UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549  
 

FORM 8-K
 
 

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 5, 2019
 

CERECOR INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
 
 
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
001-37590
 
 
 
45-0705648
(Commission File Number)
 
 
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
540 Gaither Road, Suite 400, Rockville, Maryland 20850
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (410) 522-8707
 


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value
CERC
Nasdaq Capital Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging Growth Company ý

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




Item 1.01.     Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Agreement and Plan of Merger

On December 5, 2019, Cerecor Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Cerecor”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”) with Genie Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Cerecor, Second Genie Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Cerecor, and Aevi Genomic Medicine, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Aevi”). The Merger Agreement and the Merger (as defined below) have been approved by the board of directors of Cerecor (the “Board”) and the board of directors of Aevi.

The Merger Agreement provides that, upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth therein, the transaction is to be structured as a two-step merger (the “Merger”) of a wholly owned subsidiary of Cerecor with and into Aevi, and then promptly thereafter, the surviving company of the first merger will merge into a wholly owned limited liability company of Cerecor. The surviving company from the second merger will be disregarded as an entity separate from Cerecor for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Cerecor will retain its public reporting and current NASDAQ listing status.

At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), all outstanding common stock of Aevi (other than canceled shares or dissenting shares), par value of $0.0001 per share, will be converted into the right to receive (i) the fraction of a share of Cerecor common stock at a ratio equal to (A) $16.1 million, less an amount of up to $500,000, divided by the number of fully diluted shares of Aevi common stock immediately prior to the Effective Time, divided by (B) the average of (x) the volume weighted average price of Cerecor’s common stock for the 20 trading days ending two trading days prior to the execution of the Merger Agreement, and (y) the volume weighted average price for the 20 trading days ending two trading days prior to the closing date; (ii) one contingent value right (a “CVR”), which represents the right to receive contingent payments of up to $6.5 million, to be paid in cash or Cerecor common stock in the sole discretion of Cerecor, upon the achievement of certain milestones in accordance with the Contingent Value Rights Agreement (the “CVR Agreement”); and (iii) cash in lieu of fractional shares of Cerecor common stock. The amount, if any, by which the purchase price might be reduced is based on the amount by which Aevi’s net assets are less than a target net asset amount. The target net asset amount is initially negative $1.3 million, which amount will decrease (meaning it will become a more negative number) by $7,142.86 for each day after December 31, 2019, until and including the date of the closing of the Merger. Additionally, each outstanding Aevi stock option will be cancelled prior to the effective time of the Merger and each outstanding Aevi warrant will be exercised on a cashless basis prior to the effective time of the Merger.
    
Immediately following the Effective Time, the Board will appoint Mike Cola, the current Chief Executive Officer of Aevi, as the Chief Executive Officer of Cerecor and appoint Dr. Garry Neil, the current Chief Science Officer of Aevi, as the Chief Medical Officer of Cerecor.

Each of Cerecor and Aevi have made customary representations, warranties and covenants in the Merger Agreement. The completion of the Merger is subject to effectiveness of a Cerecor registration statement on Form S-4, approval of Aevi stockholders and other customary closing conditions. If the Merger Agreement is terminated by Cerecor or Aevi in order to enter into a superior alternative transaction, the terminating party will be obligated to pay the other a termination fee equal to $600,000 in cash, plus in the case of termination by Aevi, the amount then-outstanding under the Notes (as defined below).

In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, certain stockholders of Aevi entered into a voting agreement with Cerecor and Aevi covering approximately 36.0% of the outstanding shares of common stock of Aevi, as of the date of the Merger Agreement (the “Voting Agreement”). The Voting Agreement provides, among other things, that each stockholder party to the Voting Agreement will vote all of the Aevi common stock held by them in favor of the Merger at the Aevi stockholder meeting.

Additionally, in connection with the Merger Agreement, Cerecor agreed to fund certain expenses of Aevi related to the exercise of an option to license certain intellection property assets, as well as fund the operating expenses of Aevi from December 5, 2019 through the earlier of the termination of the Merger Agreement or the closing of the Merger. Cerecor received from Aevi two promissory notes in consideration for the loans for such expenses (the “Notes”).

In order to ensure Cerecor has adequate capital available to fund its own operations and Aevi’s operations prior to the closing of the Merger, Cerecor entered into a Backstop Agreement with Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd. (“Armistice”), pursuant to which Armistice has agreed to buy from Cerecor, at Cerecor’s request, up to $15 million in shares of Cerecor common stock, less the dollar amount of gross proceeds, if any, received by Cerecor from a sale of its equity or equity-linked securities or from the sale of a certain asset (the “Backstop Agreement”). The price per share paid by Armistice will be equal to the closing price of Cerecor’s common stock on the date Cerecor submits a notice requiring Armistice to purchase shares (a “Closing Notice”). Unless earlier terminated, Cerecor

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may access this financing until March 20, 2020. To access the loan, Cerecor must meet customary conditions. Armistice is a significant stockholder of Cerecor and its chief investment officer, Steven Boyd, currently sits on Cerecor’s Board.

The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement, the form of CVR Agreement, the form of Voting Agreement, the two Notes and the Backstop Agreement (together, the “Transaction Documents”) does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, the form of CVR Agreement, the form of Voting Agreement, the two Notes and the Backstop Agreement, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1, Exhibit 10.1 Exhibit 10.2, Exhibit 10.3, Exhibit 10.4 and Exhibit 10.5, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference. The Transaction Documents have been attached as exhibits to this report in order to provide investors and shareholders with information regarding their terms. They are not intended to provide any other financial information about Cerecor, Aevi, or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Transaction Documents were made only for purposes of those agreements and as of specific dates, are solely for the benefit of the parties to the Transaction Documents, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the Transaction Documents instead of establishing these matters as facts, and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the parties that differ from those applicable to investors. Investors should not rely on the representations, warranties, or covenants or any description thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of Cerecor, Aevi or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations, warranties, and covenants may change after the date of the Transaction Documents, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in public disclosures by Cerecor. Additional details regarding the Merger and the Transaction Documents will be described in a Registration Statement on Form S-4 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which will include a proxy statement of Aevi and a prospectus of Cerecor.

Additional Information about the Merger and Where to Find It

This document does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of Aevi or Cerecor or the solicitation of any vote or approval. In connection with the proposed Merger, Cerecor will file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-4 containing a proxy statement/prospectus. The proxy statement/prospectus will contain important information about Aevi, Cerecor, the Merger and related matters. Aevi will mail or otherwise deliver the proxy statement/prospectus to its stockholders when it becomes available. Investors and security holders of Aevi and Cerecor are urged to read carefully the proxy statement/prospectus relating to the Merger (including any amendments or supplements thereto) in its entirety when it is available, because it will contain important information about the proposed Merger.

Investors and security holders of Aevi and Cerecor will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed Merger (when it is available) and other documents filed with the SEC by Aevi and Cerecor through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, investors and security holders of Aevi will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed Merger (when it is available) by contacting Aevi, Attn: Mike McInaw , michael.mcinaw@aevigenomics.com. Investors and security holders of Cerecor will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus for the merger by contacting Cerecor, Attn: James Harrell, jharrell@cerecor.com.

Participants in the Merger

Aevi, Cerecor and certain of their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of Aevi in respect of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement between Aevi and Cerecor. Information regarding Aevi’s directors and executive officers is contained in Aevi’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, which was filed with the SEC on March 29, 2019, and will also be available in the proxy statement/prospectus that will be filed by Cerecor with the SEC in connection with the proposed Merger. Information regarding Cerecor’s directors and executive officers is contained in Cerecor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, which was filed with the SEC on March 18, 2019, and will also be available in the proxy statement/prospectus that will be filed by Cerecor with the SEC in connection with the proposed Merger.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, Section 21E of the Exchange Act and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, Aevi’s and Cerecor’s expectations or predictions of future financial or business performance or conditions. Forward-looking statements are sometimes identified by their use of the terms and phrases such as “estimate,” “project,” “intend,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “planning, “expect,” “believe,” “will,” “will likely,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “may” or the negative of such terms and other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and

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uncertainties, which change over time, are difficult to predict and are generally beyond the control of either company. Actual results may differ materially from current projections.

Important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements or historical experience include risks and uncertainties, including the timing and completion of the Merger, the parties’ ability to satisfy the closing conditions of the Merger Agreement, the failure by Aevi or Cerecor to secure and maintain relationships with collaborators and/or investors; risks relating to clinical trials; risks relating to the commercialization, if any, of Aevi’s or Cerecor’s proposed product candidates (such as marketing, regulatory, product liability, supply, competition, and other risks); dependence on the efforts of third parties; dependence on intellectual property; and risks that Aevi or Cerecor may lack the financial resources and access to capital to fund proposed operations. Further information on the factors and risks that could affect Aevi’s and Cerecor’s respective businesses, financial conditions and results of operations are contained in Aevi’s and Cerecor’s filings with the SEC, which are available at www.sec.gov. The forward-looking statements represent Aevi’s and Cerecor’s estimate as of the date hereof only, and Aevi and Cerecor specifically disclaim any duty or obligation to update forward-looking statements.

Item 3.02.     Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The shares of Cerecor’s common stock that might be issued pursuant to the Backstop Agreement, as described in Item 1.01, will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and would be issued in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act because such issuance does not involve a public offering. The information disclosed in response to Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.01.     Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 5, 2019, Cerecor issued a press release announcing the execution of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed to be “filed” with the SEC for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
 

Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits    
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
 
 
2.1*
 
 
 
 
10.1
 
 
 
 
10.2
 
 
 
 
10.3
 
 
 
 
10.4
 
 
 
 
10.5*
 
 
 
 
99.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
The schedules and exhibits to the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization and Backstop Agreement have been omitted from this filing pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. Cerecor will furnish copies of any such schedules or exhibits to the SEC upon request.

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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CERECOR INC.
 
 
 
 
Date: December 5, 2019
 
 
/s/ Joseph M. Miller
 
 
 
Joseph M. Miller
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer




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Exhibit 2.1





AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION

By and Among
CERECOR INC.
GENIE MERGER SUB, INC.
SECOND GENIE MERGER SUB, LLC
and
AEVI GENOMIC MEDICINE, INC.


Dated as of December 5, 2019



AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION
This Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (this “Agreement”), is entered into as of December 5, 2019, by and among Aevi Genomic Medicine, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Cerecor Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Genie Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Second Genie Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Second Merger Sub”). Capitalized terms used herein (including in the immediately preceding sentence) and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in Section 8.01 hereof.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company, Parent and Merger Sub intend to effect a merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company pursuant to which the Company would become a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (the “First Merger”) in accordance with this Agreement and the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), and as part of the same overall transaction, the Company would then merge with and into Second Merger Sub (the “Second Merger” and, together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”), on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the DGCL and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended (the “DLLC”);
WHEREAS, in the First Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Company Common Stock”) will be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration except as otherwise provided in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) has: (a) determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, and declared it advisable, to enter into this Agreement with Parent, Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub; (b) approved the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers; and (c) resolved, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to recommend adoption of this Agreement by the stockholders of the Company; in each case, in accordance with the DGCL and the DLLC;
WHEREAS, the respective boards of directors of Parent and Merger Sub, and the sole member of Second Merger Sub, have each unanimously: (a) determined that it is in the best interests of Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub, as applicable, and their respective stockholders, and declared it advisable, to enter into this Agreement; and (b) approved the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers; in each case, in accordance with the DGCL and the DLLC;
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to the willingness of Parent, Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement, certain stockholders of the Company are entering into a voting agreement with Parent (the “Voting Agreement”) simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement;
WHEREAS, it is intended, to the extent the Mergers are eligible for such treatment, that for United States federal income tax purposes (i) the Mergers will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), (ii) this Agreement will constitute a plan of reorganization within the meaning of Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3 of the Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code, and (iii) Parent, Merger Sub and the Company will each be a “party to a reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code;

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WHEREAS, the parties desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements in connection with the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and also to prescribe certain terms and conditions to the Mergers.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements contained in this Agreement, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGERS

Section 1.01    The Mergers. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the DGCL, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub will thereupon cease, and the Company will continue as the surviving company and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent. The Company after the First Merger is sometimes referred to herein as the “First-Step Surviving Company”. At the Second Effective Time, the First-Step Surviving Company shall merge with and into Second Merger Sub in accordance with the DGCL and the DLLC, whereupon the separate corporate existence of the First-Step Surviving Company shall cease, and Second Merger Sub shall be the surviving company, shall be disregarded as an entity separate from Parent for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, and shall continue to be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware and the DLLC. The surviving company after the Second Merger is sometimes referred to hereinafter as the “Surviving Company.”
Section 1.02    Closing. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the closing of the Mergers (the “Closing”) will take place at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time, as soon as practicable (and, in any event, within three Business Days) after the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted hereunder, waiver of all conditions to the Mergers set forth in ARTICLE VI (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted hereunder, waiver of all such conditions), unless this Agreement has been terminated pursuant to its terms or unless another time or date is agreed to in writing by the parties hereto. The Closing shall be held at the offices of Pepper Hamilton LLP, 3000 Two Logan Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, or shall be conducted by electronic exchange of signatures, unless another place is agreed to in writing by the parties hereto, and the actual date of the Closing is hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.”
Section 1.03    Effective Time.
(a)    Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, at the Closing, the Company, Parent, and Merger Sub shall cause a certificate of merger (the “Certificate of Merger”) to be executed, acknowledged, and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DGCL and shall make all other filings or recordings required under the DGCL. The First Merger will become effective at such time as the Certificate of Merger has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at such later date or time as may be agreed by the Company and Parent in writing and specified in the Certificate of Merger in accordance with the DGCL (the effective time of the First Merger being hereinafter referred to as the “Effective Time”).
(b)    Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Second Merger to be consummated by filing a certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL and the DLLC (the time of the filing of such certificate of merger with respect to the Second Merger, or the time of effectiveness thereof that is specified therein, if different, shall be referred to herein as the “Second Effective Time”).

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Section 1.04    Effects of the Mergers.
(a)    First Merger. The First Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement and in the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, from and after the Effective Time, all property, rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises, licenses, and authority of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the First-Step Surviving Company, and all debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, and duties of each of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, and duties of the First-Step Surviving Company.
(b)    Second Merger. The Second Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement and in the applicable provisions of the DGCL and DLLC. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, from and after the Second Effective Time, all property, rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises, licenses, and authority of the First-Step Surviving Company and Second Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Company, and all debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, and duties of each of the First-Step Surviving Company and Second Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, and duties of the Surviving Company.
Section 1.05    Charter Documents of Surviving Companies.
(a)    First-Step Surviving Company.
(i)    Certificate of Incorporation. At the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of the First-Step Surviving Company shall be amended and restated so as to be identical to the certificate of incorporation of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, and will be the certificate of incorporation of the First-Step Surviving Company until thereafter amended as provided therein or by applicable Law.
(ii)    Bylaws. At the Effective Time, the bylaws of the First-Step Surviving Company shall be amended and restated so as to be identical to the bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, and will be the bylaws of the First-Step Surviving Company until thereafter amended as provided in its Charter Documents and applicable Law.
(b)    Surviving Company.
(i)    Certificate of Formation. The certificate of formation of Second Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Second Effective Time, shall be the certificate of formation of the Surviving Company at the Second Effective Time, until thereafter amended in accordance with the DLLC and as provided in such certificate of formation, except that at the Second Effective Time, the certificate of formation of the Surviving Company shall be amended to change the name of the Surviving Company to “Aevi Genomic Medicine, LLC.”
(ii)    Limited Liability Company Agreement. The limited liability company agreement of Second Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Second Effective Time, shall be the limited liability company agreement of the Surviving Company at the Second Effective Time, until thereafter amended in accordance with the DLLC and as provided in such limited liability company agreement.
Section 1.06    Management of Surviving Companies.
(a)    First-Step Surviving Company.

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(i)    The directors and officers of Merger Sub, in each case, immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the directors and officers, respectively, of the First-Step Surviving Company until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation, or removal in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the First-Step Surviving Company.
(b)    Surviving Company.
(i)    Management. The Surviving Company shall be managed by Parent as the sole member of the Surviving Company.
(ii)    Officers. The officers of Second Merger Sub immediately prior to the Second Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving Company immediately after the Second Effective Time, each to hold office in accordance with the provisions of the limited liability company agreement of the Surviving Company.
Section 1.07    Net Assets. No later than two Business Days prior to the Closing, the Company will provide to Parent a certificate that has been approved in good faith by the Company Board, signed by an officer or manager of the Company attaching an itemized statement setting forth the estimated Net Assets (the “Estimated Net Assets”).
Section 1.08    Further Assurances. If at any time after the Effective Time any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Company with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges and powers of the Company, Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub, the Surviving Company, the managers of the Surviving Company and officers of the Surviving Company shall take all such lawful and necessary action, consistent with this Agreement, on behalf of the Company, Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub and the Surviving Company.

ARTICLE II
EFFECT OF THE MERGERS ON CAPITAL STOCK; CONSIDERATION FOR SHARES

Section 2.01    Effect on Capital Stock. At the Effective Time, as a result of the Mergers and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub, or the Company or the holder of any capital stock of Parent, Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub, or the Company:
(a)    Cancellation of Certain Company Common Stock. Each share of Company Common Stock that is owned by Parent or the Company (as treasury stock or otherwise) or any of their respective direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (“Cancelled Shares”) will automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor.
(b)    Conversion of Company Common Stock. Each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Cancelled Shares and Dissenting Shares), inclusive of Company Common Stock issued upon conversion of the CHOP Note, shall be converted into the right to receive: (i) the fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock equal to the Exchange Ratio (the “Stock Consideration”), (ii) one contingent value right (a “CVR”), which shall represent the right to receive a contingent payment upon the achievement of certain milestones set forth in, and subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of, the Contingent Value Rights Agreement (the “CVR Agreement”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “CVR Consideration”), and (iii) cash in lieu of

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fractional shares of Parent Common Stock as contemplated by Section 2.01(e)(the “Fractional Share Consideration”).
(c)    Cancellation of Shares. At the Effective Time, all shares of Company Common Stock shall no longer be outstanding, shall be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and, subject to Section 2.03, each holder of: (i) a certificate formerly representing any shares of Company Common Stock (each, a “Certificate”); or (ii) any book-entry shares that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented shares of Company Common Stock (each, a “Book-Entry Share”) shall, subject to applicable Law in the case of Dissenting Shares, cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger Consideration in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof.
(d)    Conversion of Merger Sub Capital Stock. Each share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and become one newly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the First-Step Surviving Company.
(e)    Equity Interests of Second Merger Sub. All shares of capital stock of the First-Step Surviving Company issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Second Effective Time will automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor. The equity interests of Second Merger Sub will constitute the only outstanding equity interests of the Surviving Company.
(f)    Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender for exchange of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, and the former holders of such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall not be entitled to any voting rights, rights to receive any dividends or distributions or other rights as a holder of Parent Common Stock with respect to any such fractional shares that would have otherwise been issued upon the surrender for exchange of such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. Each holder of shares of Company Common Stock converted pursuant to the First Merger who would otherwise have been entitled to receive a fractional share of Parent Common Stock shall receive, in lieu thereof, a cash payment, rounded to the nearest whole cent and without interest, in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the Exchange Ratio by the fraction of a share the holder would otherwise be entitled to receive.
Section 2.02    Surrender and Payment
(a)    Exchange Agent; Payment Fund. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall appoint an exchange agent (the “Exchange Agent”) to act as the agent for the purpose of exchanging the Merger Consideration for: (i) the Certificates; and (ii) the Book-Entry Shares. At the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit, or cause the Surviving Company to deposit, with the Exchange Agent: (A) sufficient cash funds to pay the Fractional Share Consideration that is payable in respect of all of the shares of Company Common Stock represented by the Certificates and the Book-Entry Shares (other than: (I) shares to be cancelled and retired in accordance with Section 2.01; and (II) Dissenting Shares), in amounts and at the times necessary for such payments, and (B) evidence of book entry shares representing the number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the aggregate Stock Consideration (such shares of Parent Common Stock, together with any dividends or distributions with respect thereto with a record date after the Effective Time, and the Fractional Share Consideration being hereinafter referred to as the “Payment Fund”). The Exchange Agent shall, in accordance with Section 2.02(b) and pursuant to irrevocable instructions, deliver the Merger Consideration and notify the holders of CVR Consideration contemplated to be issued pursuant to Section 2.01. If for any reason the Payment Fund is inadequate to pay the amounts to which holders of shares are

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entitled under Section 2.01(a), Parent shall take all steps necessary to enable or cause the Surviving Company promptly to deposit in trust additional cash or Parent Common Stock, as applicable, with the Exchange Agent sufficient to make all payments required under this Agreement. The Payment Fund shall not be used for any other purpose. The Surviving Company shall pay all of its charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Company Common Stock for the Merger Consideration. As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, Parent shall send, or shall cause the Exchange Agent to send, to each record holder of shares of Company Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time, whose Company Common Stock was converted pursuant to Section 2.01(a) into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, a letter of transmittal and instructions (which shall specify that the delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates or transfer of the Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent, and which letter of transmittal shall be in customary form and have such other provisions as Parent and the Surviving Company may reasonably specify) for use in such exchange.
(b)    Procedures for Surrender; No Interest. Each holder of shares of Company Common Stock that have been converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration shall be entitled to receive the Merger Consideration in respect of the Company Common Stock represented by a Certificate or Book-Entry Share upon: (i) surrender to the Exchange Agent of a Certificate, together with a duly completed and validly executed letter of transmittal and such other documents as may reasonably be requested by the Exchange Agent, in the case of Company Common Stock represented by a Certificate; or (ii) receipt of an “agent’s message” by the Exchange Agent (or such other evidence, if any, of transfer as the Exchange Agent may reasonably request) in the case of Book-Entry Shares. Until so surrendered or transferred, as the case may be, and subject to the terms set forth in Section 2.03, each such Certificate or Book-Entry Share, as applicable, shall represent after the Effective Time for all purposes only the right to receive the Merger Consideration payable in respect thereof. No interest shall be paid or accrued on the cash payable upon the surrender or transfer of any Certificate or Book-Entry Share. Upon payment of the Share Consideration and Fractional Share Consideration pursuant to the provisions of this ARTICLE II, each Certificate or Certificates or Book-Entry Share or Book-Entry Shares so surrendered or transferred, as the case may be, shall immediately be cancelled. As soon as practicable (and in any event within 15 Business Days) following the Closing Date, the Exchange Agent shall provide Parent with a list of the names and addresses of all holders of CVR Consideration pursuant to the provisions of this ARTICLE II. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the payment of any consideration pursuant to any CVR Consideration and the payment procedures with respect thereto shall be governed by the terms of the CVR Agreement.
(c)    Investment of Payment Fund. Until disbursed in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the cash in the Payment Fund shall be invested by the Exchange Agent, as directed by Parent or the Surviving Company, in obligations of the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States with a maturity of no more than 30 days. No losses with respect to any investments of the Payment Fund shall affect the amounts payable to the holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. Any income from investment of the Payment Fund shall be payable to Parent or the Surviving Company, as Parent directs.
(d)    Payments to Non-Registered Holders. If any portion of the Merger Consideration is to be paid to a Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered Certificate or the transferred Book-Entry Share, as applicable, is registered, it shall be a condition to such payment that: (i) such Certificate shall be properly endorsed or shall otherwise be in proper form for transfer or such Book-Entry Share shall be properly transferred; and (ii) the Person requesting such payment shall pay to the Exchange Agent any transfer or other Tax required as a result of such payment to a Person other than the registered holder of such

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Certificate or Book-Entry Share, as applicable, or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such Tax has been paid or is not payable.
(e)    Full Satisfaction. All Merger Consideration paid upon the surrender of Certificates or transfer of Book-Entry Shares in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Shares, and from and after the Effective Time, there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Common Stock on the stock transfer books of the First-Step Surviving Company. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates or Book-Entry Shares are presented to the Surviving Company (other than a Certificate for a Book-Entry Share in respect of Dissenting Shares), they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration provided for, and in accordance with the procedures set forth, in this ARTICLE II.
(f)    Termination of Payment Fund. Any portion of the Payment Fund that remains unclaimed by the holders of shares of Company Common Stock one year after the Effective Time, as to the Fractional Share Consideration shall be returned to Parent, upon demand, and any such holder who has not exchanged shares of Company Common Stock for the Merger Consideration in accordance with this Section 2.02 prior to such time shall thereafter look only to Parent (subject to abandoned property, escheat or other similar Laws) for delivery of the Merger Consideration, without interest and subject to any withholding of Taxes required by applicable Law, in respect of such holder’s surrender of their Certificates or Book-Entry Shares and compliance with the procedures in Section 2.02(b). Any Merger Consideration remaining unclaimed by the holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to, or become property of, any Governmental Entity will, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of Parent or an affiliate thereof designated by Parent, free and clear of any claim or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Parent, Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub, the Surviving Company, the Exchange Agent or their respective affiliates will be liable to any holder of a Certificate or Book-Entry Shares for Merger Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. Any portion of the Merger Consideration made available to the Exchange Agent pursuant to Section 2.02(a), to pay for Company Common Stock for which appraisal rights have been perfected shall be returned to Parent, upon demand.
(g)    Dissenting Shares Merger Consideration. Any portion of the Merger Consideration made available to the Exchange Agent in respect of any Dissenting Shares shall be returned to Parent, upon demand.
(h)    Dividend and Distribution with Respect to Parent Common Stock After the Effective Time. No dividends or other distributions with respect to shares of Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate or Certificate surrendered and not yet exchanged hereunder with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock represented thereby, and no Fractional Share Consideration shall be paid to any such holder, and all such dividends, other distributions and cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be paid by the Parent to the Exchange Agent and shall be included in the Exchange Fund, in each case until the surrender of such Certificate in accordance with this Article II with respect to the unsurrendered Certificates and until payment of the Merger Consideration with respect to the Certificates validly surrendered. Subject to the effect of applicable escheat or similar laws, following surrender of any such Certificate there shall be paid to the holder of the certificate representing whole shares of Parent Common Stock issued in exchange therefor, without interest, (i) at the time of such surrender, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to such whole shares of Parent Common Stock,

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and the amount of any Fractional Share Consideration payable in lieu of a fractional share of Parent Common Stock and (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time but prior to such surrender and with a payment date subsequent to such surrender payable with respect to such whole shares of Parent Common Stock.
Section 2.03    Dissenting Shares.
(a)    Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, including Section 2.01, shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than shares cancelled and retired in accordance with Section 2.01) and held by a holder who has not voted in favor of adoption of this Agreement or consented thereto in writing, and who is entitled to demand and properly demands appraisal of such shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to, and who complies in all respects with, the provisions of Section 262 of the DGCL (“Section 262”), shall not be converted into or be exchangeable for a right to receive the Merger Consideration as specified in Section 2.01(a) (such shares of Company Common Stock being referred to collectively as the “Dissenting Shares”), but instead such holder after the Effective Time shall be entitled to payment of the fair value of such Dissenting Shares in accordance with Section 262. At the Effective Time, all Dissenting Shares shall no longer be outstanding, shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of Dissenting Shares shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the fair value of such Dissenting Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 262. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such holder shall fail to perfect or otherwise shall waive, withdraw or lose the right to appraisal under Section 262, or a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that such holder is not entitled to the relief provided by Section 262, then the right of such holder to be paid the fair value of such holder’s Dissenting Shares under Section 262 shall cease and such Dissenting Shares shall be deemed to have been converted at the Effective Time into, and shall have become, the right to receive the Merger Consideration upon compliance with the procedure outlined in Section 2.02.
(b)    The Company shall give prompt written notice to Parent of any demands for appraisal of any shares of Company Common Stock and any withdrawals of such demands, and Parent shall have the right to participate in and direct all negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demands. The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of Parent, voluntarily make any payment with respect to, or settle, or offer or agree to settle, any such demand for payment.
Section 2.04    Adjustments. Without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, if at any time during the period between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, any change in the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company shall occur (other than the issuance of additional shares of capital stock of the Company as permitted by this Agreement), including by reason of any reclassification, recapitalization, stock split (including a reverse stock split), or combination, exchange, readjustment of shares, or similar transaction, or any stock dividend or distribution paid in stock, the Merger Consideration and any other amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect such change; provided, however, that this sentence shall not be construed to permit the Company to take any action with respect to its securities that is prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.
Section 2.05    Withholding Rights. Each of the Exchange Agent, Parent, Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub and the Surviving Company shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any Person pursuant to this Agreement or the CVR Agreement such amounts as may be required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under any Tax Laws. To the extent that amounts are so deducted and withheld and remitted to the appropriate Governmental Entity by the Exchange Agent, Parent, Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub or the Surviving Company, as the case

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may be, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which the Exchange Agent, Parent, Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub or the Surviving Company, as the case may be, made such deduction and withholding.
Section 2.06    Lost Certificates. If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen, or destroyed and, if required by Parent or the Exchange Agent, the posting by such Person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as Parent may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent shall issue, in exchange for such lost, stolen, or destroyed Certificate, the Merger Consideration to be paid in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate as contemplated under this ARTICLE II.
Section 2.07    Treatment of Company Options.
(a)    Company Options. At or prior to the Effective Time, all Company Options that are outstanding under the Company Stock Plan immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the Mergers, automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and no consideration or payment shall be delivered in exchange therefor or in respect thereof.
(b)    Resolutions and Other Company Actions. At or prior to the Effective Time, the Company, the Company Board, and the compensation committee of such board, as applicable, shall adopt any resolutions and take any actions (including obtaining any employee consents) that may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section 2.07.
Section 2.08    Treatment of CHOP Note. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall cause the CHOP Note to convert into Company Common Stock in accordance with the existing terms thereof. The holder of the CHOP Note shall thereafter be treated as a holder of Company Common Stock.
Section 2.09    Treatment of CHOP Agreements. Effective upon the Closing of the Mergers Parent shall assume the CHOP Agreements and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to negotiate with CHOP the terms of amended and restated CHOP Agreements to be given effect following the Closing of the Mergers.
Section 2.10    Tax Treatment. The Mergers are intended to be treated as integrated steps in a single transaction and together qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the Code, and this Agreement is intended to constitute a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3. Each of the parties hereto adopts this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) of the Treasury Regulations. Each party hereto agrees to cause all income Tax Returns relating to the Mergers to be filed on the basis of treating the Mergers as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the Code (including filing the statement required by Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-3), unless otherwise required by a “determination” (within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code or similar or analogous provisions of other applicable state or other Laws) or pursuant to a good-faith opinion from its professional tax advisers that such position is more likely than not to be an inappropriate treatment, and will not knowingly take any action, allow any action to be taken or fail to take any action, outside of the actions permitted under this Agreement, that could reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Mergers from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

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Except (a) as disclosed in the Company SEC Documents, filed or furnished with the SEC since January 1, 2017, and publicly available prior to the date hereof, without giving effect to any amendment to any such Company SEC Documents filed on or after the date hereof (excluding any forward-looking disclosures contained in any such Company SEC Documents under the heading “Forward Looking Information” or “Risk Factors” or similar heading to the extent they are primarily predictive, cautionary or forward-looking in nature) so long as the applicability of a disclosure in such Company SEC Documents to a representation or warranty is reasonably apparent based on the face of such disclosure, or (b) as set forth in the correspondingly numbered Section of the disclosure letter (the “Company Disclosure Letter”), dated as of the date of this Agreement and delivered by the Company to Parent concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (provided that (i) disclosure in any section of such Company Disclosure Letter shall be deemed to be disclosed with respect to any other section of this Agreement to the extent that it is reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such other section notwithstanding the omission or a reference or cross reference thereto and (ii) the mere inclusion of an item in such Company Disclosure Letter as an exception to a representation or warranty shall not be deemed an admission that such item represents a material exception or material fact, event or circumstance or that such item has had, would have or would reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect), the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub as follows:
Section 3.01    Organization; Standing and Power; Charter Documents; Subsidiaries
(a)    Organization; Standing and Power. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is a corporation, limited liability company, or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and has the requisite corporate, limited liability company, or other organizational, as applicable, power and authority to own, lease, and operate its assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, except where the failure to have such power and authority would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation, limited liability company, or other legal entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the character of the assets and properties owned, leased, or operated by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification or license necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or licensed or to be in good standing, would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b)    Charter Documents. The Company has delivered or made available to Parent a true and correct copy of the Charter Documents of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any of the provisions of its Charter Documents.
(c)    Subsidiaries. Other than ownership of its Subsidiaries, Medgenics Medical (Israel) Ltd.; neuroFix, LLC; and Aevi Genomics Medicine Europe BVBA/SPRL (Belgium), the Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any corporation, partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, association or other entity. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, each Subsidiary of the Company have been validly issued, were issued free of pre-emptive rights, are fully paid and non-assessable, and are free and clear of all Liens, including any restriction on the right to vote, sell, or otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other equity or voting interests, except for any Liens: (i) imposed by applicable securities Laws; or (ii) arising pursuant to the Charter Documents of any non-wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company. Except for the capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, its Subsidiaries, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, any Person.

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Section 3.02    Capitalization
(a)    The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Company SEC Documents, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws and conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Company SEC Documents. As of the date of this Agreement, there were 64,766,822 shares of Company Common Stock issued and 64,766,822 shares of Company Common Stock outstanding and 12,670,359 shares of Company Common Stock were issuable upon the exercise of all options, warrants and convertible securities outstanding as of such date. All of the Company’s options, warrants and other rights to purchase or exchange any securities for shares of the Company’s capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and were issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. None of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock was issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company (including the CHOP Note and the license agreement with Astra Zeneca which obligates the Company to issue shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the option thereunder). There are no authorized or outstanding shares of capital stock, options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than those described above (including the CHOP Note and the license agreement with Astra Zeneca which obligates the Company to issue shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the option thereunder) or accurately described in the Company SEC Documents and herein. The description of the Company Stock Plan, and the options or other rights granted thereunder, as described in the Company SEC Documents, accurately and fairly present the information required to be shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and rights.
(b)    Except as set forth in Section 3.02(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, other than the Company Equity Awards, as of the date hereof, there are no outstanding: (A) securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for Voting Debt or shares of capital stock of the Company; (B) options, warrants, or other agreements or commitments to acquire from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, any Voting Debt or shares of capital stock of (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of) the Company; or (C) restricted shares, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, profit participation rights, contingent value rights, “phantom” stock, or similar securities or rights that are derivative of, or provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any shares of capital stock of the Company, in each case that have been issued by the Company or its Subsidiaries (the items in clauses (A), (B), and (C), together with the capital stock of the Company, being referred to collectively as “Company Securities”). All outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, all outstanding Company Equity Awards, and all outstanding shares of capital stock, voting securities, or other ownership interests in any Subsidiary of the Company, have been issued or granted, as applicable, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable securities Laws.
(c)    Voting Debt. No bonds, debentures, notes, or other indebtedness issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries: (i) having the right to vote on any matters on which stockholders or equityholders of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may vote (or which is convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having such right); or (ii) the value of which is directly based upon or derived from the capital stock, voting securities, or other ownership interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, are issued or outstanding (collectively, “Voting Debt”).
(d)    Company Subsidiary Securities. As of the date hereof, there are no outstanding: (i) securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for Voting Debt, capital

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stock, voting securities, or other ownership interests in any Subsidiary of the Company; (ii) options, warrants, or other agreements or commitments to acquire from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, any Voting Debt, capital stock, voting securities, or other ownership interests in (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock, voting securities, or other ownership interests in) any Subsidiary of the Company; or (iii) restricted shares, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, profit participation rights, contingent value rights, “phantom” stock, or similar securities or rights that are derivative of, or provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any capital stock or voting securities of, or other ownership interests in, any Subsidiary of the Company, in each case that have been issued by a Subsidiary of the Company (the items in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), together with the capital stock, voting securities, or other ownership interests of such Subsidiaries, being referred to collectively as “Company Subsidiary Securities”).
Section 3.03    Authority; Non-Contravention; Governmental Consents; Anti-Takeover Statutes
(a)    Authority. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and, subject to, in the case of the consummation of the Mergers, adoption of this Agreement by the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (the “Requisite Company Vote”), to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement or to consummate the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated hereby, subject only, in the case of consummation of the Mergers, to the receipt of the Requisite Company Vote. The Requisite Company Vote is the only vote or consent of the holders of any class or series of the Company’s capital stock necessary to approve and adopt this Agreement, approve the Mergers, and consummate the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due execution and delivery by Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub, constitutes the legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, and other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.
(b)    Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement by the Company, and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Mergers, do not and will not: (i) subject to obtaining the Requisite Company Vote, contravene or conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of, the Charter Documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) assuming that all Consents contemplated by clauses (i) through (v) of Section 3.03(c) have been obtained or made and, in the case of the consummation of the Mergers, obtaining the Requisite Company Vote, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective properties or assets; (iii) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ loss of any benefit or the imposition of any additional payment or other liability under, or alter the rights or obligations of any third party under, or give to any third party any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration, or cancellation, or require any Consent under, any Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or otherwise bound as of the date hereof, except as listed in Section 3.03(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter; or (iv) result in the creation of a Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except, in the case of each of clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), for any conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults, loss of benefits, additional payments or other

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liabilities, alterations, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations, or Liens that, or where the failure to obtain any Consents, in each case, would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(c)    Governmental Consents. No consent, approval, order, or authorization of, or registration, declaration, or filing with, or notice to (any of the foregoing being a “Consent”), any supranational, national, state, municipal, local, or foreign government, any instrumentality, subdivision, court, administrative agency or commission, or other governmental authority, or any quasi-governmental or private body exercising any regulatory or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (a “Governmental Entity”) is required to be obtained or made by the Company in connection with the execution, delivery, and performance by the Company of this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the Merger and other transactions contemplated hereby, except for: (i) the filing of the certificates of merger in respect of the First Merger and Second Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; (ii) the filing of the Company Proxy Statement and Form S-4 in definitive form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and such reports under the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Mergers, and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) such Consents as may be required under applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws and the securities Laws of any foreign country or the rules and regulations of NASDAQ; and (iv) such other Consents which if not obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(d)    Board Approval. The Company Board, by resolutions duly adopted by a vote at a meeting of all directors of the Company duly called and held and, not subsequently rescinded or modified in any way, has: (i) determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, are fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and the Company’s stockholders; (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement, including the execution, delivery, and performance thereof, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Mergers, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein; (iii) directed that this Agreement be submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders for adoption at the Company Stockholders Meeting; and (iv) resolved to recommend that Company stockholders vote in favor of adoption of this Agreement in accordance with the DGCL (collectively, the “Company Board Recommendation”).
(e)    Anti-Takeover Statutes. Assuming the accuracy of Section 4.06 and to the Knowledge of the Company, no “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition,” “business combination” or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation enacted under any federal, state, local or foreign laws applicable to the Company is applicable to this Agreement, the Mergers or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 3.04    SEC Filings; Financial Statements; Sarbanes-Oxley Act Compliance; Undisclosed Liabilities; Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
(a)    SEC Filings. The Company has filed with or furnished to, as applicable, the SEC all registration statements, prospectuses, reports, schedules, forms, statements, and other documents (including exhibits and all other information incorporated by reference) required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC since January 1, 2018 (the “Company SEC Documents”). As of their respective filing dates or, if amended or superseded by a subsequent filing prior to the date hereof, as of the date of the last such amendment or superseding filing (and, in the case of registration statements and proxy statements, on the

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dates of effectiveness and the dates of the relevant meetings, respectively), each of the Company SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Exchange Act, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder applicable to such Company SEC Documents. None of the Company SEC Documents, at the time they were filed (or, if amended or superseded by a subsequent filing prior to the date hereof, as of the date of the last such amendment or superseding filing), 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments received from the SEC with respect to any of the Company SEC Documents. None of the Company’s Subsidiaries is required to file or furnish any forms, reports, or other documents with the SEC.
(b)    Financial Statements. The audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements (including, as applicable, the related notes thereto) of the Company included (or incorporated by reference) in the Company SEC Documents (i) have been prepared from, are in accordance with, and accurately reflect the books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries in all material respects, (ii) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, (iii) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of their respective dates, and the consolidated income, stockholders equity, results of operations and changes in consolidated financial position or cash flows for the periods presented therein (subject, in the case of the unaudited financial statements, to the absence of footnotes and normal course year-end audit adjustments) and (iv) complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. Access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Company SEC Documents, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (A) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (B) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is overseen by the Audit Committee of the Company Board (the “Audit Committee”) in accordance with the Exchange Act. The Company has not publicly disclosed or reported to the Audit Committee or to the board of directors of the Company any material weakness, change in internal control over financial reporting or fraud involving management or other employees who have a significant role in the internal control over financial reporting, any violation of, or failure to comply with, the U.S. securities laws, or any matter which if determined adversely, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)    Interactive Data. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Company SEC Documents fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the SEC’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(d)    Disclosure Controls. The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company with respect to itself and its subsidiaries in the reports it files or submits under

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the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. The Company has utilized such controls and procedures in preparing and evaluating the disclosures in the Company SEC Documents
(e)    Undisclosed Liabilities. The unaudited balance sheet of the Company dated as of September 30, 2019 contained in the Company SEC Documents filed prior to the date hereof is hereinafter referred to as the “Company Balance Sheet.” Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any Liabilities of a type required to be disclosed in the liabilities column of a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, except that: (i) are reflected or reserved against in the Company Balance Sheet (including in the notes thereto); (ii) immaterial liabilities that were incurred since the date of the Company Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; or (iii) are incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f)    Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. Except as described in the Company SEC Documents filed as of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or has any commitment to become a party to: (i) any joint venture, off-balance sheet partnership, or any similar Contract or arrangement (including any Contract or arrangement relating to any transaction or relationship between or among the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any other Person, including any structured finance, special purpose, or limited purpose Person, on the other hand); or (ii) any "off-balance sheet arrangements" (as defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act).
(g)    Sarbanes-Oxley and Compliance. Each of the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the Company (or each former principal executive officer and each former principal financial officer of the Company, as applicable) has made all certifications required by Rule 13a-14 or 15d-14 under the Exchange Act and Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act with respect to the Company SEC Documents, and the statements contained in such certifications are true and accurate in all material respects. For purposes of this Agreement, “principal executive officer” and “principal financial officer” shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company is also in compliance in all material respects with all of the other applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the applicable listing and corporate governance rules of NASDAQ.
Section 3.05    Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since the date of the Company Balance Sheet, except in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the business of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has been conducted in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and there has not been or occurred:
(a)    in respect of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any making, change, or revocation of any material election relating to Taxes; adoption or change of any annual accounting period or any method of accounting for Tax purposes; agreement to any audit assessment by any Tax authority; entry into any closing agreement related to Taxes, settlement of any material Tax claim or assessment, consent to any extension or waiver of the limitations period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment, or filing of any amended income or other material Tax Return; entry into any Tax sharing or similar agreement or arrangement (other than commercial Contracts the primary purpose of which is unrelated to Taxes); or taking of any similar action inconsistent with the Company’s prior course of action that would increase the liability for Taxes of the Company for any period after the Closing
(b)    any Company Material Adverse Effect; or
(c)    any event, condition, action, or effect that, if taken during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time, would constitute a breach of Section 5.01.

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Section 3.06    Taxes.
(a)    Tax Returns and Payment of Taxes. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have duly and timely filed or caused to be filed (taking into account any valid extensions) all material Tax Returns required to be filed by them. Such Tax Returns are true, complete, and correct in all material respects. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is currently the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return other than extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. All material Taxes due and owing by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been timely paid, or where payment is not yet due, the Company has made an adequate provision for such Taxes in the Company’s financial statements included in the Company SEC Documents (in accordance with GAAP). The Company’s most recent financial statements included in the Company SEC Documents reflect an adequate reserve (in accordance with GAAP) for all material Taxes payable by the Company and its Subsidiaries through the date of such financial statements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any material Liability for Taxes since the date of the Company’s most recent financial statements included in the Company SEC Documents outside of the ordinary course of business or otherwise inconsistent with past practice.
(b)    Availability of Tax Returns. The Company has made available to Parent complete and accurate copies of all federal, state, local, and foreign income, franchise, and other material Tax Returns filed by or on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries for any Tax period ending after December 31, 2017.
(c)    Withholding. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have withheld and timely paid each material Tax required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any Company Employee, creditor, customer, stockholder, or other party (including, without limitation, withholding of Taxes pursuant to Sections 1441 and 1442 of the Code or similar provisions under any state, local, and foreign Laws), and complied in all material respects with all information reporting and backup withholding provisions of applicable Law.
(d)    Liens. There are no Liens for material Taxes upon the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than for Permitted Liens.
(e)    Tax Deficiencies and Audits. No deficiency for any material amount of Taxes that has been proposed, asserted, or assessed in writing by any taxing authority against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries remains unpaid. There are no waivers or extensions of any statute of limitations currently in effect with respect to Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. There are no audits, suits, proceedings, investigations, claims, examinations, or other administrative or judicial proceedings ongoing or pending with respect to any Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(f)    Tax Jurisdictions. No claim has ever been made in writing by any Tax authority in a jurisdiction where the Company and its Subsidiaries do not file Tax Returns that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be subject to Tax in that jurisdiction. No claim has ever been made in writing by any taxing authority in a jurisdiction where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not currently file a particular type of Tax Return or pay a particular type of Tax that the Company or such Subsidiary is or may be required to file such Tax Return or pay such Tax (including obligations to withhold amounts with respect to Tax) in that jurisdiction.
(g)    Tax Rulings. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has requested or is the subject of or bound by any private letter ruling, or similar ruling or memorandum entered into with any Tax authority with respect to any material Taxes, nor is any such request outstanding.

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(h)    Consolidated Groups, Transferee Liability, and Tax Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries: (i) has been a member of a group filing Tax Returns on a consolidated, combined, unitary, or similar basis other than one in which the Company is the common parent; (ii) has any material liability for Taxes of any Person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any comparable provision of local, state, or foreign Law), as a transferee or successor, by Contract, or otherwise; or (iii) is a party to, bound by or has any material liability under any Tax sharing, allocation, or indemnification agreement or arrangement (other than customary Tax indemnifications contained in credit or other commercial agreements the primary purpose of which agreements does not relate to Taxes).
(i)    Change in Accounting Method. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has agreed to make any material adjustment under Section 481(a) of the Code or any comparable provision of state, local, or foreign Tax Laws by reason of a change in accounting method, use of an improper method of accounting, or otherwise.
(j)    Post-Closing Tax Items. The Company and its Subsidiaries will not be required to include any material item of income in, or exclude any material item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the day of the Effective Time as a result of any: (i) “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax Law) executed on or prior to the day of the Effective Time; (ii) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing Date; or (iv) any income under Section 965(a) of the Code, including as a result of any election under Section 965(h) of the Code with respect thereto; (v) prepaid amount received on or before the day of the Effective Time; or (vi) election under Section 108(i) of the Code.
(k)    Ownership Changes. To the Company’s Knowledge, and based on the analysis conducted by Armanino LLP, the Company has undergone the “ownership changes” (within the meaning of Section 382 of the Code) as set forth and described in Section 3.06(k) of the Company Disclosure Letter.
(l)    Section 355. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in connection with a distribution that was purported or intended to be described in Section 355 of the Code.
(m)    Reportable Transactions. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a party to, or a material advisor with respect to, a “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Section 6707A(c)(1) of the Code and Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b).
(n)    Foreign Nexus. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has, and has not had (during any taxable period remaining open for the assessment of Tax by any Tax authority outside of its country of formation under such Tax authority’s applicable statute of limitations) any permanent establishment (within the meaning of an applicable income Tax treaty) or other place of business in any country outside of its country of formation.
(o)    Tax Accruals. The amount of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ liability for unpaid Taxes for all periods following the end of the recent period covered by the Company Balance Sheet will not, in the aggregate, exceed the amount of accruals for Taxes (excluding reserves for deferred Taxes) as adjusted for the passage of time in accordance with the past custom and practice of the Company and its Subsidiaries (and which accruals will not exceed comparable amounts incurred in similar periods in prior years).

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(p)    Other Matters. As of the day of the Effective Time, the Company will not own any equity interest (i) to the Knowledge of the Company, in any entity, plan or arrangement that is treated for federal or any applicable state or local income Tax purposes as a partnership, (ii) in any “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code, except as set forth in Section 3.06(p) of the Company Disclsoure Letter or (iii) in any “passive foreign investment corporation” within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code.
(q)    Reorganization. The Company has not taken any action, other than pursuant to the terms of and in accordance with this Agreement, nor does it know of any fact or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Mergers from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.
(r)    Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not, nor has it been, a “United States real property holding corporation” (as defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the Code) during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1) of the Code.
Section 3.07    Intellectual Property.
(a)    Section 3.07(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, correct and complete list of all (i) issued and pending patents and patent applications, (ii) registered and applications for registration of trademarks and service marks, (iii) registered Internet domain names, and (iv) registered copyrights, in each case, included in the Company IP owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (v) any license agreement governing Company Licensed IP.
(b)    The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess the right to use (i) to the Knowledge of the Company, all valid and enforceable patents and patent applications, (ii) all valid and enforceable trademarks, trademark registrations, service marks, service mark registrations, Internet domain name registrations, copyrights, copyright registrations, licenses, trade secret rights (the items described in clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) and (iii) inventions, software, works of authorships, trade names, databases, formulae, know how, Internet domain names and other intellectual property (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary confidential information, systems, or procedures) (collectively, “Intellectual Property Assets”, and together with the Intellectual Property Rights, the “Company IP”) necessary to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted, and as proposed to be conducted and described in the Company SEC Documents.
(c)    The Company IP owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is owned solely and exclusively by the Company or its Subsidiary, free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Liens. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company IP owned by the Company and the Licensed IP, is valid, enforceable, subsisting and in full force and effect. None of the Company IP owned by the Company, and to the Knowledge of the Company, none of the Licensed IP, is or has been subject to any pending, concluded, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, Legal Action or other proceeding (including any interference, derivation, re-examination, opposition, cancellation reissue or other post-grant proceeding, but excluding customary office actions issued by an application examiner with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or its foreign equivalent in the ordinary course of business in connection with the prosecution of a pending application for a patent or a trademark registration) that challenges the validity, enforceability, use, right to use, scope, duration, effectiveness or ownership of any item of such Company IP.
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on the same terms and conditions as are in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time. Each item of Licensed IP will be licensed to and available for use by the Surviving Company on the same terms and conditions as are in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(e)    The Company and its Subsidiaries have not received any opinion from their legal counsel concluding that any activities of their respective businesses infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate, valid and enforceable Intellectual Property Rights of any other person, and have not received written notice of any challenge by any other person to the rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to any Intellectual Property Rights or Intellectual Property Assets owned or used by the Company or its Subsidiaries. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company and its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as now conducted do not give rise to any infringement of, any misappropriation of, or other violation of, any valid and enforceable Intellectual Property Rights of any other person.
(f)    All licenses for the use of the Intellectual Property Rights described in the Company SEC Documents are valid, binding upon, and enforceable by or against the parties thereto in accordance to its terms. The Company has complied in all material respects with, and is not in breach nor has received any asserted or threatened claim of breach of, any license to any Intellectual Property Rights or Intellectual Property Assets license, and the Company has no Knowledge of any breach or anticipated breach by any other person of any such license.
(g)    Except as described in the Company SEC Documents, no claim has been made against the Company alleging the infringement by the Company of any patent, trademark, service mark, trade name, copyright, trade secret, license in or other intellectual property right or franchise right of any person. The Company has taken all reasonable steps to protect, maintain and safeguard its Intellectual Property Rights, including the execution of appropriate nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements. Except as disclosed in Section 3.07(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents shall not result in the loss or impairment of or payment of any additional amounts with respect to, nor require the consent of any other person in respect of, the Company’s right to own, use, or hold for use any of the Intellectual Property Rights as owned, used or held for use in the conduct of the business as currently conducted.
(h)    The Company has at all times complied in all material respects with all applicable laws relating to privacy, data protection, and the collection and use of personal information collected, used, or held for use by the Company in the conduct of the Company’s business. Since January 1, 2017, the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ collection, storage, use and dissemination of personally identifiable information and any other data that could reasonably be used to identify any consumer, patient, employee or other person or any of their respective devices has, at all times complied in all material respects with all applicable Law, privacy policies and terms of use and other contractual obligations relating to privacy, data protection or data security. Since January 1, 2017, no breach, security incident, or violation of any data security policy in relation to personally identifiable information or other data that could reasonably be used to identify any consumer, patient, employee or other person or any of their respective devices has occurred, or is or was threatened, and there has been no unauthorized or illegal processing of such data. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain commercially reasonable security procedures to protect against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, and destruction of personally identifiable information and other data pertaining to consumers, patients, employees or other persons. Since January 1, 2017, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written, or to the Knowledge of the Company, any non-written, notice of any claims (including any investigation or notice from any Governmental Authority) that have been asserted or threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries alleging, any violation of any Person’s privacy or personally identifiable information or data rights or non-compliance with applicable

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Laws, privacy policies or terms of use or other contractual obligations relating to privacy, data protection or data security.
(i)    The Company has taken all necessary actions to obtain ownership of or a license to all works of authorship and inventions made by its employees, consultants and contractors during the time they were employed by or under contract with the Company and which relate to the Company’s business. All key employees have signed confidentiality and invention assignment agreements with the Company.
(j)    To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has complied with the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s duty of candor, good faith and disclosure and best mode requirement for any patent applications filed by the Company and still owned by the Company as of the date of this Agreement, and all other requirements for patentability and enforceability of any resultant patents, and has made no material misrepresentation in any such applications.
Section 3.08    Compliance with Laws; Permits
(a)    Compliance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are and, since January 1, 2017, have been in material compliance with, all Laws or Orders applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses or properties is bound. Since January 1, 2017, no Governmental Entity has issued any written notice or notification stating that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is not in compliance with any Law in any material respect.
(b)    Permits. The Company and its Subsidiaries hold, to the extent legally required to operate their respective businesses as such businesses are being operated as of the date hereof, all permits, licenses, registrations, variances, clearances, consents, commissions, franchises, exemptions, orders, authorizations, and approvals from Governmental Entities (collectively, “Permits”), except for any Permits for which the failure to obtain or hold would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. No suspension, cancellation, non-renewal, or adverse modifications of any Permits of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, except for any such suspension or cancellation which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is and, since January 1, 2017, has been in compliance with the terms of all Permits, except where the failure to be in such compliance would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.09    Litigation. As of the date hereof, there is no Legal Action pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in their capacities as such other than any such Legal Action that is reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, including any proceeding before the United States Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“FDA”) or comparable federal, state, local or foreign governmental bodies (including the Israeli Ministry of Health) (it being understood that the interaction between the Company and the FDA and such comparable governmental bodies relating to the clinical development and product approval process shall not be deemed proceedings for purposes of this representation). None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets is subject to any order, writ, assessment, decision, injunction, decree, ruling, or judgment (“Order”) of a Governmental Entity or arbitrator, whether temporary, preliminary, or

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permanent, which is reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.10    Brokers’ and Finders’ Fees. Except for fees payable to Wedbush Securities, Inc. (the “Company Financial Advisor”) pursuant to an engagement letter listed in Section 3.10 of the Company Disclosure Letter, a correct and complete copy of which has been provided to Parent, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred, nor shall it incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for investment banker, brokerage, or finders’ fees or agents’ commissions, or any similar charges in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 3.11    Employee Matters
(a)    No Noncompliance. No “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code) or “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA (other than events with respect to which the thirty (30)-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) has occurred or could reasonably be expected to occur with respect to any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of any current or former employee, independent contractor, consultant, or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each, a “Company Employee”) that could, singularly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Company Employee Plan is in compliance in all material respects with applicable law, including ERISA and the Code. The Company and its Subsidiaries have not incurred and could not reasonably be expected to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of, or withdrawal from, any pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA). Each pension plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified, and to the Company’s Knowledge, nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, that could, singularly or in the aggregate, cause the loss of such qualification.
(b)    Documents. The Company has made available to Parent correct and complete copies (or, if a plan or arrangement is not written, a written description) of all Company Employee Plans and amendments thereto in each case that are in effect as of the date hereof, and, to the extent applicable: (i) all related trust agreements, funding arrangements, insurance contracts, and service provider agreements now in effect or required in the future as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise; (ii) the most recent determination letter received regarding the Tax-qualified status of each Company Employee Plan; (iii) the most recent financial statements for each Company Employee Plan; (iv) the Form 5500 Annual Returns/Reports and Schedules for the most recent three plan years for each Company Employee Plan; (v) the current summary plan description for each Company Employee Plan; and (vi) all actuarial valuation reports related to any Company Employee Plans.
(c)    Employee Plan Compliance. (i) Each Company Employee Plan has been established, administered, and maintained in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in material compliance with applicable Laws, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; (ii) all the Company Employee Plans that are intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code are so qualified and have received timely determination letters from the IRS and no such determination letter has been revoked nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, has any such revocation been threatened, or with respect to a prototype plan, can rely on an opinion letter from the IRS to the prototype plan sponsor, to the effect that such qualified retirement plan and the related trust are exempt from federal income Taxes under Sections 401(a) and 501(a), respectively, of the Code, and to the Knowledge of the Company, as of the date hereof, no circumstance exists that is likely to result in the loss of such qualified status under Section 401(a) of the Code; (iii) as of the date hereof, the Company and its Subsidiaries, where applicable, have timely made all contributions,

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and other payments required by and due under the terms of each Company Employee Plan and applicable Law, and all benefits accrued under any unfunded Company Employee Plan have been paid, accrued, or otherwise adequately reserved to the extent required by, and in accordance with GAAP; (iv) except to the extent limited by applicable Law, each Company Employee Plan can be amended, terminated, or otherwise discontinued after the Effective Time in accordance with its terms, without material liability to Parent, the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries (other than ordinary administration expenses and in respect of accrued benefits thereunder); (v) as of the date hereof, there are no investigations, audits, inquiries, enforcement actions, or Legal Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened by the IRS, U.S. Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or any similar Governmental Entity with respect to any Company Employee Plan; (vi) as of the date hereof, there are no material Legal Actions pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to any Company Employee Plan (in each case, other than routine claims for benefits); (vii) to the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Company ERISA Affiliates has engaged in a transaction that could subject the Company or any Company ERISA Affiliate to a Tax or penalty imposed by either Section 4975 of the Code or Section 502(i) of ERISA; and (viii) each Company Employee Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its companion bill, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (together known as the “ACA”) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and no federal income Taxes or penalties have been imposed or are due for noncompliance with ACA or for failure to provide minimum coverage to Employees.
(d)    Plan Liabilities. Neither the Company nor any Company ERISA Affiliate has incurred or reasonably expects to incur, either directly or indirectly, any material liability under Title I or Title IV of ERISA, or related provisions of the Code or foreign Law relating to any Company Employee Plan.
(e)    Certain Company Employee Plans. With respect to each Company Employee Plan:
(i)    no such plan is a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA or a “multiple employer plan” within the meaning of Section 413(c) of the Code, and neither the Company nor any of its Company ERISA Affiliates has now or at any time within the previous six years contributed to, sponsored, maintained, or had any liability or obligation in respect of any such Multiemployer Plan or multiple employer plan;
(ii)    no Legal Action has been initiated by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to terminate any such Company Employee Plan or to appoint a trustee for any such Company Employee Plan;
(iii)    no Company Employee Plan is subject to the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA or Sections 412, 418(b), or 430 of the Code; and
(iv)    no “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA, has occurred, or is reasonably expected to occur, with respect to any such Company Employee Plan.
(f)    Potential Governmental Liability. No Company Employee Plan has within the three years prior to the date hereof, been the subject of an examination or audit by a Governmental Entity or is the subject of an application or filing under, or is a participant in, an amnesty, voluntary compliance, self-correction, or similar program sponsored by any Governmental Entity.
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and all applicable regulatory and administrative guidance (including, without limitation, proposed Treasury Regulations, notices, rulings, and final regulations).
(h)    Effect of Transaction. Neither the execution or delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the Mergers, nor any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall (either alone or in combination with any other event): (i) entitle any current or former director, employee, contractor, or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to severance pay or any other payment; (ii) accelerate the timing of payment, funding, or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation due to any such individual; (iii) limit or restrict the right of the Company to merge, amend, or terminate any Company Employee Plan; (iv) increase the amount payable or result in any other material obligation pursuant to any Company Employee Plan; or (v) result in the payment of any “excess parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code.
(i)    Employment Law Matters. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries: (i) is in compliance with all applicable Laws and agreements regarding hiring, employment, termination of employment, plant closing and mass layoff, employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and reasonable accommodation, leaves of absence, terms and conditions of employment, wages and hours of work, employee classification, employee health and safety, use of genetic information, leasing and supply of temporary and contingent staff, engagement of independent contractors, including proper classification of same, payroll Taxes, and immigration with respect to Company Employees and contingent workers; and (ii) is in compliance with all applicable Laws relating to the relations between it and any labor organization, trade union, work council, or other body representing Company Employees, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) immediately above, where the failure to be in compliance with the foregoing would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened investigations, complaints, charges, claims, lawsuits, or arbitrations by or on behalf of any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any Laws referenced in this Section 3.11(i).
(j)    Labor. There is (i) no significant unfair labor practice complaint pending against the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries, nor to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against it or any of its Subsidiaries, before the National Labor Relations Board, any state or local labor relation board or any foreign labor relations board, and no significant grievance or significant arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement is so pending against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against it and (ii) no strike, lockout, work stoppage, slowdown, union organizing campaign, union demand for recognition or union election petition is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, with respect to the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no existing or imminent strike, lockout, work stoppage or slowdown by the employees of its Subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, that would reasonably be expected, singularly or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. No key employee or significant group of employees of the Company or any Subsidiary has provided, or to the Knowledge of the Company, plans to provide, written notice to the Company of intent to terminate employment with the Company or any such Subsidiary.
Section 3.12    Real Property and Personal Property Matters
(a)    Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries now owns or has ever owned any Real Property. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real or personal property which are material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case free and clear

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of all Liens other than Permitted Liens that do not, singularly or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. All of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries holds properties, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any Subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such Subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.
Section 3.13    Environmental Matters.
(a)    Except as otherwise described in the Company SEC Documents, and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect (i) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law or regulation relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including without limitation, laws and regulations relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum and petroleum products (collectively, “Materials of Environmental Concern”), or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Materials of Environmental Concern (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), which violation includes, but is not limited to, noncompliance with any permits or other governmental authorizations required for the operation of the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries under applicable Environmental Laws, or noncompliance with the terms and conditions thereof, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received any written communication, whether from a governmental authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any Environmental Law; (ii) there is no claim, action or cause of action filed with a court or governmental authority, no investigation with respect to which the Company has received written notice, and no written notice by any person or entity alleging potential liability for investigatory costs, cleanup costs, governmental responses costs, natural resources damages, property damages, personal injuries, attorneys’ fees or penalties arising out of, based on or resulting from the presence, or release into the environment, of any Material of Environmental Concern at any location owned, leased or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, now or in the past (collectively, “Environmental Claims”), pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any person or entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Company or any of its subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law; and (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no past or present actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events or incidents, including, without limitation, the release, emission, discharge, presence or disposal of any Material of Environmental Concern, that reasonably could result in a violation of any Environmental Law or form the basis of a potential Environmental Claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or against any person or entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Company or any of its subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law.

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Section 3.14    Material Contracts
(a)    Material Contracts. For purposes of this Agreement, “Company Material Contract” shall mean the following to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or any of the respective assets are bound (excluding any Leases):
(i)    any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act), whether or not filed by the Company with the SEC;
(ii)    any employment or consulting Contract (in each case with respect to which the Company has continuing obligations as of the date hereof) with any current (A) executive officer of the Company, (B) member of the Company Board, or (C) Company Employee providing for an annual base salary or payment in excess of $100,000;
(iii)    any Contract providing for any guaranty by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, in each case that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any guaranty by the Company or a Subsidiary thereof of any of the obligations of (A) the Company or another wholly owned Subsidiary thereof or (B) any Subsidiary (other than a wholly owned Subsidiary) of the Company that was entered into in the ordinary course of business pursuant to or in connection with a customer Contract;
(iv)    any Contract that purports to limit in any material respect the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, at any time after the consummation of the Mergers, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) (A) to engage in any line of business, or (B) compete with any Person or operate in any geographical location;
(v)    any Contract relating to the disposition or acquisition, directly or indirectly (by merger or otherwise), by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement of assets or capital stock or other equity interests of any Person;
(vi)    any Contract that contains any provision that requires the purchase of all of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ requirements for a given product or service from a given third party, which product or service is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(vii)    any Contract that obligates the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to conduct business on an exclusive or preferential basis or upon consummation of the Mergers shall obligate Parent, the Surviving Company, or any of their respective Subsidiaries to conduct business on an exclusive or preferential basis with any third party;
(viii)    any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company agreement, or similar Contract that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(ix)    any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans, or credit agreements, security agreements, or other Contracts, in each case relating to indebtedness for borrowed money, whether as borrower or lender, in each case in excess of $100,000, other than (A) accounts receivables and payables, and (B) loans to direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company;
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(xi)    any Contract or binding purchase order or commitment of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $100,000;
(xii)    any Contract or commitment that obligates the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to develop or continue the research and development any product or product candidate;
(xiii)    any Contract which is not otherwise described in clauses (i)-(xii) above that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(b)    Schedule of Material Contracts; Documents. Section 3.14(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth an accurate and complete list as of the date hereof of all Company Material Contracts. The Company has made available to Parent correct and complete copies of all Company Material Contracts, including any amendments thereto.
(c)    No Breach. All the Company Material Contracts are legal, valid, and binding on the Company or its applicable Subsidiary, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, and is in full force and effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any third party has violated any provision of, or failed to perform any obligation required under the provisions of, any Company Material Contract. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any third party is in breach, or has received written notice of breach, of any Company Material Contract.
Section 3.15    Insurance. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, all insurance policies of the Company and its Subsidiaries are in full force and effect and provide insurance in such amounts and against such risks as the Company reasonably has determined to be prudent, taking into account the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in breach or default, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action or failed to take any action which, with notice or the lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or default, or permit termination or modification of, any of such insurance policies. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and to the Knowledge of the Company no notice of cancellation or termination, other than pursuant to the expiration of a term in accordance with the terms thereof, has been received with respect to any such policy.
Section 3.16    Related Person Transactions. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Company SEC Documents, there are, and since January 1, 2017, there have been, no Contracts, transactions, arrangements, or understandings between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Affiliate (including any director, officer, or employee) thereof or any holder of 5% or more of the shares of Company Common Stock, but not including any wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, on the other hand, that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC in the Company’s Form 10-K or proxy statement pertaining to an annual meeting of stockholders.
Section 3.17    Regulatory Matters.
(a)    Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company shall not directly or indirectly use proceeds contemplated herein, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner

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or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(b)    Neither the Company, nor to the Knowledge of the Company any of its employees, officer, directors, or any agent or representative acting on behalf of the Company is currently, or has been since January 1, 2017: (i) a Sanctioned Person; (ii) engaging in any dealings or transactions with any Sanctioned Person or in any Sanctioned Country, to the extent such activities violate applicable Sanctions Laws; or (iii) otherwise in violation of applicable sanctions Laws, Ex-Im Laws or U.S. anti-boycott Laws (collectively, “Trade Control Laws”) in any material respect.
(c)    Since January 1, 2017, (i) the Company has not received from any Governmental Entity any written notice or inquiry, (ii) made any voluntary or involuntary disclosure to a Governmental Entity, or (iii) conducted any internal investigation or audit, in each case of clauses (i)-(iii), concerning any alleged violation of Trade Control Laws.
(d)    Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, since January 1, 2017, (i) neither the Company nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of its officers, directors, employees or any of its agents or third party representatives acting on behalf of the Company, have paid, given or received or have offered or promised to pay, give or receive, any bribe or other unlawful payment of money or thing of value to or from any Person or Governmental Entity in the United States or elsewhere in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”), the Anti-Kickback Act of 1986 (the “Anti-Kickback Act”) or any other Laws that prohibit bribery, money laundering, corruption, fraud or other improper payments; and (ii) there is no charge, proceeding or investigation by any Governmental Entity with respect to a violation of the FCPA, the Anti-Kickback Act or any other Laws that prohibit bribery, money laundering, corruption, fraud or other improper payments that is now pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to the Company.
(e)    To the Knowledge of the Company each of the current product candidates of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is being, and at all times has been, developed, tested, manufactured, marketed, sold, labeled and stored, as applicable, in compliance in all material respects with the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and applicable regulations enforced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), including those requirements relating to current good manufacturing practices, good laboratory practices and good clinical practices, as applicable.
(f)    To the Knowledge of the Company the clinical trials conducted by the Company or its Subsidiaries were, and if still pending, are, being conducted in all material respects in accordance with all applicable clinical protocols, informed consents and applicable requirements of the FDA and equivalent regulatory authorities outside the United States, including the applicable requirements of good clinical practice and all applicable requirements contained in the Public Health Service Act.
(g)    Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of Company is subject to any investigation that is pending and of which the Company has been notified in writing or, to the Knowledge of the Company , which has been threatened, in each case by (i) the FDA, (ii) the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General or Department of Justice pursuant to the Federal Healthcare Program Anti-Kickback Statute or the Federal False Claims Act or (iii) any regulatory authority outside of the U.S. pursuant to any equivalent statute of such jurisdiction.
Section 3.18    Proxy Statement; Form S-4. None of the information included or incorporated by reference in the letter to the stockholders, notice of meeting, proxy statement, forms of proxy (collectively, the “Company Proxy Statement”) and Form S-4 to be filed with the SEC in connection with the Mergers,

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shall, at the date it is first mailed to the Company’s stockholders or at the time of the Company Stockholders Meeting or at the time of any amendment or supplement thereof, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no representation or warranty is made by the Company with respect to (i) statements made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Company Proxy Statement or Form S-4, or (ii) any financial projections or forward-looking statements. The Company Proxy Statement and Form S-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act.
Section 3.19    .Fairness Opinion. The Company has received the opinion of the Company Financial Advisor to the effect that, as of the date of this Agreement and based upon and subject to the qualifications and assumptions set forth therein, the Merger Consideration is fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of shares of Company Common Stock, and, as of the date of this Agreement, such opinion has not been withdrawn, revoked, or modified.
Section 3.20    .Business Combination. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.06, the Company Board has taken all action necessary (a) so that the restrictions contained in Section 203 of the DGCL applicable to a “business combination” (as defined in such Section 203) will not apply to the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, the Voting Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby and (b) to irrevocably approve for all purposes Parent, Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates and this Agreement, the Voting Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby to exempt such Persons, agreements and transactions from, and to elect for the Company, Parent, Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates not to be subject to, any “moratorium,” “control share acquisition,” “fair price,” “interested shareholder,” “affiliate transaction,” “business combination” or other antitakeover Laws of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company, Parent, Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates or this Agreement, the Voting Agreement or the Transactions with respect to any of the foregoing, which resolutions have not been rescinded, modified or withdrawn in any way.
Section 3.21    No Other Representations or Warranties. Except for the representations and warranties set forth in this ARTICLE III (including the related portions of the Company Disclosure Letter), neither the Company nor any other Person has made or is making any express or implied representation or warranty, either written or oral, with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or with respect to any other information provided to Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub in connection with the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated hereby. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Company nor any other Person has made or makes any representation or warranty with respect to any projections, estimates, or budgets of future revenues, future results of operations, future cash flows, or future financial condition (or any component of any of the foregoing) of the Company, including any information made available in the electronic data room maintained by the Company for purposes of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, teasers, marketing materials, consulting reports or materials, confidential information memoranda, management presentations, functional “break-out” discussions, responses to questions submitted on behalf of Parent or its Representatives, or in any other form in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Neither the Company or any other Person shall have or be subject to any liability or other obligation to Parent, Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub or any other Person resulting from the distribution to Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub (including their respective Representatives), or Parent’s, Merger Sub’s or Second Merger Sub’s (or such Representatives’) use of, any such information.

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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT, MERGER SUB, AND SECOND MERGER SUB
Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Company as follows:
Section 4.01    Organization. Each of Parent and Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of the state of Delaware. Second Merger Sub is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the state of Delaware.
Section 4.02    Authority; Non-Contravention; Governmental Consents; Board Approval
(a)    Authority. Each of Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub has all requisite corporate or limited liability company power and authority to enter into and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the execution, delivery and performance of the CVR Agreement). The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the CVR Agreement by Parent, Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub and the consummation by Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the execution, delivery and performance of the CVR Agreement) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited liability company action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub and no other corporate or limited liability company proceedings on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the CVR Agreement or to consummate the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated hereby (including the execution, delivery and performance of the CVR Agreement). This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub and, assuming due execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes the legal, valid, and binding obligation of Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub, enforceable against Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, and other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity. The CVR Agreement, when executed and delivered, shall be duly and validly executed and delivered by Parent and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the agent named therein, shall constitute a legal, valid and binding agreement of Parent, enforceable against Parent in accordance with its terms.
(b)    Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement by Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub and the consummation by Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, do not and shall not: (i) contravene or conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of, the Charter Documents of Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub; (ii) assuming that all of the Consents contemplated by clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 4.02(c) have been obtained or made, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub or any of their respective properties or assets; (iii) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in Parent’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ loss of any benefit or the imposition of any additional payment or other liability under, or alter the rights or obligations of any third party under, or give to any third party any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration, or cancellation, or require any Consent under, any Contract to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or otherwise bound as of the date hereof; or (iv) result in the creation of a Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any of the properties or assets of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, except, in the case of each of clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), for any conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults, loss of benefits, additional payments or other liabilities, alterations, terminations, amendments,

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accelerations, cancellations, or Liens that, or where the failure to obtain any Consents, in each case, would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on Parent’s, Merger Sub’s, and Second Merger Sub’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(c)    Governmental Consents. No Consent of any Governmental Entity is required to be obtained or made by Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub in connection with the execution, delivery, and performance by Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub of this Agreement or the consummation by Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub of the Mergers and other transactions contemplated hereby (including the execution, delivery and performance of the CVR Agreement), except for: (i) the filing of the certificates of merger in respect of the First Merger and the Second Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; (ii) the filing with the SEC of (A) the Company Proxy Statement in definitive form in accordance with the Exchange Act, and (B) such reports under the Securities Act or Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Mergers, and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) such Consents as may be required under applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws and the securities Laws of any foreign country or the rules and regulations of NASDAQ; and (iv) such other Consents which if not obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on Parent’s, Merger Sub’s, and Second Merger Sub’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d)    Approval.
(i)    The board of directors of the Parent by resolutions duly adopted by a unanimous vote at a meeting of all directors of Parent duly called and held or by unanimous written consent, and not subsequently rescinded or modified in any way, has (A) determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers and the execution, delivery and performance of the CVR Agreement, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and therein, are fair to, and in the best interests of, Parent and the Parent’s stockholders, and (B) authorized and approved this Agreement, including the execution, delivery, and performance thereof, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Mergers and the execution, delivery and performance of the CVR Agreement, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. No other action on the part of Parent or the stockholders of Parent (including any vote of such stockholders of Parent) is necessary to authorize the execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers and the execution, delivery and performance of the CVR Agreement.
(ii)    The board of directors of Merger Sub by resolutions duly adopted by a unanimous vote at a meeting of all directors of Merger Sub duly called and held or by unanimous written consent, and not subsequently rescinded or modified in any way, has (A) determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, are fair to, and in the best interests of, Merger Sub and Parent, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, (B) authorized and approved this Agreement, including the execution, delivery, and performance thereof, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, and (C) resolved to recommend that Parent, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, approve the adoption of this Agreement in accordance with the DGCL.
(iii)    Parent, as the sole member of Second Merger Sub, by resolutions duly adopted by written consent, and not subsequently rescinded or modified in any way, has (A) determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, are fair to, and in the best interests of, Second Merger Sub, and (B) authorized

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and approved this Agreement, including the execution, delivery, and performance thereof, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Mergers, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
Section 4.03    Proxy Statement; Form S-4. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by Parent, Member Sub, or Second Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (a) the Company Proxy Statement shall, at the date that the Company Proxy Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto is mailed to holders of Company Shares contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading and (b) the Form S-4 shall, at the time the Form S-4 is filed with the SEC, and at any time it is amended or supplemented or at the time it becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading (except that no representation or warranty is made by Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub to such portions of the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4, as applicable, that relate expressly to the Company or to statements made therein based on information supplied by or on behalf of the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein), and no representation or warranty is made by Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub in respect of any financial projections or forward-looking statements. The Form S-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act.
Section 4.04    Securities Laws Matters.
(a)    Parent Common Stock is registered pursuant to the Exchange Act and with NASDAQ. Neither the SEC nor any Governmental Entity has issued any order preventing or suspending trading of any securities of Parent, and Parent is in compliance in all material respects with the Securities Act.
(b)    Parent is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of NASDAQ for continued listing of its shares of common stock thereon. Parent has not taken any action designed to terminate, or, to the knowledge of Parent, likely to have the effect of terminating, the registration of its shares of common stock under the Exchange Act or the listing of such shares on NASDAQ.
(c)    Trading in Parent Common Stock on NASDAQ is not currently halted or suspended. No delisting, suspension of trading or cease trading order with respect to any securities of Parent is pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened. To the Knowledge of Parent, as of the date of this Agreement, no inquiry, review or investigation of Parent by the SEC or similar regulatory authority and NASDAQ is in effect or ongoing or expected to be implemented or undertaken.
(d)    Except as required by the SEC or NASDAQ, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to continuous disclosure or other public reporting requirements under any securities Laws.
(e)    Since January 1, 2018, Parent has timely filed or furnished all Parent SEC Reports required to be filed or furnished by Parent under applicable securities laws and the rules and policies of NASDAQ. The documents in the Parent SEC Reports, as at the respective dates filed, were in compliance in all material respects with the applicable securities Laws and, where applicable, the rules and policies of NASDAQ. No executive officer of Parent has failed in any respect to make the certifications required of him or her under Section 302 or 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in respect of any Parent SEC Report.

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(f)    None of the documents in the Parent SEC Reports, as of their respective dates (and, if amended or superseded prior to the date hereof, then on the date of such document was filed or furnished), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that no representation is made as to the accuracy of any financial projections or forward-looking statements or the completeness of any information filed or furnished by Parent to the SEC solely for the purposes of complying with Regulation FD promulgated under the Exchange Act.
Section 4.05    Legal Proceedings. Except as set forth in the Parent SEC Reports, as of the date hereof, there is no pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened, Legal Action against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub, nor is there any injunction, order, judgment, ruling, or decree imposed upon Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub, in each case, by or before any Governmental Entity, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Parent’s, Merger Sub’s, and Second Merger Sub’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 4.06    Ownership of Company Common Stock. Neither Parent nor any of its Affiliates or Associates is, or within five years prior to the date of this Agreement has been, an “owner” (as defined in Section 203 of the DGCL) of any shares of Company Common Stock.
Section 4.07    Capitalization.
(a)    The authorized capital stock of Parent consists of 205,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which 200,000,000 are Parent Common Stock and 5,000,000 are Parent Preferred Stock, of which 2,857,143 shares are designated Series B Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock. As of October 31, 2019, there were outstanding 44,106,794 shares of Parent Common Stock and 2,857,143 shares of Series B Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock. All outstanding shares of capital stock of Parent have been duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of preemptive rights.
(b)    The Parent Common Stock to be issued to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to the terms hereof, when issued as provided in and pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, shall be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and (other than restrictions under applicable securities laws, or restrictions created by such stockholders) shall be free of restrictions on transfer.
Section 4.08    Ownership of Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub. All of the issued and outstanding securities of each of Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub are, and at the Effective Time shall be, owned directly or indirectly by Parent. Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub were formed solely for purposes of the Mergers and, except for matters incident to formation and execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby, have not prior to the date hereof engaged in any business or other activities.
Section 4.09    Compliance.
(a)    As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters from the SEC staff with respect to the Parent SEC Reports. As of the date of this Agreement, Parent has not received any written or, to the knowledge of Parent, oral notice from the SEC that any of the Parent SEC Reports is the subject of any ongoing investigation. To the knowledge of Parent, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no SEC inquiries or investigations, other government inquiries or investigations or material internal investigations pending or threatened, in each case regarding any accounting practices of

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Parent. None of Parent’s Subsidiaries is required to file periodic reports with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act.
(b)    The audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements (including, as applicable, the related notes thereto) of Parent included (or incorporated by reference) in the Parent SEC Reports (i) have been prepared from, are in accordance with, and accurately reflect the books and records of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of their respective dates in all material respects, (ii) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, (iii) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of their respective dates, and the consolidated income, stockholders equity, results of operations and changes in consolidated financial position or cash flows for the periods presented therein (subject, in the case of the unaudited financial statements, to the absence of footnotes and normal course year-end audit adjustments) and (iv) complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto.
(c)    To the Knowledge of Parent, neither Parent nor Parent’s auditor have identified or been made aware of (i) any existing “significant deficiencies” or “material weaknesses” (as defined by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) not otherwise remedied in the design or operation of the internal control over financial reporting or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Parent’s internal controls over financial reporting. Parent has designed and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by Parent in the Parent SEC Reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and Form S-4 to be filed with the SEC in connection with the Mergers.
Section 4.10    Brokers. None of Parent, Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates has incurred, nor shall it incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for investment banker, brokerage, or finders’ fees or agents’ commissions, or any similar charges in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated by this Agreement for which the Company would be liable in connection with the Mergers.
Section 4.11    Tax Matters. Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub have not taken any action, and do not have any Knowledge of any fact or circumstance outside of the provisions, terms and actions permitted or set forth in this Agreement, that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Mergers from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the Code.
Section 4.12    Disclaimer of Reliance. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub each acknowledge and agree that none of the Company or any other Person has made or is making, and Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub expressly disclaim reliance upon, any representations, warranties, or statements relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries whatsoever, express or implied, beyond those expressly given by the Company in Article III. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub acknowledge that no representations or warranties are made with respect to any projections, forecasts, estimates, budgets, or prospect information that may have been made available to Parent, Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub, or any of their respective Representatives (including in certain “data rooms,” “virtual data rooms,” management presentations or in any other form in expectation of, or in connection with, the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement).

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Section 4.13    No Other Representations or Warranties. Except for the representations and warranties set forth in this ARTICLE IV, neither the Parent nor any other Person has made or is making any express or implied representation or warranty, either written or oral, with respect to the Parent or its Subsidiaries or with respect to any other information provided to the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated hereby. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Parent nor any other Person has made or makes any representation or warranty with respect to any projections, estimates, or budgets of future revenues, future results of operations, future cash flows, or future financial condition (or any component of any of the foregoing) of the Parent, including any information made available in the electronic data room maintained by the Parent for purposes of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, teasers, marketing materials, consulting reports or materials, confidential information memoranda, management presentations, functional “break-out” discussions, responses to questions submitted on behalf of the Company or its Representatives, or in any other form in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Neither the Parent or any other Person shall have or be subject to any liability or other obligation to the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any other Person resulting from the distribution to the Company or its Subsidiaries (including their respective Representatives), or Parent’s, Merger Sub’s, or Second Merger Sub’s (or such Representatives’) use of, any such information.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
Section 5.01    Conduct of Business of the Company. During the period from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, the Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as required by applicable Law or with the prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed), to use its commercially reasonable efforts to conduct its business in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and, to the extent consistent therewith, the Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to preserve substantially intact its and its Subsidiaries’ business organization, to keep available the services of its and its Subsidiaries’ current officers and employees, to preserve its and its Subsidiaries’ present relationships with customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees, and other Persons having business relationships with it and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct its audit procedures in order to complete the audit of its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019, by March 31, 2020. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, except as otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement, as set forth in Section 5.01 of the Company Disclosure Letter, or as required by applicable Law, the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed):
(a)    amend or propose to amend its Charter Documents;
(b)    (i) split, combine, or reclassify any Company Securities or Company Subsidiary Securities, (ii) repurchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire, or offer to repurchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire, any Company Securities or Company Subsidiary Securities, or (iii) declare, set aside, or pay any dividend or distribution (whether in cash, stock, property, or otherwise) in respect of, or enter into any Contract with respect to the voting of, any shares of its capital stock (other than dividends from its direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries);
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any Company Equity Award outstanding as of the date of this Agreement in accordance with its terms or pursuant to the terms of the CHOP Note;
(d)    except as required by applicable Law or by any Company Employee Plan or Contract in effect as of the date of this Agreement (i) increase the compensation payable or that could become payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to directors, officers, or employees, (ii) promote any officers or employees, or (iii) establish, adopt, enter into, amend, terminate, exercise any discretion under, or take any action to accelerate rights under any Company Employee Plans or any plan, agreement, program, policy, trust, fund, or other arrangement that would be a Company Employee Plan if it were in existence as of the date of this Agreement, or make any contribution to any Company Employee Plan, other than contributions required by Law or the terms of such Company Employee Plans as in effect on the date hereof;
(e)    acquire, by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets, or otherwise, any business or Person or division thereof or make any loans, advances, or capital contributions to or investments in any Person;
(f)    (i) transfer, license, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of (whether by way of merger, consolidation, sale of stock or assets, or otherwise) or pledge, encumber, or otherwise subject to any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien), any assets, including the capital stock or other equity interests in any Subsidiary of the Company; provided, that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Company and its Subsidiaries from transferring, selling, leasing, or disposing of obsolete equipment or assets being replaced, in each case in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (ii) adopt or effect a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization, or other reorganization;
(g)    other than the Buyer AZ Note and the Buyer LOC Note, repurchase, prepay, or incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any such indebtedness of another Person, issue or sell any debt securities or options, warrants, calls, or other rights to acquire any debt securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, guarantee any debt securities of another Person, enter into any “keep well” or other Contract to maintain any financial statement condition of any other Person (other than any wholly owned Subsidiary of it) or enter into any arrangement having the economic effect of any of the foregoing;
(h)    except as set forth in Section 5.01(h) of the Company Disclosure Letter, enter into or amend or modify in any material respect, or consent to the termination of (other than at its stated expiry date), any Company Material Contract or any Lease with respect to Real Estate or any other Contract or Lease that, if in effect as of the date hereof would constitute a Company Material Contract or Lease with respect to Real Estate hereunder;
(i)    institute, settle, or compromise any Legal Action involving the payment of monetary damages by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any amount exceeding $50,000 in the aggregate, other than (i) any Legal Action brought against Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub arising out of a breach or alleged breach of this Agreement by Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub, and (ii) the settlement of claims, liabilities, or obligations reserved against on the Company Balance Sheet; provided, that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall settle or agree to settle any Legal Action which settlement involves a conduct remedy or injunctive or similar relief or has a restrictive impact on the Company’s business;
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(k)    (i) settle or compromise any Tax claim, audit, or assessment regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for an amount in excess of the amount reserved or accrued on the Company Balance Sheet (or most recent consolidated balance sheet included in the Company SEC Documents), (ii) make, revoke or change any material Tax election, change any annual Tax accounting period, or adopt or change any method of Tax accounting, (iii) amend any material Tax Returns or file claims for material Tax refunds, (iv) enter into any material closing agreement, surrender in writing any right to claim a Tax refund, offset or other reduction in Tax liability or consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any material Tax claim or assessment relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries; or (v) enter into any Tax sharing or similar agreement or arrangement (other than customary commercial Contracts the primary purpose of which is unrelated to Taxes) or take any similar action inconsistent with the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s prior course of action that would increase the liability for Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any period after the Closing;
(l)    enter into any material agreement, agreement in principle, letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, or similar Contract with respect to any joint venture, strategic partnership, or alliance;
(m)    abandon, allow to lapse, sell, assign, transfer, grant any security interest in or otherwise encumber or dispose of any material Company IP, or grant any right or license to any material Company IP other than pursuant to non-exclusive licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(n)    incur any expenditures or enter into any commitment or transaction exceeding $25,000 individually or $50,000 in the aggregate (other than expenditures incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice (it being acknowledged that on November 20, 2019, the Company dosed the first patient with AEVI-002 in a Phase Ib clinical trial for patients with moderate to severe active Crohn’s Disease);
(o)    terminate or modify in any material respect, or fail to exercise renewal rights with respect to, any material insurance policy; or
(p)    agree or commit to do any of the foregoing.
Section 5.02    Access to Information; Confidentiality
(a)    Upon reasonable prior notice and subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, from the date of this Agreement until the earlier to occur of the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth in ARTICLE VII, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, afford to Parent and Parent’s Representatives reasonable access, at reasonable times and in a manner as shall not unreasonably interfere with the business or operations of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, to the officers, employees, accountants, agents, properties, offices, and other facilities and to all books, records, contracts, and other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, furnish promptly to Parent such other information concerning the business and properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries as Parent may reasonably request from time to time. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to provide access to or disclose information where such access or disclosure would jeopardize the protection of attorney-client privilege or contravene any Law. No investigation shall affect the Company’s representations, warranties, covenants, or agreements contained herein.

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(b)    Parent and the Company shall comply with, and shall cause their respective Representatives to comply with, all of their respective obligations under the Confidentiality Agreement, dated October 18, 2019, between Parent and Company (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), which shall survive the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth therein.
Section 5.03    No Solicitation.
(a)    The Company shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause its and its Subsidiaries’ directors, officers, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, consultants, or other agents or advisors (with respect to any Person, the foregoing Persons are referred to herein as such Person’s “Representatives”) not to, directly or indirectly, solicit, initiate, or knowingly take any action to facilitate the submission of any Takeover Proposal or the making of any proposal that could reasonably be expected to lead to any Takeover Proposal, or, subject to Section 5.03(b): (i) conduct or engage in any discussions or negotiations with, disclose any non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, afford access to the business, properties, assets, books, or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, or knowingly assist, participate in, facilitate, or encourage any effort by, any third party that is seeking to make, or has made, any Takeover Proposal; or (ii) enter into any agreement in principle, letter of intent, term sheet, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement, or other Contract relating to any Takeover Proposal (each, a “Company Acquisition Agreement”). Except as expressly permitted by this Section 5.03, the Company Board shall not effect a Company Adverse Recommendation Change. The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to cease immediately and cause to be terminated, and shall not authorize or knowingly permit any of its or their Representatives to continue, any and all existing activities, discussions, or negotiations, if any, with any third party conducted prior to the date hereof with respect to any Takeover Proposal and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause any such third party (or its agents or advisors) in possession of non-public information in respect of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that was furnished by or on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries to return or destroy (and confirm destruction of) all such information. The Company will be liable for any breach of this Section 5.03 by its Representative.
(b)    Notwithstanding Section 5.03(a), prior to the receipt of the Requisite Company Vote, the Company Board, directly or indirectly through any Representative, may, subject to Section 5.03(c) and Section 5.03(d): (i) participate in negotiations or discussions with any third party that has made (and not withdrawn) a bona fide, unsolicited Takeover Proposal in writing that the Company Board believes in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel and the Company Financial Advisor (and, if necessary, contact with such third party to clarify the terms and conditions of such Takeover Proposal), constitutes or would reasonably be expected to result in a Superior Proposal; (ii) thereafter furnish to such third party non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to an executed confidentiality agreement that constitutes an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement; (iii) following receipt of and on account of a Superior Proposal, make a Company Adverse Recommendation Change; and (iv) take any action that any court of competent jurisdiction orders the Company to take (which order remains unstayed). Nothing contained herein shall (i) prevent the Company Board from disclosing to the Company’s stockholders a position contemplated by Rule 14d-9 and Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act; (ii) making any “stop, look and listen” communication to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to Rule 14d‑9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) making any disclosures to the stockholders of the Company with regard to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Takeover Proposal required by Law.
(c)    The Company shall notify Parent promptly (but in no event later than 48 hours) after receipt by the Company (or any of its Representatives) of any Takeover Proposal, any inquiry that could reasonably be expected to lead to a Takeover Proposal, any request for non-public information relating to

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the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or for access to the business, properties, assets, books, or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any third party. In such notice, the Company shall identify the third party making, and details of the material terms and conditions of, any such Takeover Proposal, indication or request. The Company shall keep Parent reasonably informed of material developments affecting the status and material terms of any such Takeover Proposal, indication or request. The Company shall promptly provide Parent with a list of any non-public information concerning the Company’s and any of its Subsidiary’s business, present or future performance, financial condition, or results of operations, provided to any third party, and, to the extent such information has not been previously provided to Parent, copies of such information.
(d)    Except as expressly permitted by this Section 5.03, the Company Board shall not effect a Company Adverse Recommendation Change or enter into (or permit any Subsidiary to enter into) a Company Acquisition Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time prior to the receipt of the Requisite Company Vote, the Company Board may effect a Company Adverse Recommendation Change or enter into (or permit any Subsidiary to enter into) a Company Acquisition Agreement, if: (i) the Company promptly notifies Parent, in writing, at least two Business Days (the “Superior Proposal Notice Period”) before making a Company Adverse Recommendation Change or entering into (or causing a Subsidiary to enter into) a Company Acquisition Agreement, of its intention to take such action with respect to a Superior Proposal, which notice shall state expressly that the Company has received a Takeover Proposal, that the Company Board intends to declare a Superior Proposal and that the Company Board intends to effect a Company Adverse Recommendation Change and/or the Company intends to enter into a Company Acquisition Agreement; (ii) the Company includes in such notice a description in reasonable detail of such Superior Proposal and the identity of the third party making such Superior Proposal; (iii) the Company shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, during the Superior Proposal Notice Period, negotiate with Parent in good faith to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that such Takeover Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Proposal, if Parent, in its discretion, proposes to make such adjustments; and (iv) the Company Board determines in good faith, after consulting with outside legal counsel and its Company Financial Advisor, that such Takeover Proposal continues to constitute a Superior Proposal after taking into account any adjustments made by Parent during the Superior Proposal Notice Period in the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(e)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the Company Board may effect a Company Adverse Recommendation Change, after the date of this Agreement but prior to the receipt of the Requisite Company Vote, if: (i) prior to effecting the Company Adverse Recommendation Change, the Company Board determines in good faith, after consulting with outside legal counsel and its Company Financial Advisor, that the failure to effect such Company Adverse Recommendation Change, would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, (ii) the Company Board shall notify Parent, in writing, at least five Business Days before taking such action of its intention to take such action and a reasonable description of the event or circumstances giving rise to its determination and (iii) at the end of such notice period, the Company Board takes into account any amendment or modification to this Agreement proposed by Parent and determines in good faith, after consulting with outside legal counsel and its Company Financial Advisor, that the failure to effect such Company Adverse Recommendation Change, would, nevertheless, be reasonably likely to result in a violation of its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Section 5.04     Preparation of Form S-4; Board Recommendation; Company Stockholders Meeting. 
(a)    As promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, Parent and the Company shall jointly prepare and Parent shall file with the SEC the Form S-4, which shall include the Company Proxy Statement, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the issuance of the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Mergers. Each of Parent and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to:
(i)    ensure that the Form S-4 complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act;
(ii)    promptly furnish in writing to the other party all information concerning the Company, Parent and their respective Subsidiaries that is required by applicable Law to be included in the Form S-4 and Company Proxy Statement so as to enable the Company and Parent to comply with their respective obligations under this Section 5.04;
(iii)    respond as promptly as practicable to any comments of the staff of the SEC (the “Staff”) with respect to the Form S-4;
(iv)    have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and keep the Form S-4 effective for so long as necessary to consummate the Mergers and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
(v)    promptly amend or supplement any information provided by it for use in the Form S-4 or Company Proxy Statement, as applicable, if and to the extent that it shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and cause the Form S-4 or Company Proxy Statement, as applicable, to be filed with the SEC and to be disseminated to the Company’s Stockholders, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable Law.
Unless the Company Board shall have effected an Adverse Recommendation Change pursuant to Section 5.03, (i) the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Company Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company Stockholders as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act and (ii) the Company Proxy Statement shall include the Company Board Recommendation. The Company Proxy Statement shall also include (i) an estimate of the amount of fees and other consideration that the Company Financial Advisor shall receive upon consummation of or as a result of the Mergers, and the conditions therefor and (ii) a copy of the opinion of the Company Financial Advisor and a customary summary of the information that formed the basis for the rendering such opinion.
(b)    Except to the extent related to an Adverse Recommendation Change, each of Parent and the Company and their respective counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Form S-4 and Company Proxy Statement, as the case may be, each time before any such document (or amendment thereto) is filed with the SEC or mailed to the stockholders of the Company (it being understood that each of Parent and the Company and their respective counsel shall provide any comments thereon as soon as reasonably practicable), and each such party shall give reasonable and good faith consideration to any comments made by the other party and its counsel. Each of Parent and the Company shall notify each other promptly of the receipt of any comments from the Staff and of any request by the Staff for amendments or supplements to the Form S-4 or Company Proxy Statement or for additional information and shall supply each other with copies of (i) all correspondence between it or any of its

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Representatives, on the one hand, and the Staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Company Proxy Statement, the Form S-4, the Mergers, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, and (ii) all orders of the SEC relating to the Form S-4.
(c)    The Company shall, as soon as reasonably practicable following the date on which the Form S-4 has been declared effective by the SEC, establish a record date for, duly call and give notice of and convene and hold the Company Stockholders Meeting for the purpose of seeking the Requisite Company Vote; provided, however, that the Company may postpone or adjourn the Company Stockholders Meeting (a) with the prior written consent of Parent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; (b) if a quorum has not been established; (c) to allow reasonable additional time for the filing and mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure which the Company Board has determined in good faith after consultation with outside counsel is necessary under applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by the stockholders of the Company prior to the Company Stockholders Meeting; (d) to allow reasonable additional time to solicit additional proxies, if and to the extent the Required Stockholder Approval would not otherwise be obtained; or (e) if required by applicable Law; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (b), (c), or (d), the Company Stockholders Meeting shall not be postponed or adjourned for more than twenty Business Days from the originally scheduled date of the Company Stockholders Meeting without the prior written consent of Parent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
Section 5.05    Notices of Certain Events; Stockholder Litigation; No Effect on Disclosure Letter.
(a)    The Company shall notify Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub, and Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub shall notify the Company, promptly of: (i) any material notice or other material communication from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) any material notice or other material communication from any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (iii) any event, change, or effect between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time which causes or is reasonably likely to cause the failure of the conditions set forth in Section 6.02(a) or, Section 6.02(b) or of this Agreement (in the case of the Company and its Subsidiaries) or Section 6.03(a) or Section 6.03(b) of this Agreement (in the case of Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub), to be satisfied.
(b)    The Company shall promptly advise Parent in writing after becoming aware of any Legal Action commenced after the date hereof against the Company or any of its directors by any stockholder of the Company (on their own behalf or on behalf of the Company) relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Mergers) and shall keep Parent reasonably informed regarding any such Legal Proceeding. The Company shall give Parent the opportunity to consult with the Company regarding the defense or settlement of any such stockholder litigation and shall consider Parent’s views with respect to such stockholder litigation and shall not settle any such stockholder litigation without the prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned).
(c)    In no event shall the delivery of any notice by a party pursuant to this Section 5.05 limit or otherwise affect the respective rights, obligations, representations, warranties, covenants, or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement. This Section 5.05 shall not constitute a covenant or agreement for purposes of Section 6.02(b) or Section 6.03(b).

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Section 5.06    401(k) Plan. The Company shall take all appropriate action to terminate any Company Employee Plan that is a 401(k) plan prior to the Closing Date. The Purchaser agrees that nothing in this Section will require the Company to cause the final dissolution and liquidation of, or to amend, such plan prior to the Closing Date. 
Section 5.07    Employees. With respect to any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA maintained by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, “Parent Benefit Plans”) in which any Company Continuing Employees shall participate effective as of the Effective Time, Parent, to the extent permitted by the respective Parent Benefit Plan, shall, or shall cause the Surviving Company to, (i) waive any actively-at-work requirements, eligibility waiting periods and any other time-based restriction that would prevent immediate or full participation under any Parent Benefit Plan in which such Company Continuing Employees may be eligible to participate after the Effective Time with respect to participation and coverage requirements applicable to such employees to the extent such conditions and exclusions were satisfied or did not apply to such employees under the welfare plans maintained by the Company prior to the Effective Time, and (ii) to credit all service of the Company Continuing Employees with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be as if such service were with Parent, for purposes of eligibility to participate (but not for purposes of vesting or benefit accrual, except for vacation, if applicable) for full or partial years of service in any Parent Benefit Plan in which such Company Continuing Employees may be eligible to participate after the Effective Time; provided, that such service shall not be credited to the extent that (x) such crediting would result in a duplication of benefits or (y) such service was not credited under the corresponding Company Employee Plan.
Section 5.08    Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance.  
(a)    Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub agree that all rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses, and exculpation by the Company now existing in favor of each Person who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date hereof or who becomes prior to the Effective Time an officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each an “Indemnified Party”) as provided in the Charter Documents of the Company, in each case as in effect on the date of this Agreement, or pursuant to any other Contracts in effect on the date hereof and disclosed in Section 5.08 of the Company Disclosure Letter, shall be assumed by the Surviving Company in the Mergers, without further action, at the Effective Time and shall survive the Mergers and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.
(b)    For a period of six years from the Effective Time, the Parent and Surviving Company (the “Indemnifying Parties”) shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Indemnified Party (in all their capacities) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, fees, expenses, judgments and fines incurred in connection with any claim, suit, action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (each a “Claim”) and shall provide advancement of reasonable expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) to each Indemnified Party to the same extent such Indemnified Party has the right to advancement of reasonable and documented expenses pursuant to the Charter Documents of the Company as in effect on the date of this Agreement and to the extent that such Indemnified Party does not have such a right to advancement of expenses, the Indemnifying Parties shall promptly reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim as such expenses are incurred, subject to the receipt of an undertaking by such Indemnified Party to repay such legal and other fees and expenses paid in advance if it is ultimately determined in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to be indemnified under applicable Law.

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(c)    The Company shall (i) obtain as of the Effective Time “tail” insurance policies with a claims period of six years from the Effective Time with at least the same coverage and amounts and containing terms and conditions that are not less advantageous to the officers or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each an “Indemnified Party”), in each case with respect to claims arising out of or relating to events which occurred before or at the Effective Time (including in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (the “Tail Policy”); provided, however, that in no event shall the Company be required to expend an annual premium for such coverage in excess of three hundred percent of the last annual premium paid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for such insurance prior to the date of this Agreement, which amount is set forth in Section 5.07(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter (the “Maximum Premium”). If such insurance coverage cannot be obtained at an annual premium equal to or less than the Maximum Premium, the Surviving Company shall obtain, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Company to obtain, the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding an annual premium equal to the Maximum Premium.
(d)    The obligations of Parent, Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub, and the Surviving Company under this Section 5.08 shall survive the consummation of the Mergers and shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any Indemnified Party to whom this Section 5.08 applies without the consent of such affected Indemnified Party (it being expressly agreed that the Indemnified Parties to whom this Section 5.08 applies shall be third party beneficiaries of this Section 5.08, each of whom may enforce the provisions of this Section 5.08).
(e)    In the event Parent, the Surviving Company or any of their respective successors or assigns: (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity in such consolidation or merger; or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in either such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the Surviving Company, as the case may be, shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 5.08. The agreements and covenants contained herein shall not be deemed to be exclusive of any other rights to which any Indemnified Party is entitled, whether pursuant to Law, Contract, or otherwise. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed to, or shall release, waive, or impair any rights to directors’ and officers’ insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect to the Company or its officers, directors, and employees, it being understood and agreed that the indemnification provided for in this Section 5.08 is not prior to, or in substitution for, any such claims under any such policies.
Section 5.09    Reasonable Best Efforts
(a)    Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement (including those contained in this Section 5.09), each of the parties hereto shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper, or advisable to consummate and make effective, and to satisfy all conditions to, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including: (i) the obtaining of all necessary Permits, waivers, and actions or nonactions from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities) and the taking of all steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entities; (ii) the obtaining of all necessary material consents or waivers from third parties; and (iii) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Mergers and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement. The Company and Parent shall, subject to applicable Law, promptly: (A) cooperate and coordinate with the other in the taking of the actions contemplated by clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) immediately above; and (B) supply the other with any information that may be reasonably required in order

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to effectuate the taking of such actions. Each party hereto shall promptly inform the other party or parties hereto, as the case may be, of any material communication from any Governmental Entity regarding any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. If the Company, on the one hand, or Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub, on the other hand, receives a request for additional information or documentary material from any Governmental Entity with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, then it shall use reasonable best efforts to make, or cause to be made, as soon as reasonably practicable and after consultation with the other party, an appropriate response in compliance with such request, and, if permitted by applicable Law and by any applicable Governmental Entity, provide the other party’s counsel with advance notice and the opportunity to attend and participate in any meeting with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filing made thereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Neither Parent nor the Company shall commit to or agree (or permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to commit to or agree) with any Governmental Entity to stay, toll, or extend any applicable waiting period under any applicable Laws, without the prior written consent of the other (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed).
(b)    In the event that any administrative or judicial action or proceeding is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) by a Governmental Entity or private party challenging the Mergers or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement, or any other agreement contemplated hereby, the Company shall cooperate in all respects with Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub and shall use its reasonable best efforts to contest and resist any such action or proceeding and to have vacated, lifted, reversed, or overturned any Order, whether temporary, preliminary, or permanent, that is in effect and that prohibits, prevents, or restricts consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 5.10    Public Announcements. The initial press release with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be a release mutually agreed to by the Company and Parent. Thereafter, each of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub agrees that no public release or announcement concerning the transactions contemplated hereby shall be issued by any party without the prior written consent of the Company and Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed), except as may be required by applicable rules or regulations of NASDAQ, applicable Law or the rules or regulations of any applicable United States securities exchange or other Governmental Entity to which the relevant party is subject or submits, in which case the party required to make the release or announcement shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to allow the other party reasonable time to comment on such release or announcement in advance of such issuance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions set forth in this Section 5.10 shall not apply to any release or announcement made or proposed to be made in connection with and related to a Company Adverse Recommendation Change or in compliance with Section 5.03.
Section 5.11    Anti-Takeover Statutes. If any “control share acquisition,” “fair price,” “moratorium,” or other anti-takeover Law becomes or is deemed to be applicable to Parent, the Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub, the Company, the Mergers, or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement, then each of the Company and the Company Board shall grant such approvals and take such actions as are necessary so that the transactions contemplated hereby may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated hereby and otherwise act to render such anti-takeover Law inapplicable to the foregoing.
Section 5.12    Section 16 Matters. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take all such steps as may be required to cause to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act any dispositions of shares of Company Common Stock (including derivative securities with respect to such shares) that are treated as dispositions under such rule and result from the transactions contemplated by this

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Agreement by each director or officer of the Company who is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Section 5.13    Obligations of Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub. Parent shall take all action necessary to cause Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub to perform each of its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Mergers on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
Section 5.14    Cessation of Quotation; Deregistration. The Company shall cooperate with Parent and use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on its part under applicable Laws and rules and policies of NASDAQ to cause the cessation of quotation of Company Common Stock on NASDAQ and the deregistration of the Company Common Stock under the Exchange Act as promptly as practicable after the Effective Time.
Section 5.15    CVR Agreement. At or prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall duly authorize, execute and deliver and shall ensure that a rights agent mutually agreeable to Parent and the Company duly authorizes, executes and delivers, the CVR Agreement.
Section 5.16    NASDAQ Listing. Prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper, or advisable on its part under applicable Laws and rules and policies of NASDAQ to cause the Parent Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Mergers to be approved for listing on NASDAQ, subject to official notice of issuance.
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS

Section 6.01    Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Mergers. The respective obligations of each party to this Agreement to effect the Mergers is subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible pursuant to applicable Law) on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions:
(a)    Company Stockholder Approval. This Agreement will have been duly adopted by the Requisite Company Vote.
(b)    No Injunctions, Restraints, or Illegality. No Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over any party hereto shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced, or entered any Laws or Orders, whether temporary, preliminary, or permanent, that make illegal, enjoin, or otherwise prohibit consummation of the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(c)    Third Party Consents and Authorizations. All consents, approvals and other authorizations set forth in Section 6.01(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter shall have been obtained.
(d)    Form S-4. The Form S-4 shall have been declared effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Form S-4 shall be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before the SEC.
Section 6.02    Conditions to Obligations of Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub. The obligations of Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub to effect the Mergers are also subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible pursuant to applicable Law) by Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:

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(a)    Representations and Warranties. (i) The representations and warranties of the Company (other than in Section 3.01, Section 3.02(a), Section 3.03(a), Section 3.05(a), and Section 3.10) set forth in ARTICLE III of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects (without giving effect to any limitation indicated by the words “Company Material Adverse Effect,” “in all material respects,” “in any material respect,” “material,” or “materially”) when made and as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, as if made at and as of such time (except those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of that date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect; (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 3.02(a) shall be true and correct (other than immaterial inaccuracies) when made and as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, as if made at and as of such time (except those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct as of that date); and (iii) the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.01(a), Section 3.03(a), Section 3.05(a), and Section 3.10 shall be true and correct in all respects when made and as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, as if made at and as of such time (except those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of that date).
(b)    Performance of Covenants. The Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations, and complied in all material respects with the agreements and covenants, in this Agreement required to be performed by or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing.
(c)    Company Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement there shall not have occurred any Company Material Adverse Effect that is continuing.
(d)    Dissenting Shares. The Company Stockholder’s Meeting will have been properly noticed in accordance with the DGCL and applicable securities laws and will have occurred, and the number of Dissenting Shares as of immediately following the Company Stockholder’s Meeting will not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the aggregate shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Closing.
(e)    Officers Certificate. Parent shall have received a certificate, signed by an officer of the Company, certifying as to the matters set forth in Section 6.02(a) and Section 6.02(b) hereof.
(f)    Resignations. Each officer and director of the Company and each Subsidiary shall resign, effective as of the Effective Time, from each of his or her positions as an officer or director of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(g)    Voting Agreement. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and each officer and director of the Company must have executed and delivered to Parent the Voting Agreement, and such agreement must be in full force and effect.
Section 6.03    Conditions to Obligation of the Company. The obligation of the Company to effect the Mergers is also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Company on or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:
(a)    Representations and Warranties. (i) The representations and warranties of Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub (other than in Section 4.01, Section 4.02(a), and Section 4.10) set forth in ARTICLE IV of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects (without giving effect to any limitation indicated by the words “material adverse effect,” “in all material respects,” “in any material

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respect,” “material,” or “materially”) when made and as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, as if made at and as of such time (except those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of that date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on Parent’s, Merger Sub’s, and Second Merger Sub’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (ii) the representations and warranties of Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub contained in Section 4.01, Section 4.02(a), and Section 4.10 shall be true and correct in all respects when made and as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, as if made at and as of such time (except those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of that date).
(b)    Performance of Covenants. Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub shall have performed in all material respects all obligations, and complied in all material respects with the agreements and covenants, of this Agreement required to be performed by or complied with by them at or prior to the Closing.
(c)    Officers Certificate. The Company shall have received a certificate, signed by an officer of Parent, certifying as to the matters set forth in Section 6.03(a) and Section 6.03(b).
(d)    NASDAQ Listing. The shares of Parent Common Stock issuable to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall have been approved for listing on NASDAQ, subject to official notice of issuance.
Section 6.04    Frustration of Closing Condition. None of Parent, Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub, or the Company may rely on the failure of any condition in this Article VI to be satisfied if such failure was caused by such party’s breach of this Agreement.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT, AND WAIVER

Section 7.01    Termination by Mutual Consent. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time (whether before or after the receipt of the Requisite Company Vote) by the mutual written consent of Parent, Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub, and the Company.
Section 7.02    Termination by Either Parent or the Company. This Agreement may be terminated by either Parent or the Company at any time prior to the Effective Time (whether before or after the receipt of the Requisite Company Vote):
(a)    if the Mergers have not been consummated on or before April 30, 2020 (the “End Date”); provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.02(a) shall not be available to Parent until ninety (90) Business Days following the End Date if the Form S-4 has not been declared effective under the Securities Act as of the End Date; provided further, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.02(a) shall not be available to any party whose breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, or agreement set forth in this Agreement has been the cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Mergers to be consummated on or before the End Date;
(b)    if any Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced, or entered any Law or Order making illegal, permanently enjoining, or otherwise permanently prohibiting the consummation of the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and such Law or Order shall have become final and nonappealable; provided, however, that the

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right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.02(b) shall not be available to any party whose breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, or agreement set forth in this Agreement has been the cause of, or resulted in, the issuance, promulgation, enforcement, or entry of any such Law or Order; or
(c)    if this Agreement has been submitted to the stockholders of the Company for adoption at a duly convened Company Stockholders Meeting and the Requisite Company Vote shall not have been obtained at such meeting (unless such Company Stockholders Meeting has been adjourned or postponed, in which case at the final adjournment or postponement thereof).
Section 7.03    Termination By Parent. This Agreement may be terminated by Parent at any time prior to the Effective Time:
(a)    If: (i) a Company Adverse Recommendation Change shall have occurred; or (ii) the Company intentionally and materially breaches or fails to perform any of its obligations set forth in Section 5.03; or
(b)    if there shall have been a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this Agreement such that the conditions to the Closing of the Mergers set forth in Section 6.02(a) or Section 6.02(b), as applicable, would not be satisfied and, in either such case, such breach is incapable of being cured by the End Date; provided that Parent shall have given the Company at least 30 days written notice prior to such termination stating Parent’s intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.03(b); provided further, that Parent shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.03(b) if Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub is then in material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, or obligation hereunder, which breach has not been cured.
Section 7.04    Termination By the Company. This Agreement may be terminated by the Company at any time prior to the Effective Time:
(a)    if prior to the receipt of the Requisite Company Vote at the Company Stockholders Meeting, (i) the Company Board authorizes the Company, in full compliance with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 5.03 hereof, to enter into a Company Acquisition Agreement (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement) in respect of a Superior Proposal or (ii) otherwise effects a Company Adverse Recommendation Change, in full compliance with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 5.03 hereof; or
(b)    if there shall have been a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement such that the conditions to the Closing of the Mergers set forth in Section 6.03(a) or Section 6.03(b), as applicable, would not be satisfied and, in either such case, such breach is incapable of being cured by the End Date; provided, that the Company shall have given Parent at least 30 days written notice prior to such termination stating the Company’s intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.04(b); provided further, that the Company shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.04(b) if the Company is then in material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, or obligation hereunder, which breach has not been cured.
Section 7.05    Notice of Termination; Effect of Termination. The party desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this ARTICLE VII (other than pursuant to Section 7.01) shall deliver written notice of such termination to each other party hereto specifying with particularity the reason for such termination, and any such termination in accordance with this Section 7.05 shall be effective immediately

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upon delivery of such written notice to the other party. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this ARTICLE VII, it shall become void and of no further force and effect, with no liability on the part of any party to this Agreement (or any stockholder, director, officer, employee, agent, or Representative of such party) to any other party hereto, except: (a) with respect to Section 5.02(b), this Section 7.05, Section 7.06, and ARTICLE VIII (and any related definitions contained in any such Sections or Article), which shall remain in full force and effect; and (b) with respect to any liabilities or damages incurred or suffered by a party, to the extent such liabilities or damages were the result of fraud or the willful breach by another party of any of its representations, warranties, covenants, or other agreements set forth in this Agreement.
Section 7.06    Fees Following Termination
(a)    If this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 7.03(a) and at the time of or prior to such termination the Company has entered into a Company Acquisition Agreement in respect of a Superior Proposal, then, upon the completion of a transaction based upon such Company Acquisition Agreement, the Company shall pay to Parent (by wire transfer of immediately available funds), within three Business Days, a fee in an amount equal to the Termination Fee.
(b)    If this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 7.04(a)(i) and the Company has completed a transaction in connection with the Company Acquisition Agreement that was the cause of the termination, then, upon completion of such transaction, the Company shall pay to Parent (by wire transfer of immediately available funds), within three Business Days, a fee in an amount equal to the Termination Fee.
(c)    In addition to any payment required by Section 7.06(a) and (b), the Company shall pay all outstanding and unpaid principal and interest under the Buyer AZ Note and Buyer LOC Note (the “Note Payments”) by wire transfer of immediately available funds, at the times and subject to the conditions set forth below:
(i)    the Company shall pay to Parent the Note Payments within three Business Days after the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.03(a)(i) or Section 7.04(a);
(ii)    the Company shall pay to Parent the Note Payments within thirty Business Days after the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.03(b); and
(iii)    if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7.03(a)(ii), and within 90 days after such termination, the Company enters into a Company Acquisition Agreement, then Company shall pay to Parent the Note Payments within three Business Days after entering into such Company Acquisition Agreement.
(d)    The Company acknowledges and hereby agrees that the provisions of this Section 7.06 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Mergers), and that, without such provisions, Parent, Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub would not have entered into this Agreement. The parties acknowledge and agree that in no event shall the Company be obligated to pay the Termination Fee on more than one occasion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the parties hereby acknowledge that in the event that the Termination Fee becomes payable and is paid by the Company pursuant to this Section 7.06, except in respect of any payment owed pursuant to Section 7.06(c) or any damages resulting from a breach or failure to perform the Company’s obligations set forth in Section 7.06(c), the Termination Fee shall be the Parent’s, Merger Sub’s, and Second Merger Sub’s sole and exclusive remedy for monetary damages under this Agreement.

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(e)    All Expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such Expenses; provided, however, that Parent shall be responsible for the printing and mailing costs for the Company Proxy Statement, the cost of the Tail Policy and any investment banker, brokerage, or finders’ fees or agents’ commissions, or any similar charges due to Company Financial Advisor in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated by this Agreement, but each of these expenses (other than the Tail Policy) will be included as a Company Liability for purposes of calculating Net Assets.
Section 7.07    Amendment. At any time prior to the Effective Time, this Agreement may be amended or supplemented in any and all respects, whether before or after receipt of the Requisite Company Vote, by written agreement signed by each of the parties hereto; provided, however, that following the receipt of the Requisite Company Vote, there shall be no amendment or supplement to the provisions of this Agreement which by Law or in accordance with the rules of any relevant self regulatory organization would require further approval by the holders of Company Common Stock without such approval.
Section 7.08    Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub, on the one hand, or the Company, on the other hand, may: (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations of the other party(ies); (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the other party(ies) contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered under this Agreement; or (c) unless prohibited by applicable Law, waive compliance with any of the covenants, agreements, or conditions contained in this Agreement. Any agreement on the part of a party to any extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by such party. The failure of any party to assert any of its rights under this Agreement or otherwise shall not constitute a waiver of such rights.

ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS

Section 8.01    Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings when used herein with initial capital letters:
Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement” means a confidentiality and standstill agreement that contains confidentiality and standstill provisions that are no less favorable to the Company than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement.
Adjusted Per Share Value” means and amount equal to (i) $15,616,372 less the Net Asset Adjustment, if any, divided by (ii) the Fully Diluted Closing Shares, rounded to the fourth decimal place.
Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by,” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by Contract, or otherwise.
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
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Associate” has the meaning set forth in Section 203 of the DGCL.
Book-Entry Share” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b).
Business Day” means any day, other than Saturday, Sunday, or any day on which banking institutions located in the city of New York, New York, are authorized or required by Law or other governmental action to close.
Buyer AZ Note” means the promissory note issued by Company to Parent, if any, for the purpose of funding obligations related the Option and License Agreement between the Company and Medimmune Limited, dated August 6, 2019.
Buyer LOC Note” means the promissory notes issued by Company to Parent, if any, other than the Buyer AZ Note.
Cancelled Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.
Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b).
Certificate of Merger” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.
Charter Documents” means with respect to any entity, the articles or certificate of incorporation (including any certificate of designations) and bylaws, certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement, or similar organizational documents of such entity, each as amended to date.
CHOP” means The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
CHOP Agreements” means collectively, (i) thsat certain Sponsored Research Agreement, dated November 12, 2014, by and between Medgenics Medical Israel. Ltd. and CHOP, as amended to date; (ii) that certain License Agreement, dated November 12, 2014, by and between Medgenics Medical Israel. Ltd. and CHOP, as amended to date; (iii) that certain License Agreement, dated October 20, 2016, by and between Medgenics, Inc. and CHOP, as amended to date and (iv) that certain Core Services Agreement, dated March 19, 2015, by and between CHOP and neuroFix Therapeutics LLC.
CHOP Note” means that certain convertible secured note between the Company and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, dated as of March 29, 2019.
Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.02.
Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.02.
Closing Parent Share Value” means the average of (i) the volume weighted average price for the 20 trading days ending two Trading Days prior to the execution of this Agreement, and (ii) the volume weighted average price for the 20 trading days ending two Trading Days prior to the Closing Date.
COBRA” means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended, and as codified in Section 4980B of the Code and Section 601 et. seq. of ERISA.
Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

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Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Company Acquisition Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03(a).
Company Adverse Recommendation Change” means the Company Board: (a) failing to make, withdrawing, amending, modifying, or materially qualifying, in a manner adverse to Parent, the Company Board Recommendation; (b) failing to include the Company Board Recommendation in the Company Proxy Statement that is mailed to the Company’s stockholders; (c) recommending a Takeover Proposal; (d) failing to recommend against acceptance of any tender offer or exchange offer for the shares of Company Common Stock within ten Business Days after the commencement of such offer; or (e) resolving or agreeing to take any of the foregoing actions. Any “stop, look and listen” or similar communication of the type contemplated by Rule 14d-9(f) of the Exchange Act shall not be deemed a Company Adverse Recommendation Change.
Company Balance Sheet” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(e).
Company Board” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Company Board Recommendation” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(d).
Company Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Company Continuing Employees” means the employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries who remain employed immediately after the Effective Time.
Company Disclosure Letter” has the meaning set forth in the introductory language in ARTICLE III.
Company Employee” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a).
Company Employee Plan” means each pension, retirement, profit-sharing, deferred compensation, stock option, equity incentive, employee stock ownership, share purchase, severance pay, vacation, bonus, retention, change in control, or other incentive plan, medical, vision, dental or other health plan, any life insurance plan, flexible spending account, cafeteria plan, vacation, holiday, disability or any other employee benefit plan or fringe benefit plan, including any “employee benefit plan,” as that term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA and any other plan, fund, policy, program, practice or arrangement providing compensation or other benefits of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any liability (including on account of any ERISA Affiliate).
Company Equity Award” means a Company Option granted under the Company Stock Plan.
Company ERISA Affiliate” means all employers, trades, or businesses (whether or not incorporated) that would be treated together with the Company or any of its Affiliates as a "single employer" within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code.
Company Financial Advisor” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10.
Company IP” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.07.
Company Material Adverse Effect” means any event, occurrence, fact, condition, or change that has, or would be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, (i) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (ii) a material

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adverse effect on the business, results of operations, financial condition, or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that, a Company Material Adverse Effect shall not be deemed to include events, occurrences, facts, conditions or changes arising out of, relating to, or resulting from: (i) changes generally affecting the economy, financial, or securities markets; (ii) the announcement of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) any change in the market price or trading volume of the Company Common Stock (but the underlying cause of such change shall be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur); (iv) acts of war or terrorism (or the escalation of the foregoing) or natural disasters or other force majeure events; (v) change in any Laws or regulations applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries or applicable accounting regulations or principles or the interpretation thereof; (vi) any legal proceedings commenced by or involving any current or former stockholder of the Company arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby; (vii) any failure of the Company or its Subsidiaries to meet any internal or external projections, forecasts or estimates of revenues, earnings or other financial or operating metrics for any period (but the underlying cause of such failure shall be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur); or (viii) general conditions in the industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate; provided further, however, that any event, change, and effect referred to in clauses (i), (iv), (v) or (viii) immediately above shall be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur to the extent that such event, change, or effect has a disproportionate effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, compared to other participants of similar size operating in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries conduct their businesses.
Company Material Contract” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.14(a).
Company Proxy Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.18.
Company Option” means any option to purchase Company Common Stock granted under the Company Stock Plan and still outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Company SEC Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(a).
Company Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a).
Company Stock Plan” means the Company Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and/or restated to date.
Company Stockholders Meeting” means the special meeting of the stockholders of the Company to be held to consider the adoption of this Agreement.
Company Subsidiary Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(d).
Confidentiality Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(b).
Consent” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(c).
Contracts” means any contracts, agreements, licenses, notes, bonds, mortgages, indentures, leases, or other binding instruments or binding commitments, whether written or oral.
CVR” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b).

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CVR Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b).
CVR Consideration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b).
DGCL” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Dissenting Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a).
EDGAR” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(a).
Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.
End Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a).
Environmental Laws” means any applicable Law, and any Order or binding agreement with any Governmental Entity: (a) relating to pollution (or the cleanup thereof) or the protection of natural resources, endangered or threatened species, human health or safety, or the environment (including ambient air, soil, surface water or groundwater, or subsurface strata); or (b) concerning the presence of, exposure to, or the management, manufacture, use, containment, storage, recycling, reclamation, reuse, treatment, generation, discharge, transportation, processing, production, disposal or remediation of any Hazardous Substance.
ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Ex-Im Laws” means all U.S. and non-U.S. Laws relating to export, re-export, transfer, and import controls, including the Export Administration Regulations, the customs and import Laws administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the EU Dual Use Regulation.
Exchange Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(c).
Exchange Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.
Exchange Ratio” means the result obtained by dividing Adjusted Per Share Value by the Closing Parent Share Value.
Expenses” means, with respect to any Person, all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including all fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, financial advisors, and investment bankers of such Person and its Affiliates), incurred by such Person or on its behalf in connection with or related to the authorization, preparation, negotiation, execution, and performance of this Agreement and any transactions related thereto, any litigation with respect thereto, the preparation, printing, filing, and mailing of the Proxy Statement, the filing of any required notices under any Antitrust Laws, or in connection with other regulatory approvals, and all other matters related to the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
FCPA” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.17(d).
First Merger” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.
First-Step Surviving Company” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.01.

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Form S-4” means a registration statement on Form S-4 pursuant to which the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock by virtue of the Mergers shall be registered pursuant to the Securities Act and in which the Company Proxy Statement shall be included, together with any amendments or supplements thereto.
Fractional Share Consideration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b).
Fully Diluted Closing Shares” means the total number of shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, inclusive of Company Common Stock issued upon conversion of the CHOP Note and any other convertible notes or warrants issued by the Company that are convertible as a result of the consummation of the Mergers and Dissenting Shares and exclusive of Cancelled Shares.
GAAP” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(b).
Governmental Entity” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(c).
Hazardous Substance” means any substance, material or waste that is listed, defined, designated or classified as hazardous, toxic, radioactive or a “pollutant” or “contaminant” or words of similar meaning under any Environmental Law, including without limitation any petroleum or petroleum-derived products, radon, radioactive materials or wastes, asbestos in any form, lead or lead-containing materials, urea formaldehyde, foam insulation, and polychlorinated biphenyls.
Indebtedness” means (i) any indebtedness or other obligation for borrowed money (including the aggregate principal amount thereof, the aggregate amount of any accrued but unpaid interest thereon and premiums, penalties, fees and expenses), whether current, short term or long term and whether secured or unsecured, (ii) any indebtedness evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or other security or similar instrument, (iii) any liabilities or obligations with respect to interest rate swaps, collars, caps and similar hedging obligations, (iv) any capitalized lease obligations, (v) any direct or contingent obligations under letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, bank guarantees, surety bonds and similar instruments, each to the extent drawn upon, (vi) any obligation to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business), and (vii) guarantees in respect of clauses (i) through (vi), including guarantees of another Person’s Indebtedness or any obligation of another Person which is secured by assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08(a).
IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Knowledge” means: (a) with respect to the Parent and its Subsidiaries, the actual knowledge of Joe Miller and Chris Sullivan; and (b) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, the actual knowledge of Michael Cola, Michael McInaw, Garry Neil, and, if different from the foregoing individuals, the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief scientific officer; in each case, after due inquiry to their direct reports.
Laws” means any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, multi-national or other laws, common law, statutes, constitutions, ordinances, rules, regulations, codes, Orders, or legally enforceable requirements enacted, issued, adopted, promulgated, enforced, ordered, or applied by any Governmental Entity.

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Lease” means all leases, subleases, licenses, concessions, and other agreements (written or oral) under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries holds any Leased Real Estate, including the right to all security deposits and other amounts and instruments deposited by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries thereunder.
Leased Real Estate” means all leasehold or subleasehold estates and other rights to use or occupy any land, buildings, structures, improvements, fixtures, or other interest in real property held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Legal Action” means any legal, administrative, arbitral, or other proceedings, suits, actions, investigations, examinations, claims, audits, hearings, charges, complaints, indictments, litigations, or examinations.
Liability” means any liability, indebtedness, or obligation of any kind (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, matured, unmatured, determined, determinable, or otherwise, and whether or not required to be recorded or reflected on a balance sheet under GAAP).
Licensed IP” means Company Intellectual Property that is licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, excluding (i) off-the-shelf software and software that is generally available for license on a mass market commercial basis pursuant to a standard form agreement that is not subject to negotiation for annual fees that do not exceed $20,000, and (ii) other software that is not material to the conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and can be readily replaced for $100,000 or less with software that provides substantially the same features, functionalities and overall performance.
Liens” means, with respect to any property or asset, all pledges, liens, mortgages, charges, encumbrances, hypothecations, options, rights of first refusal, rights of first offer, and security interests of any kind or nature whatsoever.
Maximum Premium” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08(d).
Mergers” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.
Merger Consideration” means the aggregate of the Stock Consideration, CVR Consideration and Fractional Share Consideration.
Merger Sub” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
NASDAQ” means The NASDAQ Global Market.
“Net Asset Adjustment” means the amount, if any, by which Net Assets is less than the Reference Amount, up to a maximum amount of $500,000. However, if the amount by which the Net Assets differs from the Reference Amount is $10,000 or less, then the Net Asset Adjustment will be $0.00.
Net Assets” means, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, the aggregate value of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries less the aggregate value of the liabilities. The following Liabilities are included in the calculation of “Net Assets”: (i) investment banker, brokerage or finders’ fees, including any fees of the Company Financial Advisor; (ii) agents’ commissions; (iii) expenses incurred in connection with the fairness opinion; (iv) expenses incurred in connection with the mailing of the Company Proxy Statement; (v) employee change-in-control payments, or any similar charges or payments due in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated by this Agreement; (vi) expenses incurred in connection

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with this Agreement (including attorneys’ and accountants’ fees); (vii) Tax liabilities; (viii) deferred revenue (whether current or long term), and (ix) except as provided in this definition of Net Assets, Indebtedness (including the Buyer LOC Note, and whether current or long term) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis without duplication as of the Closing Date, calculated in accordance with the GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall “Net Assets” include (i) the CHOP Note, (ii) money borrowed pursuant to the Buyer AZ Note and the corresponding expense, to the extent not paid, in respect of which the Company borrowed money under the Buyer AZ Note, (iii) the cost of the Tail Policy, or (iv) the royalty Liability set forth on the Company Balance Sheet in respect of the Royalty Agreement with Michael F. Cola, Joseph J. Grano, Jr., Kathleen Jane Grano, Joseph C. Grano, The Grano Children’s Trust, Joseph C. Grano, trustee and LeoGroup Private Investment Access, LLC on behalf of Garry A. Neil, dated July 19, 2019. No fact, event or occurrence on or after the Closing shall be taken into account when calculating Net Assets.
Order” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.09.
Other Governmental Approvals has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(c).
Parent” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Parent Benefit Plans” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.07.
Parent Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Parent.
Parent Preferred Stock” means the preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Parent.
Parent SEC Reports” means all reports, schedules, forms, statements, prospectuses and other documents required to be filed or furnished by Parent with the SEC.
Payment Fund” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.
Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.08(b).
Permitted Liens” means: (a) statutory Liens for current Taxes or other governmental charges not yet due and payable or the amount or validity of which is being contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established on the Company Balance Sheet and related financial statements for the period then ended in accordance with GAAP; (b) mechanics’, carriers’, workers’, repairers’, and similar statutory Liens arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business for amounts which are not delinquent or which are being contested by appropriate proceedings; (c) zoning, entitlement, building, and other land use regulations imposed by Governmental Entities having jurisdiction over such Person’s owned or leased real property, which are not violated by the current use and operation of such real property; (d) covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements, and other similar non-monetary matters of record affecting title to such Person’s owned or leased real property, which do not materially impair the occupancy or use of such real property for the purposes for which it is currently used in connection with such Person’s businesses; (e) any conditions that would be shown by a current survey of real property which do not materially impair the occupancy or use of such real property for the purposes for which it is currently used in connection with such Person’s businesses; (f) any right of way or easement related to public roads and highways, which do not materially impair the occupancy or use of such real property for the purposes for which it is currently used in connection with such Person’s businesses; (g) Liens arising under workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, social security, retirement, and similar legislation; (h) any

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Liens imposed by applicable law; and (i) any other Liens that, in the aggregate with all Permitted Liens, do not materially impair the value or the continued use and operation of the assets or properties in which they relate.
Person” means any individual, corporation, limited or general partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, trust, association, joint venture, Governmental Entity, or other entity or group (which term shall include a “group” as such term is defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act).
Real Estate” means the Leased Real Estate.
Reference Amount” means negative $1,300,000, which amount will decrease (i.e., become a more negative number) by $7,142.86 per day after December 31, 2019, until and including the Closing Date.
Representatives” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03(a).
Requisite Company Vote” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(a).
Sanctioned Country” means any country or region that is, or has been in the last five years, the subject or target of sanctions or restrictions under sanctions Laws (including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Venezuela, Sudan, Syria, and the Crimea region of Ukraine).
Sanctioned Person” means any Person that is the subject or target of sanctions or restrictions under sanctions Laws or Ex-Im Laws, including: (i) any Person listed on any applicable United States or non-United States sanctions- or export-related restricted party list, including the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and the EU Consolidated List; (ii) any entity that is, in the aggregate, 50 percent or greater owned, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controlled by a Person or Persons described in clause (i); or (iii) any national of a Sanctioned Country
Sarbanes-Oxley Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(a).
SEC” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(c).
Second Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03(b).
Second Merger” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.
Second Merger Sub” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Securities Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(a).
Stock Consideration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b).
Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of voting securities is at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.

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Superior Proposal” means a bona fide written Takeover Proposal (except that, for purposes of this definition, each reference in the definition of “Takeover Proposal” to “15%” shall be “50%”) that the Company Board determines in good faith is more favorable from a financial point of view to the holders of Company Common Stock than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and is reasonably likely to be consummated in accordance with its terms, taking into account the terms and conditions and prospects for completion of such Takeover Proposal and of this Agreement (including any revisions to the terms of this Agreement and the Mergers proposed by Parent during the Superior Proposal Notice Period set forth in Section 5.03(d)).
Superior Proposal Notice Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03(d).
Surviving Company” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.01.
Tail Policy” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08(a).
Takeover Proposal” means a bona fide written proposal or offer by any Person or group (other than Parent and its Subsidiaries, including Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub), relating to any transaction or series of related transactions (other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), involving any: (a) direct or indirect acquisition of assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries (including any voting equity interests of Subsidiaries, but excluding sales of assets in the ordinary course of business) equal to 15% or more of the fair market value of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ consolidated assets or to which 15% or more of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ net revenues or net income on a consolidated basis are attributable; (b) direct or indirect acquisition of 15% or more of the voting equity interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries whose business constitutes 15% or more of the consolidated net revenues, net income, or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (c) tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any Person or group (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) beneficially owning (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) 15% or more of the voting power of the Company; or (d) merger, consolidation, other business combination, or similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, pursuant to which such Person or group (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) would own 15% or more of the consolidated net revenues, net income, or assets of the Company, and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Tax” and “Taxes” mean any and all federal, state, local, foreign, and other income, gross receipts, sales, use, production, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, registration, profits, license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, unemployment, estimated, excise, severance, environmental, stamp, occupation, premium, property (real or personal), real property gains, windfall profits, escheat, unclaimed or abandoned property, customs, duties or other taxes, fees, assessments, or charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest, additions, or penalties with respect thereto and any interest in respect of such additions or penalties.
Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, information return or statement, or other document filed or submitted or required to be filed or submitted relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.
Termination Fee” means an amount equal to $600,000.
Trade Control Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.17(a).
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Treasury Regulations” means the final and temporary regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the Code.
U.S.” means the United States.
Voting Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(c).
Section 8.02    Interpretation; Construction
(a)    The table of contents and headings herein are for convenience of reference only, do not constitute part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof. Where a reference in this Agreement is made to a Section, Exhibit, Article, or Schedule, such reference shall be to a Section of, Exhibit to, Article of, or Schedule of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. Unless the context otherwise requires, references herein: (i) to an agreement, instrument, or other document means such agreement, instrument, or other document as amended, supplemented, and modified from time to time to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof; and (ii) to a statute or any other Laws means such statute or other Laws as amended from time to time and includes any successor legislation or other Laws thereto and any regulations promulgated thereunder. Whenever the words “include,” “includes,” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation,” and the word “or” is not exclusive. The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and does not simply mean “if.” A reference in this Agreement to $ or dollars is to U.S. dollars. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereto,” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. References to “this Agreement” shall include the Company Disclosure Letter.
(b)    The parties have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting this Agreement. This Agreement is the result of negotiations between, and has been reviewed by, the parties and their respective legal counsel. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.
Section 8.03    Survival. None of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or in any instrument delivered under this Agreement shall survive the Effective Time. This Section 8.03 does not limit any covenant or agreement of the parties contained in this Agreement which, by its terms, contemplates performance after the Effective Time. The Confidentiality Agreement shall survive termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
Section 8.04    Governing Law. This Agreement, and all Legal Actions (whether based on contract, tort, or statute) arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the actions of any of the parties hereto in the negotiation, administration, performance, or enforcement hereof, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the Delaware without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of Laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of Delaware.
Section 8.05    Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably agrees that any Legal Action with respect to this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder brought by any other party hereto or its successors or assigns shall be brought and determined exclusively

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in the State of Delaware, or in the event (but only in the event) that such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such Legal Action, in any state or federal court located within the State of Delaware. Each of the parties hereto agrees that mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such Legal Action in the manner provided in Section 8.07 or in such other manner as may be permitted by applicable Laws, shall be valid and sufficient service thereof. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such Legal Action for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, to the personal jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and agrees that it shall not bring any action relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any court or tribunal other than the aforesaid courts. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim, or otherwise, in any Legal Action with respect to this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder: (a) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above named courts for any reason other than the failure to serve process in accordance with this Section 8.05; (b) any claim that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise); and (c) to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable Law, any claim that (i) the suit, action, or proceeding in such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (ii) the venue of such suit, action, or proceeding is improper, or (iii) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.
Section 8.06    Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES AND, THEREFORE, EACH SUCH PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LEGAL ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT: (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER IN THE EVENT OF A LEGAL ACTION; (B) SUCH PARTY HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER; (C) SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY; AND (D) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS Section 8.06.
Section 8.07    Notices. All notices, requests, consents, claims, demands, waivers, and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given: (a) when delivered by hand (with written confirmation of receipt); (b) when received by the addressee if sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier (receipt requested); (c) on the date sent by facsimile or email of a PDF document (with confirmation of transmission) if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and on the next Business Day if sent after normal business hours of the recipient; or (d) on the third day after the date mailed, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. Such communications must be sent to the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 8.07):

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If to Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub, to:
 
Cerecor Inc.
540 Gaither Road, Suite 400
Rockville, MD 20850
Attention: Joseph Miller, Chief Financial Officer

with a copy (which will not constitute notice to Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub) to:


Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
4101 Lake Boone Trail
Suite 300
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
Fax: (919) 781-4865
Attention: Don Reynolds and David Creekman
E-mail: dreynolds@wyrick.com; dcreekman@wyrick.com

If to the Company, to:
 
Aevi Genomic Medicine, Inc.
435 Devon Park Drive, Suite 715
Wayne, PA 19087
Email: mike.cola@aevigenomics.com
Attention: Michael F. Cola, Chief Executive Officer

with a copy (which will not constitute notice to the Company) to:
 
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Facsimile: (877) 767-8438
Attention: Brian M. Katz
E-mail: katzb@pepperlaw.com.

or to such other Persons, addresses or facsimile numbers as may be designated in writing by the Person entitled to receive such communication as provided above.
Section 8.08    Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibits to this Agreement), the Company Disclosure Letter and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties to this Agreement with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. In the event of any inconsistency between the statements in the body of this Agreement, the Confidentiality Agreement and the Company Disclosure Letter (other than an exception expressly set forth as such in the Company Disclosure Letter), the statements in the body of this Agreement shall control.
Section 8.09    No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except as provided in Section 5.08 hereof (which shall be to the benefit of the parties referred to in such section), this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their permitted assigns and respective successors and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit, or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
Section 8.10    Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the

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original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.
Section 8.11    Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. None of Parent, Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub, on the one hand, or the Company on the other hand, may assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party (Parent in the case of Parent, Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed. No assignment shall relieve the assigning party of any of its obligations hereunder.
Section 8.12    Remedies. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any and all remedies expressly conferred upon a party to this Agreement shall be cumulative with, and not exclusive of, any other remedy contained in this Agreement, at Law, or in equity. The exercise by a party to this Agreement of any one remedy shall not preclude the exercise by it of any other remedy.
Section 8.13    Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof in any federal court located in the State of Delaware or any Delaware state court, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at Law or in equity.
Section 8.14    Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall be one and the same agreement. This Agreement shall become effective when each party to this Agreement shall have received counterparts signed by all of the other parties.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AEVI GENOMIC MEDICINE, INC.
 
 
 
 
By: /s/ Michael F. Cola
 
 
 
 
Name: Michael F. Cola
 
 
 
 
Title: Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CERECOR INC.
 
 
 
 
By: /s/ Joseph Miller
 
 
 
 
Name: Joseph Miller
 
 
 
 
Title: Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GENIE MERGER SUB, INC

 
 
 
 
By: /s/ Joseph Miller
 
 
 
 
Name: Joseph Miller
 
 
 
 
Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SECOND GENIE MERGER SUB, LLC
 
 
 
 
By: /s/ Simon Pedder
 
 
 
 
Name: Simon Pedder
 
 
 
 
Title: President
 



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EXHIBIT A

CVR Agreement



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Exhibit 10.1

FORM OF
CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Contingent Value Rights Agreement, dated as of _______________ (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and between Cerecor Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company, as “Rights Agent”.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Parent, Genie Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), Second Genie Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Aevi Genomic Medicine, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated as of December 5, 2019 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the terms thereof, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into Company (the “First Merger”), with Company surviving the First Merger as a subsidiary of Parent, and the surviving company of the First Merger will merge with and into Second Genie Merger Sub (the “Second Merger” and together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”), with Second Genie Merger Sub surviving the Second Merger as a subsidiary of Parent; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Parent has agreed to provide to Company’s stockholders the right to receive contingent payments as hereinafter described.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the consummation of the transactions referred to above, Parent and Rights Agent agree, for the proportionate benefit of all Holders, as follows:

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; CERTAIN RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

Section 1.01    Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms will have the following meanings:

AEVI-002” means Company’s monoclonal antibody it is developing as part of its genomic research collaboration with The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

AEVI-002 Program” means Company’s study of AEVI-002 for use in Pediatric Onset Crohn’s Disease.
 
AEVI-006” means Company’s licensed mTORC1/2 inhibitor.

AEVI-006 Program” means Company’s program aimed at developing and commercializing AEVI-006.

AEVI-007” means Company’s licensed fully human monoclonal antibody that targets interleukin 18, or IL-18.

AEVI-007 Program” means Company’s program aimed at developing AEVI-007.


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Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of Parent to have been duly adopted by the Parent Board and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Rights Agent.

Business Day” means any day, other than Saturday, Sunday, or any day on which banking institutions located in the city of New York are authorized or required by Law or other governmental action to close.

Cancelled Shares” means each share of Company Common Stock that was owned by Parent or the Company (as treasury stock or otherwise) or any of their respective direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, which has automatically been cancelled and retired and ceases to exist, and no CVR Payment Amount shall be delivered in exchange therefor.

Change of Control” means (a) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of either Parent or the Company on a consolidated basis (other than to any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent), (b) a merger or consolidation involving either Parent or the Company in which Parent or the Company, respectively, is not the surviving entity, and (c) any other transaction involving either Parent or the Company in which Parent or the Company, respectively, is the surviving entity but in which the stockholders of Parent or the Company, respectively, immediately prior to such transaction own less than fifty percent (50%) of the surviving entity’s voting power immediately after the transaction.

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

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

Company Common Stock” means each share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

CVR Payment Amount” means an amount up to $6,500,000 based upon completion of the Milestones consisting of: (i) $2,000,000 upon completion of the Study Milestone; and (ii) $4,500,000 upon completion of the NDA Milestone.

CVRs” means the rights of Holders to receive contingent Parent Common Stock or cash payments, or a combination of contingent Parent Common Stock and cash payments, pursuant to this Agreement.

Dissenting Shares” means shares of Company Common Stock that were not converted into and are not exchangeable for a right to receive the CVR Payment Amount because the holder of such Company Common Stock exercised his, her, or its appraisal rights in compliance with Section 262 of the DGCL.

DGCL” means the Delaware General Corporation Law.

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company or any successor thereto.

Effective Time” means the time the First Merger becomes effective pursuant to the Merger Agreement.

Excess Cash Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(i).

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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Governmental Entity” means any supranational, national, state, municipal, local, or foreign government, any instrumentality, subdivision, court, administrative agency or commission, or other governmental authority, or any quasi-governmental or private body exercising any regulatory or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority.

Holder” means a Person in whose name a CVR is registered in the CVR Register at the applicable time.

Laws” means any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, multi-national or other laws, common law, statutes, constitutions, ordinances, rules, regulations, codes, Orders, or legally enforceable requirements enacted, issued, adopted, promulgated, enforced, ordered, or applied by any Governmental Entity.

Legal Action” means any legal, administrative, arbitral, or other proceedings, suits, actions, investigations, examinations, claims, audits, hearings, charges, complaints, indictments, litigations, or examinations.

Majority Holders” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).

Milestone” and “Milestones” mean, as applicable, the Study Milestone, the NDA Milestone, or both of the Study Milestone and the NDA Milestone.

Milestone Cash Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a).

Milestone Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a).

Milestone Notice Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(b).

Milestone Stock Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a).

Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Capital Market.

NDA Milestone” means the receipt from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of a New Drug Application approval for either AEVI-006 or AEVI-007 achieved or occurring prior to the sixty (60)-month anniversary of the date of this Agreement.

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, any vice president, the controller, the treasurer or the secretary, in each case of Parent, in his or her capacity as such an officer, and delivered to the Rights Agent.

Parent Board” means the board of directors of Parent.

Parent Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Parent.

Permitted Transfer” means a transfer of CVRs (a) on death by will or intestacy; (b) by instrument to an inter vivos or testamentary trust in which the CVRs are to be passed to beneficiaries upon the death of the trustee; (c) pursuant to a court order; (d) made by operation of law (including a consolidation or merger) or without consideration in connection with the dissolution, liquidation or termination of any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity; (e) in the case of CVRs held in nominee form, from a

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nominee to a beneficial owner (through an intermediary if applicable) or from a nominee to another nominee for the same beneficial owner, to the extent allowable by the Rights Agent; (f) from a participant’s account in a tax-qualified employee benefit plan to the participant or to such participant’s account in a different tax-qualified employee benefit plan or to a tax-qualified individual retirement account for the benefit of such participant; or (g) to Parent for any or no consideration.

Person” means any individual, corporation, limited or general partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, trust, association, joint venture, Governmental Entity, or other entity or group (which term shall include a “group” as such term is defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act).

Rights Agent” means the Rights Agent named in the first paragraph of this Agreement, until a successor Rights Agent will have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, and thereafter “Rights Agent” will mean such successor Rights Agent.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Study Milestone” means the enrollment of a patient in a Phase II study related to the AEVI-002 Program, the AEVI-006 Program or the AEVI-007 Program, prior to the twenty-four (24)-month anniversary of the date of this Agreement.

Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of voting securities is at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.

Tax” and “Taxes” mean all federal, state, local, foreign, and other income, gross receipts, sales, use, production, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, registration, profits, license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, unemployment, estimated, excise, severance, environmental, stamp, occupation, premium, property (real or personal), real property gains, windfall profits, customs, duties or other taxes, fees, assessments, or charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest, additions, or penalties with respect thereto and any interest in respect of such additions or penalties.

Trading Day” means a day on which Nasdaq is open for trading.

Volume Weighted Average Price” means an amount equal to the volume weighted average price for Parent Common Stock as reported by Nasdaq (or any national securities exchange or over the counter trading market on which the Parent Common Stock primarily trades if the Parent Common Stock is no longer listed on Nasdaq) for the five Trading Days immediately prior to the date Parent makes the applicable payment.

Section 1.02    Rules of Construction. Except as otherwise explicitly specified to the contrary, (a) references to a Section means a Section of this Agreement unless another agreement is specified, (b) the word “including” (in its various forms) means “including without limitation,” (c) references to a particular statute or regulation include all rules and regulations thereunder and any predecessor or successor statute, rules or regulation, in each case as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, (d) words in the singular or plural form include the plural and singular form, respectively, (e) references to a particular Person include such Person’s successors and assigns to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement and (f) all references to dollars or “$” refer to United States dollars. For clarity, the parties agree that the phrase “materially adverse”

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when used in this Agreement with respect to the Holders includes any amendment or other action, as applicable, that does or would be reasonably expected to reduce, eliminate, or materially delay (y) any payment to the Holders under this Agreement, or (z) any achievement by the Company or its successor or their affiliates of the Milestones.

ARTICLE II
CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS

Section 2.01    CVRs; Appointment of Rights Agent.

(a)    As provided in the Merger Agreement, each Holder is entitled to one CVR for each share of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Cancelled Shares and Dissenting Shares). Each CVR represents the right of a Holder to receive the aggregate CVR Payment Amount divided by the number of then-outstanding CVRs pursuant to this Agreement, to be paid in accordance with this Agreement. The initial Holders will be determined in accordance with the Merger Agreement.

(b)    Parent hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as rights agent for Parent as contemplated hereby in accordance with the express terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement (and no implied terms or conditions), and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment.

Section 2.02    Nontransferable. The CVRs will not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, encumbered or in any other manner transferred or disposed of, in whole or in part, other than through a Permitted Transfer. Any attempted sale, assignment, transfer, pledge, encumbrance or any other manner of transfer or disposal of, in whole or in part, the CVRs (other than through a Permitted Transfer) will be void and of no effect.

Section 2.03    No Certificate; Registration; Registration of Transfer; Change of Address.

(a)    The CVRs will not be evidenced by a certificate or other instrument.

(b)    The Rights Agent will keep a register (the “CVR Register”) for the purpose of registering CVRs and transfers of CVRs as permitted herein. The CVR Register will initially show one position for Cede & Co. representing all the shares of Company Common Stock held by DTC on behalf of the street name holders of the shares of Company Common Stock held by such holders as of immediately prior to the Effective Time. The Rights Agent will have no responsibility whatsoever directly to the street name holders with respect to transfers of CVRs unless and until such CVRs are transferred into the name of such street name holders in accordance with Section 2.02 of this Agreement.

(c)    Subject to the restrictions on transferability set forth in Section 2.02, every request made to transfer a CVR must be in writing and accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Rights Agent, duly executed by the Holder thereof or the Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, personal representative or survivor and setting forth in reasonable detail the circumstances relating to the transfer, including a description of how the transfer qualifies as a Permitted Transfer. Upon receipt of such written notice, the Rights Agent will, subject to its reasonable determination that the transfer instrument is in proper form and the transfer otherwise complies with the other terms and conditions of this Agreement (including the provisions of Section 2.02), register the transfer of the CVRs in the CVR Register. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer of a CVR, but Parent may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or governmental charge that is

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imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer. The Rights Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any action under any section of this Agreement that requires the payment by a Holder of applicable taxes or charges unless and until the Rights Agent is satisfied that all such taxes or charges have been paid or will be paid. All duly transferred CVRs registered in the CVR Register will be the valid obligations of Parent and will entitle the transferee to the same benefits and rights under this Agreement as those held immediately prior to the transfer by the transferor. No transfer of a CVR will be valid until registered in the CVR Register, and any transfer not duly registered in the CVR Register will be void ab initio.

(d)    A Holder may make a written request to the Rights Agent to change such Holder’s address of record in the CVR Register. The written request must be duly executed by the Holder. Upon receipt of such written notice, the Rights Agent will promptly record the change of address in the CVR Register.

Section 2.04    Payment Procedures.

(a)    Within ten Business Days following the Company’s determination that it has achieved the Study Milestone or NDA Milestone, if any, Parent will (i) deliver to the Rights Agent a written notice (in each case, a “Milestone Notice”) indicating the applicable Milestone achieved and (ii) in accordance with Section 4.02, transfer to the Rights Agent, at the Parent’s sole discretion, (A) subject to the valuation methodology set forth below, shares of Parent Common Stock (a “Milestone Stock Payment”), (B) cash (a “Milestone Cash Payment”), or (C) a combination thereof (but in no case less than the Excess Cash Amount), equal to the aggregate CVR Payment Amount then due and payable to the Holders. For purposes of this Agreement, shares of Parent Common Stock will be valued based on the Volume Weighted Average Price.
(b)    The Rights Agent will, within ten Business Days of receipt of any Milestone Notice (each such date, a “Milestone Notice Date”), send each Holder at its registered address a copy of the applicable Milestone Notice. At the time the Rights Agent sends a copy of such Milestone Notice to the Holders, the Rights Agent will also pay the applicable CVR Payment Amount to the Holders, with each Holder receiving (1), on account of any Milestone Stock Payment, the number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal in value (as set forth in Section 2.04(a)) to the product of A * B, where “A” equals the quotient of (i) the applicable CVR Payment Amount in respect of the applicable Milestone, divided by (ii) the then-outstanding number of CVRs held by all Holders including Parent, and “B” equals the number of CVRs held by such Holder as reflected on the CVR Register (such calculation, the “Pro Rata Share”), and, (2), on account of any Milestone Cash Payment, such Holder’s Pro Rata Share of the Milestone Cash Payment. The shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued to Holders pursuant to the foregoing shall be evidenced by properly authorized share certificates registered with the Parent’s stock transfer agent, or at Parent’s discretion, by book entry registration with the Parent’s stock transfer agent. The Milestone Cash Payment to be paid pursuant to the foregoing, shall be paid by check mailed to the address of each Holder as reflected in the CVR Register as of the close of business on the last Business Day prior to such Milestone Notice Date.

(c)    In the event that any CVR Payment Amount payable to the Holders under Section 2.04(a) or Section 2.04(b) includes shares of Parent Common Stock, Parent and the Rights Agent shall take such actions as are necessary to issue or transfer to each Holder such Holder’s Pro Rata Share of shares of Parent Common Stock, in accordance with applicable Law.

(d)    Each of the Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct or withhold, or cause the Rights Agent to deduct or withhold, from any CVR Payment Amount otherwise payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement, in each case directly or through an authorized

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agent, such amounts as are reasonably determined to be required to be deducted or withheld therefrom under the Code or any other provision of any applicable federal, state, local or non-U.S. Tax Laws. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld and paid over or deposited with the relevant Tax authority, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Holder(s) to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid or delivered. Prior to making any such Tax withholdings or causing any such Tax withholdings to be made with respect to any Holder, the Rights Agent shall, to the extent practicable, provide notice to the Holder of such potential withholding and a reasonable opportunity for the Holder to provide any necessary Tax forms (including an IRS Form W-9 or an applicable IRS Form W-8) in order to avoid or reduce such withholding amounts; provided that the time period for payment of the applicable CVR Payment Amount by the Rights Agent set forth in under Section 2.04(a) or Section 2.04(b) shall be extended by a period equal to any delay caused by the Holder providing such forms.

(e)    Any portion of any CVR Payment Amount that remains undistributed to the Holders one year after an applicable Milestone Notice Date will be delivered by the Rights Agent to Parent, upon written demand, and any Holder will thereafter look only to Parent for payment of such CVR Payment Amount, without interest.

(f)    Neither Parent nor the Rights Agent will be liable to any person in respect of any CVR Payment Amount delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. If, despite Parent’s and the Rights Agent’s reasonable best efforts to deliver a CVR Payment Amount to the applicable Holder, any CVR Payment Amount has not been paid prior to one (1) year after an applicable Milestone Notice Date (or immediately prior to such earlier date on which the CVR Payment Amount would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Entity), any such CVR Payment Amount will, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of Parent, free and clear of all claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto.

(g)    Except to the extent any portion of any CVR Payment Amount is required to be treated as imputed interest pursuant to applicable Law, the Parties agree to treat the CVRs and the CVR Payment Amounts received with respect to the Company Common Stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement for all U.S. federal and applicable state and local income Tax purposes as additional consideration for the Company Common Stock, and none of the parties will take any position to the contrary on any U.S. federal and applicable state and local income tax return or for other U.S. federal and applicable state and local income Tax purposes except as required by applicable Law.

(h)    If any cash payment arising as a result of the achievement of a Milestone (including any payment of fractional shares as set forth in Section 2.04(j)) would result in the Mergers’ failing to meet the “continuity of interest” requirement set forth in Section 1.368-1(e) of the Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code, or would otherwise cause the Mergers to fail to qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Code Section 368(a), Parent shall, in lieu of cash consideration, issue to the Rights Agent, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Holders, a number of shares of Parent Common Stock (valued as set forth in Section 2.04(a)) necessary to cause the Mergers to meet the “continuity of interest” requirement set forth in Section 1.368-1(e) of the Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code (taking into account for such determination the value of such Parent Common Stock at both the time of such payment and at the Effective Time of the First Merger) or otherwise causing the Mergers to fail to qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Code Section 368(a), but in no event will Parent be required to issue Parent Stock valued in excess of the portion of the CVR Payment that has been earned as a result of the achievement of the applicable Milestone.


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(i)    Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in no event shall the aggregate amount of Parent Common Stock issued, or issuable, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Merger Agreement exceed the maximum amount permitted under Nasdaq rules without shareholder approval, in which case any remaining amount of the CVR Payment Amount shall be paid in cash (the “Excess Cash Amount”) pursuant to Section 2.04(a); provided, however, if the Excess Cash Payment would result in the Mergers failing to meet the “control” requirement of Section 368(a)(2)(E) of the Code, or would otherwise cause the Mergers to fail to qualify as a tax-free reorganization, then Parent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly obtain the necessary approval under the Nasdaq listing requirements or the requirements of any applicable securities exchange or trading market on which the Parent Common Stock is then listed in order to issue such shares and the payment requirements under this Agreement shall be suspended until such approval is obtained. Parent covenants and agrees to, as expeditiously as practicable, register or qualify the issuance of all shares of Parent Common Stock issued or transferred to Holders under this Agreement under the Securities Act and the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of each jurisdiction in which such registration or qualification is necessary.

(j)    Fractional Share Provision. No fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued under this Agreement, and in lieu of any fraction share of Parent Common Stock otherwise issuable under this Agreement, if any, the Holder shall receive a cash payment, rounded to the nearest whole cent and without interest, in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the Volume Weighted Average Price for the applicable payment by the fraction of a share the Holder would otherwise be entitled to receive.

Section 2.05    No Voting, Dividends or Interest; No Equity or Ownership Interest in Parent.

(a)    Interest will not accrue on any amounts payable on the CVRs to any Holder.

(b)    The CVRs will not represent any equity or ownership interest in Parent or in any constituent company to the Mergers, and therefore will not have any voting or dividend rights of any equity or ownership interest in Parent or in any constituent company to the Mergers.

Section 2.06    Ability to Abandon CVR. A Holder may at any time, at such Holder’s option, abandon all of such Holder’s remaining rights in a CVR by transferring such CVR to Parent without consideration therefor. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to prohibit Parent from offering to acquire CVRs for consideration in its sole discretion.

ARTICLE III
THE RIGHTS AGENT

Section 3.01    Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

(a)    The Rights Agent will not have any liability for any actions taken or not taken in connection with this Agreement, except to the extent of its violation of law, willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment). No provision of this Agreement will require the Rights Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

(b)    The Holders, acting by the written consent of Holders of not less than a majority of the then-outstanding CVRs (the “Majority Holders”), may direct in writing the Rights Agent to act on behalf of the Holders in enforcing any of their rights hereunder. The Rights Agent shall be under no obligation to

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institute any action, suit or proceeding, or to take any other action likely to result in the incurrence of expenses by the Rights Agent; provided that, in the event that the Rights Agent elects to institute any action, suit or proceeding, or to take any other action directed by the Holders, the acting Holders (on behalf of all Holders) shall furnish the Rights Agent with reasonable security and indemnity for any costs and expenses that may be incurred pursuant to an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Rights Agent and shall reimburse the Rights Agent for any such costs and expenses upon demand by the Rights Agent. All rights of action under this Agreement may be enforced by the Rights Agent, any action, suit or proceeding instituted by the Rights Agent shall be brought in its name as the Rights Agent and any recovery in connection therewith shall be for the proportionate benefit of all the Holders, as their respective rights or interests may appear. For the avoidance of doubt, the Rights Agent shall not be obligated to act on behalf of the Holders notwithstanding the Rights Agent’s receipt of a written direction from the Majority Holders in accordance with this clause (b).

Section 3.02    Certain Rights of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations will be read into this Agreement against the Rights Agent. In addition:

(a)    the Rights Agent may rely and will be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order or other paper or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b)    whenever the Rights Agent will deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Rights Agent may, in the absence of bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment), request and rely upon an Officer’s Certificate with respect to such matter;

(c)    the Rights Agent may engage and consult with counsel of its selection and the written advice of such counsel or any opinion of counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(d)    the permissive rights of the Rights Agent to do things enumerated in this Agreement will not be construed as a duty;

(e)    the Rights Agent will not be required to give any note or surety in respect of the execution of such powers or otherwise in respect of the premises;

(f)    Parent agrees to indemnify Rights Agent and its affiliates and their respective employees, officers and directors for, and hold Rights Agent and its affiliates and their respective employees, officers and directors harmless against, any loss, liability, claim, demands, suits or expense arising out of or in connection with Rights Agent’s duties under this Agreement, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending Rights Agent against any claims, charges, demands, suits or loss, unless such loss has been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be a result of Rights Agent’s violation of law, gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; and

(g)    Parent agrees (i) to pay the fees and expenses of the Rights Agent in connection with this Agreement as agreed upon in writing by Rights Agent and Parent from time to time, and (ii) to reimburse the Rights Agent for all taxes and governmental charges, reasonable expenses and other charges

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of any kind and nature incurred by the Rights Agent in the execution of this Agreement (other than taxes imposed on or measured by the Rights Agent’s net income and franchise or similar taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes)). The Rights Agent will also be entitled to reimbursement from Parent for all reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses paid or incurred by it in connection with the administration by the Rights Agent of its duties hereunder, which expenses may not exceed $15,000 in the aggregate without the prior written approval of Parent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); provided that the foregoing limitation on expenses shall not apply to Parent’s indemnification obligations in clause (f) above.

Section 3.03    Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

(a)    The Rights Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to Parent and the Holders specifying a date when such resignation will take effect, which notice will be sent at least thirty days prior to the date so specified. Parent has the right to remove Rights Agent at any time by a Board Resolution specifying a date when such removal will take effect. Notice of such removal will be given by Parent to Rights Agent, which notice will be sent at least thirty days prior to the date so specified.

(b)    If the Rights Agent resigns, is removed or becomes incapable of acting, Parent, by a Board Resolution, will promptly appoint a qualified successor Rights Agent who may be a Holder but may not be an officer of Parent. The successor Rights Agent so appointed will, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with this Section 3.03(b), become the successor Rights Agent.

(c)    Parent will give notice to each Holder of each resignation and each removal of a Rights Agent and each appointment of a successor Rights Agent by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail to the Holders as their names and addresses appear in the CVR Register. Each notice will include the name and address of the successor Rights Agent. If Parent fails to send such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by a successor Rights Agent, the successor Rights Agent will cause the notice to be mailed at the expense of Parent.

(d)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.03, unless consented to in writing the Majority Holders, Parent shall not appoint as a successor Rights Agent any Person that is not a stock transfer agent of national reputation or the corporate trust department of a commercial bank.

Section 3.04    Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. Every successor Rights Agent appointed hereunder will execute, acknowledge and deliver to Parent and to the retiring Rights Agent an instrument accepting such appointment and a counterpart of this Agreement, and thereupon such successor Rights Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, will become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Rights Agent. On request of Parent or the successor Rights Agent, the retiring Rights Agent will execute and deliver an instrument transferring to the successor Rights Agent all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Rights Agent. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Parent’s and Holders’ obligations to the Rights Agent (including, without limitation, the obligations in Section 3.02) shall survive in all respects the resignation or removal of the Rights Agent.

ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS

Section 4.01    List of Holders. Parent will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Rights Agent in such form as Parent receives from the Company’s transfer agent (or other agent performing similar services for the Company), the names and addresses of the Holders within ten Business Days after the Effective Time.

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Section 4.02    Payment of CVR Payment Amounts. Parent will promptly deposit with the Rights Agent, for payment to each Holder, the applicable CVR Payment Amount, if any, prior to or on the applicable Milestone Notice Date.

Section 4.03    Records. Parent shall maintain (and shall cause its affiliates to maintain) records relating to the Milestones in sufficient detail to permit the Holders to confirm whether any Milestones giving rise to any CVR Payment Amounts have been achieved by Parent or Company or their successors or affiliates.

ARTICLE V
AMENDMENTS

Section 5.01    Amendments without Consent of Holders. Without the consent of any Holders or the Rights Agent, Parent, when authorized by a Board Resolution, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more amendments hereto, to evidence any successor to or permitted assignee of Parent and the assumption by any such successor or permitted assignee of the covenants of Parent herein as provided in Section 6.03. Without the consent of any Holders, Parent, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Rights Agent, in the Rights Agent’s sole and absolute discretion, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more amendments hereto, for any of the following purposes:

(a)     to evidence the succession of another Person as a successor Rights Agent in accordance with ARTICLE III and the assumption by any successor of the covenants and obligations of the Rights Agent herein;

(b)    to add to the covenants of Parent such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions as Parent and the Rights Agent will consider to be for the protection of the Holders; provided that, in each case, such provisions do not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders;

(c)    to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein that may be a manifest error or defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement; provided that, in each case, such provisions do not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders;

(d)    as may be necessary or appropriate to ensure that the CVRs are not subject to registration under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act; provided that, in each case, such provisions do not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders; or

(e)    any other amendments hereto for the purpose of adding, eliminating or changing any provisions of this Agreement, unless such addition, elimination or change is materially adverse to the interests of the Holders.

Promptly after the execution by Parent and the Rights Agent of any amendment pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.01, Parent will mail (or cause the Rights Agent to mail) a notice thereof by first class mail to the Holders at their addresses as they appear on the CVR Register, setting forth in general terms the substance of such amendment.


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Section 5.02    Amendments with Consent of Holders.

(a)    Subject to Section 5.01 (which amendments pursuant to Section 5.01 may be made without the consent of the Holders), with the consent of the Majority Holders, whether evidenced in writing or taken at a meeting of the Holders, Parent, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Rights Agent may enter into one or more amendments hereto for the purpose of adding, eliminating or changing any provisions of this Agreement, even if such addition, elimination or change is materially adverse to the interest of the Holders.

(b)    Promptly after the execution by Parent and the Rights Agent of any amendment pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.02, Parent will mail (or, to the extent requested by Parent in writing, cause the Rights Agent to mail) a notice thereof by first class mail to the Holders at their addresses as they appear on the CVR Register, setting forth in general terms the substance of such amendment.

Section 5.03    Execution of Amendments. In executing any amendment permitted by this ARTICLE V, the Rights Agent will be entitled to receive, and will be fully protected in relying upon, an opinion of counsel selected by Parent stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement. The Rights Agent may, but is not obligated to, enter into any such amendment that affects the Rights Agent’s own rights, privileges, covenants or duties under this Agreement or otherwise.

Section 5.04    Effect of Amendments. Upon the execution of any amendment under this ARTICLE V, this Agreement will be modified in accordance therewith, such amendment will form a part of this Agreement for all purposes and every Holder will be bound thereby.

ARTICLE VI
OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 6.01    Notices to Rights Agent and Parent. Any notice or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given when delivered in person, by overnight courier, or by electronic mail, or two (2) Business Days after being sent by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested), as follows:

If to the Rights Agent, to it at:
Address:    6201 15th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Telephone:    ______
Email:    ______
Attention:    ______


With a copy to:

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC
48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10005
Attention: Legal Department
Email: legalteamAST@astfinancial.com



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If to Parent, to it at:
Address:        540 Gaither Road, Suite 400, Rockville, MD 20850
Telephone:    (410) 803-6406
Email:    jmiller@cerecor.com
Attention:    Joseph Miller, Chief Financial Officer

With a copy to Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP:
Address:        4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27607
Telephone:    (919) 781-4000
Email:    dreynolds@wyrick.com; dcreekman@wyrick.com
Attention:    Don Reynolds and David Creekman


The Rights Agent or Parent may specify a different address, email address or facsimile number by giving notice to each other in accordance with this Section 6.01 and to the Holders in accordance with Section 6.02.

Section 6.02    Notice to Holders. Where this Agreement provides for notice to Holders, such notice will be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at the Holder’s address as it appears in the CVR Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, if any, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder will affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders.

Section 6.03    Parent Successors and Assigns. Parent may assign, in its sole discretion and without the consent of any other party, any or all of its rights, interests and obligations hereunder to one or more direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Parent for so long as they remain wholly owned subsidiaries of Parent (each, an “Assignee”); provided that Parent shall remain liable for the performance by any such assignee of, and shall not be relieved of, its obligations, duties and covenants hereunder. Any such Assignee may thereafter assign, in its sole discretion and without the consent of any other party, any or all of its rights, interests and obligations hereunder to one or more additional Assignees satisfying the conditions of the preceding sentence. This Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their respective successors and permitted assignees, and this Agreement shall not restrict Parent’s or any successor’s ability to merge or consolidate; provided, that in the event of a Change of Control, Parent or Company, as applicable, shall cause the acquirer to assume Parent’s obligations, duties and covenants under this Agreement, in which case the obligation to issue Parent Common Stock set forth herein shall be assumed by the ultimate parent company in such Change of Control and the equity issuable hereunder shall be the equity of such new Person. Except as otherwise permitted herein, Parent may not assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Majority Holders. Any attempted assignment of this Agreement or any of such rights in violation of this Section 6.03 shall be void and of no effect.

Section 6.04    Benefits of Agreement. Parent and the Rights Agent hereby agree that the respective covenants and agreements set forth herein are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, the Holders, acting by the written consent of the Majority Holders, all of whom are intended third-party beneficiaries hereof. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, will give to any Person (other than the Rights Agent, Parent, Parent’s successors and permitted assignees, and the Holders and their respective successors and permitted assignees) any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the Rights Agent, Parent, Parent’s successors and permitted assignees, and the

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Holders and their respective successors and permitted assignees. The rights of Holders are limited to those expressly provided in this Agreement.

Section 6.05    Governing Law. This Agreement, and all Legal Actions (whether based on contract, tort, or statute) arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the actions of any of the parties hereto in the negotiation, administration, performance, or enforcement hereof, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the Delaware without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of Laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of Delaware.

Section 6.06    Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably agrees that any Legal Action with respect to this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder brought by any other party hereto or its successors or assigns shall be brought and determined exclusively in the State of Delaware, or in the event (but only in the event) that such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such Legal Action, in any state or federal court located within the State of Delaware. Each of the parties hereto agrees that mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such Legal Action in the manner provided in Section 6.01 or in such other manner as may be permitted by applicable Laws, shall be valid and sufficient service thereof. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such Legal Action for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, to the personal jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and agrees that it shall not bring any action relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any court or tribunal other than the aforesaid courts. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim, or otherwise, in any Legal Action with respect to this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder: (a) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above named courts for any reason other than the failure to serve process in accordance with this Section 6.06; (b) any claim that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise); and (c) to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable Law, any claim that (i) the suit, action, or proceeding in such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (ii) the venue of such suit, action, or proceeding is improper, or (iii) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.

Section 6.07    Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law or public policy, all other terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law and in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the extent possible.

Section 6.08    Counterparts and Signature. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, including by facsimile or other electronic transmission each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.


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Section 6.09    Termination. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.04(f), this Agreement will be terminated and of no force or effect, the parties hereto will have no liability hereunder (except as set forth in Article III), and no payments will be required to be made upon the first to occur of: (a) payment of all CVR Payment Amounts required to be paid under this Agreement, or (b) the failure to achieve the NDA Milestone prior to the sixty (60)-month anniversary of the date of this Agreement and, only if the Study Milestone was achieved, payment of the CVR Payment Amount in respect of the completion of the Study Milestone. In no event will any CVR Payment Amount become payable (x) in respect the Study Milestone achieved or occurring on or after the twenty-four (24)-month anniversary of this Agreement, or (b) in respect of the NDA Milestone achieved or occurring on or after the sixty (60)-month anniversary.

Section 6.10    Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Merger Agreement (including the schedules, annexes and exhibits thereto, the documents and instruments referred to therein and the documents delivered pursuant thereto) constitute the entire agreement of the parties and supersede all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or therein, are not intended to confer upon any other Person any rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder.

Section 6.11    Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE IT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY OF THE AGREEMENTS DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE EITHER OF SUCH WAIVERS, (II) IT UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVERS, (III) IT MAKES SUCH WAIVERS VOLUNTARILY AND (IV) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 6.11.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CERECOR INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
 
 
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
 
 
Title:
 






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Exhibit 10.2

VOTING AGREEMENT
THIS VOTING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of December 5, 2019, by and between Cerecor, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Cerecor”), Aevi Genomic Medicine, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Aevi”), and the undersigned holders (each a “Holder” and collectively the “Holders”). Cerecor, Aevi and the Holders are sometimes referred to herein collectively as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party.” For the purposes of this Agreement, capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms as set forth in the Merger Agreement.
RECITALS:
A.    WHEREAS, the number of shares of Common Stock and/or Options, as applicable, of Aevi, owned of record and beneficially by each of the Holders is set forth opposite their names on Schedule A hereto (collectively referred to herein as the “Subject Securities”).
B.    WHEREAS, on the date hereof, Cerecor and Aevi, among others, have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”).
C.    WHEREAS, after the effective time, a Holder might acquire additional shares of Common Stock and/or Options, as applicable, of Aevi (any such securities so acquired, the “Acquired Securities,” and together with the Subject Securities, the “Securities”)
D.    WHEREAS, as a condition to the willingness of Cerecor and Aevi to enter into the Merger Agreement and as a material inducement and in consideration therefor, each Holder has agreed to enter into this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the covenants and agreements set forth below, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
1.Agreement to Vote Shares. At any meeting of stockholders of Aevi or at any adjournment thereof that may take place between now and Termination Date (the “Agreement Period”), in any action by written consent or in any other circumstances upon which any Holder’s vote, consent or other approval related to the Merger Agreement is sought during the Agreement Period, each Holder shall vote (or cause to be voted), as applicable, all of the Securities that are then entitled to be voted (i) in favor of the Merger Agreement and the proposed transactions set forth in the Merger Agreement and (ii) against any proposal, amendment, matter or agreement that would in any manner impede, frustrate, prevent or nullify the Merger Agreement. Each Holder agrees that the Securities that are entitled to be voted shall be voted (or caused to be voted) as set forth in the preceding sentences if each Holder’s vote, consent or other approval is sought and at any time or at multiple times during the term of this Agreement.
2.    Lock-up of Subject Securities. During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing until the earlier of (a) the expiration of the Agreement Period, or (b) the approval by the Aevi stockholders of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, each Holder agrees not to (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly any shares of common stock of Aevi, including the Subject Securities or any Acquired Securities, or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the voting power or economic consequences of ownership of the common stock of Aevi (collectively, a “Transfer”), without the prior written consent of both Cerecor and Aevi;



provided, however, that this Agreement shall not restrict Transfers, (i) if Holder is an individual, to any members of such Holder’s immediate family, a family trust of such Holder or a charitable institution, (ii) if Holder is an entity, to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity that is an Affiliate of such Holder, (iii) in connection with the “net” or “cashless” exercise or settlement of any warrants, stock options, restricted stock units or other equity awards (including any transfer for the payment of taxes due as a result of such vesting or exercise whether by means of a “net settlement” or otherwise) or conversion of any convertible notes pursuant to any outstanding securities, only if in each case prior to the effectiveness of the Transfer, the permitted transferee of such shares of common stock of Aevi agrees in writing to be bound by the terms hereof (or an agreement that is substantively identical to this Agreement).
3.    Opportunity to Review. Each Holder acknowledges receipt of the Merger Agreement and represents that he, she, or it has had (i) the opportunity to review, and has read, reviewed and understands, the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement and this Agreement, and (ii) the opportunity to review and discuss the Merger Agreement and this Agreement with his, her or its own advisors and legal counsel.
4.    Representations and Warranties of Holder. Each Holder hereby represents and warrants as follows:
(a)    Such Holder (i) is the record and beneficial owner of its Subject Securities, free and clear of any liens, adverse claims, charges or other encumbrances of any nature whatsoever (other than pursuant to (x) restrictions on transfer under applicable securities laws, or (y) this Agreement), and (ii) does not beneficially own any securities of Aevi (including options, warrants or convertible securities) other than the Subject Securities and that certain Secured Convertible Promissory Note, dated as of March 29, 2019, as amended to date, between Aevi and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
(b)    Such Holder has the sole right to transfer, to vote (or cause to vote) and to direct (or cause to direct) the voting of the Subject Securities, and none of the Subject Securities are subject to any voting trust or other agreement, arrangement or restriction with respect to the transfer or the voting of the Subject Securities (other than restrictions on transfer under applicable securities laws), except as set forth in this Agreement.
(c)    Such Holder, if it is an entity, has all requisite power and authority or, if such Holder is an individual, has the legal capacity, to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(d)    This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Holder and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of such Holder and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other Parties hereto, is enforceable against such Holder in accordance with its terms.
(e)    There is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of such Holder, threatened in writing against such Holder at law or equity before or by any Governmental Entity that could reasonably be expected to impair or materially delay the performance by such Holder of its obligations under this Agreement or otherwise adversely impact such Holder’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder.
5.    Termination. This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the approval of the Merger Agreement by Aevi’s stockholders; provided, however, that this Agreement will also terminate (such date, the “Termination Date”) if Cerecor or Aevi has (i) terminated the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms prior to approval of the Merger Agreement by Aevi’s stockholders or (ii) made

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any modification, waiver or amendment to the Merger Agreement (including the form of CVR Agreement attached thereto) in a manner that reduces the amount or changes the form of consideration payable thereunder to any Holder. In the event of the termination of this Agreement, this Agreement shall forthwith become null and void, there shall be no liability on the part of any of the Parties, and all rights and obligations of each Party hereto shall cease; provided, however, that no such termination of this Agreement shall relieve any Party hereto from any liability for any willful and material breach of any provision of this Agreement prior to such termination, and this Section 5 shall survive any such termination.
6.    Further Covenants and Assurances. During the term of this Agreement, each Holder hereby, to the extent permitted by Laws, waives and agrees not to exercise any dissenters’ or appraisal rights, or other similar rights, with respect to any Subject Securities which may arise in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, nor to bring any claim or join any lawsuit against Aevi, Cerecor or their respective affiliates with respect to the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby. During the term of this Agreement, each Holder shall deliver a written certificate to Aevi and Cerecor if he, she, or it acquires any Acquired Securities, which certificate will (i) state the number of Acquired Securities so acquired, and (ii) certify that the terms of this Agreement apply in all respects to the Acquired Securities.
7.    Successors, Assigns and Transferees Bound. Without limiting Section 1 hereof in any way, each Holder agrees that this Agreement and the obligations hereunder shall attach to the Subject Securities from the date hereof through the termination of this Agreement and shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Laws, be binding upon any Person to which legal or beneficial ownership of the Subject Securities shall pass, whether by operation of law or otherwise, including such Holder’s heirs, guardians, administrators or successors, and each Holder further agrees to take all reasonable actions necessary to effectuate the foregoing.
8.    Capacity as a Holder. Each Holder is signing this Agreement in such Holder’s capacity as an owner of such Holder’s Subject Securities, and nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit, prevent or preclude such Holder or its Representatives from taking or not taking any action in its capacity as an officer or director of Aevi.
9.    Remedies. Each Holder acknowledges that money damages would be both incalculable and an insufficient remedy for any breach of this Agreement by it, and that any such breach would cause Cerecor and Aevi irreparable harm. Accordingly, each Holder agrees that in the event of any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement, Cerecor and Aevi, in addition to any other remedies at law or in equity each may have, shall be entitled to seek immediate equitable relief, including injunctive relief and specific performance, without the necessity of proving the inadequacy of money damages as a remedy and without the necessity of posting any bond or other security, to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States or any state having jurisdiction.
10.     Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when personally delivered, or if sent by United States certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, shall be deemed duly given on delivery by United States Postal Service, or if sent by e-mail or receipted overnight courier services shall be deemed duly given on the Business Day received if received prior to 5:00 p.m. local time or on the following Business Day if received after 5:00 p.m. local time or on a non-Business Day, addressed to the respective Parties as follows:

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(i)
if to Cerecor, to:
Cerecor, Inc.
540 Gaither Road, Suite 400
Baltimore, MD 20850
Attention: Joseph Miller
Email: jmiller@cerecor.com

with a required copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 300
Raleigh, NC 27607
Attention: Don Reynolds
Email: dreynolds@wyrick.com

(ii)
if to Aevi, to:
Aevi Genomic Medicine, Inc.
435 Devon Park Drive, Suite 715
Wayne, PA 19087
Attention: Michael F. Cola
Email: mike.cola@aevigenomics.com

with a required copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Attention: Brian M. Katz
E-mail: katzb@pepperlaw.com


(iii)
if to a Holder, to the address set forth on the Holder’s signature pages hereto, with a required copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Cooley LLP
55 Hudson Yards
New York, NY 10001
Attention: Josh Kaufman and Jeffrey P. Libson
E-Mail: josh.kaufman@cooley.com
    
jlibson@cooley.com

11.    Severability. Any provision hereof that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the

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extent permitted by Law, each Party hereby waives any provision of Law that renders any such provision prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.
12.    Entire Agreement/Amendment. This Agreement (including the provisions of the Merger Agreement referenced herein) represent the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may not be amended, modified, altered or supplemented except by means of a written instrument executed and delivered by the Parties hereto.
13.    No Ownership Interest. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to vest in Cerecor any direct or indirect ownership or incidence of ownership of or with respect to the Subject Securities. All rights, ownership and economic benefits of and relating to the Subject Securities shall remain vested in and belong to each applicable Holder, and Cerecor shall not have any authority to manage, direct, restrict, regulate, govern, or administer any of the policies or operations of Aevi or exercise any power or authority to direct such Holder in the voting of any of the Subject Securities, except as otherwise provided herein.
14.    Governing Law. This Agreement, and all claims or causes of action (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal Laws of the State of Delaware without reference to its choice of law rules. Each Party agrees that any legal action or other legal proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of any provision of this Agreement shall be brought or otherwise commenced exclusively in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or any federal court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware. Each of the Parties consents to service of process in any such proceeding in any manner permitted by the Laws of the State of Delaware, and agrees that service of process by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, at its address specified pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement is reasonably calculated to give actual notice. Each Party waives and agrees not to assert (by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise), in any such legal proceeding commenced in such courts, any claim that such Party is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of such courts, that such legal proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of such proceeding is improper or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof or thereof may not be enforced in or by such courts. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF SUCH PARTY IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.
15.    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by delivery of electronic signatures and in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and it shall not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement or the terms hereof to produce or account for more than one of such counterparts.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]


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

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CERECOR INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
 
 
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AEVI GENOMIC MEDICINE, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
 
 
Title:
 






[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]


    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
 
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Address:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Email:
 
 


[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sol J. Barer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Address:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Email:
 
 


[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eugene A. Bauer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Address:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Email:
 
 


[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alastair Clemow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Address:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Email:
 
 


[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Michael F. Cola
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Address:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Email:
 
 


[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barbara G. Duncan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Address:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Email:
 
 


[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joseph J. Grano, Jr.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Address:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Email:
 
 


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Garry A. Neil
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Address:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Email:
 
 


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Michael H. McInaw
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Address:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Email:
 
 


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SCHEDULE A


Name
Common Stock
Options
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation
18,424,036
90,000
Sol J. Barer*
4,098,752
1,170,000
Eugene A. Bauer
165,715
188,571
Alastair Clemow
57,536
230,714
Michael F. Cola*
218,483
2,754,582
Barbara G. Duncan
59,524
130,000
Joseph J. Grano, Jr.
174,847
125,000
Garry A. Neil*
114,774
1,765,644
Michael H. McInaw
16,107
29,416
* On the date hereof, Drs. Barer and Neil and Mr. Cola entered into an agreement pursuant to which Dr. Barer sold all of his shares of Aevi Common Stock to Dr. Neil and Mr. Cola resulting in Dr. Barer owning no shares, Mr. Cola owning 2,267,859 shares and Dr. Neil owning 2,164,150 shares of Aevi Common Stock.


Exhibit 10.3

PROMISSORY NOTE
$5,000,000
 
 
 
December 5, 2019

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Aevi Genomic Medicine, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) (“Maker”) promises to pay to the order of Cerecor Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Payee”), at the address set forth in paragraph 9 below, the lesser of (i) the principal sum of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (the “Maximum Amount”), or (ii) the unpaid principal amount of all advances made by Payee to Maker under this Note (“Advances”), as such Advances are set forth on Exhibit A hereto and updated from time to time, up to the Maximum Amount, together with interest on the outstanding principal amount of all such Advances at an annual rate of 5.00%, or such lesser rate as shall be the maximum rate allowable under applicable law. Unless accelerated as provided herein, all unpaid principal and unpaid accrued interest on this Note shall be due and payable in full on December 5, 2020.

This Note is subject to the following additional provisions:

1.Purpose of Note. This Note is issued to evidence the Maker’s obligation to Payee for amounts lent to Maker.

2.Advances. From the date hereof until April 30, 2019, Maker may request Advances under this Note. Maker may not borrow under this Note should there exist an Event of Default (as defined below), Maker is in breach (which breach has not been cured) of any covenant or agreement of the Merger Agreement (as defined below), or the Merger Agreement has been terminated by any party thereto for any reason. Payee agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, to make an Advance to Maker within four (4) business days of Maker’s submission of a written request for an Advance, which request sets forth (a) the amount of the Advance requested and (b) the Payee’s good faith description of the intended use of proceeds (“Advance Request”). The aggregate amount of the Advances may not exceed the Maximum Amount.

3.Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Advances solely for purposes directly related to the Option and License Agreement between the Maker and MedImmune Limited, dated August 6, 2019, as may be amended (the “MedImmune Agreement”), including Maker’s payment of the upfront amount due to MedImmune Limited upon exercise of the option to license intellectual property (as described in the MedImmume Agreement), in each case consistent with the intended use of proceeds set forth in the Advance Request.

4.Prepayment.  Maker shall have the absolute right to prepay this Note in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, without prepayment penalty or premium. Any prepayment of this Note will be credited first against accrued interest, then principal.

5.Events of Default.  This Note immediately shall become due and payable, at the option of Payee and without notice or demand, upon the occurrence of any of the following events (each, an “Event of Default”):

(a)failure to pay any amount payable under this Note within ten (10) days after the date when due;



(b)    failure to observe or perform any of the provisions of this Note to the extent such failure has not been cured within thirty (30) days after receipt by Maker of written notice thereof from Payee;

(c)     commencement by or against Maker of any proceeding, suit, or action for reorganization, dissolution, or liquidation that, if involuntarily filed against Maker, is not set aside within sixty (60) days from the filing thereof;

(d)    termination of the MedImmune Agreement or the occurrence of any event that adversely impacts the Company’s rights to the intellectual property or the development or commercialization thereof pursuant to the MedImmune Agreement;

(e)    filing by or against Maker of a petition under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other insolvency act that, if involuntarily filed against Maker, is not set aside within sixty (60) days from the filing thereof;

(f)    application for, or appointment of, a receiver of Maker or their property, assignment by Maker for the benefit of their creditors, or issuance of a warrant of attachment against the property of Maker; or

(g)    failure to pay any amount when due under Section 7.06(c) of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated as of December 5, 2019, by and among Payee, Genie Merger Sub, Inc., Second Genie Merger Sub, LLC, and Maker (the “Merger Agreement”).

Upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, Payee may at any time declare the entire unpaid principal balance hereof and all accrued interest thereon immediately to be due and payable.

6.Default Rate of Interest. Upon and after the occurrence of an Event of Default, all of the obligations owing under this Note shall continue to bear interest, calculated daily on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed at the per annum rate set forth above, plus, unless waived by Payee evidenced by its written notice to Maker, additional post-default interest of ten percent (10%) per annum until either such Event of Default is cured to Payee’s satisfaction or otherwise waived in writing by Payee or the obligations owing under this Note are paid in full.

7.Waivers.  Maker, for Maker and Maker’s successors and assigns, expressly waive presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, notice of nonpayment, notice of maturity, notice of protest, presentment for the purposes of accelerating maturity, and diligence in collection, and consents that Payee may extend the time for payment or otherwise modify the terms of payment of any part or the whole of the indebtedness evidenced hereby and such consent shall not alter or diminish the liability of Maker under this Note.

8.No Waiver. The failure of Payee to exercise any right or remedy provided hereunder or available at law shall not be a waiver or release of such rights or remedies or the right to exercise any right or remedy at another time.


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9.Notices. All notices which are required or may be given under this Note shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been received when delivered personally or three (3) days after mailing, if mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, as follows:

(a)    If to Maker:
            
Aevi Genomic Medicine, Inc.
435 Devon Park Drive, Suite 715
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
Attn: Michael F. Cola, CEO

(b)    If to Payee:    

Cerecor Inc.
540 Gaither Road, Suite 400
Rockville, Maryland 20850
Attn: Joseph Miller, CFO

Either party may designate a new address for purposes of notice hereunder by giving written notice thereof to the other party in accordance with this paragraph.

10.Collection Expenses. In the event that this Note shall at any time after maturity or after the occurrence of an Event of Default be placed with an attorney for collection, Maker agrees to pay, in addition to the entire unpaid principal balance of this Note and all accrued interest thereon, all costs of collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees.

11.Miscellaneous. This Note may not be changed, altered, modified or terminated orally, but only by an agreement or discharge in writing and signed by Maker and by Payee. This Note shall be governed as to validity, construction, enforcement and in all other respects by the laws of the State of Delaware. The terms of this Note shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of Maker and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of Payee.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker has duly executed this Note under seal on the date first above written.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AEVI GENOMIC MEDICINE, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By: /s/ Michael F. Cola
 
 
 
 
Name: Michael F. Cola
 
 
 
 
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 


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EXHIBIT A

Advances


Date
Advance
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




Exhibit 10.4

PROMISSORY NOTE
$5,000,000
 
 
 
December 5, 2019

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Aevi Genomic Medicine, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) (“Maker”) promises to pay to the order of Cerecor Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Payee”), at the address set forth in paragraph 9 below, the lesser of (i) the principal sum of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (the “Maximum Amount”), or (ii) the unpaid principal amount of all advances made by Payee to Maker under this Note (“Advances”), as such Advances are set forth on Exhibit A hereto and updated from time to time, up to the Maximum Amount, together with interest on the outstanding principal amount of all such Advances at an annual rate of 5.00%, or such lesser rate as shall be the maximum rate allowable under applicable law. Unless accelerated as provided herein, all unpaid principal and unpaid accrued interest on this Note shall be due and payable in full on December 5, 2020.

This Note is subject to the following additional provisions:

1.Purpose of Note. This Note is issued to evidence the Maker’s obligation to Payee for amounts lent to Maker.

2.Advances. From the date hereof until April 30, 2019, Maker may request Advances under this Note. Maker may not borrow under this Note should there exist an Event of Default (as defined below), Maker is in breach (which breach has not been cured) of any covenant or agreement of the Merger Agreement (as defined below), or the Merger Agreement has been terminated by any party thereto for any reason. Payee agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, to make an Advance to Maker within four (4) business days of Maker’s submission of a written request for an Advance, which request sets forth (a) the amount of the Advance requested and (b) the Payee’s good faith description of the intended use of proceeds (“Advance Request”). Each Advance shall not exceed $75,000, and the aggregate amount of the Advances may not exceed the Maximum Amount. Maker may reject an Advance Request if the intended use of proceeds is outside the ordinary course of business or if the Company has agreed not to take such action pursuant to Section 5.01 of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated as of December 5, 2019, by and among Payee, Genie Merger Sub, Inc., Second Genie Merger Sub, LLC, and Payee (the “Merger Agreement”).

3.Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Advances solely for general corporate purposes in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with the description provided by the Maker in the applicable Advance Request.

4.Prepayment.  Maker shall have the absolute right to prepay this Note in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, without prepayment penalty or premium. Any prepayment of this Note will be credited first against accrued interest, then principal.

5.Events of Default.  This Note immediately shall become due and payable, at the option of Payee and without notice or demand, upon the occurrence of any of the following events (each, an “Event of Default”):

(a)failure to pay any amount payable under this Note within ten (10) days after the date when due;



(b)    failure to observe or perform any of the provisions of this Note to the extent that such failure has not been cured within thirty (30) days after receipt by Maker of written notice thereof from Payee;

(c)     commencement by or against Maker of any proceeding, suit, or action for reorganization, dissolution, or liquidation that, if involuntarily filed against Maker, is not set aside within sixty (60) days from the filing thereof;

(d)    filing by or against Maker of a petition under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other insolvency act that, if involuntarily filed against Maker, is not set aside within sixty (60) days from the filing thereof;

(e)    application for, or appointment of, a receiver of Maker or their property, assignment by Maker for the benefit of their creditors, or issuance of a warrant of attachment against the property of Maker; or

(f)    failure to pay any amount when due under Section 7.06(c) of the Merger Agreement.

Upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, Payee may at any time declare the entire unpaid principal balance hereof and all accrued interest thereon immediately to be due and payable.

6.Default Rate of Interest. Upon and after the occurrence of an Event of Default, all of the obligations owing under this Note shall continue to bear interest, calculated daily on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed at the per annum rate set forth above, plus, unless waived by Payee evidenced by its written notice to Maker, additional post-default interest of ten percent (10%) per annum until either such Event of Default is cured to Payee’s satisfaction or otherwise waived in writing by Payee or the obligations owing under this Note are paid in full.

7.Waivers.  Maker, for Maker and Maker’s successors and assigns, expressly waive presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, notice of nonpayment, notice of maturity, notice of protest, presentment for the purposes of accelerating maturity, and diligence in collection, and consents that Payee may extend the time for payment or otherwise modify the terms of payment of any part or the whole of the indebtedness evidenced hereby and such consent shall not alter or diminish the liability of Maker under this Note.

8.No Waiver. The failure of Payee to exercise any right or remedy provided hereunder or available at law shall not be a waiver or release of such rights or remedies or the right to exercise any right or remedy at another time.

9.Notices. All notices which are required or may be given under this Note shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been received when delivered personally or three (3) days after mailing, if mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, as follows:

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(a)    If to Maker:
            
Aevi Genomic Medicine, Inc.
435 Devon Park Drive, Suite 715
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
Attn: Michael F. Cola, CEO

(b)    If to Payee:    

Cerecor Inc.
540 Gaither Road, Suite 400
Rockville, Maryland 20850
Attn: Joseph Miller, CFO

Either party may designate a new address for purposes of notice hereunder by giving written notice thereof to the other party in accordance with this paragraph.

10.Collection Expenses. In the event that this Note shall at any time after maturity or after the occurrence of an Event of Default be placed with an attorney for collection, Maker agrees to pay, in addition to the entire unpaid principal balance of this Note and all accrued interest thereon, all costs of collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees.

11.Miscellaneous. This Note may not be changed, altered, modified or terminated orally, but only by an agreement or discharge in writing and signed by Maker and by Payee. This Note shall be governed as to validity, construction, enforcement and in all other respects by the laws of the State of Delaware. The terms of this Note shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of Maker and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of Payee.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker has duly executed this Note under seal on the date first above written.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AEVI GENOMIC MEDICINE, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By: /s/ Michael F. Cola
 
 
 
 
Name: Michael F. Cola
 
 
 
 
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
















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EXHIBIT A

Advances


Date
Advance
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



Exhibit 10.5

BACKSTOP AGREEMENT
This BACKSTOP AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 5, 2019, is entered into by and between Cerecor Inc., a Delaware corporation with offices located at 540 Gaither Road, Suite 400, Rockville, Maryland 20850 (the ”Company”), and Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd. (the “Backstop Investor”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company desires to enter into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Genie Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Second Genie Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Aevi Genomic Medicine, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Aevi”), and upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, the transaction will be structured as a two-step merger, with Aevi continuing as the surviving company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to promissory notes contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Company is obligated to make funds available to Aevi in order to fund the operation of Aevi’s business prior to the close of the Merger (the “Aevi Notes”);
WHEREAS, in order to ensure that the required funding that may be issued to Aevi pursuant to those promissory notes, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth therein, the Company is willing to sell, and the Backstop Investor is willing to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share ( “Common Stock”) at the Issue Price per share (the “Shares”);
WHEREAS, the Company and the Backstop Investor are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute (the “1933 Act”).
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Backstop Investor hereby agree as follows:
1.
BACKSTOP COMMITMENT.
(a)     Upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Company shall have the option to require the Backstop Investor to purchase from the Company on a Closing Date, and the Backstop Investor, in reliance on the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement hereby agree to purchase from the Company, the Shares set forth in the Closing Notice, as applicable, subject in all respects to the limitations set forth in Section 1(d) below. The Shares that the Backstop Investor is required to purchase pursuant to this Section 1(a) are referred to herein as the Backstop Investor’s “Backstop Shares.”
(b)    Subject in all respects to the limitations set forth in Section 1(d) below, the Company may require the Backstop Investor to purchase all or a percentage of the remaining Purchase



Maximum (as defined below) on any subsequent date (each, a “Closing Date”) by giving to the Backstop Investor, at least seven Business Days prior to such Closing Date, a written notification (a “Closing Notice”) setting forth the percentage of the Purchase Maximum that the Company requires the Backstop Investor to purchase on such Closing Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall be permitted to issue a Closing Notice only if the Closing Date will occur during a “window period” (as such term is defined in the Company’s Window Period Policy). The Company shall neither issue a Closing Notice nor permit a Closing to occur while any Company employee, officer or director is in possession of material non-public information.
(c)    On each Closing Date (the “Closing”), (i) payment for the Backstop Shares that the Backstop Investor has agreed to purchase shall be effected by the Backstop Investor wiring an amount (such amount, a “Backstop Drawdown Amount”), to an account of the Company identified to the Backstop Investor at least five days prior to such Closing, equal to the product of (1) the number of Backstop Shares issuable to the Backstop Investor at such Closing (as set forth in a Closing Notice) and (2) the Issue Price, which shall be equal to the closing price for the Common Stock on the Principal Market (as defined below) on the Closing Date, and (ii) the Company shall deliver to the Backstop Investor the Backstop Shares and such certificates.
(d)    The obligation of the Backstop Investor to purchase Shares hereunder shall terminate on March 20, 2020 (the “Termination Date”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall the Backstop Investor be required to purchase at any Closing hereunder a number of Shares in excess of the Purchase Maximum. As used herein, the term “Purchase Maximum” means an amount equal to (1) $15 million minus (2) the aggregate purchase price of Backstop Shares purchased by the Backstop Investor hereunder on or prior to such date minus (3) without duplication, the aggregate cash proceeds actually received by the Company after the date hereof but on or prior to such date from (i) the sale of its equity or equity-linked securities, in a bona fide transaction, or (ii) the sale of Millipred® to a third party.
(e)    Conditions to the Backstop Investor’s Obligation to Purchase the Backstop Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the obligatioAn of the Backstop Investor to purchase Backstop Shares on a Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction, at or before such Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Backstop Investor’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Backstop Investor at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:
(i)    The Company shall have duly executed and delivered to the Backstop Investor this Agreement and a Closing Notice, and the Company shall have duly executed and delivered to the Backstop Investor the aggregate number of Backstop Shares pursuant to this Agreement and such Closing Notice.
(ii)    All of the representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect (as defined below) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of such Closing Date as though made at and as of such Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly speak as of an earlier date, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of such date) and all of the representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement that are not qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and as of such Closing Date as though made at and as of such Closing Date (except to the extent such representations

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and warranties expressly speak as of an earlier date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date);
(iii)    The Common Stock (A) shall be designated for quotation or listed (as applicable) on the Principal Market and (B) shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the SEC or the Principal Market from trading on the Principal Market nor, except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, shall suspension by the SEC or the Principal Market have been threatened (with a reasonable prospect of delisting or suspension occurring after giving effect to all applicable notice, appeal, compliance and hearing periods), as of the Closing Date, either (I) in writing by the SEC or the Principal Market or (II) by falling below the minimum maintenance requirements of the Principal Market.
(iv)    The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities, including without limitation, those required by the Principal Market, if any.
(v)    No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(vi)    Since the date of execution of this Agreement, no event or series of events shall have occurred that reasonably would have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(vii)    From the date hereof to the Closing Date, (i) trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market (except for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, (ii) at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on the Principal Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of the Backstop Investor, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Shares at the Closing.
(viii)    The Company shall have delivered to the Backstop Investor such other documents relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Backstop Investor or its counsel may reasonably request.
(f)    Conditions to the Obligation of the Company to Issue Backstop Shares. The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Backstop Shares to the Backstop Investor on a Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the such Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Backstop Investor with prior written notice thereof:
(i)    The Backstop Investor shall have delivered to the Company its respective Backstop Drawdown Amount with respect to such Closing Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the wire instructions provided by the Company.

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(ii)    All of the representations and warranties made by the Backstop Investor in this Agreement that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of such Closing Date as though made at and as of such Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly speak as of an earlier date, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of such date) and all of the representations and warranties made by the Backstop Investor in this Agreement that are not qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and as of such Closing Date as though made at and as of such Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly speak as of an earlier date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date).
(iii)    The Backstop Investor shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Backstop Investor at or prior to such Closing Date.
2.
BACKSTOP INVESTOR’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
The Backstop Investor represents and warrants to the Company that, as of the date hereof and as of each Closing Date:
(a)    Organization; Authority. The Backstop Investor is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and the Backstop Investor has the requisite power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
(b)    Validity; Enforcement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Backstop Investor and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Backstop Investor enforceable against the Backstop Investor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.
(c)    No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Backstop Investor of this Agreement and the consummation by the Backstop Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) contravene the organizational documents of the Backstop Investor, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Backstop Investor is a party or (iii) contravene any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to the Backstop Investor, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the ability of the Backstop Investor to perform its obligations hereunder.
(d)    No Public Sale or Distribution. The Backstop Investor is acquiring the Shares for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof in contravention of the 1933 Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, the Backstop Investor does not agree to hold any of the Shares for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Shares at any time in accordance with or pursuant to registration under the 1933 Act or an available exemption from such registration requirements.

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(e)    Accredited Investor Status. The Backstop Investor is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act.
(f)    Reliance on Exemptions. The Backstop Investor understands that the Shares have not been registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws and are being offered and sold to it in reliance on the exemptions from registration under the 1933 Act provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act and pursuant to similar exemption from any applicable state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Backstop Investor’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Backstop Investor set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Backstop Investor to acquire the Shares.
(g)    Transfer or Resale. The Backstop Investor understands that: (i) the Shares may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred (a “Transfer”), directly or indirectly, unless (a) subsequently registered under the 1933 Act, (b) such Transfer is to the Company, or (c) such Transfer is pursuant to a transaction that does not require registration under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws; and (ii) any Transfer of the Shares made in reliance on Rule 144 under the 1933 Act may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not available, any resale of the Shares under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person) through whom the Transfer is made may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder. For purposes of this Agreement, “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and any government or any department or agency thereof.
(h)    Legends. The Backstop Investor understands that the certificates or other instruments representing the Shares and, until the earlier of (i) effectiveness of a resale registration statement covering the Shares and (ii) six (6) months after the date on which the Backstop Investor purchased the Shares from the Company, shall bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock certificates):
THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THESE SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) IF THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, (C) IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144 OR RULE 144A THEREUNDER, IF AVAILABLE, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS PROVIDED THAT THE HOLDER HAS FURNISHED TO THE COMPANY REASONABLE ASSURANCES, IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (D) IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE OFFER AND SALE OF SECURITIES. THE COMPANY AGREES TO REMOVE SUCH LEGENDS UPON THE EARLIER TO OCCUR OF THE (I) EFFECTIVENESS OF A RESALE

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REGISTRATION STATEMENT COVERING THE COMMON SHARES AND (II) SIX (6) MONTHS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THE BUYER PURCHASED THE SECURITIES FROM THE COMPANY, WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION BY THE HOLDER.
3.REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
The Company represents and warrants to the Backstop Investor that, as of the date hereof and each Closing Date and except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule hereto:
(a)    Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are entities duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are formed, and have the requisite power and authority to own their properties and to conduct their business as now being conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. As used in this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on (i) the business, properties, assets, liabilities, operations (including results thereof), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the transactions contemplated hereby or (iii) the authority or ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to perform any of their respective obligations under this Agreement. “Subsidiaries” means any Person in which the Company, directly or indirectly, (A) owns any of the outstanding capital stock or holds any equity or similar interest of such Person or (B) controls or operates all or any part of the business, operations or administration of such Person, and each of the foregoing, is individually referred to herein as a “Subsidiary”.

(b)     Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. The Company has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to issue the Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by the Company’s board of directors and (other than the filings with the SEC, Principal Market and any other filings as may be required by any state securities agencies) no further filing, consent or authorization is required by the Company, its board of directors or its stockholders or other governing body. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and each constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be limited by federal or state securities law.

(c)    Issuance of Securities. The issuance of the Common Shares is duly authorized and, upon issuance and payment in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, mortgages, defects, claims, liens, pledges, charges, taxes, rights of first refusal, encumbrances, security interests and other encumbrances with respect to the issuance thereof.

(d)    No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) result in a violation of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, certificate of formation,

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memorandum of association, articles of association, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any capital stock or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) in any respect under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including, without limitation, foreign, federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of The NASDAQ Capital Market (the “Principal Market”), with a reasonable prospect of delisting or suspension occurring after giving effect to all applicable notice, appeal, compliance and hearing periods, and including all applicable foreign, federal and state laws, rules and regulations) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except in the case of (ii) and (iii) for any such conflict, default or violation that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(e)    Consents. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is required to obtain any consent from, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with (other than the filings with the SEC, Principal Market and any other filings as may be required by any state securities agencies), any Governmental Entity (as defined below) or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its respective obligations under or contemplated by this Agreement, in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company or any Subsidiary is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been or will be obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing Date, and no shareholder consents or approvals are required to effect the offer, sale and issuance of the Shares and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries are aware of any facts or circumstances which might prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings contemplated by this Agreement. The Company is not in violation of the requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which could reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock in the foreseeable future. “Governmental Entity” means any nation, state, county, city, town, village, district, or other political jurisdiction of any nature, federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government, governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal), multi-national organization or body; or body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, including any entity or enterprise owned or controlled by a government or a public international organization or any of the foregoing.

(f)    Acknowledgment Backstop Investor’s Purchase of Shares. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Backstop Investor is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further acknowledges that the Backstop Investor is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and any advice given by the Backstop Investor or any of its representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is merely incidental to the Backstop Investor’s purchase of the Shares. The Company further represents to the Backstop Investor that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.


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(g)    Placement Agent’s Fees. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries has, and no manager, governor, director, officer or employee of any of them has, employed any broker or finder, or incurred or will incur any broker’s, finder’s or similar fees, commissions or expenses, in each case in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, for which the Backstop Investor or its designees will be liable.

(h)    No Integrated Offering. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their affiliates, nor any Person acting on 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 Shares to require approval of stockholders of the Company for purposes of the 1933 Act or under any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of the Principal Market. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates nor any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps that would cause the offering of any of the Shares to be integrated with other offerings of securities of the Company.

(i)    Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement. The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, interested stockholder, business combination, poison pill (including, without limitation, any distribution under a rights agreement), stockholder rights plan or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or other organizational documents or the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or otherwise which is or could become applicable to the Backstop Investor as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Shares and the Backstop Investor’s ownership of the Shares. The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock or a change in control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(j)    SEC Documents; Financial Statements. During the two years prior to the date hereof, the Company has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, proxy statements, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits and appendices included therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”). The Company made available to the Backstop Investor or its representative true, correct and complete copies of each of the SEC Documents not available on the EDGAR system. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, 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. As of their respective dates, the financial statements (including, without limitation, any notes or any letter of the independent accountants of the Company with respect thereto) of the Company included in the SEC Documents (the “Financial Statements”) complied in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect as of the time of filing. Such Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such Financial Statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates

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thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments which will not be material, either individually or in the aggregate). The reserves, if any, established by the Company or the lack of reserves, if applicable, are reasonable based upon facts and circumstances known by the Company on the date hereof and there are no loss contingencies that are required to be accrued by the Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board which are not provided for by the Company in its Financial Statements or otherwise. Except as listed in Section 3(j) of the Company Disclosure Letter, attached hereto as Exhibit A, the Company is not currently contemplating to amend or restate any of the Financial Statements nor is the Company currently aware of facts or circumstances which would require the Company to amend or restate any of the Financial Statements, in each case, in order for any of the Financials Statements to be in compliance with GAAP and the rules and regulations of the SEC. The Company has not been informed by its independent accountants that they recommend that the Company amend or restate any of the Financial Statements or that there is any need for the Company to amend or restate any of the Financial Statements.

(k)    Absence of Certain Changes. Since the date of the Company’s most recent audited financial statements contained in a Form 10-K and any subsequent unaudited financial statements contained in Form 10-Q there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business, assets, liabilities, properties, operations (including results thereof), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as listed in Section 3(k) of the Company Disclosure Letter, attached hereto as Exhibit A, since the date of the Company’s most recent audited financial statements contained in a Form 10-K, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold any assets, individually or in the aggregate, outside of the ordinary course of business or (iii) made any material capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any law or statute relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, liquidation or winding up, nor does the Company or any Subsidiary have any knowledge or reason to believe that any of their respective creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so.

(l)     No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances. Other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and as listed in Section 3(l) of the Company Disclosure Letter, attached hereto as Exhibit A, since, no event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is reasonably expected to exist or occur with respect to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or condition (financial or otherwise), that (i) would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws on a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Stock and which has not been publicly announced, (ii) could have a material adverse effect on the Backstop Investor’s investment hereunder or (iii) could have a Material Adverse Effect.

(m)    Equity Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 200,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which, 44,106,794 were issued and outstanding as of December 4, 2019, and 27,025,210 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, shares of Common Stock (inclusive of convertible preferred stock), and (ii) 5,500,000 shares of preferred stock, of which 2,857,143 were issued and outstanding as of December 4, 2019. No shares of Common Stock or preferred stock are held in treasury. All of such outstanding shares are duly authorized and have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as has been disclosed in the SEC Documents: (i) none of the

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Company’s or any Subsidiary’s capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company or any Subsidiary; (ii) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements, except as listed in Section 3(m) of the Company Disclosure Letter, attached hereto as Exhibit A, by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) there are no outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound; (iv) there are no financing statements securing obligations in any amounts filed in connection with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (v) there are no agreements or arrangements, except as listed in Section 3(m) of the Company Disclosure Letter, attached hereto as Exhibit A, under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the 1933 Act, other than agreements with the Backstop Investor; (vi) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vii) there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities; (viii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement; and (ix) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have any liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents which are not so disclosed in the SEC Documents, except as listed in Section 3(m) of the Company Disclosure Letter, attached hereto as Exhibit A, and those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or could not have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.
COVENANTS.
(a)    Best Efforts. The Company shall use its best efforts to timely satisfy each of the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Section 1
(b)    Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the proceeds resulting from the issuance of the Backstop Shares for general corporate purposes and to fund the Aevi Notes.
(c)    Blue Sky. The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to, qualify the Shares under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Backstop Investor on or prior to such Closing Date. Without limiting any other obligation of the Company under this Agreement, the Company shall timely make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Shares required under all applicable securities laws (including, without limitation, all applicable federal securities laws and all applicable “Blue Sky” laws), and the Company shall comply with all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, statutes, rules, regulations and the like relating to the offering and sale of the Shares to the Backstop Investor.

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(d)    Reporting Status. Until the earlier of (x) the date on which the Shares may be resold by the Backstop Investor without restriction under Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, or (y) the date no Shares are held by the Backstop Investor (the “Reporting Period”), the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would no longer require or otherwise permit such termination.
(e)    Listing. The Company shall promptly secure the listing or designation for quotation (as the case may be) of all of the Shares on an Eligible Market and shall maintain such listing of all Common Shares from time to time issuable under the terms of this Agreement on such national securities exchange or automated quotation system. The Company shall maintain the Common Stock’s listing or authorization for quotation (as the case may be) on the Principal Market, The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the NASDAQ Capital Market, the NASDAQ Global Market or the NASDAQ Global Select Market (each, an “Eligible Market”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action which could be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on an Eligible Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(e).
(f)    Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, each party to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with the sale of the Shares to the Backstop Investor provided however, that the Company shall bear all of the costs and expenses of the registration of the Shares pursuant to Section 4(g), below. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any transfer agent fees and Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay, and hold the Backstop Investor harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any claim relating to any such payment.
(g)    Resale Registration. The Company agrees to register the Shares for resale pursuant to a registration statement to be filed with the SEC within 30 days of the Termination Date, and subject to the specific terms and conditions of a registration rights agreement to be negotiated in good faith and entered into by the Company and the Backstop Investor.
5.TERMINATION.
(a)    The Backstop Investor shall have the right to terminate its obligations under this Agreement for a breach by the Company of the terms and provisions of this Agreement without liability of the Backstop Investor to the Company; provided, however, (i) the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 5(a) shall not be available to the Backstop Investor if the failure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to have been consummated by such date is the result of the Backstop Investor’s breach of this Agreement and (ii) the abandonment of the sale and purchase of the Shares shall be applicable only upon the Backstop Investor providing such written notice.
(b)    This Agreement shall automatically terminate at such time as the Company receives aggregate cash proceeds of at least $15 million after the date hereof but prior to the Termination Date from (i) the sale of its equity or equity-linked securities, in a bona fide transaction, or (ii) the sale of Millipred® to a third party.


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Nothing contained in this Section 5 shall be deemed to release any party from any liability for any breach by such party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or to impair the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other party of its obligations under this Agreement.

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MISCELLANEOUS.
(a)    Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware. The Company and Backstop Investor each hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in Delaware for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, 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 brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such 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 manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Backstop Investor from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Backstop Investor or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Backstop Investor. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

(b)    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which 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. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by an e-mail which contains a portable document format (.pdf) file of an executed signature page, such signature page 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 signature page were an original thereof.

(c)    Headings; Gender. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, each pronoun herein shall be deemed to include the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural forms thereof. The terms “including,” “includes,” “include” and words of like import shall be construed broadly as if followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereof” and words of like import refer to this entire Agreement instead of just the provision in which they are found.

(d)    Severability; Maximum Payment Amounts. If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed

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amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement (and without implication that the following is required or applicable), it is the intention of the parties that in no event shall amounts and value paid by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries (as the case may be), or payable to or received by the Backstop Investor, under this Agreement (including without limitation, any amounts that would be characterized as “interest” under applicable law) exceed amounts permitted under any applicable law. Accordingly, if any obligation to pay, payment made to the Backstop Investor, or collection by the Backstop Investor pursuant to this Agreement is finally judicially determined to be contrary to any such applicable law, such obligation to pay, payment or collection shall be deemed to have been made by mutual mistake of the Backstop Investor, the Company and its Subsidiaries and such amount shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by the applicable law. Such adjustment shall be effected, to the extent necessary, by reducing or refunding, at the option of the Backstop Investor, the amount of interest or any other amounts which would constitute unlawful amounts required to be paid or actually paid to the Backstop Investor under this Agreement. For greater certainty, to the extent that any interest, charges, fees, expenses or other amounts required to be paid to or received by the Backstop Investor under this Agreement or related thereto are held to be within the meaning of “interest” or another applicable term to otherwise be violative of applicable law, such amounts shall be pro-rated over the period of time to which they relate.

(e)    Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Backstop Investor, the Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf, including, without limitation, any transactions by the Backstop Investor with respect to Common Stock or the Shares, and the other matters contained herein and therein, and this Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties solely with respect to the matters covered herein and therein; provided, however, nothing contained in this Agreement shall (or shall be deemed to) (i) have any effect on any agreements the Backstop Investor has entered into with, or any instruments the Backstop Investor has received from, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof with respect to any prior investment made by the Backstop Investor in the Company or (ii) waive, alter, modify or amend in any respect any obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any rights of or benefits to the Backstop Investor or any other Person, in any agreement entered into prior to the date hereof between or among the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries and the Backstop Investor, or any instruments the Backstop Investor received from the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof, and all such agreements and instruments shall continue in full force and effect. Except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor the Backstop Investor makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. For clarification purposes, the Recitals are part of this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Backstop Investor against whom such amendment is to be enforceable. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with the Backstop Investor relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except as set forth herein. Without limiting

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the foregoing, the Company confirms that, except as set forth in this Agreement, the Backstop Investor has not made any commitment or promise or has any other obligation to provide any financing to the Company, any Subsidiary or otherwise. As a material inducement for the Backstop Investor to enter into this Agreement, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (x) no due diligence or other investigation or inquiry conducted by the Backstop Investor, any of its advisors or any of its representatives shall affect the Backstop Investor’s right to rely on, or shall modify or qualify any manner or be an exception to any of, the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and (y) unless a provision of this Agreement is expressly preceded by the phrase “except as disclosed in the SEC Documents,” nothing contained in any of the SEC Documents shall affect the Backstop Investor’s right to rely on, or shall modify or qualify in any manner or be an exception to any of, the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement.

(f)    Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by hand delivery, by prepaid overnight courier (providing written proof of delivery), by transmission-mail (with confirmation of transmission other than by means of an automatically-generated reply) or by certified or registered mail (return receipt requested and first class postage prepaid), addressed as follows (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified by like notice):

If to the Company:
Cerecor Inc.
540 Gaither Road, Suite 400
Rockville, Maryland 20850
E-mail: jmiller@cerecor.com
Attention: Joe Miller, Chief Financial Officer

With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 300
Raleigh, NC 27607
E-mail: dreynolds@wyrick.com
Attention: Donald R. Reynolds, Esq.

If to the Backstop Investor, to its address and email set forth on the signature page hereto.

(g)     Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of any of the Common Shares. Backstop Investor may assign some or all of its rights hereunder in connection with any transfer of any of its Shares without the consent of the Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be a Backstop Investor hereunder with respect to such assigned rights, provided such assignment is in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.

(h)    No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

(i)    Survival. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants shall survive the Closings.


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(j)     Further Assurances. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

(k)    Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party. No specific representation or warranty shall limit the generality or applicability of a more general representation or warranty. Each and every reference to share prices, shares of Common Stock and any other numbers in this Agreement that relate to the Common Stock shall be automatically adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations or other similar transactions that occur with respect to the Common Stock after the date of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty against, or a prohibition of, any actions with respect to the borrowing of, arrangement to borrow, identification of the availability of, and/or securing of, securities of the Company in order for Backstop Investor (or its broker or other financial representative) to effect short sales or similar transactions in the future.

(l)    Remedies. Backstop Investor, and in the event of assignment by Backstop Investor of its rights and obligations hereunder, each holder of Shares, shall have all rights and remedies set forth in this Agreement and all rights and remedies which such holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such holders have under any law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes that in the event that it or any Subsidiary fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its or such Subsidiary’s (as the case may be) obligations under this Agreement, any remedy at law would inadequate relief to the Backstop Investor. The Company therefore agrees that the Backstop Investor shall be entitled to specific performance and/or temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security. The remedies provided in this Agreement shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Agreement, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Backstop Investor and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
COMPANY:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CERECOR INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By: /s/ Joseph M. Miller
 
 
 
 
Name: Joseph M. Miller
 
 
 
 
Title: Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BACKSTOP INVESTOR:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ARMISTICE CAPITAL MASTER FUND LTD.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By: /s/ Steven J. Boyd
 
 
 
 
Name: Steven J. Boyd
 
 
 
 
Title: Chief Investment Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
c/o Armistice Capital, LLC
 
 
 
 
510 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor
 
 
 
 
New York, NY, 10022
 
 
 
 
SBoyd@armisticecapital.com
 
 
 
 
DRadden@armisticecapital.com
 





Exhibit A

Company Disclosure Letter



Exhibit 99.1
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Cerecor to Acquire Aevi Genomic Medicine
                                                                    
-Expands Clinical-stage Pipeline, Further Positioning Cerecor as a leader in Rare and Orphan Diseases
-Enhances Leadership Team with the Addition of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer
-Strategic Alternatives Being Explored for Neurological Assets and Millipred®

Rockville, MD, December 5, 2019 — Cerecor Inc. (NASDAQ: CERC), a biopharmaceutical company focused on becoming a leader in development and commercialization of treatments for orphan and rare diseases, as well as neurology announced today it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Aevi Genomic Medicine (NASDAQ: GNMX) in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $16.1 million at closing, plus contingent value rights, or CVRs, for up to an additional $6.5 million in subsequent milestone payments on clinical or regulatory successes, or both. Additionally, the Company is exploring strategic alternatives for its neurological assets as well as its one commercialized product Millipred®.

“This deal is transformative for both organizations and solidifies Cerecor’s commitment to developing new medicines for rare and orphan diseases.” said Dr. Simon Pedder, Executive Chairman of the Board, Cerecor. “This acquisition expands our rare disease pipeline with the addition of three clinical-stage programs in areas of high unmet need. Additionally, the merger of Aevi into Cerecor will enhance our leadership team with the appointment of Mike Cola as Chief Executive Officer and Dr. Garry Neil as Chief Medical Officer upon closing.”

Deal Components

The transaction is structured as a merger and is anticipated to be tax-deferred to the Aevi stockholders, with Cerecor retaining its public reporting and current NASDAQ listing status.
Cerecor will acquire all outstanding shares of Aevi stock at an aggregate purchase price of $16.1 million less an amount by which Aevi’s net assets at closing are less than negative $1.3 million, but in no event will such adjustment be more than $500,000. The per share price will be based on the number of Aevi shares outstanding immediately prior to closing, which, including the shares of Aevi stock to be issued to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation upon conversion of its outstanding secured promissory note and to AstraZeneca in connection with the exercise by Aevi of its license option for MEDI2338, is anticipated to result in an approximate per share value of $0.134 to Aevi stockholders, assuming the maximum net asset related adjustment.
Cerecor will issue contingent value rights to former Aevi stockholders, which would entitle them to an additional $2 million in cash or stock (at Cerecor’s discretion) upon the enrollment of a patient in a Phase II study related to the AEVI-002, AEVI-006 or AEVI-007 within 24 months.
The contingent value rights also entitle former Aevi stockholders to an additional $4.5 million in cash or stock (at Cerecor’s discretion) upon FDA approval of a New Drug Application (NDA) for AEVI-007 (MEDI2338) or AEVI-006 (OSI-027) within 60 months.
Closing is targeted during the first quarter of 2020, subject to effectiveness of a Cerecor registration statement on Form S-4, Aevi shareholder approval and other standard closing conditions.

Benefits of the Transaction

Commitment to Rare and Orphan Diseases:  Cerecor continues its commitment to becoming an R&D-focused biopharmaceutical company with a robust pipeline of rare and orphan disease programs.



This transaction expands the number of clinical programs in development at Cerecor while creating depth of focus in rare and orphan and pediatric diseases. To that end, the Company looks forward to continuing Aevi’s work with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in the field of rare and orphan diseases.    
      
Value creation through pipeline assets: The integration of Aevi’s pipeline programs should enhance the Cerecor pipeline and broaden an already rich set of near-term inflection points for Cerecor’s rare and orphan disease portfolio, which includes the CERC-800s. Aevi’s clinical-stage programs have the potential to benefit a variety of patient populations with significant unmet needs. Additionally, one or more of Aevi’s programs may be eligible for a Priority Review Voucher (PRV) granted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) associated with Rare Pediatric Disease (RPD) Designation. FDA will award priority review vouchers to sponsors of rare pediatric disease product applications that meet certain criteria. Under this program, a sponsor who receives an approval for a drug or biologic for a "rare pediatric disease" (RPD) may qualify for a voucher that can be redeemed to receive a priority review of a subsequent marketing application for a different product.

AEVI-007 is a fully human anti-IL-18 monoclonal antibody with the potential to address multiple auto-inflammatory diseases, including Adult Onset Stills Disease (AOSD) and Multiple Myeloma (MM). IL-18 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine; patients with ASOD and MM show elevated levels of IL-18. Cerecor seeks to initiate a Phase 1b/2a proof-of-concept study of AEVI-007 in ASOD and MM patients in 2020.
AEVI-006 is an mTORC1/2 inhibitor (a class of drugs that inhibit the mammalian target of rapamycin) targeted towards Complex Lymphatic Malformations (LM). LM patients often have activating mutations along the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway and sirolimus is an mTORC1 inhibitor that has demonstrated clinical utility in LM. AEVI-006 has the potential to improve on both the safety and efficacy of mTOR inhibition in LM. Cerecor seeks to initiate a Phase 1b/2a proof-of-concept study of AEVI-006 in LM patients in 2020.
AEVI-002 is an anti-LIGHT (Lymphotoxin-like, exhibits Inducible expression, and competes with HSV Glycoprotein D for HVEM, a receptor expressed by T lymphocytes (part of the Tumor Necrosis Super Family 14)), fully human, monoclonal antibody being developed as a treatment for Pediatric Crohn’s Disease. AEVI-002 is currently in a Phase I study in adult Crohn’s patients and has recently dosed the first patient. We anticipate initial data in the first half of 2020.

Aligns with Cerecor’s transformation and innovation strategy: Cerecor’s pipeline strategy is focused on developing new medicines for rare and orphan diseases. Aevi’s pipeline programs complement Cerecor’s existing pediatric rare disease pipeline led by CERC-801, CERC-802 and CERC-803 (“CERC-800 programs”), which are therapies for inborn errors of metabolism, specifically disorders known as Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation. The FDA has granted RPD Designation and Orphan Drug Designation (“ODD”) to all three CERC-800 compounds, thus qualifying the Company to receive a PRV upon approval of an NDA.

Organizational fit: Upon closing of the merger, it is expected that Mike Cola, current Chief Executive Officer of Aevi, will become Chief Executive Officer of Cerecor and Dr. Garry Neil, current Chief Scientific Officer of Aevi, will become Chief Medical Officer of Cerecor. Both of these individuals bring a wealth of clinical development and commercialization experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and should complement and enhance the executive leadership team at Cerecor.

Mike Cola, Chief Executive Officer of Aevi, stated, “We at Aevi Genomics are extremely excited about joining the Cerecor organization. The combined pipeline of both organizations is an immediate transformation of Cerecor into a leading biopharmaceutical company focused in the Rare and Orphan Disease space. The pipeline of six near-term assets are focused in areas of significant unmet need where there are no or few approved therapies. While there is a lot of work to do in our ongoing clinical programs, I feel confident that the combined team will be able to submit numerous NDAs and gain FDA approvals over the next several years to bring new therapies to patients and families in need.”




About the Transaction

Wedbush PacGrow is acting as the exclusive strategic advisor to Aevi and Pepper Hamilton LLP is serving as its legal counsel. Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP is serving as Cerecor’s legal counsel.

Strategic Optionality for Two Neurological Assets and Millipred® (oral prednisolone)

The addition of three clinical programs in the rare disease space solidifies Cerecor’s strategic focus as a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of rare and orphan diseases. The Company plans to concentrate resources toward advancing those assets to critical clinical and regulatory milestones. As a result, and based on multiple inbound expressions of interest, the Company is evaluating strategic options for its neurological assets, CERC-301, a clinical-stage program being evaluated in diseases characterized by orthostatic hypotension, CERC-406, a next-generation, CNS-penetrant COMT inhibitor for Parkinson’s disease, and for Millipred® (5mg oral prednisolone), Cerecor’s sole remaining commercial asset.

About Aevi Genomic Medicine

Aevi Genomic Medicine, Inc. is dedicated to unlocking the potential of genomic medicine to translate genetic discoveries into novel therapies. Driven by a commitment to patients with pediatric onset life-altering diseases, Aevi’s research and development efforts include working with the Center for Applied Genomics (CAG) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to leverage novel genetic discoveries to progress its genomic medicine strategy.

About CERC-800’s

CERC-801, CERC-802 and CERC-803 represent monosaccharide substrate replacement therapies with established therapeutic utility for the treatment of Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation. Oral administration of these substrates replenishes critical metabolic intermediates that are reduced or absent due to genetic mutation, overcoming single enzyme defects to support glycoprotein synthesis, maintenance and function.

About CERC-301
   
CERC-301 is an orally available, NR2B-specific, NMDA receptor antagonist being developed for the treatment of symptomatic orthostatic hypotension (OH), specifically being investigated in neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension, (nOH) Diabetic Orthostatic Hypotension (DOH) and Intradialytic Hypotension (IDH) associated with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and hemodialysis.

About CERC-406

CERC-406 is a small molecule, selective, catechol-O-methyltransferase (or COMT) inhibitor being developed as an oral neuro-selective adjunctive medication to levodopa / carbidopa in patients experiencing the "off-periods" of symptom management with Parkinson’s Disease.

About Millipred® 

Millipred is an oral prednisolone that is commercially available and is being actively marketed in the United States. Millipred is indicated across a wide variety of inflammatory conditions: Endocrine disorders, rheumatic disorders, collagen diseases, dermatologic diseases, allergic states, ophthalmic diseases, respiratory diseases, hematologic disorders, neoplastic diseases, edematous states, gastrointestinal diseases, nervous system, and certain miscellaneous indications. (Please see Full Package Insert at www.cerecor.com)

Prednisolone is rapidly absorbed following an oral dose
• Peak effects following oral administration occur within 1—2 hours.
• Rapid onset of action with intermediate duration of action
• Prednisolone is preferred to prednisone in significant hepatic disease because prednisolone
does not require hepatic activation



• No dosage adjustments are needed in renally impaired

About Cerecor

Cerecor is a biopharmaceutical company focused on becoming a leader in development and commercialization of treatments for rare and orphan diseases, as well as neurological conditions. The Company is building a robust pipeline of innovative therapies. The Company’s pediatric rare disease pipeline is led by CERC-801, CERC-802 and CERC-803 (“CERC-800 programs”), which are therapies for inborn errors of metabolism, specifically disorders known as Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation. The FDA granted Rare Pediatric Disease Designation and Orphan Drug Designation (“ODD”) to all three CERC-800 compounds, thus qualifying the Company to receive a Priority Review Voucher (“PRV”) upon approval of a new drug application (“NDA”). The PRV may be sold or transferred an unlimited number of times. The Company plans to leverage the 505(b)(2) NDA pathway for all three compounds to accelerate development and approval. The Company is also developing one other preclinical pediatric orphan rare disease compound, CERC-913, for the treatment of mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome. The Company’s neurology pipeline is led by CERC-301, a Glutamate NR2B selective, NMDA Receptor antagonist, which Cerecor is currently exploring as a novel treatment for orthostatic hypotension. The Company is also developing CERC-406, a CNS-targeted COMT inhibitor for Parkinson’s Disease. The Company also has one marketed product, Millipred®, an oral prednisolone indicated across a wide variety of inflammatory conditions and indications.
For more information about Cerecor, please visit www.cerecor.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may include forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that are subject to change based on various factors (many of which are beyond Aevi’s or Cerecor’s control), which could cause actual results to differ from the forward-looking statements. Such statements may include, without limitation, statements with respect to Aevi’s or Cerecor’s plans, objectives, projections, expectations and intentions and other statements identified by words such as “projects,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “continue,” “seeks,” “aims,” “predicts,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “potential,” or similar expressions (including their use in the negative), or by discussions of future matters such as: the timing of closing of the merger with Aevi; the development of product candidates or products; timing and success of trial results and regulatory review; potential attributes and benefits of product candidates; the expansion of Cerecor’s drug portfolio; and other statements that are not historical. These statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of Cerecor’s management but are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including: risks that the merger might not close as soon as expected or at all; risks related to integration of the combined company; drug development costs, timing and other risks, including reliance on investigators and enrollment of patients in clinical trials; regulatory risks; reliance on and the need to attract, integrate and retain key personnel, including Mr. Cola and Dr. Neill; Cerecor’s cash position and the need for it to raise additional capital; risks related to potential strategic alternatives for the Company’s neurology assets and Millipred; and those other risks detailed in Aevi’s and Cerecor’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Except as required by applicable law, Cerecor expressly disclaims any obligations or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in Cerecor’s expectations with respect thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.

Important Information and Where to Find It

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of Aevi or Cerecor or the solicitation of any vote or approval. In connection with the proposed transaction, Cerecor will file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-4 containing a proxy statement/prospectus. The proxy statement/prospectus will contain important information about Aevi, Cerecor, the transaction and related matters. Aevi will mail or otherwise deliver the proxy statement/prospectus to its stockholders when it becomes available. Investors and security holders of Aevi and Cerecor are urged to read carefully the proxy statement/prospectus



relating to the merger (including any amendments or supplements thereto) in its entirety when it is available, because it will contain important information about the proposed transaction.
Investors and security holders of Aevi and Cerecor will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed merger (when it is available) and other documents filed with the SEC by Aevi and Cerecor through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, investors and security holders of Aevi will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed merger (when it is available) by contacting Aevi, Attn: Mike McInaw, michael.mcinaw@aevigenomics.com. Investors and security holders of Cerecor will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus for the merger by contacting Cerecor, Attn: James Harrell, jharrell@cerecor.com.

Aevi and Cerecor, and their respective directors and certain of their executive officers, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the transactions contemplated by the agreement between Aevi and Cerecor. Information regarding Aevi’s directors and executive officers is contained in Aevi’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, which was filed with the SEC on March 29, 2019, and will also be available in the proxy statement/prospectus that will be filed by Cerecor with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction. Information regarding Cerecor’s directors and executive officers is contained in Cerecor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, which was filed with the SEC on March 18, 2019, and will also be available in the proxy statement/prospectus that will be filed by Cerecor with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction.

For Media and Investor Inquiries
James Harrell,
Chief Commercial Officer
Cerecor Inc.
jharrell@cerecor.com
623.439.2220 office