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): February 14, 2022
AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 1-38519 | 82-1436829 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer | ||
of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
1101 Marina Village Parkway
Suite 201
Alameda, California 94501
(Address of principal executive offices)
(510) 671-8370
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of exchange on which registered | ||
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | AGE | NYSE American |
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
☐ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
☐ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
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 ☒
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. ☒
Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements that are not historical fact (including, but not limited to statements that contain words such as “may,” “will,” “believes,” “plans,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “estimates”) should also be considered to be forward-looking statements. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements are contained in AgeX’s periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the heading “Risk Factors” and other filings that AgeX may make with the SEC. Undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date they are made, and the facts and assumptions underlying these statements may change. Except as required by law, AgeX disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
References in this Report to “AgeX,” “we” or “us” refer to AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.
The description or discussion in this Form 8-K, of any contract or agreement is a summary only and is qualified in all respects by reference to the full text of the applicable contract or agreement.
Item 1.01 – Entry in Material Definitive Agreement.
On February 14, 2022, AgeX and Juvenescence Limited (“Juvenescence”) entered into a Secured Convertible Promissory Note (the “Secured Note”) pursuant to which Juvenescence has agreed to provide to AgeX a $13,160,000 line of credit for a period of 12 months. AgeX drew an initial $8,160,000 of the line of credit and used $7,160,000 to pay the outstanding principal and other amounts due as loan origination fees under its 2019 Loan Facility Agreement, as amended, with Juvenescence. The remaining $5 million of the line of credit may be drawn down from time to time over the next 12 months subject to Juvenescence’s discretion to approve each loan draw. AgeX may not draw more than $1 million in any subsequent single draw. The outstanding principal balance of the Secured Note will become due and payable on February 14, 2024 (the “Repayment Date”).
In lieu of accrued interest, AgeX will pay Juvenescence an Origination Fee in an amount equal to 4% of the amount each draw of loan funds, which will accrue as each draw is funded, and an additional 4% of all the total amount of funds drawn that will accrue following the end of the 12 month period during which funds may be drawn from the line of credit. The Origination Fee will become due and payable on the Repayment Date or in a pro rata amount with any prepayment of in whole or in part of the outstanding principal balance of the Secured Note.
Conversion of Loan Amounts to Common Stock
In lieu of repayment of funds borrowed, AgeX may convert the loan balance and any accrued but unpaid Origination Fees (collectively the “Outstanding Amount”) into AgeX common stock or “units” (a “Borrower Conversion”) if AgeX consummates a “Qualified Offering” which means a sale of common stock (or common stock paired with warrants or other convertible securities in “units”) in which the gross sale proceeds are at least $10 million. The conversion price per share or units shall be the lowest price at which shares or units are sold in the Qualified Offering before deducting underwriting commissions and discounts, placement agent commissions and fees, and other expenses of the Qualified Offering. In the case of sales of shares of common stock by AgeX from time to time in an “at the market offering” a Qualified Offering shall be deemed to have occurred if and when such proceeds of the sales reaches $10 million.
Juvenescence may convert the Outstanding Amount in whole or in part into AgeX common stock (a “Lender Conversion”) at any time at Juvenescence’s election at the closing price per share of AgeX common stock on the NYSE American or other national securities exchange on the date prior to the date Juvenescence gives AgeX notice Juvenescence’s election to convert the Outstanding Amount or a portion thereof into common stock.
Any Borrower Conversion or Lender Conversion is subject to certain restrictions to comply with applicable requirements of the NYSE American (the “Exchange”) where AgeX common stock is listed. Section 713 of the Exchange Company Guide requires listed companies to obtain stockholder approval as a prerequisite to Exchange listing approval before: (i) issuing additional shares in a transaction involving the sale, issuance, or potential issuance by the issuer of common stock (or securities convertible into common stock) equal to 20% or more of stock outstanding (determined as of the date of the particular transaction agreement) for less than the greater of book or market value of the Exchange listed common stock (the “20% Rule”) and (ii) issuing shares that will result in a change of control of the company (the “Change of Control Rule”). While the Exchange has not defined “change of control”, the Exchange considers any issuance of stock to be subject to the Change of Control Rule if the issuance of stock would result in a stockholder holding 50% or more of a company’s outstanding stock. The Secured Note contains a “19.9 % blocker” provision and a “change of control blocker” provision intended to prevent a conversion of the Outstanding Amount that would violate the 20% Rule or the Change of Control Rule.
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The 19.9% blocker provides that any conversion of the Secured Note into common stock must either (i) not involve the issuance of more than 19.9% of the common stock outstanding on the date of the Secured Note at a price lower than the applicable market price (as further explained below) so that stockholder approval under the 20% Rule would not be required, or (ii) be approved by the AgeX stockholders. Under the Secured Note, AgeX may borrow funds from Juvenescence in period installments or “tranches” and the market price of AgeX common stock is determined for each such tranche. Each tranche market price is based on the closing price of AgeX common stock on the date of the drawdown notice from AgeX to Juvenescence requesting funding of the loan tranche. Upon Borrower Conversion, which can take place only in connection with a Qualified Offering by AgeX, only shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of a tranche with a tranche market price greater than the applicable conversion price would be aggregated (along with any other common stock that might be issued to Juvenescence in connection with the Qualified Offering) for the purpose of determining the applicability of the 19.9% blocker. Upon Lender Conversion, only shares issuable upon the conversion of a tranche with a tranche market price that is lower than the market price on the date prior to the date the Juvenescence delivers a conversion notice to AgeX are aggregated for the purposes of determining the applicability of the 19.9% blocker. The change of control blocker provision provides that without the prior approval of AgeX stockholders a Borrower Conversion or a Lender Conversion may not take place if it would cause Juvenescence’s ownership to equal or exceed 50% of the outstanding shares of AgeX common stock.
Consequently, without the approval of AgeX stockholders the Outstanding Amount may not be converted into AgeX common stock under the Borrower Conversion provisions or the Lender Conversion provisions of the Secured Note in an amount that would (a) equal or exceed 19.9% of the outstanding common stock (measured at the date of the Secured Note) at a conversion price less than the greater of the book value or the applicable tranche market value of AgeX common stock, or (b) cause Juvenescence’s ownership to equal or exceed 50% of the outstanding shares of AgeX common stock.
Under the terms of the Secured Note, AgeX has agreed to seek the vote of AgeX stockholders to approve the ability of AgeX and Juvenescence to convert the Outstanding Amount into shares of AgeX common stock under the Borrower Conversion and Lender Conversion provisions of the Secured Note even if the Borrower Conversion or Lender Conversion, as applicable, would result in (a) Juvenescence receiving additional shares in excess of 19.9% of the AgeX common stock outstanding as of the date of the Secured Note for less than the greater of book value or the applicable tranche market values of AgeX common stock, or (b) Juvenescence owning more than 50% of AgeX outstanding common stock.
Default Provisions
The Outstanding Amount may become immediately due and payable prior to the Repayment Date if an Event of Default as defined in the Secured Note occurs. Events of Default under the Secured Note include: (a) AgeX fails to pay any principal amount payable by it in the manner and at the time provided under and in accordance with the Secured Note, (b) AgeX fails to pay any other amount payable by it in the manner and at the time provided under and in accordance with the Secured Note or the Security Agreement described below or any other agreement executed in connection with the Secured Note (the “Other Loan Documents”) and the failure is not remedied within three business days; (c) AgeX fails to perform any of its covenants or obligations or fail to satisfy any of the conditions under the Secured Note or any other Loan Document and, such failure (if capable of remedy) remains unremedied to the satisfaction of Juvenescence (in its sole discretion) for 10 business days after the earlier of (i) notice requiring its remedy has been given by Juvenescence to AgeX and (ii) actual knowledge of the failure by senior officers of AgeX; (d) if any indebtedness of AgeX in excess of $100,000 becomes due and payable, or a breach or other circumstance arises thereunder such that Juvenescence is entitled to declare such indebtedness due and payable, prior to its due date, or any indebtedness of AgeX in excess of $25,000 is not paid on its due date; (e) AgeX stops payment of its debts generally or ceases or threatens to cease to carry on its business or is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or is deemed by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unable to pay its debts as they fall due, or enters into any arrangements with its creditors generally; (f) if (i) an involuntary proceeding (other than a proceeding instituted by Juvenescence or an affiliate of Juvenescence) shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of AgeX and any subsidiary, or of all or a substantial part of its assets, under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) an involuntary appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for AgeX or a subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets occurs (other than in a proceeding instituted by Juvenescence or an affiliate of Juvenescence), and, in any such case, such proceeding shall continue undismissed and unstayed for sixty (60) consecutive days without having been dismissed, bonded or discharged or an order of relief is entered in any such proceeding; (g) it becomes unlawful for AgeX to perform all or any of its obligations under the Secured Note or any authorization, approval, consent, license, exemption, filing, registration or other requirement of any governmental, judicial or public body or authority necessary to enable AgeX to comply with its obligations under the Secured Note or to carry on its business is not obtained or, having been obtained, is modified in a manner that precludes AgeX or its subsidiaries from conducting their business in any material respect, or is revoked, suspended, withdrawn or withheld or fails to remain in full force and effect; (h) the issuance or levy of any judgment, writ, warrant of attachment or execution or similar process against all or any material part of the property or assets of AgeX or a subsidiary if such process is not released, vacated or fully bonded within 60 calendar days after its issue or levy; (i) any injunction, order, judgment or decision of any court is entered or issued which, in the opinion of Juvenescence, materially and adversely affects, or is reasonably likely so to affect, the ability of AgeX or a subsidiary to carry on its business or to pay amounts owed to Juvenescence under the Secured Note; (j) AgeX, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, sells, leases, licenses, consigns, transfers or otherwise disposes of any material portion of its assets (with any such disposition with respect to any asset or assets with a fair value of at least $250,000 being deemed material), other than (i) certain permitted investments (ii) sales, transfers and dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business, (iii) any termination of a lease of real or personal property that is not necessary in the ordinary course of the AgeX’s business, could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect and does not result from AgeX’s default, and (iv) any sale, lease, license, consignment, transfer or other disposition of assets that are no longer necessary in the ordinary course of business or which has been approved in writing by Juvenescence; (k) any of the following shall occur: (i) the security and/or liens created by the Security Agreement or any other Loan Document shall at any time cease to constitute valid and perfected security and/or liens on any material portion of the collateral intended to be covered thereby; (ii) except for expiration in accordance with its terms, the Security Agreement or any other Loan Document pursuant to which a lien is granted by AgeX in favor of Juvenescence shall for whatever reason be terminated or shall cease to be in full force and effect; (iii) the enforceability of the Security Agreement or any other Loan Document pursuant to which a lien is granted by AgeX in favor of Juvenescence shall be contested by AgeX or a subsidiary, (iv) AgeX shall assert that its obligations under the Secured Note or any other Loan Document shall be invalid or unenforceable, or (v) a loss, theft, damage or destruction occurs with respect to a material portion of the collateral; (l) there is any change in the financial condition of AgeX and its subsidiaries which, in the opinion of Juvenescence, materially and adversely affects, or is reasonably likely so to affect, the ability of AgeX to perform any of its obligations under the Secured Note; and (m) any representation, warranty or statement made, repeated or deemed made or repeated by AgeX in the Secured Note, or pursuant to the Loan Documents, is incomplete, untrue, incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made, repeated or deemed made.
Restrictive Covenants
The Secured Note includes certain covenants that among other matters such as financial reporting: (i) impose financial restrictions on AgeX while the Secured Note remains unpaid, including restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness by AgeX and its subsidiaries, except that AgeX’s subsidiary Reverse Bioengineering, Inc. (“Reverse”) will be permitted to incur debt convertible into equity not guaranteed or secured by the assets of AgeX or any other AgeX subsidiary, and the restrictions on the incurrence of indebtedness applicable to Reverse will end if it raises more than $15 million in debt or equity financing within 12 months from the date of the Secured Note; (ii) require that AgeX use loan proceeds and funds that may be raised through certain equity offerings only for research and development work, professional and administrative expenses, for general working capital , and for repayment of all or a portion of AgeX’s indebtedness to Juvenescence; and (iii) prohibit AgeX from making additional investments in subsidiaries, unless AgeX obtains the written consent of Juvenescence to a transaction that otherwise would be prohibited or restricted.
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Security Agreement
AgeX has entered into a Security Agreement (the “Security Agreement”) granting Juvenescence a security interest in substantially all of the assets of AgeX, including a security interest in shares of AgeX subsidiaries that hold certain assets, as collateral for AgeX’s loan obligations. If an Event of Default occurs, Juvenescence will have the right to foreclose on the assets pledged as collateral.
Warrants
Upon each draw down of funds under the Secured Note, AgeX will issue to Juvenescence warrants to purchase shares of AgeX common stock (“Warrants”). The Warrants will be governed by the terms of a Warrant Agreement between AgeX and Juvenescence. The number of Warrants to be issued will be equal to 50% of the number determined by dividing the amount of the applicable loan draw by the applicable Market Price. The Market Price will be the last closing price per share of AgeX common stock on the NYSE American or other national securities exchange preceding the delivery of the notice from AgeX requesting a draw of funds that triggers the obligation to issue Warrants; provided, however that if AgeX common stock is not traded on a national securities exchange the Market Price shall be determined with reference to closing prices quoted or bid and asked prices on an interdealer quotation system averaged over twenty consecutive trading days. The exercise price of the Warrants will be the applicable Market Price. The Warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m. New York time three years after the date of issue.
The Warrant Agreement governing the Warrants contains a “change of control blocker” provision intended to prevent an exercise of Warrants that would violate the Change in Control Rule. The exercise price of the Warrants is set with reference to the market price of AgeX common stock so the 20% Rule would have no effect on the exercise of Warrants. Under the terms of the Secured Note, AgeX has agreed to seek the vote of AgeX stockholders to approve the ability of Juvenescence to exercise its Warrants if the exercise would cause Juvenescence’s ownership of AgeX common stock to equal or exceed 50% of the outstanding AgeX common stock.
Registration Rights
AgeX has entered into an amendment to its Registration Rights Agreement with Juvenescence to include as registrable securities under the Registration Rights Agreement the Warrants and underlying shares and any shares issuable upon the conversion of the Secured Note into common stock. Under the Registration Rights Agreement AgeX has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to register the registrable securities for resale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), upon request of Juvenescence if Form S-3 is available to AgeX. Juvenescence will also have “piggy-back” registration rights if AgeX files a registration statement for the sale of shares for itself or other stockholders. AgeX will bear the expenses of the registration statement but not underwriting or broker’s commissions related to the sale of warrants or shares. AgeX and Juvenescence will indemnify each other from certain liabilities in connection to the registration, offer, and sale of securities under a registration statement, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
Incorporation of Exhibits by Reference
The descriptions or discussions of the Secured Note, the Security Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Warrants, and the Registration Rights Agreement in this Form 8-K are summaries only and do not purport to be complete statements of the terms and conditions of those agreements or instruments, and each is qualified in all respects by reference to the full text of the applicable agreement or instrument filed as an Exhibit to this Report, which Exhibits are incorporated by reference into this Report.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
On February 14, 2022, AgeX drew an initial $8,160,000 of its available credit under the Secured Note described in Item 1.01. The portion of Item 1.01 describing pertinent terms of the Secured Note as incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
In connection with AgeX’s initial draw of loan funds under the Secured Note (as defined in Item 1.01 of this Report), AgeX will issue to Juvenescence warrants to purchase 5,230,768 shares of AgeX common stock (“Warrants”) at an exercise price of $0.78 per share, the closing price of AgeX common stock on the NYSE American on February 11, 2022, the trading day immediately preceding AgeX’s draw of loan funds.
The Warrants are subject to the terms of the Warrant Agreement between AgeX and Juvenescence described in Item 1.01 and filed as an Exhibit to this Report.
The Warrants will be issued without registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided under Section 4(a)(2) thereof and Regulation S thereunder.
Item 9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit Number | Description | |
4.1 | Form of Warrant | |
10.1 | Secured Note dated February 14, 2022, executed by AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. and Juvenescence Limited† | |
10.2 | ||
10.3 | Warrant Agreement, dated February 14, 2022, between AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. and Juvenescence Limited | |
10.4 | ||
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†Schedules and exhibits to this Exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit will be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
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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.
AGEX THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
Date: February 15, 2022 | By: | /s/ Andrea E. Park |
Chief Financial Officer |
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Exhibit 4.1
THIS WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE EXERCISED, SOLD, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THIS WARRANT OR ANY COMMON STOCK OR OTHER SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.
VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M. NEW YORK TIME ON THE EXPIRATION DATE
Certificate No._____ | Warrant to Purchase | |
Issue Date: [ ] | [Insert number of Shares] | |
Shares of Common Stock |
AGEX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANTS
This certifies that, for value received, or its registered assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled to purchase from AgeX Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), at a purchase price per share of [ ] Dollars and [ ] cents ($[ ]) (the “Warrant Price”), [________________(________)] shares of its Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”). The number of shares purchasable upon exercise of the Common Stock Purchase Warrants (the “Warrants”) and the Warrant Price are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in the Warrant Agreement referred to below. Outstanding Warrants not exercised prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the third anniversary of the original issue date hereof (the “Expiration Date”) shall thereafter be void.
Subject to restriction specified in the Warrant Agreement, Warrants may be exercised in whole or in part on or after the date hereof by presentation of this Warrant Certificate with the Exercise Notice on the reverse side hereof duly executed, and simultaneous payment of the Warrant Price (or as otherwise set forth in Section 6.4 of the Warrant Agreement) at the principal office of the Company (or if a warrant agent is appointed, at the principal office of the warrant agent). Payment of the Warrant Price shall be made by bank wire transfer to the account of the Company or by bank cashier’s check as provided in Section 3.1 of the Warrant Agreement. As provided in the Warrant Agreement, the Warrant Price and the number or kind of shares which may be purchased upon the exercise of the Warrant evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are, upon the happening of certain events, subject to modification and adjustment.
This Warrant Certificate is issued under and in accordance with a Warrant Agreement dated as of February 14, 2022 (the “Warrant Agreement”), and is subject to the terms and provisions contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which the Holder of this Warrant Certificate by acceptance of this Warrant Certificate consents. A copy of the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the Holder hereof upon written request to the Company.
Upon any partial exercise of the Warrant evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, there shall be issued to the Holder hereof a new Warrant Certificate in respect of the shares of Common Stock as to which the Warrant evidenced by this Warrant Certificate shall not have been exercised to the extent provided in the Warrant Agreement. This Warrant Certificate may be exchanged at the office of the Company (or the warrant agent, if appointed) by surrender of this Warrant Certificate properly endorsed either separately or in combination with one or more other Warrant Certificates for one or more new Warrant Certificates evidencing the right of the Holder thereof to purchase the aggregate number of shares as were purchasable on exercise of the Warrants evidenced by the Warrant Certificate or Certificates exchanged. No fractional shares will be issued upon the exercise of any Warrant, but the Company will pay the cash value thereof determined as provided in the Warrant Agreement. This Warrant Certificate is transferable at the office of the Company (or the warrant agent, if appointed) in the manner and subject to the limitations set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
The Holder hereof may be treated by the Company, the warrant agent (if appointed), and all other persons dealing with this Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented hereby, or to the transfer hereof on the books of the Company, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding, and until such transfer on such books, the Company (and the warrant agent, if appointed) may treat the Holder hereof as the owner for all purposes.
Neither the Warrant nor this Warrant Certificate entitles any Holder to any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company.
[This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the warrant agent.]*
DATED:
AGEX THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
(Seal) | By: | |
Title: |
Attest:___________________________ | |
[COUNTERSIGNED: | |
WARRANT AGENT |
By:__________________]* |
Authorized Signature |
__________________ |
* | To be part of the Warrant only after the appointment of a warrant agent pursuant to the Warrant Agreement. |
FORM OF EXERCISE NOTICE
(To be executed upon exercise of Warrant)
To AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.:
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right of purchase represented by the within Warrant Certificate for, and to purchase thereunder,_________shares of Common Stock, as provided for therein, and tenders herewith payment of the Warrant Price in full in the form of a bank wire transfer to the account of the Company or by bank cashier’s check in the amount of $_________________.
The undersigned hereby represents that (check any that apply):
☐ The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act.
☐ The undersigned is not a “U.S. person” as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act.
Please issue a certificate or certificates for such shares of Common Stock in the name of, and pay any cash for any fractional share to:
(Please Print Name) | |
(Please Print Address) | |
(Social Security Number or | |
Other Taxpayer Identification Number) | |
(Signature) |
NOTE: | The above signature should correspond exactly with the name on the face of this Warrant Certificate or with the name of the assignee appearing in the assignment form below. |
And, if said number of shares shall not be all the shares purchasable under the within Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant Certificate is to be issued in the name of said undersigned for the balance remaining of the share purchasable thereunder, to the extent provided in the Warrant Agreement, less any fraction of a share paid in cash.
ASSIGNMENT
(To be executed only upon assignment of Warrant Certificate)
For value received,_____________hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto______________the within Warrant Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint____________________attorney, to transfer said Warrant Certificate on the books of the within-named Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: _____________________________ | |
(Signature) |
NOTE: | The above signature should correspond exactly with the name on the face of this Warrant Certificate. |
Exhibit 10.1
THIS SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE is issued on February 14, 2022
BY
(1) | AGEX THERAPEUTICS, INC., a company incorporated in Delaware with its primary address at 1101 Marina Village Parkway, #201, Alameda, CA 94501 (the “Borrower”); |
TO AND IN FAVOR OF
(2) | JUVENESCENCE LIMITED, a company incorporated in the Isle of Man with company number 018008V and its registered office at 18 Athol Street, Douglas, IM1 1JA, Isle of Man (the “Lender”), |
each a “party” and together the “parties”.
The Borrower has issued this Secured Convertible Promissory Note (this “Note”) to evidence the Loan (as defined below), and promises to pay and perform the Loan and this Note on the terms and conditions set forth herein, and the Lender has agreed to accept this Note and to provide a secured convertible loan to the Borrower, not exceeding the aggregate principal amount of up to $13,160,000.00 (thirteen million and one hundred and sixty thousand dollars), on the terms and conditions set out in this Note.
1 Interpretation
1.1 | Definitions used in this Note include the following defined terms. |
“19.9% Cap” means 19.9% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of this Agreement.
“50% Cap” means one share less than 50% of the total outstanding shares of the Borrower as of the date on which the 50% Cap is determined.
“Address for Service” means the address shown in Section 16.2 or such other address as the Borrower may from time to time designate by written notice to the Lender.
“Advance” means the Initial Drawdown and any Additional Advance.
“Applicable Exchange” means NYSE American stock exchange or any other national stock exchange on which the Shares are listed.
“Availability Period” means the period starting on the date of this Note and ending on the date falling twelve (12) calendar months after the date of this Note or, if earlier, on the date a Qualified Offering is consummated by the Borrower as contemplated by Section 7.
“Budget” means initially the 52-week budget commencing on [January 1, 2022] and delivered to, and accepted by, Lender on or prior to the date hereof, and thereafter the 52 week forward looking budget of the Borrower, which is approved by the Lender in its sole discretion from time to time, which after the initial budget shall include actual expenditures for the preceding 52 week period then ended (or until January 1, 2022, if shorter) and a variance analysis for such period of actual expenditures versus forecasted cash expenditure included in the most recent Budget covering any portion of such period.
“Business Day” means a day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday or (ii) public holiday in London or New York on which banks are closed or are permitted to be closed open for general business.
“Collateral” means all property of the Borrower described as “Collateral” in the Security Agreement, together with all other property that now or hereafter secures (or is intended to secure) obligations of the Borrower under this Note and the other Loan Documents.
“Commitment” means $13,160,000.00.
“Conversion Date” means, in the event that the Borrower elects the conversion option described in Section 7, the date of consummation of a Qualified Offering.
“Conversion Notice” has the meaning set out in Section 8.2 below.
“Default” means and is a reference to any Event of Default or any condition, event or occurrence that with the passing of time, the giving of notice or both will be an Event of Default, including without limitation any misrepresentation or breach under this Note that remains uncured beyond any cure period provided in Section 13.1.
“Drawdown Amount” means the Advance delivered to Borrower by lender upon delivery of each Drawdown Notice.
“Drawdown Market Price” with respect to any Drawdown Amount means the Market Price of the Shares as of the date of the applicable Drawdown Notice.
“Drawdown Notice” means a request for an Advance substantially in the form set out in Schedule part 1 (Form of Drawdown Notice) of this Note;
“Event of Default” means any one of the events mentioned in Section 13 (Events of Default) of this Note.
“Indebtedness” includes any obligation for the payment or repayment of money borrowed (whether borrowed by the Borrower or as to which the Borrower is a surety or guarantor of payment or is secured by a Lien on any property of the Borrower), including any advance and any obligation evidenced by a note or similar instrument and any capital lease (as defined under GAAP other than any lease of any real property), and any guaranty of any obligation for the payment or repayment of money borrowed, but excluding trade payables and similar obligations arising in the ordinary course of business.
“Investment” means (i) any purchase or other acquisition by the Borrower of, or of a beneficial interest in, any equity interests or Indebtedness of any other person and (ii) any loan (including guarantees) or advance constituting Indebtedness of such other person (other than accounts receivable, credit card and debit card receivables, trade credit, advances to customers, advances to officers, directors, members of management and employees for moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures, in each case, in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution by the Borrower to any other person. For the avoidance of doubt, permitting a Subsidiary to utilize the premises and services of the Borrower on a cost or cost plus basis shall not constitute an Investment.
“Initial Drawdown” means the initial Advance of $8,160,000.00.
“IP Security Agreements” means, collectively, each (i) Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Copyrights, (ii) Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Trademarks and/or (iii) Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents executed and delivered from time to time by Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement on and after the date hereof.
“Investment Representations Schedule” means the representations and warranties made by the Lender in Part A and the Borrower in Part B of Schedule 2 (Investment Representations) of this Note.
“Loan” means, collectively, the Advances made by the Lender under this Note from time to time, and, as the context requires, each of them or any of them.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Note, the Security Agreement, the IP Security Agreements and each other document, instrument or agreement now or hereafter delivered by an Obligor or other person to the Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Note.
“Mandatory Prepayment Trigger Event” has the meaning ascribed in Section 12.5.
“Market Price” means the last closing price of the Borrower’s shares on the NYSE American stock exchange (or other national securities exchange on which the Borrower’s shares may be listed) preceding the delivery of the relevant Drawdown Notice or Conversion Notice, as applicable; provided, that if the Borrower’s shares are not listed on any such securities exchange, the “Market Price” shall mean (a) the closing sales price of the Borrower’s shares on such day as quoted on the OTC Markets Group, Inc. electronic inter-dealer quotation system, including OTCQX, OTCQB and OTC Pink (collectively the “Pink OTC Markets”), or similar quotation system or association; or (b) if there have been no sales of the Borrower’s shares on the Pink OTC Markets or similar quotation system or association on such day, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices for the Borrower’s shares quoted on the Pink OTC Markets or similar quotation system or association at the end of such day; in each case, averaged over twenty (20) consecutive trading days ending on the trading day immediately prior to the day as of which “Market Price” is being determined; provided, further, that if at any time the Borrower’s shares are not listed on any domestic securities exchange or quoted on the Pink OTC Markets or similar quotation system or association, the “Market Price” of the Borrower’s shares shall be the fair market value per share as determined jointly by the Borrower’s Board of Directors and the Lender.
“Outstanding Amount” means, at any time, the outstanding and unpaid amount of the Loan including any unpaid Origination Fee and any amounts payable in cash under this Note and unpaid.
“Permitted Reverse Investment” means the assignment to Reverse of the Specified Assets.
“Permitted Uses” has the meaning set out in Section 12.5 below.
“Qualified Offering” means the sale of Shares (or Units as contemplated by Section 7.3) to investors in a bona fide investment transaction or series of related transactions in which the aggregate gross proceeds to the Borrower of the Shares (or Units) sold in such offering after the date of this Note, before deduction of, as applicable, underwriting discounts and commissions, placement agent fees and offering expenses, is not less than $10,000,000 (in connection with a series of related transactions, such as sales of Shares (or Units) in an at-the-market offering pursuant to a single registration statement under the Securities Act, the Qualified Offering shall be deemed to have occurred at the first sale or closing that occurs where aggregate proceeds equal or exceed $10,000,000).
“Repayment Date” means the day falling on the second anniversary of the date of this Note, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day, unless the Loan has been accelerated as contemplated by Section 13.2, in which case such date.
“Reverse” means Reverse Bioengineering Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Reverse Financing Condition” means the consummation by Reverse of debt or equity financing with net cash proceeds in excess of $15,000,000 on or before the first anniversary of the date hereof.
“Security Agreement” means the Security and Pledge Agreement required to be executed and delivered on the date hereof by and among the Borrower and the Lender, together with all schedules and exhibits thereto.
“Security Agreements” means the Security Agreement and the IP Security Agreements.
“Sharia” means the principles and standards of the Islamic Sharia (where applicable), issued by the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions as of the original date of this Note.
“Sharia Supervisor” means an Islamic finance scholar who is a member of a recognized Islamic commercial bank’s Sharia supervisory committee or board.
“Specified Assets” means the intellectual property and other assets of the Borrower set forth on Schedule 3 hereto, as may be updated from time to time by the Borrower with the written consent of the Lender, in its sole discretion.
“Tax” includes any form of taxation, levy, duty, charge, contribution, withholding (including backup withholding) or impost of whatever nature (including any applicable fine, penalty, or surcharge).
“Term” means the period commencing the date of this Note and expiring on the Repayment Date.
“Termination Notice” means a notice from the Lender to the Borrower given pursuant to Section 13.2 terminating this Note and the Loan.
“Shares” means shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Borrower.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power for the election of the members of the governing body or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned or controlled by the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“Units” means units consisting of Shares together with warrants or any other security convertible into Shares, sold in a Qualified Offering.
“VAT” means value added tax as provided for in the Value Added Tax Act 1996 and any other tax of a similar nature.
“Warrants” means the warrants granted by the Borrower to the Lender as consideration for each Advance in accordance with Section 3.4 of this Note and the Warrant Agreement;
“Warrant Agreement” means the Warrant Agreement executed as of the date of this Note and attached to this Note in the form of Exhibit A; and
“Warrant Instrument” means a Warrant Instrument in the form of Exhibit A to the Warrant Agreement.
1.2 | References in this Note to: |
(a) any document is deemed to include a reference to such document, including any of its schedules, annexes or exhibits, in each case, as amended, novated, supplemented, substituted or replaced from time to time;
(b) any person includes its respective successors, assigns and transferees;
(c) a provision of a statute is, unless otherwise indicated, deemed to include a reference to such provision as amended, modified or re-enacted from time to time;
(d) a time of day is the time in New York City on the specified date;
(e) the singular, where the context so admits, is deemed to include the plural and vice versa; and
(f) a “person” is deemed to include a reference to a company, partnership, unincorporated body and any other entity and vice versa.
1.3 | Titles – Section headings shall not affect the meaning of that or any other provision. |
2 The Loan
2.1 | Subject to the terms and conditions of this Note, the Lender has agreed to make the Loan available to the Borrower; provided that the Loan amount shall not exceed the Commitment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, it is understood and agreed that the Lender may refuse to make any Advance, other than the Initial Drawdown, to the Borrower at its sole and absolute discretion and the Lender shall have no liability whatsoever should it elect to not make any Advance, other than the Initial Drawdown, requested by the Borrower hereunder. |
2.2 | (i) The Initial Advance will be used by the Borrower in an amount equal to $7,160,000.00 for the repayment in full of that certain Loan Facility Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2019 as amended (the “2019 Loan Agreement”), by and among the Borrower and the Lender and (ii) the remainder of the Initial Advance and any Additional Advances will be used only for Permitted Uses (and shall be drawn-down in accordance with a Budget). For avoid of down, under no circumstances shall any proceeds of the Initial Advance or any Additional Advance be used to make any Investment in any Subsidiary without the prior written consent of the Lender. To enable the Lender to monitor the use of funds not later than ten (10) days before the commencement of each calendar month, the Borrower will furnish the Lender with detailed monthly cash expenditure forecasts for such month and also five (5) days after each month end, a variance analysis for the preceding month of actual versus forecast cash expenditure, in each case in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Lender. For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower’s delivery at least monthly of the Budget acceptable to the Lender will satisfy this obligation. |
2.3 | Other than the Initial Drawdown each Advance by the Lender shall be at its sole discretion. |
3 Drawings
3.1 | Mechanics – Provided the conditions set forth in Section 10 have been met by the Borrower, then on the execution of this Note by the Parties, |
(a) | the Borrower shall submit to the Lender a duly completed Drawdown Notice in respect of the Initial Drawdown in an amount no more than $8,160,000.00; | |
(b) | on receipt of the Drawdown Notice at paragraph (a) above, the Lender shall make the Initial Drawdown Advance to the Borrower; provided that the Lender shall (and the Borrower hereby directs the Lender to) first apply, on behalf of the Borrower, the amount of the Initial Drawdown Advance required to satisfy all obligations under the 2019 Loan Agreement in full, including the repayment thereof and payment of all amounts outstanding with respect thereto. |
3.2 | Other than in respect of the Initial Drawdown all subsequent drawdown of funds (each an “Additional Advance”) shall be subject to: |
(a) | the Lender’s prior written consent, which shall only be provided after consultation between the Lender and the Borrower and which, for the avoidance of doubt may be withheld in the Lender’s sole and absolute discretion; | |
(b) | the Lender receiving a duly completed Drawdown Notice from the Borrower not less than thirty (30) Business Days (or a shorter period as agreed by the Lender in its sole and absolute discretion) prior to the proposed drawdown date; provided that the first Drawdown Notice after the Initial Drawdown may be given upon five (5) Business Days notice (or such shorter period as the Lender may agree); | |
(c) | the proposed drawdown date falls within the Availability Period; | |
(d) | no Termination Notice has been delivered by the Lender; |
(e) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date the Drawdown Notice is received by the Lender and on the proposed drawdown date;
(f) the representations and warranties as set out in Part B of Schedule 2 made by the Borrower shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Advance, except to the extent any such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date (provided that any such representation and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects after giving effect to such qualification) and a senior officer of the Borrower shall have certified as to the same; and
(g) the amount to be drawn down under the Drawdown Notice does not, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Lender, exceed $1,000,000 (and the aggregate amount to be drawn down under the Drawdown Notice, together with all other Advances requested under any other Drawdown Notices consented to by the Lender and the aggregate amount of the Loan does not exceed the Commitment).
3.3 | Disbursement – Subject to the terms herein, the Lender shall make each Advance available to the Borrower by payment to the account of the Borrower specified in writing in the relevant Drawdown Notice; provided that, in the case of the Initial Advance, proceeds of the Initial Advance shall be applied directly to repay the outstanding amounts (including any unpaid fees and other amounts required to be paid upon payment if full) under the 2019 Loan Agreement as directed in the relevant Drawdown Notice. |
3.4 | Warrants – As a condition of each Advance, on receipt of any funds advanced to the Lender under the terms of this Note, the Borrower shall grant to the Lender a number of Warrants equal to 50% of the gross value of the relevant Advance made (less any set-off for expenses deducted by the Lender). The exercise price of Warrants granted at the time of each Advance shall be equal to the Market Price. The number of Warrants granted shall be determined in accordance with the formula set out below: |
X = (A/B) x 50%
Where:
X = the number of Warrants to be granted;
A = the amount of the Advance; and
B = the Market Price.
3.5 | On the date of each Advance the Borrower shall issue the Lender a duly executed certificate in respect of Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement. |
4 Draw-Down Shares and Interest
4.1 | Interest Rate – No interest shall be charged on any sums outstanding under the Loan whatsoever as the Borrower hereby recognizes and agrees that the principle of the payment of interest is not permitted by Sharia and accordingly to the extent that any legal system would (but for the provisions of this Section) impose (whether by contract or by statute) any obligation to pay interest, the Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally expressly waives and rejects any entitlement to recover interest from each other. |
4.2 | The Borrower recognizes that the receipt and payment of interest is prohibited under Sharia and accordingly agree that if any claims for amounts due under this Note are made in a court of law and that court imposes an obligation to pay interest on the amounts being claimed, the Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally expressly waives and rejects any entitlement to recover such interest and to the extent any amounts of interest are received by the Lender, it will pay such amounts received to a charity designated by an agreed and recognized Sharia Supervisor. |
4.3 | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4, the Borrower shall pay to the Lender an origination fee consisting of (i) 4.00% of the aggregate principal amount of all Advances made during the Availability Period, which amount shall accrue on the principal amount of each Advance at the making of such Advance and be fully earned at such time plus (ii) 4.00% of the aggregate principal amount of all Advances made during the Availability Period, which amount shall accrue and be fully earned on the first day after the end of the Availability Period (collectively, the “Origination Fee”). The Origination Fee shall be payable on the earliest to occur of (i) conversion pursuant to Section 7 or Section 8, (ii) upon repayment of the Loan in whole or in part (provided that the Origination Fee shall be pro rated for the amount of any partial repayment) and (iii) the acceleration of the Loan pursuant to Section 13.2. If the Origination Fee becomes payable as a result of a conversion pursuant to Section 7 or Section 8, the Lender shall have the right to elect, in its sole discretion, to accept such Origination Fee in cash or Shares, and if the Lender elects for the Origination Fee to be paid in Shares, the amount of such Origination Fee shall be added to the principal amount of the Loan outstanding for calculating the total number of Shares issuable to the Lender pursuant to Section 7 or Section 8. For the avoidance of doubt, any portion of the Origination Fee not paid prior to the Repayment Date shall be paid by the Borrower to the Lender in full on the Repayment Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.3 or elsewhere in this Note, in the event that any amount of the Loan is repaid with Specified Proceeds as a result of any Mandatory Prepayment Trigger Event, the Origination Fee with respect to the portion of the Loan so repaid, if not earned, due and payable prior to such Mandatory Prepayment Trigger Event, shall be, and be deemed to be, earned on and as of the occurrence of such Mandatory Prepayment Trigger Event and shall be due and payable on the date of the prepayment of the Loan with the Specified Proceeds in accordance with Section 6.2. |
5 Representations and Warranties
5.1 | The Lender makes the representations and warranties as set out in Part A of Schedule 2 and the Borrower makes the representations and warranties as set out in Part B of Schedule 2. The Borrower agrees and acknowledges that the Lender has accepted this Note and made the Commitment in reliance on the representations and warranties made by them respectively in Schedule 2. |
5.2 | The representations and warranties shall be made by the Parties on the execution of this Note and shall be deemed made by the Borrower on and as of the date of each Drawdown Request, the proposed draw date for any Advance and the date on which any Advance is made by the Lender. |
6 Repayment
6.1 | The Borrower shall repay the Loan to the Lender, in whole or in part, on the earlier of: |
(a) | at the Borrower’s election upon at least seven Business Days’ prior written notice, any Business Day occurring on or before the Repayment Date; provided that the Borrower shall not elect to voluntarily repay the Loan prior to the first Business Day following the last day of the Availability Period without the prior written consent of the Lender in its sole discretion; | |
(b) | the date required pursuant to Section 18.4 or Section 13.2; and | |
(c) | on the Repayment Date. |
In each case, amounts repaid may not be reborrowed under this Note.
6.2 | In the event that a Mandatory Prepayment Trigger Event occurs, the Borrower shall, within three (3) Business Days of such Mandatory Prepayment Trigger Event, prepay the existing Indebtedness of the Borrower, in direct order of maturity (with the Indebtedness of the Borrower with the earliest maturity date prepaid first, then the Indebtedness of the Borrower with the next earliest maturity date, and so forth until the Indebtedness of the Borrower with the latest maturity date), in the amount of the aggregate Specified Proceeds (other than amounts used for Permitted Uses or designated by the Borrower for use for Permitted Uses and actually used for such Permitted Uses within 180 days) received in connection with such Mandatory Prepayment Trigger Event and, if applicable, any origination fee payable therewith including, in the case of a prepayment of this Note, the Origination Fee in accordance with Section 4.3. |
7 Borrower Conversion
7.1 | At the Borrower’s election, in lieu of repayment, the Outstanding Amount may be converted, in whole but not in part except as provided in Section 7.5, into a number of fully paid and non-assessable Shares, subject to and determined as provided in Section 7.3 below, as of the date of, and in all cases subject to the consummation of, a Qualified Offering provided, that no Event of Default shall at the time exist and be continuing. |
7.2 | In order to elect to convert the Outstanding Amount into Shares in connection with a Qualified Offering in accordance with this Section 7, the Borrower shall give Lender notice of such election not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the anticipated Conversion Date, specifying the anticipated Conversion Date, the anticipated aggregate proceeds to the Borrower and the other anticipated terms of the Qualified Offering. |
7.3 | Subject to Section 7.5, the number of Shares or Units issuable upon conversion of the Outstanding Amount shall be the quotient of (x) the Outstanding Amount, divided by (y) the lowest price per Share or Unit paid by investors for Shares or Units in the Qualified Offering before deducting underwriting commissions and discounts, placement agent commissions and fees, and other expenses of the Qualified Offering. In lieu of any fractional Share or Unit to which the Lender would otherwise be entitled, the Borrower shall pay cash equal to the product of such fraction multiplied by the price of such Share or Unit in the Qualified Offering. |
7.4 | Subject to Section 7.5, upon the consummation of a Qualified Offering, in the event that the Borrower does not elect to convert the Outstanding Amount into Shares in accordance with Section 7.1, the Availability Period shall terminate and the Lender will not be required to make any further Advances |
7.5 | Each Advance to Borrower shall be treated as a separate tranche for the purposes of determining the applicability of the 19.9% Cap limitations set forth in this Section 7.5, and each such tranche may have a different Drawdown Market Price. Only Shares issuable upon the conversion of a Drawdown Amount with a Drawdown Market Price that was higher than the lowest price per Share or Unit paid by investors for Shares or Units in the Qualified Offering (“Borrower Conversion Price”), shall be aggregated for the purposes of determining the applicability of the 19.9% Cap limitations as set forth in this Section 7.5. If under the rules of the Applicable Exchange, approval by the stockholders of Borrower would be required in connection with the issuance of Shares or Units upon any conversion under this Section 7, then unless and until such stockholder approval has been obtained, (a) the maximum amount of each tranche’s Drawdown Amount that may be converted into Shares or Units (including Shares issued separately or as a part of a Unit) at a Borrower Conversion Price lower than the Drawdown Market Price applicable to the Drawdown Amount being converted shall be an amount entitling Lender to receive a number of Shares that, when added to any Shares (including Shares that are part of a Unit) issued to Lender in the Qualified Offering or that are otherwise deemed by the Applicable Exchange to be issued to Lender connection with the consummation of the Qualified Offering, would equal the 19.9% Cap, and (b) the maximum amount of the Outstanding Amount that may be converted into Shares or Units shall be an amount entitling Lender to receive a number of Shares (including Shares that are part of a Unit) that, when added to other Shares owned by Lender immediately prior to such Qualified Offering and added to any Shares (including Shares that are part of a Unit) issued to Lender in the Qualified Offering and any Shares issued to Lender upon the exercise of Warrants in connection with the conversion or in connection with the Qualified Offering, would equal the 50% Cap. To the extent any Outstanding Amount cannot be so converted as a result of the 19.9% Cap or the 50% Cap such amount shall remain outstanding as loan funds in accordance with the terms of this Note. |
8 Lender Conversion
8.1 | At any time while funds under this Note remain outstanding, at the Lender’s election, in lieu of repayment, the Outstanding Amount (or any part thereof) may be converted into a number of fully paid and non-assessable Shares of the Borrower. The conversion price shall be equal to the Market Price on the date prior to the date the Lender delivers a Conversion Notice in accordance with Section 8.2 below. |
8.2 | In order to elect to convert some or all of the Outstanding Amount into Shares the Lender shall give to the Borrower a notice of such election (a “Conversion Notice”) specifying a date which is not less than five (5) Business Days following on which the amount of the Outstanding Commitment to be converted (as notified in the Conversion Notice) shall be converted to new Shares. The number of Shares issued by the Borrower shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares (i.e. no fractional shares shall be issued by the Borrower). |
8.3 | Each Advance to Borrower shall be treated as a separate tranche for the purpose of determining the applicability of the 19.9% Cap limitations set forth in this Section 8.3, and each such tranche may have a different Drawdown Market Price. Only Shares issuable upon the Conversion of a Drawdown Amount with a Drawdown Market Price that is higher than the conversion price as determined under Section 8.1, shall be aggregated for the purposes of determining the applicability of the 19.9% Cap limitations as set forth in this Section 8.3. If under the rules of the Applicable Exchange approval by the stockholders of Borrower would be required in connection with the issuance of Shares upon any conversion under this Section 8, then unless and until such stockholder approval has been obtained, (a) at any time the conversion price as calculated in accordance with Section 8.1 would be less than the Drawdown Market Price applicable to the Drawdown Amount being converted, the maximum amount of the Drawdown Amount that may be converted into Shares shall be the amount entitling Lender to receive a number of Shares that, when added to any Shares previously or contemporaneously issued to Lender upon a conversion subject to the restrictions of this Section 8.3(a), would equal the 19.9% Cap, and (b) the maximum amount of the Outstanding Amount that may be converted into Shares shall be subject to the 50% Cap. To the extent any Outstanding Amount cannot be so converted as a result of the 19.9% Cap or the 50% Cap such funds shall remain outstanding as loan funds in accordance with the terms of this Note. |
9 Tax
9.1 | Withholdings – If at any time the Borrower is required by law to make any deduction or withholding from any payment due from the Borrower to the Lender, the Borrower shall simultaneously pay to the Lender whatever additional amount is necessary to ensure that the Lender receives a net sum equal to the payment it would have received had no deduction or withholding been made. If the Lender is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder, the Lender shall deliver to the Borrower such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. |
9.2 | The Borrower shall also promptly deliver to the Lender any receipts, certificates or other proof evidencing the amounts (if any) paid or payable in respect of any deduction or withholding as aforesaid. |
10 Documentary Conditions Precedent to Initial Drawdown
10.1 | This Note shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions are satisfied (or waived by the Lender): |
(a) | Warrants. The Borrower has passed all such resolutions (of shareholders and/or directors) to approve and adopt the Warrant Agreement and the issuance of Warrant Instruments hereunder and thereunder. | |
(b) | Counterparts of this Note. The Lender shall have received counterparts of this Note, duly executed by the Borrower, as well as the Lender. | |
(c) | The Lender shall have received, in each case duly executed and delivered by Borrower, (a) the Warrant Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit A to this Note, and (b) Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of August 13, 2019 between the Borrower and the Lender, in the form previously agreed by the parties, in each case duly executed by the Borrower and the other parties thereto. | |
(d) | Other Documents. The Lender shall have received such other documents as the Lender shall have reasonably requested from the Borrower including, without limitation, the Security Agreements, in each case duly authorized, executed and delivered. |
11 Omitted
12 Covenants of the Borrower
12.1 | Covenants – Within five (5) Business Days of execution of this Note, the Borrower covenants to furnish the Lender with detailed monthly cash expenditure forecasts, i.e., a Budget, for the period commencing February 1, 2022. |
12.3 | At all times while the Loan is outstanding, the Borrower covenants that it shall not (without the prior written consent of the Lender), and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, borrow or commit to borrow any funds (or otherwise incur any Indebtedness), grant or create or attempt to create or permit or suffer to subsist any mortgage, security interest, guarantee, charge, lien (other than (i) a lien arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law, (ii) capital leases, to the extent included in a Budget prior to the incurrence thereof or consented to in writing by the Lender prior to the incurrence thereof, and (iii) purchase money Indebtedness interests for newly acquired equipment, to the extent included in a Budget prior to the incurrence thereof or consented to in writing by the Lender prior to the incurrence thereof and provided that any lien securing such purchase money indebtedness is granted within 90 days of the incurrence thereof and does not encumber or otherwise extend to any property of the Borrower other than the property acquires with such purchase money indebtedness) or other encumbrance, trust agreement, declaration of trust, or trust arising by operation of law over or in respect of its or its assets (including, without limitation, the Collateral and any other assets covered by the Security Agreements), unless and until the Outstanding Amount and all amounts owed to the Lender (as a lender) pursuant to the Loan Documents have been repaid in full by or on behalf of the Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower shall only be entitled to apply for and draw-down, and permit its Subsidiaries to apply for and draw down, Government backed debt or other financial support (available as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic), including but not limited to funding available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) signed into law March 27, 2020, with the prior written consent of the Lender, and grants (whether or not subject to repayment or revenue sharing obligations) from federal, state or local governments, agencies, or instrumentalities (including but not limited to the National Institutes of Health and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine); provided that, to the extent such grants include a repayment or revenue sharing obligation, such grant has been included in a Budget prior to entry into a binding agreement or application requiring repayment or revenue sharing or has been consented to in writing by the Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Reverse shall be permitted to enter into Indebtedness consisting of a convertible note financing so long as such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any other Subsidiary of the Borrower or by the Borrower or secured on any assets of another Subsidiary of the Borrower or the Borrower and (ii) this Section 12.3 shall not restrict any incurrence of Indebtedness or liens by Reverse on or after the date that Reverse satisfies the Reverse Financing Condition. |
12.4 | The Borrower, as promptly as reasonably practical, and in any event no later than December 31, 2022, shall submit to its stockholders, and recommend that its stockholders approve (which may be by written consent), in accordance with the Borrower’s organizational documents and the rules of the Applicable Exchange, resolutions to cause the 50% Cap and the 19.9% Cap to be lifted entirely with respect to the obligations under this Note and to take any and all actions necessary or advisable and as required under and in compliance with Borrower’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, applicable laws, and the rules of the Applicable Exchange, including at the request of the Lender, in furtherance thereof. |
12.5 | On or prior to the date of any “at-the-market” issuance of capital stock of the Borrower (but not more than three (3) Business Days prior), the Borrower shall certify to the Lender either (i) that the Borrower shall use all of such net cash proceeds (after deducting the reasonable and documented fees and commissions of the sales agent or broker and any other customary, reasonable and documented transaction expenses (“Specified Proceeds”) solely for the purpose of the Borrower’s research and development work (including through third-party contractors), professional and administrative expenses, and for general working capital only (in accordance with a Budget) (“Permitted Uses”) and thereafter actually use such Specified Proceeds solely for Permitted Uses or (ii) that the Borrower elects to apply all or a portion such Specified Proceeds as required by Section 6.2 (an election under this clause (ii), a “Mandatory Prepayment Trigger Event”). |
12.6 | The Borrower shall not make any Investment in any other person (including, for avoidance of doubt, any subsidiary of the Borrower) without the prior written consent of the Lender in its sole discretion, other than the Permitted Reverse Investment or otherwise as specified in a Budget. In connection with any proposed Investment, the Borrower shall provide the Lender with a detailed accounting of the amount and purpose of such Investment and any consent given by the Lender shall only apply to the Investment if so used. |
13 Events of Default
13.1 | Events – Each of the following is an Event of Default: |
(a) | Payment – the Borrower (i) fails to pay any principal amount payable by it in the manner and at the time provided under and in accordance with this Note or (ii) fails to pay any other amount payable by it in the manner and at the time provided under and in accordance with this Note or any other Loan Document and the failure in this clause (ii) is not remedied within three (3) Business Days following the date the payment was to be made; | |
(b) | Obligations – if the Borrower fails to perform any of its covenants or obligations or fail to satisfy any of the conditions under this Note or any other Loan Document and, such failure (if capable of remedy) remains unremedied to the satisfaction of the Lender (in its sole discretion) for ten (10) Business Days after the earlier of (i) notice requiring its remedy has been given by the Lender to the Borrower and (ii) actual knowledge of the failure by senior officers of the Borrower; | |
(c) | Other Indebtedness – if any Indebtedness of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $100,000 becomes due and payable, or a breach or other circumstance arises thereunder such that the applicable lender is entitled to declare such Indebtedness due and payable, prior to its due date, or any Indebtedness of Borrower in excess of $25,000 is not paid on its due date; | |
(d) | Carrying on Business – if Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries stops payment of its debts generally or ceases or threatens to cease to carry on its business or is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or is deemed by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unable to pay its debts as they fall due, or enters into any arrangements with its creditors generally; |
(e) | Insolvency – if (i) an involuntary proceeding (other than a proceeding instituted by Lender or an affiliate of Lender) shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or of all or a substantial part of its assets, under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) an involuntary appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Borrower (or any such Subsidiary) or for a substantial part of its assets occurs (other than in a proceeding instituted by Lender or an affiliate of Lender), and, in any such case, such proceeding shall continue undismissed and unstayed for sixty (60) consecutive days without having been dismissed, bonded or discharged or an order of relief is entered in any such proceeding; | |
(f) | Illegality – if it becomes unlawful for the Borrower to perform all or any of its obligations under this Note or any authorisation, approval, consent, license, exemption, filing, registration or other requirement of any governmental, judicial or public body or authority necessary to enable the Borrower to comply with its obligations under this Note or to carry on its business is not obtained or, having been obtained, is modified in a manner that precludes the Borrower or its Subsidiaries from conducting their business in any material respect, or is revoked, suspended, withdrawn or withheld or fails to remain in full force and effect; | |
(g) | Expropriation – the issuance or levy of any judgment, writ, warrant of attachment or execution or similar process against all or any material part of the property or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries if such process is not released, vacated or fully bonded within sixty (60) calendar days after its issue or levy; | |
(h) | Court Action – if any injunction, order, judgment or decision of any court is entered or issued which, in the opinion of the Lender, materially and adversely affects, or is reasonably likely so to affect, the ability of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to carry on its business or to pay amounts owed to Lender under this Note; and | |
(i) | Transfer of Assets – if Borrower, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, sells, leases, licenses, consigns, transfers or otherwise disposes of any material portion of its assets (it being understood that any such disposition with respect to any asset or assets with a fair value of at least $250,000 is material), other than (i) Investments permitted pursuant to Section 12.6, (ii) sales, transfers and dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business, (iii) any termination of a lease of real or personal property that is not necessary in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business, could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect and does not result from Borrower’s default, and (iv) any sale, lease, license, consignment, transfer or other disposition of assets that are no longer necessary in the ordinary course of business or which has been approved in writing by the Lender. |
(j) | Failure of Security – any of the following shall occur: (i) the security and/or liens created by the Security Agreement or any other Loan Document shall at any time cease to constitute valid and perfected security and/or liens on any material portion of the Collateral intended to be covered thereby; (ii) except for expiration in accordance with its terms, the Security Agreement or any other Loan Document pursuant to which a lien is granted by Borrower in favor of the Lender shall for whatever reason be terminated or shall cease to be in full force and effect; (iii) the enforceability of the Security Agreement or any other Loan Document pursuant to which a lien is granted by Borrower in favor of the Lender shall be contested by or on behalf of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries thereto, (iv) Borrower shall assert that its obligations under this Note or any other Loan Document shall be invalid or unenforceable, or (v) a loss, theft, damage or destruction occurs with respect to a material portion of the Collateral. | |
(k) | Financial Condition – if there is any change in the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which, in the opinion of the Lender, materially and adversely affects, or is reasonably likely so to affect, the ability of the Borrower to perform any of its obligations under this Note. | |
(l) | Misrepresentation – if any representation, warranty or statement made, repeated or deemed made or repeated by the Borrower in this Note, or pursuant to the Loan Documents, is incomplete, untrue, incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made, repeated or deemed made. |
13.2 | Remedies – If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Lender may do all or any of the following: |
(a) | by notice to the Borrower, declare the Outstanding Amount and all accrued fees and other sums owed by the Borrower under or in connection with this Note to be immediately due and payable and the same will become so due and payable; | |
(b) | by notice to the Borrower (a “Termination Notice”), declare the outstanding balance of the Commitment to be immediately reduced to zero effective as of the date of such notice, and the same will be so reduced; | |
(c) | exercise any remedies available to the Lender under the Security Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and/or applicable law; | |
(d) | revoke in writing any consent to funding any Advance made as contemplated under Section 3.2, and upon such written revocation the Lender shall have no obligation to fund any such Advance; and | |
(e) | exercise all of the rights and remedies of a secured creditor under the New York Uniform Commercial Code. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default as contemplated under Section 13.1(e) shall occur, (i) the Outstanding Amount and all accrued fees and other sums owed by the Borrower under or connection with this Note shall be immediately due and payable without notice or other action on the part of the Lender or any other person and (ii) the Commitment automatically shall reduce to zero and the Lender shall have no obligation to fund any Advance.
14 Liability
14.1 | General Costs – Subject to Section 18.1, the Borrower will from time to time on demand reimburse the Lender for all costs and expenses (including legal fees and disbursements) and any VAT chargeable on them incurred in the preservation, enforcement and collection of this Note and the other Loan Documents, including without limitation, the Security Agreement. |
14.2 | Stamp duties – The Borrower will pay on demand all stamp and other duties and Taxes, if any, to which this Note may be subject or give rise and indemnify the Lender on demand against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay or omission on the part of the Borrower to pay any such duties or Taxes. |
14.3 | Liability – Without duplication of and subject to the limitations set forth under the expense reimbursement obligations pursuant to Section 14.1 above, the Borrower shall indemnify the Lender and any affiliates thereof (each such person being called an “Indemnitee”), against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, out-of-pocket costs, actual liabilities and related expenses, excluding in any event lost profits arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of the execution, enforcement or delivery of any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties to the Loan Documents of their respective obligations thereunder or the use of proceeds of the Advances or any other transactions contemplated hereby. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and Borrower hereby waives and releases, any claim against any other such person, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) (whether or not the claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty imposed by any applicable legal requirement) arising out of, in connection with, arising out of, as a result of, or in any way related to, the Loan Documents or any or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby or referred to therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, and each such person further agrees not to sue upon any such claim or any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor; provided that the foregoing shall in no event limit the Borrower’s indemnification obligations in this Section 14.3. |
15 Payments
15.1 | Currency – The Borrower shall discharge each obligation in the currency in which it is due under this Note. If at any time the Lender receives any payment (including by set-off) referable to any of the liabilities of the Borrower under this Note from any source in a currency other than the currency in which it is due, then such payment shall take effect as a payment to the Lender of the amount in the due currency which the Lender is able to purchase (after deduction of any relevant costs) with the amount of the payment so received in accordance with its usual practice. |
15.2 | Funds – All payments made by Borrower to the Lender shall be made in immediately available cleared funds on its due date (and, if such date is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day) to the credit of such account as the Lender may designate. Such payments shall be made in full without set-off or counterclaim and free and clear of any deduction or withholding for or on account of any Tax (save for such deductions or withholdings as are required by law) or any other matter. |
16 Communications
16.1 | Written – All communications under this Note must be in writing. |
16.2 | Addresses – Any communication may be sent by prepaid post, or email or delivered to the Lender or an Obligor at its address or email address shown below or as may otherwise by notified to the relevant party in writing. Communications to the Borrower may also be sent to a place of business for it last known to the Lender or delivered to one of its officers. Each party to this Note irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for in this Section 16.2. Nothing in any Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Note to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. |
To the Lender: | Juvenescence Limited | |
Fourth Floor, Viking House | ||
Nelson Street | ||
Isle of Man IM1 2AH | ||
Attention: Gregory Bailey | ||
Email: greg@juvlabs.com | ||
To the Borrower: | AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. | |
1101 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 201 | ||
Alameda, California 94501 | ||
Attention: Andrea Park, Chief Financial Officer | ||
Email: apark@agexinc.com |
16.3 | Delivery – A communication by either of the parties, if sent by post, will be deemed made on the day after posting by first class post, postage prepaid (but, if to another country, five (5) days after posting by airmail, postage prepaid). Any communication sent by email will be deemed effective on the date of transmission if sent on a Business Day not later than 5:00 p.m. local time at the location of the recipient, or the next Business Day if sent on a day other than a Business Day or later than 5:00 p.m. local time at the location of the recipient. |
17 Assignation and Transfer
17.1 | Transfer by Lender – The Lender may assign its rights and obligations under this Note, in whole or in part, to any other person upon simultaneous written notice to the Borrower; provided further that upon such assignment such other person shall be deemed to make the representations and warranties in Part A of Schedule 2 to the Borrower. After giving effect to such assignment, such person shall be deemed the “Lender” from such time for all purposes hereunder. |
17.2 | No transfer by Borrower – Borrower may not transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Note. |
17.3 | Register – Lender, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain a copy of each assignment delivered to it and a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the obligations owing to the Lenders from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the Borrower and the Lenders may treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Note. The Register shall be available inspection by an Obligor at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. This section shall be construed so that the obligations under this Note are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Section 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any related regulations (and any relevant or successor provisions). |
18 Miscellaneous
18.1 | Costs and Expenses – The Borrower shall be responsible for its own costs in relation to the preparation and execution of this Note and shall pay the reasonable and proper costs of the Lender in preparing and finalizing this Note. |
18.2 | Delays – The rights and powers of the Lender under this Note will not be affected or impaired by any delay or omission by the Lender in exercising them or by any previous exercise of any such rights or powers. |
18.3 | Severability – Each of the provisions of this Note shall be severable and distinct from one another and if at any time anyone or more of these provisions (or any part of them) is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired. |
18.4 | Illegality – If at any time it becomes unlawful for the Lender to allow the Commitment to remain in effect or to make, fund or allow the Outstanding Amount to remain outstanding then the Lender will promptly notify the Borrower and: |
(d) | the Lender will not be required to make any additional Advances and the Commitment will be reduced to zero; and | |
(e) | if the Lender so requires by notice to the Borrower, the Borrower and/or the Borrower will repay the Outstanding Amount and pay to the Lender all other sums owed by the Borrower under this Note, all on such date as the Lender may reasonably specify. |
18.5 | Entire Agreement |
This Note, together with the other Loan Documents, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties relating to the Loan and supersedes and extinguishes all previous agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between them, whether written or oral, relating to its subject matter. |
18.6 | Termination |
Upon (i) the payment in full to the Lender of the Outstanding Amount, (ii) the conversion of the whole of the Outstanding Amount by the issuance to the Lender of the Shares in accordance with Sections 7 or 8, and delivery to the Lender of one or more valid share certificates for such Shares (or in lieu of certificates, evidence of direct registration in the records of the transfer agent in the case of such Shares), or (iii) any combination thereof which shall satisfy the Outstanding Amount, this Note shall terminate and the Borrower shall be forever released from its obligations under this Note, except to the extent that any obligations of the Borrower under Sections 9 (Tax), 14 (Liability), and 18 (Miscellaneous) shall survive such termination and remain be valid and effective. |
19 Counterparts
This Note may be executed in any number of counterparts, which shall together constitute one agreement. Any party may enter into this Note by signing any such counterpart. This Note and any Drawdown Notice or other notice or communication may be executed with signatures transmitted among the parties by pdf attached to an electronic mail, and no party shall deny the validity of a signature or this Note signed and transmitted by pdf attached to an electronic mail on the basis that a signed document is represented by a copy or facsimile and not an original.
20 Law and Jurisdiction
20.1 | Law - This Note shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York. |
20.2 | Jurisdiction – Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in any Loan Document shall affect any right that the Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to any Loan Document against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction. |
20.3 | Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document in any court referred to Section 20.2. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court. |
20.4 | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS NOTE BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Note to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written
JUVENESCENCE LIMITED | ||
/s/ Greg Bailey | ||
By: | Greg Bailey | |
Title: | Director | |
AGEX THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
/s/ Michael D. West | ||
By: | Michael D. West | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 10.2
SECURITY AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 14, 2022
among
AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.
and
Each Other Grantor
From Time to Time Party Hereto
and
Juvenescence Limited
as Agent and Initial Lender
TABLE OF CONTENTS | |||
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ARTICLE I DEFINED TERMS | 1 | ||
Section 1.1 | Definitions. | 1 | |
Section 1.2 | Certain Other Terms. | 7 | |
ARTICLE II [Reserved] | 8 | ||
ARTICLE III GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST | 8 | ||
Section 3.1 | Collateral | 8 | |
Section 3.2 | Grant of Security Interest in Collateral | 8 | |
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 9 | ||
Section 4.1 | Title; No Other Liens | 9 | |
Section 4.2 | Perfection and Priority | 9 | |
Section 4.3 | Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office | 9 | |
Section 4.4 | Locations of Inventory, Equipment and Books and Records | 10 | |
Section 4.5 | Pledged Collateral | 10 | |
Section 4.6 | Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper Formerly Accounts | 10 | |
Section 4.7 | Intellectual Property | 10 | |
Section 4.8 | Commercial Tort Claims | 11 | |
Section 4.9 | Specific Collateral | 11 | |
Section 4.10 | Enforcement | 11 | |
Section 4.11 | Additional Representations and Warranties of the Note | 12 | |
Section 4.12 | Margin Stock | 12 | |
ARTICLE V COVENANTS | 12 | ||
Section 5.1 | Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation and Consents | 12 | |
Section 5.2 | Changes in Locations, Name, Etc. | 13 | |
Section 5.3 | Pledged Collateral | 13 | |
Section 5.4 | Accounts | 14 | |
Section 5.5 | Pledged Uncertificated Stock | 14 | |
Section 5.6 | Delivery of Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper and Control of Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Rights and Electronic Chattel Paper | 14 | |
Section 5.7 | Intellectual Property | 15 | |
Section 5.8 | Notices | 16 | |
Section 5.9 | Notice of Commercial Tort Claims | 16 | |
Section 5.10 | Perfection Certificate | 17 | |
ARTICLE VI REMEDIAL PROVISIONS | 17 | ||
Section 6.1 | UCC and Other Remedies | 17 | |
Section 6.2 | Accounts and Payments in Respect of General Intangibles | 20 | |
Section 6.3 | Pledged Collateral | 21 | |
Section 6.4 | Proceeds to be Turned over to and Held by Agent | 22 | |
Section 6.5 | Sale of Pledged Collateral | 22 | |
Section 6.6 | Deficiency | 23 |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS | |||
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ARTICLE VII THE AGENT | 23 | ||
Section 7.1 | Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact | 23 | |
Section 7.2 | Authorization to File Financing Statements | 25 | |
Section 7.3 | Authority of Agent | 25 | |
Section 7.4 | Duty; Obligations and Liabilities | 25 | |
ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS | 26 | ||
Section 8.1 | Reinstatement | 26 | |
Section 8.2 | Release of Collateral; Termination of Agreement | 26 | |
Section 8.3 | Independent Obligations | 26 | |
Section 8.4 | No Waiver by Course of Conduct | 26 | |
Section 8.5 | Amendments in Writing | 27 | |
Section 8.6 | Additional Grantors; Additional Pledged Collateral | 27 | |
Section 8.7 | Notices | 27 | |
Section 8.8 | Successors and Assigns | 27 | |
Section 8.9 | Counterparts | 27 | |
Section 8.10 | Severability | 28 | |
Section 8.11 | Governing Law | 28 | |
Section 8.12 | Submission to Jurisdiction | 28 | |
Section 8.13 | Service of Process | 28 | |
Section 8.14 | Non-Exclusive Jurisdiction | 28 | |
Section 8.15 | Waiver of Jury Trial | 28 | |
Section 8.16 | Expenses and Indemnification | 28 |
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SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of February 14, 2022, by AgeX Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the “Borrower”) and each of the other entities that becomes a party hereto, including pursuant to Section 8.6 (together with the Borrower, the “Grantors” and each a “Grantor”), in favor of Juvenescence Limited, a company incorporated in the Isle of Man (the “Initial Lender”), in its capacity as the Lender under the Note referred to below and as agent for itself and any other lender under the Note (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns, “Agent” and the Agent and the Lenders from time to time under the Note, together with their respective successors and permitted assigns, the “Secured Parties”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower has issued that certain Secured Convertible Promissory Note, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, (and including all replacements and refinancings thereof, the “Note”), and the Initial Lender has accepted and entered into the Note;
WHEREAS, it is a condition to the obligation of the Lender under the Note, in accordance with Section 10.1(d) of the Note, that the Borrower shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to Agent;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Lender and the other Secured Parties to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower, each Grantor hereby agrees with Agent as follows:
ARTICLE I
Defined Terms
Section 1.1 Definitions.
(a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition are used as defined in the Note.
(b) The following terms have the meanings given to them in the UCC and terms used herein without definition that are defined in the UCC have the meanings given to them in the UCC (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined): “account”, “account debtor”, “as-extracted collateral”, “certificate”, “certificated security”, “chattel paper”, “commercial tort claim”, “commodity contract”, “deposit account”, “document”, “electronic chattel paper”, “equipment”, “farm products”, “fixture”, “general intangible”, “goods”, “health-care-insurance receivable”, “instruments”, “inventory”, “investment property”, “letter-of-credit right”, “proceeds”, “record”, “securities account”, “security”, “supporting obligation” and “tangible chattel paper”.
(c) The following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote more than 50% of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise..
“Agreement” means this Security Agreement, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Applicable IP Office” means the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any other country or political subdivision thereof.
“Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.
“Contractual Obligations” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security (whether in the nature of Stock, Stock Equivalents or otherwise) issued by such Person or of any agreement, undertaking, contract, license, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, document or agreement (other than a Loan Document) to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its Property is bound or to which any of its Property is subject.
“Copyrights” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to copyrights and all works of authorship and moral, mask work, database and design rights, whether or not registered or published, all registrations and recordations thereof and all applications in connection therewith.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary incorporated, organized or otherwise formed under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Electronic Transmission” means each document, notice, instruction, authorization, file, information and any other communication transmitted, posted or otherwise made or communicated by electronic mail, e-mail or E-Fax, or otherwise to or from an E-System.
“Excluded Deposit Account” means any payroll account or other employee wage and benefit account, petty cash account, tax account (including, without limitation, withholding tax accounts and sales tax accounts), escrow account and fiduciary account, together with the funds or other property held in or maintained in any such account (so long as any such account is used solely for such purpose) and other deposit accounts with an aggregate average monthly balance of less than $250,000.
“Excluded Equity” means (a) any voting stock in excess of 65% of the outstanding voting stock of any (i) First Tier Foreign Subsidiary, which, pursuant to the terms of the Note, is not required to guaranty the Obligations and (ii) Domestic Subsidiary that has no material assets other than Stock or Stock Equivalents of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries and (b) any Stock of any Subsidiary owned by a Subsidiary described in clause (a) above. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means, with respect to any issuer, the issued and outstanding shares of each class of Stock of such issuer entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations § 1.956-2(c)(2)).
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“Excluded Property” means, collectively, (i) Excluded Equity; (ii) any permit or license or any Contractual Obligation entered into by any Grantor (A) that prohibits or requires the consent of any Person other than any Grantor or any of its Affiliates which has not been obtained as a condition to the creation by such Grantor of a Lien on any right, title or interest in such permit, license or Contractual Obligation or any Stock or Stock Equivalent related thereto (so long as any agreement with such third party that provides for such prohibition or requirement was not entered into in contemplation of the acquisition of such asset or entering into of such agreement or for the purposes of creating such prohibition or restriction) or (B) to the extent that any Requirement of Law applicable thereto prohibits the creation of a Lien thereon (including any requirement thereunder to obtain the consent of any Governmental Authority), but only, with respect to the prohibition in (A) and (B), to the extent, and for as long as, such prohibition is not terminated or rendered unenforceable or otherwise deemed ineffective by the UCC or any other Requirement of Law; (iii) any lease, license or agreement or any Property subject to a purchase money security interest, Capital Lease Obligations or similar arrangement, in each case to the extent, that a grant of a security interest therein in favor of the Agent would, under the terms of such lease, license or agreement, violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or purchase money security interest, Capital Lease Obligation or similar arrangement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party (other than any Grantor or any Affiliate thereof) thereto after giving effect to the anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other Requirement of Law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC or other applicable Requirement of Law notwithstanding such prohibition; (iv) any “intent to use” Trademark applications for which a “statement of use” or “amendment to allege use” has not been filed (but only until such statement is filed) and to the extent, and solely during the period, if any, in which the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent to use Trademark application under applicable Requirement of Law; (v) all owned real property not constituting Material Real Property; (vi) all leasehold interests in real property; (vii)(a) any motor vehicles, aircraft and other assets subject to certificates of title (except to the extent a security interest therein can be perfected by the filing of UCC financing statements), (b) letter of credit rights with a claim value of less than $500,000 (in the aggregate) to the extent not constituting supporting obligations (except to the extent a security interest therein can be perfected by the filing of UCC financing statements) and (c) commercial tort claims with a claim value of less than $500,000 individually; (viii) governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations and any other property and assets to the extent that the Agent may not validly possess a security interest therein under applicable Requirement of Law (including, without limitation, rules and regulations of any Governmental Authority) or the pledge or creation of a security interest in which would require governmental consent, approval, license or authorization, other than to the extent such prohibition or limitation is rendered ineffective under the UCC or other applicable Requirement of Law notwithstanding such prohibition; (ix) margin stock; (x) any Stock in any non-wholly-owned Subsidiaries to the extent that (a) the granting of a security interest in such Stock in favor of the Agent is not permitted by the terms of such issuing Person’s organizational or joint venture documents or otherwise require the consent of a Person or Persons who are not Subsidiaries of the Borrower or (b) the granting of a security interest (including any exercise of remedies) in such Stock in favor of the Agent would result in a change of control, repurchase obligation or other adverse consequence to any Grantor; (xi) those assets as to which the Borrower reasonably determines (in consultation with the Agent), that the cost (including, without limitation, the cost of title insurance, surveys or flood insurance, if necessary) of obtaining a security interest in or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the benefit to the Secured Parties of the security to be afforded thereby; (xii) those property or assets for which the creation or perfection of pledges or of security interests in, would result in adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as reasonably determined by the Borrower (in consultation with the Agent); and (xiii) Excluded Deposit Accounts; provided, however, “Excluded Property” shall not include any proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements of Excluded Property (unless such proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements would otherwise constitute Excluded Property).
“First Tier Foreign Subsidiary” means a Foreign Subsidiary held directly by Borrower.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a Subsidiary of such Person, which Subsidiary is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation, sovereign or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority or instrumentality thereof and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, taxing, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including any central bank, stock exchange, regulatory body, arbitrator, public sector entity, supra-national entity (including the European Union and the European Central Bank) and any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners).
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“Guarantor” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Intellectual Property” means all rights, title and interests in or relating to intellectual property and industrial property arising under any Requirement of Law and all IP Ancillary Rights relating thereto, including all Copyrights, Patents, Software, Trademarks, Internet Domain Names, Trade Secrets and IP Licenses.
“Internet Domain Name” means all right, title and interest (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to internet domain names.
“IP Ancillary Rights” means all rights, title and interests in or relating to intellectual property and industrial property arising under any Requirement of Law and all ancillary rights relating thereto, including all Copyrights, Patents, Software, Trademarks, Internet Domain Names, Trade Secrets and IP Licenses.
“IP Licenses” means all Contractual Obligations (and all related IP Ancillary Rights), whether written or oral, granting any right, title and interest in or relating to any Intellectual Property.
“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, charge, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, easement, lien (statutory or otherwise), security interest or other security arrangement and any other preference, priority or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale contract or other title retention agreement, the interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease and any synthetic or other financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing (but not including the interest of a lessor under a lease which is not a Capital Lease).
“Margin Stock” means “margin stock” as such term is defined in Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or any entity succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Material Intellectual Property” means Intellectual Property that is owned by or licensed to a Grantor pursuant to a written agreement and material to the conduct of any Grantor’s business.
“Material Real Property” means any parcel of real property and improvements thereto owned in fee simple by a Grantor and which has a fair market value (estimated in good faith by the Grantor) in excess of $500,000 as of the time such property is acquired (or, if such property is owned by a Person at the time it becomes a Grantor, as of such date); provided, however, the term “Material Real Property” shall not include any Excluded Property
“Obligations” means all indebtedness evidenced by the Note and other indebtedness, advances, debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties owing by the Borrower and any other Grantor to any Secured Party or any other Person required to be indemnified, that arises under any Loan Document, whether or not for the payment of money, whether arising by reason of an extension of credit, loan, guaranty, indemnification or in any other manner, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assignment), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and however acquired.
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“Patents” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to letters patent and applications therefor, including without limitation improvements, divisions, continuations, renewals, reissues, extensions and continuations in part of the same.
“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, company, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, firm, joint stock company, estate, entity of governmental agency.
“Pledged Certificated Stock” means all certificated securities and any other Stock or Stock Equivalent of any Person evidenced by a certificate, instrument or other similar document, in each case owned by any Grantor, and any distribution of property made on, in respect of or in exchange for the foregoing from time to time, including all Stock and Stock Equivalents listed on Schedule 5. Pledged Certificated Stock excludes any Excluded Property and any Cash Equivalent Investments.
“Pledged Collateral” means, collectively, the Pledged Stock and the Pledged Debt Instruments.
“Pledged Debt Instruments” means all right, title and interest of any Grantor in instruments evidencing any indebtedness owed to such Grantor or other obligations, owed to such Grantor, and any distribution of property made on, in respect of or in exchange for the foregoing from time to time, including all indebtedness described on Schedule 5, issued by the obligors named therein. Pledged Debt Instruments excludes any Excluded Property and any Cash Equivalent Investments.
“Pledged Investment Property” means any investment property of any Grantor, and any distribution of property made on, in respect of or in exchange for the foregoing from time to time, other than any Pledged Stock or Pledged Debt Instruments. Pledged Investment Property excludes any Excluded Property and any Cash Equivalent Investments.
“Pledged Stock” means all Pledged Certificated Stock and all Pledged Uncertificated Stock.
“Pledged Uncertificated Stock” means any Stock or Stock Equivalent of any Person that is not Pledged Certificated Stock, including all right, title and interest of any Grantor as a limited or general partner in any partnership or as a member of any limited liability company, in any case, not constituting Pledged Certificated Stock, all right, title and interest of any Grantor in, to and under any Organization Document of any partnership or limited liability company to which it is a party, and any distribution of property made on, in respect of or in exchange for the foregoing from time to time, including in each case those interests set forth on Schedule 5, to the extent such interests are not certificated. Pledged Uncertificated Stock excludes any Excluded Property and any Cash Equivalent Investments.
“Property” means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, and whether tangible or intangible.
“Related Person” means, with respect to any Person, each Affiliate of such Person and each director, officer, employee, agent, trustee, representative, attorney, accountant and each insurance, environmental, legal, financial and other advisor and other consultants and agents of or to such Person or any of its Affiliates.
“Requirement of Law” means, with respect to any Person, the common law and any federal, state, local, foreign, multinational or international laws, statutes, codes, treaties, standards, rules and regulations, guidelines, ordinances, orders, judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities) and the interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or requests of, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law and that are applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its Property or to which such Person or any of its Property is subject.
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“Secured Obligations” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
“Software” means (i) all computer programs, including source code and object code versions, (ii) all data, databases and compilations of data, whether machine readable or otherwise, and (iii) all documentation, training materials and configurations related to any of the foregoing.
“Stock” means all shares of capital stock (whether denominated as common stock or preferred stock), equity interests, beneficial, partnership or membership interests, joint venture interests, participations or other ownership or profit interests in or equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a Person (other than an individual), whether voting or non-voting.
“Stock Equivalents” means all securities convertible into or exchangeable for Stock or any other Stock Equivalent and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire any Stock or any other Stock Equivalent, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.
“Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Trademark” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos, trade dress and other source or business identifiers and, in each case, whether registered or not, all goodwill associated therewith, all registrations and recordations thereof, all applications in connection therewith and all common law rights in connection therewith.
“Trade Secrets” means, with respect to any Grantor, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) in and to the following: (a) confidential and proprietary information, including unpatented inventions, invention disclosures, engineering or other data, information, production procedures, know-how, financial data, customer lists, supplier lists, supply chain, manufacture, business and marketing plans, methods, processes, schematics, algorithms, techniques, analyses, proposals, source code and data collections; (b) all income, royalties, damages, claims and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages, claims and payments for past, present and future misappropriation or infringements of any of the foregoing; (c) all rights to sue for past, present and future misappropriation or infringements of any of the foregoing, including the right to settle suits involving claims and demands for royalties owing; and (d) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing, in each case, excluding any items constituting Excluded Property.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York; provided, however, that, in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of any applicable Requirement of Law, any of the attachment, perfection or priority of Agent’s or any other Secured Party’s security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of the definitions related to or otherwise used in such provisions.
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Section 1.2 Certain Other Terms.
(a) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. References herein to an Annex, Schedule, Article, Section or clause refer to the appropriate Annex or Schedule to, or Article, Section or clause in this Agreement. Where the context requires, provisions relating to any Collateral when used in relation to a Grantor shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or any relevant part thereof.
(b) Other Interpretive Provisions.
(i) Defined Terms. Unless otherwise specified herein or therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto.
(ii) The Agreement. The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.
(iii) Certain Common Terms. The term “including” is not limiting and means “including without limitation”.
(iv) Performance; Time. Whenever any performance obligation hereunder (other than a payment obligation) shall be stated to be due or required to be satisfied on a day other than a Business Day, such performance shall be made or satisfied on the next succeeding Business Day. In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”, and the word “through” means “to and including.” If any provision of this Agreement refers to any action taken or to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be interpreted to encompass any and all means, direct or indirect, of taking, or not taking, such action.
(v) Contracts. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, references to agreements and other contractual instruments, including this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, thereto, restatements and substitutions thereof and other modifications and supplements thereto which are in effect from time to time, but only to the extent such amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of any Loan Document.
Laws. References to any statute or regulation are to be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions related thereto or consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting the statute or regulation.
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ARTICLE II
[Reserved]
ARTICLE III
Grant of Security Interest
Section 3.1 Collateral
For the purposes of this Agreement, all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by a Grantor or in which a Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interests is collectively referred to as the “Collateral”:
(a) all accounts, chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents (as defined in the UCC), equipment, general intangibles, instruments, inventory, investment property, letter of credit rights and any supporting obligations related to any of the foregoing;
(b) the commercial tort claims with a claim value in excess of $500,000 described on Schedule 1 and on any supplement thereto received by Agent pursuant to Section 5.9;
(c) all books and records pertaining to any of the Collateral;
(d) all property of such Grantor held by any Secured Party, including all property of every description, in the custody of or in transit to such Secured Party for any purpose, including safekeeping, collection or pledge, for the account of such Grantor or as to which such Grantor may have any right or power, including but not limited to cash;
(e) all other goods (including but not limited to fixtures) and personal property of such Grantor, whether tangible or intangible and wherever located; and
(f) to the extent not otherwise included, all proceeds of the foregoing; provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lien or security interest is hereby granted on any Excluded Property, and such Excluded Property shall not be Collateral; provided, further, that if and when any such property then owned by a Grantor shall cease to be Excluded Property, such property shall be deemed Collateral and a Lien on and security in such property shall be deemed granted therein.
Section 3.2 Grant of Security Interest in Collateral
Each Grantor, as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations (the “Secured Obligations”), hereby mortgages, pledges and hypothecates to Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and grants to Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a Lien on and security interest in, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Collateral of such Grantor.
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ARTICLE IV
Representations and Warranties
Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants each of the following to the Secured Parties:
Section 4.1 Title; No Other Liens
Except for the Lien granted to Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or other Liens permitted by Section 12.3 of the Note (“Permitted Security”), such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others. Such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of the Collateral pledged by it hereunder constituting instruments or certificates and (b) has rights in or the power to transfer each other item of Collateral in which a Lien is granted by it hereunder.
Section 4.2 Perfection and Priority
The security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement constitutes a valid and continuing perfected security interest in favor of Agent in all Collateral subject, for the following Collateral, to the occurrence of the following: (a) in the case of all Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing a financing statement under the UCC, the completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 2 (which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on such schedule, have been delivered to Agent in completed and duly authorized form), (b) [reserved], (c) in the case of all Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents for which UCC filings are insufficient, all appropriate filings having been made with the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as applicable, (d) in the case of letter-of-credit rights that are not supporting obligations of Collateral, the execution of a Contractual Obligation granting control to Agent over such letter-of-credit rights and (e) in the case of electronic chattel paper, the completion of all steps necessary to grant control to Agent over such electronic chattel paper. Such security interest shall be prior to all other Liens on the Collateral except for Permitted Security having priority over Agent’s Lien by operation of law or permitted pursuant to the Note upon (i) in the case of all Pledged Certificated Stock, Pledged Debt Instruments and Pledged Investment Property, the delivery thereof to Agent of such Pledged Certificated Stock, Pledged Debt Instruments and Pledged Investment Property consisting of instruments and certificates, in each case properly endorsed for transfer to Agent or in blank and (ii) in the case of all other instruments and tangible chattel paper that are not Pledged Certificated Stock, Pledged Debt Instruments or Pledged Investment Property, the delivery thereof to Agent of such instruments and tangible chattel paper. As of the date hereof (or, if later, as of the acquisition of such property by such Person, or such property is owned by a Person at the time it becomes a Grantor, as of such date), except as set forth in this Section 4.2, all actions by each Grantor necessary to protect and perfect the Lien granted hereunder on the Collateral have been, or will be, substantially concurrently with the effectiveness of this Agreement, duly taken; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Grantors shall not be required to enter into control agreements with respect to deposit accounts.
Section 4.3 Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office
Such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization, legal name and organizational identification number, if any, and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of business, in each case as of the date hereof, is specified on Schedule 3 and such Schedule 3 also lists all jurisdictions of incorporation, legal names and locations of such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of business for the five years preceding the date hereof.
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Section 4.4 Locations of Inventory, Equipment and Books and Records
On the date hereof, such Grantor’s inventory and equipment (other than inventory or equipment in transit) and books and records concerning the Collateral are kept at the locations listed on Schedule 4.
Section 4.5 Pledged Collateral
(a) The Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor hereunder (i) is listed on Schedule 5, constitutes Pledged Certificated Stock represented by the certificates set forth on Schedule 5 or Pledged Uncertificated Stock, as set forth on Schedule 5, constitutes that percentage of the issued and outstanding equity of all classes of each issuer thereof as set forth on Schedule 5 and(ii) has been duly authorized, validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable (other than Pledged Stock in limited liability companies and partnerships).
(b) As of the date hereof, all Pledged Collateral (other than Pledged Uncertificated Stock) and all Pledged Investment Property consisting of instruments and certificates has been delivered to Agent in accordance with Section 5.3(a).
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent shall be entitled to exercise all of the rights of the Grantor granting the security interest in any Pledged Stock, and a transferee or assignee of such Pledged Stock shall become a holder of such Pledged Stock to the same extent as such Grantor and be entitled to participate in the management of the issuer of such Pledged Stock to the extent, if any, that of the Grantor which holds such Pledged Stock has such rights and, upon the transfer of the entire interest of such Grantor, such Grantor shall, by operation of law, cease to be a holder of such Pledged Stock.
(d) With respect to any issuer of any Pledged Uncertificated Stock, each Grantor represents and warrants to Agent that, (i) such Pledged Uncertificated Stock is (x) not dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or in securities markets, (y) not “investment company securities” (as defined in Section 8-103(b) of the UCC) and (z) the issuer of such Pledged Uncertificated Stock has not “opted-in” to Article 8 of the UCC with respect to the equity interests issued by it by providing in any of its certificate or articles of formation, partnership agreement, operating agreement or any other entity governance document or any other document governing or evidencing the equity interests issued by it that the equity interests issued by it shall be “securities” as governed by and defined in Article 8 of the UCC.
Section 4.6 Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper Formerly Accounts
No amount payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any account is evidenced by any instrument or tangible chattel paper that has not been delivered to Agent, properly endorsed for transfer, to the extent delivery is required by Section 5.6(a).
Section 4.7 Intellectual Property
(a) Schedule 6 sets forth a true and complete list of the following Intellectual Property such Grantor owns, controls, licenses or otherwise has the right to use pursuant to a written agreement: (i) Intellectual Property that is registered or subject to applications for registration, (ii) Internet Domain Names and corresponding hosts and (iii) Material Intellectual Property and material Software (other than commercial off the shelf software), separately identifying that owned, controlled and licensed to such Grantor and including for each of the foregoing items (A) the owner, (B) the title, (C) the jurisdiction in which such item has been registered or otherwise arises or in which an application for registration has been filed, (D) as applicable, the registration or application number and registration or application date and (E) any IP Licenses or other rights (including franchises) received or granted by the Grantor with respect thereto, including without limitation all in-bound IP Licenses or sublicense agreements, exclusive out-bound IP Licenses or sublicense agreements, or other material rights of any Person to use Intellectual Property (but excluding in-bound IP Licenses of over-the-counter software that is commercially available to the public).
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(b) On the date hereof, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Grantor’s business, assets or condition, or its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Note and the Loan Documents, all Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor is in full force and effect, subsisting, unexpired and enforceable and has not been abandoned and, to each Grantor’s knowledge, is valid. No breach or default of any IP License constituting Material Intellectual Property shall be caused by any of the following, and none of the following shall limit or impair the ownership, use, validity or enforceability of, or any rights of such Grantor in, any Material Intellectual Property: (i) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by any Loan Document or (ii) any holding, decision, judgment or order rendered by any Governmental Authority. There are no pending (or, to the knowledge of such Grantor, threatened) actions, investigations, suits, proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes challenging the ownership, inventorship, use, validity, enforceability of, or such Grantor’s rights in, any Material Intellectual Property of such Grantor. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Grantor’s business, assets or condition, or its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Note and the Loan Documents, to Grantor’s knowledge (i) no Person has been or is infringing, misappropriating, diluting, violating or otherwise impairing any Intellectual Property of such Grantor and (ii) such Grantor is not in material breach or default of any IP License.
Section 4.8 Commercial Tort Claims
The only commercial tort claims of any Grantor existing on the date hereof (regardless of whether the amount, defendant or other material facts can be determined and regardless of whether such commercial tort claim has been asserted, threatened or has otherwise been made known to the obligee thereof or whether litigation has been commenced for such claims) are those listed on Schedule 1, which sets forth such information separately for each Grantor.
Section 4.9 Specific Collateral
None of the Collateral is or is proceeds or products of farm products, as-extracted collateral, health-care-insurance receivables or timber to be cut.
Section 4.10 Enforcement
No permit, notice to or filing with any Governmental Authority or any other Person or any consent from any Person is required for the exercise by Agent of its rights (including voting rights) provided for in this Agreement or the enforcement of remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, including the transfer of any Collateral, except (a) filings or recordings in connection with the Liens granted to Agent hereunder, (b) those obtained or made and delivered to Agent on or prior to the date hereof, (c) as may be required in connection with the disposition of any portion of the Pledged Collateral by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities or other assets generally, or (d) any approvals that may be required to be obtained from any bailees or landlords to collect or gain access to the Collateral.
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Section 4.11 Additional Representations and Warranties of the Note
The information set forth on Schedule 7 hereto (Perfection Certificate) is complete, true and correct as of the date hereof. The representations and warranties as to such Grantor, this Agreement and Perfection Certificate made in Part B of Schedule 2 of the Note are true and correct on the date hereof and on the date of each Advance.
Section 4.12 Margin Stock
No Grantor is engaged in the business of purchasing or selling Margin Stock or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock. No Grantor owns any Margin Stock.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
Each Grantor agrees with Agent to the following, as long as any Obligation or Commitment remains outstanding (other than contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted):
Section 5.1 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation and Consents
(a) Such Grantor shall (i) not use or permit any Collateral to be used unlawfully or in violation of any provision of any Loan Document, any Requirement of Law applicable to such Grantor or any policy of insurance covering the Collateral and (ii) not enter into any Contractual Obligation or undertaking restricting the right or ability of such Grantor or Agent to sell, assign, convey or transfer any Collateral if such restriction would reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on such Grantor’s business, assets or condition, or its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Note and the Loan Documents.
(b) Such Grantor shall take such actions as required hereunder or that may be required of a debtor under any applicable law to maintain the security interest created by this Agreement as a perfected security interest having at least the priority described in Section 4.2 and shall defend such security interest and such priority against the claims and demands of all Persons.
(c) Such Grantor shall furnish to Agent from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other documents in connection with the Collateral as Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
(d) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of Agent, such Grantor shall, for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, (i) promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have recorded (if applicable), such further documents, including an authorization to file (or, as applicable, the filing) of any financing statement or amendment under the UCC (or other filings under similar Requirement of Law) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interest created hereby and (ii) take such further action as Agent may reasonably request, including using its commercially reasonable efforts to secure all approvals necessary or appropriate for the collateral assignment to or for the benefit of Agent of any Contractual Obligation included in the Collateral, including any IP License, held by such Grantor and to enforce the security interests granted hereunder.
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(e) To ensure that a Lien and security interest is granted on any of the Excluded Property set forth in clause (ii) of the definition of “Excluded Property” (solely to the extent such Excluded Property would otherwise constitute Collateral), such Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any required consents from any Person other than the Borrower and its Affiliates with respect to any permit or license or any Contractual Obligation with such Person entered into by such Grantor that requires such consent as a condition to the creation by such Grantor of a Lien on any right, title or interest in such permit, license or Contractual Obligation or any Stock or Stock Equivalent related thereto.
Section 5.2 Changes in Locations, Name, Etc. Except upon 5 Business Days’ prior written notice to Agent (or such shorter period as Agent may agree) and delivery to Agent of (a) all documents reasonably requested by Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein and (b) if applicable, a written supplement to Schedule 4 showing any additional locations at which inventory or equipment shall be kept, such Grantor shall not do any of the following:
(i) permit any inventory or equipment, in excess of $150,000 individually and $500,000 in the aggregate, to be kept at a location other than those listed on Schedule 4, except for inventory or equipment in transit, or out for improvement, service or repair;
(ii) change its jurisdiction of organization or the location of its chief executive office, in each case from that referred to in Section 4.3; or
(iii) change its legal name or organizational identification number, if any, or corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other organizational structure to such an extent that any financing statement filed in connection with this Agreement would become misleading.
Section 5.3 Pledged Collateral
(a) Delivery of Pledged Collateral. Such Grantor shall deliver to Agent, in suitable form for transfer and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, (A) all Pledged Certificated Stock, (B) all Pledged Debt Instruments and (C) all certificates and instruments evidencing Pledged Investment Property.
(b) Event of Default. During the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent shall have the right, at any time in its discretion and without notice to the Grantor, to (i) transfer to or to register in its name or in the name of its nominees any Pledged Collateral or any Pledged Investment Property and (ii) exchange any certificate or instrument representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral or any Pledged Investment Property for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations. If Agent shall exercise any of its rights as contemplated under this Section 5.3(b), Agent shall endeavor in good faith to provide notice of such exercise to the Grantor; provided, however, that the Agent’s failure to deliver such notice will not affect the Agent’s rights hereunder nor give rise to any liability of the Agent.
(c) Cash Distributions with respect to Pledged Collateral. Except as provided in Article VI, such Grantor shall be entitled to receive all cash distributions paid in respect of the Pledged Collateral.
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(d) Voting Rights. Except as provided in Article VI, such Grantor shall be entitled to exercise all voting, consent and corporate, partnership, limited liability company and similar rights with respect to the Pledged Collateral; provided, however, that without the prior written consent of Agent no vote shall be cast, consent given or right exercised or other action taken by such Grantor that would materially impair the Collateral or be inconsistent with or result in any violation of any provision of any Loan Document.
Section 5.4 Accounts
(a) Such Grantor shall not, other than in the ordinary course of business, (i) grant any extension of the time of payment of any account, (ii) compromise or settle any account for less than the full amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or partially, any Person liable for the payment of any account, (iv) allow any credit or discount on any account or (v) amend, supplement or modify any account in any manner that could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the value thereof.
(b) So long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent shall have the right to make test verifications of the accounts in any manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and such Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as Agent may reasonably require in connection therewith. At any time and from time to time, upon Agent’s reasonable request, such Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause independent public accountants or others reasonably satisfactory to Agent to furnish to Agent reports showing reconciliations, aging and test verifications of, and trial balances for, the accounts; provided, however, that unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent shall request no more than two such reports during any calendar year and to the extent practicable such requests shall be coordinated with regular quarterly or annual reviews or audits of Borrower’s financial statements.
Section 5.5 Pledged Uncertificated Stock
Each Grantor covenants and agrees, that such Grantor shall not, and that each Grantor shall not allow any issuer of any Pledged Uncertificated Stock to, (i) take any action to cause any equity interest of the Pledged Uncertificated Stock to be or become a “security” within the meaning of, or to be governed by, Article 8 (Investment Securities) of the UCC or (ii) to “opt-in” or to take any other action seeking to establish any membership interest of the Pledged Uncertificated Stock as a “security”, except to the extent such Grantor (or issuer) has (x) delivered a “security certificate” (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC) evidencing such equity interests to Agent duly endorsed to Agent or (y) delivered a Control Agreement to Agent with respect thereto, in each case in a manner that provides Agent with “control” of such security certificate as “control” is contemplated as a manner of perfection under the UCC.
Section 5.6 Delivery of Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper and Control of Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Rights and Electronic Chattel Paper
(a) If any amount in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate payable under or in connection with any Collateral owned by such Grantor shall be or become evidenced by an instrument or tangible chattel paper, other than such instrument delivered in accordance with Section 5.3(a) and in the possession of Agent, such Grantor shall, upon Agent’s request, mark all such instruments and tangible chattel paper with the following legend: “This writing and the obligations evidenced or secured hereby are subject to the security interest of Juvenescence Limited, as Agent” and, at the request of Agent, shall promptly deliver such instrument or tangible chattel paper to Agent, duly indorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
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(b) Such Grantor shall not grant “control” (within the meaning of such term under Article 9-106 of the UCC) over any investment property to any Person other than Agent, or in the ordinary course and not for the purposes of securing any indebtedness, any depository bank, securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, as applicable.
(c) If such Grantor is or becomes the beneficiary of a letter of credit that is (i) not a supporting obligation of any Collateral and (ii) in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all letters of credit, such Grantor shall promptly, and in any event within 10 Business Days (or such longer period agreed to by the Agent in its sole discretion) after becoming a beneficiary, notify Agent thereof and, during the continuance of an Event of Default, enter into a Contractual Obligation with Agent, the issuer of such letter of credit or any nominated person with respect to the letter-of-credit rights under such letter of credit. Such Contractual Obligation shall assign such letter-of-credit rights to Agent and such assignment shall be sufficient to grant control for the purposes of Section 9-107 of the UCC (or any similar section under any equivalent UCC). The provisions of the Contractual Obligation shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
(d) If any amount in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate payable under or in connection with any Collateral owned by such Grantor shall be or become evidenced by electronic chattel paper, such Grantor shall take all steps necessary to grant Agent control of all such electronic chattel paper for the purposes of Section 9-105 of the UCC (or any similar section under any equivalent UCC) and all “transferable records” as defined in each of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Section 5.7 Intellectual Property
(a) Within 30 days (or such longer period agreed to by the Agent in its sole discretion) after the end of any Fiscal Quarter in which there is any change to Schedule 6 for such Grantor, such Grantor shall provide Agent notification thereof and the short-form intellectual property agreements and assignments as described in this Section 5.7 and any other documents that Agent reasonably requests with respect thereto.
(b) Such Grantor shall (and shall use good faith efforts to cause all its licensees to) (i) (A) except to the extent that a GrantorBorrower determines in its reasonable business judgment that a Trademark is not material, and subject to Section 5.7(c), continue to use each Trademark included in the Material Intellectual Property in order to maintain such Trademark in full force and effect with respect to each class of goods for which such Trademark is currently used, free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (B) maintain at least the same standards of quality of products and services offered under such Trademark as are currently maintained, (C) use such Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration and all other notices and legends required by applicable Requirement of Law, (D) not adopt or use any other Trademark that is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such Trademark unless Agent shall obtain a perfected security interest in such other Trademark pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) not do any act or omit to do any act whereby there is a reasonable risk that (A) such Trademark (or any goodwill associated therewith) may become destroyed, invalidated, impaired or harmed in any way other than through the discontinuation of sales or other commercialization of inventory or services associated with such Trademark, (B) any Patent included in the Material Intellectual Property may become forfeited, misused, invalidated, unenforceable, abandoned or dedicated to the public other than the abandonment of Patents that the applicable Grantor determines in good faith to no longer constitute Material Intellectual Property or abandonment in particular jurisdictions where such abandonment would not have a material adverse affect on such Grantor’ operations or financial condition, (C) any portion of the Copyrights included in the Material Intellectual Property may become invalidated, otherwise impaired or fall into the public domain or (D) any Trade Secret that is Material Intellectual Property may become publicly available or otherwise unprotectable.
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(c) Such Grantor shall notify Agent promptly if it knows, that any application or registration relating to any Material Intellectual Property may become forfeited, misused, unenforceable, abandoned or dedicated to the public, or of any adverse determination or development regarding the validity or enforceability or such Grantor’s ownership of, interest in, right to use, register, own or maintain any Material Intellectual Property (including the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding relating to the foregoing in any Applicable IP Office). Such Grantor shall take all actions that are reasonably necessary or reasonably requested by Agent to maintain and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration or recordation) and to maintain each registration and recordation included in the Material Intellectual Property except to the extent that the failure to do so or the abandonment of such Material Intellectual Property would not have a material adverse affect on such Grantor’s operations or financial condition.
(d) Such Grantor shall not do any act or omit to do any act to knowingly infringe, misappropriate, dilute, violate or otherwise materially impair the Intellectual Property of any other Person to the extent such act or omission violates any Requirement of Law to which such Grantor is subject and could reasonably be expected to lead to a material liability of such Grantor to a third party. In the event that any Material Intellectual Property of such Grantor is or has been infringed, misappropriated, violated, diluted or otherwise impaired by a third party, such Grantor shall take such action as it reasonably deems appropriate under the circumstances in response thereto, including, in a reasonable timeframe, bringing suit and recovering all damages therefor.
(e) Such Grantor shall execute and deliver to Agent in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent and suitable for filing in the Applicable IP Office the short-form intellectual property security agreements in the form attached hereto as Annex 3 for all material United States Copyrights on the date hereof and for all United States Copyrights acquired or registered after the date hereof, United States Trademarks, United States Patents and United States IP Licenses of such Grantor to the extent the same comprise Collateral.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, such Grantor shall be permitted to dispose of Intellectual Property to the extent permitted by the Note.
Section 5.8 Notices
Such Grantor shall promptly notify Agent in writing of its acquisition of any interest hereafter in property, other than any property of the type set forth on Schedule 6 (which Schedule shall be updated in accordance with Section 5.7(a)), that is of a type where a security interest or lien must be or may be registered, recorded or filed under, or notice thereof given under, any federal statute or regulation.
Section 5.9 Notice of Commercial Tort Claims
Such Grantor agrees that, if it shall acquire any interest in any commercial tort claim with a claim value in excess of $1,000,000 (whether from another Person or because such commercial tort claim shall have come into existence), (i) such Grantor shall, promptly upon such acquisition, deliver to Agent, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, a notice of the existence and nature of such commercial tort claim and a supplement to Schedule 1 containing a specific description of such commercial tort claim, (ii) Section 3.1 shall apply to such commercial tort claim and (iii) such Grantor shall execute and deliver to Agent, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, any document, and take all other action, deemed by Agent to be reasonably necessary or appropriate for Agent to obtain, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected security interest having at least the priority set forth in Section 4.2 in all such commercial tort claims. Any supplement to Schedule 1 delivered pursuant to this Section 5.9 shall, after the receipt thereof by Agent, become part of Schedule 1 for all purposes hereunder other than in respect of representations and warranties made prior to the date of such receipt.
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Section 5.10 Perfection Certificate
Commencing on the first anniversary hereof, not more than once per fiscal quarter upon written request from Lender, the Grantors shall deliver to Agent (i) an updated Schedule 7 (Perfection Certificate), certified by such Grantors as being complete, true and correct as of the date of such delivery, and under which certificate the Grantor shall also represent and warrant that each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.1 through and including Section 4.10 are true and correct as of the date of such certificate (it being understood that any references to “date of this Agreement” or the “date hereof” or similar phrase shall be deemed to be the date of such certificate for purposes of such representations and warranties) and (ii) an update to Schedules 1 through 6 and 8, which update will set forth any necessary updates or supplements to the Schedules since the date hereof or since such Schedules were last updated.
ARTICLE VI
Remedial Provisions
Section 6.1 UCC and Other Remedies
(a) UCC Remedies. During the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to it in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to any Secured Obligation, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or any other applicable law.
(b) Disposition of Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent may, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived to the extent not otherwise prohibited by applicable law) but subject to the terms of any applicable lease or sublease agreement, during the continuance of any Event of Default (personally or through its agents or attorneys), (i) enter upon the premises where any Collateral is located, without any obligation to pay rent, through self-help to the extent permitted by state law, without judicial process, without first obtaining a final judgment or giving any Grantor or any other Person notice or opportunity for a hearing on Agent’s claim or action, (ii) collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon any Collateral and (iii) sell, assign, convey, transfer, grant option or options to purchase and deliver any Collateral (enter into Contractual Obligations to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of any Secured Party or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem commercially reasonable, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. The Agent shall have the right, upon any such public sale or sales and, to the extent permitted by the UCC and other applicable Requirement of Law, upon any such private sale, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption of any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released.
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(c) Management of the Collateral. Each Grantor further agrees, that, during the continuance of any Event of Default, (i) at Agent’s request, it shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to Agent at places that Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere, (ii) without limiting the foregoing, Agent also has the right to require that each Grantor store and keep any Collateral pending further action by Agent and, while any such Collateral is so stored or kept, provide such guards and maintenance services as shall be necessary to protect the same and to preserve and maintain such Collateral in good condition, (iii) until Agent is able to sell, assign, convey or transfer any Collateral, Agent shall have the right to hold or use such Collateral to the extent that it deems appropriate for the purpose of preserving the Collateral or its value or for any other purpose deemed appropriate by Agent and (iv) Agent may, if it so elects, seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of any Collateral and to enforce any of Agent’s remedies (for the benefit of the Secured Parties), with respect to such appointment without prior notice or hearing as to such appointment. The Agent shall not have any obligation to any Grantor to maintain or preserve the rights of any Grantor as against third parties with respect to any Collateral while such Collateral is in the possession of Agent.
(d) Application of Proceeds. The Agent shall apply the cash proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this Section 6.1, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of Agent and any other Secured Party hereunder, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Secured Obligations, as set forth in the Note, and only after such application and after the payment by Agent of any other amount required by any Requirement of Law, need Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor.
(e) Direct Obligation. Neither Agent nor any other Secured Party shall be required to make any demand upon, or pursue or exhaust any right or remedy against, the Borrower, any Grantor, or any other Person with respect to the payment of the Obligations or to pursue or exhaust any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral therefor or any direct or indirect guaranty thereof. All of the rights and remedies of Agent and any other Secured Party under any Loan Document (including any Security Documents) shall be cumulative, may be exercised individually or concurrently and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by any Requirement of Law. To the extent it may lawfully do so, each Grantor absolutely and irrevocably waives and relinquishes the benefit and advantage of, and covenants not to assert against Agent or any other Secured Party, any valuation, stay, appraisement, extension, redemption or similar laws and any and all rights or defenses it may have as a surety, now or hereafter existing, arising out of the exercise by them of any rights hereunder. If any notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of any Collateral shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given to the Grantors at least 10 days before such sale or other disposition.
(f) Commercially Reasonable. To the extent that applicable Requirement of Law impose duties on Agent to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable manner, each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially unreasonable for Agent to do any of the following:
(i) fail to incur significant costs, expenses or other liabilities reasonably deemed as such by Agent to prepare any Collateral for disposition or otherwise to complete raw material or work in process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition;
(ii) fail to obtain permits, or other consents, for access to any Collateral to sell or for the collection or sale of any Collateral, or, if not required by other Requirement of Law, fail to obtain permits or other consents for the collection or disposition of any Collateral;
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(iii) fail to exercise remedies against account debtors or other Persons obligated on any Collateral or to remove Liens on any Collateral or to remove any adverse claims against any Collateral;
(iv) advertise dispositions of any Collateral through publications or media of general circulation, whether or not such Collateral is of a specialized nature, or to contact other Persons, whether or not in the same business as any Grantor, for expressions of interest in acquiring any such Collateral;
(v) exercise collection remedies against account debtors and other Persons obligated on any Collateral, directly or through the use of collection agencies or other collection specialists, hire one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of any Collateral, whether or not such Collateral is of a specialized nature, or, to the extent deemed appropriate by Agent, obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist Agent in the collection or disposition of any Collateral, or utilize Internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capacity of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets to dispose of any Collateral;
(vi) dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail markets;
(vii) disclaim disposition warranties, such as title, possession or quiet enjoyment; or
(viii) purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure Agent against risks of loss, collection or disposition of any Collateral or to provide to Agent a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of any Collateral.
Each Grantor acknowledges that the purpose of this Section 6.1(f) is to provide a non-exhaustive list of actions or omissions that are commercially reasonable when exercising remedies against any Collateral and that other actions or omissions by any Secured Party shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this Section 6.1(f). Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 6.1(f) shall be construed to grant any rights to any Grantor or to impose any duties on Agent that would not have been granted or imposed by this Agreement or by applicable Requirement of Law in the absence of this Section 6.1(f).
(g) IP Licenses
Solely for the purpose of enabling Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Section 6.1 (including in order to take possession of, collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate, remove, realize upon, sell, assign, convey, transfer or grant options to purchase any Collateral) at such time as Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (i) an irrevocable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, transferrable, nonexclusive, worldwide right to sublicense (through multiple tiers), use and practice any Intellectual Property now owned, licensed, controlled or hereafter acquired by such Grantor and access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored, and to all Software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof subject, in the case of Trademarks, to sufficient rights to quality control and inspection in favor of Grantor to avoid the risk of invalidation of such Trademarks and (ii) an irrevocable license (without payment of rent or other compensation to such Grantor), subject to applicable provisions of any leases limiting, restricting or prohibiting such license, to use, operate and occupy, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, all real Property owned, operated, leased, subleased or otherwise occupied by such Grantor.
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Section 6.2 Accounts and Payments in Respect of General Intangibles
(a) In addition to, and not in substitution for, any similar requirement in the Note, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, upon the written direction to the applicable Grantor of Agent, any payment of accounts or payment in respect of general intangibles, when collected by any Grantor, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for Agent, segregated from other funds of such Grantor. Each such deposit of proceeds of accounts and payments in respect of general intangibles shall be accompanied by a report identifying in reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit.
(b) At any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing:
(i) each Grantor shall, upon Agent’s written request, deliver to Agent all original (or, to the extent not reasonably available, a copy thereof) and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the Contractual Obligations and transactions that gave rise to any account or any payment in respect of general intangibles, including all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts and notify account debtors that the accounts or general intangibles have been collaterally assigned to Agent and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to Agent;
(ii) Agent may, without notice, at any time that such an Event of Default is continuing, limit or terminate the authority of a Grantor to collect its accounts or amounts due under general intangibles or any thereof and, in its own name or in the name of others, communicate with account debtors to verify with them to Agent’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any account or amounts due under any general intangible. In addition, Agent may at any time enforce such Grantor’s rights against such account debtors and obligors of general intangibles; and
(iii) subject to any applicable Requirement of Law, each Grantor shall take all actions, deliver all documents and provide all information necessary or reasonably requested by Agent to ensure any Internet Domain Name is registered.
(c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under each account and each payment in respect of general intangibles to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto. No Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any agreement giving rise to an account or a payment in respect of a general intangible by reason of or arising out of any Loan Document or the receipt by any Secured Party of any payment relating thereto, nor shall any Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any obligation of any Grantor under or pursuant to any agreement giving rise to an account or a payment in respect of a general intangible, to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts that may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.
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Section 6.3 Pledged Collateral
(a) Voting Rights. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent or its nominee may (i) transfer and register in its name or in the name of its nominee or transferee the whole or any part of the Pledged Collateral, (ii) exercise any voting, consent, corporate and other right pertaining to the Pledged Collateral at any meeting of shareholders, partners or members, as the case may be, of the relevant issuer or issuers of Pledged Collateral or otherwise, (iii) exercise any right of conversion, exchange and subscription and any other right, privilege or option pertaining to the Pledged Collateral as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including the right to exchange at its discretion any Pledged Collateral upon the merger, amalgamation, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change in the corporate or equivalent structure of any issuer of Pledged Stock, the right to deposit and deliver any Pledged Collateral with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as Agent may determine), all without liability except to account for property actually received by it, (iv) collect and receive all cash dividends and other payment and distributions made thereon and make application thereof to the Secured Obligations in the manner set forth in the Note and (v) notify the parties obligated on the Pledged Collateral to make payment to Agent of any amounts due or to become due thereafter; provided, however, that Agent shall have no duty to any Grantor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing. If Agent shall exercise any of its rights as contemplated under this Section 6.3(a), Agent shall endeavor in good faith to provide notice of such exercise to the Grantor; provided, however, that the Agent’s failure to deliver such notice will not affect the Agent’s rights hereunder nor give rise to any liability of the Agent.
(b) Proxies. In order to permit Agent to exercise the voting and other consensual rights that it may be entitled to exercise pursuant hereto and to receive all dividends and other distributions that it may be entitled to receive hereunder, (i) each Grantor shall promptly execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to Agent all such proxies, dividend payment orders and other instruments as Agent may from time to time reasonably request in writing and (ii) without limiting the effect of clause (i) above, such Grantor hereby grants to Agent an IRREVOCABLE PROXY to vote all or any part of the Pledged Collateral and to exercise all other rights, powers, privileges and remedies to which a holder of the Pledged Collateral would be entitled (including giving or withholding written consents of shareholders, partners or members, as the case may be, calling special meetings of shareholders, partners or members, as the case may be, and voting at such meetings), which proxy shall be effective, automatically and without the necessity of any action (including any transfer of any Pledged Collateral on the record books of the issuer thereof) by any other person (including the issuer of such Pledged Collateral or any officer or agent thereof) during the continuance of an Event of Default, and which proxy shall only terminate upon the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted). To the extent permitted by applicable law, the IRREVOCABLE PROXY granted hereby is effective automatically without the necessity that any other action (including, without limitation, that any transfer of any of the Pledged Collateral be recorded on the books of the relevant Grantor) be taken by any Person (including the applicable Grantor or any officer or agent thereof), is coupled with an interest, and shall be irrevocable, shall survive the bankruptcy, dissolution or winding up of any relevant Grantor, and shall terminate only upon the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted). Each Grantor covenants and agrees that prior to the expiration of such IRREVOCABLE PROXY pursuant to applicable law, if applicable, such Grantor will reaffirm such IRREVOCABLE PROXY in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
(c) Authorization of Issuers. Each Grantor hereby expressly irrevocably authorizes and instructs, without any further instructions from such Grantor, each issuer of any Pledged Collateral pledged hereunder by such Grantor to (i) comply with any instruction received by it from Agent in writing that states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and each Grantor agrees that such issuer shall be fully protected from liabilities to such Grantor in so complying and (ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby or the Note, pay any dividend or make any other payment with respect to the Pledged Collateral directly to Agent.
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Section 6.4 Proceeds to be Turned over to and Held by Agent
Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Note or this Agreement, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, all proceeds of any Collateral received by any Grantor hereunder in cash or Cash Equivalent Investments shall be held by such Grantor in trust for Agent and the other Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, upon Agent’s written instruction, promptly upon receipt by any Grantor, be turned over to Agent in the form received (with any necessary endorsement).
Section 6.5 Sale of Pledged Collateral
(a) Each Grantor recognizes that Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any Pledged Collateral by reason of certain prohibitions contained in applicable federal, state or foreign securities laws or otherwise or may determine that a public sale is impracticable, not desirable or not commercially reasonable and, accordingly, may resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers that shall be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall not be deemed to have been made in a commercially unreasonable manner solely by virtue of such sale being private. The Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any Pledged Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register such securities for public sale under applicable federal or state securities laws even if such issuer would agree to do so.
(b) Each Grantor agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to do or cause to be done all such other acts as may be necessary to make such sale or sales of any portion of the Pledged Collateral pursuant to Section 6.1 and this Section 6.5 valid and binding and in compliance with all applicable Requirement of Law. Each Grantor further agrees that a breach of any covenant contained in this Section 6.5 will cause irreparable injury to Agent and other Secured Parties, that Agent and the other Secured Parties have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this Section 6.5 shall be specifically enforceable against such Grantor, and such Grantor hereby waives, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, and agrees not to assert any defense against an action for specific performance of such covenants except for a defense that (i) no Event of Default has occurred under the Note prior to payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted) and termination of all Commitments or (ii) payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted) and termination of all Commitments. Each Grantor agrees not to assert any rights of contribution or subrogation upon the sale or disposition of all or any portion of the Pledged Collateral by Agent prior to payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and termination of all Commitments (other than contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted).
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Section 6.6 Deficiency
Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of any Collateral are insufficient to pay the Secured Obligations and, without duplication, the fees and disbursements of any attorney employed by Agent or any other Secured Party to collect such deficiency.
ARTICLE VII
The Agent
Section 7.1 Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact
(a) Each Grantor hereby IRREVOCABLY constitutes and appoints Agent and any Related Person thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, exercisable if any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing for the purpose of carrying out the terms of the Loan Documents, to take any appropriate action and to execute any document or instrument that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of the Loan Documents, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives Agent and its Related Persons the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, to do any of the following upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default:
(i) in the name of such Grantor, in its own name or otherwise, take possession of and indorse and collect any check, draft, note, acceptance or other instrument for the payment of moneys due under any account or general intangible or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by Agent for the purpose of collecting any such moneys due under any account or general intangible or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;
(ii) in the case of any Intellectual Property owned or controlled by or licensed to such Grantor, execute, deliver and have recorded any document that Agent may request to evidence, effect, publicize or record Agent’s security interest in such Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;
(iii) pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against any Collateral, effect any repair or pay any insurance called for by the terms of the Note (including all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof) and to adjust and settle claims under any insurance policy;
(iv) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 6.1 or Section 6.5, any document to effect or otherwise necessary or appropriate in relation to evidence the sale of any Collateral;
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(v) (A) direct any party liable for any payment under any Collateral to make payment of any moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to Agent or as Agent shall direct, (B) ask or demand for, and collect and receive payment of and receipt for, any moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral, (C) sign and indorse any invoice, freight or express bill, bill of lading, storage or warehouse receipt, draft against debtors, assignment, verification, notice and other document in connection with any Collateral, (D) commence and prosecute any suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect any Collateral and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral, (E) defend any actions, suits, proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral, (F) settle, compromise or adjust any such actions, suits, proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as Agent may deem appropriate, (G) assign any Intellectual Property owned or controlled by such Grantor or any IP Licenses of such Grantor throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as Agent shall in its sole discretion determine, including the execution and filing of any document necessary to effectuate or record such assignment and (H) generally, sell, assign, convey, transfer or grant a Lien on, make any Contractual Obligation with respect to and otherwise deal with, any Collateral as fully and completely as though Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes and do, at Agent’s option, at any time or from time to time, all acts and things that Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon any Collateral and the Secured Parties’ security interests therein and to effect the intent of the Loan Documents, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do;
(vi) accelerate any note pledged to Agent pursuant to this Agreement which may be accelerated in accordance with its terms, and take any other lawful action to collect upon any such note (including, without limitation, to make any demand for payment thereon);
(vii) appoint a receiver for the properties and assets of each Grantor that constitute Collateral, and each Grantor hereby consents to such rights and such appointment and hereby waives any objection such Grantor may have thereto or the right to have a bond or other security posted by Agent or any other Secured Party, and remove and replace any such receiver from time to time;
(viii) take any action permitted under Section 6.5(a) of this Agreement;
(ix) do and perform all such other acts and things as Agent may reasonably deem to be necessary in order to enforce its rights with respect to the Collateral; and
(x) if any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any Contractual Obligation contained herein, Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such Contractual Obligation.
(b) The expenses of Agent incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 7.1 shall be payable by such Grantor to Agent on demand.
(c) Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Section 7.1. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are IRREVOCABLE until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests created hereby are released, and shall survive the bankruptcy, dissolution or winding up of any relevant Grantor. Agent shall be under no duty or obligation to exercise or withhold the exercise of any of the rights, powers, privileges and options expressly or implicitly granted to Agent in this Agreement, and shall not be liable for any failure to do so or any delay in doing so. Agent shall not be liable for any act or omission or for any error of judgment or any mistake of fact or law in its individual capacity or its capacity as attorney-in-fact except acts or omissions resulting from its bad faith, fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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Section 7.2 Authorization to File Financing Statements
Each Grantor authorizes Agent and its Related Persons, at any time and from time to time, to file or record financing statements, amendments thereto, and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to any Collateral in such form and in such offices as Agent reasonably determines appropriate to perfect, or continue to maintain perfection of, the security interests of Agent under this Agreement, and such financing statements and amendments may describe the Collateral covered thereby as “all assets of the debtor” or words of similar import. A copy of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement or other filing or recording document or instrument for filing or recording in any jurisdiction. Such Grantor also hereby ratifies its authorization for Agent to have filed any initial financing statement or amendment thereto under the UCC (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction if filed prior to the date hereof. Each Grantor hereby (i) waives any right under the UCC or any other Requirement of Law to receive notice and/or copies of any filed or recorded financing statements, amendments thereto, continuations thereof or termination statements, and (ii) releases and excuses each Secured Party from any obligation under the UCC or any other Requirement of Law to provide notice or a copy of any such filed or recorded documents.
Section 7.3 Authority of Agent
Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between Agent and the other Secured Parties, be governed by the Note and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between Agent and any Grantor, Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation or entitlement to make any inquiry respecting such authority.
Section 7.4 Duty; Obligations and Liabilities
(a) Duty of Agent. The Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession shall be to deal with it in the same manner as Agent deals with similar property for its own account. The powers conferred on Agent hereunder are solely to protect Agent’s interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon Agent to exercise any such powers. The Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it receives as a result of the exercise of its rights hereunder and such powers, and neither it nor any of its Related Persons shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. In addition, Agent shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage to any Collateral, or for any diminution in the value thereof, by reason of the act or omission of any warehousemen, carrier, forwarding agency, consignee or other bailee if such Person has been selected by Agent in good faith.
(b) Obligations and liabilities with respect to Collateral. No Secured Party and no Related Person thereof shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any Collateral. The powers conferred on Agent hereunder shall not impose any duty upon any other Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous
Section 8.1 Reinstatement
Each Grantor agrees that, if any payment made by the Borrower or any Guarantor or other Person and applied to the Secured Obligations is at any time annulled, avoided, set aside, rescinded, invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential or otherwise required to be refunded or repaid, or the proceeds of any Collateral are required to be returned by any Secured Party to the Borrower, its estate, trustee, receiver or any other party, including any Grantor, under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or repayment, any Lien or other Collateral securing such liability shall be and remain in full force and effect, as fully as if such payment had never been made. If, prior to any of the foregoing, any Lien or other Collateral securing such Grantor’s liability hereunder shall have been released or terminated by virtue of the foregoing such Lien, other Collateral or provision shall be reinstated in full force and effect and such prior release, termination, cancellation or surrender shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of any such Grantor in respect of any Lien or other Collateral securing such obligation or the amount of such payment.
Section 8.2 Release of Collateral; Termination of Agreement
(a) In connection with any disposition permitted by the Note (a “Permitted Disposition”), the Collateral so disposed shall be released from the Lien created hereby and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of Agent and each Grantor hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to such Collateral shall revert to the Grantors. Each Grantor is hereby authorized to file UCC amendments at such time evidencing the termination of the Liens so released. At the request of any Grantor following any such termination, Agent shall reasonably promptly deliver to such Grantor any Collateral of such Grantor held by Agent hereunder and execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents, termination notices, payoff letters and releases as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.
Section 8.3 Independent Obligations
The obligations of each Grantor hereunder are independent of and separate from the Secured Obligations and the Guaranteed Obligations. If any Secured Obligation or Guaranteed Obligation is not paid when due, or if any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent may, at its sole election, proceed directly and at once, without notice, against any Grantor and any Collateral to collect and recover the full amount of any Secured Obligation or Guaranteed Obligation then due, without first proceeding against any other Grantor, the Borrower or any other Collateral and without first joining any other Grantor or the Borrower in any proceeding.
Section 8.4 No Waiver by Course of Conduct
No Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 8.5 hereof), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by any Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that such Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion.
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Section 8.5 Amendments in Writing
None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in writing by each party hereto; provided, however, that (a) annexes to this Agreement may be supplemented (but no existing provisions may be modified and no Collateral may be released) through Pledge Amendments and Joinder Agreements, in substantially the form of Annex 1 and Annex 2, respectively, in each case duly executed by Agent and each Grantor directly affected thereby and (b) Schedules to this Agreement may be updated or supplemented pursuant to Section 5.10 hereof.
Section 8.6 Additional Grantors; Additional Pledged Collateral
(a) Joinder Agreements. If, at the option of the Borrower or as required pursuant to the terms of the Note or any other Loan Document, the Borrower shall cause any Subsidiary that is not a Grantor to become a Grantor hereunder, such Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to Agent a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Annex 2 and shall thereafter for all purposes be a party hereto and have the same rights, benefits and obligations as a Grantor party hereto on the date hereof.
Pledge Amendments. To the extent any Pledged Collateral has not been delivered as of the date hereof, such Grantor shall deliver a pledge amendment duly executed by the Grantor in substantially the form of Annex 1 (each, a “Pledge Amendment”). Such Grantor authorizes Agent to attach each Pledge Amendment to this Agreement.
Section 8.7 Notices
All notices, requests and demands to or upon Agent or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 16 of the Note; provided, however, that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Grantor shall be addressed to such Grantor’s notice address set forth on Schedule 8 hereto.
Section 8.8 Successors and Assigns
This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of each Secured Party and their permitted successors and permitted assigns; provided, however, that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Agent.
Section 8.9 Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission or by Electronic Transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
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Section 8.10 Severability
Any provision of this Agreement being held illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not affect any part of such provision not held illegal, invalid or unenforceable, any other provision of this Agreement or any part of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 8.11 Governing Law
The laws of the State of New York shall govern all matters arising out of, in connection with or relating to this Agreement, including, without limitation, its validity, interpretation, construction, performance and enforcement.
Section 8.12 Submission to Jurisdiction
Any legal action or proceeding with respect to any Loan Document shall be brought exclusively in the courts of the State of New York located in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and, by execution and delivery of this Agreement, each party executing this Agreement hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its Property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including any objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, that any of them may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in such jurisdictions.
Section 8.13 Service of Process
Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and other documents and other service of process of any kind and consents to such service in any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States of America with respect to or otherwise arising out of or in connection with any Loan Document by any means permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, including by the mailing thereof (by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid) to the address of Initial Grantor specified herein on Schedule 8 hereto (and shall be effective when such mailing shall be effective, as provided therein). Each party agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
Section 8.14 Non-Exclusive Jurisdiction
Nothing contained in Sections 8.12 and 8.13 shall affect the right of Agent to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable Requirements of Law or commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against any Grantor in any other jurisdiction.
Section 8.15 Waiver of Jury Trial
THE PARTIES HERETO, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATING TO, THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ANY OTHER TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY. THIS WAIVER APPLIES TO ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE.
Section 8.16 Expenses and Indemnification.
Each Grantor agrees that the Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of expenses as specified in Sections 14.3 and 18.1 of the Note, as applicable, and agrees to pay, and jointly and severally indemnifies the Agent in accordance with and subject to the limitations of such sections of the Note.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this and Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
AGEX THERAPEUTICS, INC., | ||
as Grantor and Borrower | ||
By: | /s/Michael D. West | |
Name: | Michael D. West | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
ACCEPTED AND AGREED | ||
as of the date first above written: | ||
JUVENESCENCE LIMITED | ||
as Agent and Initial Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Jim Mellon | |
Name: | Jim Mellon | |
Title: | Director and Chairman |
Exhibit 10.3
Warrant Agreement
Dated as of February 14, 2022
WARRANT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 14, 2022, by AgeX Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for the benefit of Juvenescence Limited which, along with any permitted successor Holder of a Warrant, is referred to herein as a “Lender”.
Section 1. Issuance of Warrants.
1.1 Number of Warrants. Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Company has agreed to issue to Lender Warrants to purchase a number of shares of Company Common Stock upon each Advance (as defined in the Loan Agreement) determined in accordance with Section 3.4 of the Loan Agreement (such shares, the “Warrant Shares”), subject to adjustment as provided herein. The certificates representing the Warrants shall be issued to the Lender upon the funding of each advance shall be issued to the Lender in accordance with Section 3.5 of the Loan Agreement.
1.2 Expiration Date. The right to exercise the Warrants shall expire on, and the Warrants may not be exercised after, 5:00 p.m. New York time on the third anniversary of the issuance thereof.
1.3 Form of Warrant. The text of the Warrants and of the Exercise Notice shall be substantially as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.
1.4 Signatures; Date of Warrants. The Warrants shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer and attested by its Chief Financial Officer or Secretary or any Assistant Secretary (or persons performing similar functions) on the date of issuance. The signature of any such officers on the Warrants may be manual or facsimile or other legally permissible electronic format. Warrants bearing the manual, facsimile or electronic signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any one of them shall have ceased to hold such offices prior to the delivery of such Warrants or did not hold such offices on the date of this Agreement. In the event that the Company shall appoint a warrant agent to act on its behalf in connection with the division, transfer, exchange or exercise of Warrants, the Warrants issued after the date of such appointment shall be dated as of the date of countersignature thereof by the warrant agent upon division, exchange, substitution or transfer. Until such time as the Company shall appoint a warrant agent, Warrants shall be dated as of the date of execution thereof by the Company either upon initial issuance or upon division, exchange, substitution or transfer.
1.5 Countersignature of Warrants. In the event that the Company shall appoint a warrant agent to act on its behalf in connection with the division, transfer, exchange or exercise of Warrants, the Warrants issued after the date of such appointment shall be countersigned by the warrant agent (or any successor to the warrant agent then acting as warrant agent) and shall not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. Warrants may be countersigned, however, by the warrant agent (or by its successor as warrant agent hereunder) and may be delivered by the warrant agent, notwithstanding that the persons whose manual, facsimile or electronic signatures appear thereon as proper officers of the Company shall have ceased to be such officers at the time of such countersignature, issuance or delivery. The warrant agent (if so appointed) shall, upon written instructions of the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer (or persons performing similar functions) of the Company, countersign, issue and deliver the Warrants as provided in this Agreement.
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Section 2. Warrant Price. Subject to any adjustments required by Section 6, the price per share at which Warrant Shares shall be purchasable upon exercise of a Warrant (the “Warrant Price”) shall be equal to the Market Price determined at the time specified and in accordance with Section 3.4 of the Loan Agreement.
Section 3. Exercise of Warrants; Restrictions.
3.1 Exercise of Warrants. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, for each Warrant issued hereunder, Holder shall have the right, which may be exercised in whole or in part, to purchase from the Company, at the applicable Warrant Price then in effect, the number of fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares determined as provided in this Agreement. The Warrants may not be exercised or transferred after the Expiration Date. A Warrant may be exercised by (i) surrender of the certificate evidencing the Warrant to be exercised, together with the Exercise Notice duly completed and signed, to the Company at its principal office (or if appointed, the principal office of the warrant agent) and (ii) payment of the applicable Warrant Price to the Company (or if appointed, to the warrant agent for the account of the Company), for the number of Warrant Shares in respect of which the Warrant is then being exercised. Payment of the aggregate Warrant Price shall be made by bank wire transfer to the account of the Company or by bank cashier’s check.
3.2 Issuance of Warrant Shares. Subject to Section 3.3 and the Holder’s payment of any taxes or deposit funds with the Company sufficient to pay any taxes payable by the Holder pursuant to Section 5, following the surrender of any Warrant with the Exercise Notice duly completed and signed, and provided that payment of the Warrant Price has been received, the Company (or if appointed, the warrant agent) shall promptly cause to be issued and delivered to or upon the written order of the Holder and in such name or names as the Holder may designate, a certificate or certificates for the number of full Warrant Shares so purchased upon the exercise of such Warrant, together with cash, as provided in Section 8, in respect of any fractional Warrant Shares otherwise issuable upon such exercise. Such Warrant Share certificate or certificates shall be deemed to have been issued and any person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a Holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the date on which the Warrant with the duly completed and signed Exercise Notice and payment of the Warrant Price, as aforesaid, shall have been received by the Company (or if appointed, to the warrant agent for the account of the Company), for such Warrant Shares. Except for cash payable in respect of any fractional share, under no circumstances shall the Company be required to settle any exercises of this Warrant by cash payment or otherwise “net cash settle” this Warrant. In the event that a certificate evidencing any Warrant is exercised in respect of less than all of the Warrant Shares purchasable on such exercise at any time prior to the tenth Business Day prior to the Expiration Date, a new certificate evidencing the unexercised portion of the Warrant will be issued, and the warrant agent (if so appointed) is hereby irrevocably authorized to countersign and to deliver the required new Warrant certificate or certificates. The Company, whenever required by the warrant agent (if appointed), will supply the warrant agent with Warrant certificates duly executed on behalf of the Company for such purpose.
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3.3 Restrictions on Exercise of Warrants.
(a) The Warrants may not be exercised unless the issuance of the Warrant Shares thereunder is registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available.
(b) Unless the Warrant and Warrant Shares have been registered under the Securities Act and under any applicable state securities laws, each Person who is exercising a Warrant and who does not certify in the applicable Exercise Notice that such Person either is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act or is not a “U.S. person” as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act, may be required to provide a written opinion of counsel, acceptable to the Company and to the transfer agent of the Warrant Shares, to the effect that exercise of the Warrant and the issuance of the Warrant Shares are exempt from registration under the Securities Act and under any applicable state securities laws.
(c) The Company shall be entitled to obtain, as a condition precedent to its issuance of any certificates representing Warrant Shares or any other securities issuable upon any exercise of a Warrant, a letter or other instrument from the Holder containing such representations or warranties by the Holder as reasonably deemed necessary by the Company to effect compliance by the Company with the requirements of the Securities Act and any other applicable United States federal and/or state securities laws.
(d) Any exercise, attempt to exercise, or purported exercise of a Warrant in violation of the restrictions set forth in this Section 3.3 shall be deemed null and void and of no binding effect.
(e) The Company will refuse to issue, and will issue instructions to the transfer agent and registrar of its Warrant Shares to refuse to issue, any Warrant Shares upon any exercise not made pursuant to registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, or pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
(f) If under the rules of the Applicable Exchange, approval by the stockholders of Company would be required in connection with the exercise of all or any portion of the Warrant Shares, then unless and until such stockholder approval has been obtained, the maximum amount of Warrant Shares that may be issued upon exercise of the Warrants shall be an amount entitling Lender to receive a number of Warrant Shares that, when added to (i) any Shares owned by Lender immediately prior to such exercise and (ii) any Shares issued to Lender upon such exercise of Warrants, would equal the 50% Cap. To the extent any Warrants cannot be exercised because of the 50% Cap at any time (including after giving effect to the assumed conversion or exercise of any other securities or instruments held by the Lender that are convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock), such Warrants shall remain outstanding and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain its stockholders’ approval at the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders the issuance of Warrant Shares in excess of the 50% Cap limitation, and the Expiration Date of each Warrant shall be the date sixty (60) days following the date of such annual meeting or the original Expiration Date, whichever is later.
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Section 4. Transferability of Warrants and Warrant Shares; Restrictions on Transfer.
4.1 Registration. Each Warrant shall be numbered and shall be registered on the books of the Company (the “Warrant Register”) as issued. The Company and the warrant agent (if appointed) shall be entitled to treat the registered holder of any Warrant appearing in the Warrant Register as the owner in fact of the Warrant for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim or interest in the Warrant on the part of any other person, and shall not be liable for any registration of transfer of any Warrant which is registered or to be registered in the name of a fiduciary or the nominee of a fiduciary upon the instruction of such fiduciary, unless made with the actual knowledge that a fiduciary or nominee is committing a breach of trust in requesting such registration of transfer, or with such knowledge of such facts that its participation therein amounts to bad faith. Each Warrant shall initially be registered in the name of the Person to whom it is originally issued.
4.2 Transfer. Subject to Section 4.3, the Warrants shall be transferable only on the Warrant Register upon delivery of the Warrant certificate duly endorsed by the Holder of the Warrant or by such Holder’s 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, the original power of attorney or a duly certified copy thereof shall be deposited and remain with the Company (or the warrant agent, if appointed). In case of transfer by executors, administrators, guardians or other legal representatives, duly authenticated evidence of their authority shall be produced, and may be required to be deposited and remain with the Company (or the warrant agent, if appointed) in its discretion. Upon any registration of transfer, the Company shall execute and deliver (or if appointed, the warrant agent shall countersign and deliver) a new Warrant or Warrants to the Persons entitled thereto.
4.3 Restrictions on Transfer of Warrants and Warrant Shares.
(a) The Warrants, and any Warrant Shares issued upon the exercise of the Warrants, may not be sold, pledged, hypothecated, transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, unless a registration statement under the Securities Act, and under any applicable state securities laws, is effective therefor, or an exemption from such registration is then available and an opinion of counsel, acceptable to the Company and to the transfer agent or warrant agent, if any, has been rendered stating that such sale, pledge, hypothecation, transfer or assignment will not violate the Securities Act or any other United States federal or state securities laws; provided, that no such opinion of counsel shall be required in the event of a sale to (i) a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act, (ii) pursuant to the applicable provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or (iii) to an “affiliate” of the Holder, as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(b) As a condition precedent to the registration of transfer and issuance of any certificates representing Warrants or Warrant Shares upon transfer, the Company shall be entitled to obtain a letter or other instrument from the Holder and the proposed transferee containing such representations or warranties by such Holder and proposed transferee as reasonably deemed necessary by the Company to effect compliance by the Company with the requirements of the Securities Act and any other applicable federal and/or state securities laws.
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(c) Any sale, pledge, hypothecation, transfer, or assignment of a Warrant or Warrant Shares in violation of the foregoing restrictions shall be deemed null and void and of no binding effect.
(d) The Company will issue instructions to any warrant agent that may be appointed, and to the transfer agent and registrar of its Warrant Shares, to refuse to register the transfer of any Warrant and Warrant Shares not made pursuant to registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, or pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
Section 5. Payment of Taxes. The Company will pay all documentary stamp taxes, if any, attributable to the initial issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of Warrants; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of any Warrant or certificates for Warrant Shares in a name other than that of the Holder of such Warrants or Warrant Shares.
Section 6. Adjustment of Warrant Price and Number of Warrant Shares. The number and kind of securities purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant and the Warrant Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the happening of certain events, as provided in this Section 6.
6.1 Adjustments. If the Company shall (i) pay a dividend in shares of Common Stock or make a distribution in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, (iii) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock or (iv) reclassify or change its Common Stock (including any such reclassification or change in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation), the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so that the Holder of each Warrant shall be entitled to receive the kind and number of Warrant Shares or other securities of the Company or other property which the Holder would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the happening of any of the events described above, had such Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the happening of such event or any record date with respect thereto. An adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph 6.1 shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such event retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event.
(a) No adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) in the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this paragraph (a) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in the determination of any subsequent adjustment. All calculations shall be made with respect to the number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder, to the nearest tenth of a share and with respect to the Warrant Price payable hereunder, to the nearest whole cent.
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(b) Whenever the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant is adjusted, as herein provided, the Warrant Price payable upon exercise of each Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying such Warrant Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment, and of which the denominator shall be the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately thereafter.
6.2 Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant or the Warrant Price of such Warrant Shares is adjusted, as herein provided, the Company shall, or in the event that a warrant agent is appointed, the Company shall cause the warrant agent to, promptly and in any event within ten (10) days send to each Holder notice of such adjustment or adjustments. Such notice shall set forth the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant and the Warrant Price after such adjustment, setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment and setting forth the computation by which such adjustment was made.
6.3 No Adjustment for Dividends. Except as set forth in Section 6.1, no adjustment in respect of any dividends shall be made during the term of a Warrant or upon the exercise of a Warrant.
6.4 Preservation of Purchase Rights Upon Merger, Consolidation, etc. In case of any consolidation of the Company with or merger of the Company or its subsidiary into another corporation or in case of any sale, assignment, license, lease or other transfer to, or other transaction or business combination with, another Person for all or substantially all the assets or securities of the Company or its subsidiaries, or any other transaction constituting, resulting in, or giving effect to a Change of Control (any such transaction or series of related transactions, a “Sale Transaction”), the Company or such successor, purchasing corporation or other acquiror or transferee, as the case may be, shall execute an agreement that each Holder shall have the right thereafter, upon such Holder’s election, either (i) upon payment of the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such action, to purchase upon exercise of each Warrant the kind and amount of shares and other securities and property (including cash) which the Holder would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the happening of such Sale Transaction had such Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such transaction (such shares and other securities and property (including cash) being referred to as the “Sale Consideration”) or (ii) to receive, in cancellation of such Warrant (and in lieu of paying the Warrant Price and exercising such Warrant), the Sale Consideration less a portion thereof having a fair market value (as reasonably determined by the Company) equal to the Warrant Price (it being understood that, if the Sale Consideration consists of more than one type of shares, other securities or property, the amount of each type of shares, other securities or property to be received shall be reduced proportionately), in each case, without regard to any limitations or restrictions on the exercise thereof; provided, however, that except as set forth in Section 6.1, no adjustment in respect of dividends, interest or other income on or from such shares or other securities and property shall be made during the term of a Warrant or upon the exercise of a Warrant. The Company shall promptly e-mail, and mail by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder, notice of the execution of any such agreement. Such agreement shall provide for adjustments, which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 6. The provisions of this paragraph shall similarly apply to successive Sale Transactions (including subsequent related transactions). The warrant agent (if appointed) shall be under no duty or responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any such agreement relating to the kind or amount of shares of stock or other securities or property receivable upon exercise of Warrants or with respect to the method employed and provided therein for any adjustments and shall be entitled to rely upon the provisions contained in any such agreement.
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Section 7. Reservation of Warrant Shares; Purchase and Cancellation of Warrants.
7.1 Reservation of Warrant Shares. There have been reserved, and the Company shall at all times keep reserved, out of its authorized Common Stock, a number of shares of Common Stock sufficient to provide for the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by the outstanding Warrants. The Company will keep a copy of this Agreement on file with the transfer agent for the Warrant Shares. The warrant agent, if appointed, will be irrevocably authorized to requisition from time to time from such transfer agent the stock certificates required to honor outstanding Warrants upon exercise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Company will supply such transfer agent with duly executed stock certificates for such purposes and will provide or otherwise make available any cash which may be payable as provided in Section 8. The Company will furnish such transfer agent a copy of all notices of adjustments and certificates related thereto, transmitted to each Holder pursuant to Section 6.2.
7.2 Purchase of Warrants by the Company. The Company shall have the right, except as limited by law or by other agreements, with the consent of the Holder (such consent to be given or withheld in the Holder’s sole discretion), to purchase or otherwise acquire Warrants from the Holder at such times, in such manner and for such consideration as it and the Holder may deem appropriate.
7.3 Cancellation of Warrants. In the event the Company shall purchase or otherwise acquire Warrants, the same shall thereupon be cancelled and retired. The warrant agent (if so appointed) shall cancel any Warrant surrendered for exchange, substitution, transfer or exercise in whole or in part.
Section 8. Fractional Interests. The Company shall not be required to issue fractional Warrants upon the transfer of any Warrant, or fractional Warrant Shares upon the exercise of Warrants. If more than one Warrant shall be presented for exercise at the same time by the same Holder, the number of full Warrant Shares which shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Warrant Shares purchasable on exercise of the Warrants so presented. If any fraction of a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this Section 8, be issuable on the exercise of any Warrant (or specified portion thereof), the Company shall pay an amount in cash equal to the Market Price per Warrant Share determined as of one business day prior to the date the Warrant is presented for exercise, multiplied by such fraction.
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Section 9. Exchange of Warrant Certificates. Each Warrant certificate may be exchanged, at the option of the Holder thereof, for another Warrant certificate or Warrant certificates in different denominations (but not for any fractional Warrant or any denomination that would, but for Section 8, result in the issuance of a fractional share upon exercise) entitling the Holder or Holders thereof to purchase a like aggregate number of Warrant Shares as the certificate or certificates surrendered then entitle the Holder to purchase. Any Holder desiring to exchange a Warrant certificate or certificates shall make such request in writing delivered to the Company at its principal office (or, if a warrant agent is appointed, the warrant agent at its principal office) and shall surrender, properly endorsed, the certificate or certificates to be so exchanged. Thereupon, the Company (or, if appointed, the warrant agent) shall execute and deliver to the person entitled thereto a new Warrant certificate or certificates, as the case may be, as so requested, in such name or names as such Holder shall designate.
Section 10. Mutilated or Missing Warrants. In case any of the certificates evidencing the Warrants shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company may in its discretion issue and deliver (and, if appointed, the warrant agent shall countersign and deliver) in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Warrant certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the Warrant certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Warrant certificate of like tenor, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the warrant agent (if so appointed) of such loss, theft or destruction of such Warrant, and an indemnity or bond, if requested, also reasonably satisfactory to them. An applicant for such a substitute Warrant certificate shall also comply with such other reasonable requirements and pay such reasonable charges as the Company (or the warrant agent, if so appointed) may prescribe.
Section 11. No Rights as Stockholders; Notices to Holders. Nothing contained in this Agreement or in any of the Warrants shall be construed as conferring upon the Holders or their transferees the right to vote or to receive dividends or to consent or to receive notice as stockholders in respect of any meeting of stockholders for the election of directors of the Company or any other matter, or any rights whatsoever as stockholders of the Company. If, however, at any time prior to the Expiration Date, any of the following events shall occur: (a) the Company shall declare any dividend payable in any securities upon its shares of Common Stock or make any distribution (other than a regular cash dividend, as such dividend may be increased from time to time, or a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock for which an adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares is to be made pursuant to Section 6.1) to the holders of its shares of Common Stock; (b) the Company shall distribute rights, options or warrants to all holders of its outstanding Common Stock, without any charge to such holders, entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or the Company shall otherwise offer to the holders of its shares of Common Stock on a pro rata basis any cash, additional shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company or any right to subscribe for or purchase any thereof; (c) a Sale Transaction; (d) a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; or (e) a transaction between the Company and any other Person that will result in a Change of Control or other Sale Transaction shall be proposed, then in any one or more of said events the Company shall give notice in writing of such event as provided in Section 12, such giving of notice to be completed at least 10 days prior to the date fixed as a record date or the date of closing the transfer books for the determination of the stockholders entitled to such dividend or distribution or for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote on such proposed merger, consolidation, sale of assets, dissolution, liquidation or winding up or the date on which a transaction to which the Company is a party and which will cause or result in a Change of Control or other Sale Transaction will be consummated. Such notice shall specify such record date or the date of closing the transfer books, as the case may be. Failure to publish, mail or receive such notice or any defect therein or in the publication or mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of any action in connection with such dividend, distribution or subscription rights, or such proposed dissolution, liquidation or winding up.
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Section 12. Notices; Principal Office. [Any notice pursuant to this Agreement by the Company or by any Holder to the warrant agent (if so appointed), or by the warrant agent (if so appointed) or by any Holder to the Company, shall be in writing and shall be delivered in person, or mailed first class, postage prepaid, or sent by air delivery service (a) to the Company, at its office, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or (b) to the warrant agent, at its offices as designated at the time the warrant agent is appointed. The address of the principal office of the Company is 1101 Marina Village Parkway, Alameda, CA 94501. Any notice given pursuant to this Agreement by the Company or the warrant agent to the Holder shall be in writing and shall be mailed first class, postage prepaid, or sent by air delivery service, or delivered personally to such Holder at the Holder’s address on the books of the Company or the warrant agent, as the case may be. A notice shall be deemed given on the date deposited in the United States mail, first class postage prepaid, or on date deposited with an air delivery service, or on the date delivered if personally delivered. The Company, the warrant agent (if appointed), and any Holder may from time to time change the address to which notices to it are to be delivered or mailed hereunder by notice given as provided in this Section 12.
Section 13. Successors. Except as expressly provided herein to the contrary, all the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company, the warrant agent (if appointed) and the Holder shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and permitted assigns hereunder.
Section 14. Legends. The Warrants shall bear an appropriate legend, conspicuously disclosing the restrictions on exercise under Section 3.3, and the Warrants and Warrant Shares shall bear an appropriate legend, conspicuously disclosing the restrictions on transfer under Section 4.3 until the same are registered for sale under the Securities Act or are transferred in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act entitling the transferee to receive securities that are not deemed to be “restricted securities” as such term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act. The Company agrees that upon the sale of the Warrants and Warrant Shares pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption entitling the transferee to receive securities that are not deemed to be “restricted securities,” or at such time as registration under the Securities Act shall no longer be required, upon the presentation of the certificates containing such a legend to the transfer agent or warrant agent, if any, it will remove such legend; provided, that unless the request for removal of the legend is in connection with a sale registered under the Securities Act or a sale meeting the applicable requirements of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the Holder shall have provided an opinion of counsel, acceptable to the Company and the transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, to the effect that such legend may be removed in compliance with the Securities Act.
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Section 15. Applicable Law; Specific Performance. This Agreement and each Warrant issued hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to principles of conflict of laws. The parties agree that failure of any party to perform its agreements and covenants hereunder, including a party’s failure to take all actions as are necessary on such party’s part in accordance with the terms and conditions of any Warrant to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, will cause irreparable injury to the other party, for which monetary damages, even if available, will not be an adequate remedy. It is agreed that the parties shall be entitled to equitable relief including injunctive relief and specific performance of the terms hereof, without the requirement of posting a bond or other security, and each party hereby consents to the issuance of injunctive relief by any court of competent jurisdiction to compel performance of a party’s obligations and to the granting by any court of the remedy of specific performance of such party’s obligations hereunder, this being in addition to any other remedies to which the parties are entitled at law or equity.
Section 16. Benefits of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the warrant agent (if appointed), and the Holders. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company, the warrant agent (if appointed), and the Holders any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement.
Section 17. Amendments. No amendment, modification or other change to, or waiver of any provision of, this Warrant Agreement or any Warrant may be made unless such amendment, modification or waiver is set forth in writing and is signed by the Company and the Holder (and, if appointed, the warrant agent).
Section 18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by separate counterpart signature pages) and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 19. Captions. The captions of the Sections and subsections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience only and shall have no substantive effect.
Section 20. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Warrant Agreement and the Warrants, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
20.1 “50% Cap” means one share less than 50% of the total outstanding shares of Company as of the date on which the 50% Cap is determined.
20.2 “Applicable Exchange” means NYSE American stock exchange or any other national stock exchange on which the Warrant Shares are listed.
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20.3 “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
20.4 “Change of Control” means (a) a merger or consolidation of the Company with another Person other than (i) a merger in which the Company is the surviving Person and the holders of Common Stock immediately before the merger hold more than 50% of the Common Stock immediately after the merger or consolidation, or (ii) a merger solely for the purpose of changing the state of the Company’s incorporation, (b) a tender offer or similar transaction through which any Person (other than the Holder) or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Common Stock, or (c) a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries.
20.5 “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company and any other capital stock of the Company issued in exchange therefor or into which such common stock may be converted through any reclassification or recapitalization of such common stock of the Company; but excluding shares of any other Person into which Company common stock may be converted or exchanged in connection with a merger or consolidation other than a merger or consolidation solely for the purpose of changing the state of the Company’s incorporation.
20.6 “Company” means AgeX Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
20.7 “Exercise Notice” shall mean the form of exercise notice on the reverse of the Warrant.
20.8 “Expiration Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.2.
20.9 “Holder” means a registered holder of a Warrant as reflected on the Warrant Register.
20.10 “Loan Agreement” means that certain Secured Convertible Promissory Note, dated as of the date hereof between and among Juvenescence Limited, as Lender thereunder, the Company, as Borrower, and certain subsidiaries of the Company named therein, as Guarantors.
20.11 “Market Price” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Loan Agreement.
20.12 “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.
20.13 “Sale Consideration” shall have the meaning ascribed in Section 6.4.
20.14 “Sale Transaction” shall have the meaning ascribed in Section 6.4.
20.15 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
20.16 “Warrants” mean the Common Stock purchase warrants issuable and governed pursuant to this Agreement.
20.17 “Warrant Register” shall have the meaning ascribed in Section 4.1.
20.18 “Warrant Share” shall have the meaning ascribed in Section 1.1.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Warrant Agreement to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.
AGEX THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Michael D. West | |
Name: | Michael D. West | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Attest: | ||
By: | /s/ Andrea Park | |
Name: | Andrea Park | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
JUVENESCENCE LIMITED | ||
By: | /s/ Jim Mellon | |
Name: | Jim Mellon | |
Title: | Director and Chairman |
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EXHIBIT A
THIS WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE EXERCISED, SOLD, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THIS WARRANT OR ANY COMMON STOCK OR OTHER SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.
VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M. NEW YORK TIME ON THE EXPIRATION DATE
Certificate No. | Warrant to Purchase |
Issue Date: [ ] | [Insert number of Shares] |
Shares of Common Stock |
AGEX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANTS
This certifies that, for value received, or its registered assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled to purchase from AgeX Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), at a purchase price per share of [ ] Dollars and [ ] cents ($[ ]) (the “Warrant Price”), [ ( )] shares of its Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”). The number of shares purchasable upon exercise of the Common Stock Purchase Warrants (the “Warrants”) and the Warrant Price are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in the Warrant Agreement referred to below. Outstanding Warrants not exercised prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the third anniversary of the original issue date hereof (the “Expiration Date”) shall thereafter be void.
Subject to restriction specified in the Warrant Agreement, Warrants may be exercised in whole or in part on or after the date hereof by presentation of this Warrant Certificate with the Exercise Notice on the reverse side hereof duly executed, and simultaneous payment of the Warrant Price (or as otherwise set forth in Section 6.4 of the Warrant Agreement) at the principal office of the Company (or if a warrant agent is appointed, at the principal office of the warrant agent). Payment of the Warrant Price shall be made by bank wire transfer to the account of the Company or by bank cashier’s check as provided in Section 3.1 of the Warrant Agreement. As provided in the Warrant Agreement, the Warrant Price and the number or kind of shares which may be purchased upon the exercise of the Warrant evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are, upon the happening of certain events, subject to modification and adjustment.
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This Warrant Certificate is issued under and in accordance with a Warrant Agreement dated as of February [__], 2022 (the “Warrant Agreement”), and is subject to the terms and provisions contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which the Holder of this Warrant Certificate by acceptance of this Warrant Certificate consents. A copy of the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the Holder hereof upon written request to the Company.
Upon any partial exercise of the Warrant evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, there shall be issued to the Holder hereof a new Warrant Certificate in respect of the shares of Common Stock as to which the Warrant evidenced by this Warrant Certificate shall not have been exercised to the extent provided in the Warrant Agreement. This Warrant Certificate may be exchanged at the office of the Company (or the warrant agent, if appointed) by surrender of this Warrant Certificate properly endorsed either separately or in combination with one or more other Warrant Certificates for one or more new Warrant Certificates evidencing the right of the Holder thereof to purchase the aggregate number of shares as were purchasable on exercise of the Warrants evidenced by the Warrant Certificate or Certificates exchanged. No fractional shares will be issued upon the exercise of any Warrant, but the Company will pay the cash value thereof determined as provided in the Warrant Agreement. This Warrant Certificate is transferable at the office of the Company (or the warrant agent, if appointed) in the manner and subject to the limitations set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
The Holder hereof may be treated by the Company, the warrant agent (if appointed), and all other persons dealing with this Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented hereby, or to the transfer hereof on the books of the Company, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding, and until such transfer on such books, the Company (and the warrant agent, if appointed) may treat the Holder hereof as the owner for all purposes.
Neither the Warrant nor this Warrant Certificate entitles any Holder to any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company.
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[This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the warrant agent.]*
DATED: | |||
AGEX THERAPEUTICS, INC. | |||
(Seal) | By: | ||
Title: | |||
Attest: | |||
[COUNTERSIGNED: | |||
WARRANT AGENT | |||
By: ]* | |||
Authorized Signature | |||
* | To be part of the Warrant only after the appointment of a warrant agent pursuant to the Warrant Agreement. |
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FORM OF EXERCISE NOTICE
(To be executed upon exercise of Warrant) To AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.:
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right of purchase represented by the within Warrant Certificate for, and to purchase thereunder, shares of Common Stock, as provided for therein, and tenders herewith payment of the Warrant Price in full in the form of a bank wire transfer to the account of the Company or by bank cashier’s check in the amount of
$ .
The undersigned hereby represents that (check any that apply):
☐ The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act.
☐ The undersigned is not a “U.S. person” as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act.
Please issue a certificate or certificates for such shares of Common Stock in the name of, and pay any cash for any fractional share to:
(Please Print Name) | |
(Please Print Address) | |
(Social Security Number or | |
Other Taxpayer Identification Number) | |
(Signature) |
NOTE: The above signature should correspond exactly with the name on the face of this Warrant Certificate or with the name of the assignee appearing in the assignment form below.
And, if said number of shares shall not be all the shares purchasable under the within Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant Certificate is to be issued in the name of said undersigned for the balance remaining of the share purchasable thereunder, to the extent provided in the Warrant Agreement, less any fraction of a share paid in cash.
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ASSIGNMENT
(To be executed only upon assignment of Warrant Certificate)
For value received, hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the within Warrant Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney, to transfer said Warrant Certificate on the books of the within-named Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: |
(Signature) | |||||
NOTE: | The above signature should correspond exactly with the name on the face of this Warrant Certificate. |
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Exhibit 10.4
AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 3, dated as of February 14, 2022 (the “Amendment”), is entered into by and between AgeX Therapeutics, Inc., a California corporation (the “Company”) and Juvenescence, Limited, a company incorporated in the Isle of Man (the “Holder”). Capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, the Company and Holder are parties to that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of August 13, 2019 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2 thereto, the “Registration Rights Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Company and Holder are entering into a Secured Convertible Promissory Note (the “Secured Note”) between the Company and Holder providing the Company with a credit facility in the amount of up to $13,160,000 (the “Secured Note”), pursuant to which the Company is obligated to issue to Holder common stock purchase warrants in accordance with the formula set forth in the Secured Note in connection with each advance of funds under the Secured Note, which Warrants will be governed by a warrant agreement; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the Secured Note, the Company and Holder have agreed to amend the Registration Rights Agreement as provided herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. Amendments to Registration Rights Agreement.
1.1. Section 1(e) through 1(i) of the Registration Rights Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following Section 1(e) through (j):
(e) “Loan Agreement” means the Loan Facility Agreement between the Company and Holder, dated August 13, 2019, as amended, and as may be further amended from time to time.
(f) “Registrable Securities” means the Shares and Warrants. Any securities that are (i) distributed as a dividend or otherwise with respect to Registrable Securities, (ii) issuable upon the exercise or conversion of Registrable Securities, or (iii) issued or issuable in exchange for or through conversion of Registrable Securities pursuant to a recapitalization, stock-split, reorganization, merger, consolidation or other transaction shall also constitute Registrable Securities.
(g) “Second Loan Agreement” means the Secured Convertible Facility Agreement between the Company, as borrower thereunder, Holder, as lender thereunder, and the subsidiaries of the Company named therein, as guarantors, as may amended from time to time.
(h) “Shares” means, collectively, any and all shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company issued or to be issued by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Secured Note, the Loan Agreement or the Second Loan Agreement, including any shares of common stock issuable by the Company pursuant to the exercise of Warrants or the conversion of any amounts outstanding under the Secured Note, Loan Agreement or the Second Loan Agreement pursuant to the respective terms thereof.
(i) “Warrants” means, collectively, any and all common stock purchase warrants issued or to be issued by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Secured Note, the Loan Agreement or the Second Loan Agreement, including any shares of common stock issuable by the Company pursuant to the exercise of Warrants or the conversion of any amounts outstanding under the Secured Note, the Loan Agreement or the Second Loan Agreement, in each case as such number may be adjusted pursuant to the terms thereof.
(j) “Secured Note” means the Secured Convertible Promissory Note between the Company and Holder dated February 14, 2022, as may be amended from time to time.
1.2. Each reference to the defined term “Warrant Shares” in the Registration Rights Agreement is hereby deleted:
2. Effect. Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Registration Rights Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.
3. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of California, as applied to contracts entered into in California between California residents and to be performed entirely within California.
4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by separate counterpart signature pages), each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Any counterpart of this Agreement may be signed by electronic or facsimile, and such electronic or facsimile signature shall be deemed an original signature.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
COMPANY: | ||
AGEX THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Michael D. West | |
Name: | Michael D. West | |
Title | Chief Executive Officer | |
HOLDER: | ||
JUVENESCENCE LIMITED | ||
By: | /s/ Greg Bailey | |
Name: | Greg Bailey | |
Title: | Director |