will give due consideration to all timely suggestions and comments of Licensor regarding any such activities; provided that all final decisions shall be made by Licensee.

 

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5.7 Patent Marking. Licensee shall comply with the patent marking statutes in each Region in the Territory in which the Licensed Product is sold by Licensee or its Affiliates or Sublicensees.

 

6. TERM AND TERMINATION

 

6.1 The term (“Term”) of this Agreement shall be effective from the first to occur of (a) the Closing Date or (b) the termination of the Stock Purchase Agreement by Licensor other than pursuant to Section 10.1(a)(iv)(ii) of the Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Effective Date”). The Term of the Agreement shall, except to the extent sooner terminated by a Party pursuant to this Section 6, continue thereafter without expiration.

 

6.2 Termination for Material Breach. If either Party (the “Non-Breaching Party”) believes that the other Party (the “Breaching Party”) has materially breached one or more of its material obligations under this Agreement (a “Material Breach”), then the Non-Breaching Party may give the Breaching Party notice of such Material Breach (a “Material Breach Notice”) specifying the nature of the breach. If the Breaching Party does not dispute that it has committed a Material Breach, then, if the Breaching Party fails to cure such breach, or fails to take steps as would be considered reasonable to effectively cure such breach, within [ * ] days after receipt of the Material Breach Notice, the Non-Breaching Party may terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the Breaching Party. If the Breaching Party disputes that it has committed a Material Breach, the dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 11.5. If, as a result of the application of such dispute resolution procedures, the Breaching Party is determined to have committed a Material Breach (an “Adverse Ruling”), then, if the Breaching Party fails to complete the actions specified by the Adverse Ruling to cure such breach within [ * ] days after such ruling or such longer period as specified in the Adverse Ruling, the Non-Breaching Party may terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the Breaching Party. The right of either Party to terminate this Agreement as set forth in this Section 6.2 shall not be affected in any way by its waiver of, or failure to take action with respect to, any previous default. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.2, if a Material Breach pertains only to facts relating to one or more Regions, then, pursuant to this Section 6.2, the Non-Breaching Party shall have a right to terminate this Agreement only with respect to such Region(s). The Region(s) with respect to which the Non-Breaching Party exercises its termination right pursuant this Section 6.2 are referred to as the “Terminated Region.”

 

6.3 Termination for Convenience. Licensee may terminate this Agreement in its entirety for any reason or no reason upon [ * ] days’ prior written notice to Licensor.

 

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6.4 Termination for Insolvency. This Agreement may be terminated by a Party upon written notice to the other Party (a) if the other Party shall make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, file a petition in bankruptcy, petition or apply to any tribunal for the appointment of a custodian, receiver or trustee for it or a substantial part of its assets, or shall commence any proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or statute of any jurisdiction, whether now or hereafter in effect; (b) if there shall have been filed against the other Party any such bona fide petition or application, or any such proceeding shall have been commenced against it, in which an order for relief is entered or that remains undismissed or unstayed for a period of [ * ] days or more; (c) if the other Party by any act or omission shall indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such petition, application or proceeding or order for relief or the appointment of a custodian, receiver or trustee for it or any substantial part of its assets, or shall suffer any such custodianship, receivership or trusteeship to continue undischarged or unstayed for a period of [ * ] days or more; or (d) anything analogous to any of the foregoing occurs in any applicable jurisdiction. Termination pursuant to this Section 6.4 shall be effective upon the date specified in such notice.

 

6.5 Effect of Termination.

 

(a) Termination by Licensor for Breach or Insolvency or by Licensee for Convenience. If this Agreement is terminated by Licensor under Sections 6.2 or 6.4 or by Licensee under Section 6.3, then, with respect to each Terminated Region only (in the case of termination pursuant to Section 6.2) or with respect to the Territory (in the case of termination other than pursuant to Section 6.2):

 

(i) All rights and licenses granted by either Party hereunder shall terminate;

 

(ii) Such termination shall not terminate any Sublicense, provided that (1) the applicable Sublicensee is not in breach of any provision of this Agreement or such Sublicense and (2) such Sublicensee shall perform all obligations of Licensee under this Agreement that are applicable to the sublicensed rights; and

 

(iii) To the extent permitted by applicable Law, Licensee will assign and transfer to Licensor all Regulatory Documentation and Regulatory Approvals solely relating to the Licensed Products in or for the Terminated Regions, including related correspondence with Regulatory Authorities, and provide copies thereof, and Licensee will grant Licensor a non-exclusive right of reference under all other Regulatory Documentation and Regulatory Approvals, if any, that relate to the Licensed Products in or for the Terminated Regions, including related correspondence with Regulatory Authorities, and provide copies thereof; provided, that, in each case, Licensee (A) shall be entitled to redact or withhold such information that is proprietary to Licensee and (B) shall not be required to transfer or assign, as applicable, to Licensor any raw data or other Confidential Information of Licensee; provided, however, that any such redaction or withholding of information does not prevent Licensor from operating under such Regulatory Approvals or making use of such Regulatory Documentation; provided further that all Confidential Information of Licensee that may remain in any such returned information to Licensor shall be subject to the confidentiality provisions set forth in this Agreement.

 

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(b) Consequences of Termination by Licensee for Other Causes. If Licensee has a right to terminate this Agreement under Sections 6.2 or 6.4, then Licensee may, in its sole discretion, with respect to each Region, as applicable, or with respect to the Territory, elect by notice to Licensor for either ((i) or (ii), but not both) of the following consequences to apply:

 

(i) this Agreement shall remain in effect, except that the Royalties due hereunder in respect of the applicable Region(s) or the Territory, as applicable, following the effective date of such termination shall be reduced by [ * ] percent ([ * ]%); for clarity, Licensor shall continue to be obligated to cure any Material Breach and perform its obligations under this Agreement; or

 

(ii) this Agreement shall terminate, and:

 

  (1) for clarity, all rights and licenses granted by either Party hereunder shall terminate;
     
  (2) Licensee shall have the right to promptly wind down all clinical trials then being conducted with respect to any Licensed Products in or for the Terminated Regions or in or for the Territory, as applicable, and will take all reasonable steps necessary to minimize liability and harm to patients in this process;
     
  (3) if this Agreement has expired or terminated with respect to the entire Territory, then each Party shall cease using and return all copies of Confidential Information of the other Party with respect to Licensed Products that is in the possession or control of itself or any of its Affiliates or any of its or their (sub)licensees;

 

6.6 Accrued Rights and Obligations. Termination or expiration of this Agreement for any reason shall not release either Party from any liability that, at the time of such termination or expiration, has already accrued or that is attributable to a period prior to such termination or expiration nor preclude either Party from pursuing any right or remedy it may have hereunder or at law or in equity with respect to any breach of this Agreement.

 

6.7 Survival. The rights and obligations set forth in this Agreement shall extend beyond the Term or termination of this Agreement only to the extent expressly provided for in this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that the provisions of this Section 6.7, and of Sections 1 (to the extent the definitions in such Section are necessary to construe the other surviving provisions of this Agreement), 2.3, 2.4, 3 (solely with respect to Net Sales made, Royalties or other payments accrued, Development Costs incurred, or Third Party Payments paid, in each case, during the Term), 4.3(a) (solely with respect to ownership of Licensee Marks), 4.4(b) (solely with respect to ownership of Regulatory Documentation and Regulatory Approvals), 4.4(j) (solely with respect to Licensed Products sold during the Term), 5.1, 6.5, 6.6, 8, 9 (for the period specified in Section 9.5), and 11, shall survive expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason.

 

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7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

7.1 Mutual Representations and Warranties.

 

(a) Good Standing. Each Party represents and warrants to the other Party that it is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, and has all necessary corporate powers to own, use and transfer its properties and assets, and to carry on its business as now owned and operated.

 

(b) No Conflicts. Each Party represents and warrants to the other that (i) the entering into by such Party of this Agreement and the performance and consummation by such Party of the matters contemplated hereby does not and shall not violate any (1) agreement with or obligation to (whether express, implied or by operation of law) any other Person to which such Party is a party or subject or (2) rights of any other Person (including Intellectual Property Rights), and (ii) this Agreement is binding upon such Party pursuant to the laws of such Party’s domicile.

 

(c) Authorization. Each of Licensor and Licensee has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized and approved by all necessary corporate action on the part of each of Licensor and Licensee. Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery on the part of each Party, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each such Party, enforceable against such Party in accordance with its terms.

 

7.2 Representations and Warranties of Licensor. Licensor represents and warrants to Licensee the following as of the Effective Date (except for any representations and warranties that are expressly stated to have been made as of a specified date, which shall have been true and correct as of such specified date):

 

(a) Sections 3.12 (Compliance with Laws, Permits and Court Orders), 3.15 (Intellectual Property), and 3.23 (Regulatory Matters) of the Stock Purchase Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

(b) Licensor is entitled to grant to Licensee the licenses herein and for the purposes set forth herein including the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization, or other Exploitation of the Licensed Products and without any known conflict with, or infringement of, the rights of others, including prior employees or consultants, or academic or medical institutions with which Licensor or its Affiliates or (sub)licensees may be affiliated now or may have been affiliated in the past. Without limiting the foregoing, Licensor has not assigned, transferred, licensed, conveyed or otherwise encumbered its right, title and interest in the Licensed IP or Licensed Products in a manner that conflicts with any rights or licenses granted to Licensee hereunder.

 

(c) To Licensor’s knowledge, the exercise of the licenses and rights granted hereunder to Licensee under the Licensed IP will not infringe on any rights of any Third Party.

 

(d) There are no claims, judgments, or settlements against, or amounts with respect thereto, owed by Licensor or any of its Affiliates relating to the Licensed IP.

 

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(e) To Licensor’s Knowledge, each of the Patents in the Territory in the Licensed IP properly identifies each and every inventor of the claims thereof as determined in accordance with the applicable Laws of the jurisdiction in which such Patent is issued (or, if the such Patent is an application, in which such application is pending). To Licensor’s Knowledge, each Person who has or has had any rights in or to any Patent in the Territory in the Licensed IP has assigned and has executed an agreement assigning its entire right, title, and interest in and to such Patent to Licensor. To Licensor’s Knowledge, no current officer, employee, agent, or consultant of Licensor is in violation of any term of any assignment or other agreement regarding the protection of the Patents in the Territory in the Licensed IP.

 

(f) Other than the Existing Upstream Agreements, there is no agreement between Licensor or its Affiliates with any other Third Party pursuant to which Licensor or any of its Affiliates obtains any license to Licensed IP. Licensor and its Affiliates are in material compliance with each Upstream Agreement, and to Licensor’s Knowledge, no Third Party that is a party to any Upstream Agreement has materially breached or is in default of any Upstream Agreement. No written notice of default or termination has been received or given under any Upstream Agreement, and to its Knowledge, there is no act or omission by Licensor or its Affiliates that would provide a right to terminate any Upstream Agreement.

 

(g) The [ * ] Patents and Know-How are neither necessary nor reasonably useful for the Development, Manufacturing, or Commercialization, or other Exploitation of any Licensed Product in or for the Territory.

 

(h) The Licensed Products, as well as any Know-How in the Licensed IP, do not require a license or other authorization for export to China under any Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Laws, and Licensor does not produce, design, test, manufacture, fabricate, or develop a “critical technology,” as that term is defined in 31 C.F.R. 801.204 and, therefore, is not a “pilot program U.S. business,” as that term is defined in 31 C.F.R. 801.213. Without limiting the foregoing, the transaction contemplated in this Agreement is not subject to the jurisdiction of CFIUS or any CFIUS Requirement.

 

(i) To the Knowledge of Licensor, the representations and warranties of Licensor in this Agreement, and the information, documents and materials furnished by or on behalf of Licensor to Licensee in connection with Licensee’s period of diligence prior to the Effective Date, do not, taken as a whole, (i) contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or (ii) omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements or facts contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

8. INDEMNIFICATION; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

8.1 Indemnification by Licensee. Licensee agrees to defend, indemnify and hold Licensor and its Affiliates and its and their officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, causes of action, judgments, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ and expert witness fees and expenses) (collectively “Losses”) to the extent resulting from any claim, action, suit, proceeding, liability or obligation asserted by a Third Party (collectively, “Third Party Claims”) arising out of, relating to or resulting from:

 

(a) any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by Licensee in this Agreement;

 

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(b) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Licensee in connection with Licensee’s performance of this Agreement; or

 

(c) the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization, or other Exploitation of Licensed Products by Licensee, its Affiliates, or Sublicensees.

 

8.2 Indemnification by Licensor. Licensor agrees to defend, indemnify and hold Licensee and its Affiliates and its and their officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns harmless from and against any and all Losses to the extent resulting from any Third Party Claim arising out of or relating to or resulting from:

 

(a) any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by Licensor in this Agreement;

 

(b) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Licensor in connection with Licensor’s performance of this Agreement; or

 

(c) the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization, or other Exploitation of Licensed Products by Licensor, its Affiliates, or its or their (sub)licensees.

 

8.3 Indemnification Procedures.

 

(a) Notice of Claim. All indemnification claims in respect of a Party, its Affiliates or its or their (sub)licensees or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall be made solely by such Party to this Agreement (the “Indemnified Party”). The Indemnified Party shall give the indemnifying Party prompt written notice (an “Indemnification Claim Notice”) of any Losses or discovery of fact upon which such Indemnified Party intends to base a request for indemnification under this Section 8; provided that no failure or delay in providing such notice shall relieve the indemnifying Party of any liability it may have to the Indemnified Party, except to the extent that such failure or delay materially prejudices the indemnifying Party with respect to such claim. Each Indemnification Claim Notice must contain a description of the claim and the nature and amount of such Loss (to the extent that the nature and amount of such Loss is known at such time). The Indemnified Party shall furnish promptly to the indemnifying Party copies of all papers and official documents received in respect of any Losses and Third Party Claims.

 

(b) Control of Defense. The indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense of any Third Party Claim by giving written notice to the Indemnified Party within thirty (30) days after the indemnifying Party’s receipt of an Indemnification Claim Notice. The assumption of the defense of a Third Party Claim by the indemnifying Party shall not be construed as an acknowledgment that the indemnifying Party is liable to indemnify the Indemnified Party in respect of the Third Party Claim, nor shall it constitute a waiver by the indemnifying Party of any defenses it may assert against the Indemnified Party’s claim for indemnification. Upon assuming the defense of a Third Party Claim, the indemnifying Party may appoint as lead counsel in the defense of the Third Party Claim any legal counsel selected by the indemnifying Party. In the event the indemnifying Party assumes the defense of a Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall immediately deliver to the indemnifying Party all original notices and documents (including court papers) received by the Indemnified Party in connection with the Third Party Claim. Should the indemnifying Party assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, except as provided in Section 8.3(c), the indemnifying Party shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with the analysis, defense or settlement of the Third Party Claim unless specifically requested in writing by the indemnifying Party.

 

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(c) Right to Participate in Defense. Any Indemnified Party shall be entitled to participate in the defense of such Third Party Claim and to employ counsel of its choice for such purpose; provided, however, that such employment shall be at the Indemnified Party’s sole cost and expense unless (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the indemnifying Party in writing (in which case, the defense shall be controlled as provided in Section 8.3(b)), (ii) the indemnifying Party has failed to assume the defense and employ counsel in accordance with Section 8.3(b) (in which case the Indemnified Party shall control the defense), or (iii) the interests of the indemnitee and the indemnifying Party with respect to such Third Party Claim are sufficiently adverse to prohibit the representation by the same counsel of both Parties under applicable Law, ethical rules or equitable principles (in which case, the Indemnified Party shall control its defense).

 

(d) Settlement. With respect to any Losses relating solely to the payment of money damages in connection with a Third Party Claim and that shall not result in the applicable indemnitee(s) becoming subject to injunctive or other relief or otherwise adversely affecting the business of the Indemnified Party in any manner, the indemnifying Party shall have the sole right to consent to the entry of any judgment, enter into any settlement or otherwise dispose of such Loss, on such terms as the indemnifying Party, in its sole discretion, shall deem appropriate. With respect to all other Losses in connection with Third Party Claims, where the indemnifying Party has assumed the defense of the Third Party Claim in accordance with Section 8.3(b), the indemnifying Party shall have authority to consent to the entry of any judgment, enter into any settlement or otherwise dispose of such Loss; provided it obtains the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). If the indemnifying Party does not assume and conduct the defense of a Third Party Claim as provided above, the Indemnified Party may defend against such Third Party Claim; provided that the Indemnified Party shall not settle any Third Party Claim without the prior written consent of the indemnifying Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

(e) Cooperation. Regardless of whether the indemnifying Party chooses to defend or prosecute any Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall, and shall cause each indemnitee to, cooperate in the defense or prosecution thereof and shall furnish such records, information and testimony, provide such witnesses and attend such conferences, discovery proceedings, hearings, trials and appeals as may be reasonably requested in connection therewith. Such cooperation shall include access during normal business hours afforded to the indemnifying Party to and reasonable retention by the Indemnified Party of, records and information that are reasonably relevant to such Third Party Claim and making Indemnified Parties and other employees and agents available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder and the indemnifying Party shall reimburse the Indemnified Party for all its, its Affiliates’ and its and their (sub)licensees’ or their respective directors’, officers’, employees’ and agents’, as applicable, reasonable and verifiable out-of-pocket expenses in connection therewith.

 

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(f) Expenses. Except as provided above, the costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel, incurred by the Indemnified Party and its Affiliates and its or their (sub)licensees and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, as applicable, in connection with any claim shall be reimbursed on a Calendar Half basis by the indemnifying Party, without prejudice to the indemnifying Party’s right to contest the Indemnified Party’s right to indemnification and subject to refund in the event the indemnifying Party is ultimately held not to be obligated to indemnify the Indemnified Party.

 

8.4 Insurance Recovery. Any indemnification hereunder shall be made net of any insurance proceeds actually recovered by the Indemnified Party from unaffiliated Third Parties; provided, however, that if, following the payment to the Indemnified Party of any amount under this Section 8, such Indemnified Party recovers any such insurance proceeds in respect of the claim for which such indemnification payment was made, the Indemnified Party shall promptly pay an amount equal to the amount of such proceeds (but not exceeding the amount of such net indemnification payment) to the indemnifying Party.

 

8.5 Exclusive Remedy. The Parties agree and acknowledge that the provisions of this Section 8 represent the Indemnified Party’s exclusive recourse with respect to any Losses for which indemnification is provided to the Indemnified Party under this Section 8.

 

8.6 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO EACH PARTY’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS RESULTING FROM THIRD PARTY CLAIMS OR A BREACH BY EITHER PARTY OF SECTION 9 (CONFIDENTIALITY) UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS OR LOSS OF DATA, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED BEFOREHAND OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL LIMIT OR EXCLUDE ANY PARTY’S LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR WHICH IT CANNOT BY LAW LIMIT OR EXCLUDE ITS LIABILITY. EACH PARTY HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS ARE AN INTEGRAL TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT THE OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT WITHOUT SUCH LIMITATIONS.

 

9. CONFIDENTIALITY

 

9.1 Definition of Confidential Information. The Parties acknowledge that, prior to and during the Term, the Parties may disclose to one another scientific, technical, trade secret, business, or other information which is treated by the disclosing Party as confidential or proprietary, including unpublished patent applications and technical information (“Confidential Information”). Both Parties agree that in order to ensure that each Party understands which information is deemed to be confidential, all Confidential Information will be in written form and clearly marked as “Confidential,” and if the Confidential Information is initially disclosed in oral or some other non-written form, it will be confirmed and summarized in writing and clearly marked as “Confidential” within thirty (30) days of disclosure. The receiving Party shall hold such Confidential Information in confidence and shall treat such information in the same manner as it treats its own confidential information but with not less than with a reasonable degree of care. The Confidential Information provided to the receiving Party will remain the property of the disclosing Party, and will be disclosed or used only as necessary or reasonably useful for the performance of this Agreement or the exercise of rights or licenses granted hereunder.

 

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9.2 Exclusions. Confidential Information does not include information that (a) was known to the receiving Party prior to receipt from the disclosing Party as evidenced by the receiving Party’s records; (b) is or becomes part of the public domain through no breach of this Agreement by the receiving Party; (c) is lawfully received by the receiving Party from a Third Party that is not bound by any obligations of confidentiality with respect to such information; or (d) comprises identical subject matter to that which had been originally and independently developed by or for the receiving Party without knowledge or use of any Confidential Information as evidenced by written records.

 

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the receiving Party may disclose the Confidential Information of the disclosing Party (a) as and to the extent required by the order of any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction; provided that the receiving Party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, use reasonable efforts to notify the disclosing Party of such proposed disclosure in such a manner and on such a schedule as will afford the disclosing Party a reasonable opportunity to seek a protective order or similar restriction on disclosure of the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information proposed to be disclosed by the receiving Party, (b) as required by applicable Law or the rules of a stock exchange on which its securities are listed (or to which an application for listing has been submitted) to make a disclosure that describes or refers to the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any related agreements between the Parties, (c) to the extent that such disclosure is made to Regulatory Authorities as deemed reasonably necessary by the receiving Party in connection with any filing, application, or request for Regulatory Approval, response to any requests or inquiries from a Regulatory Authority, or other communication with a Regulatory Authority, and (d) to prospective acquirers, lenders, investors, collaboration partners, and (sub)licensees that agree to be bound by non-use and non-disclosure obligations in respect of such Confidential Information.

 

9.4 Press Releases and Other Announcements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither Party shall issue a press release or otherwise make a public announcement concerning the subject matter of this Agreement without the prior review and written approval of the text of any such press release or other public announcement by the other Party. The non-disclosing Party shall not unreasonably withhold or delay such review and approval.

 

9.5 Duration. Except as otherwise provided herein, the restrictions and covenants set forth in this Section 9 shall survive until the [ * ] year anniversary of the date that this Agreement is terminated or expires; provided, however, that with respect to Confidential Information that constitutes a trade secret under applicable Law, the receiving Party’s obligations pursuant to this Section 9 shall survive so long as such Confidential Information remains a trade secret under applicable Law.

 

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10. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

 

10.1 Additional Undertakings. From and after the Effective Date of this Agreement and throughout the Term:

 

(a) Licensor and Licensee shall comply, and cause their respective Affiliates and subcontractors to comply, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause their Third Party manufacturers to comply, with all applicable Laws and all applicable current good manufacturing practices, good clinical practices, and good laboratory practices (or similar standards) in their conduct of the Development, Manufacturing, or Commercialization, or other Exploitation of the Licensed Products.

 

(b) Licensor shall not grant to any Third Party any rights that would be inconsistent with Licensee’s rights hereunder.

 

(c) Licensor shall not assign, transfer, convey or otherwise encumber its right, title or interest in the Licensed IP in a manner that conflicts with or is adverse to any rights granted to Licensee hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, to the extent that an Existing Upstream Agreement contains any provisions that are in conflict with the provisions of this Agreement, Licensor shall use best efforts to promptly enter into an amendment with the applicable Upstream Licensor to resolve such conflicting provisions in such Existing Upstream Agreement.

 

(d) Each Party shall notify the other Party in writing immediately if such Party or its Affiliates or any Person that is performing activities on its or their behalf hereunder is debarred or is the subject of a conviction described in §335a (a) or (b) of the Generic Drug Enforcement Act of 1992, or if any action, suit, claim, investigation or legal or administrative proceeding is pending or, to the best of such Party’s or its Affiliates’ knowledge, is threatened, relating to the debarment or conviction of such Party or its Affiliates or any Person performing activities on its or their behalf hereunder.

 

(e) Licensor shall maintain each Upstream Agreement in full force and effect and shall not terminate, amend, waive or otherwise modify (or consent to any of the foregoing) its rights under any Upstream Agreement in any manner that diminishes the rights or licenses granted to Licensee or increases or generates any new obligation (including any payment obligation) under any Upstream Agreement that would apply to Licensee, without Licensee’s express written consent.

 

(f) If there is any notice given by an Upstream Licensor of breach of any Upstream Agreement by Licensor, Licensor shall promptly notify Licensee in writing, and shall use its best efforts to cure such breach or resolve any dispute related thereto with the Upstream Licensor in a manner that does not affect Licensee’s rights and licenses granted herein. If Licensor fails to cure such breach, Licensee shall have the right, but not the obligation, to cure such breach on behalf of Licensor and to offset any reasonable amounts incurred or paid by Licensee in connection with the cure of such breach against any amounts otherwise payable to Licensor under this Agreement. If any Upstream Agreement is terminated due to Licensor’s breach despite Licensor’s efforts to cure, Licensor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause Licensee to become a licensee under such Upstream Agreement in a manner that does not materially diminish the rights or licenses granted to Licensee or increase or generate any new obligation on Licensee under this Agreement or such Upstream Agreement. In the event of any notice of breach of any Upstream Agreement by the applicable Upstream Licensor in a manner that will or is likely to materially adversely affect Licensee’s rights or obligations under this Agreement, Licensor shall immediately notify Licensee in writing, and shall take such actions as reasonably requested by Licensee to enforce such Upstream Agreement.

 

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(g) Subject to Section 2.2, Licensor will not provide any Know-How obtained under [ * ] to Licensee or its Affiliates (including pursuant to Section 4.6), and Licensor will not incorporate any such Know-How into the Licensed IP or Licensed Products.

 

(h) Licensor will not incorporate into Licensed IP or Licensed Products any Know-How or product that requires a license or other authorization for export to China under any Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Laws. In the event that, after the Effective Date, Licensor or Licensee is informed by any Governmental Authority or reasonably determines that any Licensed IP or Licensed Product, or the transaction contemplated in this Agreement, becomes subject to a control pursuant to the Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Laws that requires a license or other authorization for export to China or the transaction becomes subject to a CFIUS Requirement, the applicable Party shall promptly notify the other Party to the extent permitted by applicable Law, and Licensor shall promptly make all filings with, deliver all applications, notifications and submissions to, and obtain all necessary licenses, certificates and approvals from the U.S. Commerce Department, CFIUS or any other applicable Governmental Authority, as applicable.

 

(i) Licensor will not assign, transfer, license, convey or otherwise encumber its right, title and interest in the Licensed IP or the Licensed Products in a manner that conflicts with or burdens any rights granted to Licensee hereunder.

 

10.2 Compliance with Law. Each of Licensor and Licensee warrants that all use by it of the Licensed IP and Licensed Products will comply with applicable Law. Each of Licensor and Licensee warrants that all Licensed Products made, have made, sold and imported by it or on its behalf shall comply with all legal standards and requirements applicable to it, including all applicable Laws pertaining to environmental matters, in the conduct of their business and the manufacture or assembly of products.

 

11. MISCELLANEOUS

 

11.1 Notices. Section 11.3 (Notices) of the Stock Purchase Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

11.2 Assignment. Neither Party shall assign any of its rights or delegate any of its obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other Party; provided, however, that either Party may assign its rights or delegate its obligations, in whole or in part, without such consent (but with written notice to the other Party, to be provided not more than thirty (30) days’ following such assignment or delegation), to (a) one or more of its Affiliates; (b) an entity that acquires all or substantially all of the business or assets of such Party to which this Agreement pertains; or (c) an entity that acquires all or substantially all of the business or assets of such Party associated with a specific Licensed Product; in each case whether by merger, reorganization, acquisition, sale, or otherwise. The assigning Party will remain responsible for the performance by its assignee of any obligation hereunder so assigned. Any purported assignment or transfer in violation of this Section 11.2 will be void and of no force and effect.

 

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11.3 Waiver. Section 11.10 (Waiver) of the Stock Purchase Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

11.4 Governing Law and Venue. The construction, interpretation and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, without regard to its rules or procedures involving conflicts of laws.

 

11.5 Dispute Resolution.

 

(a) Dispute Resolution. Subject to Section 4.2(e), in the event of a dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement, either Party may provide written notice of the dispute to the other, in which event the dispute shall be referred to the senior executives of each Party for attempted resolution by good faith negotiations within forty-five (45) days after such notice is received. In the event the senior executives do not resolve such dispute within the allotted forty-five (45) days, either Party may, after the expiration of the forty-five (45) day period, seek to resolve the dispute through arbitration in accordance with Section 11.5(b).

 

(b) Claims.

 

(i) Arbitration. Any claim, dispute, or controversy of whatever nature arising between the Parties out of or relating to this Agreement that is not resolved under Section 11.5(a) within the required forty-five (45) day time period, including any action or claim based on tort, contract, or statute (including any claims of breach or violation of statutory or common law protections from discrimination, harassment and hostile working environment), or concerning the interpretation, effect, termination, validity, performance or breach of this Agreement (“Claim”), shall be resolved by final and binding arbitration before a panel of three (3) experts with relevant industry experience (the “Arbitrators”). Each of Licensor and Licensee shall designate, in the notice of arbitration and the answer to the notice of arbitration, respectively, one Arbitrator each. If either Party fails to designate an arbitrator, the Administrator (as defined below) shall appoint the Arbitrator. The presiding Arbitrator shall be chosen promptly by mutual agreement of the two Arbitrators appointed by the Parties, but in no event later than thirty (30) days after the date that the last of such Arbitrators was appointed. Failing such appointment within thirty (30) days, the Administrator shall appoint the presiding Arbitrator. The arbitration shall be administered by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (the “Administrator”) in accordance with the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre Administered Arbitration Rules in force when the notice of arbitration is submitted. The law of this arbitration clause shall be Hong Kong law. The place of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in English.

 

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(ii) Arbitrators’ Award. The Arbitrators shall endeavor, within three (3) months after the conclusion of the arbitration hearing, to issue a written award and statement of decision describing the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based, including the calculation of any damages awarded. The decision or award rendered by the Arbitrators shall be final and binding, and judgment may be entered upon it in accordance with applicable Law in any court of competent jurisdiction. The Arbitrators shall be authorized to award compensatory damages, but shall not be authorized to reform, modify or materially change this Agreement or any other agreements contemplated hereunder.

 

(iii) Compliance with this Agreement. Unless the Parties otherwise agree in writing, during the period of time that any arbitration proceeding is pending under this Agreement, the Parties shall continue to comply with all those terms and provisions of this Agreement that are not the subject of the pending arbitration proceeding.

 

(iv) Injunctive or Other Equity Relief. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall deny any Party the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief from a court of competent jurisdiction in the context of a bona fide emergency or prospective irreparable harm, and such an action may be filed and maintained notwithstanding any ongoing arbitration proceeding.

 

(v) Confidentiality. All arbitration proceedings and decisions of the Arbitrators under this Section 11.5(b) shall be deemed the Confidential Information of both Parties.

 

11.6 Entire Agreement. Section 11.8(a) of the Stock Purchase Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

11.7 Amendments. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except in a writing signed by a duly authorized officer or representative of each Party.

 

11.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under any present or future law and if the rights or obligations of either Party under this Agreement will not be materially and adversely affected thereby, (a) such provision shall be fully severable, (b) this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part hereof, (c) the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance herefrom, and (d) in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there shall be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and reasonably acceptable to the Parties. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, each Party hereby waives any provision of law that would render any provision hereof illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect.

 

11.9 Relationship Of The Parties. It is expressly agreed that Licensor, on the one hand, and Licensee, on the other hand, shall be independent contractors and that the relationship between the Parties shall not constitute a partnership, joint venture or agency. Neither Licensor, on the one hand, nor Licensee, on the other hand, shall have the authority to make any statements, representations or commitments of any kind or to take any action that will be binding on the other Party without the prior written consent of the other Party to do so. All individuals employed by a Party shall be employees of such Party and not of the other Party and all costs and obligations incurred by reason of any such employment shall be for the account and expense of such first Party.

 

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11.10 No Benefit To Others. Section 11.5 (No Benefit to Others) of the Stock Purchase Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

11.11 Headings And Gender; Construction; Interpretation. Section 11.6 (Headings and Gender; Construction; Interpretation) of the Stock Purchase Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

11.12 Counterparts. Section 11.7 (Counterparts) of the Stock Purchase Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

11.13 Effect of Termination or Expiration of Stock Purchase Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions (including representations and warranties) incorporated herein by reference from the Stock Purchase Agreement shall, to the extent incorporated herein, survive any termination or expiration of the Stock Purchase Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

  ONCOSEC MEDICAL INCORPORATED
     
  By: /s/ Daniel J. O’Connor
  Name: Daniel J. O’Connor
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and President
     
  GRAND DECADE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
     
  By: /s/ Zhou Chao
  Name: Zhou Chao
  Title: Authorized Representative

 

Signature Page to License Agreement

 

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 3.8

 

Fapiao-related Royalty Calculation Example

 

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SCHEDULE 4.5

 

Supply Agreement Term Sheet

 

Product Supply The Supply Agreement will set forth the terms and conditions pursuant to which, during the term of the Supply Agreement, Licensor will supply to Licensee or its designee and Licensee will purchase from Licensor Licensed Product or a component thereof (the “Supplied Product”) requested by Licensee or its designee for the Exploitation of the applicable Licensed Product in or for the Territory.
   
Supply Price

The price for each Supplied Product will be the actual, documented out-of-pocket cost plus Related Manufacturing Costs for any Supplied Product that Licensor pays to its Third Party suppliers (each a “Supplier”) [ * ]. Licensor shall use its best efforts to minimize the out-of-pocket costs it pays to any Suppliers for the Supplied Product. The Licensor shall provide supporting documentation which details the Related Manufacturing Costs including a cost accounting of allocated amounts as requested by the Licensee.

 

Related Manufacturing Costs” means only those allocated costs that the Licensor actually and directly incurs in connection with the manufacturing, in whole or in part, of a Supplied Product on behalf of Licensee. These costs may include taxes, shipping, warehousing, allocation of capital investment, and allocation of Licensor human and other resources to the extent reasonably allocable to the manufacture, analysis, testing, management or distribution of the Supplied Product. All Related Manufacturing Costs charged to Licensee shall be in proportion to the volume of Supplied Product actually purchased by Licensee and under no circumstances will such Related Manufacturing Costs allocate or charge to Licensee any costs not directly incurred by Licensor in connection with the manufacture of Supplied Product solely for Licensee.

   
Delivery Licensor shall deliver Supplied Products ordered by Licensee [ * ] (Incoterms 2010) at a destination specified by Licensee or its designee, in a packaging configuration agreed upfront between the Parties.
   
Supply Capacity Licensor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that Licensor or its Suppliers will have sufficient manufacturing capacity to meet Licensee’s needs of Supplied Products.

 

 
 

 

Supplier Warranty Licensor will provide customary warranties in respect of the Supplied Product.
   
Audit Licensor shall allow, and shall cause its Suppliers to allow, the applicable Regulatory Authorities to conduct audits with respect to Supplied Product, and Licensee shall have the right to participate in such audits to the extent permitted by applicable Law. At Licensee’s election, Licensor will further allow a fully independent Third Party private auditor hired by Licensee and paid for by Licensee to audit Licensor and its Suppliers and to provide to Licensee a certificate or other documentation attesting to compliance with all applicable Laws or industry best practices, subject to reasonable confidentiality restrictions required by the Suppliers.
   
Supply Shortage/Supply Failure In the event of any supply shortage of the Supplied Product or any component thereof, Licensor shall, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its Suppliers to, supply Licensee’s needs [ * ].
   
Modifications Licensee’s prior written consent shall be required for any material modifications to the Supplied Product that may be initiated by Licensor.
   
Return and recall

Licensor shall immediately notify Licensee of any incident that may require a recall of the Supplied Product or any other applicable Licensed Product.

 

Licensee shall also have the right to immediately recall the Supplied Product or any other applicable Licensed Product if ordered by any Governmental Authority.

   
Governing Law; Arbitration The Supply Agreement will contain the same governing law and dispute resolution provisions as in the Agreement, except that disputes regarding conformity of Supplied Product will be finally resolved by an independent laboratory.

 

 
 

 

Execution Version

 

Certain identified information has been excluded from the document because it is both (i) not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.

 

Services Agreement

 

This Services Agreement (“Agreement”), dated as of October 10, 2019, is by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated, a Nevada corporation (“OncoSec”), and Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Sirtex”) (each, a “Party” and, collectively, the “Parties”).

 

A. OncoSec develops device/drug combination therapies as described below.

 

B. The Parties are entering into the Stock Purchase Agreement (as defined below), pursuant to which Sirtex will invest into, and obtain partial ownership of, OncoSec.

 

C. OncoSec desires to obtain, and Sirtex desires to provide, certain Services (as defined below) pursuant to the terms set forth in this Agreement, and in exchange OncoSec is willing to pay certain Royalties (as defined below) on the future sale of the Products.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions.

 

Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1 and capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Stock Purchase Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, such meanings shall, to the extent used herein, survive any termination or expiration of the Stock Purchase Agreement.

 

1.1. Adverse Ruling” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.

 

1.2. Affiliate” means any company, partnership, joint venture or other entity, which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a respective named Party. Control shall mean the possession of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock or the power to control the management and policies of the controlled entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

 

1.3. Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

1.4. Audit” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7.

 

1.5. Breaching Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.

 

1.6. Calendar Half” means the respective periods of six consecutive calendar months as follows: January 1 to June 30 or July 1 to December 31, except that the first Calendar Half of the Term shall commence on the Effective Date and end on the day immediately prior to the first to occur of January 1 or July 1 after the Effective Date, and the last Calendar Half of the Term shall end on the last day of the Term.

 

     
 

 

1.7. Calendar Year” means the respective periods of twelve consecutive calendar months ending on December 31, except that (a) the first Calendar Year under this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and end on the first December 31 to occur after the Effective Date and (b) the last Calendar Year under this Agreement shall commence on the last January 1 to occur prior to the end of the Term and end at the end of the Term.

 

1.8. Confidential Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

 

1.9. Copyrights and Trademarks” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.

 

1.10. Deliverables” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.

 

1.11. Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

 

1.12. Indemnification Claim Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(a).

 

1.13. Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(a).

 

1.14. Joint Steering Committee” or “JSC” means the committee established as set forth in Section 4.1.

 

1.15. Late Payment Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.

 

1.16. Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

 

1.17. Material Breach” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.

 

1.18. Material Breach Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.

 

1.19. Net Sales” means the total amount billed or invoiced on sales of the Products by OncoSec or its Affiliates to any Third Party, less the following deductions:

 

(a) trade, cash and quantity discounts;

(b) price reductions or rebates, retroactive or otherwise, imposed by, negotiated with or otherwise paid to Governmental Authorities;

(c) taxes on sales (such as sales, value added, or use taxes) to the extent added to the sale price and set forth separately as such in the total amount invoiced;

(d) amounts repaid or credited by reason of rejections, defects, return goods allowance, recalls or returns, or because of retroactive price reductions, including rebates or wholesaler charge backs;

(e) the portion of administrative fees paid during the relevant time period to group purchasing organizations or pharmaceutical benefit managers relating to the applicable Product;

(f) any consideration actually paid or payable by OncoSec or its Affiliates for the procurement of any generator that is included in the applicable Product;

(g) any invoiced amounts which are not collected by OncoSec or its Affiliates, including bad debts;

(h) freight, insurance, and other transportation charges to the extent added to the sale price and set forth separately as such in the total amount invoiced, as well as any fees for services provided by wholesalers and warehousing chains related to the distribution of the applicable Product; and

 

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(i) any other similar and customary deductions that are consistent with generally accepted accounting principles applicable for the applicable jurisdiction.

 

In each case the following provisions apply: Net Sales shall not include transfers or dispositions for charitable, promotional, pre-clinical, clinical, regulatory, or governmental purposes. For clarity, Net Sales shall not include sales between or among OncoSec or its Affiliates. Subject to the above, Net Sales shall be calculated in accordance with the standard internal policies and procedures of OncoSec or its Affiliates, which must be in accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting principles in the applicable jurisdiction.

 

1.20. Non-Breaching Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.

 

1.21. OncoSec” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

1.22. Party” and “Parties” have the meanings set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

1.23. Payment Records” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.

 

1.24. Products” means TAVO and Visceral Lesion Applicator (VLA) products and their accompanying generators, and any products (including, for clarity, combination products) incorporating or including such products and their accompanying generators.

 

1.25. Royalty” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

 

1.26. Services” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

 

1.27. Sirtex” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

1.28. Sirtex Personnel” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.

 

1.29. Stock Purchase Agreement” means that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between OncoSec and Sirtex.

 

1.30. Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

 

1.31. Territory” means all countries other than the following countries: Greater China (Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

 

1.32. Third Party” means any entity other than the Parties and their Affiliates.

 

1.33. Third Party Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

 

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2. Services.
   
2.1. Services. From and after the Effective Date, Sirtex shall provide to OncoSec services, in the categories as described in Exhibit A, in respect of the Products (the “Services”). The JSC shall agree upon the details of the Services from time to time during the Term. Sirtex shall provide the Services (a) in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; (b) using personnel of required skill, experience, licenses, and qualifications; and (c) in a timely, workmanlike, and professional manner. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent OncoSec from itself performing or from receiving services from other providers that are similar or identical to the Services.

 

3. Royalty and Payment Obligations.
   
3.1.

Royalty. During the Term, OncoSec shall pay to Sirtex a royalty of [ * ] of Net Sales of all Products in the Territory (the “Royalty”).

 

3.2. Reporting. OncoSec shall submit to Sirtex within [ * ] days after the end of each Calendar Half, an accurate, complete, itemized report setting forth for such year (together with cumulative year over year sales) at least the following information:

 

(a) the quantity of Net Sales for the applicable Calendar Half on a country-by-country basis; and

(b) the amount of Royalty due thereon, or, if no Royalties are due to Sirtex for any reporting period, a statement that no Royalties are due.

 

3.3. Payments; Payment Method; Currency Conversion. Together with the Calendar Half-by-Calendar Half report described above, OncoSec shall pay in full all Royalties due for the applicable Calendar Half. All payments to be made hereunder shall be made in U.S. Dollars in immediately available funds via either a bank wire transfer, an ACH (automated clearing house) mechanism, or any other means of electronic funds transfer, at OncoSec’s election, to a bank account specified by Sirtex in a notice at least [ * ] Business Days before the applicable payment is due. For the purposes of determining the amount of any payments due hereunder for the relevant Calendar Half, the amount of Net Sales in any foreign currency shall be converted into U.S. Dollars in accordance with the prevailing rates of exchange for the relevant month for converting such first currency into such other currency used by OncoSec’s internal accounting systems.

 

3.4. Interest on Late Payments. If a Party shall fail to make a timely payment pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the other Party shall provide written notice of such failure to the non-paying Party (a “Late Payment Notice”), and interest shall accrue on the past due amount starting on the date of the Late Payment Notice at the thirty (30) day U.S. Dollar London Interbank Offered Rate effective for the date that payment was due (as published in the Wall Street Journal), computed for the actual number of days after the date of the Late Payment Notice that the payment was past due.

 

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3.5. Taxes. All payments required to be paid to Sirtex pursuant to this Agreement shall be made without deduction or withholding for taxes, except for withholding taxes, value-added taxes and government surcharges attached to the value-added taxes required to be deducted or withheld by OncoSec under applicable Law on amounts payable to Sirtex hereunder; provided, however, that OncoSec shall provide Sirtex with a receipt in respect of any taxes deducted or withheld and remitted to the applicable Governmental Authority. [ * ]. Sirtex alone shall be responsible for paying any and all taxes (other than withholding taxes, value-added taxes and all government surcharges attached to the value-added taxes deducted and withheld on Sirtex’s behalf by OncoSec in accordance with this Section 3.5) levied on account of, or measured in whole or in part by reference to, any payments Sirtex receives. Without limiting the foregoing, the Parties agree to reasonably cooperate with one another in availing themselves of the benefit of any tax treaty to minimize any applicable withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder to the extent permitted under applicable Law.

 

3.6. Books and Records. OncoSec shall keep, and shall require its Affiliates to keep, complete, accurate records (together with supporting documentation) of Net Sales under this Agreement, reasonably appropriate to determine the amount of Royalties due to Sirtex hereunder (collectively “Payment Records”). Payment Records shall be retained for at least five (5) years following the end of the reporting period to which they relate.

 

3.7. Audit. Sirtex shall have the right, once annually at its own cost and expense, to have an independent, certified public accounting firm, selected by Sirtex and approved by OncoSec in its reasonable discretion, review Payment Records in the location(s) where such records are maintained upon reasonable notice to OncoSec (which shall be no less than twenty (20) days prior notice) and during regular business hours and under obligations of strict confidence, for the sole purpose of verifying the basis and accuracy of payments made under this Agreement within the lesser of (a) the twenty-four (24) month period preceding the date of the request for review or (b) the period after Sirtex’s most recent audit conducted under this Section 3.7 (or any other applicable section of this Agreement) (an “Audit”). The report of such Audit shall be limited to a certificate stating whether any report made or payment submitted by OncoSec during such period is accurate or inaccurate and the actual amounts of Net Sales and Royalties due, for such period. OncoSec shall receive a copy of each such report concurrently with receipt by Sirtex. Should such inspection lead to the discovery of a discrepancy to Sirtex’s detriment, and only to the extent that OncoSec agrees with and accepts such conclusion under the Audit, OncoSec shall pay within thirty (30) Business Days after its receipt from the accounting firm of the certificate, the amount of the discrepancy plus interest calculated in accordance with this Agreement. If OncoSec does not agree with the conclusion of such report, the matter shall be referred to dispute resolution in accordance with Section 10.5. Sirtex shall pay the full cost of the Audit unless the underpayment discovered by the Audit is greater than [ * ] percent ([ * ]%) of the amount due for the applicable period covered by the Audit. Any overpayment by OncoSec revealed by an Audit shall be fully creditable against future payments to be made to Sirtex hereunder.

 

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4. Governance.
   
4.1. Joint Steering Committee. After the Effective Date, the Parties will establish a Joint Steering Committee, composed of three (3) senior personnel of OncoSec and three (3) senior personnel of Sirtex. The appointed personnel for each Party, collectively, shall have a general understanding of development, regulatory and commercialization issues. Within thirty (30) days following the Effective Date, each Party will designate its initial members to serve on the JSC and notify the other Party of the dates of availability for the first meeting of the JSC. Each Party may replace its representatives on the JSC on written notice to the other Party.

 

4.2. JSC Activities. The JSC will: (a) review and discuss the Services provided under this Agreement; (b) serve as a forum to keep Sirtex informed of issues related to the development or commercialization of the Products; (c) review and discuss the proposed commercialization strategies with respect to the Products; and (d) consider and act upon such other matters as specified in this Agreement. The JSC will also be responsible for resolving, pursuant to Section 4.4, any disputes that may arise between the Parties. The JSC also may, at any time it deems necessary or appropriate, establish additional joint committees and delegate such of its responsibilities as it determines appropriate to such joint committees.

 

4.3. Meetings of the Joint Steering Committee.

 

(a) The JSC shall meet quarterly during the Term and at such other times as the Parties may agree. The first meeting of the JSC shall be held as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Date, but in no event later than forty-five (45) days following the Effective Date. Meetings shall be held at such place or places as are mutually agreed or by teleconference or videoconference; provided, however, that there shall be at least one face-to-face meeting per Calendar Year, unless the Parties otherwise agree.

 

(b) Each Party may from time to time invite a reasonable number of participants, in addition to its representatives, to attend JSC meetings, with the consent of the other Party (which shall not be unreasonably withheld).

 

(c) Sirtex shall appoint one of its representatives on the JSC to act as chairperson of the JSC. The chairperson shall set agendas for JSC meetings, provided that the agendas will include any matter requested by either Party. The chairperson shall be responsible for recording, preparing and, within a reasonable time, issuing draft minutes of each JSC meeting, which draft minutes shall be subject to review and approval by all JSC members.

 

4.4. Decision Making. Each Party shall in good faith consult with the other and take such other Party’s views into account in respect of any matter before the JSC or any other committee established by the Parties hereunder, it being understood and agreed that the Parties shall not modify or amend the Services without mutual agreement of the Parties. In the event of a disagreement among the JSC, the matter shall be referred to the Chief Executive Officers of each Party who shall, for forty-five (45) days after such referral, attempt in good faith to resolve such disagreement. If such attempt fails, then the dispute resolution provisions of Section 10.5 shall apply.

 

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4.5. Costs of Governance. The Parties agree that the costs incurred by each Party in connection with its participation at any meetings under this Section 4 shall be borne solely by such Party.

 

5. Term and Termination.
   
5.1. Term. This Agreement shall be deemed to have commenced as of the first to occur of (a) the Closing Date or (b) the termination of the Stock Purchase Agreement by OncoSec other than pursuant to Section 10.1(a)(iv)(ii) of the Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Effective Date”) and, unless terminated earlier in accordance with this Section 5, shall remain in force on a country-by-country and Product-by-Product basis until the later of (a) the [ * ] anniversary of the first commercial sale of the applicable Product in the applicable country or (b) the expiration of the last-to-expire patent owned or controlled by OncoSec that covers the applicable Products in the applicable country (the “Term”).

 

5.2. Termination for Material Breach. If either Party (the “Non-Breaching Party”) believes that the other Party (the “Breaching Party”) has materially breached one or more of its material obligations under this Agreement (a “Material Breach”), then the Non-Breaching Party may give the Breaching Party notice of such Material Breach (a “Material Breach Notice”) specifying the nature of the breach. If the Breaching Party does not dispute that it has committed a Material Breach, then, if the Breaching Party fails to cure such breach, or fails to take steps as would be considered reasonable to effectively cure such breach, within [ * ] days after receipt of the Material Breach Notice, the Non-Breaching Party may terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the Breaching Party. If the Breaching Party disputes that it has committed a Material Breach, the dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 10.5. If, as a result of the application of such dispute resolution procedures, the Breaching Party is determined to have committed a Material Breach (an “Adverse Ruling”), then, if the Breaching Party fails to complete the actions specified by the Adverse Ruling to cure such breach within [ * ] days after such ruling or such longer period as specified in the Adverse Ruling, the Non-Breaching Party may terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the Breaching Party. The right of either Party to terminate this Agreement as set forth in this Section 5.2 shall not be affected in any way by its waiver of, or failure to take action with respect to, any previous default.

 

5.3. Termination for Convenience. Sirtex may terminate this Agreement in its entirety for any reason or no reason upon [ * ] days’ prior written notice to OncoSec.

 

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5.4. Termination for Insolvency. This Agreement may be terminated by a Party upon written notice to the other Party (a) if the other Party shall make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, file a petition in bankruptcy, petition or apply to any tribunal for the appointment of a custodian, receiver or trustee for it or a substantial part of its assets, or shall commence any proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or statute of any jurisdiction, whether now or hereafter in effect; (b) if there shall have been filed against the other Party any such bona fide petition or application, or any such proceeding shall have been commenced against it, in which an order for relief is entered or that remains undismissed or unstayed for a period of [ * ] days or more; (c) if the other Party by any act or omission shall indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such petition, application or proceeding or order for relief or the appointment of a custodian, receiver or trustee for it or any substantial part of its assets, or shall suffer any such custodianship, receivership or trusteeship to continue undischarged or unstayed for a period of [ * ] days or more; or (d) anything analogous to any of the foregoing occurs in any applicable jurisdiction. Termination pursuant to this Section 5.4 shall be effective upon the date specified in such notice.

 

5.5. Effect of Termination. On any expiration or termination of the entirety of this Agreement, the receiving Party shall (a) return to the disclosing Party all documents and tangible materials (and any copies) containing, reflecting, incorporating, or based on the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information; (b) permanently erase the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information from its computer systems; and (c) certify in writing to the disclosing Party that it has complied with the requirements of this Section 5.5. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the receiving Party will be permitted to retain such Confidential Information (x) to the extent necessary or useful for purposes of performing any continuing obligations or exercising any ongoing rights hereunder and, in any event, a single copy of such Confidential Information for archival purposes and (y) any computer records or files containing such Confidential Information that have been created solely by such receiving Party’s automatic archiving and back-up procedures, to the extent created and retained in a manner consistent with such receiving Party’s standard archiving and back-up procedures, but not for any other uses or purposes.

 

5.6. Survival. The following Sections of this Agreement will survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement: 1 (to the extent the definitions in such Section are necessary to construe the other surviving provisions of this Agreement), 3 (solely in respect of Net Sales made or Royalties or other payments accrued during the Term), 5.5, 5.6, 6.4, 7, 8, 9 (for the period specified in Section 9.5), and 10.

 

6. Warranties; Disclaimer; Limitation of Liability.
   
6.1. Good Standing. Each Party represents and warrants to the other Party that it is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, and has all necessary corporate powers to own, use and transfer its properties and assets, and to carry on its business as now owned and operated.

 

6.2. No Conflicts. Each Party represents and warrants to the other that (a) the entering into by such Party of this Agreement and the performance and consummation by such Party of the matters contemplated hereby does not and shall not violate any (i) agreement with or obligation to (whether express, implied or by operation of law) any other Person to which such Party is a party or subject or (ii) rights of any other Person (including Intellectual Property Rights), and (b) this Agreement is binding upon such Party pursuant to the laws of such Party’s domicile.

 

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6.3. Authorization. Each of Sirtex and OncoSec has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized and approved by all necessary corporate action on the part of each of Sirtex and OncoSec. Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery on the part of each Party, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each such Party, enforceable against such Party in accordance with its terms.

 

6.4. Disclaimer. EXCEPT FOR THE LIMITED WARRANTIES SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 6, EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

 

7. Indemnification; Limitation of Liability.
   
7.1. Indemnification by OncoSec. OncoSec agrees to defend, indemnify and hold Sirtex and its Affiliates and its and their officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, causes of action, judgments, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ and expert witness fees and expenses) (collectively “Losses”) to the extent resulting from any claim, action, suit, proceeding, liability or obligation asserted by a Third Party (collectively, “Third Party Claims”) arising out of, relating to or resulting from:

 

(a) any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by OncoSec in this Agreement;

 

(b) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of OncoSec in connection with this Agreement; or

 

(c) the development, manufacture, commercialization, or other exploitation of the Products by OncoSec or its Affiliates or (sub)licensees.

 

7.2. Indemnification by Sirtex. Sirtex agrees to defend, indemnify and hold OncoSec and its Affiliates and its and their officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns harmless from and against any and all Losses to the extent resulting from any Third Party Claim arising out of or relating to or resulting from:

 

(a) any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by Sirtex in this Agreement; or

 

(b) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Sirtex in connection with this Agreement.

 

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7.3. Indemnification Procedures.

 

(a) Notice of Claim. All indemnification claims in respect of a Party, its Affiliates or its or their directors, officers, employees and agents shall be made solely by such Party to this Agreement (the “Indemnified Party”). The Indemnified Party shall give the indemnifying Party prompt written notice (an “Indemnification Claim Notice”) of any Losses or discovery of fact upon which such Indemnified Party intends to base a request for indemnification under this Section 7; provided that no failure or delay in providing such notice shall relieve the indemnifying Party of any liability it may have to the Indemnified Party, except to the extent that such failure or delay materially prejudices the indemnifying Party with respect to such claim. Each Indemnification Claim Notice must contain a description of the claim and the nature and amount of such Loss (to the extent that the nature and amount of such Loss is known at such time). The Indemnified Party shall furnish promptly to the indemnifying Party copies of all papers and official documents received in respect of any Losses and Third Party Claims.

 

(b) Control of Defense. The indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense of any Third Party Claim by giving written notice to the Indemnified Party within thirty (30) days after the indemnifying Party’s receipt of an Indemnification Claim Notice. The assumption of the defense of a Third Party Claim by the indemnifying Party shall not be construed as an acknowledgment that the indemnifying Party is liable to indemnify the Indemnified Party in respect of the Third Party Claim, nor shall it constitute a waiver by the indemnifying Party of any defenses it may assert against the Indemnified Party’s claim for indemnification. Upon assuming the defense of a Third Party Claim, the indemnifying Party may appoint as lead counsel in the defense of the Third Party Claim any legal counsel selected by the indemnifying Party. In the event the indemnifying Party assumes the defense of a Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall immediately deliver to the indemnifying Party all original notices and documents (including court papers) received by the Indemnified Party in connection with the Third Party Claim. Should the indemnifying Party assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, except as provided in Section 7.3(c), the indemnifying Party shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with the analysis, defense or settlement of the Third Party Claim unless specifically requested in writing by the indemnifying Party.

 

(c) Right to Participate in Defense. Any Indemnified Party shall be entitled to participate in the defense of such Third Party Claim and to employ counsel of its choice for such purpose; provided, however, that such employment shall be at the Indemnified Party’s sole cost and expense unless (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the indemnifying Party in writing (in which case, the defense shall be controlled as provided in Section 7.3(b)), (ii) the indemnifying Party has failed to assume the defense and employ counsel in accordance with Section 7.3(b) (in which case the Indemnified Party shall control the defense), or (iii) the interests of the indemnitee and the indemnifying Party with respect to such Third Party Claim are sufficiently adverse to prohibit the representation by the same counsel of both Parties under applicable Law, ethical rules or equitable principles (in which case, the Indemnified Party shall control its defense).

 

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(d) Settlement. With respect to any Losses relating solely to the payment of money damages in connection with a Third Party Claim and that shall not result in the applicable indemnitee(s) becoming subject to injunctive or other relief or otherwise adversely affecting the business of the Indemnified Party in any manner, the indemnifying Party shall have the sole right to consent to the entry of any judgment, enter into any settlement or otherwise dispose of such Loss, on such terms as the indemnifying Party, in its sole discretion, shall deem appropriate. With respect to all other Losses in connection with Third Party Claims, where the indemnifying Party has assumed the defense of the Third Party Claim in accordance with Section 7.3(b), the indemnifying Party shall have authority to consent to the entry of any judgment, enter into any settlement or otherwise dispose of such Loss; provided it obtains the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). If the indemnifying Party does not assume and conduct the defense of a Third Party Claim as provided above, the Indemnified Party may defend against such Third Party Claim; provided that the Indemnified Party shall not settle any Third Party Claim without the prior written consent of the indemnifying Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

(e) Cooperation. Regardless of whether the indemnifying Party chooses to defend or prosecute any Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall, and shall cause each indemnitee to, cooperate in the defense or prosecution thereof and shall furnish such records, information and testimony, provide such witnesses and attend such conferences, discovery proceedings, hearings, trials and appeals as may be reasonably requested in connection therewith. Such cooperation shall include access during normal business hours afforded to the indemnifying Party to and reasonable retention by the Indemnified Party of, records and information that are reasonably relevant to such Third Party Claim and making Indemnified Parties and other employees and agents available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder and the indemnifying Party shall reimburse the Indemnified Party for all its, its Affiliates’ and its and their (sub)licensees’ or their respective directors’, officers’, employees’ and agents’, as applicable, reasonable and verifiable out-of-pocket expenses in connection therewith.

 

(f) Expenses. Except as provided above, the costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel, incurred by the Indemnified Party and its Affiliates and its or their (sub)licensees and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, as applicable, in connection with any claim shall be reimbursed on a Calendar Half basis by the indemnifying Party, without prejudice to the indemnifying Party’s right to contest the Indemnified Party’s right to indemnification and subject to refund in the event the indemnifying Party is ultimately held not to be obligated to indemnify the Indemnified Party.

 

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7.4. Insurance Recovery. Any indemnification hereunder shall be made net of any insurance proceeds actually recovered by the Indemnified Party from unaffiliated Third Parties; provided, however, that if, following the payment to the Indemnified Party of any amount under this Section 7, such Indemnified Party recovers any such insurance proceeds in respect of the claim for which such indemnification payment was made, the Indemnified Party shall promptly pay an amount equal to the amount of such proceeds (but not exceeding the amount of such net indemnification payment) to the indemnifying Party.

 

7.5. Exclusive Remedy. The Parties agree and acknowledge that the provisions of this Section 7 represent the Indemnified Party’s exclusive recourse with respect to any Losses for which indemnification is provided to the Indemnified Party under this Section 7.

 

7.6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO EACH PARTY’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS RESULTING FROM THIRD PARTY CLAIMS OR A BREACH BY EITHER PARTY OF SECTION 9 (CONFIDENTIALITY) UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS OR LOSS OF DATA, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED BEFOREHAND OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. EACH PARTY HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS ARE AN INTEGRAL TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT THE OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT WITHOUT SUCH LIMITATIONS.

 

8. Copyrights and Trademarks.

 

Solely between OncoSec and Sirtex, all copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, logos, corporate names and domain names, together with all of the goodwill associated therewith (collectively, “Copyrights and Trademarks”) in and to all marketing collateral, marketing information, and other related finished documents that are delivered by Sirtex to OncoSec under this Agreement and all logos, product names, or brand names developed by Sirtex in direct connection with the Services and provided to OncoSec hereunder (collectively, the “Deliverables”) shall be owned exclusively by OncoSec. Sirtex agrees, and shall cause its employees (collectively, “Sirtex Personnel”) to agree, that with respect to any Deliverables that may qualify as “work made for hire” as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101, such Deliverables are hereby deemed a “work made for hire” for OncoSec. To the extent that any of the Deliverables do not constitute a “work made for hire,” Sirtex hereby irrevocably assigns, and shall cause the Sirtex Personnel to irrevocably assign to OncoSec, in each case without additional consideration, all right, title, and interest throughout the world in and to the Deliverables, including all Copyrights and Trademarks therein. Sirtex shall cause Sirtex Personnel to irrevocably waive, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, any and all claims such Sirtex Personnel may now or hereafter have in any jurisdiction to so-called “moral rights” or rights of droit moral with respect to the Deliverables.

 

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9. Confidentiality.
   
9.1. Definition of Confidential Information. The Parties acknowledge that, prior to and during the Term, the Parties may disclose to one another scientific, technical, trade secret, business, or other information which is treated by the disclosing Party as confidential or proprietary, including unpublished patent applications and technical information (“Confidential Information”). Both Parties agree that in order to ensure that each Party understands which information is deemed to be confidential, all Confidential Information will be in written form and clearly marked as “Confidential,” and if the Confidential Information is initially disclosed in oral or some other non-written form, it will be confirmed and summarized in writing and clearly marked as “Confidential” within thirty (30) days of disclosure. The receiving Party shall hold such Confidential Information in confidence and shall treat such information in the same manner as it treats its own confidential information but with not less than with a reasonable degree of care. The Confidential Information provided to the receiving Party will remain the property of the disclosing Party, and will be disclosed or used only as necessary or reasonably useful for the performance of this Agreement or the exercise of rights or licenses granted hereunder.

 

9.2. Exclusions. Confidential Information does not include information that (a) was known to the receiving Party prior to receipt from the disclosing Party as evidenced by the receiving Party’s records; (b) is or becomes part of the public domain through no breach of this Agreement by the receiving Party; (c) is lawfully received by the receiving Party from a Third Party that is not bound by any obligations of confidentiality with respect to such information; or (d) comprises identical subject matter to that which had been originally and independently developed by or for the receiving Party without knowledge or use of any Confidential Information as evidenced by written records.

 

9.3. Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the receiving Party may disclose the Confidential Information of the disclosing Party (a) as and to the extent required by the order of any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction; provided that the receiving Party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, use reasonable efforts to notify the disclosing Party of such proposed disclosure in such a manner and on such a schedule as will afford the disclosing Party a reasonable opportunity to seek a protective order or similar restriction on disclosure of the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information proposed to be disclosed by the receiving Party, (b) as required by applicable Law or the rules of a stock exchange on which its securities are listed (or to which an application for listing has been submitted) to make a disclosure that describes or refers to the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any related agreements between the Parties, (c) to the extent that such disclosure is made to regulatory authorities as deemed reasonably necessary by the receiving Party in connection with any filing, application, or request for regulatory approval, response to any requests or inquiries from a regulatory authority, or other communication with a regulatory authority, and (d) to prospective acquirers, lenders, investors, collaboration partners, and (sub)licensees that agree to be bound by non-use and non-disclosure obligations in respect of such Confidential Information.

 

9.4. Press Releases and Other Announcements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither Party shall issue a press release or otherwise make a public announcement concerning the subject matter of this Agreement without the prior review and written approval of the text of any such press release or other public announcement by the other Party. The non-disclosing Party shall not unreasonably withhold or delay such review and approval.

 

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9.5. Duration. Except as otherwise provided herein, the restrictions and covenants set forth in this Section 9 shall survive until the [ * ] year anniversary of the date that this Agreement is terminated or expires; provided, however, that with respect to Confidential Information that constitutes a trade secret under applicable Law, the receiving Party’s obligations pursuant to this Section 9 shall survive so long as such Confidential Information remains a trade secret under applicable Law.

 

10. General Provisions.
   
10.1. Notices. Section 11.3 (Notices) of the Stock Purchase Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

10.2. Assignment. Neither Party shall assign any of its rights or delegate any of its obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other Party; provided, however, that either Party may assign its rights or delegate its obligations, in whole or in part, without such consent (but with written notice to the other Party, to be provided not more than thirty (30) days’ following such assignment or delegation), to (a) one or more of its Affiliates; or (b) an entity that acquires all or substantially all of the business or assets of such Party to which this Agreement pertains; in each case whether by merger, reorganization, acquisition, sale, or otherwise. The assigning Party will remain responsible for the performance by its assignee of any obligation hereunder so assigned. Any purported assignment or transfer in violation of this Section 10.2 will be void and of no force and effect.

 

10.3. Waiver. Section 11.10 (Waiver) of the Stock Purchase Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

10.4. Governing Law, Jurisdiction, and Venue.

 

(a) Governing Law. The construction, interpretation and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to its rules or procedures involving conflicts of laws.

 

(b) Jurisdiction. The Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for any action, suit or proceeding (other than appeals therefrom) arising out of or relating to this Agreement and agree not to commence any action, suit or proceeding (other than appeals therefrom) related thereto except in such court. The Parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive their right to a jury trial.

 

(c) Venue. The Parties further hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding (other than appeals therefrom) arising out of or relating to this Agreement in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

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10.5. Dispute Resolution.

 

(a) Litigation. Any claim, dispute, or controversy of whatever nature arising between the Parties out of or relating to this Agreement that is not resolved under Section 4.4 within the applicable forty-five (45) day time period, including any action or claim based on tort, contract, or statute (including any claims of breach or violation of statutory or common law protections from discrimination, harassment and hostile working environment), or concerning the interpretation, effect, termination, validity, performance or breach of this Agreement, may, upon notice by either Party to the other Party, be resolved by litigation in accordance with Section 10.4.

 

(b) No Limitation on Equitable Relief. Neither Section 4.4 nor Section 10.5(a) shall limit or constrain either Party’s ability to seek equitable relief and either Party may institute proceedings therefor in accordance with Section 10.4 without resort to the procedures described in Sections 4.4 and 10.5(a).

 

10.6. Entire Agreement. Section 11.8(a) of the Stock Purchase Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

10.7. Amendments. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except in a writing signed by a duly authorized officer or representative of each Party.

 

10.8. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under any present or future law and if the rights or obligations of either Party under this Agreement will not be materially and adversely affected thereby, (a) such provision shall be fully severable, (b) this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part hereof, (c) the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance herefrom, and (d) in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there shall be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and reasonably acceptable to the Parties. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, each Party hereby waives any provision of law that would render any provision hereof illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect.

 

10.9. Relationship Of The Parties. It is expressly agreed that OncoSec, on the one hand, and Sirtex, on the other hand, shall be independent contractors and that the relationship between the Parties shall not constitute a partnership, joint venture or agency. Neither OncoSec, on the one hand, nor Sirtex, on the other hand, shall have the authority to make any statements, representations or commitments of any kind or to take any action that will be binding on the other Party without the prior written consent of the other Party to do so. All individuals employed by a Party shall be employees of such Party and not of the other Party and all costs and obligations incurred by reason of any such employment shall be for the account and expense of such first Party.

 

10.10. No Benefit To Others. Section 11.5 (No Benefit to Others) of the Stock Purchase Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

10.11. Headings And Gender; Construction; Interpretation. Section 11.6 (Headings and Gender; Construction; Interpretation) of the Stock Purchase Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

10.12. Counterparts. Section 11.7 (Counterparts) of the Stock Purchase Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

10.13. Effect of Termination or Expiration of Stock Purchase Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions incorporated herein by reference from the Stock Purchase Agreement shall, to the extent incorporated herein, survive any termination or expiration of the Stock Purchase Agreement.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

OncoSec:

OncoSec Medical Incorporated

 

Sirtex:

Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc.

         
By: /s/ Daniel J. O’Connor   By: /s/ Kevin R. Smith
Name: Daniel J. O’Connor   Name: Kevin R. Smith
Title: Chief Executive Officer and President   Title : Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page – Services Agreement between OncoSec and Sirtex]

 

     
 

 

Exhibit A

 

Services

 

Sirtex will provide Services within the following categories to OncoSec during the Term. The JSC shall detail in individual work plans the specific aspects and timelines for the provision of these Services.

 

The general categories of Services shall include:

 

  Key Opinion Leader Management and Engagement

  o

[ * ]

  o

[ * ]

  Voice of Customer (VOC)

  o

[ * ]

  o

[ * ]

  o

[ * ]

  Development of Go to Market Strategy

  o

[ * ]

  o

[ * ]

  o

[ * ]

  Pricing, Reimbursement & Market Access

  o

[ * ]

  o

[ * ]

 

     
 

 

 

Execution Version

 

STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

 

THIS STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT (as may be amended or modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of October 10, 2019, by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and Grand Decade Developments Limited, a British Virgin Islands limited company and a wholly owned subsidiary of China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings Limited (“Buyer”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Buyer and the Company have entered into that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement (the “SPA”); and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have agreed that Buyer would receive certain rights, including with respect to the appointment of directors to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”), as set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations and warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement and the SPA, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, effective as of the Closing (as defined in the SPA) the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the SPA.

 

For purposes of this Agreement:

 

Beneficial Ownership” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act, and a Person’s beneficial ownership of securities shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such Rule (it being agreed that, in any event, a Person shall be deemed to Beneficially Own securities owned by an Affiliate of such Person).

 

For the avoidance of doubt, “Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the SPA, and shall take into account any Recapitalization event that may occur at any time.

 

     
 

 

2. Board of Directors.

 

(a) At the Closing, and thereafter, at any time that Buyer Beneficially Owns at least 40% of the Purchased Shares, Buyer shall have the right to nominate (i) two (2) (of the nine total) members to the Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 2 (the “Buyer Directors”), initially at the Closing, and thereafter at every annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company in which directors are generally elected, including at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and on any action by written consent of the stockholders of the Company relating to the election of directors generally and (ii) up to two (2) independent directors at the time any independent director currently serving on the Board of Directors ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason; provided, however, that the suitability of any such independent director nominee shall be reasonably satisfactory to a majority of the independent directors of the Company, and the Company shall maintain compliance with Rule 5605 of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) and the rules and regulations of the SEC (at all times). The Buyer Directors shall be appointed to authorized committees of the Board of Directors in proportion with the Buyer Directors’ representation on the Board of Directors. If Buyer Beneficially Owns less than 40% of the Purchased Shares, Buyer shall have the right to nominate members to the Board of Directors in proportion with Buyer’s ownership of the issued and outstanding Common Stock. Immediately prior to the Closing, the Company shall cause the chair of the Board of Directors to be an independent director. The limitations on Buyer’s ability to nominate and elect any number of directors to the Board of Directors shall terminate if a “group” (as defined under the 1934 Act) or Person unaffiliated with Buyer Beneficially Owns 20% or more of the outstanding Common Stock.

 

(b) The following procedures shall be followed with respect to the nomination of Buyer Directors pursuant to this Section 2:

 

(i) For purposes of whether Buyer has a right to nominate a Buyer Director pursuant to this Section 2, the Beneficial Ownership of the Common Stock of Buyer will be initially measured as of the Closing and thereafter as of the record date for such annual meeting or written consent.

 

(ii) At least 20 days prior to the Closing, Buyer shall provide the Company with the identity of the initial Buyer Directors to be appointed to the Board of Directors as of the Closing (provided that Buyer may substitute such appointees by notice to the Company at least 20 days prior to the Closing). Following the initial appointment of Buyer Directors, each year, the Company will notify Buyer when it intends to hold its next Company’s annual meeting of stockholders at least 90 days prior to such meeting. With respect to Buyer’s nominees (other than the initial Buyer Directors), at least 60 days prior to the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders, Buyer shall provide the Company with the Buyer’s nominees for the Buyer Directors.

 

(iii) The Board of Directors shall (1) in the case of the initial Buyer Directors, appoint the Buyer Directors as members of the Board of Directors effective as of the Closing to serve until the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders at which directors will be generally elected, and (2) in the case of subsequent Buyer Directors, nominate such nominees to be elected as directors and recommend that the stockholders vote to elect such nominees at the next annual meeting of stockholders at which directors will be generally elected.

 

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(iv) If Buyer nominee(s) is not appointed, nominated or elected by the stockholders, then as soon as practicable after the Closing or annual meeting, as applicable, Buyer shall designate nominee(s) for such Buyer Director(s), which nominee(s) shall be appointed as director(s) by the Board of Directors promptly after such designation.

 

(c) Each of the Buyer Directors will be governed by the same protections and obligations as all other directors of the Company, including, without limitation, protections and obligations regarding customary liability insurance for directors and officers, confidentiality, conflicts of interests, fiduciary duties (subject to Section 6), trading and disclosure policies, director evaluation process, director code of ethics, director share ownership guidelines, stock trading and pre-approval policies, and other governance matters. Each Buyer Director agrees that he or she shall be bound by the Company’s insider trading policy. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Buyer Directors are covered by liability insurance for directors with coverage that is at least as favorable, in the aggregate, to such directors as the coverage provided for by insurance policies acquired by the Company for the benefit of directors of the Company as in effect as of the date of this Agreement.

 

(d) A quorum for meetings of the Board of Directors (and written consents executed by directors) must include at least one (1) Buyer Director.

 

(e) The Buyer Directors shall not be compensated for their service on the Board of Directors, but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in connection with their service as members of the Board of Directors.

 

3. Voting Requirements.

 

(a) Until such time that Buyer Beneficially Owns less than 40% of the Purchased Shares, none of the actions set forth in this Section 3 below shall be taken by, or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Company (or any Subsidiary thereof) without the approval of at least 70% of the members constituting the entire Board of Directors, and until such time that Buyer Beneficially Owns less than 70% of the Purchased Shares, none of the actions set forth in this Section 3 below shall be taken by, or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Company (or any Subsidiary thereof) without the consent of Buyer:

 

(i) Amending the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws;

 

(ii) Increasing the size of the Board of Directors to more than nine;

 

(iii) Declaring, setting aside or paying any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property or any combination thereof);

 

(iv) Redeeming, repurchasing or otherwise acquiring any Issuer Securities;

 

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(v) Issuing, pledging, disposing of, transferring, encumbering, granting, selling or otherwise delivering, or authorizing the issuance, pledge, disposal of, transfer, encumbrance, grant, sale or other delivery of, any Issuer Securities; provided, however, that issuances of an Issuer Security pursuant to an Issuer Stock Option or Issuer Warrant existing as of the date hereof or under the ESPP shall not require the approval of 70% of the Board of Directors or the consent of Buyer unless such issuance would result in Buyer and Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc., in the aggregate, holding, directly or indirectly, less than 50.1% of any class or series of Issuer Securities on a fully diluted basis (taking into account all options, warrants, convertible securities and obligations to issue the same);

 

(vi) Creating or incurring any indebtedness or Lien on any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ assets, in excess of $250,000;

 

(vii) Selling, assigning, leasing, licensing or otherwise transferring, abandoning, disposing of or permitting to lapse any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ assets;

 

(viii) Incurring any capital expenditures or any obligations or liabilities in respect thereof in excess of $500,000;

 

(ix) Approving the Company’s annual budget;

 

(x) Making any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person; and

 

(xi) Entering into any agreement with a Related Party.

 

4. Right of Participation.

 

(a) Following the date of this Agreement until any time that Buyer Beneficially Owns less than 60% of the Purchased Shares, Buyer shall have the right to purchase, on a pro rata basis, any New Securities that the Company may from time to time sell or issue. For purposes hereof, “pro rata basis” shall mean a percentage of the New Securities equal to Buyer’s Beneficial Ownership of the Company’s outstanding common stock expressed as a percentage as calculated immediately after the Closing.

 

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(b) The Company shall provide Buyer with written notice its intention to issue New Securities, which notice shall be provided, subject to the Company’s reasonable best efforts, not less than 30 days prior to the date of such proposed issuance (the Company will use reasonable efforts to provide longer notice, if possible) (such period between such notice and the date of such issuance or the expected date of entry into such contract, if applicable, a “Notice Period”), and the Company shall provide Buyer with written notice of the actual issuance of such New Securities not less than 24 hours prior to such issuance (also, a “Notice Period”), including in each case, if applicable, a copy of the prospectus included in the registration statement filed in respect of such offering or, in the case of an offering exempt from registration, the private placement memorandum or similar offering documents or term sheet in respect of such offering, (i) describing (A) the anticipated amount of New Securities, price (if reasonably known) and other available (or reasonably determinable) material terms upon which the Company offers to sell New Securities, and (B) the number of New Securities Buyer is entitled to purchase pursuant to this Section 4, and (ii) containing a binding offer to sell New Securities to Buyer subject to the consummation of such issuance. If prior to any such issuance, there is a material change in the terms of such issuance, then prior to such issuance, the Company shall provide Buyer with ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice describing such change (such period between such notice and the date of such issuance, also a “Notice Period”).

 

(c) Buyer may exercise its right to purchase any New Securities by providing written notice to the Company prior to the expiration of the applicable Notice Period. Buyer’s notice must indicate the specific amount of New Securities that Buyer desires to purchase and shall constitute exercise by Buyer of its rights under this Section 4 and a binding agreement of Buyer to purchase the number (or amount) of New Securities specified in Buyer’s written notice. If, at the expiration of a Notice Period, Buyer shall not have delivered written notice to the Company exercising its right to effect a purchase, Buyer shall be deemed to have waived all of its rights under this Section 4 solely with respect to such specific issuance. Buyer shall effect such purchase concurrently with such issuance (the date of consummation of such transactions, the “Preemptive Rights Closing Date”).

 

(d) Except as provided in Section 4(e), if the Company issues New Securities and Buyer exercises its right to purchase any such New Securities, Buyer shall pay an amount in cash per security equal to the cash consideration per security paid by the other purchasers of such New Securities in such issuance; provided that in the case of a private placement offering under Rule 144A of the 1933 Act or similar transaction, the price paid by Buyer shall not include (and shall be reduced by the amount of) any underwriting or initial purchaser’s discount or fees (as disclosed in the final prospectus, offering memorandum or other similar documentation) incurred by Issuer in a related public offering.

 

(e) If the Company issues New Securities for non-cash consideration (or a combination of cash and non-cash consideration), and Buyer exercises its right to purchase any such New Securities, Buyer shall pay in cash, per security in such purchase, the volume-weighted average price per share of the Common Stock over the preceding 20 trading days (from the earlier of (i) the date of the Preemptive Rights Closing Date and (ii) the date such issuance is publicly announced) on Nasdaq.

 

(f) In the event that a proposed issuance of New Securities is terminated or abandoned by the Company without the issuance of any New Securities, then Buyer’s purchase rights pursuant to this Section 4 shall also terminate as to such proposed issuance, and any funds in respect thereof paid to the Company by Buyer shall be refunded promptly and in full.

 

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(g) “New Securities” shall mean any debt or equity securities of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, whether or not now authorized, and rights, options or warrants to purchase such debt or equity securities, and securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible into or exchangeable for such debt or equity securities; provided, that the term “New Securities” does not include:

 

(i) shares of the Company’s Common Stock (and/or options, rights or warrants for Common Stock) issued or issuable in connection with an acquisition transaction or other merger and acquisition transaction, strategic alliance or partnering/licensing arrangement that is approved by 80% of the members constituting the entire Board of Directors;

 

(ii) any securities issuable upon exercise of any options, warrants or rights to purchase any securities of the Company outstanding on the date of this Agreement;

 

(iii) any securities issued pursuant to equity plans of the Company (including inducement awards or any arrangements in place as of the date of this Agreement); and

 

(iv) shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued in connection with any stock split or stock dividend.

 

5. Right of First Refusal.

 

(a) Following the date of this Agreement until any time that Buyer Beneficially Owns less than 60% of the Purchased Shares, the Company shall deliver written notice (the “ROFR Notice”) to Buyer prior to entering into any definitive agreement regarding any material licensing transaction or Competing Proposal (a “ROFR Transaction”). The ROFR Notice shall contain (i) a description of the structure of the ROFR Transaction, including the assets or securities to be sold or acquired by the Third Party pursuant to the ROFR Transaction (the “Company Interests”), (ii) the purchase price therefor, including a description of any non-cash consideration sufficiently detailed to permit valuation thereof, (iii) the identity of the proposed Third Party and (iv) any other material terms and conditions of the proposed ROFR Transaction, including the proposed closing date. By delivering the ROFR Notice, the Company represents and warrants to Buyer that: (1) the Company has full right, title and interest in and to the Company Interests; (2) the Company has all the necessary power and authority and has taken all necessary action to sell the Company Interests as contemplated by this Section 5; and (3) the Company Interests are free and clear of any and all Liens other than those arising as a result of or under the terms of this Agreement.

 

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(b) The ROFR Notice shall be accompanied by a written offer (the “ROFR Offer”), irrevocable until the end of the ROFR Exercise Period (as defined below), to sell the Company Interests on the same terms and conditions as set forth in the ROFR Notice to Buyer (or one or more Affiliates designated by Buyer) (except if non-cash consideration is to be paid, then the purchase price shall be an amount in cash equal to 100.00% of the cash purchase price and 100% of the fair market value of any non-cash consideration set forth in the ROFR Notice).

 

(c) Buyer shall have 60 days from the date on which it receives the applicable ROFR Notice (the “ROFR Exercise Period”) to determine whether to accept the ROFR Offer to purchase all (but not less than all) of the Company Interests; provided that the ROFR Exercise Period shall not be deemed to have commenced until a determination of fair market value of any non-cash consideration set forth in the ROFR Notice has been made in accordance with Section 5(b) above; provided, further, that in no event shall the ROFR Exercise Period exceed 90 days. If Buyer desires to accept the ROFR Offer, it shall give written notice (a “Notice of Election”) to the Company of its intent to accept such ROFR Offer during the ROFR Exercise Period. The Company shall cooperate with Buyer’s reasonable diligence requests during the ROFR Exercise Period and shall provide customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities in connection with any such transaction. The failure of Buyer to give a Notice of Election to the Company by the end of the ROFR Exercise Period shall constitute a waiver of Buyer’s right of first refusal under this Section 5 with respect to the Company Interests subject to the applicable ROFR Notice, but shall not affect its rights with respect to any future ROFR Notice. A Notice of Election shall constitute a binding agreement between the Company and Buyer. The closing of the transaction shall take place at the principal offices of the Company (or such other location as Buyer and the Company may agree) three (3) Business Days following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to closing for such ROFR Transaction.

 

(d) In the event that Buyer shall not elect to purchase all of the Company Interests, then, provided the Company has complied with the provisions of this Section 5, the Company may sell all (but not less than all) of the Company Interests to the prospective Third Party identified in the ROFR Notice on the same terms and conditions set forth therein, during the 60 calendar day period immediately following the expiration of the ROFR Exercise Period; provided that such date of closing shall be extended to the extent necessary to obtain any required regulatory approvals (but in no event shall such date be greater than 180 calendar days after the expiration of the ROFR Exercise Period). Any Company Interests not sold within such period will be subject to the provisions of this Section 5 upon any subsequent sale. If the Company Interests represent all of the Company’s assets, the intangible rights appurtenant to the Company Interests shall also transfer to the Third Party involved in such sale.

 

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6. Corporate Opportunity Waiver.

 

To the maximum extent permitted from time to time by Applicable Law, (i) the Company renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, business opportunities that are from time to time presented to Buyer, the Buyer Directors, any other Person or Persons who are, at the time, associated with or nominated by, or serving as Representatives of Buyer, or the respective Affiliates of the foregoing parties (including their officers or directors who are employees, officers, directors, managers, stockholders or members) (the “Covered Persons”), (ii) none of such Covered Persons shall have any obligation to refrain from (a) engaging in similar activities or lines of business as the Company or developing or marketing any products or services that compete, directly or indirectly, with those of the Company, (b) investing or owning any interest publicly or privately in, serving as a director or officer of or developing a business relationship with, any Person engaged in similar activities or lines of business as, or otherwise in competition with, the Company, (c) doing business with any client or customer of the Company or (d) employing or otherwise engaging a former officer or employee of the Company, and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have any right to be offered any opportunity to participate or invest in any venture engaged or to be engaged in by any Covered Person.

 

7. Representations and Warranties.

 

Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants as follows:

 

(a) Each party hereto: (i) is a legal entity duly incorporated or organized, as applicable, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its place of incorporation or organization, (ii) is duly licensed and qualified to conduct its business in each jurisdiction where the nature of the properties owned, leased or operated by it and the business transacted by it requires such licensing or qualification, except where any such failures to be so qualified or licensed have not had, or are not reasonably likely to have, a material adverse effect on the ability of such party to perform its obligations under or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (iii) holds all necessary corporate power and authority to own, license and operate its assets and properties, to conduct its business, to enter into this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each party hereto and the performance by such party of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of such party, and no other actions or proceedings on the part of such party are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

(c) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each party hereto and constitutes the valid and binding agreement of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms.

 

(d) The execution or delivery by each party hereto of this Agreement or the performance by such party of its obligations under this Agreement will not (i) result in any breach of any provision of such party’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws (if applicable), (ii) result in any breach of, require (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) any payment, consent or notice or constitute a default (or give rise to any right of purchase, termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation) under any Contract or order or judgment to which such party is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, (iii) result in the creation of an encumbrance, or (iv) violate any applicable legal requirement, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) through (iv), such breaches, defaults or violations that have not had, or are not reasonably likely to have, a material adverse effect on the ability of such party to perform its obligations under or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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8.  Access and Information.

 

From the date hereof and subject to Applicable Law, the Company shall (i) give to Buyer and its Representatives reasonable access to the offices, properties, assets, books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) furnish to Buyer and its Representatives such financial and operating data, including without limitation, annual budget plan and annual cash flow projection, and other information as such Persons may reasonably request and (iii) instruct the Representatives of the Company and its Subsidiaries to cooperate with Buyer in its investigation of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Any investigation pursuant to this Section 8 shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

9.  Termination.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall terminate in its entirety when Buyer Beneficially Owns less than 20% of the Purchased Shares. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, nothing in this Section 9 shall relieve or otherwise limit any party of liability for willful breach of this Agreement.

 

10. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with all other documents referred to herein, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes any and all prior agreements, negotiations, correspondence, undertakings, understandings and communications of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed as creating a joint venture or partnership between any of the parties hereto.

 

(b) Transaction Costs. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the SPA, the parties to this Agreement will pay their own costs and expenses (including legal, accounting and other fees) relating to this Agreement.

 

(c) Modifications. Any amendment or modification to this Agreement, including this undertaking itself, shall only be valid if effected by an instrument or instruments in writing and shall be effective against each of the parties hereto that has signed such instrument or instruments. The parties hereto agree that they jointly negotiated and prepared this Agreement and that this Agreement will not be construed against any party on the grounds that such party prepared or drafted the same.

 

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(d) Notices. Notices will be deemed to have been received (a) upon receipt of a registered letter, (b) three Business Days following proper deposit with an internationally recognized express overnight delivery service, or (c) in the case of transmission by email, as of the date so transmitted (or if so transmitted after normal business hours at the place of the recipient, on the Business Day following such transmission):

 

If to the Company:

 

  OncoSec Medical Incorporated
  24 North Main Street
  Pennington, NJ 08534-2218
   
  Attention: Daniel J. O’Connor
  E-mail: docconor@oncosec.com

 

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

 

  Alston & Bird LLP
  90 Park Avenue, 12th Floor
  New York, NY 10016
  Attention: James H. Sullivan, Esq.
    Matthew W. Mamak, Esq.
  E-mail: james.sullivan@alston.com
    matthew.mamak@alston.com

 

if to Buyer to:

 

  Grand Decade Developments Limited
  Unit 3302, The Center, 99 Queen’s Road Central
  Hong Kong
  Attention: Zhou Chao
  E-mail: zhouchao@chinagrandinc.com

 

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

 

  Covington & Burling LLP
  The New York Times Building
  620 Eighth Avenue
  New York, New York 10018
  Attention:  Jack S. Bodner
  Stephen A. Infante
  Facsimile No.: 646-441-9079
    646-441-9039
  E-mail: jbodner@cov.com
    sinfante@cov.com

 

or to such other address as may be hereafter communicated in writing by the parties hereto in a notice given in accordance with this Section 10(d), which address shall then apply to the respective notice provisions of the SPA and all other Ancillary Agreements.

 

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(e) Severability. Each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under Applicable Law, but if any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable or invalid under Applicable Law, such provision will be ineffective only to the extent of such unenforceability or invalidity, and the parties hereto will negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so that the unenforceable or invalid provision is replaced by such valid and enforceable provision which the parties hereto consider, in good faith, to match as closely as possible the invalid or unenforceable provision and to achieve the same or a similar economic effect and to give effect to the parties’ original intent. The remaining provisions of this Agreement will continue to be binding and in full force and effect.

 

(f) Assignment. No party hereto may assign, in whole or in part, or delegate all or any part of its rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party. Any assignment or delegation made without such consent will be void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer shall be entitled to (a) assign its rights under this Agreement to any one of its Affiliates, and (b) assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (in whole or in part) as collateral security in a financing transaction.

 

(g) Confidentiality Agreement. The terms of the Confidentiality Agreement are hereby incorporated herein by reference and will continue in full force and effect until expiration or termination in accordance with the terms therein.

 

(h) Governing Law. Except to the extent that mandatory principles of Applicable Law require the application of the NRS, this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of New York.

 

(i) Specific Performance. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that the other party would be irreparably damaged if the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their terms and that any breach of this Agreement and the non-consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by either party could not be adequately compensated in all cases by monetary damages alone. Accordingly, in addition to any remedy to which such other party may be entitled under Section 10(j), provisional measures and injunctive relief necessary to protect the possibility of each party to seek specific performance from the other from the tribunal referred to in Section 10(j) can be sought from any court of competent jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto (i) agrees that it shall not oppose the granting of any such relief and (ii) hereby irrevocably waives any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with any such relief (it is understood that clause (i) of this sentence is not intended to, and shall not, preclude any party hereto from litigating on the merits the substantive claim to which such remedy relates).

 

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(j) Submission to Jurisdiction. The Parties agree that any Action seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (whether brought by any party or any of its Affiliates or against any party or any of its Affiliates) shall be brought in the state or federal courts, as applicable, in New York county in the State of New York, and each of the Parties irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such Action and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any objection that you may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such Action in any such court or that any such Action brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such Action may be served on any Party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 10(d) shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.

 

(k) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

 

(l) Waiver. Any term or condition of this Agreement may be waived at any time by the party that is entitled to the benefit thereof, but no such waiver shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument duly executed by or on behalf of the party waiving such term or condition, and no waiver by any party of any default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder, shall be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty, covenant or agreement hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any such prior or subsequent occurrence. No failure or delay of any party in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no waiver by any party of any term or condition of this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a waiver of the same or any other term or condition of this Agreement on any future occasion.

 

(m) Counterparts; Facsimile Signature. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, by original or facsimile (or other such electronically transmitted) signature, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which will constitute one and the same instrument. A party executing this Agreement by facsimile (or other such electronically transmitted) signature shall, upon request from the other party, promptly deliver to the requesting party an original counterpart of such signature.

 

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(n) Rights Cumulative. All rights and remedies of each of the parties under this Agreement will be cumulative, and the exercise of one or more rights or remedies will not preclude the exercise of any other right or remedy available under this Agreement or Applicable Law.

 

(o) Interpretation. (a) The words “hereof”, “herein”, and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (b) the words “date hereof,” when used in this Agreement, shall refer to the date set forth in the Preamble; (c) the terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa; (d) the terms defined in the present tense have a comparable meaning when used in the past tense, and vice versa; (e) any references herein to a specific Section or Article shall refer, respectively, to Sections or Articles of this Agreement; (f) wherever the word “include”, “includes”, or “including” is used in this Agreement, it shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (g) references herein to any gender include each other gender; (h) the word “or” shall not be exclusive; (i) the headings herein are for convenience of reference only, do not constitute part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof; (j) any references herein to any Governmental Authority shall be deemed to also be a reference to any successor Governmental Authority thereto; and (k) the parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and, in the event that an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as jointly drafted by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

 

(p) Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective as of the Closing. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, this Section 10 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

[Signature page to follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:

 
   
ONCOSEC MEDICAL INCORPORATED  
   

By:
/s/ Daniel J. O’Connor  
Name: Daniel J. O’Connor  
Title: Chief Executive Officer and President  
     
BUYER:  
   
GRAND DECADE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED  
   
By: /s/ Zhou Chao  
Name:  Zhou Chao  
Title: Authorized Representative  

 

[Signature Page to Stockholders Agreement]

 

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Execution Version

 

STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

 

THIS STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT (as may be amended or modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of October 10, 2019, by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc. (“Buyer”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Buyer and the Company have entered into that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement (the “SPA”); and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have agreed that Buyer would receive certain rights, including with respect to the appointment of directors to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”), as set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations and warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement and the SPA, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, effective as of the Closing (as defined in the SPA) the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the SPA.

 

For purposes of this Agreement:

 

Beneficial Ownership” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act, and a Person’s beneficial ownership of securities shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such Rule (it being agreed that, in any event, a Person shall be deemed to Beneficially Own securities owned by an Affiliate of such Person).

 

For the avoidance of doubt, “Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the SPA, and shall take into account any Recapitalization event that may occur at any time.

 

2. Board of Directors.

 

(a) At the Closing, and thereafter, at any time that Buyer Beneficially Owns at least 40% of the Purchased Shares, Buyer shall have the right to nominate one (1) (of the nine total) member to the Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 2 (the “Buyer Director”), initially at the Closing, and thereafter at every annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company in which directors are generally elected, including at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and on any action by written consent of the stockholders of the Company relating to the election of directors generally. The Buyer Director shall be appointed to authorized committees of the Board of Directors in proportion with the Buyer Director’s representation on the Board of Directors. If Buyer Beneficially Owns less than 40% of the Purchased Shares, Buyer shall have the right to nominate members to the Board of Directors in proportion with Buyer’s ownership of the issued and outstanding Common Stock. Immediately prior to the Closing, the Company shall cause the chair of the Board of Directors to be an independent director. The limitations on Buyer’s ability to nominate and elect any number of directors to the Board of Directors shall terminate if a “group” (as defined under the 1934 Act) or Person unaffiliated with Buyer Beneficially Owns 20% or more of the outstanding Common Stock.

 

 
 

 

(b) The following procedures shall be followed with respect to the nomination of Buyer Director pursuant to this Section 2:

 

(i) For purposes of whether Buyer has a right to nominate a Buyer Director pursuant to this Section 2, the Beneficial Ownership of the Common Stock of Buyer will be initially measured as of the Closing and thereafter as of the record date for such annual meeting or written consent.

 

(ii) At least 20 days prior to the Closing, Buyer shall provide the Company with the identity of the initial Buyer Director to be appointed to the Board of Directors as of the Closing (provided that Buyer may substitute such appointee by notice to the Company at least 20 days prior to the Closing). Following the initial appointment of Buyer Director, each year, the Company will notify Buyer when it intends to hold its next Company’s annual meeting of stockholders at least 90 days prior to such meeting. With respect to Buyer’s nominee (other than the initial Buyer Director), at least 60 days prior to the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders, Buyer shall provide the Company with the Buyer’s nominee for the Buyer Director.

 

(iii) The Board of Directors shall (1) in the case of the initial Buyer Director, appoint the Buyer Director as a member of the Board of Directors effective as of the Closing to serve until the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders at which directors will be generally elected, and (2) in the case of a subsequent Buyer Director, nominate such nominee to be elected as director and recommend that the stockholders vote to elect such nominee at the next annual meeting of stockholders at which directors will be generally elected.

 

(iv) If Buyer nominee is not appointed, nominated or elected by the stockholders, then as soon as practicable after the Closing or annual meeting, as applicable, Buyer shall designate a nominee for such Buyer Director, which nominee shall be appointed as director by the Board of Directors promptly after such designation.

 

(c) The Buyer Director will be governed by the same protections and obligations as all other directors of the Company, including, without limitation, protections and obligations regarding customary liability insurance for directors and officers, confidentiality, conflicts of interests, fiduciary duties (subject to Section 5), trading and disclosure policies, director evaluation process, director code of ethics, director share ownership guidelines, stock trading and pre-approval policies, and other governance matters. The Buyer Director agrees that he or she shall be bound by the Company’s insider trading policy. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Buyer Director is covered by liability insurance for directors with coverage that is at least as favorable, in the aggregate, to such directors as the coverage provided for by insurance policies acquired by the Company for the benefit of directors of the Company as in effect as of the date of this Agreement.

 

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(d) The Buyer Director shall not be compensated for their service on the Board of Directors, but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in connection with their service as a member of the Board of Directors.

 

3. Voting Requirements.

 

(a) Until such time that Buyer Beneficially Owns less than 40% of the Purchased Shares, none of the actions set forth in this Section 3 below shall be taken by, or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Company (or any Subsidiary thereof) without the approval of at least 70% of the members constituting the entire Board of Directors:

 

(i) Amending the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws;

 

(ii) Increasing the size of the Board of Directors to more than nine;

 

(iii) Declaring, setting aside or paying any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property or any combination thereof);

 

(iv) Redeeming, repurchasing or otherwise acquiring any Issuer Securities;

 

(v) Issuing, pledging, disposing of, transferring, encumbering, granting, selling or otherwise delivering, or authorizing the issuance, pledge, disposal of, transfer, encumbrance, grant, sale or other delivery of, any Issuer Securities; provided, however, that issuances of an Issuer Security pursuant to an Issuer Stock Option or Issuer Warrant existing as of the date hereof or under the ESPP shall not require the approval of 70% of the Board of Directors or the consent of Buyer unless such issuance would result in Buyer and Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc., in the aggregate, holding, directly or indirectly, less than 50.1% of any class or series of Issuer Securities on a fully diluted basis (taking into account all options, warrants, convertible securities and obligations to issue the same);

 

(vi) Creating or incurring any indebtedness or Lien on any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ assets, in excess of $250,000;

 

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(vii) Selling, assigning, leasing, licensing or otherwise transferring, abandoning, disposing of or permitting to lapse any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ assets;

 

(viii) Incurring any capital expenditures or any obligations or liabilities in respect thereof in excess of $500,000;

 

(ix) Approving the Company’s annual budget;

 

(x) Making any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person; and

 

(xi) Entering into any agreement with a Related Party.

 

4. Right of Participation.

 

(a) Following the date of this Agreement until any time that Buyer Beneficially Owns less than 60% of the Purchased Shares, Buyer shall have the right to purchase, on a pro rata basis, any New Securities that the Company may from time to time sell or issue. For purposes hereof, “pro rata basis” shall mean a percentage of the New Securities equal to Buyer’s Beneficial Ownership of the Company’s outstanding common stock expressed as a percentage as calculated immediately after the Closing.

 

(b) The Company shall provide Buyer with written notice its intention to issue New Securities, which notice shall be provided, subject to the Company’s reasonable best efforts, not less than 30 days prior to the date of such proposed issuance (the Company will use reasonable efforts to provide longer notice, if possible) (such period between such notice and the date of such issuance or the expected date of entry into such contract, if applicable, a “Notice Period”), and the Company shall provide Buyer with written notice of the actual issuance of such New Securities not less than 24 hours prior to such issuance (also, a “Notice Period”), including in each case, if applicable, a copy of the prospectus included in the registration statement filed in respect of such offering or, in the case of an offering exempt from registration, the private placement memorandum or similar offering documents or term sheet in respect of such offering, (i) describing (A) the anticipated amount of New Securities, price (if reasonably known) and other available (or reasonably determinable) material terms upon which the Company offers to sell New Securities, and (B) the number of New Securities Buyer is entitled to purchase pursuant to this Section 4, and (ii) containing a binding offer to sell New Securities to Buyer subject to the consummation of such issuance. If prior to any such issuance, there is a material change in the terms of such issuance, then prior to such issuance, the Company shall provide Buyer with ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice describing such change (such period between such notice and the date of such issuance, also a “Notice Period”).

 

(c) Buyer may exercise its right to purchase any New Securities by providing written notice to the Company prior to the expiration of the applicable Notice Period. Buyer’s notice must indicate the specific amount of New Securities that Buyer desires to purchase and shall constitute exercise by Buyer of its rights under this Section 4 and a binding agreement of Buyer to purchase the number (or amount) of New Securities specified in Buyer’s written notice. If, at the expiration of a Notice Period, Buyer shall not have delivered written notice to the Company exercising its right to effect a purchase, Buyer shall be deemed to have waived all of its rights under this Section 4 solely with respect to such specific issuance. Buyer shall effect such purchase concurrently with such issuance (the date of consummation of such transactions, the “Preemptive Rights Closing Date”).

 

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(d) Except as provided in Section 4(e), if the Company issues New Securities and Buyer exercises its right to purchase any such New Securities, Buyer shall pay an amount in cash per security equal to the cash consideration per security paid by the other purchasers of such New Securities in such issuance; provided that in the case of a private placement offering under Rule 144A of the 1933 Act or similar transaction, the price paid by Buyer shall not include (and shall be reduced by the amount of) any underwriting or initial purchaser’s discount or fees (as disclosed in the final prospectus, offering memorandum or other similar documentation) incurred by Issuer in a related public offering.

 

(e) If the Company issues New Securities for non-cash consideration (or a combination of cash and non-cash consideration), and Buyer exercises its right to purchase any such New Securities, Buyer shall pay in cash, per security in such purchase, the volume-weighted average price per share of the Common Stock over the preceding 20 trading days (from the earlier of (i) the date of the Preemptive Rights Closing Date and (ii) the date such issuance is publicly announced) on Nasdaq.

 

(f) In the event that a proposed issuance of New Securities is terminated or abandoned by the Company without the issuance of any New Securities, then Buyer’s purchase rights pursuant to this Section 4 shall also terminate as to such proposed issuance, and any funds in respect thereof paid to the Company by Buyer shall be refunded promptly and in full.

 

(g) “New Securities” shall mean any debt or equity securities of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, whether or not now authorized, and rights, options or warrants to purchase such debt or equity securities, and securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible into or exchangeable for such debt or equity securities; provided, that the term “New Securities” does not include:

 

(i) shares of the Company’s Common Stock (and/or options, rights or warrants for Common Stock) issued or issuable in connection with an acquisition transaction or other merger and acquisition transaction, strategic alliance or partnering/licensing arrangement that is approved by 80% of the members constituting the entire Board of Directors;

 

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(ii) any securities issuable upon exercise of any options, warrants or rights to purchase any securities of the Company outstanding on the date of this Agreement;

 

(iii) any securities issued pursuant to equity plans of the Company (including inducement awards or any arrangements in place as of the date of this Agreement); and

 

(iv) shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued in connection with any stock split or stock dividend.

 

5. Corporate Opportunity Waiver.

 

To the maximum extent permitted from time to time by Applicable Law, (i) the Company renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, business opportunities that are from time to time presented to Buyer, the Buyer Director, any other Person or Persons who are, at the time, associated with or nominated by, or serving as Representatives of Buyer, or the respective Affiliates of the foregoing parties (including their officers or directors who are employees, officers, directors, managers, stockholders or members) (the “Covered Persons”), (ii) none of such Covered Persons shall have any obligation to refrain from (a) engaging in similar activities or lines of business as the Company or developing or marketing any products or services that compete, directly or indirectly, with those of the Company, (b) investing or owning any interest publicly or privately in, serving as a director or officer of or developing a business relationship with, any Person engaged in similar activities or lines of business as, or otherwise in competition with, the Company, (c) doing business with any client or customer of the Company or (d) employing or otherwise engaging a former officer or employee of the Company, and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have any right to be offered any opportunity to participate or invest in any venture engaged or to be engaged in by any Covered Person.

 

6. Representations and Warranties.

 

Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants as follows:

 

(a) Each party hereto: (i) is a legal entity duly incorporated or organized, as applicable, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its place of incorporation or organization, (ii) is duly licensed and qualified to conduct its business in each jurisdiction where the nature of the properties owned, leased or operated by it and the business transacted by it requires such licensing or qualification, except where any such failures to be so qualified or licensed have not had, or are not reasonably likely to have, a material adverse effect on the ability of such party to perform its obligations under or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (iii) holds all necessary corporate power and authority to own, license and operate its assets and properties, to conduct its business, to enter into this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each party hereto and the performance by such party of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of such party, and no other actions or proceedings on the part of such party are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

(c) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each party hereto and constitutes the valid and binding agreement of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms.

 

(d) The execution or delivery by each party hereto of this Agreement or the performance by such party of its obligations under this Agreement will not (i) result in any breach of any provision of such party’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws (if applicable), (ii) result in any breach of, require (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) any payment, consent or notice or constitute a default (or give rise to any right of purchase, termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation) under any Contract or order or judgment to which such party is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, (iii) result in the creation of an encumbrance, or (iv) violate any applicable legal requirement, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) through (iv), such breaches, defaults or violations that have not had, or are not reasonably likely to have, a material adverse effect on the ability of such party to perform its obligations under or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

7. Access and Information.

 

From the date hereof and subject to Applicable Law, the Company shall (i) give to Buyer and its Representatives reasonable access to the offices, properties, assets, books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) furnish to Buyer and its Representatives such financial and operating data, including without limitation, annual budget plan and annual cash flow projection, and other information as such Persons may reasonably request and (iii) instruct the Representatives of the Company and its Subsidiaries to cooperate with Buyer in its investigation of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Any investigation pursuant to this Section 7 shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

8. Termination.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall terminate in its entirety when Buyer Beneficially Owns less than 20% of the Purchased Shares. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, nothing in this Section 8 shall relieve or otherwise limit any party of liability for willful breach of this Agreement.

 

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9. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with all other documents referred to herein, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes any and all prior agreements, negotiations, correspondence, undertakings, understandings and communications of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed as creating a joint venture or partnership between any of the parties hereto.

 

(b) Transaction Costs. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the SPA, the parties to this Agreement will pay their own costs and expenses (including legal, accounting and other fees) relating to this Agreement.

 

(c) Modifications. Any amendment or modification to this Agreement, including this undertaking itself, shall only be valid if effected by an instrument or instruments in writing and shall be effective against each of the parties hereto that has signed such instrument or instruments. The parties hereto agree that they jointly negotiated and prepared this Agreement and that this Agreement will not be construed against any party on the grounds that such party prepared or drafted the same.

 

(d) Notices. Notices will be deemed to have been received (a) upon receipt of a registered letter, (b) three Business Days following proper deposit with an internationally recognized express overnight delivery service, or (c) in the case of transmission by email, as of the date so transmitted (or if so transmitted after normal business hours at the place of the recipient, on the Business Day following such transmission):

 

If to the Company:

 

OncoSec Medical Incorporated

24 North Main Street

Pennington, NJ 08534-2218

 

Attention: Daniel J. O’Connor

E-mail: docconor@oncosec.com

 

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

 

Alston & Bird LLP

90 Park Avenue, 12th Floor

New York, NY 10016

  Attention: James H. Sullivan, Esq.
    Matthew W. Mamak, Esq.
     
  E-mail: james.sullivan@alston.com
    matthew.mamak@alston.com

 

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if to Buyer to:

 

Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc.

300 Unicorn Park Drive

Woburn, MA 01801

Attention: Kevin P. Smith

E-mail: Kevin P.Smith@sirtex.com

 

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

 

Covington & Burling LLP

The New York Times Building

620 Eighth Avenue

New York, New York 10018

 

  Attention: Jack S. Bodner
    Stephen A. Infante
  Facsimile No.: 646-441-9079
    646-441-9039
  E-mail: jbodner@cov.com
    sinfante@cov.com

 

or to such other address as may be hereafter communicated in writing by the parties hereto in a notice given in accordance with this Section 9(d), which address shall then apply to the respective notice provisions of the SPA and all other Ancillary Agreements.

 

(e) Severability. Each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under Applicable Law, but if any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable or invalid under Applicable Law, such provision will be ineffective only to the extent of such unenforceability or invalidity, and the parties hereto will negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so that the unenforceable or invalid provision is replaced by such valid and enforceable provision which the parties hereto consider, in good faith, to match as closely as possible the invalid or unenforceable provision and to achieve the same or a similar economic effect and to give effect to the parties’ original intent. The remaining provisions of this Agreement will continue to be binding and in full force and effect.

 

(f) Assignment. No party hereto may assign, in whole or in part, or delegate all or any part of its rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party. Any assignment or delegation made without such consent will be void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer shall be entitled to (a) assign its rights under this Agreement to any one of its Affiliates, and (b) assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (in whole or in part) as collateral security in a financing transaction.

 

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(g) Confidentiality Agreement. The terms of the Confidentiality Agreement are hereby incorporated herein by reference and will continue in full force and effect until expiration or termination in accordance with the terms therein.

 

(h) Governing Law. Except to the extent that mandatory principles of Applicable Law require the application of the NRS, this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of New York.

 

(i) Specific Performance. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that the other party would be irreparably damaged if the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their terms and that any breach of this Agreement and the non-consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by either party could not be adequately compensated in all cases by monetary damages alone. Accordingly, in addition to any remedy to which such other party may be entitled under Section 9(j), provisional measures and injunctive relief necessary to protect the possibility of each party to seek specific performance from the other from the tribunal referred to in Section 9(j) can be sought from any court of competent jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto (i) agrees that it shall not oppose the granting of any such relief and (ii) hereby irrevocably waives any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with any such relief (it is understood that clause (i) of this sentence is not intended to, and shall not, preclude any party hereto from litigating on the merits the substantive claim to which such remedy relates).

 

(j) Submission to Jurisdiction. The Parties agree that any Action seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (whether brought by any party or any of its Affiliates or against any party or any of its Affiliates) shall be brought in the state or federal courts, as applicable, in New York county in the State of New York, and each of the Parties irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such Action and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any objection that you may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such Action in any such court or that any such Action brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such Action may be served on any Party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 9(d) shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.

 

(k) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

 

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(l) Waiver. Any term or condition of this Agreement may be waived at any time by the party that is entitled to the benefit thereof, but no such waiver shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument duly executed by or on behalf of the party waiving such term or condition, and no waiver by any party of any default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder, shall be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty, covenant or agreement hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any such prior or subsequent occurrence. No failure or delay of any party in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no waiver by any party of any term or condition of this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a waiver of the same or any other term or condition of this Agreement on any future occasion.

 

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(n) Rights Cumulative. All rights and remedies of each of the parties under this Agreement will be cumulative, and the exercise of one or more rights or remedies will not preclude the exercise of any other right or remedy available under this Agreement or Applicable Law.

 

(o) Interpretation. (a) The words “hereof”, “herein”, and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (b) the words “date hereof,” when used in this Agreement, shall refer to the date set forth in the Preamble; (c) the terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa; (d) the terms defined in the present tense have a comparable meaning when used in the past tense, and vice versa; (e) any references herein to a specific Section or Article shall refer, respectively, to Sections or Articles of this Agreement; (f) wherever the word “include”, “includes”, or “including” is used in this Agreement, it shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (g) references herein to any gender include each other gender; (h) the word “or” shall not be exclusive; (i) the headings herein are for convenience of reference only, do not constitute part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof; (j) any references herein to any Governmental Authority shall be deemed to also be a reference to any successor Governmental Authority thereto; and (k) the parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and, in the event that an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as jointly drafted by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

 

(p) Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective as of the Closing. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, this Section 9 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

[Signature page to follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  COMPANY:
                                   
  ONCOSEC MEDICAL INCORPORATED
   
  By: /s/ Daniel J. O’Connor
  Name: Daniel J. O’Connor
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

 

  BUYER:
     
  SIRTEX MEDICAL US HOLDINGS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Kevin R. Smith
  Name: Kevin R. Smith
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Stockholders Agreement]

 

 
 

 

 

OncoSec Announces $30 Million USD Strategic Investment at a Premium to Market by
China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings (CGP) in Connection with Exclusive License to TAVO™ in Greater China and 35 Other Asian Countries

 

CGP Obtains a 12-Month Option to Offer to Acquire the Remaining Shares of OncoSec at the Greater of $4.50 Per Share or 110% of the Market Price

 

PENNINGTON, NJ, October 10, 2019 — OncoSec Medical Incorporated (OncoSec) (Nasdaq:ONCS), a late-stage intratumoral cancer immunotherapy company, today announced it entered into a strategic transaction with Grand Decade Developments Limited (Grand Decade), a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings Limited (CGP) (HKG:512), and its affiliate, Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc. (Sirtex).

 

Details of the transaction are as follows:

 

  OncoSec will receive a $30 million investment from CGP and its affiliate Sirtex at $2.50 per share, an approximate 25% premium to the average share price over the last 20 days since October 9, 2019. The transaction is subject to shareholder approval.
    Upon the closing of this transaction, CGP and Sirtex together will hold 53% of OncoSec common shares and will be entitled to three of nine seats on the OncoSec Board of Directors.
  Should CGP seek to offer to acquire the remaining shares of OncoSec within the 12 months following the closing of the transaction, the offer price for the outstanding shares of OncoSec must be the greater of $4.50 per share or 110% of the last closing stock price of the common stock on the date prior to making an offer to acquire the remaining outstanding shares of common stock.
  OncoSec will grant Grand Decade and its affiliates an exclusive license to develop, manufacture, commercialize, or otherwise exploit OncoSec’s current and future products, including TAVO™ and OncoSec’s new Visceral Lesion Applicator (VLA), in Greater China1 and 35 other Asian countries (the “Territory”). Grand Decade will pay up to 20% royalties on the net sales of such products in the Territory.
  Sirtex will support and assist OncoSec with pre-marketing activities for TAVO and VLA in exchange for low single-digit royalties on TAVO and VLA net sales outside the Territory.

 

More details of the transaction documents can be found in OncoSec’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

If approved by its shareholders, this transaction will provide OncoSec with funding to complete its two ongoing clinical trials of TAVO in combination with Merck’s KEYTRUDA®, including its pivotal trial (KEYNOTE-695) in checkpoint-refractory metastatic melanoma and its ongoing clinical trial (KEYNOTE-890) in chemo-refractory metastatic triple negative breast cancer. OncoSec anticipates filing for accelerated approval in the U.S. following the completion of its KEYNOTE-695 trial in 2020.

 

 

1 “Greater China” means Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

 

     
 

 

 

TAVO (tavokinogene telseplasmid) enables the intratumoral delivery of DNA-based interleukin-12 (IL-12), a naturally occurring protein with immune-stimulating functions. Completion of the transaction is expected to occur by the end of 2019, subject to approval by OncoSec shareholders, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

 

“This infusion of capital would significantly strengthen OncoSec’s balance sheet and provide support to complete our ongoing pivotal clinical trial, KEYNOTE-695, in checkpoint-refractory metastatic melanoma in combination with KEYTRUDA and our ongoing clinical trial, KEYNOTE-890, in chemo-refractory metastatic triple negative breast cancer,” said Daniel O’Connor, OncoSec’s President and CEO. “CGP is a global pharmaceutical company that has significant interests and holdings in the immuno-oncology space with the expertise and infrastructure to broadly introduce TAVO within these important Greater China markets where there remains a significant unmet need in a variety of cancers, while also providing support to our development activities elsewhere. We look forward to a long and fruitful partnership with them.”

 

Torreya Partners, LLC is acting as financial advisor and Alston & Bird is serving as legal advisor to OncoSec.

 

About CGP

 

CGP is a public company listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange with a market capitalization of approximately $1.8 billion USD. CGP develops, manufactures and distributes pharmaceutical products and medical devices to retailers and medical organisations. CGP currently distributes its products to approximately 6,000 hospitals and approximately 30,000 pharmacies and has a sales team of more than 2,000 employees. CGP also has significant experience in R&D and product commercialisation in China. Such experience dealing with the relevant Chinese regulatory bodies makes CGP an ideal strategic partner for OncoSec as it looks to gain regulatory approval to introduce TAVO™ to the Chinese market. For more information, visit www.chinagrandpharm.com.

 

About Sirtex

 

Sirtex Medical is a global healthcare business company with offices in the U.S., Australia, Europe and Asia, working to improve outcomes in people with cancer. The Company’s current lead product is a targeted radiation therapy for liver cancer called SIR-Spheres® Y-90 resin microspheres. More than 100,000 doses have been supplied to treat patients with liver cancer at more than 1,000 medical centers in over 40 countries. For more information, visit www.sirtex.com.

 

     
 

 

 

About OncoSec Medical Incorporated

 

OncoSec is a late-stage biotechnology company focused on developing cytokine-based intratumoral immunotherapies to stimulate the body’s immune system to target and attack cancer. OncoSec’s lead immunotherapy investigational product candidate – TAVO™ (tavokinogene telseplasmid) – enables the intratumoral delivery of DNA-based interleukin-12 (IL-12), a naturally occurring protein with immune-stimulating functions. The technology, which employs electroporation, is designed to produce a controlled, localized expression of IL-12 in the tumor microenvironment, enabling the immune system to target and attack tumors throughout the body. OncoSec has built a deep and diverse clinical pipeline utilizing TAVO as a potential treatment for multiple cancer indications either as a monotherapy or in combination with leading checkpoint inhibitors; with the latter potentially enabling OncoSec to address a great unmet medical need in oncology: anti-PD-1 non-responders. Results from recently completed clinical studies of TAVO have demonstrated a local immune response, and subsequently, a systemic effect as either a monotherapy or combination treatment approach. In addition to TAVO, OncoSec is identifying and developing new DNA-encoded therapeuticcandidates and tumor indications for use with its new Visceral Lesion Applicator (VLA), totarget deep visceral lesions, such as liver, lung or pancreatic lesions. For more information,please visitwww.oncosec.com.

 

TAVO™ trademark of OncoSec Medical Incorporated.

 

KEYTRUDA® is a registered trademark of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc.

 

SIR-Spheres® is a registered trademark of Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc.

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

Some of the statements included in this press release may be forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. For those statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially include: the status, progress and results of our clinical programs; our ability to obtain regulatory approvals for, and the level of market opportunity for our product candidates; our business plans, strategies and objectives, including plans to pursue collaboration, licensing or other similar arrangements or transactions; expectations regarding our liquidity and performance, including expense levels, sources of capital and ability to maintain operations as a going concern; the competitive landscape of our industry; and general market, economic and political conditions; and other risk factors identified from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements set forth in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release. We do not intend to update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date hereof.

 

COMPANY CONTACT:

 

OncoSec Medical Incorporated

Gem Hopkins

Head of Corporate Communications

858-210-7334

ghopkins@oncosec.com