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):   June 20, 2016

 

 

 

Marina Biotech, Inc.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-13789   11-2658569
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)

 

P.O. Box 1559 , Bothell, WA   98041
 (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   425-892-4322

 

N/A
Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On June 20, 2016, Marina Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto (the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Company issued to the Purchasers unsecured promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $300,000 (“Notes”). Interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of the Notes at the rate of 12% per annum beginning on September 20, 2016. The Notes will become due and payable on June 20, 2017, provided , that, upon the closing of a financing transaction that occurs while the Notes are outstanding, each Purchaser shall have the right to either: (x) accelerate the maturity date of the Note held by such Purchaser or (ii) convert the entire outstanding principal balance under the Note held by such Purchaser and accrued interest thereon into the securities of the Company that are issued and sold at the closing of such financing transaction.

 

Further, if the Company at any time while the Notes are outstanding receives any cash payments in the aggregate amount of not less than $250,000, as a result of the licensing, partnering or disposition of any of the technology held by the Company, or any related product or asset, the Company shall pay to the holders of the Notes, on a pro rata basis, an amount equal to 25% of each payment actually received by the Company, which payments shall be applied against the outstanding principal balance of the Notes and the accrued and unpaid interest thereon, until such time as the Notes are repaid in full.

 

In the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed: (x) to extend the termination date of all of the warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock (such warrants, the “Prior Warrants”) that were delivered to the purchasers pursuant to that certain Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2012, by and among the Company, MDRNA Research, Inc., Cequent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto, as it has been amended to date, to February 10, 2020 and (y) to extend the anti-dilution protection afforded by Section 3(b) of the Prior Warrants so that such protection would apply to any financing transaction effected by the Company on or prior to June 19, 2017 (with any such adjustment only applying to 80% of the Prior Warrants). The Company further agreed in the Purchase Agreement to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 30 days of the date of the Purchase Agreement a registration statement (or a post-effective amendment to an existing registration statement) to register (or to maintain the registration of) the resale of the shares of the Company’s common stock issuable upon exercise of the Prior Warrants by the current holders of the Prior Warrants.

 

A copy each of the Purchase Agreement and the form of Note is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 4.1, respectively, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The foregoing summary of the transaction contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the documents and instruments executed and/or issued in connection therewith does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the definitive transaction documents, copies of which are attached as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K. 

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The Company agreed to issue the Notes to the Purchasers in reliance upon the exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The information disclosed in Item 1.01 is incorporated into this Item 3.02 in its entirety.

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits:

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
4.1   Form of Promissory Note of the Company
     
10.1   Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 20, 2016, by and among Marina Biotech, Inc. and the purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  Marina Biotech, Inc.
     
June 22, 2016 By: /s/ Joseph W. Ramelli
  Name: Joseph W. Ramelli
  Title: Interim CEO

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
4.1   Form of Promissory Note of the Company
     
10.1   Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 20, 2016, by and among Marina Biotech, Inc. and the purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.1

  

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

THIS NOTE AND THE SECURITIES THAT MAY BE ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION THEREOF. NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN A FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

 

$ ______________________

 

 

June __, 2016

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Marina Biotech, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Marina ” or the “ Borrower ”), hereby promises to pay to ______________________ (the “ Holder ”), at ____________________________, or at such other place as Holder may from time to time designate in writing, on the Maturity Date (as defined below) the principal sum ___________________________ ($_______) (the “ Principal ”), together with interest in arrears from and including the date hereof on the unpaid Principal balance hereunder. This Promissory Note (as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time, this “ Note ”) is issued pursuant to that certain Note Purchase Agreement by and among Marina, the Holder and the other purchasers that are a party thereto, dated as of June 20, 2016 (as amended the “ Purchase Agreement ”). Unless otherwise converted or repaid pursuant to Section 4 or Section 5 below, the Principal shall be payable by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Note, but in any case no later than the earlier of (A) June 20, 2017, or (B) upon an acceleration in accordance with Section 7 herein (the “ Maturity Date ”). This Promissory Note is one of two (2) related promissory notes of like tenor issued by the Borrower on the date hereof to the Purchasers identified in the Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “ Holders ”), in the combined aggregate principal amount of $300,000.00 (collectively, the Notes ”). The Notes, together with the Purchase Agreement and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates executed and/or delivered in connection with the Purchase Agreement or the transaction documents contemplated thereby shall be termed the “ Transaction Documents ”. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

1.          Interest Rate . The Principal shall accrue interest from September 20, 2016 until the Principal is paid in full (or converted) at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, based on the number of days elapsed, and shall be paid on the Maturity Date, except to the extent that accrued interest is converted pursuant to Section 5 of this Note. In no event shall the interest rate on this Note exceed the maximum interest rate permitted by applicable law.

 

 

 

 

2.          Principal and Interest Repayment . Unless otherwise converted or repaid pursuant to Section 5 below, the entire outstanding Principal balance under this Note and accrued interest thereon shall be due on the Maturity Date.

 

3.          Place of Payment . All amounts payable hereunder shall be payable in immediately available funds in U.S. dollars at the address of Holder set forth above, unless another place of payment shall be specified in writing by the Holder; provided , that if the Holder shall give the Company wire instructions, payment shall be made by wire transfer. Any payment shall be accompanied by a statement reflecting the computation of the interest payment made.

 

4.          Prepayment of Note .

 

(a)          Voluntary Prepayment . The Borrower shall, with the consent of the Holder, have the right to prepay, without penalty or premium, any Principal and/or accrued interest due under this Note at any time and from time to time. If Borrower elects to make a prepayment under this Note, then any prepayment of the Principal shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount of Principal being prepaid and the Borrower must simultaneously take the same action in the same proportion with respect to all of the other Notes.

 

(b)          Mandatory Prepayment . If the Borrower at any time while this Note is outstanding receives any cash payments (whether such payments are characterized as upfront, milestone, royalty, combined or otherwise) in the aggregate amount of not less than $250,000, as a result of the licensing, partnering or disposition of any of the technology held by the Borrower (and/or any Subsidiary), or any related product or asset, the Borrower shall pay to the Holders of the Notes, on a pro rata basis, promptly following the receipt of such funds, an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of each payment actually received by the Borrower (and/or a Subsidiary), which payments shall be applied against the outstanding Principal balance of the Notes and the accrued and unpaid interest thereon, until such time as the Notes are repaid in full, with such payments being applied first to accrued interest and then to Principal. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall apply to funds received by the Borrower as a result of arrangements existing on the date on which this Note is issued, and any arrangements entered into by the Borrower thereafter. If a payment giving rise to a mandatory prepayment pursuant to this Section 4(b) is received by the Company after the date on which the Company is required to give notice pursuant to Section 5, the Holder shall have the right to elect to convert pursuant to Section 5 rather than receive the mandatory prepayment pursuant to this Section 4(b).

 

5.          Optional Conversion .

 

(a)          Conversion in Connection with Financing Transaction . The Borrower shall use its best efforts to provide the Holder with written notice not less than five (5) business days prior to the closing of any Financing Transaction that occurs while this Note is outstanding. Upon the closing of any Financing Transaction while this Note is outstanding, the Holder shall have the option, in its sole discretion, upon written notice to the Company, to either: (i) accelerate the Maturity Date of this Note, in which event the Borrower shall cause the entire outstanding Principal balance under this Note and accrued interest thereon to be repaid in cash; or (ii) convert the entire outstanding Principal balance under his Note and accrued interest thereon into New Securities to be issued and sold at the closing of such Financing Transaction. Upon such conversion, the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of shares of the Borrower’s New Securities to be issued upon such conversion equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the entire outstanding Principal balance under this Note and

 

 

 

 

accrued interest thereon by (ii) the New Securities Price. The issuance of New Securities pursuant to the conversion of this Note will be on, and subject to, the same terms and conditions applicable to the New Securities issued in the applicable Financing Transaction. In the event that the Company does not give the Holder the five (5) business days’ notice, the Holder shall have the right to exercise the conversion right pursuant to this Section 5(a) until 5:00 PM, New York time, on the fifth (5 th ) business day after the date on which the Company gives the Holder notice of the Financing Transaction, regardless of whether the Financing Transaction shall have otherwise closed.

 

(b)          Mechanics of Conversion . In the event that this Note is converted pursuant to Section 5(a), the Holder shall surrender this Note, duly endorsed, to the Borrower at the closing of the Financing Transaction, and this Note shall thereupon be canceled. As soon as practicable following surrender of this Note (or a duly executed affidavit of loss with any indemnity requested by the Borrower) and at its expense, the Borrower will issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the number New Securities to which the Holder is entitled upon such conversion, which New Securities shall be dated as of the date of conversion.

 

(c)          Financing Agreements . The Holder acknowledges that the conversion of this Note into New Securities pursuant to Section 5(a) may require the Holder’s execution of certain agreements relating to the purchase and sale of the New Securities, as well as registration rights, rights of first refusal and co-sale, rights of first offer and voting rights, if any, relating to such securities (collectively, the “ Financing Agreements ”). The Holder agrees to execute all of the Financing Agreements in connection with the conversion of this Note in the Financing Transaction as a result of which this Note has been converted; provided, however, that in no event shall the Holder be required to make any representations other than the Holder’s ownership of the Notes and his status as an accredited investor. For the absence of doubt, if the Holder elects to convert this Note pursuant to this Section 5, the Holder shall be entitled to the benefits of all anti-dilution provisions, all registration rights and all covenants provided to the investors in the Financing Agreements.

 

(d)         For purposes of this Note, the following terms have the following meanings:

 

New Securities ” means any shares of Common Stock, one or more classes of Common Stock Equivalents or a combination of Common Stock and one or more classes of Common Stock Equivalents. All fractional shares of Common Stock and all Common Stock Equivalents which would result in the issuance of fractional shares of Common Stock shall be rounded up to the next whole number of Shares.

 

New Securities Price ” means the lowest price paid for New Securities in the applicable Financing Transaction by investors.

 

(e)         In the event of a sale by the Holder or any assignee pursuant to Rule 144, the Company shall take such steps as may be necessary, including obtaining an opinion of its counsel at no cost to the Holder or assignee, as to the availability of Rule 144 in connection with any sale or with the removal of any stock transfer legends on the certificates representing the New Securities.

 

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

 

(a)         Failure by the Borrower to pay (i) any unpaid principal balance of this Note on the Maturity Date or (ii) any payment of interest thereon on the due date therefor;

 

 

 

 

(b)         The Borrower breaches any of its other obligations under any of the Transaction Documents and fails to cure such breach within 30 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which an officer of the Borrower has actual knowledge of such failure and (ii) the date on which notice shall have been given to Borrower from Holder;

 

(c)         Any warranty, representation or statement made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower in any of the Transaction Documents shall be false or misleading in any material respect at the time such warranty, representations or statement was made or deemed to be made;

 

(d)         One or more judgments, orders or decrees shall be rendered against the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower that exceeds by more than $150,000 any insurance coverage applicable thereto (to the extent the relevant insurer has been notified of such claim and has not denied coverage therefor) and either (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon any such judgment, order or decree or (ii) such judgment, order or decree shall not have been vacated or discharged for a period of 10 consecutive days and there shall not be in effect (by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise) any stay of enforcement thereof;

 

(e)         The Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally, shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall cease doing business as a going concern, (ii) any proceeding shall be instituted by or against the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, composition of it or its debts or any similar order, in each case under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee, conservator, liquidating agent, liquidator, other similar official or other official with similar powers, in each case for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such proceedings instituted against (but not by or with the consent of) the Borrower or such Subsidiary, either such proceedings shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 45 days or more or any action sought in such proceedings shall occur or (iii) the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower shall take any corporate or similar action or any other action to authorize any action described in clause (i) or (ii) above;

 

(f)          Any material provision of any of the Transaction Documents shall fail to be valid and binding on, or enforceable against, the Borrower.

 

7.          Upon Occurrence of Event of Default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Holder, at the Holder’s sole option, may declare all unpaid Principal hereof and all accrued interest thereon to be immediately due and payable and the same shall become immediately due and payable upon such declaration.

 

8.          Late Fees. If Holder does not receive any payment due under this Note or any of the Transaction Documents from the Borrower within four (4) days after its due date, then, at Holder’s election, Borrower agrees to pay to the Holder a late fee equal to (a) 5% of the amount of such unpaid payment or (b) such lesser amount that, if paid, would not cause the interest and fees paid by the borrower under this Agreement to exceed the Maximum Lawful Rate (as defined below) (the “ Late Fee ”).

 

 

 

 

9.          Default Rate. The Note shall bear interest, at the option of Holder, from and after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, at a rate equal to the lesser of (a) seven percent (7%) above the rate of interest set forth in Section 1 and (b) the Maximum Lawful Rate (the “ Default Rate ”). The application of the Default Rate shall not be interpreted or deemed to extend any cure period or waive any Default or Event of Default or otherwise limit Holder’s right or remedies hereunder. All interest payable at the Default Rate shall be payable on demand.

 

10.        Maximum Lawful Rate. Anything herein or in any other Transaction Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of the Borrower thereunder shall be subject to the limitation that payments of interest shall not be required, for any period for which interest is computed hereunder, to the extent (but only to the extent) that contracting for or receiving such payment by Holders would be contrary to the provisions of any law applicable to Holders limiting the highest rate of interest which may be lawfully contracted for, charged or received by Holders, and in such event Borrower shall pay Holders interest at the highest rate permitted by applicable law (“ Maximum Lawful Rate ”); provided , however , that if at any time thereafter the rate of interest payable hereunder or thereunder is less than the Maximum Lawful Rate, Borrower shall continue to pay interest hereunder at the Maximum Lawful Rate until such time as the total interest received by Holders is equal to the total interest that would have been received had the interest payable hereunder been (but for the operation of this paragraph) the interest rate payable since the making of this Note as otherwise provided in this Note or any other Transaction Document.

 

11.        Waiver . The Borrower waives presentment and demand for payment, notice of dishonor, protest and notice of protest of this Note, and shall pay all costs of collection when incurred, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and other expenses.

 

12.        Unsecured Obligation . The Borrower’s obligations under this Note shall be unsecured obligations of the Borrower. In no event will any officer, director or stockholder of the Borrower be liable for any amounts due and payable under this Note.

 

13.        Amendments . Any term of this Note may be amended or waived upon the written consent of the Borrower and the Holder of this Note.

 

14.        Governing Law . This Note shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, excluding conflict of laws principles that would cause the application of laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

15.        Successors and Assigns . The provisions of this Note shall inure to the benefit of and be binding on any successor or assign of the Borrower or the Holder, as the case may be. If the Borrower shall merge or consolidate with or into, or transfer a material portion of its assets, including, but not limited to, permits, leases, operations, and/or goodwill, to another corporation or other form of business organization, the Borrower shall assign this Note to the successor of the Borrower resulting from such merger, consolidation, or transfer, and such successor shall assume such obligations. Except as expressly provided herein, the Borrower may not assign this Note without the prior consent of the other party hereto. No assignment by Borrower will be deemed a novation, but instead, Borrower shall continue to remain liable hereunder in the event Borrower’s obligations under this Note are not satisfied and this Note is not paid in the manner prescribed herein by any assignee of Borrower. Nothing in this Note shall be construed to prohibit or restrict the Holder from assigning or transferring this Note provided that such transfer is made in compliance with the Securities Act; provided, that if the Holder shall be an individual, the Holder may transfer

 

 

 

 

this Note pursuant to his will or the applicable laws of intestate succession. Any transferee or assignee of this Note shall have all rights of the initial Holder of this Note.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Note as of the date first set forth above.

 

  Borrower:
   
  MARINA BIOTECH, INC.
     
  By:  
  Name: Joseph W. Ramelli
  Title: Interim Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Note Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of June 20, 2016, by and among Marina Biotech, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), on the one hand, and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “ Purchaser ” and collectively the “ Purchasers ”), on the other hand.

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, Notes as more fully described in this Agreement.

 

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

 

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1           Definitions . In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:

 

Acquiring Person ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.5.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Closing ” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Notes pursuant to Section 2.1.

 

Closing Date ” means the third day following the date hereof or such earlier day as agreed to by the parties.

 

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.006 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed into.

 

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

 

Company Counsel ” means Pryor Cashman LLP, with offices located at 7 Time Square, New York, New York 10036-6569.

 

 

 

 

Delay Payments ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(b).

 

Disclosure Schedules ” means, if disclosure schedules of the Company are delivered concurrently herewith, such disclosure schedules.

 

Effectiveness Deadline ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(a).

 

Effectiveness Failure ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(b).

 

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

 

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

 

Exempt Issuance ” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose, up to a maximum of five percent (5%) of the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement; (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of the Notes issued hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) ; (c) securities issued in satisfaction of trade accounts payable and other financial obligations of the Company directly to the obligees thereof, up to a maximum of five percent (5%) of the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that any shares of Common Stock are valued at a price that is not less than the closing price of the Common Stock on the date immediately prior to the date on which a definitive agreement is entered into relating to the issuance of such shares; (d) securities issued as Additional Payment Shares pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of July 27, 2010 between and among the Company, Novosom AG and Steffen Panzner, Ph.D.; and (e) securities issued to Turing Pharmaceuticals AG in connection with the proposed transaction described in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Commission on May 4, 2016.

 

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

 

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

 

Filing Deadline ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(a).

 

Filing Failure ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(b).

 

Financing Transaction ” means any sale (or series of related sales) by the Company of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents following the date of this Agreement primarily for capital raising purposes. For the avoidance of doubt, an Exempt Issuance shall not be a Financing Transaction, except that any capital raising transaction effected in connection with an Exempt Transaction shall be treated as a separate Financing Transaction and not part of an Exempt Issuance.

 

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

 

Indebtedness ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(z).

 

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

 

Liens ” means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

Notes ” means all of the Promissory Notes issued to the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement, which Notes shall be in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

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

 

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

 

Prior Purchase Agreement ” means that certain Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2012, by and among the Company, MDRNA Research, Inc., Cequent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto, as it has been amended to date.

 

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

 

Purchaser Party ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.8.

 

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

 

Restated Warrants ” shall mean the Warrants as amended and restated pursuant to Section 4.1 of this Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a) , and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

Trading Day ” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.

 

Trading Market ” means the following markets, exchanges or listing platforms on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Markets Group (other than OTC Pink).

 

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the Notes and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

 

 

 

Warrants ” means, collectively, the warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 11,890,792 shares of Common Stock that were delivered to the purchasers pursuant to the Prior Purchase Agreement and all amendments thereto.

 

Warrant Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise or conversion of the Warrants.

 

ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1           Closing . On the Closing Date, the Company shall sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, shall purchase, Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $300,000. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company, via wire transfer of immediately available funds equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Note, and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. The Closing shall occur at the offices of the Company ’s counsel or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.

 

2.2           Deliveries .

 

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

 

(i)           this Agreement duly executed by the Company;

 

(ii)          a Note registered in the name of such Purchaser in the aggregate principal amount of 100% of such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount (such Note may be delivered within three Trading Days of the Closing Date); and

 

(iii)         the Restated Warrants in the name of such Purchaser (or such Person as directed by such Purchaser in writing) duly executed by the Company (provided that the Restated Warrants may be delivered promptly, but no more than five (5) Business Days, following the Closing Date).

 

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

 

(i)           this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;

 

(ii)          such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account as specified in writing by the Company; and

 

(iii)         the Warrants being exchanged for the Restated Warrants (which Warrants may be delivered promptly, but no more than five (5) Business Days, following the Closing Date).

 

ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1           Representations and Warranties of the Company . Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser:

 

(a)           Subsidiaries . All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Schedule 3.1(a) . The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests

 

 

 

 

of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, then all other references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction Documents shall be disregarded. Except for the Subsidiaries, there are no Persons in which the Company has an equity interest or whose financial statements are required by GAAP to be included as part of the Company’s consolidated financial statements or with respect to which the Company or any other Subsidiary has made loans or advances or guaranteed obligations.

 

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

 

(c)           Authorization; Enforcement . The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company, and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company or the stockholders of the Company in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals, all of which either have been obtained or will be obtained in a timely manner. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

(d)           No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Notes and the consummation by it of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party of the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction,

 

 

 

 

decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e)           Filings, Consents and Approvals . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company or such Subsidiary of the Transaction Documents, other than (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement and (ii) such filings as are required to be made under applicable federal and state securities laws, including the filing of a Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities on Form D (collectively, the “ Required Approvals ”).

 

(f)            Intentionally Deleted .

 

(g)           Capitalization . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans as set forth on said Schedule 3.1(g) , the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, all of which are set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) . No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents that have not been fully satisfied. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Notes, and other than as set forth in Schedule 3.1(g) , there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements, whether oral or in writing, by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) of the Disclosure Schedule, the issuance and sale of the Notes will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities or any contractual rights granted to any other Person. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Notes. There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.

 

(h)           SEC Reports; Financial Statements . The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “ SEC Reports ”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i)(i) under the Securities Act. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect

 

   

 

 

thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“ GAAP ”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.

 

(i)            Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments . Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof: (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Notes contemplated by this Agreement, no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

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

 

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

 

   

 

 

wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(l)            Compliance . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that affect the environment, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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

 

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

 

(o)           Patents and Trademarks . The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary or material for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property Rights ”). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(p)           Insurance . The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to the aggregate Subscription Amount.

 

(q)           Transactions With Affiliates and Employees . Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a

 

   

 

 

substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $50,000 other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered as described in the SEC Reports, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company in accordance with the Company’s expense reimbursement policies and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company as disclosed in the SEC Reports.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(v)           Listing and Maintenance Requirements . The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market.

 

(w)          Application of Takeover Protections . The Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover

 

   

 

 

provision under the Company’s certificate of incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling its obligations or exercising its rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Notes and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Notes.

 

(x)            Disclosure . All disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made and when made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.

 

(y)           No Integrated Offering . Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Notes to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated. The issuance and sale of the Notes hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.

 

(z)            Indebtedness . Schedule 3.1(z) sets forth as of the date thereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “ Indebtedness ” means: (a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $60,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business) which are not disclosed in the SEC Reports; (b) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (c) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP.

 

(aa)         Tax Status . Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each Subsidiary has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been asserted or threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(bb)         Foreign Corrupt Practices . Neither the Company, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

(cc)          Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Notes . The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company

 

   

 

 

further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Notes.

 

(dd)         FDA . As to each product subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“ FDA ”) under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, and the regulations thereunder (“ FDCA ”) that is manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold, and/or marketed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each such product, a “ Pharmaceutical Product ”), such Pharmaceutical Product is being manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold and/or marketed by the Company in compliance with all applicable requirements under FDCA and similar laws, rules and regulations relating to registration, investigational use, premarket clearance, licensure, or application approval, good manufacturing practices, good laboratory practices, good clinical practices, product listing, quotas, labeling, advertising, record keeping and filing of reports, except where the failure to be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending, completed or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, action (including any lawsuit, arbitration, or legal or administrative or regulatory proceeding, charge, complaint, or investigation) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice, warning letter or other communication from the FDA or any other governmental entity, which (i) contests the premarket clearance, licensure, registration, or approval of, the uses of, the distribution of, the manufacturing or packaging of, the testing of, the sale of, or the labeling and promotion of any Pharmaceutical Product, (ii) withdraws its approval of, requests the recall, suspension, or seizure of, or withdraws or orders the withdrawal of advertising or sales promotional materials relating to, any Pharmaceutical Product, (iii) imposes a clinical hold on any clinical investigation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) enjoins production at any facility of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (v) enters or proposes to enter into a consent decree of permanent injunction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (vi) otherwise alleges any violation of any laws, rules or regulations by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and which, either individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect. The properties, business and operations of the Company have been and are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the FDA.  The Company has not been informed by the FDA that the FDA will prohibit the marketing, sale, license or use in the United States of any product proposed to be developed, produced or marketed by the Company nor has the FDA expressed any concern as to approving or clearing for marketing any product being developed or proposed to be developed by the Company.

 

(ee)         None of the Company, and of its predecessors, any affiliated entity, any manager, member, director, executive officer, other officer of the Company or such Affiliate participating in the financing contemplated by the Transaction Documents, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the date of this Agreement is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act (a “ Disqualification Event ”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3).

 

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

 

(a)           Organization; Authority . Such Purchaser, if such Purchaser not an individual, is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right, corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or similar action on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser,

 

   

 

 

enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

(b)           Understandings or Arrangements . Such Purchaser is acquiring the Notes as principal for its own account and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Notes (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Notes in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the Notes hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Nothing in this Section 3.2(b) shall be construed to prohibit such Purchaser from selling or otherwise transferring any Notes, Warrants, or Warrant Shares in a transaction exempt from registration pursuant to the Securities Act or pursuant to a registration statement, each of which shall be deemed a transfer to a permitted assignee.

 

(c)           Purchaser Status . At the time such Purchaser was offered the Notes, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.

 

(d)           Securities Act; No General Solicitation . Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Notes, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Notes and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

 

(e)           Legend . Such Purchaser understands that the certificates or instruments representing the Notes shall bear such legends as may be required pursuant to federal or state securities laws.

 

ARTICLE IV.

OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1           Modification of Warrants . The Company hereby agrees that, notwithstanding anything set forth in the Prior Purchase Agreement or in the Warrants to the contrary: (i) the Termination Date (as defined in the Warrants) of all of the Warrants shall be, and hereby is, extended to February 10, 2020; (ii) the anti-dilution protection afforded by Section 3(b) of the Warrants shall be, and hereby is, extended to one day prior to one year anniversary of the date of this Agreement and shall apply to any Financing Transaction effected by the Company during such period, with any such adjustment only applying to 80% of the Warrants outstanding on the date of this Agreement. Promptly, but not more than five (5) Business Days following the Closing Date, the Company shall issue the Restated Warrants in replacement of the existing Warrants, and such Purchaser shall deliver to the Company the existing Warrants being replaced.

 

4.2           Registration of Warrant Shares .

 

(a)          The Company shall, within thirty (30) days following the date of this Agreement (such date, the “ Filing Deadline ”), file with the Commission a registration statement (or an amendment to an existing registration statement) to register (or to maintain the registration of) the resale of the Warrant Shares by the current holders of the Warrants on such form as the Company is eligible to use for such registration, and shall use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective by the Commission within sixty (60) days of the filing thereof (the “ Effectiveness Deadline ”). The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep such registration statement effective at all times and available for use by the holders of the Warrants until the earlier of the time at which: (i) none of the holders of the Warrants as of the date of this Agreement holds any Warrants or Warrant Shares; (ii) the Warrants have expired; or (iii) all of the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale under Rule 144 without limitation thereunder on volume or manner of sale (assuming the cashless exercise of the Warrants).

 

   

 

 

(b)          If the registration statement referenced in Section 4.2(a) (or an amendment to an existing registration statement as contemplated by Section 4.2(a)): (i) is not filed with the Commission on or before the Registration Deadline (a “ Filing Failure ”), or (ii) is not declared effective by the Commission on or before the Effectiveness Deadline (an “ Effectiveness Failure ”), then, as partial relief for the damages to any Purchaser by reason of any such delay in its ability to sell the Warrant Shares (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in equity), the Company shall pay to each Purchaser an amount in cash equal to five percent (5%) of the purchase price paid by such Purchaser for the Notes purchased by such Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement (x) on the date of such Filing Failure or Effectiveness Failure, as applicable, and (y) on every thirty (30) day anniversary of (A) a Filing Failure until such Filing Failure is cured and (B) an Effectiveness Failure until such Effectiveness Failure is cured (such payments being referred to herein as “ Delay Payments ”); provided , that the aggregate amount of Delay Payments that would be due by the Company to the Purchasers pursuant to this Section 4.2(b) shall not exceed the aggregate Subscription Amount paid by the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement. Following the initial Delay Payment for any particular event or failure, if an event or failure giving rise to the Delay Payments is cured prior to any thirty (30) day anniversary of such event or failure, then such Delay Payment shall be made on the third Trading Day after such cure (pro-rated for the number of days elapsed between the date on which the most recent Delay Payment was required to have been paid in accordance with this Section 4.2(b) and the date of cure). In the event that the Company is required to make any Delay Payments pursuant to this Section 4.2(b), the Company may, with the consent of the Purchasers, satisfy such payment obligation by issuing to the Purchasers (on a pro rata basis) such number of shares of Common Stock as is equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (I) the aggregate amount of Delay Payments owed to the Purchasers by (II) the closing price of the Common Stock on the Trading Market on the Trading Day on which such Delay Payments are due. Any cash payments made by the Company and received by the Purchasers pursuant to this Section 4.2(b) as a result of a Filing Failure or an Effectiveness Failure shall be applied to the repayment of the Notes, with such payments being applied first to accrued interest and then to principal.

 

4.3            Integration . The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Notes for purposes of the rules and regulations of any applicable Trading Market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.

 

4.4           Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity . The Company shall, not later than the fourth Trading Day following the date hereof, issue a press release and file a Current Report on Form 8-K, disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement (other than filings with the Commission by any Purchaser) without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents (including signature pages thereto) with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b).

 

4.5           Shareholder Rights Plan . No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of

 

   

 

 

purchasing Notes under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers. The Company acknowledges that the sale of the Notes and the issuance of the Restated Warrants has been approved by the Board of Directors prior to the issuance thereof.

 

4.6           Non-Public Information . Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto and after the date hereof, such Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

 

4.7           Use of Proceeds . The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder for working capital purposes, and shall not be used for (a) the redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or (b) the settlement of any outstanding litigation.

 

4.8           Indemnification of Purchasers . Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.8, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “ Purchaser Party ”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against a Purchaser in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of such Purchaser’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser may have with any such stockholder or any violations by the Purchaser of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of such separate counsel of the Purchaser Party, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable solely to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents as determined by a court order, final beyond right of review, all time for appeal having lapsed.

 

4.9           Listing of Common Stock . As long as the Notes, the Restated Warrants and the Warrant Shares are outstanding (and, with respect to the Warrant Shares, are held by the Purchasers or any transferee of the Purchasers): (i) the Company shall maintain the listing of the Common Stock on a Trading

 

   

 

 

Market; (ii) the Company will take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on a Trading Market; and (iii) will comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading Market.

 

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

 

4.11         Delivery of Notes and Restated Warrants . The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the respective Notes purchased by each Purchaser to such Purchaser on the Closing Date. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the Restated Warrants promptly, but not more than five (5) Business Days, following the Closing Date. The Purchasers shall deliver to the Company the Warrants being replaced by the Restated Warrants promptly, but not more than five (5) Business Days, following the Closing Date.

 

4.12         SEC Filings . As long as any Notes, Restated Warrants or Warrant Shares are outstanding (and, with respect to the Warrant Shares, are held by the Purchasers or any transferee of the Purchasers), the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. A filing on Form 10-K of Form 10-Q shall be deemed to be timely filed if an extension is timely filed pursuant to Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act and the Form 10-K or Form 10-Q is filed not later than the applicable required filing date determined pursuant to said Rule 12b-25.

 

ARTICLE V.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1           Termination .  This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before June 30, 2016; provided , however , that no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by the other party (or parties).

 

5.2           Fees and Expenses . Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties, if any, levied in connection with the delivery of the Notes to the Purchasers.

 

5.3           Entire Agreement . The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules, provided that the foregoing shall not have any effect on any agreements any Purchaser has entered into with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof with respect to any prior investment made by such Purchaser in the Company.

 

5.4           Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day

 

   

 

 

that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the 2nd Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, notice by facsimile shall not be deemed received prior to acknowledgement of receipt.

 

5.5           Amendments; Waivers . No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written instrument signed by the Company and Purchasers accounting for at least 85% of the aggregate principal amount of all Notes then outstanding; except that no waiver or amendment to the Notes or Restated Warrants, or Section 4 or Section 5 of this Agreement, shall be effective with respect to any Purchaser who did not expressly agree to such amendment. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

 

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

 

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

 

5.8           No Third-Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.8. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of (a) any transfer of Notes or Replacement Warrants by the Purchasers or (b) any transfer of Warrant Shares by the Purchasers in a transaction whereby the transferee receives restricted securities, as defined in Rule 144, the transferees of the Purchasers shall be permitted assigns and third-party beneficiaries and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with the same effect as if they were named as Purchasers hereunder.

 

5.9           Governing Law . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City and County of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing party in such action or

 

   

 

 

proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other reasonable costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

5.10         Survival . The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Notes for the applicable statute of limitations.

 

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

 

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

 

5.13         Rescission and Withdrawal Right . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

   

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

MARINA BIOTECH, INC.   Address for Notice:
      P.O. Box 1559
      Bothell, WA 98041
By: /s/ Joseph W. Ramelli   Fax:
Name:    Joseph W. Ramelli    
Title:     Interim Chief Executive Officer    

 

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

 

Pryor Cashman LLP

7 Times Square

New York, NY 10036-6569

Attn: Lawrence Remmel

Fax: 212-798-6365

 

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

 

Name of Purchaser:

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:                                                                                 

 

Name of Authorized Signatory:

 

Title of Authorized Signatory:

 

Email Address of Authorized Signatory:

 

Fax Number of Authorized Signatory:

 

Address for Notice of Purchaser:

 

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

 

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