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): December 10, 2018

 

PRESBIA PLC

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

  

 

 

 

 

Ireland

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

001-36824

(Commission

File Number)

98-1162329

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

Suite 7, Sandyford Office Centre, 17 Corrig Road, Sandyford

Dublin 18 Ireland

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

 

+353 (1) 551 1487

Registrant's Telephone Number

 

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)

 

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

Emerging growth company

 

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



 

Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On December 10, 2018 (the “ Closing Date ”), Presbia PLC (the “ Company ”), its wholly-owned subsidiary, Presbia USA, Inc. (“ Presbia USA ”), and Richard Ressler, a member of the Company’s board of directors and its majority stockholder (the “ Investor ”), entered into and closed a Securities Purchase & Exchange Agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”) pursuant to which, on the Closing Date, the Investor, in a private placement transaction (the “ Financing ”): (i) provided Presbia USA with a secured loan in the aggregate principal amount of $3,500,000 (the “ Secured Loan ”) pursuant to the terms of a Secured Promissory Note dated as of the Closing Date and issued by Presbia USA (the “ Secured Note ”); (ii) purchased 100 of the Company’s newly-designated Series 2 Redeemable Preferred Shares (the “ Presbia PLC New Preferred Shares ”) for an aggregate purchase price of $100,000, with such proceeds for the purchase of the Presbia PLC New Preferred Shares being applied (by way of set-off) to redeem from the Investor and retire all 100 of the preferred shares of the Company previously purchased by the Investor in April 2018; (iii) exchanged all 4,900 shares of Presbia USA preferred stock previously purchased by the Investor in April 2018 for an aggregate 5,239 shares of Presbia USA’s newly-designated Presbia USA New Preferred Stock (the “ Presbia USA New Preferred Shares ”); and (iv) was issued a warrant (the “ Warrant ”) to purchase 14,731,667 ordinary shares of the Company (the “ Warrant Shares ”) at an exercise price of $0.60 per share, subject to adjustments as provided under the terms of the Warrant.  The Financing resulted in net proceeds to the Company on the Closing Date of $3.5 million, prior to deducting the Company’s expenses associated with the Financing.

 

Prior to closing the Financing transactions pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company effectuated a corporate restructuring transaction involving certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, pursuant to which Presbia USA (which was previously an indirect subsidiary of the Company and a direct subsidiary of Presbia Ireland, Limited) became a direct subsidiary of the Company, and Presbia Ireland, Limited (which was previously a direct subsidiary of the Company) became an indirect subsidiary of the Company and a direct subsidiary of Presbia USA.

 

Pursuant to the Secured Note, the Secured Loan accrues interest on the unpaid principal amount at a rate of ten percent (10.0%) per annum, compounded monthly.  Interest is payable annually, in arrears, beginning on January 10, 2020 and on each annual anniversary of such date.  In the event that any amount due under the Secured Note is not paid when due, such overdue amount shall bear interest at an annual rate of twelve percent (12.0%) until paid in full.  The Secured Note provides for a maturity date (at which time the aggregate principal amount then outstanding, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall be due) on the fifth anniversary of the date of the Secured Note, subject to the Investor’s right to accelerate such maturity with no less than thirty (30) days’ notice delivered on or after the second anniversary of the date of the Secured Note.  

 

Pursuant to the terms of a Security and Pledge Agreement dated as of the Closing Date and entered into by and between Presbia USA and the Investor (the “ Security and Pledge Agreement ”), Presbia USA’s obligations to the Investor under the Secured Note are secured by a lien on substantially all of Presbia USA’s assets and properties, and a pledge of the membership interests in Presbia USA’s subsidiary, PresbiBio, LLC.  Presbia USA also pledged its ordinary shares in Presbia Ireland, Limited pursuant to a Charge of Shares dated as of the Closing Date and entered into by and between Presbia USA and the Investor (the “ Irish Share Charge ”).  In addition, the Company guaranteed Presbia USA’s obligations under the Secured Note and the Security and Pledge Agreement pursuant to a Guaranty dated as of the Closing Date (the “ Loan Guaranty ”).  In connection with the Loan Guaranty, the Company also pledged its shares of common stock in Presbia USA pursuant to a Pledge Agreement dated as of the Closing Date by and between the Company and the Investor (the “ Company Pledge Agreement ”).

 

The Presbia PLC New Preferred Shares purchased by the Investor have the rights set forth in the Subscription Letter dated as of the Closing Date (the “ Subscription Letter ”).  The Presbia USA New Preferred Shares issued to the Investor (in exchange for the shares of Presbia USA preferred stock previously purchased by the Investor in April 2018) have the rights set forth in the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Presbia USA (the “ Restated Certificat e”).  

 

The Presbia PLC New Preferred Shares and the Presbia USA New Preferred Shares carry a one times (1x) liquidation preference.  The Presbia USA New Preferred Shares are redeemable upon a liquidation event in which all classes of equity holders are entitled to receive the same form of consideration, and the Presbia PLC New


Preferred Shares and the Presbia USA New Preferred Shares are redeemable at any time at the issuing company ’s sole election, provided that a majority of the independent directors approve such redemption.   The P resbia PLC New Preferred Shares do not carry a right to any dividend declared by the Company, provided that no dividends or distributions may be made to the Company’s ordinary shareholders before the Presbia PLC New Preferred Shares have been redeemed in f ull.   The Presbia USA New Preferred Shares have an original issue price of $1,000 per share and accrue a dividend at a fixe d rate of 15% per annum, compounded quarterly and accruing daily , payable in additional Presbia USA New Preferred Shares on a quarterly basis.  As long as the Presbia PLC New Preferred Shares or Presbia USA New Preferred Shares remain outstanding, neither the Company nor Presbia USA shall take the following actions, without obtaining the prior consent of the holder of the p referred shares :  (a) effect any alteration, repeal, change or amendment of the rights, privileges or preferences of the Presbia PLC New Preferred Shares or the Presbia USA New Preferred Shares in a manner that adversely affects the rights, privileges or p references of those shares or any series thereof;   (b) amend, modify or repeal any provision of the organizational documents in a manner that adversely affects the powers, preferences or rights of the Presbia PLC New Preferred Shares or Presbia USA New Pr eferred Shares;  (c) agree to any debt financing in an amount in excess of $8,000,000 (such amount being the maximum amount payable by the company under all such debt instruments); (d) execute a guarantee;  (e) effect certain transactions, including any re structuring or liquidation ; (f) settle any lawsuit or civil investigation requiring the payment of more than $1,000,000; or (g) execute any document or enter into any arrangement that has a potential liability to the Company in excess of $1,000,000.    The P urchase Agreement provides that , to the extent permitted by applicable law (including laws in respect of creditors’ rights), the Investor shall have the option to convert all or part of the accrued value of the Presbia USA New Preferred Shares into a secur ed loan to Presbia USA on terms substantial ly similar to the Secured Loan ( for this purpose , the accrued value of such Presbia USA New Preferred Shares shall be equal to the sum of the original issue price of such shares and the accrued but unpaid dividend s on such shares that would be payable if a liquidation event had occurred ) .   In addition, the Company guaranteed Presbia USA’s payment of the redemption price and any accrued and unpaid dividends with respect to the Presbia USA New Preferred Shares pursua nt to a Guarant y dated as of the Closing Date (the “ Preferred Stock Guranty ”).

 

The Warrant is exercisable for five years from the issuance date.  The Warrant contains near cashless exercise provisions, including a provision allowing (solely to the extent permitted by applicable law, and subject to first complying with any applicable requirements thereof), the application towards the exercise price of the Warrant of any amounts due and owing by the Company under the Loan Guaranty or the Preferred Stock Guaranty.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Financing (including the descriptions of the Secured Loan and the security provided therefor, the terms of the Presbia PLC New Preferred Shares and the Presbia USA New Preferred Shares, and the terms of the Warrant), and the descriptions of the documents governing the terms thereof, are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the copies of the corresponding Financing documents (including the Purchase Agreement, the Secured Note, the Security and Pledge Agreement, the Irish Share Charge, the Loan Guaranty, the Company Pledge Agreement, the Subscription Letter, the Restated Certificate, the Preferred Stock Guaranty and the Warrant, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9 and 10.10, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein).

 

Item 2.03

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information contained in Item 1.01 with respect to the Financing (including without limitation the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Secured Note and the security, pledge and guaranty documents related thereto, and the terms of and related to the new preferred shares issued and the corresponding guaranty thereof), is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 3.01

Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

 

On December 10, 2018, the Company received a written notice from the Listing Qualifications department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (the “Notice”) indicating that the Company is not in compliance with the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market.

The Nasdaq Listing Rules require listed securities to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share and, based upon the closing bid price for the last 30 consecutive business days, the Company no longer meets this requirement.


The Notice indicated that the Company will be provided 180 calendar days, or until June 10, 2019 , in which to regain compliance. If at any time during this 180 day period the bid price of the Company’s ordinary shares closes at o r above $1.00 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days, the Nasdaq Staff will provide the Company with a written confirmation of compliance and the matter will be closed.

 

If the Company fails to regain compliance with Rule 5550(a)(2) by June 10, 2019, the Company may be eligible for additional time to regain compliance.  To qualify for additional time, the Company will be required to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for The Nasdaq Capital Market (with the exception of the minimum bid price requirement), and will need to provide written notice to Nasdaq of the Company’s intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period, by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary.  If the Company meets these requirements, the Nasdaq Staff will inform the Company that it has been granted an additional 180 calendar days.  However, if it appears to the Nasdaq Staff that the Company will not be able to cure the deficiency, or if the Company is otherwise not eligible, the Nasdaq Staff will provide the Company with notice that the Company’s securities will be subject to delisting from The Nasdaq Capital Market.  At that time, the Company may appeal the delisting determination to a Hearings Panel.

 

The Company is currently evaluating its alternatives to resolve this minimum bid price listing deficiency.

 

As previously reported in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 20, 2018, the Company received on November 19, 2018 a notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market that the Company’s stockholders’ equity does not satisfy The Nasdaq Capital Market continued listing requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1).  The disclosures in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 20, 2018 are incorporated by reference into this Item 3.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to regain compliance with either Nasdaq’s minimum bid price rule or Nasdaq’s minimum stockholders’ equity rule.

 

Item 3.02

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The information contained in Item 1.01 with respect to the Financing, including without limitation the number and description of securities to be issued, the nature of the transaction and the nature and amount of consideration received by the Company, is incorporated by reference herein. The number and description of securities to be issued, the nature of the transaction and the nature and amount of consideration received by the Company are described in Item 1.01 of this Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

 

The securities issued and sold in the Financing were offered and sold in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act as transactions not involving a public offering and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws. The Investor represented that he was an “accredited investor” as defined under applicable federal securities laws.

 

Item 3.03

Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders.

 

The information concerning the Financing, including without limitation the terms of the Secured Loan and the security provided therefor, the terms, rights, obligations and preferences of the Presbia PLC New Preferred Shares and the Presbia USA New Preferred Shares, and the terms of the Warrant, as set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

 

Description

 

 

 

10.1

 

Securities Purchase & Exchange Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2018, by and among Presbia PLC, Presbia USA, Inc. and Richard Ressler.

 

 

 

10.2

 

Secured Promissory Note, dated December 10, 2018 , made by Presbia USA, Inc. in favor of Richard Ressler.

 

 

 

10.3

 

Security and Pledge Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2018, by and between Presbia USA, Inc. and Richard Ressler.

 

 

 

10.4

 

Charge of Shares in respect of Presbia Ireland, Limited, dated as of December 10, 2018, between Presbia USA, Inc. and Richard Ressler.

 

 

 

10.5

 

Loan Guaranty, dated December 10, 2018 , given by Presbia PLC.

 

 

 

10.6

 

Pledge Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2018, by and between Presbia PLC and Richard Ressler.

 

 

 

10.7

 

Subscription Letter for Shares, dated December 10, 2018.

 

 

 

10.8

 

Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Presbia USA, Inc.

 

 

 

10.9

 

Preferred Stock Guaranty, dated December 10, 2018 , given by Presbia PLC.

 

 

 

10.10

 

Warrant to Purchase Ordinary Shares of Presbia PLC, dated December 10, 2018.



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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESBIA PLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: /s/ Richard T. Fogarty

 

 

 

Name: Richard T. Fogarty

 

 

 

Title: Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

 

 

Dated:    December 12, 2018

 

 

         Exhibit 10.1

THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE.  THESE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, MORTGAGED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED OR OFFERED TO BE SO TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND THE APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM.

SECURITIES PURCHASE & EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

This SECURITIES PURCHASE & EXCHANGE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of December 10, 2018 between Richard S. Ressler, an individual or his assignee (“ Buyer ”), Presbia USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Presbia USA ”), and Presbia PLC, an Irish incorporated public limited company (“ Presbia PLC ” and with Presbia USA, the “ Companies ” and individually, a “ Company ” and, together with Buyer, the “ Parties ” and individually, a “ Party ”).

RECITALS

A. The amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of Presbia PLC dated 3 August 2017 were filed with the Registrar of Companies in Ireland on September 5, 2017 (the “ Constitution ”).

B. Presbia PLC has an authorized share capital of US$400,000 and €40,000 divided into 350,000,000 ordinary shares of US$0.001 each (the “ Ordinary Shares ”), 50,000,000 preferred shares of US$0.001 each (the “ Preferred Shares ”) and 40,000 deferred ordinary shares of €1.00 each.

C. The amended and restated certificate of incorporation of Presbia USA (the “ Certificate ”) was filed in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State on April 13, 2018.

D. Presbia USA has 13,000 shares of stock authorized in its Certificate divided into 5,000 shares of common stock each with a par value of US$0.01 per share (the “ USA Common Stock ”) and 8,000 shares of Preferred Stock each with a par value of US$0.01 per share (the “ USA Old Preferred Shares ”).  

E. The parties acknowledge that Buyer and/or his affiliates own approximately 60% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Ordinary Shares of Presbia PLC.  Presbia PLC owns directly (following completion of the corporate reorganization implemented pursuant to the Share Exchange and Contribution Agreement attached as Exhibit F hereto pursuant to Section 2.2(h) hereof) all of the issued and outstanding shares of USA Common Stock.  Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement dated April 12, 2018, (i) Buyer had purchased, and Presbia PLC had issued to Buyer, an aggregate of 100 shares of Preferred Stock of Presbia PLC (the “ PLC Old Preferred Shares ”) for aggregate proceeds of US$100,000 (the “ PLC Old Preferred Shares


 

 

Proceeds ”), and (ii) Buyer had purchased, and Presbia USA had issued to Buyer, an aggregate of 4,900 USA Old Preferred Shares.

F. Buyer desires to invest in (i) Presbia USA by providing a US$3,500,000 secured loan to Presbia USA, (ii) Presbia PLC by purchasing 100 newly-designated Preferred Shares in Presbia PLC (as such newly-designated Preferred Shares are authorized pursuant to the Subscription Letter in the manner described in this Agreement, the “ PLC New Preferred Shares ”), with the proceeds of the PLC New Preferred Shares being applied to redeem and cancel all 100 of the PLC Old Preferred Shares, (iii) Presbia PLC by acquiring warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares of Presbia PLC, and (iv) Presbia USA by exchanging all 4,900 of Buyer’s USA Old Preferred Shares for 5,239 shares of a newly-designated class of preferred shares in Presbia USA (as such newly-designated preferred shares are authorized pursuant to the Restated Certificate in the manner described in this Agreement, the “ USA New Preferred Shares ”), on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, agreements, representations and warranties herein contained, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

AGREEMENT

1. LOAN, SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS & CLOSING .

1.1 Presbia USA Loan; Share Purchases, Redemptions & Exchanges; Warrants .

1.1.1 Presbia USA Loan .  Upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing (as hereinafter defined), Buyer shall provide and fund to Presbia USA a secured loan in the principal amount of US$3,500,000 (the “ Presbia USA Loan ”), on the terms set out in the loan agreement (the “ Loan Agreement ”) to be entered into by Buyer and Presbia USA in the form of Exhibit A .

1.1.2 Presbia PLC Shares .  Upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, Buyer shall also subscribe for and Presbia PLC shall allot and issue to Buyer, for aggregate proceeds of US$100,000 (the “ PLC New Preferred Shares Proceeds ”), 100 PLC New Preferred Shares of Presbia PLC with the rights set out in the subscription letter (the “ Subscription Letter ”) to be entered into by Buyer and Presbia PLC in the form of Exhibit B .  Buyer consents to its name being entered in the register of members of Presbia PLC in respect of the PLC New Preferred Shares to be subscribed by it (or its nominee) and agrees that it will take such shares with the benefit of the rights and subject to the restrictions set out in the Subscription Letter and/or Constitution.  Upon the effectiveness of the Closing, without any further action by any Party, all of the PLC Old Preferred Shares shall be redeemed out of the proceeds of the PLC New Preferred Shares Proceeds, for an amount equal to the PLC Old Preferred Shares Proceeds (being the “ PLC Redemption Price ”), and cancelled in accordance with the terms of issue of the PLC Old Preferred Shares, the Constitution and sections 105(2)(b) and 106 of the Companies Act of Ireland, as amended.  Buyer agrees that the PLC Redemption Price represents satisfaction in full of all obligations of Presbia PLC in respect of the PLC Old Preferred Shares, and waives compliance with any notice or other procedures specified

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in the instruments governing the PLC Old Preferred Shares or otherwise in connection with such redemption and cancellation.

1.1.3 Presbia PLC Warrants .  Presbia PLC shall also, at the Closing, issue to Buyer warrants in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto (the “ Warrants ”) to purchase 14,731,667 Ordinary Shares of Presbia PLC (the “ Warrant Shares ”), at a price of US$0.60 per Ordinary Share.

1.1.4 Presbia USA Preferred Stock .  Upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, effective as of the Closing, Buyer shall exchange all 4,900 of the USA Old Preferred Shares for 5,239 USA New Preferred Shares with the rights set out in the amended and restated certificate of incorporation to be executed by Presbia USA and filed in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State (the “ Restated Certificate ”) in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto.  Buyer consents to its name being entered in the stock registry of Presbia USA in respect of the USA New Preferred Shares to be subscribed by it (or its nominee) and agrees that it will take such shares with the benefit of the rights and subject to the restrictions set out in the Restated Certificate.  Upon the effectiveness of the Closing, without any further action by any Party, the USA Old Preferred Shares shall be exchanged for (and automatically converted into) the USA New Preferred Shares and the designations for the USA Old Preferred Shares shall be eliminated from the Certificate, as provided in the Restated Certificate. Buyer agrees that the delivery of the USA New Preferred Shares pursuant to this Section 1.1.4 (in exchange for the USA Old Preferred Shares, which are being surrendered and cancelled pursuant to this Agreement) represents satisfaction in full of all obligations of Presbia USA in respect of the USA Old Preferred Shares, and Buyer unconditionally and irrevocably waives any and all rights, claims or interests in respect of the USA Old Preferred Shares so exchanged, surrendered and cancelled, whether arising from the Certificate or otherwise.

1.2 Flow of Funds .  The aggregate cash amount to be paid by Buyer at Closing hereunder consists of US$3,500,000 representing the funding of the principal amount of the Presbia USA Loan (the “ Presbia USA Loan Amount ”).  Buyer shall pay to Presbia USA the Presbia USA Loan Amount at the Closing on the Closing Date in immediately available funds.  The US$100,000 purchase price to be paid by Buyer to purchase the PLC New Preferred Shares shall be set off against the US$100,000 to be paid by Presbia PLC in respect of the redemption and cancellation of the PLC Old Preferred Shares.  In connection with Buyer’s surrender of his USA Old Preferred Shares to Presbia USA in exchange for the USA New Preferred Shares, no additional cash payment or other consideration shall be required in respect of such exchange.  No additional cash payment or other consideration shall be required with respect to issuance of the Warrants.

1.3 Conversion Mechanism .  To the extent permitted by applicable law (including laws in respect of creditors’ rights), Buyer shall have the option to convert all or part of the accrued value of the USA New Preferred Shares into a secured loan to Presbia USA on terms substantially similar to the Presbia USA Loan issued pursuant to Section 1.1.1 of this Agreement.  The accrued value of such USA New Preferred Shares shall be equal to the sum of the Original Issue Price (as defined in the Restated Certificate) paid for such shares and the accrued but unpaid dividend on such shares that would be payable if a Liquidation Event (as defined in the Restated Certificate) had occurred and the proceeds distributed to Buyer as of the date of the conversion pursuant to this Section 1.3.

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2. CLOSING .

2.1 Closing .  The consummation of the funding of the Presbia USA Loan, the purchase and sale of the PLC New Preferred Shares, the redemption and cancellation of the PLC Old Preferred Shares, the exchange of the USA Old Preferred Shares for the USA New Preferred Shares, and the issuance of the Warrants, in each case as provided for in this Agreement (the “ Closing ”), shall take place at the offices of Buyer at 1:00 p.m. on the date hereof, or at such other place, time or date as the Parties may agree (the “ Closing Date ”).  The PLC New Preferred Shares and the USA New Preferred Shares are sometimes referred to as the “ Shares .” For this, and all other purposes of this Agreement, time shall be considered of the essence.

2.2 Closing Deliveries .  At the Closing:

2.2.1 Presbia PLC and/or Presbia USA, as applicable, shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Buyer the following documents (each, a “ Company’s Closing Document ”):

(a) the Loan Agreement in respect of the Presbia USA Loan executed by Presbia USA;

(b) the security documents including a Guaranty (the “ Loan Guaranty ”) in respect of the Presbia USA Loan in such form as mutually agreed between the Parties (collectively, including the Loan Guaranty, the “ Security Documents ”), executed by the party or parties thereto;

(c) a share certificate executed by Presbia PLC in the name of Buyer in respect of the PLC New Preferred Shares;

(d) a share certificate executed by Presbia USA in the name of Buyer in respect of the USA New Preferred Shares;

(e) the Restated Certificate, fully executed and ready for filing with the Delaware Secretary of State;

(f) the Warrants;

(g) a guaranty in respect of the USA New Preferred Shares in the form of Exhibit E (the “ Preferred Stock Guaranty ”), fully executed by Presbia PLC;

(h) the Share Exchange and Contribution Agreement in the form of Exhibit F (the “ Share Exchange and Contribution Agreement ”), executed by each of Presbia PLC, Presbia Ireland, Limited and Presbia USA;

(i) a certificate executed by the secretary of Presbia PLC containing a resolution of Presbia PLC’s board of directors authorizing the execution of this Agreement and all instruments to be executed by Presbia PLC in connection with the transactions

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contemplated by this Agreement and confirming the names of all officers and directors of Presbia PLC;

(j) a certificate executed by the secretary of Presbia USA containing a resolution of Presbia USA’s board of directors authorizing the execution of this Agreement and all instruments to be executed by Presbia USA in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and confirming the names of all officers and directors of Presbia USA;

(k) a letter of status in respect of Presbia PLC from the Irish Companies Registration Office dated as of a date within thirty (30) days of the Closing Date; and

(l) a certificate of good standing of Presbia USA issued by the Delaware Secretary of State no more than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing.

2.2.2 Presbia USA shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Buyer the following documents (collectively, the “ Company’s Closing Documents ”):

2.2.3 Buyer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Companies the following deliveries and documents (collectively, the “ Buyer’s Closing Documents ”):

(a) the Presbia USA Loan Amount by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by Presbia USA;

(b) the Loan Agreement and the Security Documents executed by Buyer;

(c) the certificates representing the PLC Old Preferred Shares and the USA Old Preferred Shares (to the extent, in each case, certificates were previously issued in respect of such shares), in each case duly endorsed and accompanied by such other duly executed documents as requested by the Companies in connection with the redemption (in the case of the PLC Old Preferred Shares) or exchange (in the case of the USA Old Preferred Shares) and cancellation of such shares; and

(d) a certificate executed by the Secretary or other authorized officer of Buyer certifying the accuracy of the respective representations and warranties of Buyer herein at and as of the Closing Date and that Buyer has performed and complied with all covenants and conditions required to be performed or complied with hereunder prior to or at the Closing.

2.2.4 Each of the Parties shall take any and all further lawful actions and deliver to the other or file such other documents, instruments, certificates, and opinions as may be required by this Agreement or applicable law or as otherwise necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “ Transactions ”).

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3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PRESBIA PLC .  The Companies hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to Buyer as of the date hereof:

3.1 Incorporation and Existence .

3.1.1 Presbia PLC is a company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of Ireland.  Presbia PLC has the legal right and full power and authority to carry on its business and activities as currently being carried on.

3.1.2 Presbia PLC and each of its subsidiaries (including without limitation Presbia USA) are in good standing (where such concept is recognized in any applicable jurisdiction) as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions required to carry on such entity’s business, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in:  (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business or condition (financial or otherwise) of Presbia PLC and the subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on Presbia PLC’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under this Agreement (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “ Material Adverse Effect ”).

3.1.3 Presbia PLC has delivered to Buyer a copy of Company’s Constitution, as currently in effect (the “ PLC Organizational Documents ”).

3.1.4 Presbia USA is a company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the state of Delaware and is qualified to do business in the state of California.  Presbia USA has the legal right and full power and authority to carry on its business and activities as currently being carried on.

3.1.5 Presbia USA has delivered to Buyer a copy of Company’s Certificate, as currently in effect (the “ USA Organizational Documents ” and together with the PLC Organizational Documents, the “ Organizational Documents ”).

3.2 Authority; No Conflict .

3.2.1 Each of this Agreement and each Company’s Closing Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Companies, enforceable against the Companies in accordance with their terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance laws and other claims affecting creditors generally and (ii) as such enforceability may be limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.  Each Company has the right, power, authority and capacity to execute and deliver each of this Agreement and such Company’s Closing Documents to which it is a party, and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder.  The execution and delivery by each Company of this Agreement and such Company’s Closing Documents, and the consummation of the Transactions have been authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of such Company.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto (other than Buyer).

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3.2.2 Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any of each Company’s Closing Documents, nor the consummation or performance of any of the Transactions by Presbia PLC will, directly or indirectly:

(a) (A) violate or conflict with any provision of the Organizational Documents of either Company; (B) result in (with or without notice or lapse of time) a violation or breach of, or conflict with or constitute a default or result in the termination or in a right of termination or cancellation of, or accelerate the performance required by, or require notice under, any agreement, promissory note, lease, instrument or arrangement to which either Company, or any of the assets of either Company is bound or result in the creation of any liens, mortgages, pledges, deeds of trust, security interests, options, rights of first refusal, charge, encumbrance or other adverse claim or interest of any kind (collectively, the “ Liens ”) upon either Company or any of the assets of either Company; (C) violate any order, writ, judgment, injunction, ruling, award or decree of any federal, state, local or foreign government, court, arbitrator, administrative agency or commissioner, or other governmental authority or instrumentality (“ Governmental Entity ”); (D) violate any statute, law or regulation of any jurisdiction as such statute, law or regulation that relates to either Company, or any of the assets of either Company; or (E) result in cancellation, modification, revocation or suspension of any permits, licenses, registrations, consents, approvals, authorizations or certificates issued or granted by any Governmental Entity which are held by or granted to either Company or which are necessary for the conduct of the Business, except in the case of each of clauses (B), (C), (D) and (E), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.; or

(b) Neither Company is required to give any notice to or obtain any approval, consent, ratification, waiver or other authorization from any person or entity (including, without limitation, any Governmental Entity) in connection with (i) the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any of each Company’s Closing Documents, or (ii) the consummation or performance of any of the Transactions, other than:  (i) application(s) to the applicable trading market for the listing of the Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, and (ii) such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “ Required Approvals ”).

3.3 Known Liabilities .  Except as disclosed in Presbia PLC’s filings with SEC or as otherwise disclosed in writing to Buyer, neither Company has any material liabilities, whether asserted or unasserted, whether absolute or contingent, whether accrued or unaccrued, whether liquidated or unliquidated, whether due or to become due (“ Liabilities ”).

3.4 Books and Records .  The General Ledger for the calendar years 2016 and 2017, and the minute books and statutory books of each Company, all of which have been made available to Buyer, are complete as to all material items, and no meeting of any shareholders, board of directors, or committee has been held for which minutes have not been prepared and are not contained in such minute books.

3.5 Title to Properties; Liens .  Neither Company owns any fee interest in any real property, facility, building, plant, factory, office warehouse or other real property or improvement (collectively, “ Real Property ”).

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3.6 Orders; Legal Proceedings .  Except as may have been disclosed in writing to Buyer, there are no outstanding orders, judgments, injunctions, writs, consents, awards, decrees or other judicial mandates of any Governmental entity against or involving either Company.

3.7 Taxes .  Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Company has duly filed all tax reports and returns required to be filed by it and has duly paid all taxes and other charges due or claimed to be due from it by federal, state, local or foreign taxing authorities (including, without limitation, those due in respect of the properties, income, franchises, licenses, sales or payrolls of such Company) (“ Taxes ”), or if not, the reserves, if any, for Taxes reflected in the Closing Date Balance Sheet are adequate to cover such unpaid Taxes.  All tax returns filed by each Company are true, correct and complete in all material respects.  All taxes that each Company is or was required by law to withhold or collect have been duly withheld or collected and, to the extent required, have been paid to the proper governmental body or other person.  There is no claim, audit, action, suit, proceeding or investigation with respect to taxes in any material amount due or claimed to be due from each Company or any tax return filed or required to be filed by either Company pending or threatened against or with respect to such Company.

3.8 Employee Benefits .  Except as disclosed in Presbia PLC’s filings with the SEC or in writing to Buyer, each Company does not have and none of its current or former employees are covered by, any bonus, deferred compensation, pension, profit-sharing, retirement, insurance, stock purchase, stock option or any other fringe benefit plan, arrangement or practice, other than standard health benefits, or any other employee benefit plan, as defined in section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ ERISA ”), whether formal or informal.  Neither Company has any commitment to create any retirement, pension or compensation plan, arrangement or practice.  The requirements of section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), and Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA have been satisfied with respect to each Company Plan.

3.9 Change of Control Payments .  Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any of each Company’s Closing Documents nor the consummation of the Transactions will result in any payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute, bonus or otherwise) becoming due to any officer, director, independent contractor, consultant, agent or employee of either Company.

3.10 Litigation .  Except as otherwise disclosed in writing to Buyer, there is no suit, action or proceeding pending, threatened or appealable against either Company before any court, arbitrator, or before any governmental department, commission, board, agency, or instrumentality that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect, and neither Company has received any written notice that any such suit, action or proceeding is threatened.  Neither Company is subject to any judgment, order or decree of any court, arbitrator, or Governmental Entity.

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3.11 Intellectual Property .

3.11.1 Each Company has provided to Buyer access to or copies of a true and complete list of (i) all Intellectual Property Rights that are registered, filed, or issued under the authority of any Governmental Entity, including all patents, registrations for trade names, logos, trademarks, or service marks, registrations for copyright, internet domain names, and all applications of the foregoing, in which either Company has or purports to have an ownership interest of any nature (whether exclusively, jointly with another Person, or otherwise) (collectively herein, “ Registered IP ”); (ii) the jurisdiction in which such item of Registered IP has been registered or filed and the applicable registration or serial number; and (iii) any other Person that has an ownership interest in such item of Registered IP and the nature of such ownership interest.  True and complete copies of all applications, and all correspondence to and from the relevant Governmental Entity and each Company in the possession of each Company that, to the Knowledge or each Company, materially and adversely affect the scope, registerability or validity of the subject Registered IP, and official actions taken by the relevant Governmental Entity related to each such item of Registered IP have been made available to Buyer.

3.11.2 Copies of written agreements in the possession of either Company pursuant to which software, technology, content, patents, trademarks, or other materials (other than off the shelf software), that are licensed to either Company and are material to the business of either Company have been made available to Buyer.

3.11.3 Neither Company is bound by, and no Company IP is subject to, any contract containing any covenant or other provision that in any way limits or restricts the ability of either Company to use, exploit, assert, or enforce any Company IP anywhere in the world.

3.11.4 The Companies and, to the Companies’ Knowledge, all third parties are in compliance in all material respects with each contract involving Intellectual Property Rights.  No event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time would constitute a material breach or default or permit termination, modification or acceleration under any such contract.

(a) Each Company exclusively owns all right, title, and interest to and in such Company’s IP (other than Intellectual Property Rights exclusively licensed to such Company, free and clear of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens).

(b) To either Company’s Knowledge (limited to the knowledge of the chief executive officer and vice presidents of each Company), no Person is currently infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating, in any material respect any of its IP.  To each Company’s Knowledge, there is no pending actual, alleged, or suspected infringement or misappropriation of any of its Company IP.

(c) Neither Company has infringed or misappropriated and is not currently infringing (directly, contributorily, by inducement, or otherwise) or misappropriating any Intellectual Property Right of any other Person in any material respect.

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(d) As used herein:

Intellectual Property ” means and includes all algorithms, apparatus, databases and data collections, diagrams, inventions (whether or not patentable), know-how, logos, marks (including brand names, product names, logos, and slogans), methods, network configurations and architectures, processes, proprietary information (including Customer Lists, financial data, marketing strategies, and product development roadmaps), protocols, schematics, specifications, software, software code (in any form including source code and executable or object code), subroutines, user interfaces, techniques, URLs, web sites, works of authorship, and other forms of technology (whether or not embodied in any tangible form and including all tangible embodiments of the foregoing such as instruction manuals, laboratory notebooks, prototypes, samples, studies, and summaries).

Intellectual Property Rights ” means and includes all rights of the following types, which may exist or be created under the laws of any jurisdiction in the world:  (a) rights associated with original works of authorship (including software in any form, including source code and executable or object code), including copyrights and moral rights; (b) trademark and trade name rights, domain name rights and similar rights; (c) trade secret rights, including any trade secret rights with respect to algorithms, inventions (whether or not patentable), know-how, methods, processes, proprietary information (including Customer Lists, financial data, marketing strategies, and product development roadmaps), protocols, schematics, specifications, software, and techniques; (d) patents and similar industrial property rights; (e) other proprietary rights of every kind and nature (including proprietary rights in databases, and data collections); and (f) all registrations, renewals, extensions, combinations, divisions, or reissues of, and applications for, any of the rights referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above.

4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER .

Buyer hereby represents and warrants to the Companies as follows:

4.1 Organization and Good Standing .  Buyer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of California, its state of formation.  Buyer has full corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties and assets and to conduct its business as now conducted.

4.2 Authority; No Conflict .

4.2.1 Each of this Agreement and Buyer’s Closing Documents constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Buyer (to the extent Buyer is a party thereto), enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.  Buyer has the absolute and unrestricted right, power, and authority to execute and deliver each of this Agreement and Buyer’s Closing Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement and Buyer’s Closing Documents (to the extent Buyer is a party thereto), and the consummation and performance of the Transactions (to the extent

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applicable to Buyer), has been authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Buyer.  This Agreement and the Buyer’s Closing Documents (on the Closing Date) have been duly executed and delivered by Buyer (to the extent Buyer is a party thereto).

4.2.2 Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any of the Buyer’s Closing Documents by Buyer, nor the consummation or performance of any of the Transactions by Buyer, will, directly or indirectly, give any person or entity the right to prevent, delay or otherwise interfere with any of the Transactions pursuant to:  (i) any provision of Buyer’s Organizational Documents; (ii) any resolution adopted by the board of directors (or other governing body) or the stockholders of Buyer; (iii) any applicable law, statute, ordinance, rule or regulation of any jurisdiction; (iv) any order, writ, judgment, injunction, ruling, award or decree of any Governmental Entity; or (v) any agreement, arrangement or understanding to which Buyer is a party or by which Buyer may be bound.  Buyer is not required to give any notice to or obtain any consent from any person or entity in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Buyer’s Closing Documents or the consummation or performance of any of the Transactions.

4.3 Investment Intent .  Buyer is purchasing the Shares for Buyer’s own account and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution of the Shares.

4.4 Accredited Investor Status .  At the time Buyer was offered the Shares and Warrants, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants, it will be an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) (1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act.

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

5. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES .  All representations and warranties in this Agreement shall survive the Closing Date.  The right to indemnification, reimbursement or other remedy based on such representations and warranties will not be affected by any investigation conducted by the Parties.

6. COVENANTS .  As covenants that will survive the Closing;

6.1 Actions Requiring Buyer Consent .  Save where in the case of PLC the taking of such action is determined by or within the control of its shareholders, and subject to applicable law, each Company covenants that in respect of itself it shall not, without first obtaining Buyer’s approval (by vote or written consent as provided by law):

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6.1.1 effect any alteration, repeal, change or amendment of the rights, privileges or preferences of the Shares in a manner that adversely affects the rights, privileges or preferences of the Shares or any series thereof;

6.1.2 amend, modify or repeal any provision of the Constitution or the Restated Certificate or bylaws in a manner that adversely affects the powers, preferences or rights of the Shares;

6.1.3 agree to any debt financing in an amount in excess of US$8,000,000;

6.1.4 execute any guaranty:

6.1.5 consent to any merger or dissolution of either Company;

6.1.6 settle any lawsuit or civil investigation requiring the payment of more than US$1,000,000; or

6.1.7 execute any document or enter into any arrangement that has a potential liability to the Company in excess of US$1,000,000.

6.2 Affirmative Covenants .  The Companies shall, jointly and severally, cause compliance with all terms of the Shares, including all payment obligations regarding dividends, liquidation preferences and redemption.

7. GENERAL PROVISIONS .

7.1 Expenses .  Presbia PLC shall pay all costs and expenses incurred or to be incurred by it in negotiating and preparing this Agreement (and other agreements and documents referred to herein) and in closing and in carrying out the Transactions.  If any legal action or other proceeding is brought for the enforcement of this Agreement, or because of an alleged dispute, breach, default, or misrepresentation in connection with any of the provisions of this Agreement, or because of a Party’s involvement in a bankruptcy proceeding, the successful or prevailing party or parties shall, subject to applicable law, be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs incurred in that action or proceeding, in addition to any other relief to which it or they might be entitled.

7.2 Notices .  All notices, consents, waivers, and other communications under this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered by hand, (b) when sent by facsimile, provided there is an electronic printed confirmation of transmission and a copy is mailed by U.S. certified mail or other similar non-U.S. mail service, return receipt requested; (c) three days after being sent by Certified U.S. Mail, return receipt requested, or (d) one day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case to the appropriate addresses and facsimile numbers set forth below (or to such other addresses and facsimile numbers as a Party may designate by notice to the other Parties):

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Presbia PLC or USA:

Presbia PLC
8845 Irvine Center Drive

Suite 100

Irvine, CA 92618

Attn:  Mark Yung

Presbia USA, Inc.
8845 Irvine Center Drive
Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92618
Attn:  Mark Yung

With Copy to:

Lowenstein Sandler LLP
One Lowenstein Drive
Roseland New Jersey 07068
Attn:  David L. Goret

Buyer:

Richard Ressler
c/o Orchard Capital Corporation
4700 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010

With a copy to:

Fragner Seifert Pace & Winograd LLP
601 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2320
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Attention:  Matthew C. Fragner

7.3 Waiver .  The rights and remedies of the Parties to this Agreement are cumulative and not alternative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder, under any of the agreements referred to herein or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise.  Neither the failure nor any delay by any Party in exercising any right, power, or privilege under this Agreement or any of the agreements and documents referred to in this Agreement will operate as a waiver of such right, power, or privilege, and no single or partial exercise of any such right, power, or privilege will preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power, or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power, or privilege.

7.4 Entire Agreement and Modification .  This Agreement supersedes all prior oral or written agreements between the Parties with respect to its subject matter and constitutes (along with the agreements and documents referred to in this Agreement) a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement between the Parties with respect to its subject matter.  This Agreement may not be amended except by a written agreement executed by the Party to be charged with the amendment.

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7.5 Assignments, Successors, and No Third-Party Rights .  None of the Parties may assign any of its rights under this Agreement without the prior consent of the other Parties, provided that Buyer may assign all or any of its rights hereunder to an affiliated party.  Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will apply to, be binding in all respects upon, and inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of the Parties.  Nothing expressed or referred to in this Agreement will be construed to give any person or entity other than the Parties to this Agreement any legal or equitable right, remedy, or claim under or with respect to this Agreement or any provision of this Agreement.

7.6 Severability .  If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect.  Any provision of this Agreement held invalid or unenforceable only in part or degree will remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable.

7.7 Section Headings, Construction .  The headings of Sections in this Agreement are provided for convenience only and will not affect its construction or interpretation.  All references herein to sections, paragraphs and exhibits shall, unless otherwise expressly stated, mean sections and paragraphs in, and exhibits attached to, this Agreement.  All words used in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require.  Unless otherwise expressly provided, the word “including” does not limit the preceding words or terms.

7.8 Confidentiality of Agreements .  The Parties shall keep the terms of this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated by this Agreement confidential and will not, without the prior written consent of the other Parties or as required in any judicial proceeding, disclose such terms to any person or entity other than their accountants and attorneys who agree to be bound by this confidentiality provision; provided, however, that the foregoing confidentiality obligation will terminate with respect to any information that becomes generally available to the public through no fault of any of the Parties or their respective representatives, accountants or attorneys.

7.9 Governing Law; Venue; Jurisdiction .  This Agreement will be governed by and construed under the laws of the California without regard to conflicts of laws principles.  Venue for any action relating to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement or the interpretation or enforcement of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in Los Angeles County, State of California.  Each of the parties to this Agreement consents of the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of California and agrees that service of process may be affected by delivery of a summons to the agent for service of process on record for such party in the office of the California Secretary of State or, if no such agent is on record, to the address set forth for the party in the notice section of this Agreement.

7.10 Attorneys’ Fees .  Subject to Section 8, in the event of any dispute regarding this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to attorneys’ fees as awarded by the court having jurisdiction.

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7.11 Joint and Several Liability .  The obligations of Presbia USA and Presbia PLC shall be joint and several and may be enforced by Buyer against either or both of the Companies under this Agreement.

7.12 Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original copy of this Agreement and all of which, when taken together, will be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement.

7.13 No Strict Construction .  The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the Parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any Party.

7.14 Further Assurances .  Each Party agrees that it will without further consideration execute and deliver such other documents and take such other action, whether prior or subsequent to Closing, as may be reasonably requested by another Party to consummate more effectively the purposes or subject matter of this Agreement.

8. Judicial Reference . The parties agree that any dispute or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or to the interpretation, performance, or breach thereof, shall be heard and decided exclusively by means of a reference pursuant to Section 638 et seq . of the Code of Civil Procedure of the State of California. Such reference shall be made to a retired judge of the Superior Court of the State of California (the “ Referee ”) who shall hear such dispute or controversy until the final determination thereof pursuant to Article VI, Section 21, of the California Constitution, Section 638 et seq . of the California Code of Civil Procedure, and Rule 244(a) of the California Rules of Court. The term “Referee” as used herein is intended to refer to and include the term “Temporary Judge” as used in the said provisions of the California Constitution and the California Rules of Court.  The Referee shall be selected by mutual agreement of the parties from the list of retired judges maintained by the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. If the parties are unable to agree upon a retired judge to serve as the Referee, then upon petition by either party to the presiding judge of the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles (or such other judge as the presiding judge may designate for such purpose), such judge shall in his or her sole discretion select the particular retired judge who shall serve as the Referee. The cost of the Referee shall initially be divided equally between the parties, it being understood and agreed that, upon judgment, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reimbursement from the other party of all costs of litigation, including the cost of the Referee.

9. Disclosure and Waiver of Conflict of Interest .  The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Fragner Seifert Pace & Winograd LLP (“ FSPW ”) has represented Buyer in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that FSPW has previously represented the Companies and their predecessors in certain real estate and/or corporate matters.  The parties each acknowledge that FSPW’s representation of Buyer without obtaining a waiver of the foregoing conflict of interest would not be permissible under California law, and each party hereby waives such conflict of interest and agrees that FSPW may represent Buyer in connection with this transaction.  In addition, each party consents to any current or future representation by FSPW of Buyer or either or both of the Companies in connection with any matter.  The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Lowenstein Sandler LLP (“ LS ”) has represented the Companies in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that LS has previously

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represented and does represent Buyer and its affiliates in connection with other transactions and/or matters.  The parties each acknowledge that LS’s representation constitutes a conflict of interest and without obtaining a waiver of the foregoing conflict of interest would not be permissible under California law, and each party hereby waives such conflict of interest and agrees that LS may represent the Companies in connection with this transaction and Buyer and its affiliates in connection with other transactions and/or matters.  In addition, each party consents to any current or future representation by LS of Buyer or either or both of the Companies in connection with any matter.

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

Presbia PLC:

PRESBIA PLC
an Irish incorporated public limited company

By : /s/ Mark Yung

Name: Mark Yung

Title: Chief Executive Officer

Presbia USA:
Presbia USA, Inc.
a Delaware corporation

By: /s/ Mark Yung

Name: Mark Yung

Title: Chief Executive Officer

Buyer:

/s/ Richard Ressler

Richard Ressler

 

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         Exhibit 10.2

 

SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE

 

 

$3,500,000.00                                                                                                                   December 10, 2018

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, PRESBIA USA, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of RICHARD RESSLER (the “ H older ”) or his respective successors and assigns, having an address at 4700 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010, at such address or at such other place as may be designated in writing by the Holder, the aggregate principal sum of THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND 00/100 UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($3,500,000.00) or such lesser principal amount of the loans made and not repaid from time to time to the Company by the Holder pursuant to this Note (as shown in the records of the Lender), together with interest from the date set forth above on the unpaid principal balance of this Note in the form and at the rate set forth herein.  

1. Definitions.   Unless the context otherwise requires, when used herein the following terms shall have the meaning indicated:

Affiliate ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person.

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law to close in New York City.

 

Collateral ” means, collectivley, the “Collateral” as defined in each of the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement, as applicable.

 

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereof.

 

Control ” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” or “under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Event of Default ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6 hereof.

 

Governmental Authority ” means the government of any nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether at the national, state, territorial, provincial, municipal or any other level, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of, or pertaining to, government.

 

Holder ” has the meanings set forth in the first paragraph hereof.

 

Indebtedness ” means any liability or obligation (a) for borrowed money, other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business, (b) evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments, (c) in respect of letters of credit or other similar instruments (or reimbursement obligations with respect thereto), except letters of credit or other similar instruments issued to secure

 


payment of trade payables or obligations in respect of workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations, all arising in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, (d) to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, (e) as lessee under capitalized leases, and/or (f) secured by a Lien on any asset of the Company, whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company.

 

Indemnified Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 17 hereof.

 

Loan Request ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.

 

Lien ” means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any agreement to give any of the foregoing).

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the business, properties, assets, operations, liabilities (actual or contingent), or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company; or (b) a material impairment of the ability of the to perform its obligations under any Transaction Document to which it is a party.

 

Maturity Date ” means the earliest to occur of (a) the fifth (5 th ) anniversary of the date hereof, (b) such date as may be specified by the Holder in a Termination Notice delivered on or after the second (2 nd ) anniversary of the date hereof, being a Business Day falling no less than thirty (30) days after the date of the Termination Notice, and (c) any date on which the outstanding loans evidenced by this Note are prepaid in full in accordance with Section 6 hereof.

 

Note ” means this secured promissory note, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.

 

Pledge Agreement ” means that certain Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by PRESBIA PLC , a company incorporated in Ireland (registered no. 539137), in favor of the Holder, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Related Parties ” with respect to any Person, means such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, partners, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of it and its Affiliates.

 

Security Agreement ” means that certain Security and Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and the Holder, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Security Documents ” means the collective reference to the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and each other agreement or writing entered in to in addition to this Note pursuant to which the Company purports to pledge or grant a security interest in any property or assets securing the Company’s obligations hereunder or any Person pledges or grants a security interest in any property or assets securing the Company’s obligations hereunder or purports to guaranty the payment and/or

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performance of the Company’s obligations hereunder and, in each case, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Subsidiary ” of any Person means another Person, an amount of the voting securities, other voting ownership or voting partnership interests of which is sufficient to elect at least a majority of its board of directors or other governing body (or, if there are no such voting interests, 50% or more of the equity interests of which) is owned directly or indirectly by such first Person.

 

Termination Notice ” means a notice in writing signed by or on behalf of the Holder addressed to the Company which specifies a date as the Maturity Date for this Note.

Transaction Documents ” means the collective reference to this Note, the Security Documents, and each other agreement or writing entered into between the Company, the Holder and any of their respective Affiliates in respect of this Note, in each case, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

2. Loans, Principal and Interest .

(a) Holder agrees, pursuant to the terms of this Note, upon the request of Company made at any time from and after the date hereof until the Maturity Date, and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to make one or more term loans to Company in an aggregate principal amount up to THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND 00/100 UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($3,500,000.00).  Other than in respect of any funding to be made on the date of this Note, the Company shall provide written notice of a term loan draw (each a “ Loan Request ”) to the Holder at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date that the Company requests that a loan be made hereunder.  The Holder shall have no obligation to fund a loan hereunder during any period where an Event of Default has occurred or is continuing.

(b) On the date of any loan is made hereunder and upon each payment or prepayment of principal of each Loan, as applicable, the Holder is hereby authorized to record on Schedule A , and any continuation sheets which the Holder may attach hereto, (i) the date of the loans made by the Holder to the Company, (ii) the amount of the principal of the loans made hereunder and (iii) the amount of principal paid or prepaid with respect to any loans made hereunder.  The entries made in such schedule shall be, absent manifest error, prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein, provided that the failure to so record or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Company to repay the loan evidenced by this Note in accordance with the terms hereof.

(c) Subject to the other provisions of this Note, the Company shall on the Maturity Date pay to the order of the Holder an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of this Note then outstanding, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, unless and to the extent that this Note is earlier redeemed, exchanged, repurchased or repaid in accordance with the terms of this Note.  

(d) Interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal amount of this Note from the date hereof, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date for which the applicable interest payment has been made, until the principal amount of this Note is paid in full at a rate of ten percent (10.0%) per annum (compounded monthly) and continuing on the outstanding principal until this Note is indefeasibly and irrevocably paid in full by the Company.  Interest shall be payable annually, in arrears, on January 10, 2020 and each annual anniversary of such date (the “ Interest Payment Dates ”).   Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 365- or 366-day year for actual days elapsed.  In the event that any amount due hereunder is not paid when due, such overdue amount shall bear interest at an annual rate of twelve percent (12.0%) until paid in full.  In no event shall any interest charged, collected or reserved under this Note exceed the maximum rate then permitted by applicable law until paid in full.  

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(e) Whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension will be taken into account in calculating the amount of interest payable under this Note.  All payments of principal and interest by the Company under this Note shall be made in United States dollars in immediately available funds to the respective account of the Holder as specified by such Holder.  

3. Prepayment .  Upon at least one (1) Business Day’s prior written notice to the Holder, the outstanding principal of this Note and any accrued and unpaid interest may be prepaid, in whole or in part, at any time prior to the Maturity Date without any interest, premium or penalty.  Amounts borrowed under this Note and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.

4. Representations and Warranties .  The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Holder on the date hereof as follows:

(a) The Company is (i) a corporation, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite corporate power and authority, and the legal right, to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted and (ii) in compliance with all laws and orders, except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  

 

(b) The Company has the power and authority, and the legal right, to execute and deliver this Note and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder.

 

(c) The execution and delivery of this Note and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party by the Company and the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action in accordance with all applicable laws. The Company has duly executed and delivered this Note and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

 

(d) Other than any filings which are necessary to perfect any Liens created by the Security Agreement, no consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by, or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required in order for the Company to execute, deliver, or perform any of its obligations under this Note or the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, other than consents which have been obtained.

 

(e) The execution and delivery of this Note and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) violate any provision of the Company’s organizational documents; or (ii) violate any law or order applicable to the Company or by which any of its properties or assets may be bound which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(f) Each of this Note and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party is a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).

 

(g) No action, suit, litigation, investigation or proceeding of, or before, any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by or against the Company or any of its property or assets (i) with respect to this Note or the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (ii) that could be expected

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to materially adversely affect the Company’s financial condition or the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Note or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party.

 

5. Covenants .  So long as any amount due under this Note is outstanding and until indefeasible payment in full of all amounts payable by the Company hereunder:

(i) The Company shall (A) carry on and conduct its business in substantially the same manner and in substantially the same fields of enterprise as it is presently conducting, (B) do all things necessary to remain duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing as a domestic corporation under the laws of its state of formation and (C) maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in those jurisdictions in which its business is conducted.

(ii) The Company shall promptly notify the Holder of the occurrence of any Event of Default or any event which, with the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default, which notice shall include a written statement as to such occurrence, specifying the nature thereof and the action (if any) which is proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

(iii) The Company shall promptly notify the Holder of any default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party which default could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(iv) The Company shall pay when due all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges and levies upon it or its income, profits or property, except those that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside.

(v) The Company shall comply with all laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which they may be subject, except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(vi) The Company shall not directly or indirectly, engage in any business other than the business engaged in as of the date hereof and any business reasonably related or ancillary thereto.

6. Event of Default .  The occurrence of any of following events shall constitute an “ Event of Default ” hereunder:

(a) the failure of the Company to make any payment of principal, interest or any other amounts due under this Note or the other Transaction Documents when due, whether at the Maturity Date, upon acceleration or otherwise;

(b) there shall have occurred an acceleration of the stated maturity of any Indebtedness of the Company (other than as evidenced by this Note) of $1,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount (which acceleration is not rescinded, annulled or otherwise cured within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt by the Company of notice of such acceleration);

(c) the Company makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due; or an order, judgment or decree is entered adjudicating the Company as bankrupt or insolvent; or any order for relief with respect to the Company  is entered under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other bankruptcy or insolvency law; or the Company  petitions or applies to any tribunal for the appointment of a custodian, trustee, receiver or liquidator of the Company or of any substantial part of the assets of the Company, or commences any proceeding relating

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to it under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law of any jurisdiction; or any such petition or application is filed, or any such proceeding is commenced, against the Company  and either (i) the Company  by any act indicates its approval thereof, consents thereto or acquiescence therein or (ii) such petition application or proceeding is not dismissed within sixty (60) days;

(d) a final, non-appealable judgment which, in the aggregate with other outstanding final judgments against the Company, exceeds $1,000,000 (not paid or fully covered by insurance) shall be rendered against the Company  and within sixty (60) days after entry thereof, such judgment is not discharged or execution thereof stayed pending appeal, or within sixty (60) days after the expiration of such stay, such judgment is not discharged; provided, however, that a judgment that provides for the payment of royalties subsequent to the date of the judgment shall be deemed to be discharged so long as the Company  is in compliance with the terms of such judgment;

(e) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Company in any of the Transaction Documents (including this Note) shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made;

(f) any Liens created by this Note or any other Security Document shall at any time not constitute a valid and perfected first priority Lien on the Collateral (to the extent perfection by filing, registration, recordation or possession is required herein or therein) in favor of the Holder, free and clear of all other Liens (other than Liens previously disclosed to the Holder), or any of the security interests granted pursuant to the Security Documents shall be determined to be void, voidable, invalid or unperfected, are subordinated or are ineffective to provide the Holder with a perfected, first priority security interest in the Collateral, free and clear of all other Liens (other than Liens previously disclosed to the Holder) or, except for expiration or termination in accordance with their terms, this Note or any other Security Document shall for whatever reason be terminated or cease to be in full force and effect, or the enforceability thereof or any other Transaction Documents shall be contested by the Company; or

(g) if the Company fails to observe or perform in any material respect any of its covenants contained in the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and such failure continues for thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company or the applicable Guarantor of notice thereof.

Upon the occurrence of any such Event of Default, all unpaid principal and accrued interest under this Note shall become immediately due and payable (A) upon election the Holder, with respect to (a) through (b) and (d) through (g) of the immediately preceding sentence, and (B) automatically, with respect to (c) of the immediately preceding sentence.  Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Holder may, in addition to declaring all amounts due hereunder to be immediately due and payable, pursue any available remedy, whether at law or in equity, including, without limitation, exercising its rights under the other Transaction Documents.   If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holder shall have in any jurisdiction in which enforcement hereof is sought, in addition to all other rights and remedies, the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State and any additional rights and remedies as may be provided to a secured party in any jurisdiction in which Collateral is located, including, without limitation, the right to take possession of the Collateral, and for that purpose the Holder may, so far as the Company can give authority therefor, enter upon any premises on which the Collateral may be situated and remove the same therefrom.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Holder may in its discretion require the Company to assemble all or any part of the Collateral at such location or locations within the jurisdiction(s) of the Company’s principal office(s) or at such other locations as the Holder may reasonably designate.  Unless the Collateral is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market, the Holder shall give to the Company at least ten (10) days’ prior written notice of the time and place of any public sale of Collateral or of the time after which any private sale or any other intended disposition is

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to be made.  The Company hereby acknowledges that ten (10) days prior written notice of such sale or sales shall be reasonable notice.  In addition, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company waives any and all rights that it may have to a judicial hearing in advance of the enforcement of any of the Holder’s rights and remedies hereunder, including, without limitation, its right following an Event of Default to take immediate possession of the Collateral and to exercise its rights and remedies with respect thereto.  

7. Remedies Cumulative . No failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.  To the extent that applicable law imposes duties on the Holder to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable manner, the Company acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially unreasonable for the Holder (a) to fail to incur expenses reasonably deemed significant by the Holder to prepare Collateral for disposition or otherwise to fail to complete raw material or work in process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition, (b) to fail to obtain third party consents for access to Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required by other law, to fail to obtain governmental or third party consents for the collection or disposition of Collateral to be collected or disposed of, (c) to fail to exercise collection remedies against account debtors or other persons obligated on Collateral or to fail to remove Liens on or any adverse claims against Collateral, (d) to exercise collection remedies against account debtors and other persons obligated on Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and other collection specialists, (e) to advertise dispositions of Collateral through publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (f) to contact other persons, whether or not in the same business as the Company, for expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of the Collateral, (g) to hire one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of Collateral, whether or not the collateral is of a specialized nature, (h) to dispose of Collateral by utilizing Internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets, (i) to dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail markets, (j) to disclaim disposition warranties, (k) to purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure the Holder against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or to provide to the Agent a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of Collateral, or (l) to the extent deemed appropriate by the Holder, to obtain the services of brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist the Agent in the collection or disposition of any of the Collateral.  The Company acknowledges that the purpose of this Section 7 is to provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by the Holder would fulfill the Holder’s duties under the UCC and that other actions or omissions by the Holder shall not be deemed to fail to fulfill such duties solely on account of not being indicated in this Section 7.  Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 7 shall be construed to grant any rights to the Company or to impose any duties on the Holder that would not have been granted or imposed by this Note or by applicable law in the absence of this Section 7.

8. Matters Regarding the Holder .

(a) The Company hereby irrevocably appoints the Holder as the Company’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of the Company and in the name of the Company or otherwise, from time to time following the occurrence of an Event of Default, to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Holder may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Note, including without limitation to (i) execute any and all documents and instruments and to file financing statements that the Holder deems necessary or useful or desirable to protect, preserve, perfect and/or maintain the perfection and priority of the Holder’s security interest in the Collateral, (ii) endorse the names of the Company on any checks, notes, drafts or other forms of payment or security that may come into the possession of the Holder or any affiliate of the Holder, to sign the Company’s name on invoices or bills-of-lading, drafts against customers, notices of assignment, verifications and schedules, (iii)

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sell, transfer, pledge, make any arrangement with respect to or otherwise dispose of or deal with any of the Collateral consistent with the UCC (as defined in the Security Agreement) and (iv) do all other acts and things which the Holder deems necessary or useful to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Holder’s security interest therein.  The powers granted herein, being coupled with an interest, are irrevocable until all of the obligations hereunder are indefeasibly paid in full and this Note is terminated.  The powers conferred on the Holder hereunder are solely to protect its interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers.  Neither the Holder nor any attorney-in-fact shall be liable for any act or omission, error in judgment or mistake of law provided the same is not the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(b) For the purpose of enabling the Holder to exercise rights and remedies under this Note and the other Security Documents (including in order to take possession of, collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate, remove, realize upon, sell or grant options to purchase any Collateral) at such time as the Holder shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, the Company hereby grants to the Holder, (i) an irrevocable, nonexclusive, worldwide license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to Company), including in such license the right to sublicense, use and practice any intellectual property now owned or hereafter acquired by Company 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 and (ii) an irrevocable license (without payment of rent or other compensation to Company) to use, operate and occupy all real property owned, operated, leased, subleased or otherwise occupied by Company.

(c) If the Company fails to perform any agreement contained herein, the Holder may itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement and the expenses of the Holder incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by the Company in immediately available funds upon demand by the Holder.

(d) The powers conferred on the Holder hereunder are solely to protect the Holder’s interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon him to exercise any such powers.  Except for the safe custody of any Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the Holder shall have no duty as to any Collateral or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral.

 

9. Amendments .  Any amendment or waiver of any term of this Note by any party shall be effective only if in writing and duly signed by the Company and the Holder.

 

10. Waivers .  The Company hereby waives presentment, demand for payment, notice of dishonor, protest and notice of protest, and any or all other notices or demands in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or endorsement of this Note.  The liability of the Company hereunder shall be unconditional and shall not be in any manner affected by any indulgence whatsoever granted or consented to by the Holder, including but not limited to any extension of time, renewal, waiver or other modification.  Any failure of the Holder to exercise any right hereunder shall not be construed as a waiver of the right to exercise the same or any other right at any time and from time to time thereafter.  The Holder may accept late payments, or partial payments, even though marked “payment in full” or containing words of similar import or other conditions, without waiving any of its rights.

 

11. Waiver of Jury Trial .   THE COMPANY HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS NOTE OR ANY CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT, TORT,

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BREACH OF DUTY AND ALL OTHER CLAIMS.  THE COMPANY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS COUNSEL.

12. Secured Obligation .  This Note is is secured by a first priority security interest in the Collateral.  This Note grants the Holder certain rights with respect to such Collateral upon an Event of Default.

13. Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction .  This Note shall be governed by and construed under the law of the State of California, without giving effect to the conflicts of law principles thereof.  The Company and, by accepting this Note, the Holder, each irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of California located in Los Angeles County and the United States District Court for the Central District of Los Angeles for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Note and the transactions contemplated hereby.  Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Note.  The Company and, by accepting this Note, the Holder, each irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court.  The Company and, by accepting this Note, the Holder, each irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

14. Expenses .  Each party shall bear its own costs and expenses incidental to the negotiation of and to the preparation and carrying into effect of the Transaction Documents and any other documents referred to in the Transaction Documents and all transactions herein provided together with any other documents entered into by the Company and the Holer and the Borrower after the date of this Note.

15. Notices .  Any notice or demand required or permitted to be given or made to or upon any party hereto pursuant to any of the provisions of this Note shall be deemed to have been duly given or made for all purposes if in writing and delivered by hand against receipt, sent by e-mail or facsimile, sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to such party at the respective address set forth below or such other address as any party hereto may at any time direct by notice given to the other party in accordance with this Section 15.  The date of giving or making of any such notice or demand shall be (a) if sent by mail by certified or registered mail or sent by hand or overnight courier, the earlier of the date of actual receipt, or five (5) Business Days after such notice or demand is sent, (b) if sent by facsimile, during the recipient’s normal business hours (and if sent after normal business hours shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of the recipient’s business on the next Business Day), and (c) if sent by e-mail, upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgment from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgment).  Each party’s address for notice is as follows:

Company:

Presbia USA, Inc.
8845 Irvine Center Drive
Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92618
Attn:  Mark Yung

 

with a copy to:

 

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

One Lowenstein Drive

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Roseland, New Jersey 07068

Attention: David Goret

Email: dgoret@lowenstein.com

 

Holder:

Richard Ressler
c/o Orchard Capital Corporation
4700 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010

With a copy to:

Fragner Seifert Pace & Winograd LLP
601 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2320
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Attention:  Matthew C. Fragner

16. Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Notes .  Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note, and in case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon delivery of any customary indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or in any case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Note, the Company at its expense will, within five (5) Business Days, issue and deliver a new Note of like tenor in an amount equal to the amount of such lost, stolen or mutilated Note.

17. Indemnification .  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Holder and its respective Related Parties (each, an “ Indemnified Party ”) from and against, any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and expenses of any counsel for any Indemnified Party), incurred by any Indemnified Party or asserted against any Indemnified Party by any Person (including the Company) other than such Indemnified Party and its Related Parties arising out of, in connection with, or by reason of (a) the execution or delivery of this Note, any other Transaction Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated in connection herewith or therewith, the performance by the parties thereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated herewith or therewith; (b) the loans  as evidenced by this Note or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom; or (c) any actual or prospective claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Company, and regardless of whether any Indemnified Party is a party thereto; provided that, such indemnity shall not be available to any Indemnified Party to the extent that such claims, damages, losses, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud of such Indemnified Party or (y) result from a claim brought by the Company against any Indemnified Party for breach of such Indemnified Party’s obligations under this Note, any Transaction Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated in connection herewith or therewith, if a court of competent jurisdiction has rendered a final and non-appealable judgment in favor of the Company on such claim.

18. Rescission of Payments . If at any time any payment made by the Company under this Note is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise, the Company’s obligation to make such payment shall be reinstated as though such payment had not been made.

19. Severability . Whenever possible, each provision of this Note shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid, but if any provision of this Note is held to be invalid or unenforceable

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in any respect, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not render invalid or unenforceable any other provision of this Note.

20. Successors and Assigns; Transferability . This Note shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and the Holder and their respective permitted successors and assigns. This Note may be assigned or transferred by the Holder to any Person.  The Company may not assign or transfer this Note or any of its rights hereunder without the prior written consent of the Holder and any such assignment shall be null and void.

21. Judicial Reference. The parties agree that any dispute or controversy arising out of or relating to this Note, or to the interpretation, performance, or breach thereof, shall be heard and decided exclusively by means of a reference pursuant to Section 638 et seq . of the Code of Civil Procedure of the State of California. Such reference shall be made to a retired judge of the Superior Court of the State of California (the “ Referee ”) who shall hear such dispute or controversy until the final determination thereof pursuant to Article VI, Section 21, of the California Constitution, Section 638 et seq . of the California Code of Civil Procedure, and Rule 244(a) of the California Rules of Court. The term “Referee” as used herein is intended to refer to and include the term “Temporary Judge” as used in the said provisions of the California Constitution and the California Rules of Court.  The Referee shall be selected by mutual agreement of the parties from the list of retired judges maintained by the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. If the parties are unable to agree upon a retired judge to serve as the Referee, then upon petition by either party to the presiding judge of the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles (or such other judge as the presiding judge may designate for such purpose), such judge shall in his or her sole discretion select the particular retired judge who shall serve as the Referee. The cost of the Referee shall initially be divided equally between the parties, it being understood and agreed that, upon judgment, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reimbursement from the other party of all costs of litigation, including the cost of the Referee.

22. Secured Obligation .  This Note is secured by a first priority security interest in the Collateral.  The Security Documents grant the Holder certain rights with respect to such Collateral upon an Event of Default.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Secured Promissory Note to be signed in its name effective as of the date first above written.

 

PRESBIA USA, INC.

By :

/s/ Mark Yung

Name:

Mark Yung

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

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Schedule A

 

 

Date

 

Amount

of loan

 

Amount of principal paid or prepaid

 

Notation made by

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

SECURITY AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT

THIS SECURITY AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time, this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of December 10, 2018, by and between PRESBIA USA, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Debtor ”), and RICHARD RESSLER ( together with any successors, Secured Party ”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, Debtor has issued to Secured Party that certain Secured Promissory Note of even date herewith (as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “ Loan Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Debtor are a condition precedent to the obligation of the Secured Party to extend credit to Debtor pursuant to the Loan Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and as an inducement to Secured Party to enter into the Loan Agreement and extend credit to Debtor, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.

Definitions .

(a) When used herein, the terms Account, Account Debtor, Certificated Security, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claim, Deposit Account, Document, Electronic Chattel Paper, Equipment, Financial Asset, Fixtures, Goods, Health-Care-Insurance Receivable, Inventory, Instrument, Investment Property, Letter of Credit Rights, Payment Intangibles, Proceeds, Security, Security Entitlement, Supporting Obligations and Uncertificated Security have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the UCC (as defined below).

(b) Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Loan Agreement.

(c) The following terms have the following meanings (such definitions to be applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms):

Collateral ” means all property and rights of Debtor in which a security interest is granted hereunder.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall “Collateral” include, and Debtor shall not be deemed to have granted a security interest in, any Excluded Property.

Equity Securities ” means, with respect to any Person (other than an individual):

(a) all of such Person’s issued and outstanding capital stock (including but not limited to common stock and preferred stock), partnership interests, membership interests, equity interests, profits interests, warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock or other equity or profits interests of such Person;

 


 

(b) all of the (i) securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests, equity interests or profits interests of such Person, and (ii) warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of any such shares or interests; and

(c) all of the other equity or profit interests in such Person, whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

Event of Default ” means the occurrence of an event of an Event of Default (as defined in the Loan Agreement).

Excluded Account ” means (i) any deposit accounts, commodities accounts, or securities accounts of Debtor which (x) are used solely to fund payroll or employee benefits or (y) contain, at all times, less than $100,000 for any one account and $250,000 in the aggregate for all such accounts, and (ii) any deposit accounts, commodities accounts, or securities accounts maintained at one or more banks for the sole purpose of securing letters of credit issued by such banks.

Excluded Property ” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any lease, license, contract or agreement to which Debtor is a party, and any of its rights or interests thereunder, if and to the extent that a security interest therein is prohibited by or in violation of (x) any applicable law, or (y) a term, provision or condition of any such lease, license, contract or agreement (unless in each case, such applicable law, term, provision or condition would be rendered ineffective with respect to the creation of such security interest pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law or principles of equity); (ii) any United States intent-to-use trademark applications for which an amendment to allege use or a statement of use has not been filed and accepted by the Patent and Trademark Office, to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark applications under applicable federal law, provided that upon submission and acceptance by the Patent and Trademark Office of an amendment to allege use or a statement of use pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(c) or (d) (or any successor provision), such intent-to-use trademark application shall be considered Collateral; (iii) any equipment of Debtor that is subject to a perfected Lien if and for so long as the grant of a security interest therein to the Secured Party in such equipment shall constitute or result in a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, or a default under, the agreement entered into in connection with such Lien on such equipment, provided, however, that such security interest shall attach immediately at such time as the term restricting the attachment of a security interest in such equipment is no longer operative or the attachment of a security interest in such equipment would not constitute or result in a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, or a default under, such agreement; (iv)  assets in respect of which pledges and security interests are prohibited by applicable Law; (v) equity interests held by Debtor in any Person other than wholly owned Subsidiaries (including any such Person that is a joint venture) to the extent the granting of any Liens thereon is expressly prohibited by the terms of such Person’s organizational or joint venture documents; (vi) the equity interests of controlled foreign corporations (as defined in the IRC) of such Person (held directly or indirectly through an entity that is disregarded for federal income tax purposes) in excess of 65% of the equity interests of such corporations; (vii) Excluded Accounts; (viii) motor vehicles and other assets located in the United States subject to certificates of title;

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(ix) letter of credit rights of Debtor (other than those that constitute supporting obligations as to other Collateral or which otherwise may be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement); (xi) any real or leased property of Debtor; or (xi) such assets as to which Secured Party and Debtor shall reasonably agree that the costs of perfecting a security interest therein are excessive in relation to the benefit to the Secured Party of the security to be afforded thereby; provided , further that Excluded Property shall not include any proceeds of any such lease, license, contract or agreement or any goodwill of Debtor’s business associated therewith or attributable thereto.

General Intangibles ” means all of Debtor’s “general intangibles” as defined in the UCC.

Governmental Authority ” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government and includes a private mediation or arbitration board or panel.

Intellectual Property ” means all past, present and future:  trade secrets and other proprietary information; trademarks; copyrights (including copyrights for computer programs and software) and copyright registrations or applications for registrations which have heretofore been or may hereafter be issued throughout the world and all tangible property embodying the copyrights; unpatented inventions (whether or not patentable); patents; industrial designs, industrial design applications and registered industrial designs; license agreements related to any of the foregoing and income therefrom; books, records, writings, computer tapes or disks, flow diagrams, specification sheets, source codes, object codes and other physical manifestations, embodiments or incorporations of any of the foregoing; the right to sue for all past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing; and all common Law and other rights throughout the world in and to all of the foregoing.

Laws ” means all applicable statutes, laws, treaties, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, writs, injunctions, decrees, judgments, and the terms of any license or permit issued by any Governmental Authority.

Loan Document ” means the “Transaction Documents” as defined in the Loan Agreement.

Obligations ” means all obligations of the Debtor to the Secured Party under and pursuant to the Loan Agreement.

Obligor ” means a Person that, with respect to an obligation secured by a security interest in the Collateral, (a) owes payment or other performance on the obligation, (b) has provided property or other security or credit support other than the Collateral to secure payment or other performance of the obligation, or (c) is otherwise accountable in whole or in part for payment or other performance of the obligation.  The term does not include issuers or nominated persons under a letter of credit.

Organizational I.D. Number ” means the organizational identification number assigned to Debtor by the applicable governmental unit or agency of the jurisdiction of organization for Debtor.

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Paid in Full means, with respect to the Obligations, that (a) all Loans and accrued interest under the Loans and all other Obligations have been repaid in full in cash and no Loan or other Obligation remains outstanding (except, in each case, for (i) any provisions thereof, such as indemnification provisions, which by their terms survive termination and (ii) unasserted contingent Obligations and other contingent Obligations not then due and owing); provided that no such payment of the principal of or interest on any Loan or any other amount payable by Debtor or any other obligor on the Obligations under any Loan Document has been rescinded or is required to be restored or returned in connection with the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of Debtor or otherwise, and (b) any and all other commitments by Secured Party under the Loan Agreement have been terminated or expired .

Pledged Issuer ” means individually, and “ Pledged Issuers ” means collectively, each of the “Pledged Issuers” set forth on Schedule 1 .

Receivable(s) means all Accounts and all right, title and interest in any returned goods, together with all right, title, securities and guarantees with respect thereto, including any rights to stoppage in transit, replevin, reclamation and re-sales, and all related security interests, liens, charges, encumbrances and pledges, whether voluntary or involuntary, in each case whether now existing or owned or hereafter arising or acquired.

Schedule 1 ” means Schedule 1 attached to this Agreement, as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as in effect from time to time.

Security Interest ” is defined in Section 2 .

Type of Organization ” means the kind or type of entity of Debtor, such as a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company.

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of California on the date of this Agreement, as it may be amended or modified from time to time hereafter; provided, however, that, as used in Section 5 hereof, UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in any applicable jurisdiction.

 

Grant of Security Interest .

As security for the payment and performance of all Obligations, Debtor hereby assigns to Secured Party, and grants to Secured Party a continuing security interest (the “ Security Interest ”) in, all of the following assets and properties of Debtor whether now or hereafter existing or acquired, regardless of where located including, without limitation, all of Debtor’s: (a) Accounts; (b) Certificated Securities; (c) Chattel Paper, including Electronic Chattel Paper; (d) Commercial Tort Claims; (e) Deposit Accounts; (f) Documents; (g) Financial Assets; (h) General Intangibles; (i) Goods (including all of its Equipment, Fixtures and Inventory), and all embedded software, accessions, additions, attachments, improvements, substitutions and replacements thereto and therefor; (j) Instruments; (k) Intellectual Property; (l) Investment Property; (m) Letter of Credit Rights; (n) money (of every jurisdiction whatsoever); (o) Security Entitlements; (p) Supporting Obligations; (q) Uncertificated Securities; (r)(i) the Equity Securities of the Pledged Issuers described in Schedule 1 (the “ Pledged Interests ”), whether or not evidenced or represented by any stock certificate, unit

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certificate, certificated security or other instrument, the certificates representing the Pledged Interests (if any), all options and other rights, contractual or otherwise, in respect thereof and all dividends, distributions, cash, instruments, investment property and other property (including, but not limited to, any stock or other equity dividends and any distributions in connection with a stock or other equity split) from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, or in exchange for, any or all of the Pledged Interests, (ii) all investment property, financial assets, securities, capital stock, other equity interests, stock options and commodity contracts of the Debtor in respect of the foregoing, and all other assets now or hereafter received or receivable with respect to the foregoing, and (iii) all security entitlements of the Debtor in any and all of the foregoing; and (s) to the extent not included in the foregoing, all other personal property of any kind or description;

together with all books, records, writings, databases, information and other property of Debtor relating to, used or useful in connection with, or evidencing, embodying, incorporating or referring to any of the foregoing, and all Proceeds, products, offspring, rents, issues, profits and returns of and from any of the foregoing; provided, however, that to the extent that the provisions of any lease or license expressly prohibit (which prohibition is enforceable under applicable Law) the assignment thereof, and the grant of a security interest therein, Secured Party will not enforce its security interest (other than in respect of the Proceeds thereof) for so long as such prohibition continues, it being understood that upon request of Secured Party, Debtor will in good faith use reasonable efforts to obtain consent for the creation of a security interest in favor of Secured Party (and to Secured Party’s enforcement of such security interest) in Debtor’s rights under such lease or license. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Collateral” shall not include any Excluded Property.

 

Representations and Warranties .  

Debtor represents and warrants to Secured Party as of the Closing Date:

(a) Debtor is and will be the lawful owner of the Collateral, free of all liens, claims, security interests and encumbrances whatsoever, other than the security interest hereunder and other Liens as previously disclosed to the Secured Party, and Debtor has full power and authority to execute this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder, and to subject the Collateral to the security interest hereunder.

(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance by Debtor of its obligations hereunder (i) are within Debtor’s powers, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, company or partnership action, as applicable, (iii) have received all necessary governmental approval (if any shall be required) except where a failure to obtain such approval could not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on its business, assets or financial condition, and (iv) do not and will not contravene or conflict with any provision of Law or of the articles of incorporation, certificate of formation, by-laws, limited liability company agreement, limited partnership agreement or any similar governing documents of Debtor or of any material agreement, indenture, instrument or other document, or any material judgment, order or decree, which is binding upon Debtor.

(c) This Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Debtor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except that the enforceability of this Agreement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and by general

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principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at Law).

 

Certificates, Schedules and Reports .  

Debtor will from time to time deliver to Secured Party such schedules, certificates and reports respecting all or any of the Collateral at the time subject to the security interest hereunder, and the items or amounts received by Debtor in full or partial payment of any of the Collateral, as Secured Party may reasonably request.  Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party of the occurrence of any event causing any loss or depreciation in the value of its Inventory or other Goods that are material to Debtor, and such notice shall specify the amount of such loss or depreciation.

 

Section 5.

Agreements of Debtor .

(a) Debtor, at Secured Party’s reasonable request, at any time and from time to time, shall execute and deliver to Secured Party such financing statements, amendments and any other documents, including Instruments, and do such acts as Secured Party deems reasonably necessary in order to establish and maintain valid, attached and perfected security interests in the Collateral in favor of Secured Party, free and clear of all Liens and claims and rights of third parties whatsoever except Liens previously disclosed to the Secured Party.  Debtor hereby irrevocably authorizes Secured Party at any time, and from time to time, to file in any jurisdiction any initial financing statements and amendments thereto that (i) indicate the Collateral (A) as “all assets of Debtor,” “the Collateral described in the Security Agreement” or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC of the jurisdiction wherein such financing statement or amendment is filed, or (B) as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, and (ii) contain any other information required by Article 9 of the UCC of the jurisdiction wherein such financing statement or amendment is filed regarding the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including, without limitation, (A) whether Debtor is an organization, the Type of Organization and the Organizational I.D. Number issued to Debtor and (B) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or indicating Collateral to be extracted or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of the real property to which the Collateral relates.  Debtor further ratifies and affirms its authorization for any financing statements and/or amendments thereto that Secured Party has filed in any jurisdiction prior to the date of this Agreement relating to the Collateral.

(b) Except as otherwise expressly set forth in Section 2 , whenever an Event of Default shall be existing, Secured Party shall have the right to bring suit to enforce any or all of the Intellectual Property or licenses thereunder, in which event Debtor shall at the request of Secured Party do any and all lawful acts and execute any and all proper documents required by Secured Party in aid of such enforcement and Debtor shall promptly, upon demand, reimburse and indemnify Secured Party for all costs and expenses incurred by Secured Party in the exercise of its rights under this Section 5 .  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Secured Party shall have no obligation or liability regarding the Collateral or any part thereof by reason of, or arising out of, this Agreement.

(c) Debtor hereby agrees that if any of the Pledged Interests are at any time not evidenced by certificates of ownership, then Debtor shall cause the applicable Pledged Issuer with respect to such Pledged Interests to record such pledge on the equityholder register or the books of the issuer and, upon Secured Party’s request, shall cause such Pledged Issuer to execute and deliver to Secured Party an acknowledgment of the pledge of such Pledged Interests in a form reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party.

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Default; Rights and Remedies of Secured Party upon an Event of Default .

If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Secured Party shall have the following rights and remedies:

(a) Secured Party may exercise any or all of the remedies available to it under this Agreement, at Law, in equity or otherwise;

(b) Secured Party may request that Debtor direct that all Receivables be paid directly to a lock box account established with, or for the benefit of, Secured Party;

(c) Debtor shall hold in trust (and not commingle with its other assets) for Secured Party all Collateral that is Chattel Paper, Instruments or Documents at any time received by it and promptly deliver same to Secured Party, unless Secured Party at its option gives Debtor written permission to retain such Collateral; at Secured Party’s request, each contract, Chattel Paper, Instrument or Document so retained shall be marked to state that it is assigned to Secured Party and each instrument shall be endorsed to the order of Secured Party (but failure to so mark or endorse shall not impair the Security Interest);

(d) Debtor irrevocably appoints Secured Party its true and lawful attorney with full power of substitution, in the name of Debtor, for the sole use and benefit of Secured Party, but at Debtor’s expense, to the extent permitted by Law, to file claims under any insurance policies of Debtor, to receive, receipt and give acquittance for any payments that may be payable thereunder, and to execute any and all endorsements, receipts, releases, assignments, reassignments or other documents that may be necessary to effect the collection, compromise or settlement of any claims under any such insurance policies;

(e) Debtor irrevocably appoints Secured Party its true and lawful attorney with full power of substitution, in the name of Debtor, for the sole use and benefit of Secured Party, but at Debtor’s expense, to the extent permitted by Law, to exercise, all or any of the following powers with respect to all or any of Debtor’s Collateral (to the extent necessary to cause the Obligations to be Paid in Full): (i) to demand, sue for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any and all monies due or to become due upon or by virtue thereof; (ii) to settle, compromise, compound, prosecute or defend any action or proceeding with respect thereto; (iii) to take control of, sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of the same or the Proceeds thereof, as fully and effectually as if Secured Party were the absolute owner thereof; (iv) to sign or endorse Debtor’s name on (A) any original certificate of title in respect of any Collateral that is subject to certificate of title statutes, or (B) any application for a new or a replacement certificate of title or other document or instrument to be filed in any official filing, recording, registration or certificate-of-title system covering any of the Collateral; (v) to extend the time of payment of any or all thereof and to make any allowance or other adjustment with reference thereto; (vi)to endorse Debtor’s name on any notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment on Collateral that may come into Secured Party’s possession; (vii) to sign Debtor’s name on any invoice or bill of lading relating thereto, on any drafts against Obligors or other Persons making payment with respect thereto, on assignments and verifications of accounts or other Collateral and on notices to Obligors making payment with respect thereto; (viii) to send requests for verification of obligations to any Obligor; and (ix)to do all other acts and things reasonably necessary to carry out the intent of this Agreement; provided, however , that except in the case of Collateral that is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market Secured Party will give Debtor at least ten (10) days’ prior written notice of the time and place of any public sale thereof or the time after which any private sale or other intended disposition thereof will be made.  If, following the occurrence of an Event of Default, any Obligor or Account Debtor fails to make

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payment on any Collateral when due, Secured Party is authorized, in its sole discretion, either in its own name or in Debtor’s name, to take such action as Secured Party reasonably shall deem appropriate for the collection of any amounts owed with respect to Collateral or upon which a delinquency exists.  Regardless of any other provision of this Agreement, however, Secured Party shall not be liable for its failure to collect, or for its failure to exercise diligence in the collection of, any amounts owed with respect to Collateral except for its own fraud, gross negligence, or willful misconduct, nor shall it be under any duty to anyone except Debtor to account for funds that it shall actually receive under this Agreement.  A receipt given by Secured Party to any Obligor or Account Debtor shall be a full and complete release, discharge, and acquittance to such Obligor or Account Debtor, to the extent of any amount so paid to Secured Party.  Secured Party may apply or set off amounts paid and the deposits against any liability of Debtor to Secured Party.

(f) Secured Party’s sale of less than all the Collateral shall not exhaust Secured Party’s rights under this Agreement and Secured Party is specifically empowered to make successive sales until all the Collateral is sold.  If the proceeds of a sale of less than all the Collateral shall be less than the Obligations, this Agreement and the Security Interest shall remain in full force and effect as to the unsold portion of the Collateral just as though no sale had been made.  In the event any sale under this Agreement is not completed or is, in Secured Party’s opinion, defective, such sale shall not exhaust Secured Party’s rights under this Agreement and Secured Party shall have the right to cause a subsequent sale or sales to be made.  Any and all statements of fact or other recitals made in any bill of sale or assignment or other instrument evidencing any foreclosure sale under this Agreement as to nonpayment of the Obligations, or as to the occurrence of any Event of Default, or as to Secured Party’s having declared all of such Obligations to be due and payable, or as to notice of time, place and terms of sale and the properties to be sold having been duly given, or as to any other act or thing having been duly done by Secured Party, shall be taken as prima facie evidence of the truth of the facts so stated and recited. Secured Party may appoint or delegate any one or more Persons as agent to perform any act or acts necessary or incident to any sale held by Secured Party, including the sending of notices and the conduct of sale, but such acts must be done in the name and on behalf of Secured Party.  In connection with the sale of Collateral that constitutes Securities, Secured Party is authorized, but not obligated, to limit prospective purchasers to the extent deemed necessary or desirable by Secured Party to render such sale exempt from registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any applicable state securities Laws, and no sale so made in good faith by Secured Party shall be deemed not to be “commercially reasonable” because so made.

(g) In addition to any and all other rights afforded to Secured Party in this Section 6 , Secured Party may exercise all the rights of a secured party under the UCC (whether or not in effect in the jurisdiction where such rights are exercised) with respect to any Collateral and, if cash shall be insufficient to pay all the Obligations in full, sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof in accordance with the provisions of the UCC.  Notice of any such sale or other disposition shall be given to Debtor as required under this Section 6 .

Section 7. Application of Proceeds . If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Secured Party may apply the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of all or any part of the Collateral, in in accordance with Section 14 of the Loan Agreement.

 

Existence of an Event of Default .

Regarding the existence of any Event of Default for purposes of this Agreement, Debtor agrees that the Obligors or Account Debtors on any Collateral may rely upon written certification from Secured Party that such an Event of Default exists and Debtor expressly agrees that Secured Party shall not be liable to Debtor for any claims, damages, costs, expenses or causes of

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action of any nature whatsoever in connection with, arising out of, or related to Secured Party’s exercise of any rights, powers or remedies under any Loan Document except for its own fraud, gross negligence, or willful misconduct.

 

Section 9.

Limitation on Duty in Respect of Collateral .

(a) Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody and preservation thereof, Secured Party will have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any bailee or any income therefrom or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto.  Secured Party will be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession or control if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property, and will not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage to any Collateral, or for any diminution in the value thereof, by reason of any act or omission of any bailee selected by Secured Party in good faith or by reason of any act or omission by Secured Party pursuant to instructions from Debtor, except to the extent that such liability arises from Secured Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(b) The Security Interest is given to secure the prompt, unconditional and complete payment and performance of the Obligations when due, and is given as security only.  Secured Party does not assume, and shall not be liable for, any of Debtor’s liabilities, duties or obligations under, or in connection with, the Collateral.  Secured Party’s acceptance of this Agreement, or its taking any action in carrying out this Agreement, does not constitute Secured Party’s approval of the Collateral or Secured Party’s assumption of any obligation under or in connection with the Collateral.  This Agreement does not affect or modify Debtor’s obligations with respect to the Collateral.

 

Section 10.

Sales of Securities; Other Rights of Agent .

(a) Debtor recognizes that Secured Party may deem it impracticable to effect a public sale of all or any part of the Pledged Interests or any other securities constituting Collateral.  Secured Party is authorized, but not obligated, to limit prospective purchasers to the extent deemed necessary or desirable by Secured Party to render such sale exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and any applicable state securities laws, and no sale so made in good faith by Secured Party shall be deemed not to be “commercially reasonable” because so made.  Secured Party may make one or more private sales of any such securities to a restricted group of purchasers who will be obligated 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.   Debtor acknowledges that any such private sale may be at prices and on terms less favorable to the seller than the prices and other terms which might have been obtained at a public sale and, notwithstanding the foregoing, agrees that such private sales shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that Secured Party shall have no obligation to delay the sale of any such securities for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer of such securities to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act.   Debtor further acknowledges and agrees that any offer to sell such securities which has been (i) publicly advertised on a bona fide basis in a newspaper or other publication of general circulation in the financial community of New York, New York (to the extent that such an offer may be so advertised without prior registration under the Securities Act) or (ii) made privately in the manner described above to not less than fifteen (15) bona fide offerees shall be deemed to involve a “public disposition” for the purposes of Section 9-610(c) of the UCC, notwithstanding that such sale may not constitute a “public

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offering” under the Securities Act, and that Secured Party may, in such event, bid for the purchase of such securities.

(b) When an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Secured Party at any time may have the Equity Securities of the Pledged Issuer registered in its name, or in the name of its nominee or nominees, as pledgee, and be admitted as an equity owner of the Pledged Issuer, with all attendant rights thereto, without the taking of any further action by any Person, all notwithstanding any provision or requirement to the contrary in any such Pledged Issuer’s governing documents.  Debtor shall execute and deliver to Secured Party all such proxies, powers of attorney, dividend coupons or orders and other documents as Secured Party may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling Secured Party to exercise the voting rights and powers which it is entitled to exercise hereunder and to receive the dividends and other payments which it is authorized to receive and retain hereunder.  Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the issuance of cash dividends by Pledged Issuer if such distribution is permitted under the Loan Agreement.

(c) So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and during the continuance of an Event of Default until Secured Party shall have delivered to Debtor a written notice stating that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Loan Agreement and Secured Party elects to exercise sole control of the voting rights under the Equity Securities of the Pledged Issuer (a “ Voting Rights Election ”), Debtor shall be entitled to exercise all rights attached to or pertaining to the Equity Securities of the Pledged Issuer including the voting rights.  After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, effective immediately upon delivery of a Voting Rights Election by Secured Party to Debtor, the right to vote the Equity Securities of the Pledged Issuer shall be vested exclusively in Secured Party.  To this end, Debtor irrevocably appoints Secured Party the proxy and attorney-in-fact of Debtor, with full power of substitution, to vote and to act with respect to the Equity Securities of the Pledged Issuer and to exercise any and all other rights which Debtor may have as a shareholder or other equityholder in Pledged Issuer subject to the understanding that such proxy may not be exercised unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and Secured Party shall have delivered a Voting Rights Election to Debtor.  The proxy herein granted is coupled with an interest, is irrevocable, and shall continue until the Obligations have been paid and performed in full .

 

Fraudulent Conveyance .

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, Debtor agrees that if, but for the application of this Section 11 , the Obligations or any Security Interest would constitute a preferential transfer under 11 U.S.C. § 547, a fraudulent conveyance under 11 U.S.C. § 548 (or any successor section of that statute) or a fraudulent conveyance or transfer under any state fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer Law or similar Law in effect from time to time (each a “ Fraudulent Conveyance ”), then the Obligations and each affected Security Interest will be enforceable to the maximum extent possible without causing the Obligations or any Security Interest to be a Fraudulent Conveyance, and shall be deemed to have been automatically amended to carry out the intent of this Section 11 .

 

Section 12.

General .

(a) This Agreement and the Security Interest shall remain in full force and effect until, and will terminate upon, the date on which all of the Obligation has been Paid in Full.  Upon such termination, the Secured Party will execute any termination statement with respect to any financing statement or other security document executed and filed pursuant to this Agreement.  If at any time all or any part of any payment applied by Secured Party to any Obligation is or must be rescinded

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or returned by Secured Party for any reason whatsoever (including the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of Debtor), such Obligations shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, to the extent that such payment is or must be rescinded or returned, be deemed to have continued in existence, notwithstanding such application by Secured Party, and this Agreement shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, as to such Obligations, all as though such application by Secured Party had not been made.

(b) Any notice from Secured Party to Debtor, if mailed, shall be deemed given five (5) days after the date mailed, postage prepaid, addressed to Debtor either at the address specified for notices to Debtor in the Securities Purchase Agreement of even date herewith or at such other address as Debtor shall have specified in writing to Secured Party as its address for notices hereunder.

(c) Debtor agrees to pay all expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees and charges (including time charges of attorneys who are employees of Secured Party) paid or incurred by Secured Party in endeavoring to collect the Obligations of Debtor, or any part thereof, and in enforcing this Agreement against Debtor.

(d) No delay on the part of Secured Party in the exercise of any right or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise by Secured Party of any right or remedy shall preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.

(e) EACH OF DEBTOR AND SECURED PARTY hereby voluntarily, knowingly, irrevocably and unconditionally waiveS any right to have a jury participate in resolving any dispute (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) between DEBTOR AND SECURED PARTY arising out of or in any way related to this Agreement, or any relationship between DEBTOR AND SECURED PARTY.  Each party to THIS AGREEMENT, in each case for itself, its successors and assigns, (a) irrevocably submits and consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts of the state of California SITTING IN los Angeles COUNTY (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom), (b) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any Litigation arising out of or in connection with thIS AGREEMENT brought in the district court of Los ANGELES county, CAlifornia, or in the United States District Court for the CENTRAL District of california, (c) irrevocably waives any claims that any litigation brought in any of the aforementioned courts has been brought in an inconvenient forum, (d) irrevocably consents to the service of process out of any of those courts in any Litigation by the mailing of copies thereof by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, by hand-delivery, or by delivery by a nationally recognized courier service, and service shall be deemed complete upon delivery of the legal process at its address set out in thIS AGREEMENT, and (e) irrevocably agrees that any legal proceeding against any party to THIS AGREEMENT arising out of or in connection with THIS AGREEMENT may be brought in one of the aforementioned courts.  The scope of each of the foregoing consents and waivers is intended to be all-encompassing of any

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and all disputes that may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter of this transaction, including, without limitation, contract claims, tort claims, breach of duty claims, and all other common law and statutory claims.  DEBTOR acknowledges that these consents and waivers are a material inducement to SECURED PARTY’S agreement to enter into a business relationship, that SECURED PARTY HAS already relied on these consents and waivers in entering into this Agreement, and that SECURED PARTY will continue to rely on each of these consents and waivers in related future dealings .

(f) The rights and privileges of Secured Party hereunder shall inure to the benefit of its successors and assigns.  Debtor may not assign or transfer its rights hereunder or any interest herein or delegate its duties hereunder without the prior written consent of Secured Party.

(g) This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile or Portable Document Format (pdf) transmission) in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if all signatories had signed the same document.  Facsimile and other electronic copies of manually-signed originals shall have the same effect as manually-signed originals and shall be binding on Debtor and Secured Party.  All counterparts must be construed together to constitute one and the same instrument.

(h) The parties agree that any dispute or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or to the interpretation, performance, or breach thereof, shall be heard and decided exclusively by means of a reference pursuant to Section 638 et seq . of the Code of Civil Procedure of the State of California. Such reference shall be made to a retired judge of the Superior Court of the State of California (the “ Referee ”) who shall hear such dispute or controversy until the final determination thereof pursuant to Article VI, Section 21, of the California Constitution, Section 638 et seq . of the California Code of Civil Procedure, and Rule 244(a) of the California Rules of Court. The term “Referee” as used herein is intended to refer to and include the term “Temporary Judge” as used in the said provisions of the California Constitution and the California Rules of Court.  The Referee shall be selected by mutual agreement of the parties from the list of retired judges maintained by the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. If the parties are unable to agree upon a retired judge to serve as the Referee, then upon petition by either party to the presiding judge of the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles (or such other judge as the presiding judge may designate for such purpose), such judge shall in his or her sole discretion select the particular retired judge who shall serve as the Referee. The cost of the Referee shall initially be divided equally between the parties, it being understood and agreed that, upon judgment, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reimbursement from the other party of all costs of litigation, including the cost of the Referee.

(i) This Agreement and any claim, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict of law principles.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Security Agreement has been duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

SECURED PARTY :

/s/ Richard Ressler

RICHARD RESSLER

 


 


 

 

DEBTOR:

 

PRESBIA USA, INC.

a Delaware corporation

By:

/s/ Mark Yung

Name:

Mark Yung

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 


 

SCHEDULE 1

Pledged Interests

Debtor

Pledged Issuer

Pledged Interests

Certificate Number

 

 

 

 

Presbia USA, Inc.

PresbiBio, LLC, a California limited liability company

100% of the membership interests of PresbiBio, LLC

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.4

 

 

 

DATED 10 December 2018

 

 

 

PRESBIA USA, INC .

 

(as Chargor)

 

and

RICHARD RESSLER

 

(as Lender)

 

 

 

 

CHARGE OF SHARES

in respect of

PRESBIA IRELAND, LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

McCann FitzGerald

Riverside One

Sir John Rogerson’s Quay

Dublin 2

AMV\31081036.4

 

 


 

CONTENTS

CLAUSE PAGE

1. Interpretation 1

2. Covenant to Pay 4

3. Security Over Investments 4

4. Negative pledge 5

5. Perfection of Security and Further Assurance 5

6. Exercise of Rights in Respect of Shares 6

7. Representations 8

8. Covenants 10

9. When Security Becomes Enforceable 11

10. Power of Sale 11

11. Appointment of Receiver 12

12. Powers of Receiver 12

13. Delegation of Powers of the Lender 14

14. Liability of the Lender in Possession 14

15. Application of Monies 15

16. Protection of Buyers 15

17. Power of Attorney 16

18. Continuing Security 16

19. Avoidance of Payments 18

20. Proviso for Redemption 18

21. Set-Off 18

22. Subsequent Charges and New Accounts 19

23. Suspense Account 19

24. Currency Indemnity 19

25. Certificate of the Lender Conclusive 20

26. Costs And Expenses 20

27. Payments Free Of Deduction 21


 

28. Financial Collateral 21

29. Severability 21

30. Assignment 21

31. Variations, Waivers and Remedies 22

32. The Lender’s Discretion 22

33. Safe Custody of Documents 22

34. Limitations 23

35. No Partnership 23

36. Entire Agreement 23

37. Notices 23

38. Counterparts 24

39. Governing Law and Jurisdiction 24

SCHEDULE 1 (Shares) 25

SCHEDULE 2 Form of Transfer Instrument 26

SCHEDULE 3 Form of Shareholder’s Letter of Authority 28

SCHEDULE 4 Form of Irrevocable Proxy 29

SCHEDULE 5 Form of Irrevocable Appointment 30

SCHEDULE 6 Form of Dividend Mandate 31

SCHEDULE 7 Form of Director/Secretary Resignation Letter 32

 

 


 

THIS CHARGE is made on 10 December 2018

BETWEEN:

(1)

PRESBIA USA, INC ., a corporation incorporated in Delaware (file no. 5393054), whose registered agent is at 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, New Castle, DE 19808 (the “ Chargor ”); and

(2)

RICHARD RESSLER of 4700 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010, United States of America (the “ Lender ”).

RECITALS

(A)

Pursuant to a loan agreement dated 10 December, 2018 (the “ Facility Agreement ”) between the Chargor and the Lender, the Lender agreed to make available to the Borrower a loan facility on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Facility Agreement.  

(B)

The Lender requires the Security as collateral for the Lender making or continuing to make the loan facility available to the Chargor and to secure the Chargor’s obligations and the Lender reserves the right to call upon the Security held and to apply the proceeds of the Security in order to fulfil the Chargor’s obligations to the Lender.

(C)

The Board of Directors of the Chargor is satisfied that it is in the best interests and for the benefit of the Chargor to enter into this Charge.

(D)

The Lender confirms that he is fully aware of the nature of this Charge, the effect of which has been explained to, and understood by him, that he has been advised to take and has been given due opportunity to take separate independent legal advice on the effect of this Charge and that he is now willing to be legally bound by the terms of this Charge.

NOW IT IS AGREED as follows:

1.

Interpretation

1.1

In this Charge (including the Recitals), the following terms and expressions shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:

Act ” means the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009;

Authorisation ” means an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, notarisation or registration;

Companies Act ” means the Companies Act 2014;

Delegate ” means any delegate, agent, manager, attorney or co-trustee appointed by the Lender or any Receiver;

“Event of Default ” has the meaning given to it in the Facility Agreement;

Examiner ” means an examiner appointed under section 509 of the Companies Act;

“Excluded Property ” means, in relation to any person, the equity interests of controlled foreign corporations (as defined in the US Internal Revenue Code) of such person (held directly or

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indirectly through an entity that is disregarded for federal income tax purposes) in excess of 65% of the equity interests of such corporations;

Investments ” means the Shares and all present and future Related Rights accruing to all or any of the Shares;

Irish Company ” means Presbia Ireland, Limited, a company incorporated in Ireland (company No 532722);

Receiver ” means any one or more receivers and/or managers appointed by the Lender in respect of the Chargor or over all or any part of the Secured Assets;

Related Company ” means a company which is related within the meaning of section 2(10) of the Companies Act;

Related Rights ” means, in relation to any Shares:

 

(a)

all dividends, distributions and other income paid or payable on the relevant Shares or any asset referred to in paragraph (b) below;

 

(b)

all rights, monies or other claims accruing or offered at any time in respect of the Shares whether by way of redemption, substitution, exchange, bonus or preference, under option rights or otherwise;

 

(c)

all rights and claims in respect of any Shares which are deposited with, or registered in the name of, any depositary, custodian, nominee, clearing house or system, investment manager, chargee or other similar person or their nominee, in each case whether or not on a fungible basis (including rights against any such person); and

 

(d)

all other rights and claims in respect of any Shares and any cash or other securities or investments in the future deriving from the Shares or such rights;

Secured Assets ” means the assets of the Chargor both present and future mortgaged and charged to the Lender by or pursuant to this Charge and any reference to the “ Secured Assets ” shall include a reference to any part of them;

Secured Obligations ” means all monies, obligations and liabilities (including in respect of principal, interest, commission, discounts, fees, costs and expenses) which now are or hereafter may be or become due, owing or incurred by the Chargor to the Lender in any manner whatever under the Finance Documents (whether actual or contingent, whether solely or jointly or jointly and severally with one or more persons, in what ever style or name and whether as principal or as surety or in some other capacity, whether originally incurred by it or by some other person and whether originally due, owing or incurred by the Chargor to the Lender or some other person) including all monies, obligations and liabilities covenanted or guaranteed to be paid or discharged by the Chargor under or in connection with this Charge and any reference to “ Secured Obligations ” shall include a reference to any part of them;

Security ” means the security from time to time constituted by or pursuant to (or intended to be constituted by or pursuant to) this Charge and each and every part thereof;

Security Period ” means the period from the date hereof until the date upon which all of the Secured Obligations have been unconditionally and irrevocably paid and discharged in full and the Lender shall have ceased to be under any commitment to advance any amounts to the Chargor or the date upon which all of the Security shall have been unconditionally and irrevocably released and discharged; and

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Shares ” means:

 

(a)

each of the shares and other securities specified in Schedule 1 ( Shares ); and

 

(b)

all other stocks, shares, debentures, bonds, securities and investments of any kind whatsoever (whether marketable or otherwise and whether in certificated, de-materialised or uncertificated form) owned by the Chargor or on its behalf and all other interests (including loan capital) of the Chargor both present and future in the Irish Company,

but excluding the Excluded Property.

1.2

Any reference in this Charge to:

 

(a)

the “ Lender ”, the “ Irish Company ”, the “ Chargor ” or any other person shall be construed as a reference to their respective (and any subsequent) successors, permitted assigns and permitted transferees;

 

(b)

assets ” shall be construed so as to include present and future assets, properties, revenues and rights of every description;

 

(c)

business day ” shall be construed as a reference to a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are generally open for business in Dublin;

 

(d)

a “ clause ” or “ Schedule ” shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed as a reference to a clause or schedule hereof;

 

(e)

encumbrance ” shall be construed as reference to a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, hypothecation, assignment or deposit by way of security or any other encumbrance or security interest of any kind (other than a lien arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law) or any other type of preferential arrangement (including title transfer, defeasance and retention arrangements) having a similar effect;

 

(f)

including ” shall be construed as meaning including without limitation and “ include ” and “ includes ” shall be construed accordingly;

 

(g)

a “ person ” or “ persons ” include individuals, firms, corporations, government agencies, authorities and other bodies, incorporated or unincorporated and whether having direct legal personality or not;

 

(h)

tax ” shall be construed so as to include any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or delay in paying any of the same);

 

(i)

value added tax ” shall have the meaning given in the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 (and any subsequent re-enactment, modification or amendment thereof) and shall be construed so as to include any similar tax which may be imposed from time to time; and

 

(j)

the “ winding-up ”, “ dissolution ” or “ examinership ” of a company or corporation shall be construed so as to include any equivalent or analogous proceedings under the law of the jurisdiction in which a company or corporation is incorporated or any jurisdiction in which a company or corporation carries on business including the seeking of liquidation, winding-up, reorganisation, dissolution, examinership, administration, arrangements, adjustment, protection or relief of debtors.

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1.3

Save where the contrary is indicated, any reference in this Charge to:

 

(a)

any statute or provision of any statute shall be deemed also to refer to any statutory modification, substitution or re-enactment thereof or any statutory instrument, order, regulation, bye-law, permission or direction made thereunder or under such modification, substitution or re-enactment; and

 

(b)

this Charge or to any other agreement  or document shall be construed as a reference to this Charge or, as the case may be, such other agreement or document as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, amended, restated, varied, novated, assigned, substituted, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (and so that any reference to this Charge shall include, unless the context otherwise requires, any agreement or document expressed to be supplemental hereto or expressed to be collateral herewith or which is otherwise entered into pursuant to or in accordance with the provisions hereof).

1.4

Clause and schedule headings are for ease of reference only.

1.5

Words denoting the singular number shall include the plural number also and vice versa.

2.

Covenant to Pay

2.1

The Chargor hereby covenants that it shall, on demand by the Lender, discharge the Secured Obligations when due and undertakes to pay to the Lender when due every sum (of principal, interest or otherwise) now or hereafter owing, due or incurred by the Chargor in respect of the Secured Obligations.

3.

Security Over Investments

The Chargor, as beneficial owner, as continuing security for the payment, performance and discharge of the Secured Obligations, hereby:

 

(a)

mortgages and charges and agrees to mortgage and charge in favour of the Lender, by way of first fixed charge, all of its respective rights, title, benefit and interest whatsoever, present and future, to or in or in respect of the Investments, but so that the Lender shall not in any circumstances incur any liability whatsoever in respect of any calls, instalments or otherwise in connection with the Investments; and

 

(b)

grants a lien to the Lender on the certificates and other documents of title relating to the Investments together with such further certificates which may from time to time be issued to the Chargor in respect of any conversion, bonus, redemption, option or otherwise relating to the Investments.

4.

Negative pledge

4.1

The Chargor undertakes that at no time during the Security Period shall it, other than:

 

(a)

by means of the Security;

 

(b)

in the Lender’s favour; or

 

(c)

with the Lender’s prior written consent,

create, purport to create, grant, extend or permit to subsist or arise any encumbrance on or over all or any part of the Secured Assets or any interest therein.

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4.2

The Chargor undertakes that at no time during the Security Period shall it, except with the prior written consent of the Lender, sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Secured Assets or agree to do any of the foregoing.

4.3

The Chargor undertakes that at no time during the Security Period shall it do, or permit to be done, any act or thing that would or might depreciate, jeopardise or otherwise prejudice the security held by the Lender, or diminish, to an extent which in the opinion of the Lender is material, the value of any of the Secured Assets or the effectiveness of the Security.

4.4

The foregoing provisions of this clause 4 ( Negative Pledge ) shall not be construed as limiting any powers exercisable by any Receiver appointed by the Lender under or pursuant to this Charge.

5.

Perfection of Security and Further Assurance

The Chargor shall from time to time, at the request of the Lender but at the cost of the Chargor, take whatever action the Lender or a Receiver may reasonably require for:

 

(a)

creating, perfecting, improving, maintaining or protecting security intended to be created by or pursuant to this Charge;

 

(b)

after the Security has become enforceable, facilitating the realisation of any Secured Asset;

 

(c)

facilitating the exercise of any right, power or discretion exercisable by the Lender or a Receiver in respect of any Secured Asset; or

 

(d)

vesting or enabling to vest title to any Secured Asset in the Lender or its nominee(s),

including:

 

(i)

the re-execution of this Charge;

 

(ii)

the execution of any legal or other assignment, transfer, mortgage, charge or encumbrance or other document in such form as the Lender may reasonably require;

 

(iii)

the giving of any notice, order or direction; and

 

(iv)

the making of any filing or registration.

5.2

The Chargor shall immediately upon the execution of this Charge (or becoming possessed thereof at any time hereafter) if required by the Lender deposit with the Lender and permit the Lender during the continuance of the Security hereby created to hold and retain:

 

(a)

all deeds, bearer instruments, certificates, declarations of trust or other documents representing or evidencing ownership of the Investments or any part thereof;

 

(b)

an instrument of transfer in the form set out in Schedule 2 ( Form of Transfer Instrument ) in respect of the Shares duly executed by or on behalf of the Chargor but omitting the name of the transferee and the date together with a letter of authority from the Chargor in respect of, inter alia , such instruments of transfer in the form set out in Schedule 3 ( Form of Shareholder’s Letter of Authority );

 

(c)

a certified copy of the share register of the Irish Company;

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(d)

an undated irrevocable proxy in respect of the Shares executed by the Chargor in favour of the Lender in the form set out in Schedule 4 ( Form of Irrevocable Proxy ) and an undated irrevocable appointment in the form set out in Schedule 5 ( Form of Irrevocable Appointment );

 

(e)

an executed but undated dividend mandate in the form set out in Schedule 6 ( Form of Dividend Mandate ); and

 

(f)

an undated irrevocable letter of resignation from each director and the Secretary of the Irish Company executed by the relevant director/Secretary in the form set out in Part I of Schedule 7 ( Form of Director/Secretary Resignation Letter ) together with a letter of authorisation from such director/Secretary in the form set out in Part II of Schedule 7 ( Form of Director/Secretary Resignation Letter ).

5.3

The Lender may at any time when the Security becomes enforceable, without notice to the Chargor, have all or any of the Shares registered in its name or in the name of, or otherwise have the same held by, one or more nominees on its behalf and the Chargor shall, if so requested by the Lender when the Security becomes enforceable, take all such action as is available to it to procure that the Lender or, as the case may be, its nominee(s) shall be registered as the owner thereof or shall otherwise acquire legal title thereto.

6.

Exercise of Rights in Respect of Shares

6.1

Before the Security has become enforceable:

 

(a)

the Chargor may continue to exercise the voting rights, powers and other rights in respect of the Investments; and

 

(b)

all dividends or other income or distributions paid or payable in relation to any Investments must be paid to the Chargor,

PROVIDED THAT the Chargor’s rights and powers relating to any of the Investments shall not be exercised in any manner which would:

 

(i)

result in any variation of the rights attaching to, or conferred by, the Investments or any part thereof;

 

(ii)

effect an amendment to any provision of the constitution of the Irish Company;

 

(iii)

propose the liquidation, examinership, merger or split-up of the Irish Company;

 

(iv)

result in the Lender incurring any cost, expense or liability; or

 

(v)

in the opinion of the Lender, be inconsistent with, or prejudicial to, its security over the Investments or any part thereof.

6.2

At any time after the Security has become enforceable (and without any consent or authority on the part of the Chargor):

 

(a)

the Lender or its nominee may exercise or refrain from exercising:

 

(i)

any voting rights;

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(ii)

any right to receive dividends or other income or distributions paid or payable in relation to any Investments; and

 

(iii)

any other powers or rights which may be exercised by the legal or beneficial owner of any Investment, any person who is the holder of any Investment or otherwise,

in each case, in the name of Chargor, the registered holder or otherwise and irrespective of any direction given by the Chargor;  

 

(b)

the Chargor irrevocably appoints the Lender or its nominee as its proxy to exercise all voting rights in respect of those Shares that remain registered in the name of the Chargor; and

 

(c)

the Lender may date and/or otherwise complete any documentation deposited with it by the Chargor under clause 5.2.  

6.3

The Chargor shall, if requested by the Lender, instruct any clearance system to transfer any Share held by it for or on behalf of the Chargor to an account of the Lender or its nominee with that clearance system.

6.4

The Chargor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally indemnifies and agrees to hold the Lender harmless against any loss or liability incurred by the Lender as a consequence of the Lender acting in respect of the Investments on the direction of the Chargor whether before or after the Security has become enforceable.

6.5

For the avoidance of doubt, the Lender is not obliged to:

 

(a)

perform or fulfil any obligation of the Chargor;

 

(b)

make any payment;

 

(c)

make any enquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it or the Chargor; or

 

(d)

present or file any claim or take any other action to collect or enforce the payment of any amount,

in respect of the Investments.

7.

Representations

7.1

General

The Chargor makes the representations and warranties set out in this clause 7 ( Representations ) to the Lender in accordance with clause 7.11 ( Times when representations made ).

7.2

Status

 

(a)

It has been duly incorporated as a company and is validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation.

 

(b)

It has the power to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted.

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7.3

Power and authority

 

(a)

It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, this Charge and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b)

It has the power to create any security constituted or to be constituted hereby and to perform its obligations hereunder.

7.4

Binding obligations

 

(a)

The obligations expressed to be assumed by it under this Charge are legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations.

 

(b)

Without limiting the generality of sub-clause (a) above, this Charge creates the security interests which it purports to create and those security interests are valid and effective.

7.5

Non-conflict with other obligations

The entry into and performance by it of its obligations under, and the transactions contemplated by, this Charge and the granting of the Security do not and shall not conflict with:

 

(a)

any law, rule or regulation to or by which it or any of its business, property or assets is subject or bound;

 

(b)

any judgment, order, injunction, determination, award or ruling of any court or arbitrator or any judicial, administrative or governmental authority to or by which it is subject or bound;

 

(c)

its constitution; or

 

(d)

any deed, agreement, franchise, concession, licence, treaty or other instrument to which it is a party or which may be binding upon it or which may materially affect its business or any of its properties or assets or constitute a default or termination event (however described) under any such agreement or instrument.

7.6

Validity and admissibility in evidence

All Authorisations required or desirable:

 

(a)

to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in this Charge;

 

(b)

to create the security contemplated hereby; and

 

(c)

to make this Charge admissible in evidence,

have been (or shall be within any prescribed period in the case of any registration or filing) obtained or effected and are in full force and effect and all necessary fees required in connection therewith have been (or, as the case may be, shall be) paid.

7.7

Ownership of Secured Assets

It is, and shall at all times during the Security Period be, the sole, lawful and beneficial owner of all of the Secured Assets charged, mortgaged or, as the case may be, assigned, by it

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hereunder, free from any encumbrance (other than an encumbrance permitted pursuant to clause 4.1).

7.8

Security

The Security has or shall have the ranking in priority which it is expressed to have in this Charge and it is not subject to any prior ranking or pari passu ranking security.

7.9

Insolvency

It has not taken any corporate action nor have any other steps been taken or legal proceedings been started or, to the best of its knowledge and belief, threatened against it for its winding-up, liquidation, examinership, dissolution or re-organisation or for the appointment of a receiver, Examiner, trustee or similar officer of any or all of its assets or revenues.

7.10

No claim

 

(a)

Save for any encumbrance permitted under clause 4.1, the Investments are duly authorised, validly issued and fully paid and are not subject to any claim, lien or option, or pre-emption rights.  

 

(b)

The constitution of the Irish Company does not and could not restrict or inhibit any transfer of its shares on creation or enforcement of the security created over the Investments pursuant to this Charge and, to the extent that the Companies Act imposes any such restriction or inhibition, the constitution of the Irish Company provides otherwise.

7.11

Times when representations made

The representations and warranties of the Chargor set out in this clause 7 ( Representations ) are made on the date of this Charge, shall survive the execution of this Charge and shall be correct and complied with in all respects and at all times during the continuance of the Security Period as if repeated therein by reference to the then existing circumstances.

8.

Covenants

8.1

The Chargor hereby covenants with the Lender that at all times during the continuance of the Security Period, it shall:

 

(a)

comply with its obligations under or in respect of, and the requirements of any law relating to or affecting, the Secured Assets or use of them;

 

(b)

not take or allow the taking of any action on its behalf which may result in the rights attaching to any of the Investments being altered or further shares in the Irish Company being issued;

 

(c)

pay all calls and other payments due and payable in respect of the Shares and, if the Chargor fails to do so, the Lender may pay those calls or other payments on behalf of the Chargor;

 

(d)

comply with all requests for information which is within its knowledge and which are made under any law or by any listing or other authority or any similar provision contained in any constitution relating to any of its Investments;

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(e)

if any Shares are in, or are converted into, uncertificated form, promptly notify the Lender and:

 

(i)

act on any instructions given by the Lender, and give such directions as the Lender may require in order to protect and preserve the Security; and

 

(ii)

transfer those Shares to an escrow account in respect of which it has named as escrow agent the Lender or any nominee or agent of the Lender notified to the Chargor or any other person approved in writing by the Lender;

 

(f)

ensure that the Shares are, and at all times remain, free from any restriction on transfer to the Lender or its nominee(s) or to any buyer from the Lender pursuant to the exercise of any rights or remedies of the Lender under or pursuant to this Charge without requiring the consent of the directors of the Irish Company or any other condition (including rights in relation to pre-emption) to be obtained or met;

 

(g)

notify the Lender immediately upon the appointment of any additional or replacement director or officer of the Irish Company and it shall provide the Lender with a letter of resignation and letter of authority in the form set out in Schedule 7 ( Form of Director/Secretary Resignation Letter ) immediately upon such appointment;

 

(h)

update and provide the Lender, at the Lender’s request, with a copy of the Chargor’s register of mortgages and charges; and

 

(i)

promptly, on becoming aware of the same, give the Lender notice in writing of:

 

(i)

any representation or warranty set out in this Charge that is incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed repeated; and

 

(ii)

any breach of any covenant set out in this Charge;

8.2

In the case of default by the Chargor in the performance of any of the covenants contained in clause 8.1 it shall be lawful for (but not obligatory upon) the Lender to do whatever may in the Lender’s opinion be necessary to make good such default, and all sums expended by the Lender in that regard shall be added to the monies hereby secured and bear interest accordingly.

9.

When Security Becomes Enforceable

9.1

On the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Security shall become immediately enforceable and the Secured Obligations shall be due and payable.

9.2

At any time after the Security has become enforceable the Lender may, in its absolute discretion, without notice to the Chargor, without the restrictions contained in the Act and at the times, in the manner and on the terms it thinks fit:  

 

(a)

enforce all or any part of the Security;

 

(b)

take possession of and hold all or any part of the Secured Assets;

 

(c)

without first appointing a Receiver, exercise:  

 

(i)

all the powers or rights which may be exercisable by the registered holder of the Investments including those set out at clause 6 ( Exercise of Rights in respect of Shares);

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(ii)

all or any of the powers and rights conferred on mortgagees by the Act as varied or extended by this Charge; and

 

(iii)

all the powers, authorities and discretions conferred by this Charge expressly or by implication on any Receiver or otherwise conferred by statute or common law on mortgagees or receivers; and/or

 

(d)

apply any dividends or other payments which may be received by the Lender or any nominee in respect of the Investments in repayment of the Secured Obligations by the Lender as though they were proceeds of sale.

9.3

Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing and notwithstanding anything contained in this Charge:

 

(a)

the exercise by the Lender of the powers and rights conferred on it by virtue of the provisions of Chapter 3 of Part 10 of the Act shall not be subject to any restriction on such exercise contained in section 96(1)(c) of the Act;

 

(b)

the restrictions on taking possession of mortgaged property contained in section 97 of the Act shall not apply to this Charge; and

 

(c)

section 99(1) of the Act shall not apply to this Charge and any obligations imposed on mortgagees in possession or receivers by virtue of the application of section 99(1) shall not apply to the Lender, any Receiver or Delegate.

10.

Power of Sale

10.1

The restrictions on the power of sale contained in section 100 of the Act shall not apply to this Charge.

10.2

The notification requirement contained in section 103(2) of the Act shall not apply to this Charge.

10.3

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Act, the Lender reserves the right to consolidate mortgage securities without restriction.

10.4

The Chargor shall not take any action under section 94 of the Act in respect of the Secured Assets, this Charge or the Secured Obligations.

11.

Appointment of Receiver

11.1

The Lender may appoint any person to be a Receiver of all or any part of the Secured Assets:  

 

(a)

at any time after the Security has become enforceable; or

 

(b)

if requested by the Chargor,

in either case without notice to the Chargor.

11.2

Such an appointment shall be in writing as a deed or under the hand of any officer or manager or any other nominated person of the Lender.

11.3

The Lender may, except as otherwise required by statute, remove any such Receiver and appoint another in his place or appoint another person to act jointly with any such Receiver.

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11.4

Such an appointment over part only of the Secured Assets shall not preclude the Lender from making any subsequent appointment of the same or another Receiver over any part of the Secured Assets over which an appointment has not been previously made.

11.5

Where more than one Receiver is appointed they shall have the power to act severally unless the Lender shall in the appointment specify to the contrary.

11.6

A Receiver shall be deemed at all times and for all purposes to be the agent of the Chargor in respect of which he is appointed and the Chargor shall be solely responsible for his acts or defaults and for the payment of his remuneration and the Receiver shall at no time act as agent for the Lender.

11.7

Neither the Lender nor any Receiver shall be liable to account as a mortgagee in possession in respect of all or any part of the Secured Assets or be liable for any loss upon realisation or for any neglect or default of any nature whatsoever in connection with all or any part of the Secured Assets to which a mortgagee in possession might as such be liable.

11.8

The restrictions contained in section 108(1) of the Act shall not apply to this Charge.

12.

Powers of Receiver

12.1

A Receiver shall have all the powers conferred from time to time on receivers by statute and in the case of the powers conferred by the Act without the restrictions contained in the Act and, in addition, power on behalf and at the cost of the Chargor (notwithstanding liquidation of the Chargor) to do or omit to do anything which the Chargor could do or omit to do in relation to the Secured Assets.

12.2

In particular (but without limitation) a Receiver shall have the power to do all or any of the following:

 

(a)

take possession of, collect and get in all or any of the Secured Assets;

 

(b)

sell (including by public auction or private contract), exchange, convert into money, realise, transfer, assign or dispose of, or deal with, all or any part of the Secured Assets or concur in so doing in such manner for such consideration and generally on such terms and conditions as he may think fit (including conditions excluding or restricting the personal liability of the Receiver or the Lender) with full power to transfer or deal with such Secured Assets in the name and on behalf of the Chargor or otherwise and so that the covenants and contractual obligations may be granted and assumed in the name of and so as to bind the Chargor if he shall consider it necessary or expedient so to do; any such sale, exchange or transfer may be for cash, debentures or other obligations, shares, stock, securities or other valuable consideration and be payable immediately or by instalments spread over such period as he shall think fit and so that any consideration received or receivable shall ipso facto forthwith be and become charged with the payment of all Secured Obligations;

 

(c)

raise or borrow any money from, or incur any other liability to, the Lender or others on such terms with or without security as he may think fit and so that any such security may be or include an encumbrance on the whole or any part of the Secured Assets ranking in priority to the Security or otherwise;

 

(d)

transfer all or any part of the Secured Assets to any other company or body corporate, whether or not formed or acquired for that purpose;

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(e)

exercise in respect of the Investments all voting or other powers or rights available to a registered holder thereof in such manner as he may think fit;

 

(f)

settle, adjust, arrange, compromise and submit to arbitration any accounts, claims, questions or disputes whatsoever which may arise in connection with the Secured Assets or in any way relating to the Security and bring, take, defend, compromise, submit to and discontinue any actions, suits, arbitrations or proceedings (including proceedings for the winding up of the Chargor) whatsoever whether civil or criminal in relation to the matters aforesaid,

 

(g)

enter into, complete, disclaim, compromise, abandon or disregard, determine or rectify all or any contracts or arrangements in any way relating to or affecting the Secured Assets and allow time for payment of any debts either with or without security as he shall think expedient;

 

(h)

redeem any prior encumbrance and settle and agree the accounts of the encumbrancer; any accounts so settled and agreed shall (subject to any manifest error) be conclusive and binding on the Chargor and the money so paid shall be deemed an expense properly incurred by the Receiver;

 

(i)

delegate to any person or persons or company or fluctuating body of persons all or any of the powers exercisable by the Receiver under this Charge and/or the Act (without the restrictions contained in the Act);  

 

(j)

generally, at his option, use the name of the Chargor and/or the Chargor’s common seal in the exercise of all or any of the powers hereby conferred;

 

(k)

exercise, or permit the Chargor or any nominees of the Chargor to exercise, any powers or rights incidental to the ownership of the Secured Assets in such manner as he may think fit;

 

(l)

take any and all steps or other action (including legal proceedings) for the purposes of enforcing, protecting or preserving any contractual rights forming part of the Secured Assets;

 

(m)

to the extent permitted by law, and without prejudice to any other right or power conferred on him by this Charge, exercise all or any of the rights and powers conferred on statutory receivers under Schedule 1 of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 (as if references therein to NAMA were references to the Lender); and

 

(n)

sign any document, execute any deed and do all such other acts and things as may be considered by him to be incidental or conducive to any of the matters or powers aforesaid or to the realisation of the Security and use the name of the Chargor for all the above purposes.

12.3

Section 108(7) of the Act shall not apply to the commission and/or remuneration of a Receiver appointed pursuant to this Charge.  A Receiver shall be entitled to remuneration at a rate to be fixed by agreement between him and the Lender (or, failing such agreement, to be fixed by the Lender).

13.

Delegation of Powers of the Lender

The Lender may, at any time and from time to time, delegate by power of attorney or in any other manner (including under the hand of any officer of the Lender) to any person or persons or company or fluctuating body of persons all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions

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which are, for the time being, exercisable by the Lender under this Charge and any such delegation may be made upon such terms and conditions (including power to sub-delegate) and subject to such regulations as the Lender may think fit, and the Lender shall not be in any way liable or responsible to the Chargor for any loss or damage arising from any act, default, omission, or misconduct on the part of any Delegate (or sub-delegate).

14.

Liability of the Lender in Possession

14.1

If the Lender or any Receiver or Delegate appointed by the Lender shall enter into possession of the Secured Assets, the Lender may, from time to time at pleasure, go out of such possession.

14.2

The Lender shall not, in any circumstances either by reason of any entry by it into, or taking by it of possession of, the Secured Assets or for any other reason whatsoever and whether as mortgagee in possession or on any other basis whatsoever, be liable to account to the Chargor for anything except the Lender’s own actual receipts or be liable to the Chargor for any loss or damage arising from any realisation by the Lender of the Secured Assets or from any act, default or omission of the Lender in relation to the Secured Assets or from any exercise or non-exercise by the Lender of any power, authority or discretion conferred upon it in relation to the Secured Assets by or pursuant to this Charge or by the Act unless such loss or damage shall be caused by the Lender’s own fraud or gross negligence.

14.3

All the provisions of clause 14.2 shall apply in respect of the liability of any Receiver of the Secured Assets or Delegate in all respects as though every reference in clause 14.2 to the Lender were instead a reference to such Receiver or Delegate (as the case may be).

14.4

The Chargor shall indemnify the Lender and every Receiver and Delegate against all actions, claims, demands, losses, expenses or liabilities of whatever nature now or hereafter incurred by them or by any officer, agent or employee for whose liability act or omission they or any of them may be answerable for anything done or omitted in the exercise or purported exercise of the powers contained in this Charge or occasioned by any breach by the Chargor of any of its covenants or other obligations to the Lender unless such loss or damage shall be caused by the Lender’s, or the Receiver’s or Delegate’s own fraud or wilful neglect or gross negligence.

15.

Application of Monies

15.1

All monies arising from the exercise of the powers of enforcement of the Security shall be applied, after the discharge of all sums, obligations and liabilities having priority thereto, in the following manner and order:

 

(a)

in or towards payment of all costs, charges and expenses of, and incidental to, the appointment of any Receiver hereunder and his remuneration;

 

(b)

in payment and discharge of any liabilities incurred or payable by the Receiver, whether on his own account or on behalf of the Chargor, in the exercise of any of the powers of the Receiver including the costs of realisation of the Secured Assets in respect of which he was appointed;

 

(c)

in or towards payment of all such costs, charges, losses expenses and other sums as are mentioned in clause 26 ( Costs and Expenses ) and interest thereon;

 

(d)

in or towards payment or discharge of the Secured Obligations in such order as the Lender in its absolute discretion may from time to time determine; and

 

(e)

in payment of any surplus to the Chargor or other persons entitled thereto.

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15.2

All monies from time to time received by the Lender from the Chargor, or any person or persons or company liable to pay the same, or from any Receiver or otherwise on the realisation or enforcement of the Security may be applied by the Lender either as a whole or in such proportions as the Lender shall think fit to any account or item of account or any transaction to which the same may be applicable.

15.3

The provisions of clause 15.1 shall take effect as and by way of variation to the provisions of sections 106(3), 107 and 109 of the Act which provisions as so varied and extended shall be deemed incorporated herein and as regards section 109 as if they related to a receiver of the Secured Assets and not merely a receiver of the income thereof.

16.

Protection of Buyers

16.1

No buyer, mortgagor, mortgagee or other person or company dealing with a Receiver, the Lender or a Delegate shall be concerned to enquire whether the Security has become enforceable or whether any power exercised or purported to be exercised by him or it has become exercisable or whether any money is due on the Security or as to the propriety or regularity of any sale by or other dealing with such Receiver, the Lender or such Delegate but any such sale or dealing shall be deemed to be within the powers hereby conferred and to be valid and effectual accordingly and all the protection to buyers contained in sections 104, 105 and 106(1) of the Act shall apply to any person purchasing from or dealing with a Receiver, the Lender or a Delegate.

16.2

The receipt of the Lender, any Receiver or Delegate shall be an absolute and conclusive discharge to a buyer and shall relieve him of any obligation to see to the application of any monies paid to or by the direction of the Lender, any Receiver or Delegate.

16.3

In this clause 16 ( Protection of Buyers ) “ buyer ” includes any person acquiring for money or money’s worth, any encumbrance over, or any other interest or right whatsoever in relation to, the Secured Assets.

17.

Power of Attorney

17.1

The Chargor hereby by way of security for the performance of its obligations under this Charge irrevocably appoints the Lender, any Receiver and any Delegate and each of them jointly and also severally to be the attorney of the Chargor (with full powers of substitution and delegation) and in its name or otherwise and on its behalf and as its act and deed and at its own cost:

 

(a)

to sign, seal, execute, deliver, perfect and do all deeds, instruments, acts and things which the Chargor may or ought to do under the covenants and provisions contained in this Charge;

 

(b)

generally in its name and on its behalf to exercise all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions conferred by or pursuant to this Charge or by any statute or common law on the Lender or any Receiver or which may be required or which the Lender or any Receiver shall deem fit for carrying any sale, charge, mortgage, transfer, assignment, realisation or dealing by the Lender or by any Receiver into effect or for giving to the Lender or any Receiver the full benefit of these presents; and

 

(c)

generally to use the name of the Chargor in the exercise of all or any of the powers, authorities or discretions conferred on the Lender or any Receiver.  

17.2

The Chargor hereby ratifies and confirms and agrees to ratify and confirm whatsoever any such attorney shall do or purport to do by virtue of this clause 17 ( Power of Attorney ) and all money

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expended by any such attorney shall be deemed to be expenses incurred by the Lender hereunder.

17.3

The Lender or any Receiver or Delegate (as the case may be) shall, in connection with the exercise of the said power of attorney, be the agent of the Chargor and the Chargor shall be solely responsible for the acts and defaults of that person and liable on any contracts or engagements made or entered into by it except that the Chargor shall not be in any way responsible for any fraud, gross negligence or wilful default by that person.

18.

Continuing Security

18.1

The Security:

 

(a)

shall be a continuing security for the Secured Obligations and shall not be considered as satisfied or discharged by any intermediate payment or settlement of the whole or any part of the Secured Obligations;

 

(b)

is in addition to, and shall not merge with, or otherwise prejudice or affect, any contractual or other right or remedy or any guarantee, lien, pledge, encumbrance, bill, note, mortgage or other security (whether created by the deposit of documents or otherwise) now or hereafter held by, or available to, the Lender for or in respect of the Secured Obligations or any other obligations whatsoever; and

 

(c)

shall not be in any way prejudiced or affected by any act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this clause 18.1(c), would reduce, release or prejudice any of its obligations under this Charge including:

 

(i)

any time, waiver, consent, indulgence or concession granted to, or composition with, the Chargor or any other person;

 

(ii)

the exchange, variation or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect or enforce, the Security or any rights which the Lender may now or hereafter have or any failure to realise the full value of any of the Secured Assets;

 

(iii)

any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of, or dissolution or change in the members or status or constitution of, the Chargor or any other person;

 

(iv)

any amendment, extension, restatement (in each case, however fundamental and whatsoever nature) or replacement of any document or security including any change in the purpose of, any extension of, or any increase in, any facility or the addition of any new facility under any document or security;

 

(v)

any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of:

 

(A)

the Secured Obligations; and

 

(B)

any security, guarantee, indemnity, remedy or other right held by, or available to, the Lender;

 

(vi)

any insolvency or similar proceedings; or

 

(vii)

any act, event or omission which, but for this clause 18.1(c) would or might have discharged, or otherwise prejudiced or affected, the liability of the Chargor.  

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18.2

Until the Security has been released in accordance with the terms of this Charge, the Chargor:

 

(a)

waives all rights of subrogation and indemnity against the Irish Company;

 

(b)

waives any right it might have to require the Lender to enforce any security or other right, or claim any payment from, or otherwise proceed against, any other person before enforcing this Charge against the Chargor; and

 

(c)

agrees not to:

 

(i)

demand or accept or to negotiate, assign, charge or otherwise dispose of any monies, obligations or liabilities now or hereafter due or owing to it by the Irish Company;

 

(ii)

take any step to enforce any right against the Irish Company for the same;

 

(iii)

claim any set-off or counter claim against the Irish Company or the Lender;

 

(iv)

claim or prove in competition with the Lender in the insolvency, bankruptcy or liquidation, examination or administration of the Irish Company; or

 

(v)

have the benefit of, or share in, any payment or composition from the same or in any other security now or hereafter held by the Lender for any monies, obligations or liabilities of the Irish Company.

If the Chargor acts in breach of this clause, anything so received and any benefit derived directly or indirectly by it therefrom shall be held in trust for the Lender as a continuing security for the Secured Obligations.

19.

Avoidance of Payments

19.1

Any release, discharge or settlement between the Chargor and the Lender shall be conditional upon no security, disposition or payment to the Lender by the Chargor or any other person being void, set aside or ordered to be refunded pursuant to any enactment of law relating to bankruptcy, liquidation, administration, examinership or insolvency or for any other reason whatsoever, and if such condition shall not be fulfilled, the Lender shall be entitled to enforce this Charge subsequently to the full extent of the Secured Obligations as if such release, discharge or settlement had not occurred and any such payment had not been made.

19.2

The Lender may, in its absolute discretion, retain the Security for a period of one week plus such statutory period within which such security, disposition or payment can be avoided, set aside or ordered to be refunded after the Secured Obligations have been paid or discharged in full, notwithstanding any release, discharge or settlement given or made by the Lender on, or as a consequence of, such termination of liability.

20.

Proviso for Redemption

20.1

Subject to clause 19 ( Avoidance of Payments ), at the end of the Security Period, at the request and expense of the Chargor, the Lender shall (but subject to the rights and claims of any person having prior rights thereto) reassign the property and assets assigned to the Lender by or pursuant to this Charge and release or otherwise discharge the Security.

20.2

Forthwith upon the release of this Charge pursuant to clause 20.1, the Lender shall deliver to the Chargor those documents (or such relevant documents) deposited with the Lender under this Charge.

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21.

Set-Off

21.1

Without prejudice to any other right of set-off or of combining accounts or any similar right to which the Lender may be entitled at law or in equity and, without prejudice to anything else herein contained, the Lender shall be entitled at any time without prior notice to the Chargor to:

 

(a)

set-off any obligation due, owing or incurred by the Chargor to the Lender whether actually or contingently against any obligation (whether or not matured) owed by the Lender to the Chargor regardless of place of payment, booking or branch;

 

(b)

debit any account of the Chargor (whether sole or joint) with the Lender or any of its offices anywhere with all or any part of the Secured Obligations from time to time; and/or

 

(c)

combine or consolidate all or any accounts of the Chargor (whether sole or joint) with the Lender,

in all cases in whatever currency or currencies and whether or not any period, of any deposit or by reference to which interest thereon is calculated, has expired.

21.2

For these purposes the Lender shall be entitled:

 

(a)

to make any currency conversions or effect any transaction in currencies which it thinks fit, and to do so at such times and rates it thinks proper;

 

(b)

to break or determine the balance on any account in whole or in part (and any costs in connection with such breaking or determination shall form part of the Secured Obligations); and

 

(c)

to effect any transfers between, or entries on, any of the Chargor’s accounts which the Lender considers proper.

22.

Subsequent Charges and New Accounts

If the Lender shall at any time receive or be deemed to have received notice of any subsequent mortgage, charge or interest affecting the Secured Assets or any assignment or transfer thereof which is prohibited by the terms of this Charge:

 

(a)

the Lender may open a new account or accounts for the Chargor in its books; and

 

(b)

if the Lender does not in fact open such new account, then unless it gives express written notice to the Chargor to the contrary, the Lender shall be treated as if it had in fact opened such account or accounts at the time when it received or was deemed to have received such notice,

and as from such time and when such express written notice shall be given to the Chargor, all payments by or on behalf of the Chargor to the Lender shall be credited or treated as having been credited to such new account or accounts and not as having been applied in reduction of the Secured Obligations at such time.

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23.

Suspense Account

23.1

All monies received by the Lender, a Receiver or Delegate under this Charge:

 

(a)

may, at the discretion of the Lender, Receiver or Delegate (as the case may be), be credited to an interest-bearing suspense account;

 

(b)

may be held in that account for such period as the Lender, Receiver or Delegate (as the case may be) thinks fit.

23.2

If the Security is enforced at a time when no amount is due to the Lender but at a time when amounts may or shall become due, the Lender (or Receiver or Delegate) may pay the proceeds of any recoveries effected by it into such number of interest-bearing suspense accounts as it considers appropriate.  

24.

Currency Indemnity

24.1

If any sum due from the Chargor under this Charge or any order or judgment given or made in relation hereto has to be converted from the currency (the “ first currency ”) in which the same is payable hereunder or under such order or judgment into another currency (the “ second currency ”) for the purpose of:

 

(a)

making or filing a claim or proof against the Chargor;

 

(b)

obtaining or enforcing an order or judgment in any court or other tribunal; or

 

(c)

applying the same in satisfaction of any part of the Secured Obligations,

the Chargor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Lender from and against any loss suffered as a result of any discrepancy arising out of the conversion including:

 

(i)

the rate of exchange used to convert the sum in question from the first currency into the second currency; and

 

(ii)

the rate or rates of exchange at which the Lender is able to purchase the first currency with the second currency upon receipt of a sum paid to it in satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any such order, judgment, claim or proof or for application in satisfaction of the Secured Obligations.

24.2

The rate or rates of exchange referred to in clause 24.1 shall be determined by the Lender in accordance with applicable market practice and the Lender’s certificate as to the amount of any such rate shall be conclusive, save in the case of manifest error.

25.

Certificate of the Lender Conclusive

A certificate signed by an officer of the Lender as to the amount at any time hereby secured or as to any applicable rate of interest shall, as against the Chargor, be conclusive evidence as to the amount thereof.

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26.

Costs And Expenses

26.1

All costs and expenses (including any tax liability and any legal costs and, in each case, value added tax) incurred by the Lender or, as the case may be, any Receiver or Delegate:

 

(a)

in the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Charge and the completion of the transactions contemplated herein;

 

(b)

in the exercise of any of the rights, remedies and powers conferred on the Lender or, as the case may be, any Receiver or Delegate, by this Charge or in the perfection or enforcement of any other security for or guarantee in respect of the Secured Obligations or in connection with any proceedings instituted by or against the Lender in relation to the title to the whole or any part of the Secured Assets; and

 

(c)

as a consequence of holding the Security or any claims or proceedings in relation thereto or to any of the Secured Assets,

shall be reimbursed by the Chargor to the Lender on demand on a full indemnity basis.

26.2

The Chargor shall pay all stamp, registration and other taxes to which this Charge or any judgment in connection herewith is, or at any time may be, subject and shall indemnify the Lender against any liabilities, costs, claims and expenses resulting from any failure to pay or delay in paying such tax.

26.3

The cost of the Chargor complying with any of its obligations under this Charge (including its obligations under clause 5 ( Perfection of Security and Further Assurance )) shall be borne by the Chargor.

27.

Payments Free Of Deduction

All payments to be made under this Charge shall be made free and clear of any deduction for, or on account of, tax unless the Chargor is required to make such payment subject to the deduction or withholding of tax, in which case the sum payable by the Chargor in respect of which such deduction or withholding is required to be made shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of such deduction or withholding, the Lender receives and retains (free from any liability in respect of such deduction or withholding) a net sum equal to the sum which it would have received and so retained had no such deduction or withholding been made or required to be made.

28.

Financial Collateral

28.1

To the extent that:

 

(a)

all or any part of the assets mortgaged, charged or otherwise secured under this Charge constitute “financial collateral”; and

 

(b)

this Charge and the obligations of the Chargor under this Charge constitute a “security financial collateral arrangement”,

in each case for the purpose of, and as defined in, the European Communities (Financial Collateral Arrangements) Regulations 2010 (SI No 626 of 2010) (the “Regulations”), the Lender shall have the right after the Security has become enforceable to appropriate all or any part of that financial collateral in or towards the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations.

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28.2

For the purpose of clause 28.1 above, the parties agree that the value of the financial collateral so appropriated shall be the market value of that financial collateral determined reasonably by the Lender by reference to a public index or by such other process as the Lender may select, including independent valuation.  The parties further agree that the method of valuation provided for in this Charge shall constitute a commercially reasonable method of valuation for the purposes of the Regulations.

29.

Severability

If at any time any one or more of the provisions of this Charge (or part of a provision of this Charge) is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the legality, validity or enforceability;

 

(a)

in that jurisdiction of any other provision of this Charge (including the remainder of a provision, where only part thereof is or has become illegal, invalid or unenforceable); or

 

(b)

under the law of any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of this Charge.

30.

Assignment

30.1

This Charge shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each of the parties and their respective successors, permitted assigns and permitted transferees and references in this Charge to any of them shall be construed accordingly.

30.2

Neither party may assign or otherwise transfer, or purport to assign or otherwise transfer, its respective right, title, benefit or interest to, in or under this Charge without the prior written consent of the other party.  

31.

Variations, Waivers and Remedies

31.1

A variation of this Charge is valid only if it is in writing and executed by or on behalf of each party.

31.2

A waiver of any right or remedy under this Charge or by law, or any consent given under this Charge, shall only be effective if given in writing by the waiving or consenting party and shall not be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default.

31.3

No failure on the part of the Lender to exercise, nor any delay in exercising any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Charge or any other document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.

31.4

The rights, remedies, powers and privileges under this Charge are cumulative and not exclusive of any such right, remedy, power or privilege that may otherwise be available to the Lender.

32.

The Lender’s Discretion

Any liberty or power which may be exercised or any determination which may be made hereunder by the Lender or any Receiver or Delegate may be exercised or made in its or his absolute or unfettered discretion without any obligation to give reasons therefore.

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33.

Safe Custody of Documents

33.1

The Lender hereby undertakes with the Chargor for the safe custody of such of the documents of title relating to the Secured Assets of which it retains possession or control.

33.2

The Chargor agrees that in the event of the loss or destruction of, or injury to, the documents of title relating to the Secured Assets, the Lender shall have no liability to the Chargor:

 

(a)

if the loss, destruction or injury occurred:

 

(i)

prior to actual receipt of the documents of title in question by the Lender from the Chargor or the Chargor’s solicitor, or

 

(ii)

after the documents of title in question have been given by the Lender to some other person at the written request of the Chargor and before the documents have been received back by the Lender; or

 

(b)

for any damages suffered by the Chargor as a result of the loss or destruction of, or injury to, the documents of title in question where such damages:

 

(i)

do not directly and naturally result from such loss, destruction or injury, or

 

(ii)

relate to loss of profit or expected profit from the Chargor’s business or from the development of the Secured Assets.

33.3

This clause 33 shall be regarded as an undertaking for safe custody of documents of title given under section 84 of the Act.

34.

No Partnership

No provision of this Charge creates a partnership between the parties or makes a party the agent of the other party for any purpose.  

35.

Entire Agreement

This Charge and the documents referred to herein together constitute the entire agreement and understanding of the parties and supersede any previous agreement, statement, representation, warranty, understanding, undertaking, promise, assurance, usage or course of dealing between the parties relating to the subject matter of this Charge.

36.

Notices

36.1

Any notice or other communication to be given under or for the purposes of this Charge shall be in writing and shall be treated as properly served or given if hand delivered or sent by registered post or email to the relevant person at the address or email address identified below or such other address or email address as that person has designated in writing from time to time to the person giving the notice:

 

(a)

the Lender as follows:

Address:

4700 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010

Email:

________________________

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Attention:

Richard Ressler
c/o Orchard Capital Corporation

 

(b)

the Chargor:

Address:

Presbia USA, Inc.
8845 Irvine Center Drive
Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92618

Email:

_________________________

Attention:

Mark Yung

36.2

Any such notice or other communication shall be deemed to have been received by the recipient:

 

(a)

in the case of a letter which is hand delivered, when actually delivered;

 

(b)

in the case of a letter which is sent by registered post, on the second business day after posting (or on actual receipt, if earlier); or

 

(c)

in the case of transmission by email, at the time of transmission,

provided that any notice or other communication given as described in clause 36.2(a) or clause 36.2(c) on a day that is not a business day or after normal business hours, in the place it is received, shall be deemed to have been received on the next business day.

36.3

Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Lender shall be effective only when received by the Lender and then only if the same is expressly marked for the attention of the department and officer referred to above (or such other department and officer as the Lender may from time to time specify for this purpose).

36.4

Each person making a communication under this Charge by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant to this Charge but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication.

37.

Counterparts

This Charge may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties to this Charge on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall constitute an original, but all the counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

38.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

38.1

This Charge and all non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by the laws of Ireland.

38.2

The courts of Ireland have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Charge (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Charge) (a “ Dispute ”).

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38.3

The parties agree that the courts of Ireland are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no party shall argue to the contrary.

38.4

Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, the Chargor:

 

(a)

irrevocably authorises and appoints Presbia PLC as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the Irish courts in connection with this Charge and service on such appointee shall be deemed to be service on the Chargor; and

 

(b)

agrees that failure by its agent for service of process to notify the Chargor of the process shall not invalidate the proceedings concerned.

38.5

If any person appointed as an agent for service of process under clause 39.5 is unable for any reason to act as agent for service of process, the Chargor must immediately (and in any event within five days of such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Lender.  Failing this, the Lender may appoint another agent for this purpose.

 

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SCHEDULE 1
(Shares)

Name of Irish Company

Issued Share Capital

Class of Shares Held

Number of Shares Held

Presbia Ireland, Limited

2 Ordinary Shares of US$1.00 each

Ordinary Shares of US$1.00 each

2 Ordinary Shares of US$1.00 each

 

 

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SCHEDULE 2
Form of Transfer Instrument

TO BE PRINTED BACK TO BACK

STOCK TRANSFER FORM

Certificate lodged with Registrar

(For Completion by Registrar/ Stock Exchange)

Consideration Money     

Name of Undertaking

    

Description of Security

    

Number or amount of Shares Stock or other security and in figures column only number and denomination of units if any.

Words

    

Figures

(     units of      )

Name(s) of registered holder(s) should be given in full: the address should be given where there is only one holder.

If the transfer is not made by registered holder(s) insert also the name(s) and capacity (e.g. (Executor(s)), of the person(s) making the transfer

In the name(s) of

    

Delete words in italics

except for Stock Exchange transactions

 

I/We hereby transfer the above security out of the name(s) aforesaid to the person(s) named below or to the several person named in Parts 2 of Brokers Transfer Forms relating to the above security:

 

Stamp of Selling Broker(s) or, for transactions which are not stock exchange transactions, of Agent(s), if any, acting for the Transferor(s).

Signature(s) of transferor(s):

1. _________________________

3. __________________________

Date __________________

2. _________________________

4. __________________________

A body corporate should execute this transfer under its common seal or otherwise in accordance with applicable statutory requirements

 

Full name(s) full postal address(es) (including County or if applicable Postal District number) of person(s) to whom the security is transferred.

    

    

Please state title, if any, or whether Mr., Mrs or Miss.

    

Please complete in type or in Block Capitals

    

I/ We request that such entries be made in the register as are necessary to give effect to this transfer

Stamp of Buying Broker(s) (if any)

Stamp or name and address of person lodging this form (if other than the Buying Broker(s))

Reference to the Registrar in this form means the registrar or registration agent of the undertaking, not the Registrar of Companies.

 

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Please indicate, by ticking the appropriate box in the right hand column, which description applies to this transfer:

FORM OF CERTIFICATE REQUIRED TO AVAIL OF STAMP DUTY EXEMPTION

 

I/We hereby certify that:

(a)(in the case of a transfer on sale) the transaction effected by this instrument does not form part of a larger transaction or of a series of transactions in respect of which the amount or value, or the aggregate amount or value, of the consideration which is attributable to stocks or marketable securities exceeds €1,000.

(b)(in the case of a transfer operating as a voluntary disposition inter vivos) the transaction effected by this instrument does not form part of a larger transaction or of a series of transactions in respect of which the value, or the aggregate value, of the stocks or marketable securities concerned exceeds €1,000.

2. FORM OF CERTIFICATE APPROPRIATE WHERE TRANSFER IS NOT CHARGEABLE WITH STAMP DUTY

 

I/We hereby certify that the transaction affected by this instrument falls within the description (if any) indicated below:

(a)a transfer vesting the property in trustees on the appointment of a new trustee of a pre-existing trust, or on the retirement of a trustee.

(b)*a transfer, where no beneficial interest in the property passes (i) to a mere nominee of the transferor, (ii) from a mere nominee of the transferee to the transferee or (iii) from one nominee to another nominee of the same beneficial owner.

(c)*a transfer by way of security for a loan; or a re-transfer to the original transferor on repayment of a loan.

(d)a transfer to a residuary legatee of shares, etc., which forms part of the residue divisible under a will.

(e)a transfer to a beneficiary under a will of a specific legacy of shares, etc.

(f)a transfer of shares, etc., being the property of a person dying intestate, to the persons or person entitled thereto.

(g)a transfer to a beneficiary under a settlement on distribution of the trust funds, of shares, etc., forming the share, or part of the share, of those funds to which the beneficiary is entitled in accordance with the terms of the settlement.

(h)a transfer by the liquidator of a company of shares, etc., forming part of the assets of the company, to which the transferee is entitled in satisfaction or part satisfaction of his or her rights as a shareholder of the company.

(i)*(otherwise than above) a transfer on any occasion, not being a transfer on sale or a transfer chargeable as if it were a transfer on sale.

Signature †

 

*Here set out concisely the facts explaining the transaction in a case falling within 2 (b) (c) or (i).

 

 

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

Date………………………………20

† Transferors

………………………………

………………………………

† Transferees:

……………………………………

……………………………………

……………………………………

Signature:

………………………………

Signature:

……………………………………

Description:

………………………………

Description:

……………………………………

†Note:- The certificate at 1 (a) or (b) above must be signed by the transferee(s).  The certificate at 2 above should be signed by the transferor(s) or the transferee(s), provided that the signator(y/ies) should have full knowledge of the relevant facts.

 

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SCHEDULE 3
Form of Shareholder’s Letter of Authority

To: Richard Ressler, as Lender Date: [     ]

Dear Sirs

Presbia Ireland, Limited (the “ Irish Company ”)

We hereby unconditionally and irrevocably authorise you to date and otherwise complete the following documents deposited by ourselves with yourselves in respect of our shares in the Irish Company pursuant to the charge dated today (the “ Charge ”) between ourselves and yourselves, as and when you become entitled to date and complete the same pursuant to the terms of the Charge:

 

(a)

share transfer form;

 

(b)

irrevocable proxy;

 

(c)

irrevocable appointment; and

 

(d)

dividend mandate.

 

Yours faithfully

_________________

For and on behalf of

and duly authorised by

Presbia USA, Inc

 

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SCHEDULE 4
Form of Irrevocable Proxy

We hereby irrevocably appoint Richard Ressler as our proxy to vote at meetings of the shareholders of Presbia Ireland, Limited (the “ Irish Company ”) in respect of any existing or further shares in the Irish Company which may have been or may from time to time be issued to us and/or registered in our name.  This proxy is irrevocable by reason of being coupled with the interest of Richard Ressler under a charge with respect to the aforesaid shares.

For and on behalf of

and duly authorised by

Presbia USA, Inc.

Dated: [ should be left undated by Chargor ]

 

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SCHEDULE 5
Form of Irrevocable Appointment

We hereby irrevocably appoint Richard Ressler as our duly authorised representative to sign resolutions in writing of Presbia Ireland, Limited (the “ Irish Company ”) in respect of any existing or further shares in the Irish Company which may have been or may from time to time be issued to us and/or registered in our names.

For and on behalf of

and duly authorised by

Presbia USA, Inc.

Dated: [ should be left undated by Chargor  ]

 

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SCHEDULE 6
Form of Dividend Mandate

From: Presbia USA, Inc. (the “ Chargor ”)

To: The Secretary

Presbia Ireland, Limited

Date: [ should be left undated by Chargor ]

Dear Sir/Madam

We refer to:

 

(a)

[     ] shares of [     ] each (the “ Shares ”) in the capital of Presbia Ireland, Limited (the “ Irish Company ”), of which we are the registered holder; and

 

(b)

a charge dated [     ] from the Chargor in favour of Richard Ressler (the “ Lender ”) (the “ Charge ”) pursuant to which we have created security over the Shares in favour of the Lender.

We hereby request that:

 

(i)

you forward to the Lender, until further written notice by the Lender, all cash dividends that may become from time to time payable on the Shares; and

 

(ii)

you act in accordance with paragraph (i) and the request therein without requiring further evidence of the identity of the Lender, the security having become enforceable, the number of the Shares in respect of which the Lender is entitled under the Charge to receive dividends or any other matter relating to compliance with, or entitlement under, the Charge.

This request is irrevocable.  Compliance with this request shall be a good discharge to the Irish Company.

Yours faithfully

__________________

Authorised Signatory

For and on behalf of Presbia USA, Inc.

 

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SCHEDULE 7
Form of Director/Secretary Resignation Letter

Part 1

Director/Secretary Resignation Letter

To: The Secretary and Directors Date: [ should be left undated by director/Secretary ]

Presbia Ireland, Limited

Dear Sirs

I resign as a director/Secretary of Presbia Ireland, Limited and confirm that I have no right to compensation or claims against Presbia Ireland, Limited for loss of office, arrears of pay or otherwise howsoever.

Signed and delivered as a deed by [ insert name of director/Secretary ] in the presence of:

____________________________________

Signature of Witness

____________________________________

Name of Witness

____________________________________

Address of Witness

____________________________________

 

____________________________________

Occupation of Witness

____________________________________

 

 

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Part 2

Form of Letter of Authority

To: Richard Ressler Date: [     ]

Attention: [     ] as Lender

Dear Sirs

Presbia Ireland, Limited (the “ Irish Company ”)

I hereby unconditionally and irrevocably authorise you to date and otherwise complete the director/Secretary letter of resignation deposited by me with yourselves pursuant to the charge dated today (the “ Charge ”) between Presbia USA, Inc. and yourselves, as and when you become entitled to date and complete the same pursuant to the terms of the Charge.

Signed and delivered as a deed by [ insert name of director/Secretary ] in the presence of:

____________________________________

Signature of Witness

____________________________________

Name of Witness

____________________________________

Address of Witness

____________________________________

 

____________________________________

Occupation of Witness

____________________________________

 

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EXECUTION PAGE

IN WITNESS whereof the parties have executed and delivered this Charge as a deed on the date first written above.

THE CHARGOR

PRESBIA USA, INC.

Signed by:

/s/ Mark Yung

Signature of Witness

/s/ Richard Fogarty

Name of Witness

Richard Fogarty

Address of Witness

 

 

Occupation of Witness

Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

 

THE LENDER

Signed by:

for and on behalf of

RICHARD RESSLER

in the presence of:

/s/ Richard Ressler

Signature of Witness

/s/ Mark Yung

Name of Witness

Mark Yung

Address of Witness

 

Occupation of Witness

Chief Executive Officer

 

Exhibit 10.5

GUARANTY

Beneficiary:                       Richard S. Ressler, an individual

Issuer:                                   Presbia USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation

Guarantor:                             Presbia PLC, an Irish incorporated public limited company

THIS GUARANTY (this “ Guaranty ”) is dated for reference purposes and executed as of December 10, 2018, by the guarantor identified above (“ Guarantor ”), with reference to the following facts:

BACKGROUND:

A.  Guarantor is an affiliate of PRESBIA USA, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer ”).  

B.  Issuer has issued to Beneficiary that certain Secured Promissory Note and that certain Security and Pledge Agreement, and Guarantor has issued to Beneficiary that certain Pledge Agreement, in each case of even date herewith (collectively, as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “ Loan Agreement ”).

C.  It is a condition precedent to the obligation of Beneficiary to extend credit to the Issuer pursuant to the Secured Promissory Note that Guarantor shall have executed and delivered to Beneficiary, inter alia, this Guaranty pursuant to which Guarantor shall guarantee all of the obligations of Issuer under the Loan Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Loan Agreement).

D.  The Guarantor shall directly or indirectly benefit from the extensions of credit to be made by Beneficiary to Issuer under the Secured Promissory Note.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of Beneficiary's execution (as applicable) of the Loan Agreement and as a material inducement to Beneficiary to enter into the Loan Agreement, Guarantor hereby covenants with and represents and warrants to Beneficiary as follows:

1. Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, the performance of all obligations under the Loan Agreement (the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”).  If Issuer at any time fails to pay or perform any Guaranteed Obligation, Guarantor will, upon demand from Beneficiary, immediately pay such sums and/or perform such Guaranteed Obligation.

2. This Guaranty is irrevocable and is a continuing guaranty while any of the Loan Agreement is outstanding.

3. Beneficiary may, without notice to or consent from Guarantor, alter, modify, compromise, accelerate, extend or change the time or manner for the payment or performance of any of the obligations guaranteed hereunder, and Beneficiary may release, substitute or add any one or more guarantors of Issuer's performance under the Loan Agreement and any related documents executed


by Issuer (collectively, the “ Instruments ”).  Beneficiary or any assignee of Beneficiary may assign the Instruments without consent or notice to Guarantor.  In any such event, this Guaranty shall thereafter guarantee the performance of Issuer under the Instruments as so changed, modified, altered or assigned until the Guaranteed Obligations are fully paid.  No exercise or non-exercise by Beneficiary of any right hereby given Beneficiary, no dealing by Beneficiary with Guarantor or any guarantor or any other person, and no change, impairment, release or suspension of any right or remedy of Beneficiary against any person, including Issuer and any other guarantor, shall in any way affect any of the obligations of Guarantor hereunder or shall give Guarantor any recourse against Beneficiary.

4. This Guaranty shall not be released, modified or affected by failure or delay on the part of Beneficiary to enforce any of the rights or remedies of Beneficiary under the Instruments, whether pursuant to the terms thereof or at law or in equity while the Loan Agreement is outstanding.  No provisions of this Guaranty or rights of Beneficiary hereunder can be waived in whole or in part nor can Guarantor be released from Guarantor's obligations hereunder except by a writing duly executed by an authorized officer of Beneficiary.

5. Guarantor, to the extent permitted by law, hereby expressly waives and relinquishes all rights, remedies and defenses accorded by applicable law to guarantors and agrees not to assert or take advantage of any such rights, remedies or defenses, including but not limited to (a) any right to require Beneficiary, as a condition to enforcement of this Guaranty, to proceed against Issuer or any other person or to pursue any other right or remedy in Beneficiary's power before proceeding against Guarantor; (b) the defense of the statute of limitations in any action hereunder or in any action for the collection of any indebtedness or the performance of any obligation hereby guaranteed; (c) any defense that may arise by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority, death or disability of any other person or persons or the failure of Beneficiary to file or enforce a claim against the estate (in administration, bankruptcy or any other proceeding) of any other person or persons; (d) any defense based upon the failure to give notice of the acceptance of this Guaranty by any person; (e) any defense based upon any modification, compromise, acceleration or change in the terms of the Instruments; (f) any defense based upon the failure to make, give or serve demand, notice of default or nonpayment, presentment, protest and all other notices of any kind to which Guarantor might be entitled in connection with this Guaranty or the Instruments; (g) any defense based upon an election of remedies by Beneficiary; (h) any defense based upon any lack of diligence by Beneficiary in enforcing the terms of the Instruments; (i) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than  that of the principal; (j) any duty on the part of Beneficiary to disclose to Guarantor any facts Beneficiary may now or hereafter know about Issuer, regardless of whether Beneficiary has reason to believe that any such facts materially increase the risk beyond that which Guarantor intends to assume, or has reason to believe that such facts are unknown to Guarantor, or has a reasonable opportunity to communicate such facts to Guarantor, it being understood and agreed that Guarantor is fully responsible for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of Issuer and of all circumstances bearing on the risk of nonperformance  of any obligations hereby guaranteed; (k) any defense arising because of an election made by Beneficiary under Section 1111(b)(2) of the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any similar statute; and (l) any defense based on any borrowing or grant of a security interest under Section 364 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, it being agreed by Guarantor that this Guaranty is in the nature of an absolute guarantee of payment and performance and not of collection and that the

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failure of Beneficiary to exercise any rights or remedies it has or may have against Issuer shall in no way impair the obligation or liability of Guarantor hereunder.

6. No notice of default need be given to Guarantor, it being specifically agreed and understood that this Guaranty is a continuing guaranty under which Beneficiary may proceed forthwith and immediately against Issuer or against Guarantor following any breach or default (beyond the expiration of applicable notice and cure periods) by Issuer pursuant to or under the terms of the Instruments or at law or in equity.

7. Beneficiary shall have the right to proceed against Guarantor following any breach or default (beyond the expiration of applicable notice and cure periods) by Issuer without first proceeding against Issuer and without previous notice to or demand upon either Issuer or Guarantor.

8. Guarantor (a) shall have no right of subrogation against Issuer by reason of any payments or acts of performance by Guarantor in compliance with the obligations of Guarantor hereunder, (b) hereby waives any right to enforce any remedy which Guarantor now or hereafter shall have against Issuer by reason of any one or more payments or acts of performance by Guarantor in compliance with the obligations of Guarantor hereunder, and (c) subordinates any liability or indebtedness of Issuer now or hereafter held by Guarantor to the obligations of Issuer to Beneficiary under the Instruments.

9. Guarantor has made an independent investigation of the financial condition of Issuer and the ability of Issuer to perform the obligations hereby guaranteed prior to making this Guaranty, and Guarantor hereby waives any defense that Guarantor may have by reason of the failure of Beneficiary or any successor-in-interest to Beneficiary to provide Guarantor with any information respecting the financial condition of Issuer, or Issuer's ability to perform any of the obligations hereby guaranteed.

10. The obligations of Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of Issuer, and, in the event of any default hereunder, a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against Guarantor whether or not Issuer is joined therein or a separate action or actions are brought against Issuer  Beneficiary's rights hereunder shall not be exhausted by its exercise of any of its right or remedies or by any such action or by any number of successive actions until and unless all indebtedness and obligations, the payment and performance of which are hereby guaranteed, have been paid and fully performed.

11. Guarantor shall pay to Beneficiary attorneys' fees and all reasonable, actual, third party, out-of-pocket costs and expenses that Beneficiary expends or incurs during the period as to which this Guaranty is in force in collecting or compromising any indebtedness hereby guaranteed or in enforcing this Guaranty against Guarantor whether or not suit is filed, expressly including but not limited to all reasonable costs, attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by Beneficiary in connection with any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement or other similar proceedings involving Guarantor which in any way affect the exercise by Beneficiary of its rights and remedies hereunder.

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12. If any provision or portion thereof of this Guaranty is declared or found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable or null and void, such provision or portion thereof shall be deemed stricken and severed from this Guaranty, and the remaining provisions and portions thereof shall continue in full force and effect.

13. This Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of Beneficiary, its successors and assigns, and shall bind the heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and assigns of Guarantor.

14. When the context and construction so require, all words used in the singular herein shall be deemed to have been used in the plural and vice versa, and the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter and vice versa.  The word “person” as used herein shall include any individual, company, firm, association, partnership, corporation, trust or other legal entity of any kind whatsoever.

15. In the event any action is brought to enforce or interpret the terms of this Guaranty, the prevailing party in such action shall be entitled to reimbursement by the other party of its reasonable costs and expenses, including without limitation its reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred therein.

16. Subject to Section 17 , this Guaranty and all matters that in any way relate to the transactions contemplated by this Guaranty shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, and venue of all court actions shall be in Los Angeles County.

17. The parties agree that any dispute or controversy arising out of or relating to this Guaranty, or to the interpretation, performance, or breach thereof, shall be heard and decided exclusively by means of a reference pursuant to Section 638 et seq . of the Code of Civil Procedure of the State of California. Such reference shall be made to a retired judge of the Superior Court of the State of California (the “ Referee ”) who shall hear such dispute or controversy until the final determination thereof pursuant to Article VI, Section 21, of the California Constitution, Section 638 et seq . of the California Code of Civil Procedure, and Rule 244(a) of the California Rules of Court. The term “Referee” as used herein is intended to refer to and include the term “Temporary Judge” as used in the said provisions of the California Constitution and the California Rules of Court.  The Referee shall be selected by mutual agreement of the parties from the list of retired judges maintained by the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. If the parties are unable to agree upon a retired judge to serve as the Referee, then upon petition by either party to the presiding judge of the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles (or such other judge as the presiding judge may designate for such purpose), such judge shall in his or her sole discretion select the particular retired judge who shall serve as the Referee. The cost of the Referee shall initially be divided equally between the parties, it being understood and agreed that, upon judgment, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reimbursement from the other party of all costs of litigation, including the cost of the Referee.

 

 

 

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WHEREFORE, Guarantor has executed this Guaranty as of the day and year first above written.

 

GUARANTOR:

 

Presbia PLC,

an Irish incorporated public limited company

 

By:

/s/ Mark Yung

Name:

Mark Yung

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 10.6

PLEDGE AGREEMENT

THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time, this “ Agreement ) is executed as of December 10, 2018 (the “ Closing Date ”), by and between PRESBIA PLC , a company incorporated in Ireland (registered no. 539137 ), whose registered office is at Riverside One, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland (“ Pledgor ”), and RICHARD RESSLER, as the lender (together with any successors, “ Lender ”).

RECITALS

A. This Agreement is entered into in connection with that certain Secured Promissory Note, dated the date hereof (as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, the “ Loan Agreement ”), made by PRESBIA USA, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”) in favor of Lender, pursuant to which Lender has agreed to make certain advances (the “ Loans ”) thereunder to Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein.

B. Pledgor is the sole owner, directly or indirectly, of 100% of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Pledged Issuer (as defined below).

C. Pledgor has agreed to enter into a Guaranty on or about the date of this Agreement to guarantee all of the obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents (the “ Guaranty ”) and to grant to Lender a security interest in, and pledge and assign to Lender, the Collateral described herein, to secure the payment and performance of the obligations under the Guaranty (the “ Obligations ”) when due.

D. The members of the board of managers, board of directors or other applicable governing body of Pledgor have determined that Pledgor’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement may reasonably be expected to benefit Pledgor, directly or indirectly, and are in the best interest of Pledgor.

E. It is expressly understood between Pledgor and Lender that the execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition precedent to Lender’s obligations to extend credit under the Loan Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

Certain Definitions .

CAPITALIZED TERMS USED BUT NOT DEFINED IN THIS AGREEMENT HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN THEM IN THE LOAN AGREEMENT OR IN THE UCC.  If the definition given a term in the Loan Agreement conflicts with the definition given that term in the UCC, the Loan Agreement definition shall control to the extent allowed by Law.  Terms used in this Agreement which are not capitalized but which are defined in the UCC shall have the meanings given them in the UCC.  If the definition given a term in Article 9 of the UCC conflicts with the definition given that term in any other article of the UCC, the Article 9 definition shall control.  As used in this Agreement:

Collateral is defined in Section 3 .

Event of Default means an “Event of Default” under and as defined in the Loan Agreement.

Equity Power ” means a stock power or equity power, as applicable, substantially in the form of Annex A to this Agreement, executed and delivered by Pledgor to Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

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Equity Securities ” means, with respect to any Person (other than an individual):

(a) all of such Person’s issued and outstanding capital stock (including but not limited to common stock and preferred stock), partnership interests, membership interests, equity interests, profits interests, warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock or other equity or profits interests of such Person;

(b) all of the (i) securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests, equity interests or profits interests of such Person, and (ii) warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of any such shares or interests; and

(c) all of the other equity or profit interests in such Person, whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

Fraudulent Conveyance ” is defined in Section 5 of this Agreement.

Governmental Authority ” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government and includes a private mediation or arbitration board or panel.

Laws ” means all applicable statutes, laws, treaties, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, writs, injunctions, decrees, judgments, and the terms of any license or permit issued by any Governmental Authority.

Loan Document ” means the “Transaction Documents” as defined in the Loan Agreement.

Obligor ” is defined in Section 11(b) .

Payment in Full ” and “ Paid in Full means, with respect to the Obligations, that (a) all Loans and accrued interest under the Loans and all other Obligations which are guaranteed pursuant to the Guaranty have been repaid in full in cash and no Loan or other such Obligation remains outstanding (except, in each case, for (i) any provisions thereof, such as indemnification provisions, which by their terms survive termination and (ii) unasserted contingent Obligations and other contingent Obligations not then due and owing); provided that no such payment of the principal of or interest on any Loan or any other amount guaranteed under the Guaranty has been rescinded or is required to be restored or returned in connection with the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of Pledgor or otherwise, and (b) any and all other commitments by Lender under the Loan Agreement and any other Obligation guaranteed by the Guaranty have been terminated or expired .

Person ” means any natural person, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, syndicate, Governmental Authority or other entity or organization.

Pledged Interests is defined in Section 3(a) .

Pledged Issuer ” means individually, and “ Pledged Issuers ” means collectively, each of the “Pledged Issuers” set forth on Schedule 1 .

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Schedule 1 ” means Schedule 1 attached to this Agreement, as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as in effect from time to time.

Security Interest means the security interests granted and the transfers, pledges and collateral assignments made under Section 3 of this Agreement.

Tax Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , as amended, and related rules and regulations.

UCC means (a) generally, and with respect to the definitions above, the Uniform Commercial Code, as adopted in California, as amended from time to time, and (b) with respect to rights in states other than California, the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in the applicable state, as amended from time to time.

Voting Rights Election ” is defined in Section 11(d) .

Loan Agreement .

This Agreement is being executed and delivered pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  

Security Interest .

In order to secure the full and complete payment and performance of the Obligations when due, Pledgor hereby grants to Lender a continuing security interest in, and pledges and collaterally assigns to Lender, all of its rights, title and interest in and to the following (collectively, the “ Collateral ”):

(a) the Equity Securities of the Pledged Issuers described in Schedule 1 (the “ Pledged Interests ”), whether or not evidenced or represented by any stock certificate, unit certificate, certificated security or other instrument, the certificates representing the Pledged Interests (if any), all options and other rights, contractual or otherwise, in respect thereof and all dividends, distributions, cash, instruments, investment property and other property (including, but not limited to, any stock or other equity dividends and any distributions in connection with a stock or other equity split) from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, or in exchange for, any or all of the Pledged Interests;

(b) all investment property, financial assets, securities, capital stock, other equity interests, stock options and commodity contracts of such Pledgor in respect of the foregoing, and all other assets now or hereafter received or receivable with respect to the foregoing;

(c) all security entitlements of such Pledgor in any and all of the foregoing; and

(d) all proceeds (including proceeds of proceeds) of any and all of the foregoing;

in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by such Pledgor and howsoever its interest therein may arise or appear (whether by ownership, security interest, Lien, claim or otherwise).

No Assumption or Modification .

The Security Interest is given to secure the prompt, unconditional and complete payment and performance of the Obligations when due, and is given as security only.  Lender does not assume and shall not be liable for Pledgor’s liabilities, duties, or obligations under or in connection with the Collateral.  Neither Lender’s acceptance of this Agreement nor its taking any action in carrying out this Agreement shall constitute Lender’s approval of the Collateral or Lender’s

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assumption of any obligation under or in connection with the Collateral.  This Agreement does not affect or modify Pledgor’s obligations with respect to the Collateral.

Fraudulent Conveyance .

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, Pledgor agrees that if, but for the application of this Section 5 , the Obligations or any Security Interest would constitute a preferential transfer under 11 U.S.C. § 547, a fraudulent conveyance under 11 U.S.C. § 548 (or any successor section) or a fraudulent conveyance or transfer under any state fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer Law or similar Law in effect from time to time (each a “ Fraudulent Conveyance ), then the Obligations and each affected Security Interest will be enforceable against Pledgor to the maximum extent possible without causing the Obligations or any Security Interest to be a Fraudulent Conveyance, and shall be deemed to have been automatically amended to carry out the intent of this Section 5 .

Representations and Warranties .

Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to Lender, as of the date hereof, as follows:

(a) The execution, delivery and performance by Pledgor of this Agreement and Pledgor’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement (i) are within its corporate, company or partnership power, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, company or partnership action, and no other corporate, company or partnership action on the part of Pledgor is necessary to authorize this Agreement, (iii) do not require action by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any action by any other Person ( other than any action taken or filing made on or before the Closing Date), except where a failure to obtain such approval could not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on its business, assets or financial condition, (iv) do not violate any provision of Pledgor’s organizational documents, (v) do not violate any material provision of Law or any order of any Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to Pledgor, (vi) do not materially violate, or constitute a material breach of, any material agreements to which it is a party, and (vii) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of Pledgor other than Liens in favor of Lender.

(b) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Pledgor and constitutes the legal, valid, and binding obligation of Pledgor, enforceable against Pledgor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except to the extent the indemnification provisions contained herein may be limited by applicable federal or state securities laws.

(c) Pledgor has received and will receive the benefits of the Loans, and such benefits constitute good and valuable consideration for the Security Interest.

(d) The Pledged Interests are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and transfer thereof is not subject to any restrictions other than restrictions imposed by applicable securities and corporate laws.

(e) Pledgor owns the Collateral set forth on Schedule 1 free and clear of all Liens except for the Liens created hereunder.

(f) The information contained on Schedule 1 is a true, accurate and complete description of all Equity Securities that are held by Pledgor.

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Covenants .

Pledgor shall:

(a) Promptly notify Lender of any material change in any fact or circumstances represented or warranted by Pledgor with respect to any of the Collateral.

(b) Promptly notify Lender of any claim, action or proceeding challenging the Security Interest or adversely affecting title to all or any portion of the Collateral and, at the request of Lender, appear in and defend, at Pledgor’s expense, any such action or proceeding.

(c) Not sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any Collateral, except as may be permitted in the Loan Agreement.

(d) Not create, incur or suffer to exist any other Lien upon any of the Collateral.

(e) At Pledgor’s expense and Lender’s reasonable request, file or cause to be filed such applications and take such other actions to obtain the consent or approval of any Governmental Authority to Lender’s rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the right to sell all the Collateral upon an Event of Default without additional consent or approval from such Governmental Authority.

(f) From time to time promptly execute and deliver to Lender all such other Equity Powers, assignments, certificates, supplemental documents, and financing statements (if appropriate) and amendments thereto, and do all other acts or things as Lender may reasonably request in order to more fully create, evidence, perfect, continue and preserve the priority of the Security Interest.

(g) Pledgor hereby agrees that if any of the Pledged Interests are at any time not evidenced by certificates of ownership, then Pledgor shall cause the applicable Pledged Issuer with respect to such Pledged Interests to record such pledge on the equityholder register or the books of the issuer and, upon Lender’s request, shall cause such Pledged Issuer to execute and deliver to Lender an acknowledgment of the pledge of such Pledged Interests in a form reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

 

Default; Remedies .

Should an Event of Default occur and be continuing, Lender may, at its election, exercise any and all rights available to a secured party under the UCC, in addition to any and all other rights afforded by the Loan Documents, at law, in equity, or otherwise, including, without limitation, exercising any or all Equity Powers delivered to Lender with respect to the Pledged Interests or applying by appropriate judicial proceedings for appointment of a receiver for all or part of the Collateral (and Pledgor hereby consents to any such appointment).

Notice .

Should an Event of Default occur and be continuing and Lender elects to exercise its right to sell any of the Collateral, reasonable notification of the time and place of any public sale of the Collateral, or reasonable notification of the time after which any private sale or other intended disposition of the Collateral is to be made, shall be sent to Pledgor and to any other person entitled to notice under the UCC; provided, that if any of the Collateral threatens to decline speedily in value or is of the type customarily sold on a recognized market, Lender may sell or otherwise dispose of the Collateral without notification, advertisement, or other notice of any kind.  It is agreed that notice sent or given not less than

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ten (10) calendar days prior to the taking of the action to which the notice relates is reasonable for the purposes of this Section 9 .

Sales of Securities .

Pledgor recognizes that Lender may deem it impracticable to effect a public sale of all or any part of the Pledged Interests or any other securities constituting Collateral.  Lender is authorized, but not obligated, to limit prospective purchasers to the extent deemed necessary or desirable by Lender to render such sale exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and any applicable state securities laws, and no sale so made in good faith by Lender shall be deemed not to be “commercially reasonable” because so made.  Lender may make one or more private sales of any such securities to a restricted group of purchasers who will be obligated 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.  Pledgor acknowledges that any such private sale may be at prices and on terms less favorable to the seller than the prices and other terms which might have been obtained at a public sale and, notwithstanding the foregoing, agrees that such private sales shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that Lender shall have no obligation to delay the sale of any such securities for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer of such securities to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act.  Pledgor further acknowledges and agrees that any offer to sell such securities which has been (i) publicly advertised on a bona fide basis in a newspaper or other publication of general circulation in the financial community of Los Angeles, California (to the extent that such an offer may be so advertised without prior registration under the Securities Act) or (ii) made privately in the manner described above to not less than fifteen (15) bona fide offerees shall be deemed to involve a “public disposition” for the purposes of Section 9-610(c) of the UCC, notwithstanding that such sale may not constitute a “public offering” under the Securities Act, and that Lender may, in such event, bid for the purchase of such securities.

11. Other Rights of Agent .

(a) Performance .  In the event Pledgor shall fail to perform any of its obligations hereunder with respect to the Collateral, then Lender may, at its option, but without being required to do so, take such action which Pledgor is required, but has failed or refused, to take.  

(b) Collection .  Upon notice from Lender, each Person obligated with respect to any of the Collateral, whether as an issuer, account debtor or otherwise (an “ Obligor ) is hereby authorized and directed by Pledgor to make payments on any of the Collateral (including, without limitation, dividends and other distributions) directly to Lender, regardless of whether Pledgor was previously making collections thereon.  Subject to Section 11(e) hereof, until such notice is given, Pledgor is authorized to retain and expend all payments made on Collateral.  Lender shall have the right in its own name or in the name of Pledgor to compromise or extend time of payment with respect to all or any portion of the Collateral for such amounts and upon such terms as Lender may determine; to demand, collect, receive, receipt for, sue for, compound and give acquittances for any and all amounts due or to become due with respect to Collateral; to take control of cash and other proceeds of any Collateral; to endorse the name of Pledgor on any notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment on Collateral that may come into the possession of Lender; to send requests for verification of obligations to any Obligor; and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the intent of this Agreement.  If any Obligor fails or refuses to make payment on any Collateral when due, Lender is authorized, in its sole reasonable discretion, either in its own name or in the name of Pledgor, to take such action as Lender shall deem appropriate for the collection of any such amounts.  The foregoing rights granted to Lender under this Section 11(b) may only be exercised when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.  Regardless of any other provision hereof, Lender shall not be liable for its failure to collect, or for its failure to exercise diligence in the collection of, any amounts owed with respect to Collateral,

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nor shall Lender be under any duty whatsoever to anyone except Pledgor to account for funds that Lender shall actually receive hereunder.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Lender shall have no responsibility for ascertaining any maturities, calls, conversions, exchanges, offers, tenders or similar matters relating to any Collateral, or for informing Pledgor with respect to any of such matters (irrespective of whether Lender actually has, or may be deemed to have, knowledge thereof).    

(c) Record Ownership of Securities .  When an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Lender at any time may have the Collateral registered in its name, or in the name of its nominee or nominees, as pledgee, and be admitted as an equity owner of the Pledged Issuers, with all attendant rights thereto, without the taking of any further action by any Person, all notwithstanding any provision or requirement to the contrary in any such Pledged Issuer’s governing documents.  Pledgor shall execute and deliver to Lender all such proxies, powers of attorney, dividend coupons or orders and other documents as Lender may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling Lender to exercise the voting rights and powers which it is entitled to exercise hereunder and to receive the dividends and other payments which it is authorized to receive and retain hereunder.  Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the issuance of cash dividends by any Pledged Issuer if such distribution is permitted under the Loan Agreement.

(d) Voting of Securities .  So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and during the continuance of an Event of Default until Lender shall have delivered to Pledgor a written notice stating that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Loan Agreement and Lender elects to exercise sole control of the voting rights under the Collateral (a “ Voting Rights Election ”), Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise all rights attached to or pertaining to the Collateral including the voting rights.  After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, effective immediately upon delivery of a Voting Rights Election by Lender to Pledgor, the right to vote the Collateral shall be vested exclusively in Lender.  To this end, Pledgor irrevocably appoints Lender the proxy and attorney-in-fact of Pledgor, with full power of substitution, to vote and to act with respect to the Collateral and to exercise any and all other rights which Pledgor may have as a shareholder or other equityholder in any Pledged Issuer subject to the understanding that such proxy may not be exercised unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and Agent shall have delivered a Voting Rights Election to Pledgor.  The proxy herein granted is coupled with an interest, is irrevocable, and shall continue until the Obligations have been paid and performed in full.

(e) Certain Proceeds .  Any and all equity dividends or distributions in property made on or in respect of the Collateral, and any proceeds of the Collateral, whether such dividends, distributions, or proceeds result from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the Equity Securities of any Person or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which Pledgor or Pledged Issuer may be a party, or otherwise, shall be part of the Collateral hereunder, shall, if received by Pledgor, be held in trust for the benefit of Lender, and shall forthwith be delivered to Lender (accompanied by proper instruments of assignment and/or Equity Powers executed by Pledgor in accordance with Lender’s instructions) to be held subject to the terms hereof.  Prior to the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, any cash proceeds of Collateral which come into the possession of Lender may, at Pledgor’s option, be applied in whole or in part to the Obligation, or be released in whole or in part to or on the written instructions of Pledgor for any general or specific purpose not in violation of the Loan Agreement, or be retained in whole or in part by Lender as additional Collateral.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any cash proceeds of Collateral shall be applied to the Obligations.

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(f) Financing Statements .  Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes Lender at any time, and from time to time, to file in any jurisdiction any initial financing statements and amendments thereto that (i) (A) indicate the Collateral as “the Collateral described in the Pledge Agreement,” (B) describe the Collateral in terms similar to those used in Section 3 , or (C) otherwise describe the Collateral as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC of the jurisdiction wherein such financing statement or amendment is filed, and (ii) contain any other information required by Article 9 of the UCC of the jurisdiction wherein such financing statement or amendment is filed regarding the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment.  Pledgor further ratifies and affirms its authorization for any financing statements and/or amendments thereto that Lender has filed in any jurisdiction prior to the date of this Agreement with respect to the Collateral.

Jury Waiver ; Venue and Service of Process .  

EACH OF PLEDGOR AND LENDER hereby voluntarily, knowingly, irrevocably and unconditionally waive any right to have a jury participate in resolving any dispute (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) between PLEDGOR AND LENDER arising out of or in any way related to this Agreement, or any relationship between PLEDGOR AND LENDER.  Each party to THIS AGREEMENT, in each case for itself, its successors and assigns, (a) irrevocably submits and consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts of the state of California SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom), (b) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any Litigation arising out of or in connection with thIS AGREEMENT brought in the district court of Los Angeles county, California, or in the United States District Court for the central District of california, (c) irrevocably waives any claims that any litigation brought in any of the aforementioned courts has been brought in an inconvenient forum, (d) irrevocably consents to the service of process out of any of those courts in any Litigation by the mailing of copies thereof by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, by hand-delivery, or by delivery by a nationally recognized courier service, and service shall be deemed complete upon delivery of the legal process at its address set out in thE LOAN Agreement, and (e) irrevocably agrees that any legal proceeding against any party to THIS AGREEMENT arising out of or in connection with THIS AGREEMENT may be brought in one of the aforementioned courts.  The scope of each of the foregoing consents and waivers is intended to be all-encompassing of any and all disputes that may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter of this transaction, including, without limitation, contract claims, tort claims, breach of duty claims, and all other common law and statutory claims.  PLEDGOR acknowledges that these consents and waivers are a material inducement to Lender’S agreement to enter into a business relationship, that LENDER HAS already relied on these consents and waivers in entering into this Agreement, and that LENDER

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will continue to rely on each of these consents and waivers in related future dealings.  

13. Miscellaneous .

(a) Term .  Upon Payment in Full without Lender having exercised its rights under this Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate.

(b) Limitation.   Neither this Agreement nor any covenants, agreements, security, liabilities, undertakings, representations, warranties or acknowledgements of the Pledgor contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to have been undertaken or incurred to the extent that they would constitute unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of section 82 of the Companies Act or a breach of section 239 of the Companies Act or any equivalent or applicable provisions under the laws of Ireland or any other relevant jurisdiction.

(c) Notice .  Any notice or communication required or permitted under this Agreement must be given as prescribed in the Loan Agreement.

(d) Governing Law .  This Agreement is to be construed, and its performance enforced, under California law without regard to conflict of law principles.

(e) Multiple Counterparts and Facsimile Signatures .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if all signatories had signed the same document.  All counterparts must be construed together to constitute one and the same instrument.  This Agreement may be transmitted and signed by electronic mail and facsimile, and (.pdf) and facsimile copies of manually-signed originals shall have the same effect as manually-signed originals and shall be binding on Pledgor and Lender.

(f) Binding Effect; Survival .  This Agreement is binding upon, and inures to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.  Unless otherwise provided, all covenants, agreements, indemnities, representations and warranties made in this Agreement survive and continue in effect until the Obligations have been Paid in Full.

(g) Amendments .  This Agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented or be the subject of a waiver only by a writing executed by Lender and Pledgor.  

(h) Judicial Reference.   The parties agree that any dispute or controversy arising out of or relating to this Guaranty, or to the interpretation, performance, or breach thereof, shall be heard and decided exclusively by means of a reference pursuant to Section 638 et seq . of the Code of Civil Procedure of the State of California. Such reference shall be made to a retired judge of the Superior Court of the State of California (the “ Referee ”) who shall hear such dispute or controversy until the final determination thereof pursuant to Article VI, Section 21, of the California Constitution, Section 638 et seq . of the California Code of Civil Procedure, and Rule 244(a) of the California Rules of Court. The term “Referee” as used herein is intended to refer to and include the term “Temporary Judge” as used in the said provisions of the California Constitution and the California Rules of Court.  The Referee shall be selected by mutual agreement of the parties from the list of retired judges maintained by the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. If the parties are unable to agree upon a retired judge to serve as the Referee, then upon petition by either party to the presiding judge of the Superior Court of the State of

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California for the County of Los Angeles (or such other judge as the presiding judge may designate for such purpose), such judge shall in his or her sole discretion select the particular retired judge who shall serve as the Referee. The cost of the Referee shall initially be divided equally between the parties, it being understood and agreed that, upon judgment, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reimbursement from the other party of all costs of litigation, including the cost of the Referee.

(i) Entirety .  THIS AGREEMENT, THE LOAN AGREEMENT AND THE Loan Documents REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS BY THE PARTIES.  THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES.  

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Pledge Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

LENDER:

/s/ Richard Ressler

RICHARD RESSLER

 


[Signature Page to Pledge Agreement]


 

PLEDGOR:

Given under the common seal of
PRESBIA PLC
and delivered as a deed

/s/ Mark Yung

Name: Mark Yung

Title: Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Richard Fogarty

Name: Richard Fogarty

Title: Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Pledge Agreement]

 


 

SCHEDULE 1

Pledged Interests

Pledgor

Pledged Issuer

Pledged Interests

Certificate Number

 

 

 

 

Presbia PLC

Presbia USA, Inc.

2,000 shares of common stock (which represent 100% of the issued and outstanding common stock of Presbia USA, Inc.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1


 

ANNEX A

TO

PLEDGE AGREEMENT

FORM OF EQUITY POWER

 

(See attached.)

 

 

 


 

EQUITY POWER

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned does hereby sell, assign and transfer unto _______________________________, ____________________ shares of common stock of Presbia USA, Inc. a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), evidenced by Certificate No. ____ and registered in its name on the books of the Company, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ____________________________ as its attorney to transfer said shares on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: _______________ ____, ______

 

PRESBIA PLC

By:

/s/ Mark Yung

Name:

Mark Yung

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.7

 

Richard S. Ressler

4700 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90010 USA

323-860-9500

 

SUBSCRIPTION LETTER FOR SHARES

 

10 December 2018

 

To:

The Board of Directors

Presbia PLC

Ten Earlsfort Terrace

Dublin 2

D02 T380

 

Dear Sirs

 

Presbia PLC (the “Company”) - Subscription for Preferred Shares

 

 

I irrevocably and unconditionally apply for the allotment and issue to me of 100 preferred shares (of which the designations, rights and restrictions attached to such shares are set out in Schedule 1) of US$0.001 each in the capital of the Company (the “ Preferred Shares ”) for an aggregate purchase price of US$100,000 (the “ Subscription Price ”) subject to and in accordance with the Company’s articles of association.

Conditional upon the allotment to us of the Preferred Shares, I request and authorise you to enter my name in the register of members of the Company as the holder of the Preferred Shares.

This letter shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Ireland.

 

Yours faithfully

 

/s/ Richard Ressler

Richard S. Ressler

 

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE 1

 

1.

Designation and Number

The series of preferred shares to be allotted and issued pursuant to this subscription letter will be designated as “ series 2 redeemable preferred shares ” (each a “ Preferred Share ” and together the “ Preferred Shares ”) and will be limited in number to 100 (one hundred) Preferred Shares.

2.

Voting Rights

The Preferred Shares shall not confer on the holders thereof the right to receive notice of, attend and vote at general meetings of the Company, however, any variation of the rights attached to the Preferred Shares may only be varied if the holders of at least 75 per cent., in nominal value, of the issued Preferred Shares, consent in writing to the variation or a special resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the Preferred Shares, sanctions the variation.

3.

Dividends

The Preferred Shareholders shall not carry a right to any dividend declared by the Company.  Notwithstanding this, no payment of dividends or distributions may be made to ordinary shareholders of the Company before the Preferred Shares have been redeemed in full.

4.

Liquidation

Upon the occurrence of a Liquidation, before any distribution or payment shall be made to the ordinary shareholders of the Company and subject to the rights of any of the Preferred Shares that may from time to time come into existence, the holders of Preferred Shares shall be entitled to be paid out of the surplus assets of the Company available for distribution after payment of the Company’s liabilities for each Preferred Share held by them, an amount equal to the Subscription Price (the “ Preferred Share Distribution ”).  If upon a Liquidation, the assets of the Company shall be insufficient to make payment in full to all holders of Preferred Shares, then such assets (or consideration) shall be distributed among the Preferred Shareholders at the time outstanding, in proportion as nearly as may be to the full amounts to which they would have been otherwise respectively entitled.  After completion of payment in full of the Preferred Share Distribution, the remaining assets of the Company available for distribution, if any, shall be distributed to the ordinary shareholders pro-rata according to the number of ordinary shares held by them.

5.

Redemption

The Company shall have the unconditional unilateral right to redeem any Preferred Share in issue at any time for a redemption price equal to the Subscription Price and the Company will have the irrevocable authority to authorise and instruct the company secretary (or any other person appointed for the purpose by the directors of the Company)

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to redeem the Preferred Shares and to execute on behalf of the holders of Preferred Shares such documents as are necessary in connection with such redemption.

The Company will, subject to applicable law and with the approval of a majority of the independent directors of the Company, redeem any Preferred Share in issue at any time for a redemption price equal to the Subscription Price in the event of a Financing, Share Sale, Asset Sale or Restructuring.  In the case of a Share Sale, Asset Sale or Restructuring, to the extent the holders of ordinary shares in the Company are entitled to any consideration they shall be entitled to receive the same form of consideration as the holders of Preferred Shares.

6.

Consents

Save where the taking of any of the following actions is determined by or within the control of the Company’s shareholders, and subject to applicable law, the Company shall not, without obtaining prior Preferred Shareholder Approval:

 

(a)

effect any alteration, repeal, change or amendment of the rights, privileges or preferences of the Preferred Shares in a manner that adversely affects the rights, privileges or preferences of those shares or any series thereof;

 

(b)

amend, modify or repeal any provision of the Constitution in a manner that adversely affects the powers, preferences or rights of the Preferred Shares;

 

(c)

agree to any debt financing in an amount in excess of US$8,000,000 (such amount being the maximum amount payable by the Company under such debt instruments);

 

(d)

execute a guarantee;

 

(e)

effect any Restructuring or Liquidation;

 

(f)

settle any lawsuit or civil investigation requiring the payment of more than US$1,000,000; or

 

(g)

execute any document or enter into any arrangement that has a potential liability to the Company in excess of US$1,000,000.

Additional Definitions

 

1.1

Acting in Concert ” has the meaning set out in the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997;

 

1.2

Asset Sale ” means the completion of a sale, lease, exclusive license, assignment or any other disposition of all or substantially all of the business and assets of the Company;

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1.3

Constitution ” means the constitution of the Company (as amended from time to time);

 

1.4

Financing ” means any debt transaction with the Company pursuant to which it receives in excess of US$8,000,000;

 

1.5

Liquidation ” means a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company;

 

1.6

Preferred Shareholder ” means a holder of the Preferred Shares;

 

1.7

Preferred Shareholder Approval ” means the approval of the holder(s) of a majority in value of the Preferred Shares in issue;

 

1.8

Restructuring ” means any scheme of arrangement, consolidation or merger of, with or into any other corporation or other entity or person, or any other corporation reorganisation, other than any such transaction in which the shares of the Company immediately prior to such transaction continue to represent at least a majority of the voting power of the surviving entity (or if the surviving entity is a wholly owned subsidiary, its parent) immediately after such transaction;

 

1.9

Sale ” means an Asset Sale or a Share Sale;

 

1.10

Share Sale ” means the completion of any transaction whereby any person or group of persons Acting in Concert purchases the whole or a majority of the share capital of the Company.

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Exhibit 10.8

PRESBIA USA, INC.

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

Presbia USA, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:

FIRST: The name of this corporation is Presbia USA, Inc. and the original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 4, 2013.

SECOND: The Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto has been duly adopted by the corporation's board of directors and stockholders in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242, 245 and 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

THIRD:  The text of the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to date, is hereby restated and further amended to read in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.

FOURTH:  This Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall be effective (for accounting purposes only) at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 10, 2018.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been signed this 10th day of December, 2018.

 

PRESBIA USA, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark Yung

 

Name:

Mark Yung

 

Title:

President and CEO

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF PRESBIA USA, INC.

FIRST : The name of the Corporation is Presbia USA, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”).

SECOND : The address of the Corporation's registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

THIRD : The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”).

FOURTH : The aggregate number of shares that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 13,000 divided into 5,000 shares of common stock each with the par value of $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), and 8,000 shares of preferred stock designated as “Presbia USA New Preferred Stock” (the “ Presbia USA New Preferred Shares ” or the “ Presbia USA New Preferred Stock ”) each with the par value of $0.01 per share.  

The shares of the Corporation previously designated as “Preferred Stock” pursuant to Article FOURTH of the Corporation’s prior Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 13, 2018 (the “ Old Preferred Shares ”) are being exchanged for Presbia USA New Preferred Shares pursuant to a Securities Purchase & Exchange Agreement by and among Presbia PLC, the Corporation and the Buyer signatory thereto (the “ Purchase Agreement ”) closing concomitantly with the effectiveness (for accounting purposes only) of this new Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as of 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 10, 2018 (the “ Effective Time ”), and as a result, effective as of the Effective Time, none of the formerly authorized Old Preferred Shares are outstanding and none will be issued, and accordingly the Old Preferred Shares are eliminated from this new Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

The rights, preferences and privileges of the Common Stock and the Presbia USA New Preferred Stock are set forth in Article FIFTH below.

FIFTH : The terms and provisions of the Common Stock and the Presbia USA New Preferred Stock are as follows:

1. Definitions.

(a) Business Day ” shall mean any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday or (ii) a day on which banks are not required to be open or are authorized to close in San Francisco, California.

(b) Corporation ” shall mean Presbia USA, Inc.

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(c) Distribution ” shall mean the transfer of cash, property or securities without consideration, whether by way of dividend or otherwise, or the purchase of shares of the Corporation (other than in connection with the repurchase of shares of Common Stock issued to or held by employees, consultants, officers or directors at a price not greater than the amount paid by such persons for such shares upon termination of their employment or services pursuant to agreements providing for the right of said repurchase or upon exercise of a right of first refusal approved by the Board of Directors) for cash or property.

(d) Dividend Rate ” shall mean a rate of 15% per annum (fixed), compounded quarterly, subject to adjustment from time to time for Recapitalizations as set forth herein.  Dividends on the Presbia USA New Preferred Shares shall accrue daily pursuant to Section 2 of this Article FIFTH.

(e) A “ Liquidation Event ” shall be deemed to be occasioned by, or to include each of the following: (i) the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation; and (ii) any of the following, provided that the holders of the Presbia USA New Preferred Shares and the holders of Common Stock shall in all cases be entitled to also receive the same form of consideration, (A) the merger, acquisition or consolidation of the Corporation by means of any transaction or series of related transactions, provided, that, the applicable transaction shall not be deemed a Liquidation Event if the Corporation's stockholders as constituted immediately prior to such transaction hold more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the surviving or acquiring entity (or its parent) immediately following such transaction; (B) any transaction or series of related transactions to which the Corporation is a party in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the Corporation's voting power is transferred (taking into account only voting power resulting from stock held by such stockholders prior to such transaction); or (C) a sale, transfer or other disposition, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (including, without limitation, the sale or disposition (by merger or otherwise) of one or more subsidiaries of the Corporation if substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole are held by such subsidiary or subsidiaries, except where such sale, transfer or other disposition is to a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Liquidation Event shall not include (x) a merger or consolidation with a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation; (y) a merger effected exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile of the Corporation; or (z) any transaction or series of related transactions principally for bona fide equity financing purposes of the Corporation in which the Corporation is the surviving corporation. The treatment of any particular transaction or series of related transactions as a Liquidation Event may be waived by the vote or written consent of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Presbia USA New Preferred Stock (voting together as a single class and not as separate series).

(f) Liquidation Preference ” shall mean $1,000.00 per Presbia USA New Preferred Share plus accrued and declared but unpaid dividends on such share (subject to adjustment from time to time for Recapitalizations and as otherwise set forth elsewhere herein).

(g) Original Issue Date ” shall mean December 10, 2018 with respect to Presbia USA New Preferred Shares.

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(h) Original Issue Price ” shall mean $1,000.00 for each outstanding share of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock (subject to adjustment from time to time for Recapitalizations and as otherwise set forth elsewhere herein).

(i) Recapitalization ” shall mean any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification or other similar event involving the Presbia USA New Preferred Stock.

(j) Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

2. Dividends.

(a) Treatment of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock . From and after the respective Original Issue Date, dividends shall accrue at the Dividend Rate on the outstanding shares of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock (subject to adjustment from time to time for Recapitalizations and as otherwise set forth elsewhere herein) (the “ Accruing Dividends ”). Accruing Dividends shall accrue from day to day, whether or not declared, and shall be cumulative; provided, however , that except as set forth in the following sentence of this Section 2(a) or in Section 3(a), the Corporation shall be under no obligation to pay such Accruing Dividends except as set forth in Section 3 or Section 7 of this Article V, based on the aggregate amount of dividends accrued. The Corporation shall not declare, pay or set aside any dividends on shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation (other than dividends on shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock) unless (in addition to the obtaining of any consents required elsewhere in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) the holders of the Presbia USA New Preferred Stock then outstanding shall first receive, or simultaneously receive, a dividend on each outstanding share of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock equal to the amount of the aggregate Accruing Dividends then accrued on such share of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock and not previously paid.

(b) Treatment of Common Stock . If, after dividends in the full preferential amounts specified in Section 2(a) for the Presbia USA New Preferred Stock have been paid or declared and set apart in any calendar year of the Corporation, the Board of Directors shall declare additional dividends out of funds legally available therefor in that calendar year, then such additional dividends shall be declared pro rata on the Common Stock. The Corporation shall make no Distribution to the holders of shares of Common Stock except in accordance with (i) Section 2(a) and this Section 2(b) and (ii) Section 3.

(c) Non-Cash Distribution . Whenever a Distribution provided for in this Section 2 shall be payable in property other than cash, the value of such Distribution shall be deemed to be the fair market value of such property as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.

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3. Liquidation Rights.

(a) Distribution of Assets on Liquidation . Within ten (10) days after the occurrence of any Liquidation Event, either voluntary or involuntary, the holders of the Presbia USA New Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, out of the assets of the Corporation, the Liquidation Preference specified for each share of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock then held by them before any payment shall be made or any assets distributed to the holders of Common Stock. If upon the Liquidation Event, the assets to be distributed among the holders of the Presbia USA New Preferred Stock are insufficient to permit the payment to such holders of the full Liquidation Preference for their shares, then the holders of shares of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock shall share ratably in any distribution of the assets available for distribution in proportion to the respective amounts which would otherwise be payable in respect of the shares held by them upon such distribution if all amounts payable on or with respect to such shares were paid in full under this subsection (a).

(b) Remaining Assets . After the payment to the holders of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock of the full preferential amount specified above, any remaining assets of the Corporation shall be distributed pro rata among the holders of the Common Stock.

(c) Determination of Value if Proceeds Other than Cash . In any Liquidation Event, if the proceeds received by the Corporation or its stockholders are other than cash, the value of such proceeds will be deemed its fair market value. Any securities shall be valued as follows:

(i) Securities not subject to investment letter or other similar restrictions on free marketability covered by (ii) below:

(A) If traded on a securities exchange, the value shall be deemed to be the average of the closing prices of the securities on such exchange over the twenty (20) trading-day period ending three (3) trading days prior to the closing of the Liquidation Event;

(B) If actively traded over-the-counter, the value shall be deemed to be the average of the closing bid or sale prices (whichever is applicable) over the twenty (20) trading-day period ending three (3) trading days prior to the closing of the Liquidation Event; and

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

(ii) The method of valuation of securities subject to investment letter or other restrictions on free marketability (other than restrictions arising solely by virtue of a stockholder's status as an affiliate or former affiliate) shall be to make an appropriate discount from the market value determined as above in (i)(A), (B) or (C) to reflect the approximate fair market value thereof, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

4. Intentionally Deleted.

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5. Voting.

(a) General . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or as required by law, the holders of Common Stock shall vote together as a single class, including, but not limited to, with respect to any increase or decrease of the authorized shares of Common Stock.

(b) Presbia USA New Preferred Stock . Without limiting the rights of the holders of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock under Section 6, the holders of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock shall not have voting rights.

(c) No Series Voting . Other than as provided herein or required by law, there shall be no series voting among holders of the Corporation's capital stock.

(d) Common Stock . Each holder of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share thereof held.

(e) Election of Directors . All directors of the Corporation shall be elected by the holders of Common Stock (voting together as a single class and not as separate series). Any director elected pursuant to this Section 5(e) may be removed with or without cause only by the affirmative vote or written consent of the holders of the shares of the class, series or classes of stock entitled to elect such director or directors. There shall be no cumulative voting.

6. Protective Provisions.

(a) Approval by Presbia USA New Preferred Stock . Notwithstanding Section 5 of this Article V, the Corporation shall not, without first obtaining the approval (by vote or written consent as provided by law) of a majority of the shares of the Presbia USA New Preferred Stock then outstanding, voting together as a single class and not as separate series, directly or indirectly to (whether by amendment, merger, recapitalization or otherwise):

(i) effect any alteration, repeal, change or amendment of the rights, privileges or preferences of the Presbia USA New Preferred Stock in a manner that adversely affects the rights, privileges or preferences of the Presbia USA New Preferred Stock;

(ii) amend, modify or repeal any provision of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Corporation’s bylaws in a manner that adversely affects the powers, preferences or rights of the Presbia USA New Preferred Stock;

(iii) amend this Section 6;

(iv) borrow an amount in excess of $8,000,000 (such amount being the maximum amount payable by the Corporation under the debt instruments);

(v) execute any guaranty;

(vi) settle any lawsuit or civil investigation requiring the payment of more than $1,000,000 unless expressly approved by the Board of Directors;

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(vii) execute any document or enter into any arrangement that has a potential liability to the Corporation in excess of $1,000,000; or

(viii) consent to any merger or dissolution of the Corporation.

7. Redemption.

(a) Redemption .

(i) Shares of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock shall be redeemed by the Corporation out of funds lawfully available therefor at a price equal to the Original Issue Price per share, plus all Accruing Dividends and any declared but unpaid dividends thereon (the “ Redemption Price ”), upon the occurrence of a Liquidation Event. In such event, the Corporation shall apply all of its assets to any such redemption, and to no other corporate purpose, except to the extent prohibited by Delaware law governing distributions to stockholders.

(ii) Prior to the occurrence of a Liquidation Event, the Corporation shall have the unconditional unilateral right to redeem any Presbia USA New Preferred Share at any time for the Redemption Price, and the Corporation will have the irrevocable authority to authorize and instruct the Corporation secretary (or any other person appointed for the purpose by the directors) to redeem the Presbia USA New Preferred Shares and to execute on behalf of the holders of Presbia USA New Preferred Shares such documents as are necessary in connection with such redemption. For avoidance of doubt, the Corporation's right to redeem any Presbia USA New Preferred Shares can only be exercised after approval of a majority of the members of the Corporation's board of directors that are independent of the holders of the Presbia USA New Preferred Shares being redeemed.

(b) Redemption Notice . The Corporation shall send written notice of any redemption (the “ Redemption Notice ”) to each holder of record of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of such redemption (the “ Redemption Date ”). Each Redemption Notice shall state:

(i) the Redemption Date and the Redemption Price; and

(ii) that the holder is to surrender to the Corporation, in the manner and at the place designated, his, her or its certificate or certificates representing the shares of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock to be redeemed.

(c) Surrender of Certificates; Payment . On or before the applicable Redemption Date, each holder of shares of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock to be redeemed on such Redemption Date, shall surrender the certificate or certificates representing such shares (or, if such registered holder alleges that such certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, a lost certificate affidavit and agreement reasonably acceptable to the Corporation to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against the Corporation on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate) to the Corporation, in the manner and at the place designated in the Redemption Notice, and thereupon the Redemption Price for such shares shall be payable to the order of the person whose name appears on such certificate or certificates as the

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owner thereof. In the event less than all of the shares of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock represented by a certificate are redeemed, a new certificate representing the unredeemed shares of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock shall promptly be issued to such holder.

(d) Rights Subsequent to Redemption . If the Redemption Notice shall have been duly given, and if on or prior to the applicable Redemption Date the Redemption Price payable upon redemption of the shares of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock to be redeemed on such Redemption Date is paid or tendered for payment or deposited with an independent payment agent so as to be available therefor in a timely manner, then notwithstanding that the certificates evidencing any of the shares of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall not have been surrendered, dividends with respect to such shares of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock shall cease to accrue after such Redemption Date and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith after the Redemption Date terminate, except only the right of the holders to receive the Redemption Price without interest upon surrender of their certificate or certificates therefor.

8. Reissuance of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock . In the event that any shares of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock shall be redeemed pursuant to Section 7 or otherwise repurchased by the Corporation, the shares so redeemed or repurchased shall be cancelled and shall not be reissued, sold or transferred by the Corporation. Neither the Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries may exercise any voting or other rights granted to holders of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock following redemption.

9. Notices . Any notice required by the provisions of this Article FIFTH to be given to the holders of Presbia USA New Preferred Stock shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery; (b) when sent by facsimile with confirmed transmission, on the day sent if sent during normal business hours of the recipient of such day, or if not sent during such normal business hours, then on the next Business Day; or (c) two (2) Business Days after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification from such courier of delivery to such recipient, in each case addressed to each holder of record at such holder's address appearing on the books of the Corporation.

SIXTH : The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

SEVENTH : In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the State of Delaware:

1. The management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation shall be vested in its board of directors (the “ Board ”). The numberof directors which shall constitute the whole Board shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the Corporation's bylaws (the “ Bylaws ”). No election of directors need be bywritten ballot unless the Bylaws shall so provide.

2. The Board is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws.

3. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the Bylaws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any

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provision contained in applicable statutes) at such place within or without the State of Delaware as the Bylaws may provide or as may be designated from time to time by the Board.

EIGHTH : To the fullest extent permitted by law, a director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. If the DGCL or any other law of the state of Delaware is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as so amended.

Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article EIGHTH by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of, or increase the liability of any director of the Corporation with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to, such repeal or modification.

NINTH : To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation is authorized to provide indemnification of (and advancement of expenses to) directors, officers and agents of the Corporation (and any other persons to which the DGCL permits the Corporation to provide indemnification) through bylaws provisions, agreements with such agents or other persons, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, in excess of the indemnification and advancement otherwise permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL.

Any amendment, repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article NINTH shall not adversely affect any right or protection of any director, officer or other agent of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or modification.

TENTH : The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the provisions of Section 145 of the DGCL, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any director or officer of the Corporation and, in the discretion of the Board, any other persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities, or other matters referred to in or covered by said section, and the indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shah inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such person. Any amendment, repeal or modification of the provisions of this Article TENTH shall not adversely affect any right or protection of any director, officer or other person existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or modification.

ELEVENTH : From time to time any of the provisions of this certificate of incorporation may be amended, altered or repealed, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted in the manner and at the time prescribed by said laws, and all rights at any time conferred upon the stockholders of the Corporation by this certificate of incorporation are granted subject to the provisions of this Article ELEVENTH.

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TWELFTH : The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL, as from time to time in effect or any successor provision thereto.

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Exhibit 10.9

GUARANTY

Bene ficiary:

Richard S. Ressler, an individual

Issuer:

Presbia USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation

Guaran tor:

Presbia PLC, an Irish incorporated public limited company

THIS GUARANTY (this “ Guaranty ”) is dated for reference purposes and executed as of December 10, 2018, by the guarantor identified above (“ Guarantor ”), with reference to the following facts:

A. Beneficiary, Guarantor and Issuer have entered into and executed a Securities Purchase & Exchange Agreement dated as of December 10, 2018 (the “ SPA ”) by the terms of which, inter alia , (i) Beneficiary exchanged certain previously outstanding preferred shares in Issuer (the “ USA Old Preferred Shares ”) for certain newly-designated and newly-issued preferred shares in Issuer (the “ USA New Preferred Shares ”), and (ii) Beneficiary purchased certain preferred shares in Guarantor.

B. Guarantor has a financial interest in Issuer and a material interest in ensuring that Beneficiary enter into the SPA and acquire the USA New Preferred Shares.

C. Beneficiary would not execute the SPA and acquire the USA New Preferred Shares or the preferred shares in Guarantor if Guarantor did not execute and deliver to Beneficiary this Guaranty.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of Beneficiary's execution of the SPA and as a material inducement to Beneficiary to enter into the SPA, Guarantor hereby covenants with and represents and warrants to Beneficiary as follows:

1. That certain Guaranty dated for reference purposes and executed as of April 12, 2018 and given by Guarantor in favor of Beneficiary in respect of the USA Old Preferred Shares, is hereby terminated and released in all respects, and shall be of no further force or effect.

2. Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, the payment of the Redemption Price as defined in and calculated under the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Issuer (as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 10, 2018) on the occurrence of a Liquidation Event as well as the payment of all amounts payable under the SPA (the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”).  If Issuer at any time fails to pay any Guaranteed Obligation, Guarantor will, upon demand from Beneficiary, immediately pay such sums.

3. This Guaranty is irrevocable and is a continuing guaranty while any of the USA New Preferred Shares are outstanding.

4. Beneficiary may, without notice to or consent from Guarantor, alter, modify, compromise, accelerate, extend or change the time or manner for the payment or performance of any of the obligations guaranteed hereunder, and Beneficiary may release, substitute or add any one or more guarantors of Issuer's performance under the SPA and the USA New Preferred Shares


(collectively, the  “ Instruments ”).  Beneficiary or any assignee of Beneficiary may assign the Instruments without consent or notice to Guarantor.  In any such event, this Guaranty shall thereafter guarantee the performance of Issuer under the Instruments as so changed, modified, altered or assigned until the Guaranteed Obligations are fully paid.  No exercise or non-exercise by Beneficiary of any right hereby given Beneficiary, no dealing by Beneficiary with Guarantor or any guarantor or any other person, and no change, impairment, release or suspension of any right or remedy of Beneficiary against any person, including Issuer and any other guarantor, shall in any way affect any of the obligations of Guarantor hereunder or shall give Guarantor any recourse against Beneficiary.

5. This Guaranty shall not be released, modified or affected by failure or delay on the part of Beneficiary to enforce any of the rights or remedies of Beneficiary under the Instruments, whether pursuant to the terms thereof or at law or in equity while any of the USA New Preferred Shares are outstanding.  No provisions of this Guaranty or rights of Beneficiary hereunder can be waived in whole or in part nor can Guarantor be released from Guarantor's obligations hereunder except by a writing duly executed by an authorized officer of Beneficiary.

6. Guarantor, to the extent permitted by law, hereby expressly waives and relinquishes all rights, remedies and defenses accorded by applicable law to guarantors and agrees not to assert or take advantage of any such rights, remedies or defenses, including but not limited to (a) any right to require Beneficiary, as a condition to enforcement of this Guaranty, to proceed against Issuer or any other person or to pursue any other right or remedy in Beneficiary's power before proceeding against Guarantor; (b) the defense of the statute of limitations in any action hereunder or in any action for the collection of any indebtedness or the performance of any obligation hereby guaranteed; (c) any defense that may arise by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority, death or disability of any other person or persons or the failure of Beneficiary to file or enforce a claim against the estate (in administration, bankruptcy or any other proceeding) of any other person or persons; (d) any defense based upon the failure to give notice of the acceptance of this Guaranty by any person; (e) any defense based upon any modification, compromise, acceleration or change in the terms of the Instruments; (f) any defense based upon the failure to make, give or serve demand, notice of default or nonpayment, presentment, protest and all other notices of any kind to which Guarantor might be entitled in connection with this Guaranty or the Instruments; (g) any defense based upon an election of remedies by Beneficiary; (h) any defense based upon any lack of diligence by Beneficiary in enforcing the terms of the Instruments; (i) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than  that of the principal; (j) any duty on the part of Beneficiary to disclose to Guarantor any facts Beneficiary may now or hereafter know about Issuer, regardless of whether Beneficiary has reason to believe that any such facts materially increase the risk beyond that which Guarantor intends to assume, or has reason to believe that such facts are unknown to Guarantor, or has a reasonable opportunity to communicate such facts to Guarantor, it being understood and agreed that Guarantor is fully responsible for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of Issuer and of all circumstances bearing on the risk of nonperformance  of any obligations hereby guaranteed; (k) any defense arising because of an election made by Beneficiary under Section 1111(b)(2) of the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any similar statute; and (l) any defense based on any borrowing or grant of a security interest under Section 364 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, it being agreed by Guarantor that this Guaranty is in the nature of an absolute guarantee of payment and performance and not of collection and that the

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failure of Beneficiary to exercise any rights or remedies it has or may have against Issuer shall in no way impair the obligation or liability of Guarantor hereunder.

7. No notice of default need be given to Guarantor, it being specifically agreed and understood that this Guaranty is a continuing guaranty under which Beneficiary may proceed forthwith and immediately against Issuer or against Guarantor following any breach or default (beyond the expiration of applicable notice and cure periods) by Issuer pursuant to or under the terms of the Instruments or at law or in equity.

8. Beneficiary shall have the right to proceed against Guarantor following any breach or default (beyond the expiration of applicable notice and cure periods) by Issuer without first proceeding against Issuer and without previous notice to or demand upon either Issuer or Guarantor.

9. Guarantor (a) shall have no right of subrogation against Issuer by reason of any payments or acts of performance by Guarantor in compliance with the obligations of Guarantor hereunder, (b) hereby waives any right to enforce any remedy which Guarantor now or hereafter shall have against Issuer by reason of any one or more payments or acts of performance by Guarantor in compliance with the obligations of Guarantor hereunder, and (c) subordinates any liability or indebtedness of Issuer now or hereafter held by Guarantor to the obligations of Issuer to Beneficiary under the Instruments.

10. Guarantor has made an independent investigation of the financial condition of Issuer and the ability of Issuer to perform the obligations hereby guaranteed prior to making this Guaranty, and Guarantor hereby waives any defense that Guarantor may have by reason of the failure of Beneficiary or any successor-in-interest to Beneficiary to provide Guarantor with any information respecting the financial condition of Issuer, or Issuer's ability to perform any of the obligations hereby guaranteed.

11. The obligations of Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of Issuer, and, in the event of any default hereunder, a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against Guarantor whether or not Issuer is joined therein or a separate action or actions are brought against Issuer  Beneficiary's rights hereunder shall not be exhausted by its exercise of any of its right or remedies or by any such action or by any number of successive actions until and unless all indebtedness and obligations, the payment and performance of which are hereby guaranteed, have been paid and fully performed.

12. Guarantor shall pay to Beneficiary attorneys' fees and all reasonable, actual, third party, out-of-pocket costs and expenses that Beneficiary expends or incurs during the Guaranty Period in collecting or compromising any indebtedness hereby guaranteed or in enforcing this Guaranty against Guarantor whether or not suit is filed, expressly including but not limited to all reasonable costs, attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by Beneficiary in connection with any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement or other similar proceedings involving Guarantor which in any way affect the exercise by Beneficiary of its rights and remedies hereunder.

13. If any provision or portion thereof of this Guaranty is declared or found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable or null and void, such provision or portion thereof shall

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be deemed stricken and severed from this Guaranty, and the remaining provisions and portions thereof shall continue in full force and effect.

14. This Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of Beneficiary, its successors and assigns, and shall bind the heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and assigns of Guarantor.

15. When the context and construction so require, all words used in the singular herein shall be deemed to have been used in the plural and vice versa, and the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter and vice versa.  The word “person” as used herein shall include any individual, company, firm, association, partnership, corporation, trust or other legal entity of any kind whatsoever.

16. In the event any action is brought to enforce or interpret the terms of this Guaranty, the prevailing party in such action shall be entitled to reimbursement by the other party of its reasonable costs and expenses, including without limitation its reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred therein.

17. Subject to Section 18, this Guaranty and all matters that in any way relate to the transactions contemplated by this Guaranty shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, and venue of all court actions shall be in Los Angeles County.

18. The parties agree that any dispute or controversy arising out of or relating to this Guaranty, or to the interpretation, performance, or breach thereof, shall be heard and decided exclusively by means of a reference pursuant to Section 638 et seq . of the Code of Civil Procedure of the State of California. Such reference shall be made to a retired judge of the Superior Court of the State of California (the “ Referee ”) who shall hear such dispute or controversy until the final determination thereof pursuant to Article VI, Section 21, of the California Constitution, Section 638 et seq . of the California Code of Civil Procedure, and Rule 244(a) of the California Rules of Court. The term “Referee” as used herein is intended to refer to and include the term “Temporary Judge” as used in the said provisions of the California Constitution and the California Rules of Court.  The Referee shall be selected by mutual agreement of the parties from the list of retired judges maintained by the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. If the parties are unable to agree upon a retired judge to serve as the Referee, then upon petition by either party to the presiding judge of the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles (or such other judge as the presiding judge may designate for such purpose), such judge shall in his or her sole discretion select the particular retired judge who shall serve as the Referee. The cost of the Referee shall initially be divided equally between the parties, it being understood and agreed that, upon judgment, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reimbursement from the other party of all costs of litigation, including the cost of the Referee.


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WHEREFORE, Guarantor has executed this Guaranty as of the day and year first above written.

 

GUARANTOR:

 

Presbia PLC,

an Irish incorporated public limited company

By:

/s/ Mark Yung

Name:

Mark Yung

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

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       Exhibit 10.10

Warrant

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.  THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

WARRANT TO PURCHASE ORDINARY SHARES

PRESBIA PLC

Warrant Shares: 14,731,667                                            Initial Exercise Date: December 10, 2018

THIS WARRANT TO PURCHASE ORDINARY SHARES (the “ Warrant ”) certifies that, for value received, Richard S. Ressler, an individual (the “ Holder ”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “ Initial Exercise Date ”) and on or prior to the close of business (Eastern Time) on the five year anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date (the “ Termination Date ”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Presbia PLC, an Irish public limited company (the “ Company ”), up to 14,731,667 ordinary shares with a nominal value of US$0.001 each (the “ Warrant Shares ”).  The purchase price of one ordinary share under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

Section 1. Definitions .  Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase & Exchange Agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), dated December 10, 2018 among the Company, Presbia USA, Inc. and the purchaser signatory thereto.

Section 2. Exercise .

a) Exercise of Warrant .  Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or  in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as the Company may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed


 

facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto; and, within three (3) Trading Days of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company, the Company shall have received  payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank or, if available, (i) pursuant to the near cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c)(i) below or (ii) through the application of outstanding amounts under the Loan Guaranty or the Preferred Stock Guaranty pursuant to the procedure specified in Section 2(c)(ii) below.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company prior to the Termination Date until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company.  Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased.  The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases.  The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice.  In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Company shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error.  The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time will be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

b) Exercise Price .  The exercise price per ordinary share under this Warrant shall be $0.60, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “ Exercise Price ”).

c)

i. Near Cashless Exercise .  To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Warrant may also be exercised in part at such time by means of a “near cashless exercise” in which the Holder, after Holder pays the Company the nominal value of US$0.001 per share in cash (the “ Cash Portion ”), shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

(A) = the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which the Holder elects to exercise this Warrant (the “ Applicable Trading Day ”) by means of a “cashless exercise,” as set forth in the applicable Notice of Exercise;

(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

(X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise, but such number of Warrant Shares reduced by the number equal to the Cash Portion divided by the VWAP on the Applicable Trading Day.

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VWAP ” is the volume-weighted average price and shall mean the aggregate consideration paid for all ordinary shares purchased on a given Trading Day, divided by the total number of ordinary shares purchased on such Trading Day.

ii. Exercise Through Application of Outstanding Amounts Under Loan Guaranty or Preferred Stock Guaranty .  Subject to, and solely to the extent permitted by, applicable law and subject further to first complying with any applicable requirements of Irish law, any amounts due and owing by the Holder to the Company on the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may, at the election of the Holder as set out in the Notice of Exercise Form, be satisfied by way of set-off against any amounts due and owing by the Company to the Holder as of the date of the Notice of Exercise Form under the Loan Guaranty or the Preferred Stock Guaranty (as such terms are defined in the Purchase Agreement).

d) Mechanics of Exercise .

i. Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise .  Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (“ DWAC ”) system if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective Registration Statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise by physical delivery to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is three (3) Trading Days after the latest of (A) the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise Form, (B) surrender of this Warrant (if required), and (C) payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above (including, in each case if permitted, by cashless exercise or by application of outstanding amounts under the Loan Guaranty or the Preferred Stock Guaranty in accordance with Sections 2(c)(i) or 2(c)(ii), respectively, and delivery of such documentation as is required by such Sections) (such date, the “ Warrant Share Delivery Date ”).  This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised on the first date on which all of the foregoing have been delivered to the Company.  The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and the Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price and entry on the register of members of the Company (or by the methods specified in Sections 2(c)(i) or 2(c)(ii), if and in the manner permitted) and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(d)(vi) prior to the issuance of such shares, having been paid.  If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder certificates evidencing the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the ordinary share on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $100 per Trading Day (increasing to $200 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such certificates are delivered or the Holder rescinds such exercise.

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ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise .  If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates representing Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant (that is, any such new Warrant shall be dated the Initial Exercise Date and shall be identical with this Warrant in all respects except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto, with such number of Warrant Shares being reduced to reflect the number of Warrant Shares remaining to cover future exercises after giving effect to previous partial exercise(s) of this Warrant).

iii. Intentionally deleted .

iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Exercise .  In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to issue the Warrant Shares to the Holder pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder (and prior to the issue of the Warrant Shares) is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, ordinary shares to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the ordinary shares so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of ordinary shares that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder.  For example, if the Holder purchases ordinary shares having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of ordinary shares with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000.  The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss.  Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing ordinary shares upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip .  No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant.  As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

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vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses .  Issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event certificates for Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.

vii. Closing of Books .  Save in compliance with applicable law, the Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

Section 3. Certain Adjustments .

a) Reclassification, Recapitalization, Exchange or Substitution .  Upon any reclassification, recapitalization, exchange, substitution, or other event that results in a change of the number and/or class of the securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of this Warrant, the Holder shall be entitled to receive, upon exercise or conversion of this Warrant, the number and kind of securities and property that Holder would have received for Shares if this Warrant had been exercised immediately before such reclassification, recapitalization, exchange, substitution, or other event.  Upon surrender of this Warrant, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder a new warrant for such new securities.  The new warrant shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 3 including, without limitation, to the number of securities issuable upon exercise of the new warrant.  The provisions of this Section 3 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, recapitalizations, exchanges, substitutions, or other events.

b) Adjustments for Combinations, Etc .  If  the  outstanding Shares  are  combined  or  consolidated, by reclassification or otherwise, into a lesser number of shares, the number of Shares as to which this Warrant is exercisable shall be proportionately decreased and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately increased.

c) Pro Rata Distributions .  If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, shall distribute to all or any holders of ordinary shares (and not to the Holder) evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including cash and cash dividends) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security other than the ordinary shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the VWAP determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such VWAP on such record date less the then per share fair market value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness or rights or warrants so distributed applicable to one outstanding ordinary share as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith.  In either case the adjustments shall be described in a statement provided to the Holder of the portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable to one ordinary share.  Such adjustment shall be made whenever any

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such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.

d) Calculations .  All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest whole share, as the case may be.  For purposes of this Section 3, the number of ordinary shares deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

e) Notice to Holder .

i. Adjustment to Exercise Price .  Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder .  If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the ordinary shares, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the ordinary shares, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the ordinary share rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the ordinary shares, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the ordinary shares are converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the ordinary shares of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the ordinary shares of record shall be entitled to exchange their ordinary shares for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.  To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K.  The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

iii. Change of Control .  In the event of a Change of Control, either (i) the Holder shall exercise this Warrant pursuant to Section 2 and such exercise will be deemed effective immediately prior  to  and  contingent upon  the consummation of such Change of Control

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or (ii) if the Holder elects not to exercise the Warrant and this Warrant is not automatically converted pursuant to this Warrant, this Warrant will expire immediately prior to the consummation of such Change of Control.  “ Change of Control ” shall mean:  (a) merger, exchange or consolidation of the Company into or with another entity in which the stockholders, or other acquisition of the Company or its outstanding stock by another entity (or affiliated entities) by means of any transaction or series of related transactions that results in the stockholders of the Company prior to such transaction or series of related transactions holding, directly or indirectly, less than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding equity of the Company immediately following such transaction or series of related transactions (excluding a merger or conversion effected exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile of the Company), (b) the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets,  or (c) a sale by the Company’s stockholders of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding equity of the Company, in each case by means of any transaction or series of related transactions.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to occur if, after the consummation of the transaction or series of related transactions for such consolidation, merger, transfer of equity securities or assets, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction or series of related transactions continue to beneficially own or control 50% of the voting power of the surviving or acquiring entity.

Section 4. Transfer of Warrant .

a) Transferability .  Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer.  Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled.  The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

b) New Warrants .  This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney.  Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice.  All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Initial Exercise Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

c) Warrant Register .  The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “ Warrant Register ”), in the name of the

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record Holder hereof from time to time.  The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

d) Transfer Restrictions .  If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply with the provisions of Section 4.4 of the Purchase Agreement.

e) Representation by the Holder .  The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

Section 5. Miscellaneous .

a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise .  This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i).

b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant .  The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will, subject to reasonable and customary indemnification, make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

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

d) Authorized Shares .  The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued ordinary shares a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant.  The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant.  The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein

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without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed.  The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, subject to applicable law, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its constitution or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of the Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) subject to applicable law, take all such action as may be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

e) Restrictions .  The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered and to the extent the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

f) Nonwaiver and Expenses .  No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of the Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder terminate on the Termination Date.  If the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

g) Notices .  Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

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h) Limitation of Liability .  No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any ordinary share or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

i) Remedies .  The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant.  The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

j) Successors and Assigns .  Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of the Holder.  The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

k) Amendment .  This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and Holders holding Warrants at least equal to 50.1% of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of all then outstanding Warrants.

l) Severability .  Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

m) Headings .  The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

n) Governing Law .  This Warrant shall be interpreted under the laws of California without regard to conflict of law principles.

o) Judicial Reference . The parties agree that any dispute or controversy arising out of or relating to this Warrant, or to the interpretation, performance, or breach thereof, shall be heard and decided exclusively by means of a reference pursuant to Section 638 et seq . of the Code of Civil Procedure of the State of California. Such reference shall be made to a retired judge of the Superior Court of the State of California (the “ Referee ”) who shall hear such dispute or controversy until the final determination thereof pursuant to Article VI, Section 21, of the California Constitution, Section 638 et seq . of the California Code of Civil Procedure, and Rule 244(a) of the California Rules of Court. The term “Referee” as used herein is intended to refer to and include the term “Temporary Judge” as used in the said provisions of the California Constitution and the California Rules of Court.  The Referee shall be selected by mutual agreement of the parties from the list of retired judges maintained by the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. If the parties are unable to agree upon a retired judge to serve as the Referee, then

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upon petition by either party to the presiding judge of the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles (or such other judge as the presiding judge may designate for such purpose), such judge shall in his or her sole discretion select the particular retired judge who shall serve as the Referee. The cost of the Referee shall initially be divided equally between the parties, it being understood and agreed that, upon judgment, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reimbursement from the other party of all costs of litigation, including the cost of the Referee.

 

 

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(Signature Pages Follow)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

PRESBIA PLC

 

By:

/s/ Mark Yung

Name:

Mark Yung

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

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