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): November 21, 2019

 

H-CYTE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Nevada   001-36763   46-3312262
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

201 E Kennedy Blvd Ste 700

Tampa, FL

  33602
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (844) 633-6839

 

Copies to:

 

Arthur S. Marcus, Esq

Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP

1185 Avenue of the Americas

37th Floor

New York, New York

10036 (212) 930-9700

(212) 930-9725 (fax)

 

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:

 

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

 

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).

 

Emerging growth company [X]

 

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.

 

On November 15, 2019, H-Cyte, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “SPA”) with FWHC LLC (“FWHC”) an accredited investor for the purchase of 146,998 shares of Series D Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”) and a ten-year warrant to purchase up to 14,669,757 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share (the “Warrant”) resulting in $6.0 million in gross proceeds to the Company (the “FWHC Investment”). The Shares were sold at a price of $40.817 per Share and each Share is convertible into 100 shares of Common Stock. Accordingly, the conversion price into common stock is $0.40817 per share.

 

In connection with the FWHC Investment, the Company, FWHC and certain key holders entered into a Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement (the “RFRC Agreement”) which provides for certain rights with respect to the shares held by FWHC and the key holders. The key holders are identified in the RFRC Agreement and include the Company’s principal stockholder RMS Shareholder, LLC and the Company’s CEO, William E. Horne.

 

The Company, FWHC and certain other holders of the Company’s voting stock entered into a Voting Agreement (“Voting Agreement”) with respect to the size and composition of the Company’s Board and certain other items if requested by FWHC.

 

In connection the FWHC Investment, the Company and FWHC entered into an Investors’ Rights Agreement (the “IRA”) which provided FWHC with other additional rights including but not limited to, registration rights, board observer rights, and a right of first refusal for future offerings.

 

On November 18, 2019, the Company and Rion, LLC (“Rion”) entered into a Services Agreement (the “Services Agreement”) pursuant to which Rion will conduct process development research and development for the generation of L-Cyte-01.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the SPA, the RFRC Agreement, the Voting Agreement, the IRA and the Services Agreement are qualified in their entirety by references to the full, context of each of the agreements, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K which are incorporated by reference

 

ITEM 3.02 UNREGISTERED SALE OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

 

The information set forth in Item 10.1 is incorporated by reference herein.

 

ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS

 

On November 18, 2019, Dr. Andre Terzic and Dr. Atta Behfar resigned from the Company’s Board of Directors to avoid any potential conflicts that could arise from the Company’s Service Agreement with Rion, pursuant to which Rion will supply exosomes to and support FDA-regulated clinical research for the Company. Drs. Terzic and Behfar are co-founders of Rion. On November 18, 2019, Drs. Terzic and Behfar were appointed to the Company’s Scientific Advisory Board and will continue their relationship with the Company.

 

On November 18, 2019, the Company also appointed Dr. Paul Rose and Dr. Reginald Davis to its Scientific Advisory Board.

 

Dr. Paul Rose is a recognized leader in the field of dermatology, with over 30 years of experience. He is internationally recognized for achieving natural hair transplantation results. He is one of the creators of the Follicular Isolation Technique (FIT), a way of gathering donor material without a linear incision, and he also developed the “ledge” trichophytic closure technique to diminish the appearance of scarring at the donor site. Dr. Rose received his M.D. degree from the State University of New York and completed his dermatology residency at Temple University Skin and Cancer in Philadelphia. He is certified by the American Board of Dermatology and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery. He has served on the Clinical Faculty of the Department of Dermatology at the University of South Florida School of Medicine.

 

Dr. Reginald Davis is a board-certified neurosurgeon specializing in minimally invasive spine surgery. During his career, he has performed more than 10,000 surgeries. He has an insatiable interest in medical advances because he knows that what he uncovers today may help more people enjoy a better quality of life in the future. This spirit of innovation shows in the research work that he has participated in, including clinical trials leading to FDA-approved advancements in spine surgery. His thoughtful, methodical approach serves as the formidable foundation to help him identify, evaluate and implement new medical technologies. Dr. Davis pursued postgraduate study, internship and residency in general surgery and neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He also completed a research fellowship with Johns Hopkins, where he serves as an assistant professor. He has been published widely, including in the Journal of Neurosurgery and the International Journal of Spine Surgery.

 

ITEM 5.03 AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BY-LAWS; Changes in Fiscal Year

 

On November 15, 2019, the Company amended its By-laws. The amended By-laws are filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto.

 

On November 15, 2019, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series D Preferred Stock (the “Series D COD”) setting forth the rights governing the Series D Preferred Stock.

 

On November 15, 2019, the Company filed an Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of its 5% Series B Preferred Stock, (the “Amended Series B COD”) which amendment was approved by the requisite percentage of holders of Series B Preferred Stock.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Amended By-Laws, the Series D COD and the Amended Series B COD are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full context of each of such documents, copies of which have been filed as exhibits 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K which are incorporated by reference herein.

 

ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

 

On November 18, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the FWHC Investment. A copy of the press release is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety as Exhibit 99.1.

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number   Description
     
3.1   Amended By-Laws dated November 15, 2019.
3.2   Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series B Preferred Stock dated November 15, 2019.
3.3   Amended Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series B Preferred Stock.
10.1   Securities Purchase Agreement dated November 15, 2019 by and between the Company and FWHC LLC.
10.2   Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement dated November 15, 2019 by and among the Company, FWHC LLC and certain key holders.
10.3   Voting Agreement dated November 15, 2019 by and among the Company, FWHC and certain key holders.
10.4   Investors’ Rights Agreements dated November 15, 2019 by and among the Company, FWHC and certain key holders.
10.5   Services Agreement dated November 18, 2019 by and between the Company and Rion, LLC*
99.1   Press Release dated November 18, 2019.

 

*  Schedule A of this Exhibit was omitted for confidentiality reasons.

 

 
 

 

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.

 

    H-CYTE, Inc.
       
  Date: November 21, 2019 By: /s/ Jeremy Daniel
      Jeremy Daniel
      Chief Financial Officer

 

 
 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
OF
H-CYTE, INC.
(f/k/a MEDOVEX CORP. and SPINEZ CORP.)

 

a Nevada corporation
(Effective November 15, 2019)

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

STOCKHOLDERS

 

1. CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING STOCK.

 

Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of, the corporation by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, or by the President or a Vice-President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation representing the number of shares owned by such holder in the corporation. If such certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent other than the corporation or its employee or by a registrar other than the corporation or its employee, any other signature on the certificate may be a facsimile or other form of electronically transmitted signature. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose electronic signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.

 

Whenever the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class of stock, and whenever the corporation shall issue any shares of its stock as partly paid stock, the certificates representing shares of any such class or series or of any such partly paid stock shall set forth thereon the statements prescribed by the Nevada Revised Statutes (“N.R.S.”). Any restrictions on the transfer or registration of transfer of any shares of stock of any class or series shall be noted conspicuously on the certificate representing such shares.

 

The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may require the owner of any lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate, or his or her legal representative, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft, or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, the corporation may issue shares of its stock in uncertificated or book-entry form. In such event, the corporation’s transfer agent and registrar shall keep appropriate records indicating (a) the person to whom such uncertificated shares of stock were issued, (b) the number, class and designation of series, if any, of shares of stock held by such person and (c) other information deemed relevant to the corporation.

 

     
 

 

2. FRACTIONAL SHARE INTERESTS.

 

The corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue fractions of a share.

 

3. STOCK TRANSFERS.

 

Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or registration of transfers of shares of stock, if any, transfers or registration of transfers of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only on the stock ledger of the corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by his, her or its attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the corporation or with a transfer agent or a registrar, if any, and on surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares of stock properly endorsed and the payment of all taxes due thereon.

 

4. RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDERS.

 

In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting. If no record date has been fixed by the board of directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; providing, however, that the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty days prior to such action. If no record date has been fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

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5. STOCKHOLDER MEETINGS.

 

TIME. The annual meeting shall be held on the date and at the time fixed, from time to time, by the directors. A special meeting shall be held on the date and at the time fixed by the directors.

 

PLACE. Annual meetings and special meetings shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Nevada, as the directors may, from time to time, fix. Whenever the directors shall fail to fix such place, the meeting shall be held at the business office of the corporation in the State of Florida.

 

CALL. Annual meetings and special meetings may be called by the directors or by any officer instructed by the directors to call the meeting. A special meeting of stockholders may be called by directors upon written request to the secretary of record holders owning not less than twenty five percent (25%) of the total number of shares of stock of the corporation entitled to vote on the matter or matters to be brought before the special meeting (including holders of any preferred stock on a fully diluted basis in accordance with the corporation’s current articles of incorporation (as they may be amended and/or restated, the “Articles of Incorporation”)) that complies with the following procedures. The request to the secretary shall be signed by each stockholder, or a duly authorized agent of such stockholder, requesting the special meeting and shall be accompanied by a notice setting forth the information as to the business proposed to be conducted and any nominations proposed to be presented at such special meeting. At any special meeting requested by stockholders, the business transacted shall be limited to the purpose(s) stated in the request for meeting, provided, however, that the board of directors shall have the authority in its discretion to submit additional matters to the stockholders and to cause other business to be transacted.

 

NOTICE OR WAIVER OF NOTICE. Written notice of all meetings shall be given, stating the place, date, and hour of the meeting. The notice of an annual meeting shall state that the meeting is called for the election of directors and for the transaction of other business which may properly come before the meeting, and shall (if any other action which could be taken at a special meeting is to be taken at such annual meeting), state such other action or actions as are known at the time of such notice. The notice of a special meeting shall in all instances state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. If any action is proposed to be taken which would, if taken, entitle stockholders to receive payment for their shares of stock, the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. Except as otherwise provided by the N.R.S., a copy of the notice of any meeting shall be given, personally or by mail, not less than ten days nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, unless the lapse of the prescribed period of time shall have been waived, and directed to each stockholder at his, her or its address as it appears on the records of the corporation. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given when deposited, with postage thereon prepaid, in the United States mail. If a meeting is adjourned to another time, not more than thirty days hence, and/or to another place, and if an announcement of the adjourned time and place is made at the meeting, it shall not be necessary to give notice of the adjourned meeting unless the directors, after adjournment, fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. Notice need not be given to any stockholder who submits a written waiver of notice by such stockholder before or after the time stated therein. Attendance of a person at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice.

 

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STOCKHOLDER LIST. There shall be prepared and made, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by this section or the books of the corporation, or to vote at any meeting of stockholders.

 

CONDUCT OF MEETING. Meetings of the stockholders shall be presided over by one of the following officers in the order of seniority and if present and acting: the Chairman of the Board, if any, the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, the President, a Vice President, a chairman for the meeting chosen by the Board of Directors, or, if none of the foregoing is in office and present and acting, by a chairman to be chosen by the stockholders. The Secretary of the corporation, or, in his or her absence, an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present the Chairman for the meeting shall appoint a secretary of the meeting.

 

PROXY REPRESENTATION. Every stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockher by proxy in all matters in which a stockholder is entitled to participate, whether by waiving notice of any meeting, voting or participating at a meeting, or expressing consent or dissent without a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by the stockholder or by his, her or its attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and, if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally.

 

INSPECTORS AND JUDGES. The directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors of election or judges of the vote, as the case may be, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If an inspector or inspectors or judge or judges are not appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors or judges. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector or judge fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector or judge, if any, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector or judge at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors or judges, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting, the inspector or inspectors or judge or judges, if any, shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by him, her or them and execute a certificate of any fact found by him, her or them.

 

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QUORUM. Except as the N.R.S. or these bylaws of the corporation (these “Bylaws”) may otherwise provide, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders for the transaction of any business. The stockholders present may adjourn the meeting despite the absence of a quorum. When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholders.

 

VOTING. Each stockholder entitled to vote in accordance with the terms of the Articles of Incorporation and of these Bylaws, or, with respect to the issuance of shares of preferred stock in the corporation (“Preferred Stock”), in accordance with the terms of a resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, shall be entitled to one vote, in person or by proxy, for each share of stock entitled to vote held by such stockholder except that with respect to any shares of Preferred Stock the voting rights shall be determined by the Articles of Incorporation. In the election of directors, a plurality of the votes present at the meeting shall elect. Any other action shall be authorized by a majority of the votes cast except where the Articles of Incorporation, the N.R.S. or any other agreement among one or more of the corporation’s stockholders prescribes a different percentage of votes and/or a different exercise of voting power. Voting by ballot shall not be required for corporate action except as otherwise provided by the N.R.S..

 

6. STOCKHOLDER ACTION WITHOUT MEETINGS.

 

Any action required to be taken, or any action which may be taken, at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of the outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in Nevada, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.

 

7. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER BUSINESS.

 

At an annual or special meeting of the stockholders or upon written consent of the stockholders without a meeting, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been brought before the meeting (a) pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (c) by any stockholder of the corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of the notice provided for in these Bylaws, who shall be entitled to vote at such meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in these Bylaws.

 

Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws. The Chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Bylaws, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.

 

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8. STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS RELATING TO NOMINATIONS FOR AND ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.

 

Nominations by a stockholder of candidates for election to the Board of Directors by stockholders at a meeting of stockholders or upon written consent without a meeting may be made only if the stockholder complies with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws, and any candidate proposed by a stockholder not nominated in accordance with such provisions shall not be considered or acted upon for execution at such meeting of stockholders.

 

A proposal by a stockholder for the nomination of a candidate for election by stockholders as a director at any meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected or upon written consent without a meeting may be made only by notice in writing, delivered in person or by first class United States mail postage prepaid or by reputable overnight delivery service, to the Board of Directors of the corporation to the attention of the Secretary of the corporation at the principal office of the corporation, within the time limits specified herein.

 

In the case of an annual meeting of stockholders, any such written proposal of nomination must be received by the Board of Directors not less than sixty days nor more than ninety days before the first anniversary of the date on which the corporation held its annual meeting in the immediately preceding year; provided, however, that in the case of an annual meeting of stockholders (A) that is called for a date that is not within thirty days before or after the first anniversary date of the annual meeting of stockholders in the immediately preceding year, or (B) in the event that the corporation did not have an annual meeting of stockholders in the prior year any such written proposal of nomination must be received by the Board of Directors not less than five days after the earlier of the date the corporation shall have (w) mailed notice to its stockholders that an annual meeting of stockholders will be held or (x) issued a press release, or (y) filed a periodic report with the Securities and Exchange Commission or (z) otherwise publicly disseminated notice that an annual meeting of stockholders will be held.

 

In the case of a special meeting of stockholders, any such written proposal of nomination must be received by the Board of Directors not less than five days after the earlier of the date that the corporation shall have mailed notice to its stockholders that a special meeting of stockholders will be held or shall have issued a press release, filed a periodic report with the Securities and Exchange Commission or otherwise publicly disseminated notice that a special meeting of stockholders will be held. In addition to any other information required, the stockholder seeking to have stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall include the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially held by such stockholder, any voting rights with respect to shares not beneficially owned and other ownership or voting interest in shares of the corporation, whether economic or otherwise, including derivatives and hedges.

 

In the case of stockholder action by written consent with respect to the election by stockholders of a candidate as director, the stockholder seeking to have the stockholders elect such candidate by written consent shall submit a written proposal of nomination to the Board of Directors. Such written proposal of nomination shall set forth: (A) the name and address of the stockholder who intends to make the nomination, and the name and address of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (B) the name, age, business address and, if known, residence address of each person so proposed, (C) the principal occupation or employment of each person so proposed for the past five years, (D) the number of shares of capital stock of the corporation beneficially owned within the meaning of Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13d-1 by each person so proposed and the earliest date of acquisition of any such capital stock and the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially held by such stockholder, any voting rights with respect to shares not beneficially owned and other ownership or voting interest in shares of the corporation, whether economic or otherwise, including derivatives and hedges, (E) a description of any arrangement or understanding between each person so proposed and the stockholder(s) making such nomination with respect to such person’s proposal for nomination and election as a director and actions to be proposed or taken by such person if elected a director, (F) the written consent of each person so proposed to serve as a director if nominated and elected as a director and (G) such other information regarding each such person as would be required under the proxy solicitation rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission if proxies were to be solicited for the election as a director of each person so proposed.

 

If a written proposal of nomination submitted to the Board of Directors fails, in the reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors or a nominating committee established by it, to contain the information specified in the preceding paragraph of these Bylaws or is otherwise deficient, the Board of Directors shall, as promptly as is practicable under the circumstances, provide written notice to the stockholder(s) making such nomination of such failure or deficiency in the written proposal of nomination and such nominating stockholder shall have five days from receipt of such notice to submit a revised written proposal of nomination that corrects such failure or deficiency in all material respects.

 

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9. STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS RELATING TO MATTERS OTHER THAN NOMINATIONS FOR AND ELECTIONS OF DIRECTORS.

 

A stockholder of the corporation may bring a matter (other than a nomination of a candidate for election as a director) before a meeting of stockholders or for action by written consent without a meeting only if such stockholder matter is a proper matter for stockholder action and such stockholder shall have provided notice in writing, delivered in person or by first class United States mail postage prepaid or by reputable overnight delivery service, to the Board of Directors of the corporation to the attention of the Secretary of the corporation at the principal office of the corporation, within the time limits specified in these Bylaws; provided, however, that a proposal submitted by a stockholder for inclusion in the corporation’s proxy statement for an annual meeting that is appropriate for inclusion therein and otherwise complies with the provisions of Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including timeliness) shall be deemed to have also been submitted on a timely basis pursuant to these Bylaws.

 

In the case of an annual meeting of stockholders, any such written notice of a proposal of a stockholder matter must be received by the Board of Directors not less than sixty days nor more than ninety days before the first anniversary of the date on which the corporation held its annual meeting of stockholders in the immediately preceding year; provided, however, that (A) in the case of an annual meeting of stockholders that is called for a date which is not within thirty days before or after the first anniversary date of the annual meeting of stockholders in the immediately preceding year, or (B) in the event that the corporation did not have an annual meeting of stockholders in the prior year, any such written notice of a proposal of a stockholder matter must be received by the Board of Directors not less than five days after the date the corporation shall have (w) mailed notice to its stockholders that an annual meeting of stockholders will be held or (x) issued a press release, or (y) filed a periodic report with the Securities and Exchange Commission or (z) otherwise publicly disseminated notice that an annual meeting of stockholders will be held.

 

In the case of a special meeting of stockholders, any such written notice of a proposal of a stockholder matter must be received by the Board of Directors not less than five days after the earlier of the date the corporation shall have mailed notice to its stockholders that a special meeting of stockholders will be held, issued a press release, filed a periodic report with the Securities and Exchange Commission or otherwise publicly disseminated notice that a special meeting of stockholders will be held.

 

In the case of stockholder action by written consent, the stockholder seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the Board of Directors, set forth the written proposal. Such written notice of a proposal of a stockholder matter shall set forth information regarding such stockholder matter equivalent to the information regarding such stockholder matter that would be required under the proxy solicitation rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission if proxies were solicited for stockholder consideration of such stockholder matter at a meeting of stockholders. In addition to any other information required, the stockholder seeking to have stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall include the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially held by such stockholder, any voting rights with respect to shares not beneficially owned and other ownership or voting interest in shares of the corporation, whether economic or otherwise, including derivatives and hedges.

 

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If a written notice of a proposal of a stockholder matter submitted to the Board of Directors fails, in the reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors, to contain the information specified in these Bylaws or is otherwise deficient, the Board of Directors shall, as promptly as is practicable under the circumstances, provide written notice to the stockholder who submitted the written notice of presentation of a stockholder matter of such failure or deficiency in the written notice of presentation of a stockholder matter and such stockholder shall have five days from receipt of such notice to submit a revised written notice of presentation of a matter that corrects such failure or deficiency in all material respects.

 

Only stockholder matters submitted in accordance with the foregoing provisions of these Bylaws shall be eligible for presentation at such meeting of stockholders or for action by written consent without a meeting, and any stockholder matter not submitted to the Board of Directors in accordance with such provisions shall not be considered or acted upon at such meeting of stockholders or by written consent without a meeting.

 

ARTICLE II
DIRECTORS

 

1. FUNCTIONS AND DEFINITION.

 

The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors of the corporation. The use of the phrase “whole board” herein refers to the total number of directors which the corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

 

2. QUALIFICATIONS AND NUMBER.

 

A director need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of Nevada. The number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be the number, not less than one, nor more than seven, fixed from time to time by a majority of the total number of directors which the corporation would have, prior to any increase or decrease, if there were no vacancies, provided, however, that no decrease shall shorten the term of an incumbent director. The number of directors may be increased or decreased by action of the stockholders or of the directors.

 

3. ELECTION AND TERM.

 

The first Board of Directors, unless the members thereof shall have been named in the Articles of Incorporation, shall be elected by the incorporator or incorporators and shall hold office until the first annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation. Thereafter, directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal. In the interim between annual meetings of stockholders or of special meetings of stockholders called for the election of directors and/or for the removal of one or more directors and for the filling of any vacancies in the Board of Directors, including vacancies resulting from the removal of directors for cause or without cause, any vacancy in the Board of Directors may be filled by the vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director.

 

4. MEETINGS.

 

TIME. Meetings shall be held at such time as the Board of Directors shall fix.

 

FIRST MEETING. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors may be held immediately after each annual meeting of the stockholders at the same place at which the meeting is held, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to call the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. In the event such first meeting is not so held immediately after the annual meeting of the stockholders, it may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in the notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors, or at such time and place as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all of the directors.

 

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PLACE. Meetings, both regular and special, shall be held at such place within or without the State of Nevada as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

CALL. No call shall be required for regular meetings for which the time and place have been fixed. Special meetings may be called by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board, if any, the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, or the President, or of a majority of the directors in office or by stockholders as set forth in Section 5 of these Bylaws.

 

NOTICE OR ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE WAIVER. No notice shall be required for regular meetings for which the time and place have been fixed. Written, oral, or any other mode of notice of the time and place shall be given for special meetings at least twenty-four hours prior to the meeting. The notice of any meeting need not specify the purpose of the meeting. Any requirement of furnishing a notice shall be waived by any director who signs a written waiver of such notice before or after the time stated therein.

 

Attendance of a director at a meeting of the Board of Directors shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

QUORUM AND ACTION. A majority of the whole Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum except when a vacancy or vacancies prevents such majority, whereupon a majority of the directors in office shall constitute a quorum, provided that such majority shall constitute at least one-third (1/3) of the whole Board of Directors. Any director may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all directors participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting of the Board of Directors shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting to another time and place. Except as herein otherwise provided, and except as otherwise provided by the N.R.S., the act of the Board of Directors shall be the act by vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting, a quorum being present. The quorum and voting provisions herein stated shall not be construed as conflicting with any provisions of the N.R.S. and these Bylaws which govern a meeting of directors held to fill vacancies and newly created directorships in the Board of Directors.

 

CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any and if present and acting, shall preside at all meetings. Otherwise, the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any and if present and acting, or the President, if present and acting, or any other director chosen by the Board of Directors, shall preside.

 

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, and any Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, may be elected by a majority vote of the Board of Directors and shall serve until the meeting of the Board of Directors next following the annual meeting of the stockholders at which a Chairman, and any Vice-Chairman, shall be newly elected or re-elected from amongst the Directors then in office.

 

5. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.

 

Any or all of the directors may be removed for cause or without cause by the stockholders.

 

6. COMMITTEES.

 

The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In the absence or disqualification of any member of any such committee or committees, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

 

7. ACTION IN WRITING.

 

Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.

 

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8. NOMINATION.

 

Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws shall be eligible to serve as Directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (b) by any stockholder of the corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in these Bylaws, who shall be entitled to vote for the election of directors at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in these Bylaws.

 

Nominations by stockholders shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation (i) in the case of an annual meeting, not less than sixty days nor more than ninety days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is changed by more than thirty days from such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the earlier of the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or public disclosure was made, and (ii) in the case of a special meeting at which directors are to be elected, not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the earlier of the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or public disclosure was made. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (B) as to the stockholder giving the notice (1) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation’s books, of such stockholder and (2) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such stockholder and also which are owned of record by such stockholder; and (C) as to the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made, (1) the name and address of such person and (2) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such person. At the request of the Board of Directors, any person nominated by the Board of Directors for election as a director shall furnish to the Secretary of the corporation that information required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee.

 

No person shall be eligible to serve as a director of the corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws. The Chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Bylaws, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of these Bylaws, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in these Bylaws.

 

ARTICLE III
OFFICERS

 

1. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

 

The directors may elect or appoint a Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (one or more of whom may be denominated “Executive Vice President”), a Secretary, one or more Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer, one or more Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers as they may determine. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

 

2. TERM OF OFFICE: REMOVAL.

 

Unless otherwise provided in the resolution of election or appointment, each officer shall hold office until the meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. The Board of Directors may remove any officer for cause or without cause.

 

3. AUTHORITY AND DUTIES.

 

All officers, as between themselves and the corporation, shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the corporation as may be provided in these Bylaws, or, to the extent not so provided, by the Board of Directors.

 

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4. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHAIRMAN.

 

The Chief Executive Officer shall, subject to the discretion of the Board of Directors, have general supervision and control of the corporation’s business such duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall have the same duties as the Chief Executive Officer.

 

5. THE PRESIDENT.

 

The President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and in the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, at the meeting of the Board of Directors, shall, subject to the discretion of the Board of Directors, have general supervision and control of the corporation’s business and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.

 

6. VICE PRESIDENTS.

 

Any Vice President that may have been appointed, in the absence or disability of the President, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President, in the order of their seniority, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

 

7. THE SECRETARY.

 

The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation and affix it to any instrument when authorized by the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors. The Secretary (or in his or her absence, an Assistant Secretary, but if neither is present another person selected by the Chairman for the meeting) shall have the duty to record the proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders and directors in a book to be kept for that purpose.

 

8. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND TREASURER.

 

The Chief Financial Officer shall be the Treasurer, unless the Board of Directors shall elect another officer to be the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of the corporate funds, and other valuable effects, including securities, and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and directors, at the regular meetings of the Board of Directors, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the corporation a bond for such term, in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging to the corporation.

 

ARTICLE IV
CORPORATE SEAL
AND
CORPORATE BOOKS

 

The corporate seal shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

 

The books of the corporation may be kept within or without the State of Nevada, at such place or places as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, determine.

 

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ARTICLE V
FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE VI
INDEMNITY

 

Any person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including employee benefit plans) (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), shall be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the N.R.S., as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification than permitted prior thereto), against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if the indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful. The termination of the proceeding, whether by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful.

 

Any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including employee benefit plans) shall be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the N.R.S., as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification than permitted prior thereto), against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court in which such suit or action was brought, shall determine upon application, that despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such Court shall deem proper.

 

All reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of the indemnitee in connection with any suit, action or proceeding, may be advanced to the indemnitee by the corporation.

 

The rights to indemnification and to advancement of expenses conferred in this section shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

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ARTICLE VII
AMENDMENTS

 

These Bylaws may be amended, added to, rescinded or repealed at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of the stockholders, provided that notice of the proposed change was given in the notice of the meeting.

 

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

1. MEANING OF CERTAIN TERMS.

 

As used herein, unless the context indicates otherwise, the term “share” or “shares” or “share of stock” or “shares of stock” or “stockholder” or “stockholders” refers to an outstanding share or shares of stock (including common stock and preferred stock) and to a holder or holders of record of outstanding shares of stock (including common stock and preferred stock) when the corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock, and said reference is also intended to include any outstanding share or shares of stock and any holder or holders of record of outstanding shares of stock of any class upon which or upon whom the Articles of Incorporation confer such rights where there are two or more classes or series of shares of stock or upon which or upon whom the N.R.S. confers such rights notwithstanding that the Articles of Incorporation may provide for more than one class or series of shares of stock, one or more of which are limited or denied such rights thereunder; provided, however, that no such right shall vest in the event of an increase or a decrease in the authorized number of shares of stock of any class or series which is otherwise denied voting rights under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, including any Preferred Stock which is denied voting rights under the provisions of the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors with respect to the issuance thereof.

 

2. CONFLICTS BETWEEN ARTICLES AND BYLAWS.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of any conflict between the purposes set forth in these Bylaws and those set forth in the Articles of Incorporation, as it may be amended and/or restated, the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation shall prevail.

 

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CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF PREFERENCES, RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS

OF

SERIES D PREFERRED STOCK

OF

H-CYTE, INC.

 

 

 

Pursuant to Section 78 of the

Nevada Revised Statutes

 

 

 

The undersigned, Chief Executive Officer, of H-CYTE, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify that the following resolutions were duly adopted at a special meeting of the Corporation’s board of directors (together with any duly authorized committee thereof, the “Board of Directors”) by unanimous consent on November 13, 2019:

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is authorized within the limitations and restrictions stated in the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles”), to provide by resolution or resolutions for the issuance of up to 1,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), of the Corporation, in such series and with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions as the Board of Directors shall fix by resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance thereof duly adopted by the Board of Directors;

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority under the Articles, previously authorized the issuance of 45,000 shares of Preferred Stock designated as Series A Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), 10,000 shares of Preferred Stock designated as 5% Series B Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) and 45,000 shares of Preferred Stock designated as Series C Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”) pursuant to prior certificates of designation adopted by the Board of Directors; and

 

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to authorize and fix the terms of a new series of Preferred Stock and the number of shares constituting such series.

 

     
 

 

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:

 

The following is a statement of the designations and the powers, privileges and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof in respect of Series D Preferred Stock of the Corporation (as defined herein).

 

1. Designation; Number of Shares; Rank.

 

(a) There shall be a series of Preferred Stock to be designated as “Series D Preferred Stock,” par value of $0.001 per share (the “Series D Preferred Stock”), and the authorized number of shares constituting such series shall be 238,871.

 

(b) The Series D Preferred Stock shall rank, with respect to rights on liquidation, winding up and dissolution, senior to the Common Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series A Preferred Stock and each other class of capital stock or series of preferred stock of the Corporation (collectively referred to as “Junior Securities”).

 

2. Dividends.

 

(a) Accruing Dividends. From and after the date of the issuance of any shares of Series D Preferred Stock, the holders of Series D Preferred Stock in preference to dividends payable with respect to all other shares of Preferred Stock, Common Stock and any other equity security of the Corporation, shall be entitled to receive, but only out of funds that are legally available therefor, cash dividends at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum of the Original Issue Price (as defined below) of the Series D Preferred Stock (the “Series D Accruing Dividend”) on each outstanding share of Series D Preferred Stock (as adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations, splits, recapitalizations and the like with respect to such shares), payable upon the occurrence of any of the following events: (A) any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, (B) upon a Deemed Liquidation Event, (C) upon a Series D Mandatory Conversion Event pursuant to Section 7(a) or (D) upon a redemption of such Series D Preferred Stock as provided in Section 9. The Series D Accruing Dividend, with respect to a share of Series D Preferred Stock, shall in any event accrue from day to day from the date of the issuance of such share of Series D Preferred Stock, whether or not declared, and shall be cumulative.

 

(b) Dividends on Junior Securities. So long as any Series D Accruing Dividend shall be outstanding, the Corporation shall not declare, pay or set aside any dividends, whether in cash or property, or make any other distribution, in respect of, or redeem any, Junior Securities without the prior approval of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock (the “Series D Majority”).

 

(c) Additional Dividends. Subject to compliance with Section 2(b), in the event that the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall at any time declare and pay a dividend or distribution of assets on any shares of Common Stock, it shall, at the same time, declare and pay to each holder of Series D Preferred Stock a dividend equal to the dividend that would have been payable to such holder as if the shares of Series D Preferred Stock held by such holder had been converted into Common Stock on the date of determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such dividend. For purposes hereof the Series D Preferred Stock shall participate in all dividends (ordinary and special) declared on shares of Common Stock.

 

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(d) Original Issue Price. The “Original Issue Price” shall mean $40.817 per share with respect to each share of the Series D Preferred Stock, subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Series D Preferred Stock.

 

3. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up; Certain Mergers, Consolidations and Asset Sales.

 

(a) Liquidation Preference.

 

(i) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, or Deemed Liquidation Event, each holder of shares of Series D Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, before any payment shall be made to the holders of all other shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock and any other equity security of the Corporation by reason of their ownership thereof, with respect to each such share of Series D Preferred Stock, the sum of (A) the amount of any unpaid Series D Accruing Dividends, whether or not declared, on such share of Series D Preferred Stock; and (B) the amount per share such holder would be entitled to receive with respect to such share of Series D Preferred Stock if the remaining assets of the Corporation, immediately after the payment in full of the amounts owed under subclause (A) above with respect to all shares of Series D Preferred Stock and the payment of any unpaid Series B Accruing Dividends to holders of Series B Preferred Stock under the Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of 5% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, were distributed among the holders of the shares of Series D Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and Common Stock, pro rata based on the number of shares held by each such holder (treating for this purpose all such securities as if they had been converted to Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Articles, this Certificate of Designation and any other certificates of designation applicable to any other class or series of Preferred Stock immediately prior to such dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of the Corporation or Deemed Liquidation Event); provided that if the amount payable pursuant to this subclause (B) with respect to each share of Series D Preferred Stock is less than 100% of the Original Issue Price of such share of Series D Preferred Stock, together with any other dividends declared but unpaid thereon, then in lieu of paying the amount required pursuant to subclause (B), the Corporation shall instead pay to such holder of Series D Preferred Stock an amount equal to 100% of the Original Issue Price of such share of Series D Preferred Stock, together with any other dividends declared but unpaid thereon. The amounts payable to the holders of Series D Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 3(a)(i) are referred to herein as the “Series D Liquidation Preference”.

 

(ii) If upon any such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, or Deemed Liquidation Event, the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders shall be insufficient to pay the holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock the full amount of the Series D Liquidation Preference, the holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall share ratably in any distribution of the assets available for distribution in proportion to the respective amounts which would otherwise be payable in respect of the shares held by them upon such distribution if all amounts payable on or with respect to such shares were paid in full. Any distribution in connection with the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, or any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, shall be made in cash to the extent possible.

 

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(b) Non-Cash Distributions. Any distribution in connection with the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, or any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, shall be made in cash to the extent possible. Whenever any such distribution shall be paid in property other than cash, the value of such distribution shall be the fair market value of such property, determined as follows:

 

(i) For securities not subject to investment letters or other similar restrictions on free marketability:

 

(A) if traded on a securities exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market, the value shall be deemed to be the average of the closing prices of the securities on such exchange or market over the 30-day period ending three days prior to the closing of such transaction;

 

(B) if actively traded over-the-counter, the value shall be deemed to be the average of the closing bid prices over the 30-day period ending three days prior to the closing of such transaction; or

 

(C) if there is no active public market, the value shall be the fair market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

(ii) The method of valuation of securities subject to investment letters or other similar restrictions on free marketability (other than restrictions arising solely by virtue of a stockholder’s status as an affiliate or former affiliate) shall take into account an appropriate discount (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation) from the market value as determined pursuant to Section 3(b)(i)(A) above so as to reflect the approximate fair market value thereof.

 

(iii) If the fair market value of such property, rights or securities is to be determined by the Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 3(b), the Board of Directors shall deliver prompt written notice of its determination to the holders of Series D Preferred Stock. In the event that the Series D Majority dispute the determination of value of such property, rights or securities by the Board of Directors by written notice to the Corporation delivered within twenty (20) days following the delivery of the notice of record date (the “Dispute Notice”), the value of such property, rights or securities shall be its or their fair market value, as determined by independent appraisal by an appraiser experienced in the business of valuing the market value of stock or assets of the type involved, who shall be acceptable to the Corporation and the Series D Majority. If the parties cannot agree on an appraiser within twenty (20) days after the date that the Dispute Notice is delivered, each of (A) the Corporation and (B) the Series D Majority shall immediately designate an appraiser experienced in the business of valuing the market value of stock of enterprises similar to the Corporation. The two designated appraisers (the “Initial Appraisers”) shall, within twenty (20) days after their selection, appraise the securities or other property as of the latest possible date. If the difference between the resulting appraisals is less than ten percent (10%) of the lower of the two appraisals, the average of the appraisals will be deemed the fair market value; otherwise, the Initial Appraisers shall promptly mutually select an additional appraiser (the “Additional Appraiser”), also experienced in a manner similar to the Initial Appraisers. If they fail to select the Additional Appraiser within five (5) days after the date both appraisals are complete, either party may apply, after written notice to the other, to the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) who will then appoint an Additional Appraiser with knowledge and experience in valuing companies in the Corporation’s industry. The Additional Appraiser shall, within ten (10) days after their selection by the AAA, then choose from the values determined by the Initial Appraisers the value that the Additional Appraiser considers closest to the fair market value of the securities or other property, and this value will be the appraised fair market value. The Corporation and the Series D Majority shall each engage and pay the fees and expenses of the respective Initial Appraiser that they designate. The Additional Appraiser, if any, shall be engaged by the Board of Directors and the Corporation shall pay its fees and expenses. The Corporation shall, upon receipt of the Additional Appraiser’s valuation, give prompt written notice to each holder of Series D Preferred Stock.

 

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4. Deemed Liquidation Events.

 

(a) Definition. Each of the following events shall be considered a “Deemed Liquidation Event” unless a Series D Majority elects otherwise by written notice (after having received written notice from the Corporation at least 30 days prior to the effective date of any such event) sent to the Corporation at least 15 days prior to the effective date of any such event:

 

(i) a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, entity conversion or other corporate transaction in which:

 

(A) the Corporation is a constituent party; or

 

(B) a subsidiary of the Corporation is a constituent party and the Corporation issues shares of its capital stock pursuant to such transaction.

 

except any such transaction involving the Corporation or a subsidiary in which the shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior to such transaction continue to represent, or are converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock that represent, immediately following such transaction, at least a majority, by voting power, of the capital stock of (1) the surviving or resulting corporation, or (2) if the surviving or resulting corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of another corporation immediately following such transaction, the parent corporation of such surviving or resulting corporation.

 

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(ii) (A) the sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, by the Corporation, resulting in the sale of 50% of the equity interests in any voting securities of the Corporation or (B) the sale or disposition (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, and whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of one or more subsidiaries of the Corporation if substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole are held by such subsidiary or subsidiaries, provided that, transfers of equity interests (1) among wholly owned subsidiaries of the Corporation, which are wholly owned both prior to and after the applicable transfer, or (2) among the Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries, which remain wholly owned after the applicable transfer, shall not be considered Deemed Liquidation Events for purposes of this Section 4(a);

 

(iii) the sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license, or other disposition, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, by the Corporation or any wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or the sale or disposition (whether by merger or otherwise) of one or more subsidiaries of the Corporation if substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole are held by such subsidiary or subsidiaries, except where such sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition is to a wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation.

 

(b) Effecting a Deemed Liquidation Event. The Corporation shall not have the power to effect a Deemed Liquidation Event referred to in Section 4(a)(i)(A) unless the definitive agreements for such transaction (the “Transaction Agreement”) provides that the consideration payable to the stockholders of the Corporation shall be allocated among the holders of capital stock of the Corporation in accordance with Section 3 above.

 

(c) Amount Deemed Paid or Distributed. If the amount deemed paid or distributed under this Section 4 is made in property other than in cash, the value of such distribution shall be determined in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3(b) above.

 

(d) Allocation of Escrow and Contingent Consideration. In the event of a Deemed Liquidation Event pursuant to Section 4, if any portion of the consideration payable to the stockholders of the Corporation is placed into escrow and/or is payable to the stockholders of the Corporation subject to contingencies (the “Additional Consideration”), the Transaction Agreement shall provide that (i) the portion of such consideration that is not placed in escrow and not subject to any contingencies (the “Initial Consideration”) shall be allocated among the holders of capital stock of the Corporation in accordance with Section 3(a) as if the Initial Consideration were the only consideration payable in connection with such Deemed Liquidation Event and (ii) any Additional Consideration which becomes payable to the stockholders of the Corporation upon release from escrow or satisfaction of contingencies shall be allocated among the holders of capital stock of the Corporation in accordance with Section 3(a) after taking into account the previous payment of the Initial Consideration as part of the same transaction. For the purposes of this Section 4(d), consideration placed into escrow or retained as a holdback to be available for satisfaction of indemnification or similar obligations in connection with such Deemed Liquidation Event shall be deemed to be Additional Consideration.

 

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5. Voting Rights.

 

(a) General. On any matter presented to the stockholders of the Corporation for their action or consideration at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation (or by written consent of stockholders in lieu of a meeting), each holder of outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be entitled to cast the number of votes equal to the number of whole shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series D Preferred Stock held by each such holder are convertible as of the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote on such matter (irrespective of the actual number of authorized shares of Common Stock). Except as required by applicable law or by the other provisions of the Articles, holders of Preferred Stock shall vote together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class and not as a separate class. The voting, dividend and liquidation rights of the holders of the Common Stock are subject to and qualified by the rights, powers and preferences of the holders of the Series D Preferred Stock set forth herein and the rights, powers and preferences of the holders of other shares of Preferred Stock in such other certificates of designation adopted by the Board of Directors.

 

(b) Election of Directors.

 

(i) General. The number of directors comprising the Board of Directors shall be fixed and may be increased or decreased from time to time in the manner provided in the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), except that at no time shall there be less than one member on the Board of Directors.

 

(ii) Election of Directors. The holders of record of the shares of Series D Preferred Stock, exclusively and as a separate class, shall be entitled to elect up to two (2) directors of the Corporation (the “Series D Directors”). Any director elected as provided in the preceding sentence may be removed without cause by, and only by, the affirmative vote of the holders of the shares of the class or series of capital stock entitled to elect such director or directors, given either at a special meeting of such stockholders duly called for that purpose or pursuant to a written consent of stockholders. If the holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock fail to elect a sufficient number of directors to fill all directorships for which they are entitled to elect directors pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 5(b)(ii), then any directorship not so filled shall remain vacant until such time as the holders of the Series D Preferred Stock elect a person to fill such directorship by vote or written consent in lieu of a meeting; and no such directorship may be filled by stockholders of the Corporation other than the holders of Series D Preferred Stock, voting exclusively and as a separate class. The holders of record of the shares of Common Stock and of any other class or series of voting stock (including the Series D Preferred Stock), exclusively and voting together as a single class, shall be entitled to elect the balance of the total number of directors of the Corporation. At any meeting held for the purpose of electing a director, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the class or series entitled to elect such director shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of electing such director. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5(b), a vacancy in any directorship filled by the holders of any class or series shall be filled only by vote or written consent in lieu of a meeting of the holders of such class or series or by any remaining director or directors elected by the holders of such class or series pursuant to this Section 5(b). The rights of the holders of the Series D Preferred Stock under the first sentence of this Section 5(b) shall terminate on the first date following the Series D Original Issue Date (as defined below) on which there are no issued and outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock.

 

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(c) Series D Preferred Stock Protective Provisions. So long as any shares of Series D Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, either itself or through a subsidiary and either directly or indirectly by amendment, merger, consolidation or otherwise, do any of the following without (in addition to any other vote required by law or the Articles) the written consent or affirmative vote of a Series D Majority, voting together, given in writing or by vote at a meeting, consenting or voting (as the case may be) separately as a class, and any such act or transaction entered into without such vote or consent shall be null and void ab initio and of no force or effect:

 

(i) take any action (including amending, altering or repealing this Certificate of Designation, certificates of designation for any other class of Preferred Stock, the Articles, the Bylaws, or other governing corporate documents or by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise) that would adversely alter or adversely change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series D Preferred Stock;

 

(ii) (A) create, or authorize the creation of, or issue or obligate itself to issue (including by reclassification, alteration or amendment to any existing security of the Corporation) shares of, any additional class or series of capital stock, or any other security convertible into or exercisable for any equity security, having rights, preferences or privileges, including but not limited to, voting, dividend, or distribution of assets upon liquidation, merger or otherwise, which rank senior or pari passu with the Series D Preferred Stock; (B) increase the authorized number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock or increase the authorized number of shares of any additional class or series of capital stock unless it has rights, preferences or privileges including, but not limited to, voting, dividends, or distribution of assets upon liquidation, merger or otherwise, which are junior to the Series D Preferred Stock; (C) increase the authorized number of shares of any class or series of capital stock if such increase would result in an insufficient number of shares of Common Stock being available for issuance upon conversion of all authorized shares of Series D Preferred Stock; (D) issue any shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for any Series A Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock; or (E) issue any shares of a subsidiary;

 

(iii) redeem, purchase or repurchase (or permit any subsidiary to purchase or redeem) or otherwise acquire for value (or pay into or set aside for a sinking fund for such purpose) any share or shares of the Corporation’s capital stock, except for Common Stock in connection with the cessation of their employment/services pursuant to an employee or consultant agreement at the lower of fair market value or the original purchase price;

 

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(iv) pay or declare (including, but not limited to, through the issuance of securities or debt) a dividend or distribution on any shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock;

 

(v) create, or authorize the creation of, or issue, or authorize the issuance of any debt security or create any lien or security interest (except for purchase money liens or statutory liens of landlords, mechanics, materialmen, workmen, warehousemen and other similar persons arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business) or incur other indebtedness for borrowed money, including but not limited to obligations and contingent obligations under guarantees or any leases required to be capitalized under generally accepted accounting principles, or permit any subsidiary to take any such action with respect to any debt security lien, security interest or other indebtedness for borrowed money, if the aggregate indebtedness of the Corporation would exceed $1,000,000, except for equipment leases and bank lines of credit incurred in the ordinary course;

 

(vi) create or hold capital stock in any subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned subsidiary or dispose of any subsidiary stock or all or substantially all of any subsidiary’s assets;

 

(vii) contribute any asset of the Corporation to any other person or entity, other than a wholly-owned subsidiary; or

 

(viii) dissolve, liquidate or wind-up the business and affairs of the Corporation, effect any merger or consolidation or any other Deemed Liquidation Event, or consent to any of the foregoing.

 

6. Conversion.

 

(a) Conversion Right. Each share of Series D Preferred Stock may, at any time and from time to time, at the option of the holder thereof, be converted into shares of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock as is determined by dividing the Original Issue Price of the Series D Preferred Stock by the Series D Conversion Price in effect at the time of conversion. The Series D Conversion Price (as defined in Section 6(c)(i)(E) below), and the rate at which shares of Series D Preferred Stock may be converted into shares of Common Stock, shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 6(c).

 

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(b) Conversion Procedure.

 

(i) Not later than three (3) Trading Days after any date that the holder thereof elects to convert their Series D Preferred Stock (the “Series D Conversion Date”) by sending a notice of conversion (the “Series D Conversion Notice”), duly executed, which may be delivered electronically to the Corporation’s chief executive officer, president or chief financial officer, the Corporation or its designated transfer agent, as applicable, shall issue and deliver to the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) account on the holder’s behalf via the Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission System (“DWAC”) as specified in the Series D Conversion Notice, registered in the name of the holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the holder shall be entitled. In the alternative, not later than three (3) Trading Days after any Series D Conversion Date, the Corporation shall deliver to the holder by express courier a certificate or certificates which shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions representing the number of shares of Common Stock being acquired upon the conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock (the “Series D Delivery Date”). No Series D Conversion Notice shall be required for conversion upon a Deemed Liquidation Event. Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, the Corporation or its transfer agent shall only be obligated to issue and deliver the shares to the DTC on the holder’s behalf via DWAC (or certificates free of restrictive legends) if such conversion is in connection with a Deemed Liquidation Event and the holder has complied with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements (as evidenced by documentation furnished to and reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation) or such shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In the event the Corporation shall not electronically deliver to the holders upon conversion of Series D Preferred Stock shares of Common Stock through DTC pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, then the Corporation shall not later than three (3) Trading Days after any Series D Conversion Date issue and dispatch to such holder by overnight courier to the address as specified in the applicable notice of conversion, a certificate, registered in the Corporation’s share register in the name of such holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such holder is entitled pursuant to such conversion. If in the case of any Conversion Notice such certificate or certificates are not delivered to or as directed by the holder by the Series D Delivery Date, the holder shall be entitled by written notice to the Corporation at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates thereafter, to rescind such conversion, in which event the Corporation shall immediately return the shares of Series D Preferred Stock tendered for conversion (if applicable), and whereupon the Corporation and the holder shall each be restored to their respective positions immediately prior to the delivery of such notice of revocation, except that any amounts described in this Section 6(b) shall be payable through the date notice of rescission is given to the Corporation. As used herein, “Trading Day” means (A) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on the OTC Bulletin Board or a registered national securities exchange, or (B) if the Common Stock is not traded on the OTC Bulletin Board or a registered national securities exchange, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency succeeding its functions of reporting prices); provided, however, that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (A) or (B) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other government action to close.

 

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(ii) The Corporation understands that a delay in the delivery of the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock beyond the Series D Delivery Date could result in economic loss to the holder. If the Corporation fails to deliver to the holder such shares via DWAC (or, if applicable, certificates) by the Series D Delivery Date, the Corporation shall pay to the holder, in cash, an amount per Trading Day for each Trading Day until such shares are delivered via DWAC or certificates are delivered (if applicable), together with interest on such amount at a rate of 10% per annum, accruing until such amount and any accrued interest thereon is paid in full, equal to the greater of: (A) (1) 1% of the aggregate Original Issue Price of the Series D Preferred Stock requested to be converted for the first five (5) Trading Days after the Delivery Date and (2) 2% of the aggregate Original Issue Price of the Series D Preferred Stock requested to be converted for each Trading Day thereafter; and (B) $1,000 per day (which amount shall be paid as liquidated damages and not as a penalty). Nothing herein shall limit the holder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Corporation’s failure to deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion within the period specified herein and the holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the holder shall be entitled to withdraw a conversion notice, and upon such withdrawal the Corporation shall only be obligated to pay the liquidated damages accrued in accordance with this Section 6(b) through the date the conversion notice is withdrawn.

 

(iii) In addition to any other rights available to the holder, if the Corporation fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit via DWAC or transmit to the holder a certificate or certificates representing the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock on or before the Series D Delivery Date, and if after such date the holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the holder of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock which the holder anticipated receiving upon such conversion (a “Series D Buy-In”), then the Corporation shall (1) pay in cash to the holder the amount by which (x) the holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (A) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock that the Corporation was required to deliver to the holder in connection with the conversion at issue times (B) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (2) at the option of the holder, either reinstate the portion of the Series D Preferred Stock and equivalent number of shares of Common Stock for which such conversion was not honored or deliver to the holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Corporation timely complied with its conversion and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Series D Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (1) of the immediately preceding sentence the Corporation shall be required to pay the holder $1,000. The holder shall provide the Corporation written notice indicating the amounts payable to the holder in respect of the Series D Buy-In, together with applicable confirmations and other evidence reasonably requested by the Corporation. Nothing herein shall limit a holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Corporation’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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(iv) The Corporation shall pay any and all issue, documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes, excluding federal, state or local income taxes, that may be payable in respect of any issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock.

 

(c) Adjustments to Conversion Price for Diluting Issues.

 

(i) Special Definitions. For purposes of this Section 6, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(A) “Additional Shares of Common Stock” shall mean all shares of Common Stock issued (or, pursuant to Section 6(c)(iii) below, deemed to be issued) by the Corporation after the Series D Original Issue Date, other than (x) the following shares of Common Stock and (y) shares of Common Stock deemed issued pursuant to the following Options and Convertible Securities (clauses (x) and (y), collectively, “Exempted Securities”):

 

(1) shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities issued upon a conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock or as a dividend or distribution on the Series D Preferred Stock;

 

(2) shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities issued upon the conversion of any debenture, Option or other Convertible Security that convert at a price per share equal or lesser to the Series D Conversion Price (as of the Series D Original Issue Date);

 

(3) shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities issued by reason of a dividend, stock split, split-up or other distribution on shares of Common Stock that is covered by Section 6(d), 6(e), 6(f) or 6(g);

 

(4) shares of Common Stock or Options issued to the holders of Series D Preferred Stock on the date such holder acquired their Series D Preferred Stock (or any Common Stock issuable upon exercise thereof);

 

(5) shares of Common Stock or Options issued to employees or directors of, or consultants to, the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to a plan, agreement or arrangement approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, provided the number of such shares of Common Stock or Options shall exceed 5,500,000 in the aggregate (treating for this purpose all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of or conversion of outstanding Options as if exercised and/or converted or exchanged);

 

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(6) shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities issued to banks, equipment lessors or other financial institutions, or to real property lessors, pursuant to a debt financing, equipment leasing or real property leasing transaction approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation;

 

(7) shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities issued to suppliers or third party service providers in connection with the provision of goods or services pursuant to transactions approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation;

 

(8) shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities issued pursuant to the acquisition of the Corporation or of another corporation by the Corporation by merger, purchase of substantially all of the assets or other reorganization or to a joint venture agreement, provided that such issuances are approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation; and

 

(9) shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities issued in connection with sponsored research, collaboration, technology license, development, OEM, marketing or other similar agreements or strategic partnerships approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, under no circumstance shall the Corporation issue shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities pursuant to Sections 6(c)(i)(A)(6) through (9) in the aggregate in excess of five percent (5%) of the Corporation’s then outstanding capital stock (treating for this purpose all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of or conversion of outstanding Options or Convertible Securities as if exercised and/or converted or exchanged).

 

(B) “Convertible Securities” shall mean any evidences of indebtedness, shares or other securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, but excluding Options.

 

(C) “In-the-Money Option” means those Options, which as of the Series D Original Issue Date, have a strike price equal or lesser to the Series D Conversion Price, excluding those Options issued to the holders of Series D Preferred Stock in connection with their acquisition of Series D Preferred Stock.

 

(D) “Option” shall mean rights, options or warrants to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

 

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(E) “Series D Conversion Price” shall mean $0.40817 per share of Series D Preferred Stock.

 

(F) “Series D Original Issue Date” shall mean with respect to the Series D Preferred Stock, the date on which the first share of Series D Preferred Stock was issued.

 

(ii) No Adjustment of Series D Conversion Price. No adjustment in the Series D Conversion Price for any particular shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be made as the result of the issuance or deemed issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock if the Corporation receives written notice from the holder of such shares that no such adjustment shall be made as the result of the issuance or deemed issuance of such Additional Shares of Common Stock.

 

(iii) Deemed Issue of Additional Shares of Common Stock.

 

(A) If the Corporation at any time or from time to time after the Series D Original Issue Date shall issue any Options or Convertible Securities (excluding Options or Convertible Securities which are themselves Exempted Securities) or shall fix a record date for the determination of holders of any class of securities entitled to receive any such Options or Convertible Securities, then the maximum number of shares of Common Stock (as set forth in the instrument relating thereto, assuming the satisfaction of any conditions to exercisability, convertibility or exchangeability but without regard to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such number) issuable upon the exercise of such Options or, in the case of Convertible Securities and Options therefor, the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, shall be deemed to be Additional Shares of Common Stock issued as of the time of such issue or, in case such a record date shall have been fixed, as of the close of business on such record date.

 

(B) If the terms of any Option or Convertible Security, the issuance of which resulted in an adjustment to the applicable conversion price pursuant to the terms of Section 6(c)(iv), are revised as a result of an amendment to such terms or any other adjustment pursuant to the provisions of such Option or Convertible Security (but excluding automatic adjustments to such terms pursuant to anti-dilution or similar provisions of such Option or Convertible Security) to provide for either (1) any increase or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion and/or exchange of any such Option or Convertible Security or (2) any increase or decrease in the consideration payable to the Corporation upon such exercise, conversion and/or exchange, then, effective upon such increase or decrease becoming effective, the Series D Conversion Price computed upon the original issue of such Option or Convertible Security (or upon the occurrence of a record date with respect thereto) shall be readjusted to such Series D Conversion Price as would have been obtained had such revised terms been in effect upon the original date of issuance of such Option or Convertible Security. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no readjustment pursuant to this clause (B) shall have the effect of increasing the Series D Conversion Price to an amount which exceeds the lower of (1) the Series D Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the original adjustment made as a result of the issuance of such Option or Convertible Security, or (2) the Series D Conversion Price that would have resulted from any issuances of Additional Shares of Common Stock (other than deemed issuances of Additional Shares of Common Stock as a result of the issuance of such Option or Convertible Security) between the original adjustment date and such readjustment date.

 

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(C) If the terms of any Option or Convertible Security (excluding Options or Convertible Securities which are themselves Exempted Securities), the issuance of which did not result in an adjustment to the Series D Conversion Price pursuant to the terms of Section 6(c)(iv) (either because the consideration per share (determined pursuant to Section 6(c)) of the Additional Shares of Common Stock subject thereto was equal to or greater than the Series D Conversion Price then in effect, or because such Option or Convertible Security was issued before the Series D Original Issue Date), are revised after the Series D Original Issue Date as a result of an amendment to such terms or any other adjustment pursuant to the provisions of such Option or Convertible Security (but excluding automatic adjustments to such terms pursuant to anti-dilution or similar provisions of such Option or Convertible Security) to provide for either (1) any increase in the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of any such Option or Convertible Security or (2) any decrease in the consideration payable to the Corporation upon such exercise, conversion or exchange, then such Option or Convertible Security, as so amended or adjusted, and the Additional Shares of Common Stock subject thereto (determined in the manner provided in Section 6(c)(iii)(A) shall be deemed to have been issued effective upon such increase or decrease becoming effective.

 

(D) Upon the expiration or termination of any unexercised Option or unconverted or unexchanged Convertible Security (or portion thereof) which resulted (either upon its original issuance or upon a revision of its terms) in an adjustment to the Series D Conversion Price pursuant to the terms of Section 6(c)(iv), the Series D Conversion Price shall be readjusted to such Series D Conversion Price as would have been obtained had such Option or Convertible Security (or portion thereof) never been issued.

 

(E) If the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion and/or exchange of any Option or Convertible Security, or the consideration payable to the Corporation upon such exercise, conversion and/or exchange, is calculable at the time such Option or Convertible Security is issued or amended but is subject to adjustment based upon subsequent events, any adjustment to the Series D Conversion Price provided for in this Section 6(c)(iii) shall be effected at the time of such issuance or amendment based on such number of shares or amount of consideration without regard to any provisions for subsequent adjustments (and any subsequent adjustments shall be treated as provided in clauses (B) and (C) of this Section 6(c)(iii)). If the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion and/or exchange of any Option or Convertible Security, or the consideration payable to the Corporation upon such exercise, conversion and/or exchange, cannot be calculated at all at the time such Option or Convertible Security is issued or amended, any adjustment to the Series D Conversion Price that would result under the terms of this Section 6(c)(iii) at the time of such issuance or amendment shall instead be effected at the time such number of shares and/or amount of consideration is first calculable (even if subject to subsequent adjustments), assuming for purposes of calculating such adjustment to the Series D Conversion Price that such issuance or amendment took place at the time such calculation can first be made.

 

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(iv) Adjustment of Series D Conversion Price Upon Issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Series D Original Issue Date issue Additional Shares of Common Stock (including Additional Shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued pursuant to Section 6(c)(iii)), without consideration, for a consideration per share less than the Series D Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such issue, or if such Additional Shares of Common Stock constitute Convertible Securities, with a conversion price less than the Series D Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such issue, then the Series D Conversion Price shall be reduced, concurrently with such issue, to a price (calculated to the nearest one-hundredth of a cent) determined in accordance with the following formula:

 

CP2 = CP1* (A + B) ÷ (A + C)

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(A) “CP2” shall mean the applicable Series D Conversion Price in effect immediately after such issue or deemed issue of Additional Shares of Common Stock.

 

(B) “CP1” shall mean the applicable Series D Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or deemed issue of Additional Shares of Common Stock.

 

(C) “A” shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issue of Additional Shares of Common Stock (treating for this purpose as outstanding all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of In-the-Money Options outstanding immediately prior to such issue or upon conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities (including the Series D Preferred Stock) outstanding (assuming exercise of any outstanding Options therefor) immediately prior to such issue.

 

(D) “B” shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if such Additional Shares of Common Stock had been issued at a price per share equal to CP1 (determined by dividing the aggregate consideration received by the Corporation in respect of such issue by CP1).

 

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(E) “C” shall mean the number of such Additional Shares of Common Stock issued or deemed issued in such transaction.

 

(v) Determination of Consideration. For purposes of this Section 6(c), the consideration received by the Corporation for the issue of any Additional Shares of Common Stock shall be computed as follows:

 

(A) Cash and Property: Such consideration shall:

 

(1) insofar as it consists of cash, be computed at the aggregate amount of cash received by the Corporation, excluding amounts paid or payable for accrued interest;

 

(2) insofar as it consists of property other than cash, be computed at the fair market value thereof at the time of such issue, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3(b); and

 

(3) in the event Additional Shares of Common Stock are issued together with other shares or securities or other assets of the Corporation for consideration which covers both, be the proportion of such consideration so received, computed as provided in clauses (1) and (2) above, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

(B) Options and Convertible Securities. The consideration per share received by the Corporation for Additional Shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued pursuant to Section 6(c)(iii), relating to Options and Convertible Securities, shall be determined by dividing:

 

(1) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Corporation as consideration for the issue of such Options or Convertible Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration (as set forth in the instruments relating thereto, without regard to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such consideration) payable to the Corporation upon the exercise of such Options or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, or in the case of Options for Convertible Securities, the exercise of such Options for Convertible Securities and the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, by

 

(2) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock (as set forth in the instruments relating thereto, without regard to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such number) issuable upon the exercise of such Options or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, or in the case of Options for Convertible Securities, the exercise of such Options for Convertible Securities and the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

 

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(vi) Multiple Closing Dates. In the event the Corporation shall issue on more than one date Additional Shares of Common Stock that are a part of one transaction or a series of related transactions and that would result in an adjustment to the Series D Conversion Price pursuant to the terms of Section 6(c)(iv), and such issuance dates occur within a period of no more than 90 days from the first such issuance to the final such issuance, then, upon the final such issuance, the Series D Conversion Price shall be readjusted to give effect to all such issuances as if they occurred on the date of the first such issuance (and without giving effect to any additional adjustments as a result of any such subsequent issuances within such period).

 

(d) Adjustment for Stock Splits and Combinations. If the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time after the Series D Original Issue Date effect a subdivision of the outstanding Common Stock, the Series D Conversion Price in effect immediately before that subdivision shall be proportionately decreased so that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of each share of such series shall be increased in proportion to such increase in the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. If the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time after the Series D Original Issue Date combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Series D Conversion Price in effect immediately before the combination shall be proportionately increased so that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of each share of such series shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Any adjustment under this Section 6(d) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

 

(e) Adjustment for Certain Dividends and Distributions. In the event the Corporation at any time or from time to time after the Series D Original Issue Date shall make or issue, or fix a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution payable on the Common Stock in additional shares of Common Stock, then and in each such event the Series D Conversion Price in effect immediately before such event shall be decreased as of the time of such issuance or, in the event such a record date shall have been fixed, as of the close of business on such record date, by multiplying the Series D Conversion Price then in effect by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date and the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) if such record date shall have been fixed and such dividend is not fully paid or if such distribution is not fully made on the date fixed therefor, the Series D Conversion Price shall be recomputed accordingly as of the close of business on such record date and thereafter the Series D Conversion Price shall be adjusted pursuant to this Section 6(e) as of the time of actual payment of such dividends or distributions; and (ii) that no such adjustment shall be made if the holders of Series D Preferred Stock simultaneously receive a dividend or other distribution of shares of Common Stock in a number equal to the number of shares of Common Stock as they would have received if all outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock had been converted into Common Stock on the date of such event.

 

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(f) Adjustments for Other Dividends and Distributions. In the event the Corporation at any time or from time to time after the Series D Original Issue Date shall make or issue, or fix a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution payable in securities of the Corporation (other than a distribution of shares of Common Stock in respect of outstanding shares of Common Stock) or in other property and the provisions of Section 2 do not apply to such dividend or distribution, then the holders Series D Preferred Stock shall receive, simultaneously with the distribution to the holders of Common Stock, a dividend or other distribution of such securities or other property in an amount equal to the amount of such securities or other property as they would have received if all outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock had been converted into Common Stock on the date of such event.

 

(g) Adjustment for Merger or Reorganization, etc. Subject to the provisions of Section 3, if there shall occur any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger involving the Corporation in which the Common Stock (but not any class or series of Preferred Stock) is converted into or exchanged for securities, cash or other property (other than a transaction covered by Section 6(c), 6(e) or 6(f)), then, following any such reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger, each share of Series D Preferred Stock shall thereafter be convertible in lieu of the Common Stock into which it was convertible prior to such event into the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation issuable upon conversion of one share of Series D Preferred Stock immediately prior to such reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger would have been entitled to receive pursuant to such transaction; and, in such case, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation) shall be made in the application of the provisions in this Section 6 with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the holders of the Series D Preferred Stock to the end that the provisions set forth in this Section 6 (including provisions with respect to changes in and other adjustments of the Series D Conversion Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to any securities or other property thereafter deliverable upon the conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 6(g) shall be construed as preventing the holders of Series D Preferred Stock from seeking any appraisal rights to which they are otherwise entitled under the Nevada Revised Statutes in connection with a merger triggering an adjustment hereunder, nor shall this Section 6(g) be deemed conclusive evidence of the fair value of the shares of any series of Series D Preferred Stock in any such appraisal proceeding.

 

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(h) Certificate as to Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Series D Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 6, the Corporation at its expense shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable but in any event not later than 10 business days thereafter, compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to each holder of Series D Preferred Stock a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment (including the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property into which the Series D Preferred Stock is convertible) and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Corporation shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the written request at any time of any holder of Series D Preferred Stock (but in any event not later than 10 business days thereafter), furnish or cause to be furnished to such holder a certificate setting forth (i) the Series D Conversion Price then in effect, and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other securities, cash or property which then would be received upon the conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock, as applicable.

 

(i) Notice of Record Date. In the event:

 

(i) the Corporation shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock (or other capital stock or securities at the time issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock) for the purpose of entitling or enabling them to receive any dividend or other distribution, or to receive any right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or any other securities, or to receive any other security;

 

(ii) of any capital reorganization of the Corporation, any reclassification of the Common Stock of the Corporation, or any Deemed Liquidation Event; or

 

(iii) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Corporation,

 

then, and in each such case, the Corporation will send or cause to be sent to the holders of the Series D Preferred Stock a notice specifying, as the case may be, (A) the record date for such dividend, distribution or right, and the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right, or (B) the effective date on which such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is proposed to take place, and the time, if any is to be fixed, as of which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such other capital stock or securities at the time issuable upon the conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock) shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other capital stock or securities) for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and the amount per share and character of such exchange applicable to the Series D Preferred Stock and the Common Stock. Such notice shall be sent at least 10 days prior to the record date or effective date for the event specified in such notice.

 

(j) No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock. All fractional shares shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share.

 

(k) Reservation of Common Stock. The Corporation shall at all times when the Series D Preferred Stock shall be outstanding, reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock and all dividends accrued thereon. The Corporation shall, from time to time in accordance with Nevada law, increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock if at any time the unissued number of authorized shares shall not be sufficient to satisfy the Corporation’s obligations under this Section 6(k).

 

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7. Mandatory Conversion.

 

(a) Mandatory Conversion Event. Each outstanding share of Series D Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into shares of Common Stock of the Corporation upon the earlier to occur of (i) the written consent of the holders of a majority of the Series D Preferred Stock then outstanding, voting as a separate class and (ii) the Common Stock is listed and quoted on one of NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the New York Stock Exchange as a result of a public offering at a price of at least $1.22451 per share (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Common Stock) and resulting in minimum net proceeds to the Company of at least $25,000,000 (after the payment of, or provision for the payment of, all costs and expenses associated with such listing transaction, including underwriting costs and expenses and legal fees) (each, a “Series D Mandatory Conversion Event”).

 

(b) Conversion Procedures.

 

(i) All holders of record of shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be sent written notice of the time of the closing for the Series D Mandatory Conversion Event in Section 6(j) (the “Mandatory Conversion Time”) and the place designated for mandatory conversion of all such shares of Series D Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 6(j). Such notice need not be sent in advance of the occurrence of the Mandatory Conversion Time. Upon receipt of such notice, each holder of shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall surrender his, her or its certificate or certificates for all such shares (or, if such holder alleges that such certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, a lost certificate affidavit reasonably acceptable to the Corporation) to the Corporation or its transfer agent, as applicable, at the place designated in such notice. If so required by the Corporation, certificates surrendered for conversion shall be endorsed or accompanied by written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the registered holder or by his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing.

 

(ii) Not later than three (3) Trading Days after its receipt of the surrendered certificate or certificates from the applicable holder, the Corporation or its designated transfer agent, as applicable, shall (A) issue and deliver to the DTC account on the holder’s behalf via the DWAC, registered in the name of the holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion and the payment of any unpaid Series D Accruing Dividends on the shares of Series D Preferred Stock converted, and (B) pay the amount required to be paid to the holders of the Series D Preferred Stock under Section 3, if applicable. In the alternative, not later than three (3) Trading Days after its receipt of the surrendered certificate or certificates from the applicable holder, the Corporation shall deliver to the holder by express courier a certificate or certificates which shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions representing the number of shares of Common Stock being acquired upon the conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock.

 

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(iii) The Corporation understands that a delay in the delivery of the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock beyond the Series D Delivery Date could result in economic loss to the holder. If the Corporation fails to deliver to the holder such shares via DWAC (or, if applicable, certificates) by the applicable deadline, the Corporation shall pay to the holder, in cash, an amount per Trading Day for each Trading Day until such shares are delivered via DWAC or certificates are delivered (if applicable), together with interest on such amount at a rate of 10% per annum, accruing until such amount and any accrued interest thereon is paid in full, equal to the greater of: (A) (i) 1% of the aggregate Original Issue Price of the Series D Preferred Stock requested to be converted for the first five (5) Trading Days after the Delivery Date and (ii) 2% of the aggregate Original Issue Price of the Series D Preferred Stock requested to be converted for each Trading Day thereafter; and (B) $1,000 per day (which amount shall be paid as liquidated damages and not as a penalty). Nothing herein shall limit the holder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Corporation’s failure to deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion within the period specified herein and the holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the holder shall be entitled to withdraw a conversion notice, and upon such withdrawal the Corporation shall only be obligated to pay the liquidated damages accrued in accordance with this Section 7(b) through the date the conversion notice is withdrawn.

 

(iv) Any converted Series D Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 6(j) shall be retired and cancelled and may not be reissued as shares of such series, and the Corporation may thereafter take such appropriate action (without the need for stockholder action) as may be necessary to reduce the authorized number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock accordingly.

 

(c) All rights with respect to the Series D Preferred Stock converted pursuant to this Section 6(j), including the rights, if any, to receive notices and vote (other than as a holder of Common Stock), will terminate at the Mandatory Conversion Time (notwithstanding the failure of the holder or holders thereof to surrender the certificates at or prior to such time), except only the rights of the holders thereof, upon surrender of their certificate or certificates (or lost certificate affidavit and agreement) therefor, to receive the items provided for in this Section 6(j).

 

(d) The Corporation shall pay all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock.

 

8. Waiver. Any of the rights, powers, preferences and other terms of the Series D Preferred Stock set forth herein may be waived on behalf of all holders of Series D Preferred Stock by the affirmative written consent or vote of the holders of at least a majority of the shares of Series D Preferred Stock then outstanding, voting as a separate class.

 

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9. Redemption.

 

(a) Mandatory Redemption. Unless prohibited by Nevada law governing distributions to stockholders and subject to Section 9(e) below, the Corporation shall redeem commencing 60 days after the receipt by the Corporation of a Redemption Notice (as defined below) from any holder of Series D Preferred Stock, out of funds lawfully available therefor, all or a portion of such shares of Redeemable Preferred Stock (as defined below) held by such holder at a price per share equal to the Redemption Price (as hereinafter defined) following the earliest to occur of (a) ninety (90) days following the date that William E. Horne is no longer serving as the Corporation’s chief executive officer (and such holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the Series D Preferred Stock do not approve of his replacement, if one has been appointed), (b) William E. Horne transfers more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Corporation’s capital stock owned by him or by an entity over which William E. Horne exercises management or majority ownership control as of the Series D Original Issue Date to a person who is not a spouse, sibling, child or lineal descendant of William E. Horne or that is not a holder of Series D Preferred Stock or a person that is a spouse, sibling, child or lineal descendant to a holder of Series D Preferred Stock and (c) the Corporation’s Common Stock is not listed and quoted on one of NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the New York Stock Exchange within thirty (30) months of the Series D Original Issue Date as a result of a public offering generating minimum net proceeds to the Company of at least $25,000,000 (such date, the “Trigger Date”). Subject to Section 9(e) below, each holder of Redeemable Preferred Stock (as defined below) shall continue to have the right to have their Series D Preferred Stock redeemed pursuant to this Section 9 from and after the Trigger Date until such time as such holder no longer owns any Redeemable Preferred Stock. The date of the payment in full of such redemption (to be held within 60 days following the date that the Redemption Notice is received by the Corporation) shall be referred to as a “Redemption Date”.

 

(b) Redemption Price and Payment. For the purposes of this Section 9, the Redemption Price for each share of Series D Preferred Stock redeemable under this Section 9 (“Redeemable Preferred Stock”) shall be the greater of (i) 100% of the Original Issue Price of the Redeemable Preferred Stock, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, computed to the Redemption Date, and (ii) the fair market value (except that, for this purpose, the value will not be subject to any discount for minority status or lack of marketability) of the Redeemable Preferred Stock computed as of the Redemption Date (the “Redemption Price”). For purposes of this Section 9(b), the fair market value of a single share of Series D Preferred Stock shall be the value of a single share of Series D Preferred Stock as mutually agreed upon by the Corporation and the holder requesting such redemption, and, in the event that they are unable to reach agreement, by appraisal pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3(b) above. On the Redemption Date, the Corporation shall redeem from the applicable holder thereof, that number of outstanding shares of Redeemable Preferred Stock elected for redemption by such holder at the applicable Redemption Price. If the Corporation does not have sufficient funds legally available to redeem on the Redemption Date all shares of Redeemable Preferred Stock requested to be redeemed by such holder, the Corporation shall redeem such shares of Redeemable Preferred Stock out of funds legally available therefor and shall redeem the remaining shares of Redeemable Preferred Stock to have been redeemed as soon as practicable after the Corporation has funds legally available therefor. If any shares of Redeemable Preferred Stock requested to be redeemed by a holder thereof are not redeemed for any reason on any Redemption Date, all such unredeemed shares shall remain outstanding and entitled to all the rights and preferences provided herein, and the Corporation shall pay interest on the Redemption Price applicable to such unredeemed shares at an aggregate per annum rate equal to twelve percent (12% (increased by one percent (1%) each month following the Redemption Date until the Redemption Price, and any interest thereon, is paid in full), with such interest to accrue daily in arrears and be compounded annually; provided, however, that in no event shall such interest exceed the maximum permitted rate of interest under applicable law (the “Maximum Permitted Rate”), provided, however, that the Corporation shall take all such actions as may be necessary, including without limitation, making any applicable governmental filings, to cause the Maximum Permitted Rate to be the highest possible rate. In the event any provision hereof would result in the rate of interest payable hereunder being in excess of the Maximum Permitted Rate, the amount of interest required to be paid hereunder shall automatically be reduced to eliminate such excess; provided, however, that any subsequent increase in the Maximum Permitted Rate shall be retroactively effective to the applicable Redemption Date to the extent permitted by law.

 

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(c) Redemption Mechanics. A holder of Series D Preferred Stock may cause the redemption of one or more shares of Redeemable Preferred Stock by delivering a notice (the “Redemption Notice”) to the Corporation following the Trigger Date that such holder wishes to cause the redemption of all or a portion of shares of Redeemable Preferred Stock held by such holder. The Corporation shall, within five (5) business days of receiving a Redemption Notice (or the end of the 10-business day period for delivery thereof) deliver a notice to such holder of (i) the Redemption Date and the Redemption Price; (ii) the date upon which the holder’s right to convert such shares terminates (as determined in accordance with Section 6(a)), and (iii) that the holder is to surrender to the Corporation, in the manner and at the place designated, his, her or its certificate or certificates representing the shares of Redeemable Preferred Stock to be redeemed. On or before the Redemption Date, such holder of shares of Redeemable Preferred Stock to be redeemed on such Redemption Date, shall surrender the certificate or certificates representing such shares (or, if such registered holder alleges that such certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, a lost certificate affidavit and agreement reasonably acceptable to the Corporation to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against the Corporation on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate) to the Corporation, in the manner and at the place designated in the Redemption Notice, and thereupon the Redemption Price for such shares shall be payable to the order of the person whose name appears on such certificate or certificates as the owner thereof. In the event less than all of the shares of Preferred Stock represented by a certificate are redeemed, a new certificate representing the unredeemed shares of Preferred Stock shall promptly be issued to such holder.

 

(d) Effect of Redemption. From and after the close of business on the Redemption Date, unless there shall have been a default in the payment of the Redemption Price, the rights of the holder of shares of Redeemable Preferred Stock (except the right to receive the Redemption Price) that are redeemed on such Redemption Date shall cease with respect to such shares so redeemed, and such shares shall not thereafter be transferred on the books of the Corporation or be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose whatsoever. The shares of Preferred Stock not redeemed shall remain outstanding and entitled to all rights and preferences provided herein.

 

(e) Trigger Event Warrants. In lieu of requiring a redemption of the Redeemable Preferred Stock, following the Trigger Date, a holder of Series D Preferred Stock can elect by delivering written notice to the Corporation of such holder’s election to receive a warrant, substantially in the same form as the warrant issued to such holder of Series D Preferred Stock upon their acquisition of such Series D Preferred Stock, exercisable within ten (10) years of the issuance thereof, to purchase shares of Common Stock of the Corporation at a purchase price equal to the lower of (i) one half of one percent (0.50%) of the Original Issue Price for the Series D Preferred Stock (as adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations, splits, recapitalizations and the like with respect to such shares) and (ii) the Series D Conversion Price on the Trigger Date (as it may be adjusted) (a “Trigger Event Warrant”). Each Trigger Event Warrant issued hereunder would entitle the holder thereof to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such holder’s Series D Preferred Stock as of the Trigger Date. In the event that Trigger Event Warrants are issued to any holder of Series D Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 9(e), such holder shall no longer have the right under this Section 9 to have their Series D Preferred Stock redeemed by the Corporation.

 

10. Purchase Rights. If at any time the Corporation grants, issues or sells any options, convertible securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to all of the record holders of any class of Common Stock ( “Purchase Rights”), then each holder of Series D Preferred Stock will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which such holder could have acquired if such holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of such holder’s shares of Preferred Stock (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the conversion of the Preferred Stock) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

 

11. Notices. Any notice required or permitted by the provisions of this Certificate of Designation to be given to a holder of shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the post office address last shown on the records of the Corporation, or given by electronic communication in compliance with the provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes, and shall be deemed sent upon such mailing or electronic transmission.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, H-Cyte, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series D Preferred Stock to be signed and attested by the undersigned this 15th day of November, 2019.

 

  H-CYTE, INC.
     
  By: /s/ William E. Horne
  Name: William E. Horne
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

     
 

 

Exhibit A

 

Conversion Notice

 

Reference is made to the Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series D Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”) of H-CYTE, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Corporation”). In accordance with and pursuant to the Certificate of Designation, the undersigned hereby elects to convert _________ shares (the “Subject Preferred Shares”) of Series D Preferred Stock indicated below into shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, par value $______ per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Corporation, as of the date specified below.

 

Date of Conversion:                        

 

Please confirm the following information:

 

Redemption Price:                                                                                                                                               

 

Conversion Price:                                                                                                                                               

 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:                                                                                          

 

Please issue the Common Stock into which the Subject Preferred Shares is being converted in the following name and to the following address:

 

Issue to:                                                                                                                                                               

 

Facsimile Number:                                                                                                                                             

 

Authorization:                                                                

By:                                                                  

Title:                                                               

 

Dated:                                                                           

 

DTC Participant Number and Name:                                                                                                                  

Account Number:                                                                                                                                                 

 

Dated:                                  
  Signature

 

     
 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF

PREFERENCES, RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS

OF

5% SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK

OF

H-CYTE, INC.

 

 

 

Pursuant to Section 78 of the

Nevada Revised Statutes

 

 

 

The undersigned, Chief Executive Officer, of H-CYTE, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify that the following resolutions were duly adopted at a special meeting of the Corporation’s board of directors (together with any duly authorized committee thereof, the “Board of Directors”) by unanimous consent on November 13, 2019:

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is authorized within the limitations and restrictions stated in the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles”), to provide by resolution or resolutions for the issuance of up to 1,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), of the Corporation, in such series and with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions as the Board of Directors shall fix by resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance thereof duly adopted by the Board of Directors;

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority under the Articles, has previously authorized the issuance of up to 10,000 shares of Preferred Stock designated as 5% Series B Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) pursuant to that certain Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of 5% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock adopted by the Board of Directors on May 1, 2018 (the “Original Certificate”);

 

WHEREAS, on or about the date hereof, pursuant to its authority under the Articles, the Board of Directors is authorizing and fixing the terms of a new series of Preferred Stock designated as Series D Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”) pursuant to a Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series D Certificate”);

 

WHEREAS, simultaneously with the adoption of the Series D Certificate, it is the desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to authorize an amendment and restatement of the Original Certificate to more particularly set forth the preferences, rights and limitations of the Series B Preferred Stock as compared to the Series D Preferred Stock and each other class of capital stock or series of preferred stock of the Corporation; and

 

     
 

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 8 of the Original Certificate, the Board of Directors has delivered copies of the Series D Certificate and this Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of 5% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (this “Certificate”) to each holder of Series B Preferred Stock and the Corporation has obtained the consent of the holders of at least sixty percent (60%) of the outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, as reflected on the books and records of the Corporation as the sole true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, to (i) amend and restate the Original Certificate by adopting this Certificate and (ii) to authorize and approve the adoption by the Board of Directors of the Series D Certificate.

 

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:

 

The following is a statement of the designations and the powers, privileges and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof in respect of Series B Preferred Stock of the Corporation.

 

1. Designation; Number of Shares; Rank.

 

(a) There shall be a series of Preferred Stock to be designated as “Series B Preferred Stock,” par value of $0.001 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), and the authorized number of shares constituting such series shall be 7,000.

 

(b) The Series B Preferred Stock shall rank (i) with respect to rights on liquidation, winding up and dissolution, senior to the Common Stock and the Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share of the Corporation (the “Series A Preferred” and together with the Common Stock, the “Junior Securities”) and (ii) junior to any class or series of capital stock that ranks senior to the Series B Preferred Stock (which includes for the avoidance of doubt, the Series D Preferred Stock).

 

2. Dividends.

 

(a) Accruing Dividends.

 

(i) From and after the date of the issuance of any shares of Series B Preferred Stock, a cash dividend shall accrue with respect to each share of Series B Preferred Stock at the rate per annum of five percent (5%) of the Original Issue Price (as defined below) of the Series B Preferred Stock (the “Series B Accruing Dividend”), provided that such unpaid Series B Accruing Dividend shall only be payable (A) if and when declared on the Series B Preferred Stock by the Board of Directors from time to time out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor and (B) only following the payment in full of all of the unpaid Series D Accruing Dividends under the Series D Certificate pursuant to any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, or Deemed Liquidation Event (as defined in the Series D Certificate).

 

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(b) Additional Dividends. Subject to compliance with the Series D Certificate, in the event that the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall at any time declare and pay a dividend or distribution of assets on any shares of Common Stock, it shall, at the same time, declare and pay to each holder of Series B Preferred Stock a dividend equal to the dividend that would have been payable to such holder as if the shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by such holder had been converted into Common Stock on the date of determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such dividend. For purposes hereof the Series B Preferred Stock shall participate in all dividends (ordinary and special) declared on shares of Common Stock if the holders of Series D Preferred Stock are also entitled to participate in such dividends; provided, however, to the extent that the right of a holder of Series B Preferred Stock to participate in any such dividend would result in such holder exceeding such holder’s ownership limitations as set forth in Sections 5(c) hereof, then such holder shall not be entitled to participate in such dividend to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such dividend to such extent) and the portion of such dividend shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of such holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in such holder exceeding the maximum limitations of such holder’s ownership, as set forth herein, at which time such holder shall be granted such right to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

 

(c) Original Issue Price. The “Original Issue Price” shall mean $100 per share with respect to each share of the Series B Preferred Stock, subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

3. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up; Certain Mergers, Consolidations and Asset Sales.

 

(a) Liquidation Preference. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, or Deemed Liquidation Event (as defined in the Series D Certificate):

 

(i) Upon the payment of in full of the Series D Liquidation Preference required to be paid in accordance with the Series D Certificate, each holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation legally available for distribution to its stockholders before any payment shall be made to the holders of any Junior Securities by reason of their ownership thereof, any unpaid Series B Accruing Dividend from the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution; provided that, if upon any such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders shall be insufficient to pay the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock the full amount of their unpaid Series B Accruing Dividends, the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall share ratably in any distribution of the assets available for distribution in proportion to the respective amounts which would otherwise be payable in respect of the shares held by them upon such distribution if all amounts payable on or with respect to such shares were paid in full; and

 

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(ii) Thereafter, after the payments set forth above have been paid in full, and after the payment of all preferential amounts required to be paid to the holders of shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock having a preference with respect to liquidations, the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders shall be distributed among the holders of the shares of Common Stock, pro rata based on the number of shares held by each such holder, treating for this purpose all such securities as if they had been converted to Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Articles, this Certificate of Designation and any other certificates of designation applicable to any other class or series of Preferred Stock immediately prior to such dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of the Corporation or Deemed Liquidation Event. Any distribution in connection with the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, or any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, shall be made in cash to the extent possible.

 

For further clarity, no payment of any unpaid Series B Accruing Dividend shall be paid pursuant to Section 3(a)(i) above until the entire amount of the Series D Liquidation Preference has been paid in full pursuant to the Series D Certificate.

 

(b) Non-Cash Distributions. Any distribution in connection with the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, or any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, shall be made in cash to the extent possible. Whenever any such distribution shall be paid in property other than cash, the value of such distribution shall be the fair market value of such property, determined as follows:

 

(i) For securities not subject to investment letters or other similar restrictions on free marketability:

 

(A) if traded on a securities exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market, the value shall be deemed to be the average of the closing prices of the securities on such exchange or market over the 30-day period ending three days prior to the closing of such transaction;

 

(B) if actively traded over-the-counter, the value shall be deemed to be the average of the closing bid prices over the 30-day period ending three days prior to the closing of such transaction; or

 

(C) if there is no active public market, the value shall be the fair market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

(ii) The method of valuation of securities subject to investment letters or other similar restrictions on free marketability (other than restrictions arising solely by virtue of a stockholder’s status as an affiliate or former affiliate) shall take into account an appropriate discount (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation) from the market value as determined pursuant to Section 3(b)(i)(A) above so as to reflect the approximate fair market value thereof.

 

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(iii) For the avoidance of doubt, only the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock (the “Series D Majority”) shall have the right to dispute any determination of value the fair market value of any property, rights or securities to be determined by the Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 3(b) in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Series D Certificate and the holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall be bound by the resolution of such dispute in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Series D Certificate to resolve such dispute.

 

4. Voting Rights.

 

(a) General. On any matter presented to the stockholders of the Corporation for their action or consideration at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation (or by written consent of stockholders in lieu of a meeting), each holder of outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to cast the number of votes equal to the number of whole shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by each such holder are convertible as of the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote on such matter (irrespective of the actual number of authorized shares of Common Stock). Except as required by applicable law or by the other provisions of the Articles, holders of Preferred Stock shall vote together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class and not as a separate class. The voting, dividend and liquidation rights of the holders of the Common Stock are subject to and qualified by the rights, powers and preferences of the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock set forth herein and the rights, powers and preferences of the holders of other shares of Preferred Stock in such other certificates of designation adopted by the Board of Directors (including without limitation, the Series D Certificate).

 

5. Conversion.

 

(a) Conversion Right. At any time and from time to time, the Series B Preferred Stock shall be convertible (in whole or in part), at the option of the holder, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock as is determined by dividing (x) the aggregate of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock that are being converted plus any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon as of such date that the holder elects to convert by (y) the Series B Conversion Price (as defined below) hereof) then in effect on the date (the “Series B Conversion Date”), on which the holder sends a notice of conversion (the “Series B Conversion Notice”), duly executed, which may be delivered electronically to the Corporation’s chief executive officer, president or chief financial officer, provided, however, that the Series B Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment as set forth herein. The holder shall deliver to the Corporation the stock certificate(s) representing the Series B Preferred Stock to be converted. With respect to partial conversions of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall keep written records of the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock converted as of each Series B Conversion Date and issue replacement stock certificates to the holder representing those shares of Series B Preferred Stock that were not converted. Each Share of Series B Preferred Stock shall have a stated value of $100.00 per share (the “Stated Value”). The term “Series B Conversion Price” shall mean $0.36, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

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(b) Conversion Procedure.

 

(i) Not later than three (3) Trading Days after any date that the holder thereof elects to convert their Series B Preferred Stock (the “Series B Conversion Date”) by sending a notice of conversion (the “Series B Conversion Notice”), duly executed, which may be delivered electronically to the Corporation’s chief executive officer, president or chief financial officer, the Corporation or its designated transfer agent, as applicable, shall issue and deliver to the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) account on the holder’s behalf via the Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission System (“DWAC”) as specified in the Series B Conversion Notice, registered in the name of the holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the holder shall be entitled. In the alternative, not later than three (3) Trading Days after any Series B Conversion Date, the Corporation shall deliver to the holder by express courier a certificate or certificates which shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions representing the number of shares of Common Stock being acquired upon the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock (the “Series B Delivery Date”). Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, the Corporation or its transfer agent shall only be obligated to issue and deliver the shares to the DTC on the holder’s behalf via DWAC (or certificates free of restrictive legends) if such holder has complied with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements (as evidenced by documentation furnished to and reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation) or such shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In the event the Corporation shall not electronically deliver to the holders upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock shares of Common Stock through DTC pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, then the Corporation shall not later than three (3) Trading Days after any Series B Conversion Date issue and dispatch to such holder by overnight courier to the address as specified in the Series B Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the Corporation’s share register in the name of such holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such holder is entitled pursuant to such conversion. If in the case of any Conversion Notice such certificate or certificates are not delivered to or as directed by the holder by the Series B Delivery Date, the holder shall be entitled by written notice to the Corporation at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates thereafter, to rescind such conversion, in which event the Corporation shall immediately return the shares of Series B Preferred Stock tendered for conversion (if applicable), and whereupon the Corporation and the holder shall each be restored to their respective positions immediately prior to the delivery of such notice of revocation, except that any amounts described in this Section 5(b) shall be payable through the date notice of rescission is given to the Corporation. As used herein, “Trading Day” means (A) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on the OTC Bulletin Board or a registered national securities exchange, or (B) if the Common Stock is not traded on the OTC Bulletin Board or a registered national securities exchange, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency succeeding its functions of reporting prices); provided, however, that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (A) or (B) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other government action to close.

 

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(ii) The Corporation understands that a delay in the delivery of the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock beyond the Series B Delivery Date could result in economic loss to the holder. If the Corporation fails to deliver to the holder such shares via DWAC (or, if applicable, certificates) by the Series B Delivery Date, the Corporation shall pay to the holder, in cash, an amount per Trading Day for each Trading Day until such shares are delivered via DWAC or certificates are delivered (if applicable), together with interest on such amount at a rate of 10% per annum, accruing until such amount and any accrued interest thereon is paid in full, equal to the greater of: (A) (1) 1% of the aggregate Stated Value of the Series B Preferred Stock requested to be converted for the first five (5) Trading Days after the Delivery Date and (2) 2% of the aggregate Stated Value of the Series B Preferred Stock requested to be converted for each Trading Day thereafter; and (B) $1,000 per day (which amount shall be paid as liquidated damages and not as a penalty). Nothing herein shall limit the holder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Corporation’s failure to deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion within the period specified herein and the holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the holder shall be entitled to withdraw a Series B Conversion Notice, and upon such withdrawal the Corporation shall only be obligated to pay the liquidated damages accrued in accordance with this Section 5(b) through the date the Series B Conversion Notice is withdrawn.

 

(iii) In addition to any other rights available to the holder, if the Corporation fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit via DWAC or transmit to the holder a certificate or certificates representing the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock on or before the Series B Delivery Date, and if after such date the holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the holder of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock which the holder anticipated receiving upon such conversion (a “Series B Buy-In”), then the Corporation shall (1) pay in cash to the holder the amount by which (x) the holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (A) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock that the Corporation was required to deliver to the holder in connection with the conversion at issue times (B) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (2) at the option of the holder, either reinstate the portion of the Series B Preferred Stock and equivalent number of shares of Common Stock for which such conversion was not honored or deliver to the holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Corporation timely complied with its conversion and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Series B Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (1) of the immediately preceding sentence the Corporation shall be required to pay the holder $1,000. The holder shall provide the Corporation written notice indicating the amounts payable to the holder in respect of the Series B Buy-In, together with applicable confirmations and other evidence reasonably requested by the Corporation. Nothing herein shall limit a holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Corporation’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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(iv) The Corporation shall pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes, excluding federal, state or local income taxes, that may be payable in respect of any issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

(c) Ownership Cap and Certain Conversion Restrictions.

 

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, at no time may all or a portion of the Series B Preferred Stock be converted if the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to such conversion would exceed, when aggregated with all other shares of Common Stock owned by the holder at such time, the number of shares of Common Stock which would result in the holder beneficially owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder) more than 4.99% of all of the Common Stock outstanding at such time (the “4.99% Beneficial Ownership Limitation”); provided, however, that upon the holder providing the Corporation with sixty-one (61) days’ advance notice (the “4.99% Waiver Notice”) that the holder would like to waive this Section 5(c) with regard to any or all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, this Section 5(c) will be of no force or effect with regard to all or a portion of the Series B Preferred Stock referenced in the 4.99% Waiver Notice.

 

(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, at no time may all or a portion of the Series B Preferred Stock be converted if the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to such conversion, when aggregated with all other shares of Common Stock owned by the holder at such time, would result in the holder beneficially owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder) in excess of 9.99% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock outstanding at such time (the “9.99% Beneficial Ownership Limitation” and the lower of the 9.99% Beneficial Ownership Limitation and the 4.99% Beneficial Ownership Limitation then in effect, the “Maximum Percentage”).

 

(iii) By written notice to the Corporation, a holder of Series B Preferred Stock may from time to time decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage specified in such notice.

 

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(iv) For purposes hereof, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Corporation’s most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Corporation or (3) any other notice by the Corporation setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of a holder of Series B Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall within one (1) business day confirm orally and in writing to such holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Corporation, including the Series B Preferred Stock, by the holder and its affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported, which in any event are convertible or exercisable, as the case may be, into shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock within 60 days’ of such calculation and which are not subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 5(c) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.

 

(d) Holder’s Option if the Corporation Cannot Fully Convert. In addition to the holder’s other remedies hereunder, if, upon the Corporation’s receipt of a Series B Conversion Notice, the Corporation cannot issue shares of Common Stock because the Corporation does not have a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock authorized and available or for any other reason, then the Corporation shall issue as many shares of Common Stock as it is able to issue in accordance with the holder’s Series B Conversion Notice and, with respect to the unconverted portion of the Series B Preferred Stock, the holder, solely at holder’s option, can elect to:

 

(i) void its Series B Conversion Notice and retain or have returned, as the case may be, the shares of Series B Preferred Stock that was to be converted pursuant to the Series B Conversion Notice (provided that the holder’s voiding its Series B Conversion Notice shall not affect the Corporation’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice); or

 

(ii) exercise its Series B Buy-In rights pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of Section 5(b)(iii) above.

 

In the event that the holder shall elect to convert any portion of the Series B Preferred Stock as provided herein, the Corporation cannot refuse conversion based on any claim that the holder or anyone associated or affiliated with the holder has been engaged in any violation of law, violation of an agreement to which the holder is a party or for any reason whatsoever, unless, an injunction from a court, on notice, restraining and or adjoining conversion of all or of the Series B Preferred Stock shall have been issued and the Corporation posts a surety bond for the benefit of the holder in an amount equal to 110% of the aggregate Stated Value of the Series B Preferred Stock the holder has elected to convert, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such holder in the event it obtains judgment.

 

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(e) Mechanics of Fulfilling Holder’s Election. The Corporation shall immediately send via facsimile or other electronic transmission to the holder, upon receipt of a copy of a Series B Conversion Notice from the holder which cannot be fully satisfied as described in Section 5(d) above, a notice of the Corporation’s inability to fully satisfy the Series B Conversion Notice (the “Inability to Fully Convert Notice”). Such Inability to Fully Convert Notice shall indicate (x) the reason why the Corporation is unable to fully satisfy such holder’s Series B Conversion Notice and (y) the aggregate Stated Value of Series B Preferred Stock the for which conversion has been requested and which cannot be converted. The holder shall notify the Corporation of its election pursuant to Section 5(d) above by delivering written notice to the Corporation (“Notice in Response to Inability to Convert”), which may be delivered electronically.

 

(f) Certain Adjustments. So long as any Series B Preferred Stock shall be outstanding, the Series B Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

 

(i) If the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time, effect a stock split of the outstanding Common Stock, the applicable Series B Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the stock split shall be proportionately decreased. If the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time, combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the applicable Series B Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the combination shall be proportionately increased. Any adjustments under this Section 5(f)(i) shall be effective at the close of business on the date the stock split or combination occurs.

 

(ii) If the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time, make or issue or set a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, then, and in each event, the applicable Series B Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such event shall be decreased as of the time of such issuance or, in the event such record date shall have been fixed, as of the close of business on such record date, by multiplying, the applicable Series B Conversion Price then in effect by a fraction:

 

(A) the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date; and

 

(B) the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution.

 

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(iii) If the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time, make or issue or set a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in other than shares of Common Stock, then, and in each event, an appropriate revision to the applicable Series B Conversion Price shall be made and provision shall be made (by adjustments of the Series B Conversion Price or otherwise) so that the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall receive upon conversions thereof, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock receivable thereon, the number of securities of the Corporation which they would have received had the Series B Preferred Stock been converted into Common Stock on the date of such event and had thereafter, during the period from the date of such event to and including the Series B Conversion Date, retained such securities (together with any distributions payable thereon during such period), giving application to all adjustments called for during such period under this Section 5(f)(iii) with respect to the rights of the holder; provided, however, that if such record date shall have been fixed and such dividend is not fully paid or if such distribution is not fully made on the date fixed therefor, the Series B Conversion Price shall be adjusted pursuant to this Section 5(f)(iii) as of the time of actual payment of such dividends or distributions.

 

(iv) If the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock at any time or from time to time shall be changed to the same or different number of shares of any class or classes of stock, whether by reclassification, exchange, substitution or otherwise (other than by way of a stock split or combination of shares or stock dividends provided for in Sections 5(f)(i), 5(f)(ii) and 5(f)(iii), or a Series B Fundamental Transaction provided for in Section 5(f)(iv), then, and in each event, an appropriate revision to the Series B Conversion Price shall be made and provisions shall be made (by adjustments of the Series B Conversion Price or otherwise) so that the holder shall have the right thereafter to convert the Series B Preferred Stock into the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities receivable upon reclassification, exchange, substitution or other change, by holders of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Series B Preferred Stock might have been converted immediately prior to such reclassification, exchange, substitution or other change, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein. “Series B Fundamental Transaction” means that (A) the Corporation shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (1) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Corporation is the surviving corporation) another person or entity, or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries to another person or entity, or (3) allow another person or entity to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of voting stock of the Corporation (not including any shares of voting stock of the Corporation held by the person or entity making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the person or entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (4) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another person or entity whereby such other person or entity acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of voting stock of the Corporation (not including any shares of voting stock of the Corporation held by the other person or entity making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other person or entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination, or any person or entity who is a holder of the Corporation’s securities on the date hereof or who is a holder), or (5) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock or (B) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of either (x) 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than any person or entity who is a holder of the Corporation’s securities on the date hereof or who is a holder) or (y) 50% or more of the shares of voting stock of the Corporation not held by such person or entity as of the date hereof (other than any person or entity who is a holder of the Corporation’s securities on the date hereof or who is a holder).

 

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(v) If at any time or from time to time there shall be a Series B Fundamental Transaction, then as a part of such Series B Fundamental Transaction, if the surviving entity in any such Series B Fundamental Transaction is a public company that is registered pursuant to the Exchange Act, its common stock is listed or quoted on a national exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board and the surviving entity’s publicly traded common stock is issued to the holders of Common Stock of the Corporation pursuant to such Series B Fundamental Transaction, an appropriate revision to the Series B Conversion Price shall be made and provision shall be made (by adjustments of the Series B Conversion Price or otherwise) so that the holder shall have the right thereafter to convert the Series B Preferred Stock into the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities or property of the Corporation or any successor corporation resulting from such Series B Fundamental Transaction.

 

(vi) In case any shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock equivalents shall be issued or sold, at any time, from time to time:

 

(A) in connection with any merger or consolidation in which the Corporation is the surviving corporation (other than any consolidation or merger in which the previously outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation shall be changed to or exchanged for the stock or other securities of another corporation), the amount of consideration therefor shall be, deemed to be the fair value, as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, of such portion of the assets and business of the non-surviving corporation as such Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine to be attributable to such shares of Common Stock, rights or warrants or options, as the case may be; or

 

(B) in the event of any consolidation or merger of the Corporation in which the Corporation is not the surviving corporation or in which the previously outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation shall be changed into or exchanged for the stock or other securities of another corporation, or in the event of any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation for stock or other securities of any corporation, the Corporation shall be deemed to have issued a number of shares of its Common Stock for stock or securities or other property of the other corporation computed on the basis of the actual exchange ratio on which the transaction was predicated, and for a consideration equal to the fair market value on the date of such transaction of all such stock or securities or other property of the other corporation. If any such calculation results in adjustment of the applicable Series B Conversion Price, or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, the determination of the applicable Series B Conversion Price or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sale, shall be made after giving effect to such adjustment of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock. In the event Common Stock is issued with other shares or securities or other assets of the Corporation for consideration which covers both, the consideration computed as provided in this Section 5(f)(vi) shall be allocated among such securities and assets as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation; or

 

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(C) for services, the amount of consideration therefor shall be deemed to be the par value of the Common Stock.

 

(vii) If the Corporation, at any time while the Series B Preferred Stock is outstanding, shall sell or grant any option to purchase, or sell or grant any right to reprice, or otherwise dispose of or issue (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition) any Additional Shares of Common Stock (including Additional Shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued pursuant to the Series D Certificate), at an effective price per share less than the then Series B Conversion Price (such issuances collectively, a “Dilutive Issuance”) (if the holder of the Additional Shares of Common Stock so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share which is less than the Series B Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Series B Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then, the Series B Conversion Price shall be reduced, concurrently with such issue, to a price (calculated to the nearest one-hundredth of a cent) determined in accordance with the following formula:

 

CP2 = CP1* (A + B) ÷ (A + C).

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(A) “CP2” shall mean the applicable Series B Conversion Price in effect immediately after such Dilutive Issuance;

 

(B) “CP1” shall mean the applicable Series B Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance;

 

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(C) “A” shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance (treating for this purpose as outstanding all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of In-the-Money Options (as defined in Series D Certificate) outstanding immediately prior to such issue or upon conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities (as defined in the Series D Certificate and including the Series B Preferred Stock) outstanding (assuming exercise of any outstanding Options therefor) immediately prior to such issue);

 

(D) “B” shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if such Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents had been issued at a price per share equal to CP1 (determined by dividing the aggregate consideration received by the Corporation in respect of such issue by CP1); and

 

(E) “C” shall mean the number of such shares of Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents issued in such transaction.

 

(F) Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Additional Shares of Common Stock are issued. The Corporation shall notify the holders, in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance of any Additional Shares of Common Stock subject to this Section 5(f), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Corporation provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 5(f), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, after the date of such Dilutive Issuance the holder is entitled to receive a number of shares of Common Stock based upon the formula set forth above regardless of whether the holder accurately refers to the adjusted Series B Conversion Price in the Notice of Exercise.

 

Section 5(f)(vi) and 5(f)(vii) shall not be triggered by the Corporation’s issuance of any Exempted Securities (as defined in the Series D Certificate). Upon the expiration or termination of any unexercised Option or unconverted or unexchanged Convertible Security (or portion thereof) that was not an Exempted Security which resulted (either upon its original issuance or upon a revision of its terms) in an adjustment to the Series B Conversion Price pursuant to the terms of Section 5(f), the Series B Conversion Price shall be readjusted to such Series B Conversion Price as would have been obtained had such Option or Convertible Security (or portion thereof) never been issued.

 

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(g) No Impairment. The Corporation shall not, by amendment of the Articles, this Certificate, its Bylaws or other constitutional documents, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Corporation, but will at all times in good faith, assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of Section 5(f) and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the conversion rights of the holder against impairment. In the event a holder shall elect to convert any portion of their Series B Preferred Stock as provided herein, the Corporation cannot refuse conversion based on any claim that such holder or anyone associated or affiliated with such holder has been engaged in any violation of law, violation of an agreement to which such holder is a party or for any reason whatsoever, unless, an injunction from a court, or notice, restraining and or adjoining conversion of all or of the Series B Preferred Stock shall have issued and the Corporation posts a surety bond for the benefit of such holder in an amount equal to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the aggregate Stated Value of the Series B Preferred Stock that the holder has elected to convert, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such holder (as liquidated damages) in the event it obtains judgment.

 

(h) Certificates as to Adjustments. Upon occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Series B Conversion Price or number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 5, the Corporation at its expense shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to the holder a certificate setting forth such adjustment and readjustment, showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Corporation shall, upon written request of the holder, at any time, furnish or cause to be furnished to the holder a like certificate setting forth such adjustments and readjustments, the applicable Series B Conversion Price in effect at the time, and the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other securities or property which at the time would be received upon the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

(i) Issue Taxes. The Corporation shall pay any and all issue and other taxes, excluding federal, state or local income taxes, that may be payable in respect of any issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant hereto; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes resulting from any transfer requested by the holder in connection with any such conversion.

 

(j) No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock. All fractional shares shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share.

 

(k) Reservation of Common Stock. The Corporation shall at all times when the Series B Preferred Stock shall be outstanding, reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock and all dividends accrued thereon; provided that the number of shares of Common Stock so reserved shall at no time be less than two hundred percent (200%) of the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Series B Preferred Stock and all dividends accrued thereon are at any time convertible. The Corporation shall, from time to time in accordance with Nevada law, increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock if at any time the unissued number of authorized shares shall not be sufficient to satisfy the Corporation’s obligations under this Section 5(k).

 

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(l) Regulatory Compliance. If any shares of Common Stock to be reserved for the purpose of conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock or any dividends accrued thereon require registration or listing with or approval of any governmental authority, stock exchange or other regulatory body under any federal or state law or regulation or otherwise before such shares may be validly issued or delivered upon conversion, the Corporation shall, at its sole cost and expense, in good faith and as expeditiously as possible, endeavor to secure such registration, listing or approval, as the case may be.

 

6. Mandatory Conversion.

 

(a) Mandatory Conversion Event. Each outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into shares of Common Stock of the Corporation upon the occurrence of a Series D Mandatory Conversion Event, as defined in the Series D Certificate (a “Series B Mandatory Conversion Event”).

 

(b) Conversion Procedures.

 

(i) All holders of record of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be sent written notice of the time of the closing for the Series B Mandatory Conversion Event in Section 6(a) (the “Mandatory Conversion Time”) and the place designated for mandatory conversion of all such shares of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 6. Such notice need not be sent in advance of the occurrence of the Mandatory Conversion Time. Upon receipt of such notice, each holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall surrender his, her or its certificate or certificates for all such shares (or, if such holder alleges that such certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, a lost certificate affidavit reasonably acceptable to the Corporation) to the Corporation or its transfer agent, as applicable, at the place designated in such notice. If so required by the Corporation, certificates surrendered for conversion shall be endorsed or accompanied by written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the registered holder or by his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing.

 

(ii) Not later than three (3) Trading Days after its receipt of the surrendered certificate or certificates from the applicable holder, the Corporation or its designated transfer agent, as applicable, shall (A) issue and deliver to the DTC account on the holder’s behalf via the DWAC, registered in the name of the holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion and the payment of any unpaid Series B Accruing Dividends on the shares of Series B Preferred Stock converted, and (B) pay the amount required to be paid to the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock under Section 3, if applicable. In the alternative, not later than three (3) Trading Days after its receipt of the surrendered certificate or certificates from the applicable holder, the Corporation shall deliver to the holder by express courier a certificate or certificates which shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions representing the number of shares of Common Stock being acquired upon the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

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(iii) The Corporation understands that a delay in the delivery of the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock beyond the Series B Delivery Date could result in economic loss to the holder. If the Corporation fails to deliver to the holder such shares via DWAC (or, if applicable, certificates) by the applicable deadline, the Corporation shall pay to the holder, in cash, an amount per Trading Day for each Trading Day until such shares are delivered via DWAC or certificates are delivered (if applicable), together with interest on such amount at a rate of 10% per annum, accruing until such amount and any accrued interest thereon is paid in full, equal to the greater of: (A) (i) 1% of the aggregate Original Issue Price of the Series B Preferred Stock requested to be converted for the first five (5) Trading Days after the Delivery Date and (ii) 2% of the aggregate Original Issue Price of the Series B Preferred Stock requested to be converted for each Trading Day thereafter; and (B) $1,000 per day (which amount shall be paid as liquidated damages and not as a penalty). Nothing herein shall limit the holder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Corporation’s failure to deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion within the period specified herein and the holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the holder shall be entitled to withdraw a conversion notice, and upon such withdrawal the Corporation shall only be obligated to pay the liquidated damages accrued in accordance with this Section 6(b) through the date the conversion notice is withdrawn.

 

(iv) Any converted Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 6 shall be retired and cancelled and may not be reissued as shares of such series, and the Corporation may thereafter take such appropriate action (without the need for stockholder action) as may be necessary to reduce the authorized number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock accordingly.

 

(c) All rights with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock converted pursuant to this Section 6, including the rights, if any, to receive notices and vote (other than as a holder of Common Stock), will terminate at the Mandatory Conversion Time (notwithstanding the failure of the holder or holders thereof to surrender the certificates at or prior to such time), except only the rights of the holders thereof, upon surrender of their certificate or certificates (or lost certificate affidavit and agreement) therefor, to receive the items provided for this Section 6.

 

(d) The Corporation shall pay all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

7. Waiver. Any of the rights, powers, preferences and other terms of the Series B Preferred Stock set forth herein may be waived on behalf of all holders of Series B Preferred Stock by the affirmative written consent or vote of the holders of at least sixty percent (60%) of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding, voting collectively as a separate class.

 

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8. Purchase Rights. If at any time the Corporation grants, issues or sells any options, convertible securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to all of the record holders of any class of Common Stock ( “Purchase Rights”), then each holder of Series B Preferred Stock will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which such holder could have acquired if such holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of such holder’s shares of Preferred Stock (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the conversion of the Preferred Stock) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights; provided, however, that to the extent that a holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in such holder exceeding the ownership limitations as set forth in Section 5(c) herein, then such holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and the portion of such Purchase Right shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of such holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in such holder exceeding the maximum limitations of such holder’s ownership, as set forth in Section 5(c) herein, at which time such holder shall be granted such right to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation.

 

9. Notices. Any notice required or permitted by the provisions of this Certificate to be given to a holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the post office address last shown on the records of the Corporation, or given by electronic communication in compliance with the provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes, and shall be deemed sent upon such mailing or electronic transmission.

 

10. Amendment and Restatement. This Certificate amends and restates in its entirety the Original Certificate. In the event of a conflict between the Original Certificate and this Certificate, the terms of this Certificate shall govern.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, H-Cyte, Inc. has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of 5% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock to be signed and attested by the undersigned this 15th day of November, 2019.

 

  H-CYTE, INC.
     
  By: /s/ William E. Horne
  Name:  William E. Horne
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

     
 

 

Exhibit A

 

Conversion Notice

 

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Right and Limitations of 5% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”) of H-CYTE, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Corporation”). In accordance with and pursuant to the Certificate of Designation, the undersigned hereby elects to convert _________ shares (the “Subject Preferred Shares”) of Series B Preferred Stock indicated below into shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, par value $______ per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Corporation, as of the date specified below.

 

Date of Conversion:_________

 

Please confirm the following information:

 

Redemption Price:_____________________________________________________________________

 

Conversion Price:_____________________________________________________________________

 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:_____________________________________________

 

Please issue the Common Stock into which the Subject Preferred Shares is being converted in the following name and to the following address:

 

Issue to:_____________________________________________________________________________

 

Facsimile Number:_____________________________________________________________________

 

Authorization:  _______________________
By:  _______________________
Title:  _______________________

 

Dated:_____________________________

 

DTC Participant Number and Name:____________________________________________________________

Account Number:_________________________________________________________________________

 

Dated: _______________   _________________________________________
      Signature

 

     
 

 

 

Execution Copy

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of November 15, 2019, by and among H-Cyte, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) and the purchasers identified on the signature pages hereto (including any successors and assigns, the “Purchaser(s)”).

 

Recitals

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, desire to purchase from the Company, (i) up to 238,871 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series D Preferred Stock”) at a price equal to $40.817 per share (the “Price”) and (ii) a ten-year warrant to purchase such number of shares of Common Stock equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares issued as part of this Agreement into Common Stock (as measured at the Closing in which such Shares are issued), at an exercise price of $0.75 per share (subject to adjustment as more particularly set forth in the Warrant), as more fully described in this Agreement. The Form of Warrant is attached as Exhibit A hereto. The Shares and the Warrants are collectively referred to as the “Securities”.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Warrant, and (b) the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:

 

Acquiring Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6.

 

Action” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).

 

Advisors” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(g).

 

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 Securities Act.

 

Agreement” means this Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

     
 

 

Business Day” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

Certificates of Designation” means, collectively, the Series B Certificate of Designation and the Series D Certificate of Designation.

 

Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares and Warrants pursuant to Section 2.1. The Company shall have the right to hold multiple Closings prior to the Termination Date.

 

Closing Date” means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount, and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Shares and Warrants, in each case, have been satisfied or waived.

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share.

 

Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, the Shares, the Warrants, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive Common Stock.

 

Company” means H-Cyte, Inc., a Nevada corporation, f/k/a Medovex Corp.

 

Company Counsel” means Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP, with offices located at 1185 Avenue of the Americas, 37th Floor, New York, NY 10036.

 

Confidential Information Agreements” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(ii)(v).

 

Conversion Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion of the Shares in accordance with the Transaction Documents.

 

Disclosure Schedules” means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered concurrently herewith.

 

Disqualifying Event” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(dd).

 

Environmental Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(nn).

 

Evaluation Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(p).

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

FDA” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(u).

 

FDA Application Integrity Policy” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(u).

 

Final Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(c).

 

FINRA” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(o).

 

GAAP” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

 

Hazardous Substances” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(nn).

 

Initial Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(c).

 

Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).

 

Investors’ Rights Agreement” means the Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of the Initial Closing.

 

Lead Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.2.

 

Legend Removal Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).

 

Lien” means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, hypothecation, mortgage, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.

 

Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).

 

Material Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).

 

Maximum Offering” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(a).

 

Minimum Offering” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(a).

 

Money Laundering Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(mm).

 

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(ll).

 

Offering” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(b).

 

Organizational Change” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.15.

 

PCBs” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(nn).

 

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Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Pharmaceutical Product” means each product subject to the jurisdiction of the FDA under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, or similar regulatory authorities outside the United States and the regulations thereunder that is manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold, and/or marketed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Plan” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(m).

 

Price” has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals.

 

Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

 

Purchaser” has the meaning given to such term in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

 

Purchaser Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.9.

 

Required Filings and Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).

 

Required Minimum” means, as of any date (updated on a monthly basis), the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including any Warrant Shares (issuable upon exercise of the Warrants), ignoring any conversion or exercise limits set forth therein, multiplied by 1.0.

 

Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement” means the Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement, dated as of the date of the Initial Closing.

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

 

Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

SEC Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

 

Securities” means the Shares, the Warrants, the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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Series B Certificate of Designation” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of 5% Series B Preferred Stock of H-Cyte, Inc. in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

 

Series D Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series D Preferred Stock of H-Cyte, Inc. in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

 

Series D Preferred Stock” has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals.

 

Share” or “Shares” has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals.

 

Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock).

 

Standard Settlement Period” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).

 

Subscription Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for Shares and Warrants purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.

 

Subsidiary” any direct or indirect corporation, limited or general partnership, limited liability company, trust, estate, association, joint venture or other business entity of which (a) more than 30% of (i) the outstanding capital stock having (in the absence of contingencies) ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managing body of such entity, (ii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, the interest in the capital or profits of such partnership or limited liability company or (iii) in the case of a trust, estate, association, joint venture or other entity, the beneficial interest in such trust, estate, association or other entity business is, at the time of determination, owned or controlled directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, by such entity, or (b) is under the actual control of the Company.

 

Termination Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(b).

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.

 

Trading Market” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American LLC, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the OTC Bulletin Board, the OTCQX or OTCQB as maintained by OTC Markets, Inc.

 

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Warrants, the Certificates of Designation, the Investors’ Rights Agreement, the Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement, the Voting Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

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Transfer Agent” means Issuer Direct Corporation, LLC and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

Voting Agreement” means the Voting Agreement, dated as of the date of the Initial Closing.

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents.

 

Warrants” means, collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Warrants shall be exercisable at a price of $0.75 per share (subject to adjustments for stock dividends, splits, combinations and similar events as more particularly set forth in such Warrants) and have a term of exercise equal to ten years, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

ARTICLE 2

PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1. Closing.

 

(a) On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, a minimum of $5,500,000 of Shares (the “Minimum Offering”) and up to an aggregate of $9,750,000 of Shares (the “Maximum Offering”). Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company, via wire transfer, immediately available funds equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser, and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Securities, as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of Company Counsel or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.

 

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(b) The Shares and Warrants will be offered for sale by the Company (the “Offering”) until the earlier of (i) the closing of the Maximum Offering or (ii) February 15, 2020 (the “Termination Date”). The Company may terminate the Offering at any time even if Shares having an aggregate purchase price equal to the Maximum Offering have not been sold.

 

(c) The Company may hold an initial closing (“Initial Closing”) at any time after the receipt of accepted subscriptions for the Minimum Offering. After the Initial Closing, subsequent closings with respect to additional Shares and Warrants may take place at any time prior to the Termination Date as determined by the Company, with respect to subscriptions accepted prior to the Termination Date (each such closing, together with the Initial Closing, being referred to as a “Closing”). The last Closing of the Offering, occurring on or prior to the Termination Date, shall be referred to as the “Final Closing”. Any subscription documents or funds received after the Final Closing will be returned, without interest or deduction. In the event that no Closing occurs prior to the Termination Date, all amounts paid by any Purchaser shall be returned to such Purchaser, without interest or deduction.

 

(d) The Company shall adopt and file each Certificate of Designation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada before the Initial Closing.

 

2.2. Deliveries.

 

(a) At or promptly after each Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each applicable Purchaser the following:

 

(i) this Agreement, duly executed by the Company (if not previously delivered to such Purchaser at a prior Closing);

 

(ii) a Warrant for the number of Warrant Shares issuable to such Purchaser upon exercise thereof, duly executed by the Company;

 

(iii) a stock certificate representing the number of Shares of Series D Preferred Stock purchased by such Purchaser on such Closing Date hereunder,

 

(iv) a responsible officer’s certificate, duly executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the relevant Closing Date, confirming satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.3(b)(i) and (ii) below;

 

(v) a legal opinion of Company Counsel, in a form acceptable to the Lead Investor; and

 

(vi) each other Transaction Document to which the Company is a party, duly executed by the Company (if not previously delivered to such Purchaser at a prior Closing).

 

(b) On each Closing Date, each applicable Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:

 

(i) this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser (if not previously delivered by such Purchaser at a prior Closing);

 

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(ii) payment of an amount equal to the aggregate dollar amount of the Shares being purchased by such Purchaser, by wire transfer directly to the Company; and

 

(iii) each other Transaction Document to which such Purchaser is a party, duly executed by such Purchaser (if not previously delivered by such Purchaser at a prior Closing).

 

2.3. Closing Conditions.

 

(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

 

(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the date of the Closing of the representations and warranties of each Purchaser contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

 

(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to a Closing Date shall have been performed; and

 

(iii) the delivery by each Purchaser of the applicable items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.

 

(b) The obligation of the Purchasers hereunder to purchase the Shares is subject to the following conditions being met:

 

(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the date of the applicable Closing of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

 

(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;

 

(iii) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof and the Company shall not be in breach of any Transaction Document;

 

(iv) from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market, and, at any time from the date hereto to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities on the Closing Date;

 

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(v) the Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory and third party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the entry into the Transaction Documents and the sale of the Securities;

 

(vi) the Company shall have duly filed each Certificate of Designation prior to the Initial Closing; and

 

(vii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify only the representations and warranties made in a particular numbered or lettered section and/or subsection of this Section 3.1 or otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding numbered or lettered section or subsection of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser as of the date hereof:

 

(a) Subsidiaries. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each of its Subsidiaries, free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has no Subsidiaries, all other references to the Subsidiaries in the Transaction Documents shall be disregarded.

 

(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and no Proceeding has been instituted, or to the Company’s knowledge threatened or contemplated, in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.

 

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(c) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required Filings and Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company 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.

 

(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and the consummation by it to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Filings and Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.5, (ii) the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Securities and the listing of the Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby and (iii) the filing of a Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required Filings and Approvals”).

 

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(f) Issuance of the Securities; Certificates of Designation.

 

(i) The issuance of the Warrants and the Shares being issued pursuant to this Agreement have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Warrant Shares have been duly reserved for issuance and, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Conversion Shares have been duly reserved for issuance and, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents.

 

(ii) Upon the filing by the Company of the Series D Certificate of Designation, the holders of Series D Preferred Stock shall have all of the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in such Series D Certificate of Designation. Upon the filing by the Company of the Series B Certificate of Designation, the holders of the Company’s 5% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock will be bound by the rights, preferences, privileges and limitations set forth in such Series B Certificate of Designation.

 

(g) Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), which Schedule 3.1(g) shall also include the number of shares of Common Stock owned beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the date hereof. The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. None of the Company’s stock purchase agreements or stock option documents contains a provision for acceleration of vesting (or lapse of a repurchase right) or other changes in the vesting provisions or other terms of such agreement or understanding upon the occurrence of any event or combination of events. The Company has never adjusted or amended the exercise price of any stock options previously awarded, whether through amendment, cancellation, replacement grant, repricing, or any other means. Except as set forth in the Series D Certificate of Designation, the Company has no obligation (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or redeem any of its capital stock. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities and as disclosed on Schedule 3.1(g), there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of Common Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or any similar plan or agreement. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. Except for the agreements contemplated by this Agreement, which would include the Transaction Documents, there are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements, investors’ rights agreements, rights of first refusal agreements, co-sale agreements, registration rights agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.

 

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(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents, required to be filed by the Company under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act for the two years preceding the date hereof (the foregoing materials, in addition to all schedules, forms, statements and other documents filed with the Commission for the two years preceding the date hereof, including any amendments thereto, the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.

 

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(i) Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports and except as has been disclosed in the SEC Reports and as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock, (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans, (vi) the Company has not waived or compromised any valuable right or of a material debt owed to it, (vii) the Company has not received notice that there has been a loss of, or material order cancellation by, any major customer, supplier, licensor or distributor of the Company, (viii) there has been no material change to a material contract or agreement by which the Company or any of its assets is bound or subject, (ix) there has been no material change in any compensation arrangement or agreement with any employee, officer, director or stockholder, and (x) there have been no loans or guarantees made by the Company to or for the benefit of its employees, officers or directors, or any members of their immediate families, other than travel advances and other advances made in the ordinary course of its business. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, prospects, properties, operations, assets or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

(j) Litigation. There is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary, any of their respective properties or any of their respective directors, officers or employees before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

 

(k) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. None of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company, and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.

 

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(l) Compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived) except for certain promissory notes for which the maturity date has been extended, (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree, or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(m) Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit. The Company and the Subsidiaries are not in default in any material respect under any of such Material Permits.

 

(n) Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens except for (i) Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and (ii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.

 

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(o) Intellectual Property. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights as necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”) without any known conflict with, or infringement of, the rights of others, including prior employees or consultants, or academic or medical institutions with which any of them may be affiliated now or may have been affiliated in the past. None of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement. No product or service marketed or sold (or proposed to be marketed or sold) by the Company violates or will violate any license or infringes or will infringe any intellectual property rights of any other party. The Company has not received any communications alleging that the Company has violated, or by conducting its business, would violate any of the patents, trademarks, service marks, tradenames, copyrights, trade secrets, mask works or other proprietary rights or processes of any other Person. The Company has obtained and possesses valid licenses to use all of the software programs present on the computers and other software-enabled electronic devices that it owns or leases or that it has otherwise provided to its employees for their use in connection with the Company’s business. It will not be necessary to use any inventions of any of its employees or consultants (or Persons it currently intends to hire) made prior to their employment by the Company, including prior employees or consultants, or academic or medical institutions with which any of them may be affiliated now or may have been affiliated in the past. Each employee and consultant has assigned to the Company all intellectual property rights he or she owns that are related to the Company’s business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted and all intellectual property rights that he, she or it solely or jointly conceived, reduced to practice, developed or made during the period of his, her or its employment or consulting relationship with the Company that (i) relate, at the time of conception, reduction to practice, development, or making of such intellectual property right, to the Company’s business as then conducted or as then proposed to be conducted, (ii) were developed on any amount of the Company’s time or with the use of any of the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities or information or (iii) resulted from the performance of services for the Company. No government funding, facilities of a university, college, other educational institution or research center, or funding from third parties was used in the development of any Intellectual Property Rights. No Person who was involved in, or who contributed to, the creation or development of any of the Company’s intellectual property, has performed services for any government, university, college, or other educational institution or research center in a manner that would affect Company’s rights in the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(p) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

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(q) Certain Fees. No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchaser shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section 3.1(q) that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

(r) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.

 

(s) Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(t) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is required to and has made current filings under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Common Stock is currently eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with such electronic transfer.

 

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(u) FDA. The Company is not in violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, except where the violation thereof would not have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending, completed or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, action (including any lawsuit, arbitration, or legal or administrative or regulatory proceeding, charge, complaint, or investigation) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice, warning letter or other communication from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) or any other governmental entity, which (i) contests the premarket clearance, licensure, registration, or approval of, the uses of, the distribution of, the manufacturing or packaging of, the testing of, the sale of, or the labeling and promotion of any Pharmaceutical Product, (ii) withdraws its approval of, requests the recall, suspension, or seizure of, or withdraws or orders the withdrawal of advertising or sales promotional materials relating to, any Pharmaceutical Product, (iii) imposes a clinical hold on any clinical investigation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) enjoins production at any facility of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (v) enters or proposes to enter into a consent decree of permanent injunction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (vi) otherwise alleges any violation of any laws, rules or regulations by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and which, either individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not been informed by the FDA that the FDA will prohibit the marketing, sale, license or use in the United States of any product proposed to be developed, produced or marketed by the Company nor has the FDA expressed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries any concern as to approving or clearing for marketing any product being developed or proposed to be developed by the Company. Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any officer, employee or agent of the Company has been convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct that has previously caused or would reasonably be expected to result in (A) disqualification or debarment by the FDA under 21 U.S.C. Sections 335(a) or (b), or any similar law, rule or regulation of any other governmental entities, (B) debarment, suspension, or exclusion under any Federal Healthcare Programs or by the General Services Administration, or (C) exclusion under 42 U.S.C. Section 1320a-7 or any similar law, rule or regulation of any governmental entities. Neither the Company nor any of its officers, employees, or to the Company’s knowledge, any of its contractors or agents is the subject of any pending or threatened investigation by FDA pursuant to its “Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities” policy as stated at 56 Fed. Reg. 46191 (September 10, 1991) (the “FDA Application Integrity Policy”) and any amendments thereto, or by any other similar governmental entity pursuant to any similar policy. Neither the Company nor any of its officers, employees, contractors, and agents has committed any act, made any statement or failed to make any statement that would reasonably be expected to provide a basis for FDA to invoke the FDA Application Integrity Policy or for any similar governmental entity to invoke a similar policy. Neither the Company nor any of its officers, employees, or to the Company’s knowledge, any of its contractors or agents has made any materially false statements on, or material omissions from, any notifications, applications, approvals, reports and other submissions to FDA or any similar governmental entity. Notwithstanding the above, each Purchaser acknowledges that the Company has not obtained FDA approval of any of its products.

 

(v) Preclinical Development and Clinical Trials. The studies, tests, preclinical development and clinical trials, if any, conducted by or on behalf of the Company are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with experimental protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to accepted professional and scientific standards for products or product candidates comparable to those being developed by the Company and all applicable laws and regulations, including the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and 21 C.F.R. parts 50, 54, 56, 58, 312, and 812. The descriptions of, protocols for, and data and other results of, the studies, tests, development and trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company that have been furnished or made available to the Purchasers are accurate and complete. The Company is not aware of any studies, tests, development or trials the results of which reasonably call into question the results of the studies, tests, development and trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company, and the Company has not received any notices or correspondence from the FDA or any other governmental entity or any institutional review board or comparable authority requiring the termination, suspension or material modification of any studies, tests, preclinical development or clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company.

 

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(w) Disclosure. Except with respect to (i) the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and (ii) information given to the Purchasers, if any, which the Company hereby confirms will not constitute material non-public information six months from the date hereof, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, nonpublic information. No representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement and no certificate furnished or to be furnished to Purchasers at the Closing contains any untrue statement of a material fact or, omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. All disclosure furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, is true and correct and does 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made and when made, not misleading.

 

(x) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act which would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities Act.

 

(y) Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.

 

(z) No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the Purchaser and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.

 

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(aa) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has: (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of FCPA. The Company further represents that it has maintained, and has caused each of its Subsidiaries and affiliates to maintain, systems of internal controls (including, but not limited to, accounting systems, purchasing systems and billing systems) and written policies to ensure compliance with the FCPA or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law, and to ensure that all books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries accurately and fairly reflect, in reasonable detail, all transactions and dispositions of funds and assets. Neither the Company nor any of its officers, directors or employees are the subject of any allegation, voluntary disclosure, investigation, prosecution or other enforcement action related to the FCPA or any other anti-corruption law.

 

(bb) No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers; Outstanding SEC Comments. There are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company and the Company is or immediately after the Closing Date will be current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants which could affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents. There are no unresolved comments or inquiries received by the Company or its Affiliates from the Commission which remain unresolved as of the date hereof.

 

(cc) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.

 

(dd) Disqualification. No executive officer, member of the Board of Directors of the Company or shareholder of the Company beneficially owning more than 10% of the Company’s securities is currently subject to a Disqualifying Event. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disqualifying Event” means any conviction, order, judgment, decree, suspension, expulsion, event or other matter set out in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) through 506(d)(1)(viii) of Regulation D that is currently in effect or which occurred within the periods set out in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) through (viii).

 

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(ee) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding, it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term, (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities, (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Common Stock and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined, and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.

 

(ff) Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Company’s placement agent, if any, in connection with the placement of the Securities.

 

(gg) Stock Option Plans. Each stock option granted by the Company under the Company’s stock option plan was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s stock option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.

 

(hh) Labor Relations. No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(ii) Employee Matters.

 

(i) None of the Company’s employees is obligated under any contract (including licenses, covenants or commitments of any nature) or other agreement, or subject to any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative agency, that would materially interfere with such employee’s ability to promote the interest of the Company or that would conflict with the Company’s business. Neither the execution or delivery of the Transaction Documents, nor the carrying on of the Company’s business by the employees of the Company, nor the conduct of the Company’s business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted, will conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions, or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any contract, covenant or instrument under which any such employee is now obligated.

 

(ii) The Company is not delinquent in payments to any of its employees, consultants, or independent contractors for any wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, or other direct compensation for any service performed for it to the date hereof or amounts required to be reimbursed to such employees, consultants or independent contractors. The Company has complied in all material respects with all applicable state and federal equal employment opportunity laws and with other laws related to employment, including those related to wages, hours, worker classification and collective bargaining. The Company has withheld and paid to the appropriate governmental entity or is holding for payment not yet due to such governmental entity all amounts required to be withheld from employees of the Company and is not liable for any arrears of wages, taxes, penalties or other sums for failure to comply with any of the foregoing.

 

(iii) To the Company’s knowledge, no executive officer intends to terminate employment with the Company or is otherwise likely to become unavailable to continue as an executive officer. The Company does not have a present intention to terminate the employment of any of the foregoing. The employment of each employee of the Company is terminable at the will of the Company. Upon termination of the employment of any such employees, no severance or other payments will become due. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(ii)(iii), the Company has no policy, practice, plan or program of paying severance pay or any form of severance compensation in connection with the termination of employment services.

 

(iv) The Company has not made any representations regarding equity incentives to any officer, employee, director or consultant that are inconsistent with the share amounts and terms set forth in the minutes of meetings of the Company’s board of directors.

 

(v) Each current and former employee, consultant and officer of the Company has executed an agreement with the Company regarding confidentiality and proprietary information substantially in the form or forms delivered to the counsel for the Purchasers (the “Confidential Information Agreements”). No current or former executive officer has excluded works or inventions from his or her assignment of inventions pursuant to such executive officer’s Confidential Information Agreement. Each current and former executive officer has executed a non-competition and non-solicitation agreement substantially in the form or forms delivered to counsel for the Purchasers. The Company is not aware that any of its executive officers is in violation of any agreement covered by this subsection.

 

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(jj) Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to the aggregate Subscription Amount. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost.

 

(kk) Registration Rights. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(kk), no Person has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(ll) Office of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).

 

(mm) Money Laundering. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.

 

(nn) Environmental and Safety Laws. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company is and has been in compliance with all Environmental Laws; (i) there has been no release or threatened release of any pollutant, contaminant or toxic or hazardous material, substance or waste or petroleum or any fraction thereof (each a “Hazardous Substance”), on, upon, into or from any site currently or heretofore owned, leased or otherwise used by the Company; (iii) there have been no Hazardous Substances generated by the Company that have been disposed of or come to rest at any site that has been included in any published U.S. federal, state or local “superfund” site list or any other similar list of hazardous or toxic waste sites published by any governmental authority in the United States; and (iv) there are no underground storage tanks located on, no polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”) or PCB-containing equipment used or stored on, and no hazardous waste as defined by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, stored on, any site owned or operated by the Company, except for the storage of hazardous waste in compliance with Environmental Laws. The Company has made available to the Purchasers true and complete copies of all material environmental records, reports, notifications, certificates of need, permits, pending permit applications, correspondence, engineering studies and environmental studies or assessments. For purposes of this Section 3.1(nn), “Environmental Laws” means any law, regulation, or other applicable requirement relating to (a) releases or threatened release of a Hazardous Substance; (b) pollution or protection of employee health or safety, public health or the environment; or (c) the manufacture, handling, transport, use, treatment, storage, or disposal of a Hazardous Substances.

 

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(oo) Takeover Protections. The Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s articles of incorporation (or similar charter documents), any certificates of designation adopted by the Company pursuant to its articles of incorporation or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.

 

3.2. Representations and Warranties of each Purchaser. Each Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof to the Company as follows:

 

(a) Such Purchaser is either an individual or an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (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.

 

(b) Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.

 

(c) At the time the Purchaser was offered the Shares and Warrants, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises a Warrant it will be either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act and has truthfully and accurately completed the Investor Questionnaire attached as Exhibit B to this Agreement and will submit to the Company such further assurances of such status as may be reasonably requested by the Company.

 

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(d) Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

 

(e) Such Purchaser is not, to such Purchaser’s knowledge, purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or, to the knowledge of such Purchaser, any other general solicitation or general advertisement.

 

(f) Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment.

 

(g) Such Purchaser and his, her or its Purchaser’s attorney, accountant, purchaser representative and/or tax advisor, if any (collectively, “Advisors”), have received and have carefully reviewed this Agreement, and each of the Transaction Documents and all other documents requested by the Purchaser or its Advisors, if any, and understand the information contained therein, prior to the execution of this Agreement.

 

(h) In evaluating the suitability of an investment in the Company, such Purchaser has not relied upon any representation of the Company or other information (oral or written) provided by the Company other than as stated in this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(i) Other than with respect to the representations and warranties of the Company as set forth in this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, such Purchaser is not relying on the Company or any of its employees or agents with respect to the legal, tax, economic and related considerations of an investment in any of the Securities and such Purchaser has relied on the advice of, or has consulted with, only his, her or its own Advisors.

 

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(j) Such Purchaser understands and agrees that purchase of the Securities involves a high degree of risk, and is able to afford an investment in a speculative venture having the risks and objectives of the Company. Such Purchaser must bear the substantial economic risks of the investment in the Securities indefinitely because none of the Securities may be sold, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available. Prior to any such registration, legends will be placed on the certificates representing Securities (including the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares) to the effect that such securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws and appropriate notations thereof will be made in the Company’s books.

 

(k) Such Purchaser has adequate means of providing for such Purchaser’s current financial needs and foreseeable contingencies and has no need for liquidity from its investment in the Securities for an indefinite period of time.

 

(l) Within five (5) days after receipt of a request from the Company, such Purchaser will provide such information and deliver such documents as may reasonably be necessary to comply with any and all laws and ordinances to which the Company is subject.

 

(m) (For ERISA plans only) The fiduciary of the ERISA plan (the “Plan”) represents that such fiduciary has been informed of and understands the Company’s investment objectives, policies and strategies, and that the decision to invest “plan assets” (as such term is defined in ERISA) in the Company is consistent with the provisions of ERISA that require diversification of plan assets and impose other fiduciary responsibilities. Such Purchaser or Plan fiduciary (a) is responsible for the decision to invest in the Company; (b) is independent of the Company and any of its affiliates; (c) is qualified to make such investment decision; and (d) in making such decision, such Purchaser or Plan fiduciary has not relied on any advice or recommendation of the Company or any of its affiliates.

 

(n) Such Purchaser represents that (i) he, she or it was contacted regarding the sale of the Securities by the Company or a placement agent of the Company (or another person whom the Purchaser believed to be an authorized agent or representative thereof) with whom such Purchaser had a prior substantial pre-existing relationship and (ii) he, she or it did not learn of the offering of the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising, and in connection therewith, such Purchaser did not (A) receive or review any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in a newspaper or magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, whether closed circuit, or generally available; or (B) attend any seminar meeting or industry investor conference whose attendees were invited by any general solicitation or general advertising.

 

(o) Such Purchaser acknowledges that if he or she is a Registered Representative of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) member firm, he or she must give such firm the notice required by the FINRA’s Rules of Fair Practice, receipt of which must be acknowledged by such firm prior to an investment in the Securities.

 

(p) Such Purchaser agrees not to issue any public statement with respect to the Transaction Documents, such Purchaser’s investment or proposed investment in the Company or the terms of any agreement or covenant between them and the Company without the Company’s prior written consent, except such disclosures as may be required under applicable law.

 

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(q) Such Purchaser understands, acknowledges and agrees with the Company that this subscription may be rejected, in whole or in part, by the Company, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company, at any time before any Closing notwithstanding prior receipt by such Purchaser of notice of acceptance of such Purchaser’s subscription.

 

(r) Such Purchaser acknowledges that the information contained in the Transaction Documents or otherwise made available to the Purchaser is confidential and non-public and agrees that all such information shall be kept in confidence by the Purchaser and neither used by such Purchaser for the Purchaser’s personal benefit (other than in connection with this subscription) nor disclosed to any third party for any reason, notwithstanding that a Purchaser’s subscription may not be accepted by the Company; provided, however, that (i) such Purchaser may disclose such information to its affiliates and advisors who may have a need for such information in connection with providing advice to the Purchaser with respect to its investment in the Company so long as such affiliates and advisors have an obligation of confidentiality, and (ii) this obligation shall not apply to any such information that (A) is part of the public knowledge or literature and readily accessible at the date hereof, (B) becomes part of the public knowledge or literature and readily accessible by publication (except as a result of a breach of this provision) or (C) is received from third parties without an obligation of confidentiality (except third parties who disclose such information in violation of any confidentiality agreements or obligations, including, without limitation, any subscription or other similar agreement entered into with the Company).

 

The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in this Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to locating or borrowing shares in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.

 

ARTICLE 4
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1. Transfer Restrictions.

 

(a) The Purchasers acknowledge they understand that they may only dispose of the Securities in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, including the representations and warranties made by each Purchaser herein, and shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement.

 

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(b) The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities.

 

(c) Certificates evidencing the Conversion Shares or the Warrant Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof), (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares, as applicable, pursuant to Rule 144 (with respect to the Warrant Shares, assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants), (iii) if such Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares, as applicable, are eligible for sale under Rule 144 (with respect to the Warrant Shares, assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants), or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent or the Purchaser promptly if required by the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder, or if requested by a Purchaser, respectively. If all or any Shares are converted or if all or any portion of a Warrant is exercised at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares, as applicable, or if such Conversion Shares or such Warrant Shares may be sold under Rule 144 or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) then such Conversion Shares or such Warrant Shares, as applicable, shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than the earlier of (i) three (3) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined below) following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent of Warrant Shares issued with a restrictive legend (such third Trading Day, the “Legend Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4.1. Certificates for Securities subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of a certificate representing Conversion Shares or Warrants Shares, as the case may be, issued with a restrictive legend. All costs associated with the removal of the legend in accordance with this Section 4.1 shall be borne by the Company.

 

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(d) Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees with the Company that such Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this understanding.

 

4.2. Acknowledgment of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions. The Company further acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, its obligation to issue the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are, except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution or any claim the Company may have against the Purchaser and regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other stockholders of the Company.

 

4.3. Furnishing of Information. The Company represents and warrants to the Purchaser that the Company files reports with the Commission pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company agrees to cause the Common Stock to be registered under Section 12(g) or 12(b) of the Exchange Act on or before the 60th calendar day following the date hereof. Until such time that no Purchaser owns Securities, the Company covenants to maintain the registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act even if the Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

4.4. Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities to the Purchaser in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchaser.

 

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4.5. Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall (a) by 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the issuance of such press release, the Company represents to the Purchasers that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to any of the Purchasers by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, effective upon the issuance of such press release, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates on the one hand, and any of the Purchasers or any of their Affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except: (i) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, provided, however, that in each such case the, Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure.

 

4.6. Shareholder Rights Plan. The Company will not make or enforce any claim or, provide its consent to, any claim by any other Person, that any Purchaser or group of Purchasers is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect, or that any Purchaser or group of Purchasers could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.

 

4.7. Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, which shall be disclosed pursuant to Section 4.5, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have consented to the receipt of such information and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to a Purchaser without such Purchaser’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Purchaser shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates, or a duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information, provided that the Purchaser shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

 

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4.8. Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder solely for working capital purposes, payment of fees and expenses relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and general corporate purposes and shall not use such proceeds: (a) for the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of trade payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior practices), (b) for the redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, (c) for the settlement of any outstanding litigation, or (d) in violation of FCPA or OFAC regulations, provided that the Company with the prior consent of the Lead Investor may use proceeds towards repayment in full of (i) the 12% Senior Secured Convertible Note due in September 2019 in an amount not to exceed $920,000, (ii) the redemption of outstanding warrants held by the holders of the Company’s 5% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and or (iii) the redemption of that certain holder of the Company’s 5% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock owed $50,000 plus accrued interest.

 

4.9. Indemnification of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.9, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and such Purchaser’s directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, managing members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, managers, managing members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents, (b) any action instituted against the Purchaser Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of such Purchaser Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser Party may have with any such stockholder or any violations by such Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser Party which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance) or (c) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement registering the resale of the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares, or related prospectus or prospectus supplement, or any information incorporated by reference therein, or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume, pursue and maintain the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to engage separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the engagement of such separate counsel thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume, pursue and maintain such defense and to engage counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel for such Purchaser Party. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. The indemnification required by this Section 4.9 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.

 

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4.10. Reservation and Listing of Securities.

 

(a) From and after the Initial Closing, the Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such amount as may then be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents.

 

(b) If, on any date after the Initial Closing, the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise unreserved) shares of Common Stock is less than the Required Minimum on such date, then the Board of Directors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Company’s certificate or articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to at least the Required Minimum at such time, as soon as possible and in any event not later than the 90th calendar day after such date.

 

(c) The Company shall, if applicable but only after the Initial Closing: (i) in the time and manner required by the principal Trading Market, prepare and file with such Trading Market an additional shares listing application covering a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date of such application, (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such shares of Common Stock to be approved for listing on such Trading Market as soon as possible thereafter, (iii) provide to each Purchaser evidence of such listing, and (iv) maintain the listing of such Common Stock on any date at least equal to the Required Minimum on such date on such Trading Market or another Trading Market.

 

4.11. Form D; Blue Sky Filings. The Company shall timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities and shall provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Securities for, sale to each applicable Purchaser at each Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of the Purchaser.

 

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4.12. Promotional Stock Activities. Neither the Company, nor any of its officers, directors, affiliates or agents, have engaged in any stock promotional activity that could give rise to a complaint or inquiry by the Commission alleging (a) a violation of the anti-fraud provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws, (b) violations of the anti-touting provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws, (c) improper “gun-jumping” under applicable law, or (d) improper promotion of the Company or its securities without adequate disclosure of compensation information.

 

4.13. Transfer Agent. The Company covenants and agrees that it will at all times while the Securities remain outstanding maintain a duly qualified independent transfer agent.

 

4.14. No Short Selling. Each Purchaser shall not, either directly or indirectly through related parties, affiliates or otherwise, (a) sell “short” or “short against the box” (as those terms are generally understood) any equity security of the Company or (b) otherwise engage in any transaction that involves hedging of the Purchaser’s position in any equity security of the Company, until the Purchaser no longer owns any Securities.

 

4.15. Corporate Existence. So long as the Securities remain outstanding, the Company shall not directly or indirectly consummate any merger, reorganization, restructuring, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or any similar transaction or related transactions, (each such transaction, an “Organizational Change”) unless the Company provides the Purchasers with three (3) Trading Days written notice of such Organizational Change

 

4.16. Equal Treatment of Purchasers. No consideration (including any modification of any Transaction Document) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.

 

4.17. Conversion and Exercise Procedures. Each of the form of Notice of Exercise in the Warrants and the form of Notice of Conversion for the Series D Preferred Stock set forth the totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers in order to exercise the Warrants or convert the Shares. Without limiting the preceding sentences, no ink-original Notice of Exercise or Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise or Notice of Conversion form be required in order to exercise the Warrants or convert the Shares. No additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to convert their Shares or exercise their Warrants. The Company shall honor conversions of the Shares and exercises of the Warrants and shall deliver underlying shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.

 

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ARTICLE 5
MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by the Purchasers, as to the Purchasers’ obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the Purchaser, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before the Termination Date. The Company’s and the Purchasers’ representations and warranties shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

5.2. Fees and Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, provided that Company shall pay all reasonable out of pocket legal, due diligence and administrative fees and expenses, not to exceed Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000), of FWHC Holdings, LLC (the “Lead Investor”) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any exercise notice delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchasers. Each Purchaser acknowledges that Hill Ward Henderson, P.A. acted as counsel only to the Lead Investor in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and that the other Purchasers had the opportunity to engage their own counsel for those transactions.

 

5.3. Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.

 

5.4. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

5.5. Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

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5.6. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Purchaser (other than by merger). The Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom the Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transfer complies with all applicable federal and state securities laws and that such transferee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the Purchaser.

 

5.7. No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.9 and this Section 5.7.

 

5.8. Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Florida, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of Tampa. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of Tampa, County of Hillsborough for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Action or Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Action or Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such Proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such Action or Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If any party shall commence an Action or Proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in addition to the obligations of the Company under Section 4.9, the prevailing party in such Action or Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the non-prevailing party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Action or Proceeding.

 

5.9. Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.

 

5.10. Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

 

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5.11. Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

 

5.12. Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided, however, that in the case of a rescission of an exercise of a Warrant, the applicable Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of Common Stock subject to any such rescinded exercise notice concurrently with the return to such Purchaser of the aggregate exercise price paid to the Company for such shares and the restoration of such Purchaser’s right to acquire such shares pursuant to such Purchaser’s Warrant (including, issuance of a replacement warrant evidencing such restored right).

 

5.13. Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.

 

5.14. Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

5.15. Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or such Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

 

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5.16. Liquidated Damages. The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.

 

5.17. Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

5.18. Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments thereto.

 

5.19. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.

 

5.20. Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any of the Purchasers. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company and a Purchaser, solely, and not between the company and the Purchasers collectively and not between and among the Purchasers.

 

5.21. No Commitment for Additional Financing. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser has made any representation, undertaking, commitment or agreement to provide or assist the Company in obtaining any financing, investment or other assistance, other than the purchase of the Securities as set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein. In addition, the Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) no statements, whether written or oral, made by any Purchaser or its representatives on or after the date of this Agreement shall create an obligation, commitment or agreement to provide or assist the Company in obtaining any financing or investment, (b) the Company shall not rely on any such statement by any Purchaser or its representatives and, (c) an obligation, commitment or agreement to provide or assist the Company in obtaining any financing or investment may only be created by a written agreement, signed by such Purchaser and the Company, setting forth the terms and conditions of such financing or investment and stating that the parties intend for such writing to be a binding obligation or agreement. Each Purchaser shall have the right, in his, her or its own sole and absolute discretion, to refuse or decline to participate in any other financing of or investment in the Company, and shall have no obligation to assist or cooperate with the Company in obtaining any financing, investment or other assistance.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

  Company:
     
  H-CYTE, INC.
     
  By: /s/ William E. Horne
  Name: William E. Horne,
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  Address for Notice:
  201 E. Kennedy Blvd, Suite 700
  Tampa, FL 33602
  Attn: William E. Horne
  Fax: (844) 633-6839
     
  With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
     
  Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP
  1185 Avenue of the Americas, 37th Floor,
  New York, NY 10036
  Attn: Arthur S. Marcus, Esq.
  Fax:
   
  and
   
  Hallett & Perrin
  1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 2400
  Dallas, Texas 75202
  Attention: Scot W. O’Brien, Esq.
  Facsimile: (214) 922-4142

 

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Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement (H-Cyte): Series D Convertible Preferred Stock

 

     
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

  Purchaser:
     
  FWHC HOLDINGS, LLC
  a Delaware limited liability company
     
  By: HOA Capital, LLC
    A Delaware limited liability company,
    its manager
     
  By: /s/ J. Rex Farrior, III
  Name: J. Rex Farrior, III
  Title: Manager
     
  Address for Notices and Delivery of Securities:
  1306 W Kennedy Blvd
  Tampa, Florida 33606
  Attn: J. Rex Farrior, III
     
  With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
  Hill Ward Henderson
  3700 Bank of America Plaza
  101 E. Kennedy Blvd, Ste 3700
  Tampa, Florida 33602
  Attn: John C. Connery, Jr., Esq. and R. James Robbins, Jr,. Esq.

 

  Subscription Amount: $  

 

  Shares:  

 

  Warrant Shares:  

 

  EIN Number:  

 

Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement (H-Cyte): Series D Convertible Preferred Stock

 

     
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

Name of Purchaser:  

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:  

 

Name of Authorized Signatory:  

 

Title of Authorized Signatory:  

 

Email Address of Authorized Signatory:  

 

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory:  

 

Address for Notice to Purchaser:

 

Address for Delivery of Securities to Purchaser (if not same as address for notice):

 

Subscription Amount: $    

 

Shares:    

 

Warrant Shares:    

 

EIN Number:    

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]

 

Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement (H-Cyte): Series D Convertible Preferred Stock

 

     
 

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Warrant

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

THE TRANSFER OF THIS WARRANT IS RESTRICTED AS DESCRIBED HEREIN.

 

H-CYTE, INC.

 

Warrant for the Purchase of Shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per Share

 

No. [●]                   [●] Shares

 

THIS CERTIFIES that, for value received, FWHC Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, whose address is 1306 W Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, Florida, 33606 (the “Holder”), is entitled to subscribe for and purchase from H-Cyte, Inc., a Nevada corporation f/k/a Medovex Corp. (the “Company”), upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, [●] shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per Share (“Common Stock”), at a price of $0.75 per share (the “Exercise Price”). As used herein the term this “Warrant” shall mean and include this Warrant and any Common Stock or warrants hereafter issued as a consequence of the exercise or transfer of this Warrant in whole or in part. This Warrant was issued to the Holder in connection with the transactions contemplated by that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated November 15, 2019, among the Company and the Purchasers signatory thereto. Capitalized terms used in this Warrant but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (the “Warrant Shares”) and the Exercise Price may be adjusted from time to time as hereinafter set forth.

 

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1. Exercise Period. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, this Warrant may be exercised at any time or from time to time during the period commencing at 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the day immediately following the date the Warrant is issued to the Holder, and ending at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the tenth (10th) anniversary thereof (the “Exercise Period”).

 

2. Procedure for Exercise; Effect of Exercise.

 

(a) Cash Exercise. This Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in part, by the Holder during normal business hours on any business day during the Exercise Period by (i) the presentation and surrender of this Warrant to the Company at its principal office along with a duly executed Notice of Exercise (in the form attached hereto) specifying the number of Warrant Shares to be purchased, and (ii) delivery of payment to the Company of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares specified in the Notice of Exercise by cash, wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account specified by the Company, or by certified or bank cashier’s check.

 

(b) Cashless Exercise. If the Warrant has been outstanding for six (6) months and there is no effective registration statement including the Warrant Shares, this Warrant may also be exercised by the Holder through a cashless exercise, as described in this Section 2(b). In such case, this Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in part, by the Holder during normal business hours on any business day during the Exercise Period by the presentation and surrender of this Warrant to the Company at its principal office along with a duly executed Notice of Exercise specifying the number of Warrant Shares to be applied to such exercise. The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall equal the value of this Warrant (or the portion thereof being canceled) computed as of the date of delivery of this Warrant to the Company using the following formula:

 

X = Y(A-B)
  A

 

Where:

 

  X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Holder under this Section 2(b);
  Y = the number of Warrant Shares identified in the Notice of Exercise as being applied to the subject exercise;
  A = the Current Market Price on such date; and
  B = the Exercise Price on such date.

 

For purposes of this Section 2(b), Current Market Price shall have the definition provided in Section 6(g).

 

The Company acknowledges and agrees that this Warrant was issued on the date set forth at the end of this Warrant. Consequently, the Company acknowledges and agrees that, if the Holder conducts a cashless exercise pursuant to this Section 2(b), the period during which the Holder held this Warrant may, for purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), be “tacked” to the period during which the Holder holds the Warrant Shares received upon such cashless exercise.

 

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(c) Effect of Exercise. Upon receipt by the Company of this Warrant and a Notice of Exercise, together with proper payment of the Exercise Price, as provided in this Section 2, the Company agrees that such Warrant Shares shall be deemed to be issued to the Holder as the record holder of such Warrant Shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant has been surrendered and payment has been made for such Warrant Shares in accordance with this Warrant and the Holder shall be deemed to be the holder of record of the Warrant Shares, notwithstanding that the stock transfer books of the Company shall then be closed or that certificates representing such Warrant Shares shall not then be actually delivered to the Holder. A stock certificate or certificates for the Warrant Shares specified in the Notice of Exercise shall be delivered to the Holder as promptly as practicable, and in any event within seven (7) business days, thereafter. The stock certificate(s) so delivered shall be in any such denominations as may be reasonably specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise. If this Warrant should be exercised in part only, the Company shall, upon surrender of this Warrant for cancellation, execute and deliver a new Warrant evidencing the right of the Holder to purchase the balance of the Warrant Shares subject to purchase hereunder.

 

3. Registration of Warrants; Transfer of Warrants. Any Warrants issued upon the transfer or exercise in part of this Warrant shall be numbered and shall be registered in a Warrant Register as they are issued. The Company shall be entitled to treat the registered holder of any Warrant on the Warrant Register as the owner in fact thereof for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such Warrant on the part of any other person, and shall not be liable for any registration or transfer of Warrants which are registered or to be registered in the name of a fiduciary or the nominee of a fiduciary unless made with the actual knowledge that a fiduciary or nominee is committing a breach of trust in requesting such registration or transfer, or with the knowledge of such facts that its participation therein amounts to bad faith. This Warrant shall be transferable only on the books of the Company upon delivery thereof duly endorsed by the Holder or by its duly authorized attorney or representative, or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer. In all cases of transfer by an attorney, executor, administrator, guardian, or other legal representative, duly authenticated evidence of his or its authority shall be produced. Upon any registration of transfer, the Company shall deliver a new Warrant or Warrants to the person entitled thereto. This Warrant may be exchanged, at the option of the Holder thereof, for another Warrant, or other Warrants of different denominations, of like tenor and representing in the aggregate the right to purchase a like number of Warrant Shares, upon surrender to the Company or its duly authorized agent.

 

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4. Restrictions on Transfer.

 

(a) The Holder, as of the date of issuance hereof, represents to the Company that such Holder is acquiring the Warrants for its own account for investment purposes and not with a view to the distribution thereof or of the Warrant Shares. Notwithstanding any provisions contained in this Warrant to the contrary, this Warrant and the related Warrant Shares shall not be transferable except pursuant to the proviso contained in the following sentence or upon the conditions specified in this Section 4, which conditions are intended, among other things, to insure compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and applicable state law in respect of the transfer of this Warrant or such Warrant Shares. The Holder by acceptance of this Warrant agrees that the Holder will not transfer this Warrant or the related Warrant Shares prior to delivery to the Company of an opinion of the Holder’s counsel (as such opinion and such counsel are described in Section 4(b) hereof) or until registration of such Warrant Shares under the Securities Act has become effective or after a sale of such Warrant or Warrant Shares has been consummated pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A under the Securities Act; provided, however, that the Holder may freely transfer this Warrant or such Warrant Shares (without delivery to the Company of an opinion of counsel) (i) to one of its nominees, affiliates or a nominee thereof, (ii) to a pension or profit-sharing fund established and maintained for its employees or for the employees of any affiliate, (iii) from a nominee to any of the aforementioned persons as beneficial owner of this Warrant or such Warrant Shares, (iv) to a qualified institutional buyer, so long as such transfer is effected in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (v) to an accredited investor (as such term is defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act).

 

(b) The Holder, by its acceptance hereof, agrees that prior to any transfer of this Warrant or of the related Warrant Shares (other than as permitted by Section 4(a) hereof or pursuant to a registration under the Securities Act), the Holder will give written notice to the Company of its intention to effect such transfer, together with an opinion of such counsel for the Holder as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that the proposed transfer of this Warrant and/or such Warrant Shares may be effected without registration under the Securities Act. Upon delivery of such notice and opinion to the Company, the Holder shall be entitled to transfer this Warrant and/or such Warrant Shares in accordance with the intended method of disposition specified in the notice to the Company.

 

(c) Each stock certificate representing Warrant Shares issued upon exercise or exchange of this Warrant shall bear the following legend unless the opinion of counsel referred to in Section 4(b) states such legend is not required or as otherwise provided in the Purchase Agreement:

 

“THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.”

 

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The Holder understands that the Company may place, and may instruct any transfer agent or depository for the Warrant Shares to place, a stop transfer notation in the securities records in respect of the Warrant Shares.

 

5. Reservation of Shares. The Company shall at all times during the Exercise Period reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of providing for the exercise of the rights to purchase all Warrant Shares granted pursuant to the Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall, from time to time, be sufficient therefor. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, upon receipt by the Company of the full Exercise Price therefor, and all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Warrant, shall be validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of preemptive rights, and free from all taxes, claims, liens, charges and other encumbrances.

 

6. Certain Adjustments.

 

(a) The Exercise Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

 

(i) In the event that the Company shall (A) pay a dividend or make a distribution to all its stockholders, in shares of Common Stock, on any class of capital stock of the Company or any subsidiary which is not directly or indirectly wholly owned by the Company, (B) split or subdivide its outstanding Common Stock into a greater number of shares, or (C) combine its outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so that the Holder of a Warrant thereafter surrendered for Exercise shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock that such Holder would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the occurrence of any of the events described above had such Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the occurrence of such event. An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 6(a)(i) shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution (except as provided in Section 6(e) below) and shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the effective date in the case of such subdivision, split or combination, as the case may be. Any shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of a dividend shall be deemed to have been issued immediately prior to the close of business on the record date for such dividend for purposes of calculating the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock under clauses (c) and (c) below.

 

(ii) No adjustment in the Exercise Price shall be required unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Exercise Price then in effect; provided, however, that any adjustments that by reason of this Section 6(a) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section 6(a) shall be made to the nearest cent or nearest 1/100th of a share.

 

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(iii) The Company from time to time may reduce the Exercise Price by any amount for any period of time in the discretion of the Board of Directors. A voluntary reduction of the Exercise Price does not change or adjust the Exercise Price otherwise in effect for purposes of this Section 6(a).

 

(iv) In the event that, at any time as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Sections 6(a)(i) through 6(a)(ii) above, the Holder of any Warrant thereafter surrendered for exercise shall become entitled to receive any shares of the Company other than shares of the Common Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of any such Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Common Stock contained in Sections 6(a)(i) through 6(a)(iv) above, and the other provisions of this Section 6(a) with respect to the Common Stock shall apply on like terms to any such other shares.

 

(b) In case of any reclassification of the Common Stock (other than in a transaction to which Section 6(a)(i) applies), any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other entity, any merger of another entity into the Company (other than a merger that does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company), any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any compulsory share exchange, pursuant to which share exchange the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or other property, then lawful provision shall be made as part of the terms of such transaction whereby the Holder of a Warrant then outstanding shall have the right thereafter, during the period such Warrant shall be exercisable, to exercise such Warrant only for the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon the reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company into which a Warrant might have been able to exercise for immediately prior to the reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange assuming that such holder of Common Stock failed to exercise rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon consummation of such transaction subject to adjustment as provided in Section 6(a) above following the date of consummation of such transaction. The provisions of this Section 6(b) shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or share exchanges.

 

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(c) If (i) the Company shall take any action which would require an adjustment in the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 6(a); (ii) the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of its Common Stock generally of rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase any shares of any class or any other rights, warrants or options; (iii) there shall be any reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding Common Stock or a change in par value) or any consolidation, merger or statutory share exchange to which the Company is a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required, or the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or (iv) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; then, in each such case, the Company shall cause to be filed with the transfer agent for the Warrants and shall cause to be mailed to each Holder at such Holder’s address as shown on the books of the transfer agent for the Warrants, as promptly as possible, but at least 30 days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (A) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or granting of rights, warrants or options, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or rights, warrants or options are to be determined, or (B) the date on which such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, statutory share exchange, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to become effective or occur, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, statutory share exchange, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the proceedings described in this Section 6(c).

 

(d) Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall promptly file with the transfer agent for the Warrants a certificate of an officer of the Company setting forth the Exercise Price after the adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment and a computation thereof. The Company shall promptly cause a notice of the adjusted Exercise Price to be mailed to each Holder.

 

(e) In any case in which Section 6(a) provides that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event and the date fixed for such adjustment pursuant to Section 6(a) occurs after such record date but before the occurrence of such event, the Company may defer until the actual occurrence of such event (i) issuing to the Holder of any Warrants exercised after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the Common Stock issuable upon such exercise before giving effect to such adjustment, and (ii) paying to such holder any amount in cash in lieu of any fraction pursuant to Section 6(h).

 

(f) In case the Company shall take any action affecting the Common Stock, other than actions described in this Section 6, which in the opinion of the Board of Directors would materially adversely affect the exercise right of the Holders, the Exercise Price may be adjusted, to the extent permitted by law, in such manner, if any, and at such time, as the Board of Directors may determine to be equitable in the circumstances; provided, however, that in no event shall the Board of Directors be required to take any such action.

 

(g) For the purpose of any computation under Section 2(b) or this Section 6, the “Current Market Price” per share of Common Stock shall mean the VWAP of the Common Stock on the day in question.

 

(h) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or other capital stock of the Company upon the exercise of this Warrant. If any fraction of a share would be issuable on the exercise of this Warrant (or specified portions thereof), the Company shall purchase such fraction for an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the Current Market Price of such share of Common Stock on the date of exercise of this Warrant.

 

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7. Transfer Taxes. The issuance of any shares or other securities upon the exercise of this Warrant, and the delivery of certificates or other instruments representing such shares or other securities, shall be made without charge to the Holder for any tax or other charge in respect of such issuance. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of any certificate in a name other than that of the Holder and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any such certificate unless and until the person or persons requesting the issue thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

 

8. Loss or Mutilation of Warrant. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of any Warrant (and upon surrender of any Warrant if mutilated), and upon reimbursement of the Company’s reasonable incidental expenses, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder thereof a new Warrant of like date, tenor, and denomination.

 

9. No Rights as a Stockholder. The Holder of any Warrant shall not have, solely on account of such status, any rights of a stockholder of the Company, either at law or in equity, or to any notice of meetings of stockholders or of any other proceedings of the Company, except as provided in this Warrant.

 

10. Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.

 

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Issuance date: November __, 2019

 

  H-CYTE, INC.
     
  By:  
  Name: William E. Horne
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

 

(To be executed by the registered holder if such holder desires to transfer the attached Warrant.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED,_________________________ hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto __________________ a Warrant to purchase __________ shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of H-Cyte, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), together with all right, title, and interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ________________________ attorney to transfer such Warrant on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution.

 

  Dated:  

 

  By:  
  Print Name
     
     
  Signature

 

The signature on the foregoing Assignment must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Warrant in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

     
 

 

To: H-Cyte, Inc.
  201 E. Kennedy Blvd, Suite 700
  Tampa, FL 33602
  Attention: Chief Executive Officer

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

The undersigned hereby exercises his or its rights to purchase _______ Warrant Shares covered by the within Warrant and tenders payment herewith in the amount of $_________ by [tendering cash or delivering a certified check or bank cashier’s check, payable to the order of the Company] [surrendering ______ shares of Common Stock received upon exercise of the attached Warrant, which shares have a Current Market Price equal to such payment] in accordance with the terms thereof, and requests that certificates for such securities be issued in the name of, and delivered to:

 

_______________________________________

 

_______________________________________

 

_______________________________________

 

(Print Name, Address and Social Security

or Tax Identification Number)

 

and, if such number of Warrant Shares shall not be all the Warrant Shares covered by the within Warrant, that a new Warrant for the balance of the Warrant Shares covered by the within Warrant be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the undersigned at the address stated below.

 

  Dated:  

 

  By:  
  Print Name
     
     
  Signature

 

Address:

 

_________________________________

_________________________________

_________________________________

 

     
 

 

Exhibit B

 

Form of Investor Questionnaire
H-CYTE

 

For Individual Investors Only

 

(All individual investors must INITIAL where appropriate. Where there are joint investors both parties must INITIAL):

 

Initial ________   I certify that I have a “net worth” of at least $1 million either individually or through aggregating my individual holdings and those in which I have a joint, community property or other similar shared ownership interest with my spouse. For purposes of calculating net worth under this paragraph, (i) the primary residence shall not be included as an asset, (ii) to the extent that the indebtedness that is secured by the primary residence is in excess of the fair market value of the primary residence, the excess amount shall be included as a liability, and (iii) if the amount of outstanding indebtedness that is secured by the primary residence exceeds the amount outstanding 60 days prior to the execution of this Subscription Agreement, other than as a result of the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability.
Initial ________   I certify that I have had an annual gross income for the past two years of at least $200,000 (or $300,000 jointly with my spouse) and expect my income (or joint income, as appropriate) to reach the same level in the current year.

 

For Non-Individual Investors

(all Non-Individual Investors must INITIAL where appropriate):

 

Initial ________   The undersigned certifies that it is a partnership, corporation, limited liability company or business trust that is 100% owned by persons who meet either of the criteria for Individual Investors, above.
Initial ________   The undersigned certifies that it is a partnership, corporation, limited liability company or business trust that has total assets of at least $5 million and was not formed for the purpose of investing in Company.
Initial ________   The undersigned certifies that it is an employee benefit plan whose investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary (as defined in ERISA §3(21)) that is a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company or registered investment adviser.
Initial ________   The undersigned certifies that it is an employee benefit plan whose total assets exceed $5,000,000 as of the date of the Agreement.
Initial ________   The undersigned certifies that it is a self-directed employee benefit plan whose investment decisions are made solely by persons who meet either of the criteria for Individual Investors, above.
Initial ________   The undersigned certifies that it is a U.S. bank, U.S. savings and loan association or other similar U.S. institution acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity.
Initial ________   The undersigned certifies that it is a broker-dealer registered pursuant to §15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Initial ________   The undersigned certifies that it is an organization described in §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code with total assets exceeding $5,000,000 and not formed for the specific purpose of investing in Company.
Initial ________   The undersigned certifies that it is a trust with total assets of at least $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of investing in Company, and whose purchase is directed by a person with such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment.
Initial ________   The undersigned certifies that it is a plan established and maintained by a state or its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, for the benefit of its employees, and which has total assets in excess of $5,000,000.
Initial ________   The undersigned certifies that it is an insurance company as defined in §2(a)(13) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or a registered investment company.

 

     
 

 

Exhibit C

 

Form of Series B Certificate of Designation

 

(see attached)

 

     
 

 

Exhibit D

 

Form of Series D Certificate of Designation

 

(see attached)

 

     
 

 

H-CYTE, INC.

 

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND CO-SALE AGREEMENT

 

as of November 15, 2019

 

     
 

 

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND CO-SALE AGREEMENT

 

This Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of November 15, 2019 by and among (i) H-Cyte, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), (ii) the Investors listed on Schedule I (the “Investors”), and (iii) the Key Holders listed on Schedule II.

 

BACKGROUND

 

Each Key Holder is the beneficial owner of the number of shares of Capital Stock, or of options to purchase Common Stock, set forth opposite the name of such Key Holder on Schedule II.

 

The Investors are acquiring shares of the Series D Preferred Stock of the Company pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated the same date as this Agreement, by and among the Company and the Investors (the “Series D Purchase Agreement”).

 

In connection with those investments, and as an inducement thereto, the parties desire to enter into this Agreement and provide the Investors with the rights set forth in this Agreement.

 

OPERATIVE TERMS

 

1. Definitions.

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who or which directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person, including without limitation any general partner, managing member, officer or director of such Person, or any venture capital fund now or hereafter existing which is controlled by one or more general partners or managing members of, or shares the same management company with, such Person.

 

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement.

 

Articles” means the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as it may be further amended and/or restated.

 

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in Tampa, Florida.

 

Capital Stock” means (a) shares of Common Stock, Series D Preferred Stock, and Series B Preferred Stock (whether now outstanding or hereafter issued in any context), (b) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of Series D Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock and (c) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise or conversion, as applicable, of stock options, warrants or other convertible securities of the Company, in each case now owned or subsequently acquired by any Key Holder, any Investor, or their respective successors or permitted transferees or assigns (including without limitation, any warrants issued pursuant to the Series D Purchase Agreement or the Series D Certificate of Designation). For purposes of the number of shares of Capital Stock held by an Investor or Key Holder (or any other calculation based thereon), all shares of Series D Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock shall be deemed to have been converted into Common Stock at the then-applicable conversion ratio.

 

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Common Stock” means shares of Common Stock of the Company, $0.001 par value per share.

 

Company” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

 

Election Notice” means written notice from a Stockholder notifying the Company and the selling Stockholder that such Stockholder intends to exercise its Right of First Refusal as to a portion of the Transfer Stock with respect to any Proposed Transfer.

 

Election Notice Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c) of this Agreement.

 

Exercising Investors” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b) of this Agreement.

 

Immediate Family Member” means a child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, or spouse of a sibling, including adoptive relationships, of a Person referred to in this Agreement.

 

Investor” or “Investors” means the persons named on Schedule I hereto, each person to whom the rights of an Investor are assigned pursuant to Section 5.9, each person who hereafter becomes a signatory to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.15 and any one of them, as the context may require; provided, however, that any such person shall cease to be considered an Investor for purposes of this Agreement at any time such person and his, her or its Affiliates hold less than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Capital Stock acquired by such Investor under the Series D Purchase Agreement (subject to adjustment in connection with any stock combination, stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction).

 

Key Holder” or “Key Holders” means the persons named on Schedule II hereto, each person to whom the rights of a Key Holder are assigned pursuant to Section 3.1, each person who hereafter becomes a signatory to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.9 or Section 5.15 and any one of them, as the context may require.

 

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company, association or other entity.

 

Prohibited Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c) of this Agreement.

 

Proposed Transfer” means any assignment, sale, offer to sell, pledge, mortgage, hypothecation, encumbrance, disposition of or any other like transfer or encumbering of any Transfer Stock (or any interest therein) proposed by any of the Key Holders or Investors.

 

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Proposed Transfer Notice” means written notice from a Key Holder setting forth the terms and conditions of a Proposed Transfer along with a copy of any written proposal, term sheet, letter of intent or other agreement relating to such Proposed Transfer (which shall be the same price, terms and conditions specified in or included in the Proposed Transfer Notice).

 

Prospective Transferee” means any person to whom a Key Holder proposes to make a Proposed Transfer.

 

Right of Co-Sale” means the right, but not an obligation, of an Investor to participate in a Proposed Transfer on the terms and conditions specified in the Proposed Transfer Notice.

 

Right of First Refusal” means the right, but not an obligation, of the Company, or its permitted transferees or assigns, to purchase some or all of the Transfer Stock with respect to a Proposed Transfer, on the terms and conditions specified in the Proposed Transfer Notice.

 

Series B Preferred Stock” means shares of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share.

 

Series D Certificate of Designation” means that certain Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series D Preferred Stock of H-Cyte, Inc. adopted by the Company on or about the date hereof; provided that upon such time following the date hereof that the Company amends and restates its Articles (and any corresponding certificates of designation issued pursuant to such Articles) in their entirety into a single second amended and restated articles of incorporation of the Company (such amended and restated document, the “Restated Articles”), all references herein to Series D Certificate of Designation shall be deemed to refer to the Restated Articles, as it may be further amended and/or restated.

 

Series D Preferred Stock” means shares of Series D Preferred Stock of the Company, $0.001 par value per share.

 

Series D Purchase Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Background of this Agreement.

 

Stockholder” or “Stockholders” means individually, any Investor or Key Holder and collectively means the Investors and Key Holders.

 

Transfer Stock” means shares of Capital Stock owned by a Stockholder, or issued to a Stockholder after the date hereof (including, without limitation, in connection with any stock combination, stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction).

 

Undersubscription Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c) of this Agreement.

 

Undersubscription Option” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c) of this Agreement.

 

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2. Agreement Among the Investors and the Key Holders.

 

2.1 Right of First Refusal.

 

(a) Grant. Subject to the terms of Section 3 below, each Key Holder hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the Investors a Right of First Refusal to purchase all or any portion of Transfer Stock that such Key Holder may propose to transfer in a Proposed Transfer, at the same price and on the same terms and conditions as those offered to the Prospective Transferee.

 

(b) Notice. Each Key Holder proposing to make a Proposed Transfer must deliver a Proposed Transfer Notice to the Company and each Investor not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the consummation of such Proposed Transfer. Such Proposed Transfer Notice shall contain the material terms and conditions (including price and form of consideration) of the Proposed Transfer and the identity of the Prospective Transferee. To exercise its Right of First Refusal under this Section 2, an Investor (in such capacity, an “Exercising Investor”) must deliver an Election Notice to the selling Key Holder within fifteen (15) days after delivery of the Proposed Transfer Notice specifying the number of shares of Transfer Stock to be purchased by such Investor. In the event that the number of shares of Transfer Stock elected to be purchased by Exercising Investors is greater than the number of shares of Transfer Stock available for purchase through a Right of First Refusal, then the shares of Transfer Stock shall be allocated among the Exercising Investors on a pro rata basis (based on their relative number of shares of Capital Stock) or in such other proportion as the Exercising Investors may agree. In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and any other agreement that may have been entered into by a Stockholder with the Company that contains a preexisting right of first refusal, the Company and such Stockholder acknowledge and agree that the terms of this Agreement shall control and the preexisting right of first refusal shall be deemed satisfied by compliance with Section 2.1(a) and this Section 2.1(b).

 

(c) Undersubscription of Transfer Stock. If options to purchase have been exercised by the Investors with respect to some but not all of the Transfer Stock by the end of the 15-day period specified in the first sentence of Section 2.1(b)) (the “Election Notice Period”), then the Company shall, immediately after the expiration of the Election Notice Period, send written notice (the “Undersubscription Notice”) to those Exercising Investors who exercised their Right of First Refusal within the Election Notice Period. Each Exercising Investor shall, subject to the provisions of this Section 2.1(c), have an additional option to purchase all or any part of the balance of any such remaining unsubscribed shares of Transfer Stock on the terms and conditions set forth in the Proposed Transfer Notice (the “Undersubscription Option”). To exercise the Undersubscription Option, an Exercising Investor must deliver an Undersubscription Notice to the selling Key Holder and the Company within ten (10) days after the expiration of the Election Notice Period. In the event there are two or more such Exercising Investors that choose to exercise the Undersubscription Option for a total number of remaining shares in excess of the number available, the remaining shares available for purchase under this Section 2.1(c) shall be allocated to such Exercising Investors pro rata based on the number of shares of Transfer Stock such Exercising Investors have elected to purchase pursuant to the Right of First Refusal (without giving effect to any shares of Transfer Stock that any such Exercising Investor has elected to purchase pursuant to the Undersubscription Notice). If the options to purchase the remaining shares are exercised in full by the Exercising Investors, the Company shall immediately notify all of the Exercising Investors and the selling Key Holder of that fact.

 

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(e) Consideration; Closing. If the consideration proposed to be paid for the Transfer Stock is in property, services or other non-cash consideration, the fair market value of the consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors. If any Exercising Investor cannot for any reason pay for the Transfer Stock in the same form of non-cash consideration, such Exercising Investor may pay the cash value equivalent thereof, as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors. The closing of the purchase of Transfer Stock by the Exercising Investors shall take place, and all payments from the Exercising Investors shall have been delivered to the selling Key Holder, by the later of (i) the date specified in the Proposed Transfer Notice as the intended date of the Proposed Transfer and (ii) thirty (30) days after delivery of the Proposed Transfer Notice.

 

2.2 Right of Co-Sale.

 

(a) Exercise of Right. If any Transfer Stock subject to a Proposed Transfer by a Key Holder is not purchased pursuant to Section 2.1 above and thereafter is to be sold to a Prospective Transferee, each respective Investor may elect to exercise its Right of Co-Sale and participate on a pro rata basis in the Proposed Transfer as set forth in Section 2.2(b) below and otherwise on the same terms and conditions specified in the Proposed Transfer Notice (provided that if an Investor wishes to sell Series D Preferred Stock, the price set forth in the Proposed Transfer Notice shall be appropriately adjusted based on the conversion ratio of the Series D Preferred Stock into Common Stock). Each Investor who desires to exercise its Right of Co-Sale must give such selling Key Holder written notice to that effect within ten (10) days after the deadline for delivery of the Proposed Transfer Notice described above, and upon giving such notice such Investor shall be deemed to have effectively exercised the Right of Co-Sale.

 

(b) Shares Includable. Each Investor who timely exercises such Investor’s Right of Co-Sale by delivering the written notice provided for above in Section 2.2(a) may include in the Proposed Transfer all or any part of such Investor’s Capital Stock equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the aggregate number of shares of Transfer Stock subject to the Proposed Transfer by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Capital Stock owned by such Investor immediately before consummation of the Proposed Transfer and the denominator of which is the total number of shares of Capital Stock owned, in the aggregate, by all Investors immediately prior to the consummation of the Proposed Transfer, plus the number of shares of Transfer Stock held by such selling Key Holder. To the extent one or more of the Investors exercise such right of participation in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein, the number of shares of Transfer Stock that such selling Key Holder may sell in the Proposed Transfer shall be correspondingly reduced.

 

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(c) Delivery of Certificates. Each Investor shall effect its participation in the Proposed Transfer by delivering to such transferring Key Holder, no later than fifteen (15) days after such Investor’s exercise of the Right of Co-Sale, one or more stock certificates, properly endorsed for transfer to the Prospective Transferee, representing:

 

(i) the number of shares of Common Stock that such Investor elects to include in the Proposed Transfer; or

 

(ii) the number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock that is at such time convertible into the number of shares of Common Stock that such Investor elects to include in the Proposed Transfer; provided, however, that if the Prospective Transferee objects to the delivery of Series D Preferred Stock in lieu of Common Stock, such Investor shall first convert the Series D Preferred Stock into Common Stock and deliver Common Stock as provided above. The Company agrees to make any such conversion concurrent with and contingent upon the actual transfer of such shares to the Prospective Transferee.

 

(d) Purchase Agreement. The parties hereby agree that the terms and conditions of any sale pursuant to this Section 2.2 will be memorialized in, and governed by, a written purchase and sale agreement with customary terms and provisions for such a transaction and the parties further covenant and agree to enter into such an agreement as a condition precedent to any sale or other transfer pursuant to this Section 2.2.

 

(e) Deliveries. Each stock certificate an Investor delivers to such selling Key Holder pursuant to Section 2.2(c) above will be transferred to the Prospective Transferee against payment therefor in consummation of the sale of the Transfer Stock pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Proposed Transfer Notice and the purchase and sale agreement, and such selling Key Holder shall concurrently therewith remit or direct payment to each Investor the portion of the sale proceeds to which such Investor is entitled by reason of its participation in such sale. If any Prospective Transferee or Transferees refuse(s) to purchase securities subject to the Right of Co-Sale from any Investor exercising its Right of Co-Sale hereunder, such Key Holder may not sell any Transfer Stock to such Prospective Transferee or Transferees unless and until, simultaneously with such sale, such Key Holder purchases all securities subject to the Right of Co-Sale from such Investor on the same terms and conditions (including the proposed purchase price) as set forth in the Proposed Transfer Notice.

 

(f) Additional Compliance. If any Proposed Transfer is not consummated within sixty (60) days after receipt of the Proposed Transfer Notice by the Company, the Stockholder proposing the Proposed Transfer may not sell any Transfer Stock unless they first comply in full with each provision of this Section 2. The exercise or election not to exercise any right by any Stockholder hereunder shall not adversely affect its right to participate in any other sales of Transfer Stock subject to this Section 2.2.

 

2.3 Effect of Failure to Comply.

 

(a) Transfer Void; Equitable Relief. Any Proposed Transfer not made in compliance with the requirements of this Agreement shall be null and void ab initio, shall not be recorded on the books of the Company or its transfer agent and shall not be recognized by the Company. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that any breach of this Agreement would result in substantial harm to the other parties hereto for which monetary damages alone could not adequately compensate. Therefore, the parties hereto unconditionally and irrevocably agree that any non-breaching party hereto shall be entitled to seek protective orders, injunctive relief and other remedies available at law or in equity (including, without limitation, seeking specific performance or the rescission of purchases, sales and other transfers of Transfer Stock not made in strict compliance with this Agreement).

 

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(b) Violation of First Refusal Right. If any Key Holder becomes obligated to sell any Transfer Stock to any Investor under this Agreement and fails to deliver such Transfer Stock in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Investor may, at its option, in addition to all other remedies it may have, send to such Key Holder the purchase price for such Transfer Stock as is herein specified and transfer to the name of such Investor (or request that the Company effect such transfer in the name of such Investor) on the Company’s books the certificate or certificates representing the Transfer Stock to be sold.

 

(c) Violation of Co-Sale Right. If Key Holder purports to sell any Transfer Stock in contravention of the Right of Co-Sale (a “Prohibited Transfer”), each Investor who desires to exercise its Right of Co-Sale under Section 2.2 may, in addition to such remedies as may be available by law, in equity or hereunder, require such Key Holder to purchase from such Investor the type and number of shares of Capital Stock that such Investor would have been entitled to sell to the Prospective Transferee under Section 2.2 had the Prohibited Transfer been effected pursuant to and in compliance with the terms of Section 2.2. The sale will be made on the same terms and subject to the same conditions as would have applied had the Key Holder not made the Prohibited Transfer, except that the sale (including, without limitation, the delivery of the purchase price) must be made within ninety (90) days after the Investor learns of the Prohibited Transfer, as opposed to the timeframe proscribed in Section 2.2. Such Key Holder shall also reimburse each Investor for any and all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and expenses, incurred pursuant to the exercise or the attempted exercise of the Investor’s rights under Section 2.2.

 

3. Exempt Transfers.

 

3.1 Exempted Transfers. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, the provisions of Sections 2.1 and 2.2 shall not apply: (a) in the case of a Key Holder that is an entity, upon a transfer by such Key Holder to its stockholders, members, managers, managing members, partners or other equity holders, (b) to a repurchase of Transfer Stock from a Key Holder by the Company at a price no greater than that originally paid by such Key Holder for such Transfer Stock and pursuant to an agreement containing vesting and/or repurchase provisions approved by a majority of the Company’s Board of Directors, (c) in the case of a Key Holder that is a natural person, upon a transfer of Transfer Stock by such Key Holder made for bona fide estate planning purposes, either during his or her lifetime or on death by will or intestacy to an Immediate Family Member, or any other direct lineal descendant of such Key Holder (or his or her spouse) (all of the foregoing collectively referred to as “family members”), or any other person approved by the Company’s Board of Directors or any custodian or trustee of any trust, partnership or limited liability company for the benefit of, or the ownership interests of which are owned wholly by, such Key Holder or any such family members or (d) solely with respect each Investor, to an Affiliate of such Investor; provided that in the case of clauses (a) and (c), the Key Holder shall deliver prior written notice to the Investors of such pledge, gift or transfer and such shares of Transfer Stock shall at all times remain subject to the terms and restrictions set forth in this Agreement and such transferee shall, as a condition to such transfer, deliver a counterpart signature page to this Agreement as confirmation that such transferee shall be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Agreement as a Key Holder (but only with respect to the securities so transferred to the transferee), including the obligations of a Key Holder with respect to Proposed Transfers of such Transfer Stock pursuant to Section 2; and provided, further, in the case of any transfer pursuant to clauses (a), (c) and (d) above, that such transfer is made pursuant to a transaction in which there is no consideration actually paid for such transfer.

 

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3.2 Exempted Offerings. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, the provisions of Section 2 shall not apply to the sale of any Transfer Stock (a) to the public in an offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or (b) pursuant to a Deemed Liquidation Event (as defined in the Series D Certificate of Designation).

 

3.3 Prohibited Transferees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Key Holder shall transfer any Transfer Stock to (a) any entity which, in the determination of the Company’s Board of Directors, directly or indirectly competes with the Company or (b) any customer, distributor or supplier of the Company, if the Company’s Board of Directors should determine that such transfer would result in such customer, distributor or supplier receiving information that would place the Company at a competitive disadvantage with respect to such customer, distributor or supplier.

 

4. Legend. Each certificate representing shares of Transfer Stock held by the Stockholders or issued to any permitted transferee in connection with a transfer permitted by Section 3.1 hereof shall be endorsed with the following legend:

 

THE SALE, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO, AND IN CERTAIN CASES PROHIBITED BY, THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A CERTAIN RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND CO-SALE AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG THE STOCKHOLDER, THE CORPORATION AND CERTAIN OTHER HOLDERS OF STOCK OF THE CORPORATION. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION.

 

Each Stockholder agrees that the Company may instruct its transfer agent to impose transfer restrictions on the shares represented by certificates bearing the legend referred to in this Section 4 to enforce the provisions of this Agreement, and the Company agrees to promptly do so. The legend shall be removed upon termination of this Agreement at the request of the holder.

 

5. Miscellaneous.

 

5.1 Term. This Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the earlier of (a) the consummation of a Deemed Liquidation Event (as defined in the Series D Certificate of Designation), (b) termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.8 below, or (c) upon the Company’s Common Stock being listed on one of NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the New York Stock Exchange as a result of a public offering generating minimum net proceeds to the Company of at least $25,000,000 (after the payment of, or provision for the payment of, all costs and expenses associated with such listing transaction, including underwriting costs and expenses and legal fees).

 

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5.2 Stock Split. All references to numbers of shares in this Agreement shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock dividend, split, combination or other recapitalization affecting the Capital Stock occurring after the date of this Agreement.

 

5.3 Ownership. Each Stockholder represents and warrants that such Stockholder is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the shares of Transfer Stock subject to this Agreement and that no other person or entity has any interest in such shares (other than a community property interest as to which the holder thereof has acknowledged and agreed in writing to the restrictions and obligations hereunder).

 

5.4 Dispute Resolution. The parties (a) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of the state courts of the State of Florida located in the County of Hillsborough and to the jurisdiction of the United States District Courts for such county for the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement, (b) agree not to commence any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement except in such courts, and (c) hereby waive, and agree not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court.

 

5.5 Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and if not, then on the recipient’s next Business Day, (c) seven (7) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one (1) Business Day after deposit (with full payment) with a nationally recognized overnight courier prior to such courier’s deadline for next Business Day delivery, specifying next Business Day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the Company at its address set forth below, to the Investors at their respective addresses set forth on Schedule I, and to the Key Holders at their respective addresses set forth on Schedule II.

 

If to the Company: H-Cyte, Inc.
201 E. Kennedy Blvd, Suite 700
Tampa,Florida 33602
Attention: William E. Horne, CEO
Facsimile: (844) 633-6839
   
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
 
Hallett & Perrin
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 2400
Dallas, Texas 75202
Attention: Scot W. O’Brien, Esq.
Facsimile: (214) 922-4142

 

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5.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibits and Schedules hereto) constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and any other written or oral agreement relating to the subject matter hereof existing between the parties are expressly canceled.

 

5.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any party under this Agreement, upon any breach or default of any other party under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of such non-breaching or non-defaulting party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any party of any breach or default under this Agreement, or any waiver on the part of any party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

5.8 Amendment; Waiver and Termination. This Agreement may be amended, modified or terminated (other than pursuant to Section 5.1 above) and the observance of any term hereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only by a written instrument executed by (a) the Company, (b) the Key Holders holding a majority of the shares of Transfer Stock then held by all of the Key Holders, and (c) the holders of at least a majority of the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the then outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock held by the Investors (voting on an as-converted basis). Any amendment, modification, termination or waiver so effected shall be binding upon the Company, the Investors, the Key Holders and all of their respective successors and permitted assigns whether or not such party, assignee or other shareholder entered into or approved such amendment, modification, termination or waiver. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) this Agreement may not be amended, modified or terminated and the observance of any term hereunder may not be waived with respect to any Investor or Key Holder without the written consent of such Investor or Key Holder unless such amendment, modification, termination or waiver applies to all Investors and Key Holders, respectively, in the same fashion and (ii) the consent of the Key Holders shall not be required for any amendment, modification, termination or waiver if such amendment, modification, termination or waiver does not apply to the Key Holders. The Company shall give prompt written notice of any amendment, modification or termination hereof or waiver hereunder to any party hereto that did not consent in writing to such amendment, modification, termination or waiver. No waivers of or exceptions to any term, condition or provision of this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or construed as, a further or continuing waiver of any such term, condition or provision.

 

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5.9 Assignment of Rights.

 

(a) The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and permitted assigns of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

(b) Any successor or permitted assignee of any Stockholder, including any Prospective Transferee who purchases shares of Transfer Stock in accordance with the terms hereof, shall deliver to the Company, as a condition to any transfer or assignment, a counterpart signature page hereto pursuant to which such successor or permitted assignee shall confirm their agreement to be subject to and bound by all of the provisions set forth in this Agreement that were applicable to the predecessor or assignor of such successor or permitted assignee.

 

(c) The rights of the Investors hereunder are not assignable without the Company’s written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), except (i) by an Investor to any Affiliate, or (ii) to an assignee or transferee who acquires at least one percent (1%) of the shares of Capital Stock (as adjusted for any stock combination, stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction), it being acknowledged and agreed that any such assignment, including an assignment contemplated by the preceding clauses (i) – (ii) shall be subject to and conditioned upon any such assignee’s delivery to the Company and the other Investors of a counterpart signature page hereto pursuant to which such assignee shall confirm their agreement to be subject to and bound by all of the provisions set forth in this Agreement that were applicable to the assignor of such assignee.

 

(d) Except in connection with an assignment by the Company by operation of law to the acquirer of the Company, the rights and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned under any circumstances.

 

5.10 Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.

 

5.11 Governing Law. This Agreement and any controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.

 

5.12 Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

 

5.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

 

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5.14 Aggregation of Stock. All shares of Capital Stock held or acquired by Affiliates shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement and such Affiliates may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate.

 

5.15 Additional Investors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Company issues additional shares of the Company’s Series D Preferred Stock after the date hereof pursuant to the Series D Purchase Agreement, any purchaser of such shares of Series D Preferred Stock may become a party to this Agreement by executing and delivering an additional counterpart signature page to this Agreement, and thereafter shall be deemed an “Investor” for all purposes hereunder. No action or consent by the Investors shall be required for such joinder to this Agreement by such additional Investor, so long as such additional Investor has agreed in writing to be bound by all of the obligations as an “Investor” hereunder.

 

5.16 Specific Performance. In addition to any and all other remedies that may be available at law in the event of any breach of this Agreement, each Investor shall be entitled to specific performance of the agreements and obligations of the Company and the Key Holders hereunder and to such other injunction or other equitable relief as may be granted by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

5.17 Additional Key Holders. In the event that after the date of this Agreement, the Company issues shares of Common Stock, or options to purchase Common Stock, to any employee or consultant, which shares or options would collectively constitute with respect to such employee or consultant (taking into account all shares of Common Stock, options and other purchase rights held by such employee or consultant) one percent (1%) or more of the shares of Capital Stock, the Company shall, as a condition to such issuance, cause such employee or consultant to execute a counterpart signature page hereto as a Key Holder, and such person shall thereby be bound by, and subject to, all the terms and provisions of this Agreement applicable to a Key Holder.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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H-CYTE, INC.

 

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND CO-SALE AGREEMENT

 

COMPANY’S SIGNATURE PAGE

 

The undersigned has executed this Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  H-CYTE, INC.,
  a Nevada corporation
     
  By: /s/ William E. Horne
  Name:  William E. Horne
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

     
 

 

H-CYTE, INC.

 

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND CO-SALE AGREEMENT

 

INVESTOR’S SIGNATURE PAGE

 

The undersigned has executed this Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

FWHC HOLDINGS, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

   
  By: HOA Capital LLC,
    a Delaware limited liability company,
    its manager
     
  By: /s/ J. Rex Farrior, III
  Name: J. Rex Farrior, III
  Title: Manager

 

     
 

 

H-CYTE, INC.

 

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND CO-SALE AGREEMENT

 

INVESTOR’S SIGNATURE PAGE

 

The undersigned has executed this Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

SIGNATURE BLOCK FOR INDIVIDUALS:

 

   
 

NAME OF INVESTOR

   
   
 

SIGNATURE OF INVESTOR

   
 

SIGNATURE BLOCK FOR ENTITIES:

 

   
 

NAME OF INVESTOR

   
  By:          

  Name: 
  Title:

 

     
 

 

H-CYTE, INC.

 

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND CO-SALE AGREEMENT

 

KEY HOLDER’S SIGNATURE PAGE

 

The undersigned has executed this Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

KEY HOLDER:
   
  /s/ William E. Horne
William E. Horne

 

     
 

 

H-CYTE, INC.

 

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND CO-SALE AGREEMENT

 

KEY HOLDER’S SIGNATURE PAGE

 

The undersigned has executed this Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  SIGNATURE BLOCK FOR INDIVIDUALS:
   
   
  NAME OF KEY HOLDER
   
   
  SIGNATURE OF KEY HOLDER

 

 

SIGNATURE BLOCK FOR ENTITIES:

   
   
  NAME OF KEY HOLDER
     
  By:            
  Name:  
 

Title:

 

 

     
 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

INVESTORS

 

Name of Investor   Address

FWHC Holdings, LLC

 

1306 W Kennedy Blvd

Tampa, FL 33606

Attn: Manager

 

     
 

 

SCHEDULE II

 

KEY HOLDERS

 

Name of Stockholder   Address
RMS Shareholder, LLC  

201 E Kennedy Blvd, Ste 700

Tampa, FL 33602

WPE Kids Partners, L.P.  

500 N. Akard Street, Ste 1500

Dallas, TX 75201

Attn: William P. Esping

Steven Harper  

4311 West Robin Lane

Tampa, FL 33609

DB-BZ, LLC  

15436 North Florida Avenue, Ste 200

Tampa, FL 33613

Attn: Ed DeBartolo

William E. Horne  

201 E. Kennedy Blvd, Suite 700

Tampa, Florida 33602

Blue Zone Med LLC

 

1511 N West Shore Blvd, Ste 750

Tampa, FL 33607

Attn: Christopher Sullivan

 

     
 

 

 

H-CYTE, INC.

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED VOTING AGREEMENT

 

as of November 15, 2019

 

     
 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED VOTING AGREEMENT

 

This Amended and Restated Voting Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of November 15, 2019 by and among (i) H-Cyte, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), (ii) each holder of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”) listed on Schedule I (the “Series B Investors”), (iii) each holder of the Company’s Series D Preferred Stock (“Series D Preferred Stock”) listed on Schedule II (the “Series D Investors” and, together with the Series Series B Investors, and any subsequent investors, or transferees, who become parties hereto as “Investors” pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) or 6.2 below, the “Investors”) and (vi) those certain stockholders of the Company listed on Schedule III (together with any subsequent stockholders, or any transferees, who become parties hereto as “Key Holders” pursuant to Sections 6.1(b) or 6.2 below, the “Key Holders,” and together collectively with the Investors, the “Stockholders”).

 

BACKGROUND

 

The Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) provide for the nomination by the Company’s stockholders of candidates for election to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”).

 

The Company, the Series B Investors and the Key Holders are parties to that certain Voting Agreement dated as of January 8, 2019 (the “Prior Agreement”), which was entered into in connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement dated October 15, 2018.

 

On or about the date hereof, the Series D Investors are acquiring shares of the Series D Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Series D Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated the same date as this Agreement, by and among the Company and the Series D Investors (the “Series D Purchase Agreement”).

 

In connection with those investments, and as an inducement thereto, the parties desire to provide the Series D Investors with the right, among other rights, to nominate and designate the election of certain members of the Board in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

This Agreement amends and restates the Prior Agreement in its entirety.

 

OPERATIVE TERMS

 

The parties agree as follows:

 

1. Voting Provisions Regarding Board of Directors.

 

1.1 Size of the Board. Each Stockholder agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Shares (as defined below) owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that the size of the Board shall be set and remain at no more than three (3) directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the number of directors may be increased with the written consent of holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock, including shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of any Series D Preferred Stock (the “Series D Majority”). For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Shares” shall mean and include any securities of the Company the holders of which are entitled to vote for members of the Board, including without limitation, all shares of Common Stock, Series D Preferred Stock, and Series B Preferred Stock, by whatever name called, now owned or subsequently acquired by a Stockholder, however acquired, whether through stock splits, stock dividends, reclassifications, recapitalizations, similar events or otherwise.

 

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1.2 Board Composition.

 

(a) Each Stockholder agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all of the Shares entitled to vote owned by such Stockholder, or over which Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that at each annual or special meeting of stockholders that each of Michael Yurkowsky, Raymond Monteleone and William Horne shall be elected to the Board. Upon the resignation or removal of Michael Yurkowsky, Raymond Monteleone, or any successor of either, from the Board, William Horne shall have the right to designate the individual to replace Michael Yurkowsky, Raymond Monteleone, or either’s successor, respectively, as a replacement director, and if the successor named by William Horne has similar experience and qualifications and is reasonably acceptable to the Series D Majority, then each Stockholder agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all of the Shares entitled to vote owned by such Stockholder, or over which Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that at each annual or special meeting of stockholders such successor shall be elected to the Board.

 

(b) Following receipt by the Company of written notice from a Series D Majority that they have affirmatively elected to exercise their rights under this Section 1.2 to designate directors to serve on the Board (an “Election Notice”), which such Election Notice shall be promptly forwarded by the Company to each Stockholder upon receipt thereof, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Shares owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to (i) increase the size of the Board to up to five (5) directors and (ii) ensure that at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which an election of directors is held or pursuant to any written consent of the stockholders, up to two (2) individual persons designated by the Series D Majority shall be elected to the Board.

 

1.3 Failure to Designate a Board Member. In the absence of any designation from the Persons or groups with the right to designate a director as specified above, the director previously designated by them and then serving shall be reelected if still eligible to serve as provided herein. For purposes of this Agreement, “Person” shall mean an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, trust or any other entity.

 

1.4 Removal of Board Members. Each Stockholder also agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Shares owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that:

 

(a) no director elected pursuant to Section 1.2 of this Agreement may be removed from office unless (i) such removal is directed or approved by the affirmative vote of the Persons entitled under Section 1.2 to designate that director or (ii) the Person(s) originally entitled to designate or approve such director or occupy such Board seat pursuant to Section 1.2 is no longer so entitled to designate or approve such director or occupy such Board seat;

 

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(b) any vacancies created by the resignation, removal or death of a director elected pursuant to Section 1.2 shall be filled pursuant to the provisions of this Section 1.4; and

 

(c) upon the request of any party entitled to designate a director as provided in Section 1.2 to remove such director, such director shall be removed.

 

All Stockholders agree to execute any written consents required to perform the obligations of this Agreement, and the Company agrees at the request of any party entitled to designate directors to call a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing directors.

 

1.5 No Liability for Election of Recommended Directors. No Stockholder, nor any Affiliate of any Stockholder, shall have any liability as a result of designating a person for election as a director for any act or omission by such designated person in his or her capacity as a director of the Company, nor shall any Stockholder have any liability as a result of voting for any such designee in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed an “Affiliate” of another Person who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, including, without limitation, any general partner, managing member, officer or director of such Person or any venture capital fund now or hereafter existing that is controlled by one or more general partners or managing members of, or shares the same management company with, such Person

 

1.6 Reimbursement of Expenses. The Company shall reimburse each director appointed to the Board for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred by such director directly in conjunction with the business and affairs of the Company.

 

2. Vote to Increase Authorized Common Stock. Each Stockholder agrees to vote or cause to be voted all Shares owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from time to time to ensure that there will be sufficient shares of Common Stock available for conversion of all of the shares of Preferred Stock outstanding at any given time. For purposes of this Agreement, “Preferred Stock” refers to any Series D Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock.

 

3. Vote to Amend and Restate Company Charter. Following receipt by the Company of written notice from a Series D Majority that they have affirmatively elected to have the Company’s current amended and restated articles of incorporation, as in effect as of the date hereof, together with its existing certificates of designation of classes of Preferred Stock, amended and restated in their entirety into a second amended and restated articles of incorporation of the Company (such amended and restated document, the “Restated Charter”), each Stockholder agrees to vote or cause to be voted all Shares owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to authorize, adopt and approve the Restated Charter.

 

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4. Remedies.

 

4.1 Covenants of the Company. The Company agrees to use its best efforts, within the requirements of applicable law, to ensure that the rights granted under this Agreement are effective and that the parties enjoy the benefits of this Agreement. Such actions include, without limitation, the use of the Company’s best efforts to cause the nomination and election of the directors as provided in this Agreement.

 

4.2 Irrevocable Proxy. Each party to this Agreement hereby constitutes and appoints the President and Treasurer of the Company, and each of them, with full power of substitution, as the proxies of the party with respect to the matters set forth herein, including without limitation, election of persons as members of the Board in accordance with Section 1 hereto and votes to increase authorized shares pursuant to Section 2 hereof and hereby authorizes each of them to represent and to vote, if and only if the party (a) fails to vote or (b) attempts to vote (whether by proxy, in person or by written consent), in a manner which is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, all of such party’s Shares in favor of the election of persons as members of the Board determined pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the increase of authorized shares pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of Sections 1 and 2, respectively, of this Agreement. The proxy granted pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence is given in consideration of the agreements and covenants of the Company and the parties in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, as such, is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable unless and until this Agreement terminates or expires pursuant to Section 5 hereof. Each party hereto hereby revokes any and all previous proxies with respect to the Shares and shall not hereafter, unless and until this Agreement terminates or expires pursuant to Section 5 hereof, purport to grant any other proxy or power of attorney with respect to any of the Shares, deposit any of the Shares into a voting trust or enter into any agreement (other than this Agreement), arrangement or understanding with any person, directly or indirectly, to vote, grant any proxy or give instructions with respect to the voting of any of the Shares, in each case, with respect to any of the matters set forth herein.

 

4.3 Specific Enforcement. Each party acknowledges and agrees that each party hereto will be irreparably damaged in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement are not performed by the parties in accordance with their specific terms or are otherwise breached. Accordingly, it is agreed that each of the Company and the Stockholders shall be entitled to an injunction to prevent breaches of this Agreement, and to specific enforcement of this Agreement and its terms and provisions in any action instituted in any court of the United States or any state having subject matter jurisdiction.

 

4.4 Remedies Cumulative. All remedies, either under this Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

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5. Term. This Agreement shall be effective as of the date hereof and shall continue in effect until and shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of (a) the consummation of a Deemed Liquidation Event (as defined in the Series D Certificate of Designation) and distribution of proceeds to or escrow for the benefit of the Stockholders in accordance with the Series D Certificate of Designation, (b) termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 6.8 below, or (c) upon the Company’s Common Stock being listed on one of NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the New York Stock Exchange as a result of a public offering generating minimum net proceeds to the Company of at least $25,000,000 (after the payment of, or provision for the payment of, all costs and expenses associated with such listing transaction, including underwriting costs and expenses and legal fees). For purposes of this Agreement, “Series D Certificate of Designation” means that certain Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series D Preferred Stock of H-Cyte, Inc., as adopted by the Company on or about the date hereof, as it may be further amended and/or restated, provided that upon such time following the date hereof that the Company adopts the Restated Charter, all references herein to Series D Certificate of Designation shall be deemed to refer to the Restated Charter, as it may be further amended and/or restated.

 

6. Miscellaneous.

 

6.1 Additional Parties.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Company issues additional shares of Series D Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock after the date hereof, as a condition to the issuance of such shares the Company shall require that any purchaser of such Preferred Stock become a party to this Agreement by executing and delivering (i) the Adoption Agreement attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A, or (ii) a counterpart signature page hereto agreeing to be bound by and subject to the terms of this Agreement as an Investor and Stockholder hereunder. In either event, each such Person shall thereafter be deemed an Investor and Stockholder for all purposes under this Agreement.

 

(b) In the event that after the date of this Agreement, the Company enters into an agreement with any Person to issue shares of capital stock of the Company to such Person (other than to a purchaser of Preferred Stock described in Section 5.1(a) above), following which such Person shall hold Shares constituting five percent (5%) or more of the Company’s then outstanding capital stock (treating for this purpose all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of or conversion of outstanding options, warrants or convertible securities, as if exercised and/or converted or exchanged), then, the Company shall cause such Person, as a condition precedent to entering into such agreement, to become a party to this Agreement by executing an Adoption Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, agreeing to be bound by and subject to the terms of this Agreement as a Stockholder and thereafter such person shall be deemed a Stockholder for all purposes under this Agreement.

 

6.2 Transfers. Each transferee or assignee of any Shares subject to this Agreement shall continue to be subject to the terms hereof, and, as a condition precedent to the Company’s recognizing such transfer, each transferee or assignee shall agree in writing to be subject to each of the terms of this Agreement by executing and delivering an Adoption Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Upon the execution and delivery of an Adoption Agreement by any transferee, such transferee shall be deemed to be a party hereto as if such transferee were the transferor and such transferee’s signature appeared on the signature pages of this Agreement and shall be deemed to be an Investor and Stockholder, or Key Holder and Stockholder, as applicable. The Company shall not permit the transfer of the Shares subject to this Agreement on its books or issue a new certificate representing any such Shares unless and until such transferee shall have complied with the terms of this Section 6.2. Each certificate representing the Shares subject to this Agreement if issued on or after the date of this Agreement shall be endorsed by the Company with the legend set forth in Section 6.12.

 

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6.3 Successors and Assigns. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

6.4 Governing Law. This Agreement and any controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.

 

6.5 Counterparts; Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

 

6.6 Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

 

6.7 Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and if not, then on the recipient’s next business day, (c) seven (7) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one (1) business day after deposit (with full payment) with a nationally recognized overnight courier prior to such courier’s deadline for next business day delivery, specifying next business day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the Company at its address set forth below, to the Investors at their respective addresses set forth on Schedule I or Schedule II, and to the Key Holders at their respective addresses set forth on Schedule III.

 

If to the Company: H-Cyte, Inc.
  201 E. Kennedy Blvd, Suite 700
  Tampa, Florida 33602
  Attention: William E. Horne, CEO
  Facsimile: (844) 633-6839
   
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
   
  Hallett & Perrin
  1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 2400
  Dallas, Texas 75202
  Attention: Scot W. O’Brien, Esq.
  Facsimile: (214) 922-4142

 

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6.8 Consent Required to Amend, Terminate or Waive. This Agreement may be amended or terminated (other than pursuant to Section 4 above) and the observance of any term hereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only by a written instrument executed by (a) the Company; (b) the Key Holders holding a majority of the Shares then held by the Key Holders; and (c) the Series D Majority. Notwithstanding the foregoing;

 

(a) this Agreement may not be amended or terminated and the observance of any term of this Agreement may not be waived with respect to any Investor or Key Holder without the written consent of such Investor or Key Holder unless such amendment, termination or waiver applies to all Investors or Key Holders, as the case may be, in the same fashion; and

 

(b) any provision hereof may be waived by the waiving party on such party’s own behalf, without the consent of any other party.

 

The Company shall give prompt written notice of any amendment, termination or waiver hereunder to any party that did not consent in writing thereto. Any amendment, termination or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 6.8 shall be binding on each party and all of such party’s successors and permitted assigns, whether or not any such party, successor or assignee entered into or approved such amendment, termination or waiver.

 

6.9 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any party under this Agreement, upon any breach or default of any other party under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of such non-breaching or non-defaulting party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default previously or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any party of any breach or default under this Agreement, or any waiver on the part of any party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

6.10 Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.

 

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6.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibits and Schedules), the Series D Certificate of Designation, Bylaws and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Series D Purchase Agreement) constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and any other written or oral agreement relating to the subject matter hereof existing between the parties is expressly canceled. The Agreement amends and restates the Prior Agreement in its entirety.

 

6.12 Legend on Share Certificates. Each certificate representing any Shares issued after the date hereof the holder of which is a party to this Agreement shall be endorsed by the Company with a legend reading substantially as follows:

 

THE SHARES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A VOTING AGREEMENT, AS MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, (A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST FROM THE COMPANY), AND BY ACCEPTING ANY INTEREST IN SUCH SHARES THE PERSON ACCEPTING SUCH INTEREST SHALL BE DEEMED TO AGREE TO AND SHALL BECOME BOUND BY ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THAT VOTING AGREEMENT, INCLUDING CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OWNERSHIP SET FORTH THEREIN.

 

The Company, by its execution of this Agreement, agrees that it will cause the certificates evidencing the Shares issued after the date hereof to bear the legend required by this Section 6.12 of this Agreement, and it shall supply, free of charge, a copy of this Agreement to any holder of a certificate evidencing Shares upon written request from such holder to the Company at its principal office. The parties to this Agreement do hereby agree that the failure to cause the certificates evidencing the Shares to bear the legend required by this Section 6.12 herein and/or the failure of the Company to supply, free of charge, a copy of this Agreement as provided hereunder shall not affect the validity or enforcement of this Agreement.

 

6.13 Stock Splits, Stock Dividends, etc. In the event of any issuance of Shares of the Company’s voting securities hereafter to any of the Stockholders (including, without limitation, in connection with any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, or the like), such Shares shall become subject to this Agreement and shall be endorsed with the legend set forth in Section 6.12.

 

6.14 Manner of Voting. The voting of Shares pursuant to this Agreement may be effected in person, by proxy, by written consent or in any other manner permitted by applicable law.

 

6.15 Further Assurances. At any time or from time to time after the date hereof, the parties agree to cooperate with each other, and at the request of any other party, to execute and deliver any further instruments or documents and to take all such further action as the other party may reasonably request in order to evidence or effectuate the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and to otherwise carry out the intent of the parties hereunder.

 

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6.16 Dispute Resolution. The parties (a) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of the state courts of the State of Florida located in the County of Hillsborough and to the jurisdiction of the United States District Courts for such county for the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement, (b) agree not to commence any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement except in such courts, and (c) hereby waive, and agree not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court.

 

6.17 Costs of Enforcement. If any party to this Agreement seeks to enforce its rights under this Agreement by legal proceedings, the non-prevailing party shall pay all costs and expenses incurred by the prevailing party, including, without limitation, all reasonable attorneys’ fees.

 

6.18 Aggregation of Stock. Stockholders may expressly agree that all Shares held or acquired by a Stockholder and/or its Affiliates shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement, and that rights under this Agreement with respect to such Shares shall be apportioned as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate and are expressly set forth in such agreement, which shall be in such form as the Company may reasonably require.

 

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H-CYTE, INC.

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED VOTING AGREEMENT

 

COMPANY’S SIGNATURE PAGE

 

The undersigned has executed this Amended and Restated Voting Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  H-CYTE, INC.,
  a Nevada corporation
     
  By: /s/ William E. Horne
  Name:  William E. Horne
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

     
 

 

H-CYTE, INC.

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED VOTING AGREEMENT

 

STOCKHOLDER SIGNATURE PAGE

 

The undersigned has executed this Amended and Restated Voting Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

FWHC HOLDINGS, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

   
  By: HOA Capital LLC,
   

a Delaware limited liability company,

its manager

     
  By: /s/ J. Rex Farrior, III
  Name:  J. Rex Farrior, III
  Title: Manager

 

     
 

 

H-CYTE, INC.

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED VOTING AGREEMENT

 

STOCKHOLDER SIGNATURE PAGE

 

The undersigned has executed this Amended and Restated Voting Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  RMS SHAREHOLDER, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
     
  By: /s/ James St. Louis
  Name:  James St. Louis
  Title: CEO and Manager

 

     
 

 

H-CYTE, INC.

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED VOTING AGREEMENT

 

STOCKHOLDER SIGNATURE PAGE

 

The undersigned has executed this Amended and Restated Voting Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  SIGNATURE BLOCK FOR INDIVIDUALS:
   
   
  NAME OF INVESTOR
   
   
  SIGNATURE OF INVESTOR
   
  SIGNATURE BLOCK FOR ENTITIES:
   
   
  NAME OF INVESTOR
   
  By:                   
  Name:   
  Title:  

 

     
 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

SERIES B INVESTORS

 

Name of Stockholder   Address
Davd J Gregarek or Rebecca L Gregarek   71 Spyglass Dr.
Littleton, CO 80123
GKG Investments, LLC   3333 W Bannock St. #875
Englewood, CO 80110
Gunslinger Capital Group, LLC   71 Spyglass Dr.
Littleton, CO 80123
Diamondrock LLC   715 N. Kilkea Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Matthew Hayden   240 Via Rancho
San Clemente, CA 92672
First Capital   5770 S Beech Ct.
Greenwood Village, CO 80121
NADG Investments, LLP   2851 John St, Suite 1,
Markham ON, 3R 5R7
Capital Invesments LLC   2 Deputy Minister Dr
Colts Neck, NJ 07722
Virginia Dadey   267 Atlantic Ave.
Palm Beach, FL 33480
Steve Gorlin   1234 Airport Rd, Suite 105
Destin, FL 32541

 

 

     
 

 

SCHEDULE II

 

SERIES D INVESTORS

 

Name of Stockholder   Address
FWHC Holdings, LLC   1306 W Kennedy Blvd
Tampa, FL 33606
Attn: Manager

 

     
 

 

SCHEDULE III

 

KEY HOLDERS

 

Name of Stockholder   Address
RMS Shareholder, LLC   201 E Kennedy Blvd, Ste 700
Tampa, FL 33602
WPE Kids Partners, L.P.   500 N. Akard Street, Ste 1500
Dallas, TX 75201
Attn: William P. Esping
Steven Harper   4311 West Robin Lane
Tampa, FL 33609
DB-BZ, LLC   15436 North Florida Avenue, Ste 200
Tampa, FL 33613
Attn: Ed DeBartolo
William Horne   201 E. Kennedy Blvd, Suite 700
Tampa, Florida 33602
Blue Zone Med LLC   1511 N West Shore Blvd, Ste 750
Tampa, FL 33607
Attn: Christopher Sullivan

 

     
 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

ADOPTION AGREEMENT

 

This Adoption Agreement (“Adoption Agreement”) is executed on ___________________, 20__, by the undersigned (the “Transferee”) pursuant to the terms of that certain Amended and Restated Voting Agreement dated as of November ___, 2019 (the “Agreement”), by and among the Company and certain of its Stockholders, as such Agreement may be amended or amended and restated hereafter. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Adoption Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement. By the execution of this Adoption Agreement, the Transferee agrees as follows.

 

1.1 Acknowledgement. Transferee acknowledges that Transferee is acquiring certain shares of the capital stock of the Company (the “Stock”) [or options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Stock (the “Options”)], for one of the following reasons (Check the correct box):

 

  [  ] as a transferee of Shares from a party in such party’s capacity as an “Investor” bound by the Agreement, and after such transfer, Transferee shall be considered an “Investor” and a “Stockholder” for all purposes of the Agreement.
     
  [  ] as a transferee of Shares from a party in such party’s capacity as a “Key Holder” bound by the Agreement, and after such transfer, Transferee shall be considered a “Key Holder” and a “Stockholder” for all purposes of the Agreement.
     
  [  ] as a new Investor in accordance with Section 5.1(a) of the Agreement, in which case Transferee will be an “Investor” and a “Stockholder” for all purposes of the Agreement.
     
  [  ] in accordance with Section 5.1(b) of the Agreement, as a new party who is not a new Investor, in which case Transferee will be a “Stockholder” for all purposes of the Agreement.

 

1.2 Agreement. Transferee hereby (a) agrees that the Stock, and any other shares of capital stock or securities required by the Agreement to be bound thereby, shall be bound by and subject to the terms of the Agreement and (b) adopts the Agreement with the same force and effect as if Transferee were originally a party thereto.

 

1.3 Notice. Any notice required or permitted by the Agreement shall be given to Transferee at the address listed below Transferee’s signature.

 

TRANSFEREE:   ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
         
By:                   H-CYTE, INC.
Name and Title of Signatory      
         
Address:      By:              
         
      Title:  

 

     
 

 

 

H-CYTE, INC.

 

INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of November 15, 2019

 

     
 

 

INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of the 15th day of November, 2019, by and among H-CYTE, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) and each of the investors listed on Schedule I hereto (the “Investors”).

 

BACKGROUND

 

The Investors are acquiring shares of the Series D Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated the same date as this Agreement, by and among the Company and the Investors (the “Series D Purchase Agreement”). In order to induce the Company to enter into the Series D Purchase Agreement and to induce the Investors to invest funds in the Company pursuant to the Series D Purchase Agreement, the Company and Investors desire to enter into this Agreement and that this Agreement shall govern the rights of the Investors to cause the Company to register shares of Common Stock issuable to the Investors, to receive certain information from the Company, and to participate in future equity offerings by the Company, and shall govern certain other matters as set forth in this Agreement.

 

AGREEMENT

 

The parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:

 

1.1 “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, including without limitation any general partner, managing member, officer or director of such Person or any venture capital fund now or hereafter existing that is controlled by one or more general partners or managing members of, or shares the same management company with, such Person.

 

1.2 “Articles of Incorporation” means the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as it may be further amended and/or restated.

 

1.3 “Automatic Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning given to such term in SEC Rule 405.

 

1.4 “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in Tampa, Florida.

 

1.5 “Common Stock” means shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share.

 

1.6 “Damages” means any loss, damage, claim or liability (joint or several) to which a party hereto may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state law, insofar as such loss, damage, claim or liability (or any action in respect thereof) arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement of the Company, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, or any amendments or supplements thereto; (ii) an omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the indemnifying party (or any of its agents or Affiliates) of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any state securities law.

 

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1.7 “Demand Notice” means notice sent by the Company to the Holders specifying that a demand registration has been requested pursuant to Section 2.1.

 

1.8 “Derivative Securities” means any securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for (in each case, directly or indirectly), Common Stock, including options and warrants.

 

1.9 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

1.10 “Excluded Registration” means (i) a registration relating to the sale of securities to employees of the Company or a subsidiary pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase, or similar plan; (ii) a registration statement on Form S-4; (iii) a registration relating to an SEC Rule 145 transaction; (iv) a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities; or (v) a registration in which the only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered.

 

1.11 “Form S-1” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC.

 

1.12 “Form S-3” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC that permits incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.

 

1.13 Free-Writing Prospectus” means a free-writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act

 

1.14 “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time.

 

1.15 “Holder” means any holder of Registrable Securities who is a party to this Agreement.

 

1.16 “Immediate Family Member” means a child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, or spouse of a sibling, including adoptive relationships, of a Person referred to in this Agreement.

 

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1.17 “Initiating Holders” means, collectively, Holders who properly initiate a registration request under this Agreement.

 

1.18 “Investor Agreements” means this Agreement, the Voting Agreement and the ROFR and Co-Sale Agreement.

 

1.19 “Lead Investor” means FWHC Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

1.20 “New Securities” means, collectively, equity securities of the Company, whether or not currently authorized, as well as rights, options, or warrants to purchase such equity securities, or securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for such equity securities.

 

1.21 “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company, association or other entity.

 

1.22 “Registrable Securities” means (i) the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock held by the Investors; (ii) any Common Stock acquired by the Investors from the Company or another holder of Common Stock on or after the date hereof; (iii) any Common Stock issued or issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise of any other securities of the Company acquired by the Investors on or after the date hereof (including without limitation any warrants issued to the Investors pursuant to the Series D Purchase Agreement); and (iv) any Common Stock issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right, or other security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, the shares referenced in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above; excluding in all cases, however, any Registrable Securities sold by a Person in a transaction in which the applicable rights under this Agreement are not assigned pursuant to Section 5.1, and excluding for purposes of Section 2 any shares for which registration rights have terminated pursuant to Section 2.13 of this Agreement.

 

1.23 “Registrable Securities then outstanding” means the number of shares determined by adding the number of shares of outstanding Common Stock that are Registrable Securities and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable (directly or indirectly) pursuant to then exercisable and/or convertible securities that are Registrable Securities.

 

1.24 “Restricted Securities” means the securities of the Company required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.12(b) hereof.

 

1.25 “ROFR and Co-Sale Agreement” means that certain Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Investors and the other stockholders of the Company signatory thereto.

 

1.26 “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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1.27 “SEC Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.

 

1.28 “SEC Rule 145” means Rule 145 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.

 

1.29 “SEC Rule 405” means Rule 405 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act

 

1.30 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

1.31 “Selling Expenses” means all underwriting discounts, selling commissions, and stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities, and fees and disbursements of counsel for any Holder, except for the fees and disbursements of the Selling Holder Counsel borne and paid by the Company as provided in Section 2.6.

 

1.32 “Series B Preferred Stock” means shares of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock.

 

1.33 “Series D Certificate of Designation” means that certain Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series D Preferred Stock of H-Cyte, Inc. adopted by the Company on or about the date hereof; provided that upon such time following the date hereof that the Company amends and restates its Articles of Incorporation (and any corresponding certificates of designation issued pursuant to such Articles of Incorporation) in their entirety into a single second amended and restated articles of incorporation of the Company (such amended and restated document, the “Restated Articles”), all references herein to Series D Certificate of Designation shall be deemed to refer to the Restated Articles, as it may be further amended and/or restated.

 

1.34 “Series D Preferred Stock” means shares of the Company’s Series D Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share.

 

1.35 “Voting Agreement” means that certain Voting Agreement dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Investors and the other stockholders of the Company signatory thereto.

 

2. Registration Rights. The Company covenants and agrees as follows:

 

2.1 Demand Registration.

 

(a) Form S-1 Demand. If at any time after the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the date the Company’s consummates any offering involving an underwriting of shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to Section 2.2, the Company receives a request from any Holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a Form S-1 registration statement with respect to at least fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by such Holders, then the Company shall (i) within ten (10) days after the date such request is given, give notice thereof (the “Demand Notice”) to all Holders other than the Initiating Holders; and (ii) as soon as practicable, and in any event within sixty (60) days after the date such request is given by the Initiating Holders, file a Form S-1 registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities that the Initiating Holders requested to be registered and any additional Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any other Holders, as specified by notice given by each such Holder to the Company within twenty (20) days of the date the Demand Notice is given, and in each case, subject to the limitations of Section 2.1(c) and Section 2.3.

 

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(b) Form S-3 Demand. If at any time when it is eligible to use a Form S-3 registration statement, the Company receives a request from any Holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a Form S-3 registration statement with respect to at least fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Registrable Securities of such Holders, then the Company shall (i) within ten (10) days after the date such request is given, give a Demand Notice to all Holders other than the Initiating Holders; and (ii) as soon as practicable, and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the date such request is given by the Initiating Holders, file a Form S-3 registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities that such Holders requested to be registered and any additional Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any other Holders, as specified by notice given by each such Holder to the Company within twenty (20) days of the date the Demand Notice is given, and in each case, subject to the limitations of Section 2.1(c) and Section 2.3.

 

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing obligations, if the Company furnishes to Holders requesting a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 a certificate signed by the Company’s chief executive officer stating that in the good faith judgment of the Company’s Board of Directors it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to either become effective or remain effective for as long as such registration statement otherwise would be required to remain effective, because such action would (i) materially interfere with a significant acquisition, corporate reorganization, or other similar transaction involving the Company; (ii) require premature disclosure of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential; or (iii) render the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, then the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing, and any time periods with respect to filing or effectiveness thereof shall be tolled correspondingly, for a period of not more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the request of the Initiating Holders is given; provided, however, that the Company may not invoke this right (A) more than once in any twelve (12) month period or (B) more than twice in any twelve month (12) period so long as the aggregate number of days that action is deferred and time periods tolled is not more than one hundred twenty (120); and provided further that the Company shall not register any securities for its own account or that of any other stockholder during such one hundred twenty (120) day period other than an Excluded Registration.

 

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(d) The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a) (i) during the period that is sixty (60) days before the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration, provided, that the Company is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become and remain effective; (ii) after the Company has effected two (2) consummated underwritten registrations pursuant to Section 2.1(a); or (iii) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.1(b). The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to Section 2.1(b) (A) during the period that is thirty (30) days before the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date that is ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration, provided, that the Company is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become and remain effective; or (B) if the Company has effected two (2) consummated underwritten registrations pursuant to Section 2.1(b) within the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the date of such request. A registration shall not be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Section 2.1(d) until such time as the applicable registration statement has been declared effective by the SEC, unless the Initiating Holders withdraw their request for such registration, elect not to pay the registration expenses therefor, and forfeit their right to one (1) demand registration statement pursuant to Section 2.6, in which case such withdrawn registration statement shall be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Section 2.1(d).

 

2.2 Company Registration. If the Company proposes to register (including, for this purpose, a registration effected by the Company for stockholders other than the Holders) any of its securities under the Securities Act in connection with the public offering of such securities solely for cash (other than in an Excluded Registration), the Company shall, at such time, promptly give each Holder notice of such registration. Upon the request of each Holder given within twenty (20) days after such notice is given by the Company, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.3, cause to be registered all of the Registrable Securities that each such Holder has requested to be included in such registration. The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 2.2 before the effective date of such registration, whether or not any Holder has elected to include Registrable Securities in such registration. The expenses (other than Selling Expenses) of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section 2.6.

 

2.3 Underwriting Requirements.

 

(a) If, pursuant to Section 2.1, the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to Section 2.1, and the Company shall include such information in the Demand Notice. The underwriter(s) will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter(s) selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.3, if the managing underwriter(s) advise(s) the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities that otherwise would be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among such Holders of Registrable Securities, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion to (or as nearly as practicable to) the number of Registrable Securities owned by each Holder or in such other proportion as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders; provided, however, that the number of Registrable Securities held by the Holders to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.

 

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(b) In connection with any offering involving an underwriting of shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to Section 2.2, the Company shall not be required to include any of a Holder’s Registrable Securities in such underwriting unless such Holder accepts the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and its underwriters, and then only in such quantity as the underwriters in their sole discretion determine will not jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company. If the total number of securities, including Registrable Securities, requested by stockholders to be included in such offering exceeds the number of securities to be sold (other than by the Company) that the underwriters in their reasonable discretion determine is compatible with the success of the offering, then the Company shall be required to include in the offering only that number of such securities, including Registrable Securities, which the underwriters and the Company in their sole discretion determine will not jeopardize the success of the offering. If the underwriters determine that less than all of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered can be included in such offering, then the Registrable Securities that are included in such offering shall be allocated among the selling Holders in proportion to (or as nearly as practicable to) the number of Registrable Securities owned by each selling Holder or in such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall (i) the number of Registrable Securities included in the offering be reduced unless all other securities (other than securities to be sold by the Company) are first entirely excluded from the offering, or (ii) the number of Registrable Securities included in the offering be reduced below thirty percent (30%) of the total number of securities included in such offering. For purposes of the provision in this Section 2.3(b) concerning apportionment, for any selling Holder that is a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, the partners, members, retired partners, retired members, stockholders, and Affiliates of such Holder, or the estates and Immediate Family Members of any such partners, retired partners, members, and retired members and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing Persons, shall be deemed to be a single “selling Holder,” and any pro rata reduction with respect to such “selling Holder” shall be based upon the aggregate number of Registrable Securities owned by all Persons included in such “selling Holder,” as defined in this sentence.

 

(c) For purposes of Section 2.1, a registration shall not be counted as “effected” if, as a result of an exercise of the underwriter’s cutback provisions in Section 2.3(a), fewer than fifty percent (50%) of the total number of Registrable Securities that Holders have requested to be included in such registration statement are actually included.

 

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2.4 Obligations of the Company. Whenever required under this Section 2 to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:

 

(a) prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and, upon the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder, keep such registration statement effective for a period of up to one hundred twenty (120) days or, if earlier, until the distribution contemplated in the registration statement has been completed; provided, however, that (i) such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period the Holder refrains, at the request of an underwriter of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company, from selling any securities included in such registration, and (ii) in the case of any registration of Registrable Securities on Form S-3 that are intended to be offered on a continuous or delayed basis, subject to compliance with applicable SEC rules, such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended for up to three hundred sixty (360) days, if necessary, to keep the registration statement effective until all such Registrable Securities are sold;

 

(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement, and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement, as may be necessary to comply with the Securities Act in order to enable the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;

 

(c) furnish to the selling Holders such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, as required by the Securities Act, and such other documents as the Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate their disposition of their Registrable Securities;

 

(d) use its commercially reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue-sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the selling Holders; provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any such states or jurisdictions, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act;

 

(e) in the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the underwriter(s) of such offering;

 

(f) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be listed on a national securities exchange or trading system and each securities exchange and trading system (if any) on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

 

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(g) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement and provide a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of such registration;

 

(h) promptly make available for inspection by the selling Holders, any managing underwriter(s) participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement, and any attorney or accountant or other agent retained by any such underwriter or selected by the selling Holders, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents, and properties of the Company, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant, or agent, in each case, as necessary or advisable to verify the accuracy of the information in such registration statement and to conduct appropriate due diligence in connection therewith;

 

(i) notify each selling Holder, promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of the time when such registration statement has been declared effective or a supplement to any prospectus or Free-Writing Prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed;

 

(j) to the extent the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in SEC Rule 405 at the time any request for registration is submitted to the Company in accordance with Section 3.1, if so requested, file an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement to effect such registration;

 

(k) if at any time when the Company is required to re-evaluate its well-known seasoned issuer status for purposes of an outstanding Automatic Shelf Registration Statement used to effect a request for registration in accordance with Section 2.2 the Company determines that it is not a well-known seasoned issuer and (i) the registration statement is required to be kept effective in accordance with this Agreement and (ii) the registration rights of the applicable Holders have not terminated, use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly amend the registration statement on a form the Company is then eligible to use or file a new registration statement on such form, and keep such registration statement effective in accordance with the requirements otherwise applicable under this Agreement; and

 

(l) after such registration statement becomes effective, notify each selling Holder of any request by the SEC that the Company amend or supplement such registration statement or prospectus.

 

2.5 Furnish Information. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 2 with respect to the Registrable Securities of any selling Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as is reasonably required to effect the registration of such Holder’s Registrable Securities.

 

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2.6 Expenses of Registration. All expenses (other than Selling Expenses) incurred in connection with registrations, filings, or qualifications pursuant to Section 2, including all registration, filing, and qualification fees; printers’ and accounting fees; fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; and the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the selling Holders (the “Selling Holder Counsel”) shall be borne and paid by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to Section 2.1 if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered (in which case all selling Holders shall bear such expenses pro rata based upon the number of Registrable Securities that were to be included in the withdrawn registration), unless the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities agree to forfeit their right to one registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a) or Section 2.1(b), as the case may be; provided further that if, at the time of such withdrawal, any of the Holders or their Affiliates shall have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Company from that known to any such Holders or their Affiliates at the time of their request and have withdrawn the request with reasonable promptness after learning of such information then the Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall not forfeit their right to one registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a) or Section 2.1(b). All Selling Expenses relating to Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Section 2 shall be borne and paid by the Holders pro rata on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities registered on their behalf.

 

2.7 Delay of Registration. No Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any registration pursuant to this Agreement as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Section 2.

 

2.8 Indemnification. If any Registrable Securities are included in a registration statement under this Section 2:

 

(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each selling Holder, and the partners, members, managers, managing members, officers, directors, and stockholders of each such Holder; legal counsel and accountants for each such Holder; any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) for each such Holder; and each Person, if any, who controls any of such foregoing persons within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any Damages, and the Company will pay to each such Holder, underwriter, controlling Person, or other aforementioned Person any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding from which Damages may result, as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 2.8(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, nor shall the Company be liable for any Damages to the extent that they arise out of or are based upon actions or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of any such Holder, underwriter, controlling Person, or other aforementioned Person expressly for use in connection with such registration.

 

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(b) To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, and each of its directors, each of its officers who has signed the registration statement, each Person (if any), who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, legal counsel and accountants for the Company, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act), any other Holder selling securities in such registration statement, and any controlling Person of any such underwriter or other Holder, against any Damages, in each case only to the extent that such Damages arise out of or are based upon actions or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of such selling Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each such selling Holder will pay to the Company and each other aforementioned Person any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding from which Damages may result, as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 2.8(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and provided further that in no event shall the aggregate amounts payable by any Holder by way of indemnity or contribution under Section 2.8 exceed the proceeds from the offering received by such Holder (net of any Selling Expenses paid by such Holder), except in the case of fraud or intentional misconduct by such Holder.

 

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 2.8 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action) for which a party may be entitled to indemnification hereunder, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 2.8, give the indemnifying party notice of the commencement thereof. The indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in such action and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, participate jointly with any other indemnifying party to which notice has been given, and to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party (together with all other indemnified parties that may be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain one separate counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such action. The failure to give notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this Section 2.8, but only if, and then only to the actual extent, that such failure materially prejudices the indemnifying party’s ability to defend such action. The failure to give notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 2.8.

 

(d) To provide for just and equitable contribution to joint liability under the Securities Act in any case in which either (i) any party otherwise entitled to indemnification hereunder makes a claim for indemnification pursuant to this Section 2.8 but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be enforced in such case, notwithstanding the fact that this Section 2.8 provides for indemnification in such case, or (ii) contribution under the Securities Act may be required on the part of any party hereto for which indemnification is provided under this Section 2.8, then, and in each such case, such parties will contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses to which they may be subject (after contribution from others) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of each of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the statements, omissions, or other actions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage, liability, or expense, as well as to reflect any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact, or the omission or alleged omission of a material fact, relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission; provided, however, that, in any such case, (x) no Holder will be required to contribute any amount in excess of the public offering price of all such Registrable Securities offered and sold by such Holder pursuant to such registration statement, and (y) no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation; and provided further that in no event shall a Holder’s liability pursuant to this Section 2.8(d), when combined with the amounts paid or payable by such Holder pursuant to Section 2.8(b), exceed the proceeds from the offering received by such Holder (net of any Selling Expenses paid by such Holder), except in the case of willful misconduct or fraud by such Holder.

 

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(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.

 

(f) Unless otherwise superseded by an underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering, the obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 2.8 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration under this Section 2, and otherwise shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

2.9 Reports Under Exchange Act. With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of SEC Rule 144 and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit a Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form S-3, the Company shall:

 

(a) make and keep available adequate current public information, as those terms are understood and defined in SEC Rule 144;

 

(b) use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and

 

(c) furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) to the extent accurate, a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of SEC Rule 144, the Securities Act, and the Exchange Act, or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after the Company so qualifies); (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company; and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested in availing any Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after the Company so qualifies to use such form).

 

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2.10 Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that would allow such holder or prospective holder (a) to include such securities in any registration unless, under the terms of such agreement, such holder or prospective holder may include such securities in any such registration only to the extent that the inclusion of such securities will not reduce the number of the Registrable Securities of the Holders that are included or subordinate the rights of the Holders hereunder, or (b) allow such holder or prospective holder to initiate a demand for registration of any securities held by such holder or prospective holder.

 

2.11 “Market Stand-off” Agreement. Each Holder hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter, during the period commencing on the date of the final prospectus relating to the registration by the Company for its own behalf of shares of its Common Stock or any other equity securities under the Securities Act on a registration statement on Form S-1 or Form S-3, and ending on the date specified by the Company and the managing underwriter (such period not to exceed ninety (90) days in the case of an underwritten offering, which period may be extended upon the request of the managing underwriter for an additional period of up to fifteen (15) days if the Company issues or proposes to issue an earnings or other public release within fifteen (15) days of the expiration of the 90-day lockup period, (i) lend; offer; pledge; sell; contract to sell; sell any option or contract to purchase; purchase any option or contract to sell; grant any option, right, or warrant to purchase; or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable (directly or indirectly) for Common Stock held immediately before the effective date of the registration statement for such offering or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash, or otherwise. The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.11 shall not apply to the sale of any shares to an underwriter pursuant to an underwriting agreement, and shall be applicable to the Holders only if all officers and directors are subject to the same restrictions and the Company uses commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a similar agreement from all stockholders individually owning more than five percent (5%) of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock (after giving effect to conversion into Common Stock of all outstanding Series D Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock). The underwriters in connection with such registration are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Section 2.11 and shall have the right, power, and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto. Each Holder further agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the underwriters in connection with such registration that are consistent with this Section 2.11 or that are necessary to give further effect thereto. Any discretionary waiver or termination of the restrictions of any or all of such agreements by the Company or the underwriters shall apply pro rata to all Holders subject to such agreements, based on the number of shares subject to such agreements, except that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company (upon the approval of its Board of Directors) and the underwriters may, in their sole discretion, waive or terminate these restrictions without such pro rata application.

 

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2.12 Restrictions on Transfer.

 

(a) The Series D Preferred Stock and Registrable Securities held by any Holder shall not be sold, pledged, or otherwise transferred, except in connection with a bona fide margin account with a registered broker-dealer or other loan with a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act or other loan secured by such securities (which exception shall not apply in the circumstances set forth in Section 2.11) and the Company shall not recognize and shall issue stop-transfer instructions to its transfer agent with respect to any such sale, pledge, or transfer, except upon the conditions specified in this Agreement, which conditions are intended to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act. A transferring Holder will cause any proposed purchaser, pledgee, or transferee of the Series D Preferred Stock or Registrable Securities or other equity securities, as applicable, to agree to take and hold such securities subject to the provisions and upon the conditions specified in this Agreement.

 

(b) Each certificate or instrument representing (i) the Series D Preferred Stock, (ii) the Registrable Securities, and (iii) any other securities issued in respect of the securities referenced in clauses (i) and (ii) upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, or similar event, shall (unless otherwise permitted by the provisions of Section 2.12(c)) be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend substantially in the following form:

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF CERTAIN AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE STOCKHOLDER, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.

 

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The Holders consent to the Company making a notation in its records and giving instructions to any transfer agent of the Restricted Securities in order to implement the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.12.

 

(c) The Holder of each certificate representing Restricted Securities, by acceptance thereof, agrees to comply in all respects with the provisions of this Section 2. Before any proposed sale, pledge, or transfer of any Restricted Securities, unless there is in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the proposed transaction, the Holder thereof shall give notice to the Company of such Holder’s intention to effect such sale, pledge, or transfer. Each such notice shall describe the manner and circumstances of the proposed sale, pledge, or transfer in sufficient detail and, if reasonably requested by the Company, shall be accompanied at such Holder’s expense by either (i) a written opinion of legal counsel who shall, and whose legal opinion shall, be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, addressed to the Company, to the effect that the proposed transaction may be effected without registration under the Securities Act; (ii) a “no action” letter from the SEC to the effect that the proposed sale, pledge, or transfer of such Restricted Securities without registration will not result in a recommendation by the staff of the SEC that action be taken with respect thereto; or (iii) any other evidence reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the Company to the effect that the proposed sale, pledge, or transfer of the Restricted Securities may be effected without registration under the Securities Act, whereupon the Holder of such Restricted Securities shall be entitled to sell, pledge, or transfer such Restricted Securities in accordance with the terms of the notice given by the Holder to the Company. The Company will not require such a legal opinion or “no action” letter (x) in any transaction in compliance with SEC Rule 144 or (y) in any transaction (A) in which such Holder distributes Restricted Securities to an Affiliate of such Holder for no consideration or (B) described in Section 3.1(c) of the Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company and the other parties identified therein; provided that each transferee in the foregoing clauses (A) and (B) agrees in writing to be subject to the terms of this Section 2.12. Each certificate or instrument evidencing the Restricted Securities transferred as above provided shall bear, except if such transfer is made pursuant to SEC Rule 144 or pursuant to a registration statement, the appropriate restrictive legend set forth in Section 2.12(b), except that such certificate shall not bear such restrictive legend if, in the opinion of counsel for such Holder and the Company, such legend is not required in order to establish compliance with any provisions of the Securities Act.

 

2.13 Termination of Registration Rights. The right of any Holder to request registration or inclusion of Registrable Securities in any registration pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2 shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of:

 

(a) the closing of a Deemed Liquidation Event, as such term is defined in the Series D Certificate of Designation;

 

(b) upon the Company’s Common Stock being listed on one of NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the New York Stock Exchange as a result of a public offering generating minimum net proceeds to the Company of at least $25,000,000 (after the payment of, or provision for the payment of, all Selling Expenses associated with such listing transaction); or

 

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(c) termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.6 below.

 

2.14 Subordination. So long as the rights of the Holders under this Section 2 remain in effect, any registration or similar rights granted by the Company to any other holder of capital stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of capital stock shall be expressly subordinate to the rights of the Holders hereunder.

 

3. Information and Observer Rights.

 

3.1 Delivery of Financial Statements. The Company shall deliver to each Investor, provided that the Board of Directors, has not reasonably determined that such Investor is a competitor of the Company:

 

(a) as soon as practicable, but in any event within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, (i) a balance sheet for the Company as of the end of such year, (ii) statements of income and of cash flows for the Company for such year, and a comparison between (x) the actual amounts shown on such balance sheet and statements of income and cash flows as of and for such fiscal year and (y) the comparable amounts for the prior year and as included in the Budget (as defined in Section 3.1(d)) for such year, with an explanation of any material differences between such amounts and a schedule as to the sources and applications of funds for such year, and (iii) statement of stockholders’ equity as of the end of such year. All such financial statements (x) shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, and (y) shall be audited and certified (with such changes and adjustments as shall be required) by independent public accountants selected by the Company’s Board of Directors;

 

(b) as soon as practicable, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, (i) an unaudited balance sheet for the Company as of the end of such quarter, (ii) unaudited statements of income and of cash flows for the Company for such quarter, and a comparison between (x) the actual amounts shown on such balance sheet and statements of income and cash flows as of and for such fiscal quarter and (y) the comparable amounts in the corresponding quarter in the prior year and as included in the Budget (as defined in Section 3.1(d)) through such quarter, with an explanation of any material differences between such amounts, and (iii) statement of stockholders’ equity as of the end of such quarter. All such financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP (except that such financial statements may (i) be subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and (ii) not contain all notes thereto that may be required in accordance with GAAP);

 

(c) as soon as practicable, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, a statement showing the number of shares of each class and series of capital stock and securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of capital stock outstanding at the end of the period, the Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exercise of any outstanding securities convertible or exercisable for Common Stock and the exchange ratio or exercise price applicable thereto, and the number of shares of issued stock options and stock options not yet issued but reserved for issuance, if any, all in sufficient detail as to permit the Investors to calculate their respective percentage equity ownership in the Company, and certified by the chief financial officer or chief executive officer of the Company as being true, complete, and correct;

 

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(d) as soon as practicable, but in any event thirty (30) days before the end of each fiscal year, a budget and business plan for the next fiscal year (collectively, the “Budget”), approved by the Board of Directors and prepared on a monthly basis, including balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flow for such months and, promptly after prepared, any other budgets or revised budgets prepared by the Company;

 

(e) with respect to the financial statements called for in Section 3.1(a), and Section 3.1(b), an instrument executed by the chief financial officer and chief executive officer of the Company certifying that such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied with prior practice for earlier periods (except as otherwise set forth in Section 3.1(b) and fairly present the financial condition of the Company and its results of operation for the periods specified therein; and

 

(f) such other information relating to the financial condition, business, prospects, or corporate affairs of the Company as the Lead Investor may from time to time reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated under this Section 3.1 to provide information (i) that the Company reasonably determines in good faith to be a trade secret or confidential information (unless covered by an enforceable confidentiality agreement, in form acceptable to the Company) or (ii) the disclosure of which would adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel.

 

If, for any period, the Company has any subsidiary whose accounts are consolidated with those of the Company, then in respect of such period the financial statements delivered pursuant to the foregoing sections shall be the consolidated and consolidating financial statements of the Company and all such consolidated subsidiaries.

 

Notwithstanding anything else in this Section 3.1 to the contrary, the Company may cease providing the information set forth in this Section 3.1 during the period starting with the date thirty (30) days before the Company’s good-faith estimate of the date of filing of a registration statement if it reasonably concludes it must do so to comply with the SEC rules applicable to such registration statement and related offering; provided that the Company’s covenants under this Section 3.1 shall be reinstated at such time as the Company is no longer actively employing its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective.

 

3.2 Inspection. The Company shall permit the Lead Investor, at such Lead Investor’s expense, to visit and inspect the Company’s properties; examine its books of account and records; and discuss the Company’s affairs, finances, and accounts with its officers, during normal business hours of the Company as may be reasonably requested in advance by the Investor; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to this Section 3.2 to provide access to any information that it reasonably and in good faith considers to be a trade secret or confidential information (unless covered by an enforceable confidentiality agreement, in form acceptable to the Company) or the disclosure of which would adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel.

 

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3.3 Confidentiality. Each Investor agrees that such Investor will keep confidential and will not disclose, divulge, or use for any purpose (other than to monitor its investment in the Company) any confidential information obtained from the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (including notice of the Company’s intention to file a registration statement), unless such confidential information (a) is known or becomes known to the public in general (other than as a result of a breach of this Section 3.3 by such Investor), (b) is or has been independently developed or conceived by the Investor without use of the Company’s confidential information, or (c) is or has been made known or disclosed to the Investor by a third party without a breach of any obligation of confidentiality such third party may have to the Company; provided, however, that an Investor may disclose confidential information (i) to its attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other professionals to the extent necessary to obtain their services in connection with monitoring its investment in the Company; (ii) to any prospective purchaser of any Registrable Securities from such Investor, if such prospective purchaser agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 3.3; (iii) to any existing or prospective Affiliate, partner, member, stockholder, or wholly owned subsidiary of such Investor in the ordinary course of business, provided that such Investor informs such Person that such information is confidential and directs such Person to maintain the confidentiality of such information; (iv) to enforce this Agreement; or (v) as may otherwise be required by law, provided that the Investor promptly notifies the Company of such disclosure and takes reasonable steps to minimize the extent of any such required disclosure. For avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 3.3 shall limit or preclude the Lead Investor or any of its employees, partners, members, managers, managing members, officers, directors, employees, counsel, consultants or Affiliates (A) from carrying on any business with, investing in, or from providing management, investment or similar support, guidance or advice to, any party whatsoever, including without limitation, any competitor, supplier or customer of the Company, or (B) from carrying on its business as currently conducted or as such business may be conducted in the future, in each case, so long as none of them uses or discloses the Company’s confidential information in connection with such activities.

 

3.4 Board Observer Rights. Until such time as the Lead Investor or its Affiliates no longer hold at least twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Series D Preferred Stock (or an equivalent amount of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof), the Company shall allow up to two (2) representatives designated by the Lead Investor to attend all meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors, in a non-voting observer capacity, and in connection therewith, the Company shall give such representative copies of all notices, minutes, consents and other materials, financial or otherwise, which the Company provides to its Board of Directors at the same time and in the same manner as provided to such directors; provided, however, that the Company reserves the right to exclude such representative from access to any material or meeting or portion thereof if the Company believes, upon advice of counsel, that such exclusion is reasonably necessary to preserve the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel, result in the disclosure of trade secrets of the Company, may result in a conflict of interest, if the Lead Investor or such representative are a competitor of the Company or for other similar reasons; and provided further that the representative shall agree to hold in confidence and trust and to act in a fiduciary manner with respect to all information so provided to such representative. In the event the Lead Investor exercises its rights under the Voting Agreement to designate one or more individuals to serve on the Board of Directors, the number of observers that the Lead Investor may designate under this Section 3.4 as an observer shall be reduced by the number of directors serving on the Board of Directors that were designated by the Lead Investor under the Voting Agreement.

 

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4. Rights Regarding Future Stock Issuances.

 

4.1 Right of First Offer. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 4.1 and applicable securities laws, if the Company proposes to offer or sell any New Securities, the Company shall first offer such New Securities to each Investor, with the amount of such New Securities eligible to be purchased by such Investor determined in accordance with this Section 4.1. Each Investor shall be entitled to apportion the right of first offer hereby granted to it among itself and its Affiliates in such proportions as it deems appropriate.

 

(a) The Company shall give notice (the “Offer Notice”) to each Investor, stating (i) its bona fide intention to offer such New Securities, (ii) the number of such New Securities to be offered, and (iii) the price and terms, if any, upon which it proposes to offer such New Securities.

 

(b) By notification to the Company within twenty (20) days after the Offer Notice is given, each Investor may elect to purchase or otherwise acquire, at the price and on the terms specified in the Offer Notice, up to that portion of such New Securities which equals the proportion that the Common Stock issued and held, or issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of the Series D Preferred Stock and any other Derivative Securities then held, by such Person bears to the total Common Stock of the Company then outstanding (assuming full conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of all Series D Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, and other Derivative Securities). At the expiration of such twenty (20) day period, the Company shall promptly notify each Investor that elects to purchase or acquire all the shares available to it (each, a “Fully Exercising Stockholder”) of any other Investor’s failure to do likewise. During the ten (10) day period commencing after the Company has given such notice, each Fully Exercising Stockholder may, by giving notice to the Company, elect to purchase or acquire, in addition to the number of shares specified above, up to that portion of the New Securities for which Investors were entitled to subscribe but that were not subscribed for by the Investors which is equal to the proportion that the Common Stock issued and held, or issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of Series D Preferred Stock and any other Derivative Securities then held, by such Fully Exercising Stockholder bears to the Common Stock issued and held, or issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of the Series D Preferred Stock and any other Derivative Securities then held, by all Fully Exercising Stockholders who wish to purchase such unsubscribed shares. The closing of any sale pursuant to this Section 4.1(b) shall occur within the later of one hundred and twenty (120) days of the date that the Offer Notice is given and the date of initial sale of New Securities pursuant to Section 4.1(c).

 

(c) If all New Securities referred to in the Offer Notice are not elected to be purchased or acquired as provided in Section 4.1(b), the Company may, during the ninety (90) day period following the expiration of the periods provided in Section 4.1(b), offer and sell the remaining unsubscribed portion of such New Securities to any Person or Persons at a price not less than, and upon terms no more favorable to the offeree than, those specified in the Offer Notice. If the Company does not enter into an agreement for the sale of the New Securities within such period, or if such agreement is not consummated within thirty (30) days of the execution thereof, the right provided hereunder shall be deemed to be revived and such New Securities shall not be offered unless first reoffered to the Investors in accordance with this Section 4.1.

 

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(d) The right of first offer in this Section 4.1 shall not be applicable to (i) Exempted Securities (as defined in the Series D Certificate of Designation) and (ii) shares of Common Stock issued in an underwritten public offering.

 

4.2 Additional Rights. If in connection with the offering of New Securities, the Company provides any purchaser of New Securities with additional contractual rights that are not reflected in any of the Investor Agreements or that are more favorable in any respect than those granted to the Investors under the Investor Agreements (“Additional Rights”), the Company shall provide prompt notice of such Additional Rights to the Investors and shall enter into an amendment of this Agreement with the Lead Investor to grant such Additional Rights to the Investors (with appropriate adjustments for economic terms) to be effective as of the date such Additional Rights were granted to the applicable purchaser(s) of New Securities.

 

5. Miscellaneous.

 

5.1 Successors and Assigns. The rights under this Agreement may be assigned (but only with all related obligations) by a Holder to a transferee of Registrable Securities that (i) is an Affiliate of a Holder, (ii) is a Holder’s Immediate Family Member or trust for the benefit of an individual Holder or one or more of such Holder’s Immediate Family Members; or (iii) after such transfer, holds at least twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Registrable Securities (subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, and other recapitalizations); provided, however, that (x) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee and the Registrable Securities with respect to which such rights are being transferred; and (y) such transferee agrees in a written instrument delivered to the Company to be bound by and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the provisions of Section 2.11. Subject to the foregoing, the terms and conditions of this Agreement inure to the benefit of and are binding upon the respective successors and permitted assignees of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assignees any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided herein.

 

5.2 Governing Law. This Agreement and any controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to conflict of law principles.

 

5.3 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

 

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5.4 Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

 

5.5 Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and if not, then on the recipient’s next Business Day, (c) seven (7) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one (1) Business Day after deposit (with full payment) with a nationally recognized overnight courier prior to such courier’s deadline for next Business Day delivery, specifying next Business Day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the Company at its address set forth below, to the Investors at their respective addresses set forth on Schedule I.

 

If to the Company: H-Cyte, Inc.
  201 E. Kennedy Blvd, Suite 700
  Tampa, Florida 33602
  Attention: William E. Horne, CEO
  Facsimile: (844) 633-6839
   
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
 
  Hallett & Perrin
  1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 2400
  Dallas, Texas 75202
  Attention: Scot W. O’Brien, Esq.
  Facsimile: (214) 922-4142

 

or to such other facsimile number or address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 5.5.

 

5.6 Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended, modified or terminated (other than pursuant to Section 2.13 above) and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of the Company and the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding; provided that the Company may in its sole discretion waive compliance with Section 2.12(c) (and the Company’s failure to object promptly in writing after notification of a proposed assignment allegedly in violation of Section 2.12(c) shall be deemed to be a waiver); provided further that any provision hereof may be waived by any waiving party on such party’s own behalf, without the consent of any other party; and provided further that the Company and Lead Investor may amend this Agreement to provide Investors with any Additional Rights pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may not be amended or terminated and the observance of any term hereof may not be waived with respect to any Investor without the written consent of such Investor, unless such amendment, termination, or waiver applies to all Investors in the same fashion (it being agreed that a waiver of the provisions of Section 4 with respect to a particular transaction shall be deemed to apply to all Investors in the same fashion if such waiver does so by its terms, notwithstanding the fact that certain Investors may nonetheless, by agreement with the Company, purchase securities in such transaction). The Company shall give prompt notice of any amendment or termination hereof or waiver hereunder to any party hereto that did not consent in writing to such amendment, termination, or waiver. Any amendment, termination, or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 5.6 shall be binding on all parties hereto, regardless of whether any such party has consented thereto. No waivers of or exceptions to any term, condition, or provision of this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such term, condition, or provision. No delay or omission on the part of any party in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement will operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder preclude other or further exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

 

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5.7 Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement is for any reason held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, and such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision shall be reformed and construed so that it will be valid, legal, and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law.

 

5.8 Aggregation of Stock. All shares of Registrable Securities held or acquired by Affiliates shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement and such affiliated persons may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate.

 

5.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including any Schedules and Exhibits hereto) constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and any other written or oral agreement relating to the subject matter hereof existing between the parties is expressly canceled.

 

5.10 Dispute Resolution. The parties (a) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of the state courts of the State of Florida located in the County of Hillsborough and to the jurisdiction of the United States District Courts for such counties for the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement, (b) agree not to commence any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement except in such courts, and (c) hereby waive, and agree not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court.

 

5.11 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power, or remedy accruing to any party under this Agreement, upon any breach or default of any other party under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power, or remedy of such nonbreaching or nondefaulting party, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of or acquiescence to any such breach or default, or to any similar breach or default thereafter occurring, nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. All remedies, whether under this Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

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5.12 Acknowledgment. The Company acknowledges that the Investors are in the business of venture capital investing and therefore review the business plans and related proprietary information of many enterprises, including enterprises which may have products or services which compete directly or indirectly with those of the Company. Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude or in any way restrict the Investors from investing or participating in any particular enterprise whether or not such enterprise has products or services which compete with those of the Company.

 

5.13 Attorneys’ Fees. If any action at law or in equity (including arbitration) is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of any of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

5.14 Additional Investors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Company issues additional shares of Series D Preferred Stock after the date hereof pursuant to the Series D Purchase Agreement, as a condition to the issuance of such shares, the Company shall require that any such purchaser of Series D Preferred Stock who is not already a party to this Agreement to become a party to this Agreement by executing and delivering a counterpart signature page hereto agreeing to be bound by and subject to the terms of this Agreement as an Investor hereunder, and each such person shall thereafter be deemed an Investor for all purposes under this Agreement.

 

5.15 Right to Review and Comment on Annual Operating Budget. So long as any shares of Series D Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Company shall not, either itself or through a subsidiary and either directly or indirectly by amendment, merger, consolidation or otherwise, adopt an annual operating budget without first reviewing the annual operating budget with a principal of the Lead Investor and giving good faith consideration to any comments provided by the Lead Investor in connection therewith.

 

5.16 Monthly Financial Statements. Upon the written request of the Lead Investor, the Company shall provide the Lead Investor, within thirty (30) days after the end of each month, an unaudited income statement and statement of cash flows for such month, and an unaudited balance sheet as of the end of such month, all prepared in accordance with GAAP (except that such financial statements may (i) be subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and (ii) not contain all notes thereto that may be required in accordance with GAAP).

 

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H-CYTE, INC.

 

INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

COMPANY’S SIGNATURE PAGE

 

The undersigned has executed this Investors’ Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  H-CYTE, INC.,
  a Nevada corporation
     
  By: /s/ William E. Horne
  Name: William E. Horne
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

     
 

 

H-CYTE, INC.

 

INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

INVESTOR SIGNATURE PAGE

 

The undersigned has executed this Investors’ Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

FWHC HOLDINGS, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

     
  By: HOA Capital LLC,
    a Delaware limited liability company,
    its manager
     
  By: /s/ J. Rex Farrior, III
  Name: J. Rex Farrior, III
  Title: Manager

 

     
 

 

H-CYTE, INC.

INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT

INVESTOR SIGNATURE PAGE

 

The undersigned has executed this Investors’ Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  SIGNATURE BLOCK FOR INDIVIDUALS:
   
   
  NAME OF INVESTOR
   
   
  SIGNATURE OF INVESTOR
   
  SIGNATURE BLOCK FOR ENTITIES:
   
   
  NAME OF INVESTOR
   
  By:               
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

     
 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

INVESTORS

 

FWHC Holdings, LLC
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

     
 

 

 

SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

This Services Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into this 18th_ day of November     , 2019 (the “Effective Date”), between and among H-Cyte, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“H-Cyte”), and Rion, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company (“Rion”).

 

BACKGROUND

 

A. Effective June 21, 2019, H-Cyte and Rion entered into that certain Product Supply Agreement (the “Supply Agreement”), pursuant to which H-Cyte has agreed to, among other things, purchase and receive Product from Rion (defined in the Supply Agreement), as more fully described therein.

 

B. The Supply Agreement provides for the delivery of a Services Agreement setting forth the terms and conditions by which Rion will conduct Process Development Research and Development for the generation of L-Cyte-01.

 

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

1. Defined Terms. Defined terms that are used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Supply Agreement.

 

2. Term. This Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and continue until completion of the services outlined on Exhibit A (prior to commencing the regulatory approval process), unless terminated earlier by mutual written consent of the parties or in accordance with Section 6 (the “Term”).

 

3. Services and Compensation. Rion agrees to provide the services (the “Services”) set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto to H-Cyte during the Term and on the other terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and for the compensation set forth on Exhibit A (the “Service Fees”).

 

4. Payment. Due upon execution of this agreement. Rion shall commence Services on receipt of payment.

 

5. Level of Services. The intent of this Agreement is to provide H-Cyte the benefit of Rion’s resources and expertise for the limited purpose of (i) consulting with and assisting H-Cyte in the (i) further research and development for the generation of L-Cyte-01 and (ii) subsequently assisting H-Cyte in seeking and obtaining FDA Phase 1 IND clearance for L-Cyte-01. Rion also agrees to consult with H-Cyte in its arrangements for services from third parties unaffiliated with Rion to support research, development, regulatory approval and commercialization of L-Cyte-01. H-Cyte agrees that the Services provided to H-Cyte hereunder will solely be used for H-Cyte’s operation of its business and will not be resold or otherwise made available to other parties. Rion shall use commercially reasonable efforts to perform the Services exercising the same degree of care as it exercises in performing the same or similar services for its own account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, H-Cyte understands and agrees that Rion does not and cannot guarantee successful development or approval of L-Cyte-01.

 

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H-Cyte acknowledges that Rion is not in the business of providing services similar to the Services to entities outside Rion’s group and that the provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted in that context. The Services shall be provided in accordance with Rion’s practices as carried out in the ordinary course of business and shall be subject to the limitations, restrictions and other conditions that may from time to time apply to the respective lease, license, services and other agreements of Rion and/or its Affiliates with third party providers. Rion makes no representations and warranties of any kind, implied or expressed, with respect to the Services, including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, which are specifically disclaimed. Except for gross negligence or willful misconduct, Rion shall have no liability to any person based on any claim of negligence with respect to the Services hereunder.

 

H-Cyte further acknowledges as follows: (a) Rion’s efforts to provide the Services hereunder will be secondary to Rion’s primary and continuing operations; (b) the Services will be provided by Rion personnel assigned by Rion, and Rion will have no obligation to hire new personnel to replace any terminated employee providing Services from time to time; (c) all Services will be provided using only Rion’s physical and other resources existing from time to time; (d) Services will be provided, as reasonably requested by H-Cyte, during regular business hours and under regular business conditions; and (e) H-Cyte’s obligations with respect to the Services will be solely as set forth herein and Rion will have no obligation to adhere to any policies or procedures of H-Cyte. H-Cyte acknowledges and agrees that it shall have no right, title or interest in the equipment used by Rion to perform the services, including, but not limited to, the right to lease such equipment.

 

H-Cyte acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement does not create a fiduciary relationship, partnership, joint venture or relationships of trust or agency between the parties and that all Services are provided by Rion as an independent contractor. For the avoidance of doubt, the provision of Services hereunder shall not entail any transfer of ownership of any assets from Rion to H-Cyte. H-Cyte and Rion will each maintain their appropriate permits, licenses, exemptions and authorizations from governmental authorities to conduct the activities required hereunder.

 

6. Termination. Either party may (without prejudice to its other rights or remedies), by notice to the other, bring the Term to an immediate end if the other party:

 

(a) is in material or persistent breach of any of its obligations under this Agreement or the Supply Agreement and either that breach is incapable of remedy or the other party has failed to remedy that breach within thirty (30) days after receiving written notice requiring it to remedy that breach;

 

(b) is unable to pay its debts or becomes insolvent or an order is made or a resolution passed for the administration, winding-up or dissolution of the other party (otherwise than for the purposes of a solvent merger or reconstruction) or an administrative or other receiver, manager, liquidator, administrator, trustee or similar officer is appointed over all or any substantial part of the assets of the other party; or

 

(c) fails to pay any sum payable under this Agreement when due and that default is not remedied on or before the date falling thirty (30) days after the date when the party in delay received a written notice from the other party advising the delaying party that failure to pay may result in termination of the Agreement.

 

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Upon expiration or termination of the supply of a Service under this Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement all rights and obligations of the parties in respect of that Service only shall cease to have effect, except that such expiration or termination shall not affect any accrued rights and obligations of the parties in respect of that Service at the date of termination. The expiration or termination of the supply of a Service under this Agreement shall not affect the parties’ rights and obligations in respect of other Services supplied under this Agreement.

 

7, Information. H-Cyte and Rion shall provide each other with all information and materials reasonably necessary to perform the Services, in all cases to the extent necessary for each of H-Cyte and Rion to fulfill their obligations under this Agreement.

 

8. No Obligation to Continue to Use Services. H-Cyte shall have no obligation to continue to use any of the Services and H-Cyte may terminate any Service from the Services (or any portion thereof) that H-Cyte is receiving from the Rion by giving Rion not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice (unless the parties otherwise agreement) of its desire to terminate any or all such Services or any portion thereof; provided that H-Cyte shall be responsible for any termination or other expenses incurred in connection with the cessation of such services, including but not limited to, purchasing (at Rion’s cost) any inventory or stock on hand held by Rion for the provision of Services hereunder for the sixty (60) days following notice.

 

9, Indemnification and Limitation of Liability. Rion shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless H-Cyte and its affiliates and each of their respective representatives (collectively, the “H-Cyte Indemnified Parties”) from and against any losses or damages of the H-Cyte Indemnified Parties relating to, arising out of or resulting from the intentional breach, gross negligence or willful misconduct of Rion in connection with the provision of, or failure to provide, any Services to H-Cyte. H-Cyte shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Rion and its affiliates and each of their respective representatives (collectively, the “Rion Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all losses or damages of the Rion Indemnified Parties relating to, arising out of or resulting from the intentional breach, gross negligence or willful misconduct of H-Cyte in connection with the Services provided by Rion pursuant to this Agreement. The aggregate liability of either party in respect of any losses or damages suffered by the other party arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, whether in contract, tort, for breach of statutory duty or in any other way, hall be limited to the amount of fees paid or payable hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, where a Service has been provided by Rion through a third party provider, Rion shall, in the event of any losses or damages suffered by the H-Cyte Indemnified Parties, not be liable to the H-Cyte Indemnified Parties in excess of what Rion, acting in a prudent manner, has collected from such third party provider pursuant to the prevailing contract between H-Cyte and the third party provider.

 

In no event shall Rion have any liability under any provision of this Agreement for any punitive, incidental, consequential, special or indirect damages, including loss of future revenue or income, loss of business reputation or opportunity relating to the breach or alleged breach of this Agreement, or diminution of value or any damages based on any type of multiple, whether based on statute, contract, tort or otherwise, and whether or not arising from the other party’s sole, joint, or concurrent negligence, strict liability, criminal liability or other fault.

 

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10. Cooperation. H-Cyte and Rion agree to cooperate with each other in respect of the provision of the Services and provide the other with information, in each case as reasonably requested from time to time, in order for such party to comply with its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Rion agrees that it will notify Mayo of this Agreement and endeavor to obtain its written consent thereto. Rion agrees that it will make all payments owed to Mayo, if any, on account of this Agreement.

 

11. Confidentiality. Except as required by applicable federal, state or local law or regulation, or pursuant to the valid order of a court of competent jurisdiction or an authorized goverrunent agency, each party will treat and hold as confidential and proprietary all of the other parties’ Confidential Information and shall not, at any time during or after the Term, disclose to any unauthorized person or use for such party’s own account any of such Confidential Information without the prior written consent of the disclosing party. “Confidential Information” will be interpreted as broadly as possible to include all information of any sort (whether merely remembered or embodied in a tangible or intangible form) that is (i) related to the disclosing party’s current or potential business and (ii) is not generally or publicly known.

 

12. Intellectual Property. Except as provided in the Supply Agreement, H-Cyte shall not be entitled to use or have any other right whatsoever in any intellectual property rights belonging to Rion or its Affiliates or any other third party through which Rion makes available the Services. Any intellectual property rights developed by Rion in connection with the Services shall exclusively belong to Rion.

 

13. Specific Performance. The parties acknowledge and agree that remedies at law would be an inadequate remedy for the breach of any agreement contained herein and that in addition to any remedies that may be available at law, the parties hereto shall be entitled to seek specific performance of the terms hereof or other equitable remedies in the event of any such breach.

 

14. Assignment. H-Cyte may not assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the express prior written consent of Rion. Rion may assign this Agreement and its rights and obligations under this Agreement.

 

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15. Force Majeure. The obligations of Rion under this Agreement with respect to any Service shall be suspended during the period and to the extent that Rion is prevented or hindered from providing such Service, or H-Cyte is prevented or hindered from receiving such Service, due to any of the following causes beyond such party’s reasonable control (such causes, “Force Majeure Events”): (i) acts of God, (ii) flood, fire or explosion, (iii) war, invasion, riot or other civil unrest, (iv) Goverrunental Order or Law, (v) actions, embargoes or blockades in effect on or after the date of this Agreement, (vi) action by any Goverrunental Authority, (vii) national or regional emergency, (viii) strikes, labor stoppages or slowdowns or other industrial disturbances, (ix) shortage of adequate power or transportation facilities, or (x) any other event which is beyond the reasonable control of such party. The party suffering a Force Majeure Event shall give notice of suspension as soon as reasonably practicable to the other party stating the date and extent of such suspension and the cause thereof, and Rion shall resume the performance of its obligations as soon as reasonably practicable after the removal of the cause. Neither H-Cyte nor Rion shall be liable for the nonperformance or delay in performance of their respective obligations under this Agreement when such failure is due to a Force Majeure Event.

 

16. Interpretation. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of a Service, as described in Exhibit A, and the main body of this Agreement (the “Agreement Body”), the Agreement Body shall override any conflicting provision in Exhibit A.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed or have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first written above.

 

RION:   H-CYTE:
     
RION,LLC   H-CYTE, INC.

 

By: /s/ AttaBehfar, M.D.   By: /s/ William E. Horne
Name: AttaBehfar, M.D.   Name: William E. Horne
Title: Chief Executive Officer   Title: Chief Executive Office

 

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H-CYTE Raises $6 Million to Accelerate FDA Approval Process of

Next Generation Cellular Therapy for COPD

 

Broadcast.com Co-Founder Todd Wagner Among New Investors

in Company Behind Lung Health Institute

 

TAMPA, FL, November 18, 2019H-CYTE Inc. (OTCQB: HCYT) the owner and operator of innovative medical technology products and services including LungCYTE and Lung Health Institute, announces it has raised $6 million in new funding. The investment is in the form of preferred stock which may be converted into shares of common stock at a fixed price in excess of the current market, at approximately $.41 per share. The investment was led by a group that includes Todd Wagner, a co-founder of Broadcast.com and Rex Farrior and Preston Farrior, prominent philanthropists and University of Florida benefactors. The new funding will be used to advance the company’s development of industry-leading medical treatments for chronic lung diseases such as COPD.

 

It is estimated that 24 million people in the U.S. have COPD, an umbrella term that encompasses many other conditions, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis. According to the CDC, more than 140,000 Americans die from this condition each year and there is currently no cure. Lung Health Institute offers patients cellular therapy treatments that aim to help reduce inflammation in the airways and slow the progression of lung disease at its five clinics located in Tampa, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Scottsdale and Dallas. Since 2013, Lung Health Institute has safely performed more than 8,000 of its minimally invasive procedures. Data from a recent study measuring patients’ quality of life at 12 months post treatment showed 77.2% reported positive outcomes, of which 62% greatly exceeded the minimal clinically important difference (MCID).

 

“H-CYTE’s goal is to greatly improve quality of life for patients who suffer from diseases that currently have no cure, such as COPD,” said William Horne, H-CYTE CEO and Chairman. “We’re thankful for the support of Todd and our other investors which allows us to continue pursuing breakthroughs for cutting-edge therapies that we believe can help people get back to their lives and the activities they love most.”

 

H-CYTE recently entered into a long-term agreement with Rion that will enable H-CYTE to develop proprietary biologics for treatment of COPD. The company is planning on pursuing submission of an investigational new drug (IND) application for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for that new treatment.

 

     
 

 

“We’re very excited to be working toward a new treatment to help the extremely underserved population of people with chronic lung disease. Successful realization of this treatment would be a breakthrough therapy,” added William Horne.

 

In addition to Lung Health Institute and LungCYTE, H-CYTE owns and operates innovative medical technology products and services including DenerveX®, a non-drug alternative system that allows people with chronic back pain from facet joint syndrome get back to an active lifestyle.

The new funding was completed in a purchase of H-CYTE Series D Preferred Stock by FWHC LLC, an investment group that consists of Wagner as well as Tampa natives Rex Farrior and Preston Farrior. Additional details of the transaction will be filed in a Form 8K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

About H-CYTE Corporation

 

H-CYTE was formed to build and develop a diversified portfolio of innovative medical technology products and services to improve quality of life for patients. The DenerveX® System is H-CYTE’s first product and is intended to provide long-lasting relief from pain associated with facet joint syndrome. For biomedical services, H-CYTE manages Lung Health Institute. Lung Health Institute is a leader in regenerative medicine that specializes in cellular therapies to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other chronic lung diseases. In late 2019, H-CYTE’s biologics division, LungCYTE, plans to submit an IND to the FDA to study novel and proprietary biologics for treatment of COPD. For more information about H-CYTE, please visit www.HCYTE.com.

 

Safe Harbor Statement

 

Certain statements in this press release constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Words such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “continue,” “predict,” “forecast,” “project,” “plan,” “intend” or similar expressions, or statements regarding intent, belief, or current expectations, are forward-looking statements. While the Company believes these forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on any such forward-looking statements, which are based on information available to us on the date of this release. These forward-looking statements are based upon current estimates and assumptions and are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including without limitation those outlined in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), not limited to Risk Factors relating to its business contained therein. Thus, actual results could be materially different. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

CONTACT

 

Media Inquiries

Jake Klein

Jake@Goldin.com

646-660-8644

 

Investors

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Jason Assad
Jassad@HCYTE.com

678-570-6791